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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
AS STRONG IS ~ EaRW "a.
" Wan We're AZ Hu.L, lie Could Put,
Forty Tens.

The humble bee. or as W.. call him in
America the humble bee. is 80 strong tina,
he makes a man or horse seem "A weak
brother in comparison. Prof John J
Ward has demonstrated this by expert
ments which he relates in the strand
He used a miniature coach and truck
weighing i3s grains.
The bee easily pulled both. So the latter
was then loaded with plasticine until
an additional weight of lGg grains had
been reached. The total weight Of coach
truck and load was then tOI grains The
weight OF the nee was exactly two graIns
40 that II was pulling a load slightly over
three hundred times it, own weight
IL may therefore be- ssid that the r,lII-
ing powers Of humble b.,. ar. pro-
portionately thirty times a. great As
those ~ the hors. OF man. even when
both the latter are estimated a, their
maximum strength. Bur even the ex-
traordinary strength of th- hiImbI. bee
becomes insignificant when compared
with that of the earwig. tn. next insect
experimented upon
Il am inclined To think says Prof
Ward. that in proportion to it, SIZE. IN.
earwig would prove one Of tn. strongest
IL not the most powerful Of insects IN oil
round strength though II course -
obtain absolute proof would require. an
enormous number " experiment..
III an earwig is held lightly between
the fingers its great strength can rcldiIy
he felt rs 10 struggles To escl pc YET "A
full grown specimen that I weighed barely
turned the balance at half "a grain bur
what that half a grain ii active life could
perform VIVA revelation indeed
Tho earwig. ike the ground beetle
prefers the darkness RI they than the
light. and is likewise always ia a great
hurry TO get under cover II did not.
however. attempt. To hide beneath the
coach il had to pull. bat seemed bent
on escaping nv Nsheer pulling The
empty truck u 10 grains weight il could
drag about in "a very active manner.
and the uncovered coach IL could also
move readily.
-Whcn. however, the roof was placed
on the coach the limit 81 ia strength
was reached and 10 could then only move
slowly. with frequent stopa 90 rest The
weight Of the covered coach was 2e5
grains and that II the ssi rwig half a grain.
so that the load il was pulling was 53D
times its own weight.
Even the prodigious effort Of the
humble bee is entirely eclipsed by this
extraordinary performance. for IL il
obvious that allowing for the differ
encs In size the earwig possesses strength
equivalent to az least fifty three time.
that Of the greatest effort that can h.
sxsrtsd by nun or 10y the horse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

Rockaway. Meadow Brook and Watching
meetings are regular spring fixtures
and the majority Of them are run of in
the autumn. Except the meet Of he
United Hunts and ut W Gould Brokaw =
Nirvana Farm rhe meeting, are usually
over courses marked out with flag on
the turf. while the onlooker-s in auto
mobiles or Carriag es line 'he -ld..- uf HI.
homestreich
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13

FROM Daiiy TOnsHifr n "pOr'4
One Of tho most popular modes Of loco
motion In Bangkok ~ the bicycle; ths n, ,
covers avery large area. the public OFFICES
are Tar from the residential portion OF tbs
town and the roads are excellent The
customs report for tho h-~ai year ended
March n. 1910. shows that EOS machines
were Imported during that year. an tn
crease Of 30 oyer the prev iOlis wear. amount
ing to sIs.sI3. aa average Of s.S bicycle
Machines may be bought locally from SIS
upward, the English makes ranging from
about szO Ia about 81. Parts Of bicycles
were imported during the nat nScal year
amounting 90 o. osO OG nil the bicycles
imported during fls last ysnr 80 are
credited Ia the l'nited Kingdom. - 20 Den
mars IS 10 Germany. ~ 10 singapore
10 90 Belgium. IN France. 10 Italy and =
TO tho 0ttsdI states.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
"Chantecler" Profits,

A French publishing house is said
to have received orders for 100000 to
100000 copies Of its three francs fifty
confines edition Of "Chantecler," and
the weekly ILLUSTRATION is paying NJ.
Rostand for the serial rights thereof
a sum which the most conservative re.
ports set at $1,000 francs an act-that
is, 3O0,O0Ofrancs in all Furthermore, an
other publishing, house has purchased
for sum which 1t is safer perhaps not
to specify, but which is admitted to
be large, the right to issue de luxe
illustrated edition Of Rostand's com
plete works. This edition will appear
In seventy weekly installments OF TWEEN.
ty pages each. To these emoluments
may be added the considerable sum
paid for serial rights by London
weekly.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
SettIino a Matrimonial pispute

