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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
LADY is HEAVY CONSUMER
She 10 Supported by the Toll Of 9th.
ers, Who AcquIesce cheerfulIy to
the Condition.

Economically the lady is supported
by the toll Of others, but while this Is
equally true of other classes of soci-
ETY., the oddly Of her case consists OF
the acQuescence Of those most con-
,cerned. The lady herself feels no I'M
easiness in her equivocal situation,
and the toilers who support her do
so with enthusiasm She is not a pro-
Queer; In most communities prOduc-
tive labor Is by consent unladylike.
On the other hand. she is the heaviest
of consumers.
The women Of the working classes
have been saved by their work itself.
In the shop and the factory they have
learned what the nursery can teach.
But the lady has had no social train
ing whatever; the noticeable weak
ness Of her play at bridge is tend.
ency to work for her Town hand. As
the gentleman decays, the lady sur
wives as the strongest evidence Of his
former predominance.Z he set
her, there she stays. One after an
other the fabrics that supported her
have tottered, but she remains, adapt
ing herself to each new set of circum.
stances as 1t arises. It is possible that
an advancing social sentiment will ex-
tinguish her altogether. but she can
never be forgotten.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17

but what caused your arrest?"
"A conjunction OBJ circumstances.
Massa Jack; yes. sab. conjunction
OBJ circumstances. I got playin' pokah
ober in dat Red Light an was dom
fine. | reckon I'd cleaned up mon
a hundred dollars when got sleepy,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
Early Weanona.

The earliest weapons of mankind
Of the cutting, thrusting, hacking and
zstabbing ety-were undoubtedly
suggested by the natural weapons, of
the animals-the. tusks Of the boar.
elephant and walrus, the sword Of the
swordfish and norwhal, the pointed
antlers Of the deer and the short horns
of the steer. In fact. 1t Is well known
that these weapons, taken directly
from the fruits of the chase, were act
ually employed by men before they
made for themselves any other weap
on than the club. The sword is sim.
ply the buffalo's long curved horn
made into steel and dattened out.
just as the dirk Is deer's antler made
out Of the same material. and on to the
end Of the chapter.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
"oh De COCO Lawd bal A Mass waite an, john sIbeyn

an started TO camp. I'd most got
dar wen bunch OBJ low white trash
jumped me. 1t made me mad. it did
TO- fact, an reckon carved some
OBJ em up befo' | got away. Emmy.
how. de marshal come down. took me
out OBJ de tent, an fetched me here,
an I ben here ebber senee. i want
goin' ter let no low down white trash
git all dat money
What became Of the men you were
working for?'
Il reckon dey went on, sab Dey
had 'portent business. an wouldn't
likely wait round here Jest ter help
niger. Amt ennybody ben here ter
see me, nohow. an 'spects Use eradi-
Gated from dey mem'ry-T 'spects
In s7--=-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17

I'VE are IN much the same position,
Neb, and the tate OF one Is liable to-
be the fate Of both. This IL my story
and briefly as possible, he ran over
the circumstances which had brought
him there, putting the situation clear
enough for the negro's understand
ing, without wasting any time upon
detail. Neb followed his recital with
bullying eyes, and an occasional excla-
nation. At the end he burst forth:
"Yo' say dar was two OBJ dem white
men murdered one an OF man wid .
gray beard, an de odder bout thirty?
Am dat 1t, Massa Jack. an dey had TO-
span Oh mules, an, q tunnin hoss5
Eyes"
'.An' how far out was itf.'
about sixty miles. :.
.Oh, de good LaSrd!" and the negro
threw up his hands dramatically Dat
sutt'nly am my OUTFIT Dat am Massa
Waite an John Sibley."
you mean the same men with
whom you came here from Indepen-
dence r.
Neb nodded. overcome by the dis
covery.
But what caused them to run such
risk?" Keith insisted. Didn't they
know the Indians were on the war
path
"Sho'; !, heard 'em talkin' bout dat,
but Massa Waite was jest boun' fob
to git movin'. He didn't pear to be
'fraid OBJ no Injuns; reck'ned dey'd
nebher stop him, dat he knowed aeb-
berry chief on de plains. l reck'n dat
he did, too"
but what was he SO anxious to get
away for?'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
How Sherlock Holmes Knew lmpor.
tant individual Was Brought Up
In the Country.

