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The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
LEAVE THE PAST ALONE
incident which sho~s Now Unpiess.
sotnsss Nay De Avoided BY
Letting Past Ole.

John .. Moissant, the ve,tknovn
aviator. Refused with . smile TO die.
cuss HE turbulent past among the
revolutionists Of South America.
Leave the past Alone" hs said 10
. New York reporter. Thus you
avoid unpleasantness. lIet me tell you
about Judge Hangar.
Judge Hangar was spending . sun.
ny autumn week n Atlantic City. and
every morning on one Of the piers ht
used to see . young lady whose face
looked most familiar.
The Judge prided himself on his
memory for names and faces. and yet
somehow this young lady escaped him
hut be was sure he knew her. and
one morning, though she always stu
diously avoided his eye. he stopped
and addressed her with courly polite.
meas.
Pardon me. mise. he said. your
features are familiar. but, strangely
enough, ! cannot recall tho eircum.
stances under which We met. Yet
certainly remember our having met
somewhere.
Remember cried the young lady.
and she rose from among her friends
with angry and aggressive air. Re.
member. you old scallawag! Well.
you ought TO remember. It's not .
year since you gave me eight months
In the common pleas. and for two
cents ia pitch you over the railing
into the water!'"
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
Small Naval Engagements.

Yet 1861 saw actual lighting and the
week ending June 10 chronicled the
first battle of the war between organ
izetl land troops. Up 10 this time there
had been naval bombardmcnts and
skirmishcs between the land forces,
but no battle worthy of the name. out.
side Of this one engagement--the bat
tie of Big Belhcl-there were no events
of particular importance during the
week On June the United States
steamer Susquchanna arrived from
abroad TO serve In the war, On June
q the Harriet Lane engaged a battery
at Pig Point. opposite Newport News.
The vessel had but one gun that would
reach the fort, while she was hit sew
eral times, On June 7 the forces un-
der General Patterson resumed their
march from Chambersburg toward
Haypers Ferry, and fresh troops from
Washington also started toward the
same objective. On June 8 the people
Of Tennessee ratified the secession or
dinance On June D war balloon,
then new thing In America. was In.
siated at Washington. On the same
day word came that Fort Pickens was
finally out of danger. This fort was
threatened at the same time as Sum-
ter, and Lincoln started a movement
for its relief even before he did that
fos the succor Of Major Anderson and
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his ecoped up forces. Then on June
10 came the battle, III starred for the
north. resulting not only In defent,
but In the loss Of two gallant officers.
Battle Of Big Bethel.
Big Bethel Is about ten miles from
Fortress Monroe and Is on the road
from Hampton to Newport News.
Nearer the fortress Is Little Bethel.
and the Confederates had forces ut
both points. These troops had annoy.
ed the Union outposts and had even
taken a few prisoners. They had also
impressed the negroes Of nearby plan.
tations and compelled them TO help dig
intrenchmcnts. General Butler stood
this a. long as he could and then or.
dered an offensive movement. putting
General Pierce 10 charge. On the
night Of June General Pierce ordered
two regiments under Colonies Duryea
and Townsend from Fortress Monroe
and one regiment from Newport News
under Colonel Bendix to meet near
Little Bethel and take the enemy by
surprise IN the early morning. That
the troops might distinguish each other
from the enemy In the darkness they
were told to tie white cloths about
their arms. Colonel Bendix afterward
claimed he had never been Informed
Of this arrangement.
With Colonel Duryea's regiment In
the lead and Colonel Townsend's fol.
lowing about two hours apart, o rup-
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ethics In that institution and although
only twsntySeven years old at thsl
time Of the light had seen service at
Tampa. Fla. IN the Indian troubles.
He was not favorable to the expedi.
ton against Big Bethel. and II IL said
he believed II would result In his own
death. Nevertheless. he went uncom-
plainingly, and his two howitsers did
valiant service throughout the fight
Just as orders were given to retire
from the field he was struck in the
head by a cannon ball and killed In
stantly. He was the first regular
army oficer to fall In the civil war.
Major Theodore winthrop led one
Of the most thrilling charges Of the
day. 30 CALLING was the Confederate
Ere that his dead were strewn across
the morass At the head q his men,
winthrop reached the fence near the
enemy's works. leaped upon q log.
waved his sword and shouted: Come
on. boys! One charge and the day ID
on.~w That word was his last. a. hs
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His Bones Easily Broken,

