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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
BL0NDS ARE DOOMED.
socioIogst Says immigration Will Pro
duce Race of Brunettes.

socioIogist Says immigration Will Pro
duce Race of 5runettes.
1--WE are becoming nation OF bru.
nettes. The blends are becoming fewer,
and the American type a few years
hence will be dark in color"
This is the conclusion Professor
Rockwell ID. Hunt, head OF the depart
mcnt Of sociology at the University of
Southern California. has drawn from
a study of immigration statistics. He
says:
"The assimilation Of the American
race with immigrants from Slavic and
Latin countries will bring about a
new type. Immigrants who now have
the bulk OF representation are the ones
that have large families. Russians
and Italians bring more children than
do Germans or English. Then there
are Greeks, Austrians and Hungari-
ans. all from the darker races, coming
here In great numbers"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

VIM Wh6
LARGELY INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING MIS-
SOURI, TO THE UNION
regular army and was entitled to a
colCnelcy. Sherman, Grants great
lieutenant. had beaten his future
chief into the service.
Fifty years ago Senator Stephen A.
Douglas, after making a gallant ap-
peal for the Union, was stricken with
mortal illness. On May 80 his life
was despaired of, and his death fol-
lowed on June 3. However we may re-
gard Douglas previous career, his course
after Lincoln's Inauguration was alto
gether admirable and atoned for much.
Memorial day was not celebrated
until 1865 The times that tried
mems souls" were over. Then the sur
viyors of the war outnumbered the
dead. Today the reverse is true, and
the graves to be decorated far out
number the living soldiers left 10 dec
crate them. How long will it be I'M
Ill not one is left and the flowers will
be scattered only by the children and
grandchildren of the boys who wore
the blue?"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
Norfolk Nav Get in State LEAGUE.

Madison comes to Norfolk Sunday
for ball game with the regular Nor
folk team on the driving park diamond
in the afternoon. Madison has prom
Used to send up fine bunch of play
ers and fast game is looked for.
The members of the Norfolk team de-
clare they expect a much faster game
than they experienced with Stanton.
Manager Stafford declares the base
ball bug has worked well in Norfolk
and that the fans who have been slum.
bering for so long are up to the old
time enthusiasm.
Treasurer Zuelow of the Norfolk
team is strong for Norfolk entering
the state league next year.
I'VE are going to get into the state
league next year sure" he says. "The
president of the league at Grand ISL
and has told me he will bring Norfolk
in next year. He says that Norfolk is
logical point for a team in his league
and we are working hard on the prop
osition.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
WOULD DROP PHILIPPINES.
Man Delighted by War Department,
Urges New United States Policy.

Nashville, Tenn, May 81 Judge
John w. Judd, who was sent to Porto
Rico to investigate the condition of
the islands, by the war department,
made sensational speech before the
Tennessee Bar association in which
he urged that this nation drop the
Philippines and take care of the Mon
roe doctrine as it is now understood.
Judge Judd said there is no telling
where the Monroe doctrine will lead
us and intimated that eventually war
would grow out of our efforts to en-.
force 1t.
A paper on Porto Rico and the
Porto Ricans" was to have been read
to the convention by Judge Judd, but
he said while the paper had been pre-
pared he could not read it, as the au.
thorities at Washington had asked
him not to give it to the public, as
sorting it would cause embarrassing
diplomatic relations with other coun-
tries.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