Nine. Sada Yacco. the famous Japa
nese actress, who had been friend Of
the assasSinated Prince Ito from her
childhood. told the following amusing
anecdote:
I'm my frequent quarrels with my
husband we sometimes asked Prince
Ito to judge between us. One day
when we had had more than usually
violent dispute at Chigasaki the prince
came in unexpectedly. and asked
him to decide the question. But he
declined. while proposing the follow
Ing solution:
"'Go down into the garden. both OF
you, and fight it ont like sumo tori
(wreStlersl. The one that wins will
naturally be the one who is in the
right
''No sooner said than done! In q
trice Kawakami and | were in wres-
ting trim. BY good luck my husband
was just recovering from serious i'll.
ness, and as he was very weak soon
threw him TO the ground. This amused
the prince enormously. who. Of course
had foreseeu the end of the unequal
match"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Cemeteries Where Women GOSSIP.

Friday, the Sabbath of the Moslems,
when all true believers of the mascu-
dne gender make point OF going to
church. their wives, sisters and dauGh.
tiers resort to the cemeteries and wall
for the dead. But all their time is nol
spent in weeping, and sorrow is not
the only emotion they display, on these
occasions. They take with them
punches and Garlands Of flowers and
decorate the graves OF their relatives
and pray and weep over the dead for
a time. Then when this pious duty is
performed they gather In little groups
aud have a good time gossiping about
the living. Thus the day OF mourning
is very popular among the Moslem wo.
men. 1t gives them almost the only
opportunity they have Of cultivating
the acquaintance OF their neighbors.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
LONGER PIERS FOR BIGGER SHIP
New York to Follow Liverpool in Pro.
vidina for 1,oOoFoot Ships.

New York, July 5.-The news from
London that the Mersey Dock and
Harbor board has decided to begin at
once the construction of docks large
enough to accommodate 60,000-ton
steamships has renewed agitation
here for a similar move on the part
of the New York harbor authorities.
The coming of the 1,000-foot liner
has long been heralded. Such a yes.
sci could easily enter this port, but
where it would berth would be a vex.
ing question. The piers in the New
Chelsa section are about S25 feet long
and alongside there is a depth of for.
ty feet.
The following table shows how, in
the last few years the size OF the
Transatlantic vessels he's steadily in
creased:
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
COnInIn Mercury.

as mercury Will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering II
through the mucous surfaces Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is
ten fold TO the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by +. J. Cheney q Co,
Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury, and
is taken internally, acting directly up
on the flood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. In buying Hairs Catarrh
Cure he sure you get the genuine. II
is taken internally and made In To-
ledo, Ohio, by f. J. Cheney & Co Tes-
timonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
BUSINESS CHANGES AT NEWPORT
The Rock County State Bank at New
port Changes Hands.

Newport, Neb., July Especial to
The News: The Rock County State
bank at Newport, founded by c. NJ.
Thompson in 1899, and since owned
by him, was sold this week to o. F.
Turner, F. McGiverin, Charles May,
Otto Schurman and other gentlemen
OF Fremont, Neb. .sg.
Mr.. McGiverin is president and Mr..
Schurman is cashier of the CONNER
cial national bank OF Fremont. Mr..
May is at the head of May Bros.
wholesale grocery house of Fremont.
o. F. Turner will have active
charge Of the bank at Newport.
This combination gives Newport
one Of the strongest banks on the
Northwestern road. The successful
future of the institution is assured.
Mr.. Thompson has many kind
words for Newport and her citizens
and states that he will probably re-
main a resident there, looking after
his private affairs.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
FINDER OF WILD PIGEON NEST
Canadian Claims 81 900 Reward offered
by Naturalists

DR.. Clifton II. Hodge OF Clark uni
versity announced the other day that
the probable winner of $1,000 reward
offered for the discovery of the first
nest Of North American or passenger
pigeons in America is c. II. Patience Of
Il town in Ontario, Canada. DIR. Hodge
would not reveal the name of the
town
A telegram has been received from
Mr., Patience stating that he had dis
covered Il nest, with a female sitting
on it, and Or. Hodge stated that he
would Immediately 90 to Ontario to in
vestigatc the claim.
The reward is part Of subscription
Of $500 by naturalists Of the United
States and Canada to be used in the
work Of preventing the extinction Of
the bird. This particular breed Of pi-
geon was numerous in America up to
the early eighties, but since then has
been gradually dying out until now the
species is very rare.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Thn Stuart Fanny.