-Hah!- exclaimed Sherlock Holmes.
u.
Very we'll Sherl.r said Dr.. what
son. III you wish It viii hah! But
what Il the occasion for hahingf'
Have you noticed that man with
the grayish hair and the important
MANNER
-Of course. I could not very well
help doing 20. He would attract at
tention anywhere.
He was born In the country and
spent his hoyhood either on . farm
or in small town.
What Il his namo7-
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
Power Of Praise.

There is one thing which no. man
however generously disposed, can
give. but which everyone. however
poor. is bound to pay. This is praise.
He cannot give 1t. because 1t is not
his own. since what is dependent fo1
its very existence on something In
another can never become to him q
possession: nor can he Justly with
hold ii, when the presence Of merit
claims 1t az consequep Wash
ington Allston.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
Greatest Man In the City
:. :, don't know"

Il don't know"
IF you don't know his name. how
have yoQ found on. that kAawas once
country boy? There Is no hayseed
In his hair. and can see nothing
about him to indicAt4 that he has not
always been used O. city ways"
+Of course you cant There isn't
anything Of that lind about him. But
didn't you hear thai man who pointed
him ont = moment ago say he was the
greatest man In this great city I.
All. Sherlock. lhey can't beat ycu
as ! deducer. Since you explain It
the whole thing q as plain as 6ay."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17

Then he sat up, with hands held be-
fore him as though warding of a
blow. \
"Fo' de Lawd's sake" he managed
to articulate finally, "am dis sho' yo'.
Massa Jack 2"
Keith, to whom all colored people
were much alike, laughed at the exS
preston on the negro's face.
4 reckon yer guessed the name. all
right, boy. Were you the cook Of
the Diamond L r
No, sab, nebber cooked no di'onds.
Use OIL Neb, sah.'''
..What?"
Eyes. sab, Use de boy dat libbed
wild OF Missus Cation durin' de wah.
amt seen yo', Massa Jack, sence de
day we buried 70. daddy, oil 7Massa
Keith. But l knowed yo' de berry
minute woke up. Sho' yo' members
Neb. sah?''
1t came to Keith now In sudden
rush of memory-the driZzling rain
in the little cemetery, the few neigh
bors standing about. narrow fringe
OF slaves back OF them, the lowering
of the CONN. and the hollow sound Of
earth falling on the box: and Neb. his
Aunt Cations house servant, q black
imp OF good humor, who begged so
hard to be taken back with him to the
war. Why. the boy had held his stir
rup the next morning when he rode
away. The sudden rush of recollec-
ton seemed to bridge the years, and
that black face became familiar, q
memory Of home.
*.tOf course, remember, Neb.' he
exclaimed. eagerly, "but that's all
years ago and never expected to see
you again. What brought you West
and got you into this hole r
The negro hitched up onto the
bench, the whites Of his eyes conspic-
uous as he stared uneasily about Tho
had short. squatty figure, with en-
cessively broad shoulders. and q face
Of intense good humor.
II reckn dat am consider bic OBJ 4
story, Massa Jack. de circumlocution
OBJ which would take heap OBJ time
tellin'," he began soberly. But It
happened bout dis way. When de
Yankees come sDoopin' long dc East
Sho'--T reck'n maybe it des yeah AFT
err dat time when we done buried de
Oh Co'nel dey Burned Missus Cations
house clah to de groun'; de OIL Miasus
was In Richmond den, an de sew Mig
gers left Jest materially took to de
woods. went into Richmond huntin'
de Oh Mlssus. but. Lawd. Massa Jack.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
BECKWTTH and BUSN0Nc

Frank Beekw.th FL, Rusho..
ATTORNEYS-AT.LAW
WIN practice ~ the courts Of JenersoI
and adjoining counties, Supreme Cour1
OF Appeals Of West Virginia and Federal
ecu -. Once: lawyers Row, charl Z
Town. wa
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
CHAPTER V.
The One Way.

Keith said nothing for some mo-
ments. staring up at the light stealing
in through the window grating, his
mind once again active. The eyes Of
the black man had the patient look
of dog as they watched; evidently
he had cast aside all responsibility.
now that this other had come. Final
" Keith spoke slowly:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
sYNopsIs.