gin an Investigation of tho charges.
Omaha, May 27-Mrs Emma H.
Manchester refused to discuss tho
charges against her as supreme guar.
dian of the Woodmen circle, except to
deny that there was any truth in the
charges.
"The matter has already 'ecn all
sNnc through with by the officers of
the order, and It was found that there
was no foundation for the charges"
she said. 81 can say nothing further
except that they are entirely uncalled
for and untrue"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON, WHOSE CAP
TURE OF CAMP JACKSON AND OTHER
PROMPT OPERATIONS EARLY IN 1861 PRE-
VENTED THE SECESSION OF MISSOURI.
KILLED AT BATTLE OF WILSON CREEK,
AUG. 10, 1861.
Ellsworth had lost his life at Alexan-
dria. All OF these events had been
like electric shocks in stirring the
north and like magnetic currents in
uniting it. Lincoln's call for $4,000
men had been answered by an offer
OF many times that number, and his
subsequent call for 1904 had been
filed promptly, as had also his order to
increase the standing army by 22,714.
States were clamoring to supply more
than their quota, extra troops were be-
ing offered from every side, and Lin.
coin, after his big hearted habit, was
listening TO the appeals and bringing
In regiments here and there above the
quota. This process continued until by
July there were more than 100000 en-
listed. SO far as men were concerned
the administration was suffering from
an embarrassment of riches. That
end of it was easy. The hard task was
TO arm, drill and provision the men
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
,arley. and substa,ion Calico corn

barley. and Suhstation Calico corn.
Among the forage crops, cane (sor
ghum) ranks first as an annual and
alfalfa first as perennial, on bench
land. Alfalfa on the table-land did
not produce forage or seed in 1910.
The climatic records show that the
average annual precipitation for the
past 36 years is 1868 inches, and for
1910, 1917 inches. 1910 was the driest
year during the SO years. yet fair
crops were produced by proper meth
DDS OF tillage.
This bulletin may be had free OF
cost by residents OF Nebraska upon
application to the Nebraska Agricul.
tural Experiment Station, Lincoln
e A, BURNETT,
Director
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

-..y ..easure. The service stands.
The promise was ended by his tragic
death at the battle of Wilson Creek, in
southwest Missouri, three months
later.
On ''ay 30, 1861, Ulysses g. Grant
was helping the adjutant general of
Illinois. mastering in regiments and
making out forms in the outer Office.
Six days earlier he had written to
Washington rendering his services to
the governs ent and modestly suggest
ing that he thought himself compe-
tent to command a regiment. A few
weeks earlier ha had declined the cap
taincy Of Galena company, assert
ing that he had been a captain in the
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

offered. 1t was on April is, Just after
the fall Of Sumter. that the president
had made his first call and May 8
when he had issued the second. Yet
several governors met at Cleveland and
on May q asked permission to furnish
more troops. The country was on fire
with enthusiasm and was clamoring
for the administration to do something.
Not only were soldiers being offered,
but money. The first gun that fred on
Fort Sumter hurled a shot which ulti-
mately destroyed the Southern Confed-
eracy.
The south was not less active than
was the north Only a few days be-
fore May 30 Virginia had definitely
cast in her lot with the gulf states,
and the whole eleven commemorative
ate States of America had taken their
stand The peace advocates were
Quieted. Both sides realized at last
that the clash must come. The issue
was drawn, the lists made up, and all
that awaited was the trial by force.
The future campaign had begun to
assume nebulous form. The cry of
"On to Richmond" had been started
by Greeley and others. Fifteen thou
sand Pennsylvania troops were march
ing in the direction OF Harpers Ferry,
where a number Of Confederates-no-
body then knew just how many-were
massed. General Benjamin F. Butler
had first been put In command at Bal
timore. through which hotbed he soon
made 1t eminently safe for Union
troops to pass, and was then in COM
mand at Fortress Monroe. Alexan-
dria and Arlington were In the hands
Of Federal troops, an expedition had
pushed up the James river, with a
base at Newport News, and another
force had started a bombardment at
Acquia creek.
Just about May 30 news came that
the enemy was establishing a base at
Manassas. which was altogether the
most fateful item OF all. but Washing
ton was still In blissful ignorance Of
this, Bull Run being seven weeks
away.
In the west three regiments had
crossed the Ohio river at Marietta,
Bellaire and Wheeling, had taken
Parkersburg and were then concen-
trating on Grafton. General George
r. Mcclellan was in command and
had issued a proclamation advising the
West Virginians to break away, as
they subsequently did. There was
also activity in Missouri, where Cap
tain Nathaniel Lyon was temporarily
IN charge. Governor Claiborne +.
Jackson and many more officials and
citizens were determined that Missou-
ri should go out of the Union Frank
p. Blair. Captain Lyon and others
were Just as decided that she should
remain under the stars and stripes.
Shortly before May 80 Lyon had
captured Camp Jackson. in the out
skirts Of St Louis, and had been pro-
NOTED to brigadier general therefor.
Through the vigorous efforts OF these
two men and their coworkers Missouri
was saved to the north, which meant
that Kentucky would also remain
loyal 1t may well be said that this
one victory was turning point In the
war. With the border states against
the north there might have been a diff
ferent outcome.
His friends believed that had Lyon
lived he would have proved one Of the
ablest generals on the Union side.
Even as il was he rendered n service
TO his country that no one now can
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
FIFTY YEARS AGO
THIS BOTH OF May
BY JAMES A. EDCBR TON.
Copyright by American Press Associa-
ton. 1911