A pamphlet published in 1877. emit
tied The Worth of II Penny; or, A
Caution to Keep Money. With the
Causes of the Scarcity aud Misery Of
the Want Thereof In These Hard and
Merciless Times" contains list OF
articles ubtanuble for n penny in the
days of Charles II. These include IA
dish OF coffee to quicken your stum.
ach and refresh your spirits" n fair
cucumber" and portions of such com
modities as nuts, vinegar. grapes. cake.
onions and oatmeal" The catalogue
of pennyworths obtainable at an
apothecary's is Il lengthy one and in
cludes lettuce to make you sleep,
mithridate to make you sweat and ami
seed. which may save your life in a
fainting or swound."
This In the way of recreation "for a
penny you may see any monster, jack.
anapes or those roaring boyes. the
lyons: you may hear Il most eloquent
Grafton upon our English kings and
queens IL you listen to him who Keeps
monuments at Westminster; you may
have all the news In England and
other countries OF murders. floods.
witches. fires. tempests and what not
In the weekly newsbooks. "-LondoD
Scraps.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Played Two Good Games.

Sundays doubleheader at the driv.
ing park diamond gave much interest
TO the large grandstand filled with en-
thusiastic fans. The clerks and the
firemen played the best game OF the
afternoon, which resulted in a score of
3 to 2 in the clerks favor All through
the game the firemen showed better
team work than ever before and it
looked as much their game as the
clerks. Kelleher pitched fine game
and Lucas made good in the catcher's
box, but the support was still weak.
Fairfield and Glissman proved a
strong battery for the clerks, and the
team work was good all around.
Uecker Waller and Cook were the
Edgewater batteries, but poor team
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08

variety in taste and also believing in
virtue.
He need not be possessed OF brute
strength. Woman's admiration for
mere physical prowess is on the de-
cline.
He must be handsome-handsom
in the accepted sense Of straight fea
lures, and fine figure
He must be a man as pure and gen
tie as he is strong.
He must be a man who recognizes
that a wholly developed versatile in
dividual desires many experiences in
life besides protracted and all absorb
ing domesticity from the age OF is
until death.
He must be equipped mentally tc
become true comrade, for, as Profes
sor Slosson of Wyoming university
has said The future of civilization
depends more upon the proper mating
of the rising generation than on any
discovery they may make in the arts
and Sciences
He must be man who understands
that woman does not earn her board
by living with him as his wife. Mar
riage is the voluntary union OF two
loving souls.
HE must not be ashamed of mol
apologize for his wife, nor glory in
her ignorant helplessness."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Ruined Her Gown. but CAUGHT Mar

New York, July 5.-After a chase
OF nearly two miles, in which she ruin
ed a white satin evening gown which
she was wearing to dinner party,
Mrs. Catherine Campbell, an agent of
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, appeared in the
Yorkville police court yesterday to
press the charge against the driver.
Mrs. Campbell was Just entering a
cafe with a party of friends when she
saw the driver beating his horse. She
called on him to stop and he laughed
at her and drove away. Catching up
the long train of her dress, Mrs.
Campbell made run for a street car
and caught it and followed the driver
until he was caught in a blockade.
Then she called policeman and he
was arrested. After the driver had
been arranged Mrs. Campbell went
back to her dinner party.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
RELIGION In Holland.

The following incident was told me
by Lecky in somewhat whimsical Illus.
tration of his belief that If religion
were to die out of all other European
nations it would still survive in Hol,
land: A Dutch peasant was in sore
straits about the impossibility Of max
Ing his hens observe Sunday. He came
to his pastor with IL present Of eggs.
He regretted, he said, that he could
not prevent his hens from laying these
On the sabbath. but he made what
amends he could by giving them to
Gods minister that they might be
handed over to the poor and inhrm.-
Old and Odd Memories"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
How Norfolk Got the Eiuht.