Jack Keith. vfrginfan, now bor-
Ger plainsman, IL riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout for roaming war
parties OF savages. He notices camp
nre at distance and then sees team
attached to wagon and at full gallop
pursued by men on ponies. When Keith
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
ecred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and locket
with woman's portrait. He resolves to
hunt down the murderefs. Keith IL ar
rested at Carson City, charged with the
murder. his nccuser being ruffian named
Black Bart
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17

Then he sat up, with hands held be-
fore him as though warding of a
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17

l nebber foun' nuthin' OBJ her In dat
crowd. Den an oficer man done got
me an put me diggin' In de trenches.
III OATS what wah am, sho' dom
want no mo- wah. Den after dat Jest
materially drifted. reckon / libbed
bout eberywhar 20. ebber heard OBJ.
TO dar want no use OBJ me goin' back
to de East 6ho'. Somebody said dat
de West am de right place TO- . mig
ger, an 80 done headed west"
He dropped his face in his black
hands. and was Silent for some min
utes, but Keith said nothing, and I'M
ally the thick voice continued:
II tell you, Massa Jack, 1t was
mighty lonely TO Neb dem days. |
didn't know whar any OBJ yo' all was.
an. it want no fun TO dis niger bein'
free dat away. got out ter Indepen-
dence, Missouri, an was roustaboutin'
ION de ribber, when couple OBJ men
come along what wanted a cook to
trabbel wild 'em. took de Job, an
OATS what fetched me here ter Carson
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-08-17
Wonders Of. phrenoIoov.

WOhueFs OF. FHFSHOIUSys
Phrenologist tdelightedly) - NJ
friend. you were born to command
Are you a soldierf
Dignihed stranger-No. sor. oi'm q
janttor..
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14

them such good citizens that rather grudge they left
anybody behind in Norway. They find love of the
land of their birth and love of the country of their
adoption entirely compatible love his
wife all the better if he loves his mother great deal
cannot imagine any civilized who for the
history of the white not feeling peculiar emo
ton here in Norway. After the downfall of the
Greco-Roman civilization it the literature
that represented the first literary movement, the first
movement Of cultivation in all Europe, which did not
spring from GrecoRoman originals until there sprang
that great body of which being read with
more and more intense interest all the world"
Raising 81 100000 for Old Land.
At this time movement is foot in the United
States among Norwegian citizens to raise $1,000,000
for presentation to the mother land in 1914. when
will be celebrated the Tooth anniversary the
stitution. For this particular purpose Woman's
auxiliary to the Norwegian Mems Mindegavekomte ~
being organized all the country, with Mrs A. O.
Floan OF St Paul the national president Branches
of the auxiliary will be organized in all through
out the union and each state will have vice presi
dents, who meeting with the vice presidents other
states will form the national executive board
Already auxiliaries have been formed in several
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
GGz7VGZNc cS0CZE2Y

Of the states, and of the vice presidents who
will form the executive board, have been elected
To date the officers elected are Mrs. A. C. Floan of
St. Paul, national PRESIDENT Mrs. T. H. Dahl Mime
apos first national vice president; Mrs elsie Bothne
OF Minneapolis, second vice president. State vice
presidents far elected who make up the executive
board, are Mrs M Melgaard of Minnesota, Mrs. Will
liam Corner and Mrs Oscar Hangar of Illinois; Mrs.
A. H. Dahl and Mrs. E. B. Steensland of wisconsin
Mrs. Seehus of Iowa, Mrs j. o. Tweten of Washing
ton, ID. c. Mrs. Martin Berg and Mrs. X. Zetlitz of
South Dakota, and Mrs F. B. Homness and Mrs Tron-
mes of North Dakota
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14

either by statistics by historical records the
exact causes which have induced majority of the
scandlnayans to settle in the northwest. 1t is,
doubt, partly due to chance, climate, the direction
which the early Scandinavian pioneers gave to the
movement; but perhaps more on account of the
northwest being just opened for settlement at the
time when their immigration began. When some
Norwegian immigrants arrived in Milwaukee, Wis,
in 1889. in search of suitable land an old settler
warned them against the climate of Illinois. He
placed two men before them-one strong and healthy
the other weak and lean. Pointing toward the
former, he said There you a man from VISION
sin; the other is from Illinois, The Norwegians re-
NAMED in Wisconsin. Slavery might in the early
days have prejudiced them from going south It is
certain that movements of scandanivans in that di-
rection have at different times been attempted but
always failed"
OF the Scandinavian virtues, hard work thrift
ness and the desire land Prof Babcock of the
University Of Minnesota has written in the Forum:
THE passion for the possession of land and for indie
pendence that goes with it have characterized the
seandinayians from the earliest times and It is that
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14