u EMORIAL day. 1911. is rem.
dered notable by the fact
that this year marks the If
tieth anniversary Of the be-
ginning Of the civil war. On May 80,
1861, war actually had begun, although
no great battle had been fought. 1t
was not till nearly two months later
that the first Bull Run opened the
eyes of the north to the magnitude of
the impending struggle. Prior to that
time most northern people seemed to
think that the contest would be over
In ninety days and that all a Federal
army had to do to take Richmond was
to march In some morning before
breakfast when Davis and Lee were
not looking.
On May 80 both sides were making
ready, but did not realize how big an
affair they had on hand. Sumter had
been fired on. Union troops had been
shot down In Baltimore, blood had
been shed in St Louis. and Colonel
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
CHARGES AGAINST OFFICER.
Misuse Of Funds Alleged Against Head
OF Woodmen Circle,

Lincoln, May 27.-Charges against
Mrs Emma B. Manchester, head Off
Ger of the Woodmen circle, have been
filed with State Auditor Barton. Most
of the charges are said to relate to
alleged misuse of funds of the asso-
citation, including use of funds for
personal expenses. Auditor Barton
will endeavor to get the insurance
commissioner of Iowa and the insur.
ance commissioner OF South Dakota
to join him Monday in Omaha to be-
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
Offer Taft a Site.

Clear Lake, Ia, May 26.-Clear Lake
was today offered as the summer cap
ital Of the United States when the
commercial club designated a site of
twenty acres, with adequate railroad
facilities, to be presented to President
Taft for his home during the hot
months. The offer will be communi.
Gated to Washington at once.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
SWALLOWED so CENTS.
And Papermsker "coushed Up $25 to
Havo Il Removed

Charles Connors Of Dalton. Mass.
employed In Senator w. Murray
Cranes paper mill wagered that he
could catch with his mouth dozen
half dollars tossed to him ten feet
away He caught them all. but the
twelfth slipped down his throat
Since then Connors has been In n
hospital and it cost him 500 10 have
the coin removed. He says he will try
silver dollars next time because they
will slide down less easily.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
HARROW THE CORN

1t takes some nerve for a man who
mas never tried it to put spike-tooth
harrow onto field of young corn. 1t
looks as if the corn would almost all
he uprooted.
AS matter OF fact, there is no way
the farmer can save time and help his
corn crop any better than to harrow
the corn once when it is a few inches
tall. 1t will save the first blowing,
and will kill almost all of the germin-
ated weed seeds. And when a boy
can drive two or three sections and
cover a good sized field in a day, it
is certainly economy to use the har-
row.
The first day after narrowing the
corn may look sickly. Two or three
days, however, will straighten it up,
and it will soon show the effects OF
the cultivation and freedom from
weeds. 7 have seen corn double har-
rowed when it was almost a foot in
average height. and the results were
exceedingly favorable
--
The farmer who has not time for 8
Iitt1a hpolyl;canino will lilsaIv novo,.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
Manager Chance Boosts Zimmerman.

Before midsummer Heinie thinner
man will be- the beSt third baSeman In
the National league." Is the prediction
OF Frank Chance. He has all the
requisites OF the position. Xim is a
powerful man. quick on his feet and
has big hands to. knock down hits. As
soon as teach him not to hit at balls
instead of strikes he will bat .275."
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
HI DESERVED DEATH.
So Chicago Judge Tells Prisoner Who
inundated a Woman.