Norfolk was the only city of it's
size in the United States that received
complete returns from the big prize
fight direct from the ringside. There
were few cities in America of less
than $4,000 population that got the
service Norfolk did on the battle On
| ly three cities in Nebraska got the
complete Story-Omaha, Lincoln and
Norfolk. These are the only three
cities in Nebraska in which an Asso-
ciated Press leased wire is maintain
ed. The News being the only news
paper in the world in city of this
/ size, which has its own Associated
| Press wire. Other cities in Nebraska,
outside Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk,
graph service-they get 500 words a
day, whereas The News gets many
thousand words every day by wire.
A packed house at the Auditorium
| listened to The News bulletins as they
| flashed in from Reno About 1000
the afternoon. Among them were out
of-town men from all over northern
Nebraska and southern South Dakota.
It Was a Jeffries Crowd.
| 1t was a Jeffries crowd at the Audi
forum and every time jeff made a
move that looked like fighting, a cheer
went up. A cheer went up, too, when
the flash came that Johnson had won
in the tifteenth-but it wasn't a cheer
full cheer. 1t was a downcast crowd
that wendell its way out of the thea
| ter.
Ten columns of telegraphic matter
! from Reno were telegraphed to The
News-more than 10000 words-dur-
ing the day, on the prize fight.
The Wire Fairly SizzIed.
The News leased wire fairly sizzled
as those 10000 words burned over it
from the ringside. Karl Stefan, the
expert telegraph operator on The
News wire, took stuff so fast that it
bothered his typewriter to keep pace
with his fingers. Mr. Stefan is one of
the most accurate and one of the fest
est telegraph operators in the United
States and the way in which he ate
up the electricity from Reno was an
admirable sight to see.
Busy Moments for The News.
They were busy moments for The
News from the instant the flash came
that the fighters ARE off," until the
instant when the final flash came,
johnson wins in fifteenth"
Every nerve fibre Of the newspaper
organization was at high tension. The
telegraph instruments metallic race
seemed to be fighting against the
clicking of the linotype machines
trying to bury them with copy. But
the linotypes swallowed the fight dope
and asked for more, so that within
five minutes from the time the fight
had ended. the extra edition was
ready for the press. The page forms
of type shot down an elevator and
were locked in the press, a motor buzz
zed, there was heavy rumble as the
gigantic machine started and then it
began belching forth extras at the
rate Of 5000 an hour-all printed and
i
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08

ton paper determined to describe the
gowns Of all the senator's wives pres
ent.
MIR. Senator" she said as she ac-
costed the Ohio statesman. twill you
be kind enough to tell me what sort
Of gown Mrs. Burton will wear?"
Taking his eyeglasses from his peck.
ct and putting them carefully upon his
nose the senator fixed the girl with a
glance that nailed her to the mast and
frigidly replied:
Madam. there is no Mrs. Burton.
and if have anything to say about
II there never will be"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Jessie Rouse.

Jessie Rouse died at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Rouse.
She has been seriously i'll for the past
month, having a tumor on the brain.
She is survived by her mother, father,
two sisters and three brothers. She
was born at West Point. Neb.. and
was 20 years of age at the time OF her
death. Funeral services will be held
at the house Wednesday afternoon at
2 o'clock.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
FIGHTERS ON THEIR WAY.
JEFF and johnson Each Leave Reno In
Special Pullman Coach.

Special Pullman Coach.
Reno, July 5.-Jack Johnson, with
his bass viol, his trainers and his camp
equipment, is speeding toward Chi
cago in his special car Redondo on a
train that left Reno soon after mid.
night and will reach Chicago Thursday
morning. He is under contract to fill
vaudeville engagements for a time
and says he will be glad to get another
fight soon, but so far as can be learn.
ed no man in the world is really eager
to get into the ring with him.
Jim Jeffries, the wealthy farmer,
will leave for his home in southern
California on his special car Gray.
mont tonight. AS result of the fight
he is probably 100000 richer, and the
damage to his body and the humilia-
ton of his spirit will be healed in
time.
Most Of the prize ring celebrities
have departed and Reno, yesterday
the capital of the world, has shrunk
to its normal.
The negro population of Reno is not
nearly so happy today as might be ex-
pected, for many risked money on the
fight. Johnson is not a hero among
most of his race who have met him.
Sam Berger, manager for the de-
feated champion, said today:
"Jeffries, of course, is bitterly dis
appointed, He feels as he said after
the fight that the weight OF public
opinion drove him back into the ring
and that his failure may not be viewed
lightly, although he knows he did his
best.
"Jeffries is in good spirits, consid-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Hunter Dies From Lock Jaw.