northwest. Had they preferred to hudde together
In villages or still worse to crowd into large Cities
the progress of this section would have been ma
terially slower"
Takes Naturally to Politics.
Prof Babcock is also authority for the statement
that in the 90s it possible to travel 800 miles
across Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota without once
leaving northumberland land He points out
that of the most important indirect results of this
love for land ownership is the Fastening of naturali
cation But the Scandinavian immigrant hardly
needs any great incentive citizenship" says Prof
Babcock. In politics he is much in his element
as Irishman in New York. His aptitude for poll
tics and his interest in public affairs natural Be
he Norwegian, Swede Dane, he fastened and moved
in atmosphere electric with independence and in
divdualsm Coupled with the love for politics among
them is the love for religion and the church. The
vast majority are Lutherans of one branch
another"
From 1920 to 1890, when the last tabulated stats-
tics published touching immigration from Eu-
rope the Scandinavian countries contributed 1885,
000 1t is estimated that up to 1900 at least $780,,
600 Scandinavians The Norwegians were
the first to begin arriving from the Scandnavans,
in 1S43, and in 1882 10000 the United States
when United States Senator Knute Nelson, then a
representative in congress- and other leading Norwe
gians got busy in bringing their countrymen to settle
in northern Minnesota and Dakota territory OF the
newcomers from Norway in the earlier years of the
heavy immigration 81 per cent males, 60 per
between the ages of 10 and 4O "a per cent
children under 10 and only II per cent were
40 They hardy people in the prime of
life, ready to do hard work and ambitious to secure
homes of their own.
In 1890 it figured by the statsticians that one
person out of every twenty-five in the United States
Scandinavian, by birth parentage, and the
Norwegians strong enough be almost the con-
trolling power in several states In Minnesota two
ffths of the total population is Scandinavian and in
that state the natives of Norway and their descen-
dants are very numerous Probably half Of them are
engaged in agriculture. Iowa and Wisconsin are al
most strongly impregnated with Scandinavian
blood
Like their brethren, the Swedes and Danes, the
Norwegans take low rank in the tables of crimes
pauperism. They take naturally to farming and the
solid trades, which them from many tempta-
tions. They believe intensely in education of the
for their children. with religious instruction
traditions their native land have economists to
speak of them the most desirable immigrants taken
by and large, for the still sparsely settled states.
TrondhJem Old and Famous.
With its 10000 inhabitants, and not far from the
outer rim of the Arctic Circle Trondhjem is strange
place in which to find of the most remarkable
cathedras OF northern Europe. But then it must be
remembered that until the time of the of Nor
fury. Trondhjem the capital of the kingdom Now,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
17V Az160V AND o6EzT A11ZE or 17778zY

although the administrative capital OF Norway 10
Christiania Trondhjem, much further north, retains
its privileges the ancient city, of having the
crown of st. Olaf placed the kings head in Its
venerable cathedral
From its foundation in 996 by Olaf Tryggvason
until the end of the sixteenth century the city
retained its ancient of Nidaros-i e. "the
mouth of the Md" The Trondhjem originally
implied district visited by variety of msfortunes
that all progress, and not the home of the
throne" is too often supposed. This modern in
depreciation is therefore, incorrect the appella
of "Drontheim, given to it in the days of the
Hanseatic league and still persisently reproduced in
many publications
After the mysterious disappearance OF olav Trygg-
vason, about the year 1901, during expedition to
the Baltic, the kings of Denmark and Sweden, and
Carl Erik, the of Hakon the Great, divided Nor
way among them, but in reality the greater part Of
the country held by Earl Erik and his brother,
Earl Svend, under a little more than nominal vassa-
lage. In the south some of the districts more
directly dependent upon Denmark and Sweden.
Fourteen years afterward another descendant OF
Harold Fairhar, who, far be discovered,
ruled Norway from $50 to 933, appeared in the
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
VIII Restore Ancient Cathedral.