Judge Scully OF the Chicago munich
pal court announced from the bench
that he would have killed a man who
appeared before him as defendant. j.
r. Johnson was in court on complaint
of Mrs. Lena Graf.
81 met him, and he told me that he
would kill me If did not elope with
him." she said. He drew a revolver
and told me he would give me half an
hour 10 go home and pack my clothes"
Turning to Johnson, Judge Scully
said, III this plaintiff had been my
sister | would have killed Won"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02
Three-lnch Rain at Ainsworth.

Answorth, Neb,, May 27.-Special
to The News: Three and a half inches
of rain fell here between $3.50 and
$50 yesterday afternoon. Some hail
accompanied the storm but not to
amount to anything. A severe wind.
storm preceded the rain.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

Following heavy south wind all
day, trace of rain fell in Norfolk at
IL p. m. and the temperature dropped
from 80 in the afternoon to 53-a fall
of 81 degrees.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

NJ Photo by American Press Association
t"WELL. Bill, I'm powerful pleased to see vel
Old matey, put 'er thar an shake!"
"Sure. Hank: the pleasures mine. How bo ye?
But I'm not Bill-my name is Jake
!. &
'You hain't Bill Hawkins? MOI Jake Jones
; WY. he was killed at Mobile Bay.
Ye can't be him. wy. bust my bones.
You air, though. live an well-todayl''
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

Eyes. live an lively. Hank. I be, =
Though forty-seven year or SO .Nsss%s:;
Have passed along sence you an mo
Fit side by side-so long ago."
49,.
"Well. Ill be splintered fore an aft!
We shore did fight them Johnnies, Jake
On them Mis- 'sippi gunboat craft
In "a. Old matey, shake r.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

Great Desert Of Africa.
The great desert of Africa has nearly
the dimensions of the United States.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-02

The farmer who has not time for 8
little bookkeeping will likely never
have much to keep books on. Thf
ledger is becoming a farm necessity.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28

for animals of any breed will be far
more profitable to their owner than
q larger number Of animals Of poorer
quality kept in a mediocre manner
A person intending to take up the
breeding of any breed Of pure-bred
stock should make a careful study Of
both his own conditions and such en-
vironment as the breed would be call
ed upon to produce under. Then a
careful study of the breeds to see
which n is so constituted as to be
able to produce the greatest results
when placed under the conditions and
management you are able to give.
The writer has noted many cases
where 1t seemed from all evidence
available, the poor success the breed
er realized vas from lack of unison in
choosing the breed to procure under
conditions prevailing in each p%articur
lar case.
Good breeding and good feeding go
hand in hand-one without the other
is not capable of producing the great
est results. The two combined with
good common sense and good judg.
ment r sure Of the best results.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28
WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF HIM
Remark by No Means Complimentary
Made by Constituent of Repre-
sentative Underwood.

Representative Underwood, chair
man Of the ways and means commit
tee in congress, represents what Is
known as a manufacturing district"
because 1t contains all the factories
and smelters in and about Birming-
ham, Ala. But he also has among his
constituents a lot of farmers-of which
fact he is now painfully aware.
He drove out to a settlement in
Bib county one afternoon to persuade
the farmers they ought to vote for
him. AS he stepped up to the porch
of a little store an old man rushed up
to him with the request:
please sign this paper. It's a petit
ton to Congressman Underwood to
have a young lady postmistress here"
I'D be glad to sign it." said Under
wood politely; "but as l am not a resi-
dent of this community, my name
wouldn't help you"
"Oh, yes, 1t would" the old farmer
assured him. Were getting every
body to sign 1t, strangers and all.
Go ahead and put your name down!
That fool congressman will never
know the difference!"-The Sunday
Magazine.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28
WHEN CUPID WAS OFF DUTY
Lovers Bad Cold That Led to Most
Unfortunate Mlsunderstand-
Ing With Girl.