Green Bay, Wis, July Frank
Pryanski, miner of Crystal Falls,
while hunting some time ago, stopped
for moment to roll cigaret. In so
doing he leaned the muzzles of his
gun against his side. He accidentally
touched the trigger and the gun went
off, shooting him in his side. Blood
poisoning set in, and he died here
of lockjaw. Pryanski was 80 years
old, and leave a widow and one child.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08

back to his quiet home life. We ex.
pect to spend day or two in San
Francisco and then 20 south. II we
don't make connections, we will go
down tomorrow"
Berger said that all OF the losers
share of the purse and picture money
had been turned over to Jefries.
The swelling around his right eve
was very evident and there were nu.
merous slight bruises and COMMISSIONS
around his nose and mouth. but his
face showed little discoloration, the
work of the ruhbers and trainers hav.
ing gone far toward removing the
signs of defeat.
Mrs. Jeffries was not to be seen. II
was said about the camp that she had
completely recovered from the shock
caused by her husbands defeat, but
she still feels the strain.
Jack Johnson was $l2O,6OO richer
when Jim Jeffries went down for the
last time in yesterdays fight. He took
60 percent of the $101 900 purse, which
amounted to sec, 1900, bonus of So.
600, and he sold his picture rights for
$4,000.
Jeffries took fortune out OF the
defeat at Johnsons hands. He re-
ceived 40 percent of the purse, amount
ing to $4,000, the bonus OF $4,000,
and he sold his picture rights in this
for $66666, making his total $4,000.
Picture Men Hope for Million.
The owners of the picture films are
calculating on million dollars profit.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-07-08
Scenes Around the Rinoside

Cities throughout the United States,
not fortunate enough to have an Asso-
ciated Press wire, have been dealt a
Western Union, that the company
would not give out any information in
regard to the Jeffries.Jo Johnson prize
fight at Reno.
This as far as known is the first
time in the history of telegraph cir
Giles that the Western Union or Postal
will not handle fight bulletins and
the saloons, theaters, pool halls, clubs
and other public gathering places are
the losers alongside the large tele-
graph concerns who heretofore have
reaped a harvest by selling the fight
returns.
Norfolk, however, is fortunate The
Daily News will have its leased wire
attached to the ringside wire and not
a second will be lost in giving the
people the results of each round and
a story of the fight. Bulletins will be
displayed in the Auditorium and no
admission fee being charged, the pub
lie will be guests of The News.
The story of how large telegraph
companies and the Associated Press
handle fight returns is an interesting
one.
Here's how the Western Union used
to handle big fight:
Operator Sits Near Ring.
Close to the seconds corner at the
ringside long before the fight is be.
gun were number of telegraph in.
struments, behind which only the
best operators in the country were
seated. From these instruments were
wires leading to the main offices of
the telegraph companies where
through repeaters the wire ran east
and west on the best copper wires
the companies had.
No Receiver Could "Break."
All the way to San Francisco, Seat.
tie, Portland, Omaha, Denver Chica.
go, and further east through other re.
peaters the wire was connected and
hundreds of operators were stationed
at the instruments called blinds" ow.
rator. should he fail to be able to
read" the clicks from the ringside
could not stop the sender even though
he open the key.
A. p. Wires Direct.
Only to the larger ofrlces did the
direct wire run, except by the Asso.
ciated Press who cut in all their Off
ces direct. At each large Office there
were from four to eight operators
stationed, supplied with typewriter
and manifold paper, each taking about
ten copies of the fight bulletins. These
copies were usually sent to the de-
livery department through pneumatic
tubes and handed to the messengers
who at once mounted their bicycles
and delivered them to the anxious
crowds at their destination. Many
Of the saloons ordered loops attached
to the main line and an operator was
made nervous receiving the returns
behind bar or on the stage in front
of a cheering and noisy crowd.
Rneside Operators Had Grief.
While this was going on the ope.
rator at the ringside Sas having his
grief. AS he watches tte crowd come
into the arena he opens his key and
commences his work. Probably John
L. Sullivan enters the arena, a Sec
ond later the entire United States
knows of it. Then he hears the bets
going on and that too, he sends over
the line. The number of people is
ss.iEsatsS ~ss5- =s-ssssa -s=ha