OF the 100000 the Norwegians intend to raise
100000 kroner, $4,000, will go toward restoring
the old cathedral in Trondhjem Norway, the Oldest
Christian church in the north one of the Oldest
in the world. This cathedral founded in the
eleventh century, the tomb of St. Olaf and all
the Norwegian kings since then including the present
ruler OF Norway, have been crowned in it, The pic
ture reproduced in this article loaned by Mrs
Wangberg 1t was taken when she was a girl, before
the old church had been restored to any extent
The remainder of the 100000 will form per-
manent fund the interest of which will go where the
Norwegian storthing may direct Many Norwegians
In the United States planning go to Norway in
1914 when this money will be presented to the Nor
wegian government.
While Nebraska has not received as many Norwe-
gan settlers the states farther north they yet con-
sttue fair proportion of its population being mostly
farmers. In Omaha it is estimated there are proba-
bly, 1900 Norwegans. Besides religious organiza-
uons, like Rev. NJ. W. Halvorsens church on North
Twentysixth street, near Hamilton the local Norwe-
gans have two societies which serve as eenters for
their social activities. One is singing society and
the other a pleasure club AS in the years past
these two societies will this year hold Joint picnic on
May H. at which the history their nation and the
glorious deeds of the men of other days will be fit
tingiy honored
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
Entrance of King Olaf.

Earl Erik by this time dead Olaf succeeded
in driving Svend from the land and became in a short
time thoroughly king of Norway than anyone
had been since Harold Fairhair. He rebuilt Nidaros
(the modern Trondhjem). which had been founded
by Olaf Tryggvason, and, like him, Jealous
adherent of Christianity. AS he fairly
settled he proceeded to enforce it his subjects
Olaf suppressed heather worship with the utmost
vigor, and Christianity may be said to have become
the professed religion of the land.
Thus it came about that at Trondhjem then
called Nidaros 'the mouth of the Md" the cathedral
rose above the shrines of Olaf and Magnus, and on
the very spot where the body of the former had
hidden after his last disastrous fight against Canute
who had added the of Norway to those of Dem
mark and England.
To olaf's shrine in particular, and to olafs we'll,
which is embedded within the cathedral wallis came
pilgrims from all parts of Europe bringing their gifts
with them.
Olaf canonized by popular reclamation almost
Immediately after his martyrdom. But II was not
till 1850 that his countrymen obtained from Pope
Eugenius III promise of the enfranchisement Of
Norway from the spiritual supremacy Of the metro
politan of Lund.
Between 1915 and 1880 Olaf the Saint had built
"a church the spot where now stands the present
chapter house apsidal paraelogram just detached
from the north aisle of the choir but connected with
II by short passage Olaf was buried little TO the
south Of his church where the high altar of the
cathedral is situated.
Between 1895 and 1047 Magnus the Good raised
a small wooden chapel St Olafs grave and soon
afteTward Harold HaardFaade built a stone church
dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Immediately TO the
westward OF this and the spot occupied by the
present choir. In this state this group OF three
churches stood during the troubled period that ensued
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
NOrwegians Came First in 1888.

o. ~ Nelson of Minneapolis in a history of Scan
dinavians in the United States" gives some interest
ing details OF the settlement of his people in this
country. He says; 1T Is impossible TO determine
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14

which has made them valuable citizens of the
northwest. Had they preferred to huddle together
in villages still to crowd into large Cities
the progress of this section would have been ma
terially slower"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14

Y II, 1914, was promulgated what has
been called "the freest organic law that
Europe had known" 1t was the con-
stitution of Norway, presented to the
world by a handful of brave men,
elected as a constituent assembly, and
sitting at Eidsvold. This constitution
Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-14
TrondhJem Old and Famous.

With its 10000 inhabitants, and not far from the
rim of the Arctic Circle. Trondhjem is strange
place in which TO find one of the most remarkable
cathedrals OF northern Europe. But then IL must be
remembered that until the time of the union Nor
way with Denmark the close OF the fourteenth CEN
fury. Trondhjem the capital of the kingdom Now,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1911-10-23
PUT DRESSES ON BAD BOYS

DARLINGTON, Okla, Oct. 90.
"A unique form OF punishment
for boys kept in the Masonic Or
phaD Home here has been insti-
tuted by Justice Henry NJ. Fur
man of the criminal court of ap-
peals, who has been designated by
the Masonic board to pass on cases
involving incalcitrants.
Two boys had fled from the in
stitution and upon being brought
before Judge Furman were SEN
fenced to wear girls clothing until
they are 81 years of age, or until
their probationary period of re-
form has convinced the authori-
ties that they will remain obed-
lent to the rules of the institu-
ton.
After wearing the clothes of the
other sex for two days the boys
promised a permanent season of
reform. One of the days they
were compelled to appear In
school dressed like girls.