Sweet was the lass, low was the
gas; it was the evening she expected
him to put across the big question.
He did not look we'll. Something
seemed to be troubling him. He tried
to say something, but the words stuck
in his throat, and the girl, noticing
this, turned the gas even lower.
Suddenly he turned to her and
cried, I'm c dub"
NO" she said, fondly. you don't
appreciate yourself as well as some
others do, perhaps. Tee heel"
Eyes," he persisted stubbornly, I'm
a dub!"
NO" she maintained.
YES" he almost shouted, "Im q
dubl"
She was a sensible girl, and so, real
izing that he ought to know best, she
thanked him kindly for warning her
in time and handed him his hat. 1t
was only after the door slammed be-
hind him forever that she realized the
awful truth.
He had contracted a nasty cold.
and what he had been trying to say
was, I'm In Lowell"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28
ITS RECORD A PROUD ONE
Famous Men Educated at St. An.
drew's University During Last
Five Centuries.

Recently the University Of st. An
drews, that famous seat of learning
called the-Oxford of Scotland, cele-
brated the fiye-hundredth anniversary
Of its founding, in September, 1411,
though for 300 years before st. An
drews had been noted for its schools.
Three-quarters Of a century ago 1t
vas described as an asylum Of repose,
where the professors and students
had everything to excite ambition
books, tranquility and the old In
spiration-and wher golf was played
with thoroughness, not Is a mere pas
time, but with passionate eagerness.
st. Andrews is no longer medieval,
except in its traditions. The old col
lege buildings have long since been
replaced by modern classrooms and
halls, and numerous endowments and
state subventions have added to the
number Of the professorships. This
old seat of learning was years ago
thrown open to women
Among the famous men who stud
led at st. Andrews, a long list Of
whom is given in T. P.'s London
Weekly, were that prodigy Of learning,
James Crichton, "the admirable erich
ton" who entered st. Salvatore col
lege when only ten years old; John
Napier, the inventor Of %logarithms;
Andrew Melville, sent into exile for
comparing Queen Mary with Nebu-
chadnezzar, and calling James vi
Gods sillie vessel" David Leslie, de-
feated by Cromwell at Dunbar; James
Graham, Of Claverhouse, Dundee, who
persisted in the hour Of victory at
Killlecrankie; Lord Chancellor Frs
kline, who supported the French revo-
luton; Robert Ferguson, the poet;
DR.. Arbuthnot, the physician of Queen
Anne, who was the friend Of Pope and
Swift; DR.. Thomas Chalmers, the ia
nous divine; James Bowan Lindsay,
who, 1t is claimed, discovered wire
less ~telegraphy as long ago as 1853;
Playfair, the chemist, and Andrew
Lang.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28
Suburban s%ohrinnats.

Everybody else had lived in the
summer colony long enough to name
his home for whatever tree or shrub
grew most abundantly in the front or
back yards. Up and down the road
were cottages labeled the Elms, the
Wistaria, the Lilacs, and so on through
TIE horticultural guide book. The
newcomer had no name for her house,
but after studying the tactics for a
week she took a survey of the prem
ises and thenceforward dated her cor
rcspondence the Rhubarbs.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-09-28
TURN MORE LAND TO GRASS
Many Farmers Do Not Realize How
Valuable Crop Is, Especially With
Beef, Mutton and Pork.

More land in grass should be the
slogan in the south. We have been
fighting grass for many years. Let
us put thousands Of acres in grass
and give it a square deal. We do not
realize how valuable grass is. We
do not value 1t fully as a feed. We
have lever kept an account of the
beef, mutton, pork and SO on that an
acre of good grass produces. We do
not realize that land in grass instead
of cotton, corn, tobacco, cane or rice
to a large extent solves the labor
problem. We do not measure the large
return from the land in grass and the
small cost of growing the grass.
Many farmers in the south prize
wheat, oats, corn, cotton, rice and
can crops because their growth has
become a habit. Very few farmers
have compared the profit derived from
an acre Of cotton and an acre of ber-
muda grass, lespedeza and some win
ter clover. On many farms the grow
ing of cotton represents a loss instead
Of a profit. On many farms in the