Known as the 'glassbone boy"
James Loertseh OF Caldwell. n. j.,
kept up his record when he fell on
the sidewalk In front OF his home
q few days ago and broke his arm
This is James eighth bone-breaking
feat In the eight years of his life
and his third within the last Ave
months. In September he broke his
right leg In kicking football. In
November. when he was standing In
q wagon. the horse moved unexpect.
edly and jolted him to the wagon bed
The Jolt did not roll him from the
wagon, but broke his left arm.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
MARRIAGE IN EARLY LIFE


Indeed. from marriages that have
fallen under my observation. ! an
rather inclined 10 think that early
once stand the best chance Of happi
ness. The temper and habits Of the
young are not yet become % stiff.
and uncomplyins. - when more I'D.
vAnced In life: they form more easily
b each other. and hence. many coca.
SONS OF disgust are removed. And II
youth has less Of that prudence which
10 necessary TO manage . family. yet
the parents and elder friends Of young
married persons are generally a. hand
70 afford their sdvice. which amply
supplies that defect, and. By early
marriage. youth 10 sooner formed to
regular and useful life; and possibly
some Of these accidents Of connec-
lions. that might have injured the
constitutions. or reputation. or both.
are thereby happily prevented.
Particular circumstances Of partie.
ular persons may possibly sometimes
make II prudent to delay entering
into that state: but. In general. when
nature hss rendered our bodies NJ foe
Il. the presumption 10 In natures 70
vor. that she has not judged amiss In
making W desire IT, Late marriages
are often attended. too. with this fur.
ther Inconvenience. that there 10 not
the same chance that the parents
should live 10 see their offspring edu.
Gated. Late children" says . Span
ish proverb. are early orphans" A
melancholy reflection to those whose
case II may be- With us IN America
marriages are generally In the morn
ing of life: our children are therefore
educated and settled by noon: and
thus. our business being done. We
have the afternoon and evening to our.
selves -Benjamin Franklin's Autobi
ography.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
wster-e iephants.

The existence Of hitherto I'M
known beast, the water elephant, has
recently been discovered No speci.
men Of this animal has as yet been
brought to Europe. nor has it, skele.
ton come into the hands Of scientists
and not 30 much ~ a photograph OF II
IL known 10 exist, NJ. lie Petit, an
explorer, came across five on the
banks Of lake IN the Upper Congo
A. soon NJ he approached they divcd
into the water and swan of. leaving
only their trunks above the water
They are, he says, about six and a
half feet high. with long necks, short
ears, and short trunks. Judging from
their tracks, their feet differ con.
siderably from those Of the ordinary
elephant,
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Christian Girl No Girl at That.

The request FOR Christian Girl at
the Congress hotel In Chicago the 9th
or night. and the calls by a page for
such q person created general amuse-
ment among guests and employees un
I'll II was learned that christian Girl
was a travelling man from Cleveland.
o., stopping IT the hotel and was
wanted by q friend on the telephone.
Have you Christian Girl here -
q man asked Clerk Burke.
well, l don't know" hesitated the
clerk. walt and I'll ind out"
SAY" replied the guest. Il don't
want y female. q sure enough girl. !
Just want Christian Girl from Cleve-
land and he's no girl at that"
The right Girl was found.
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~ JAMES A. eDceRfoN.
copyright BY American Press Aseocia.
ton. igiil

copyright BY American Press Associa.
ton. ieii.l
nREPAR1NG for war Is grewsome
II business. Perhaps those engag.
ed In making ready for the great
civil war In 1861 were too busy
10 think much Of the tragic side. but
at this distance II IL apparent. For
TO Us children Of peace II u difiicult to
understand how millions Of men and
women can become so wrought up by
the lighting fever as to risk life and all
for cause. though doubtless we would
do the same thing II the call should
come. Yet we look with certain awe
and wonder ut the spectacle.
Measured by the number Of battles
fought and the amount Of blood shed
1861 was the least important year Of
the conflict between the states. but We
cannot SO estimate II. There are other
factors In the reckoning. Both the
north and the south were going into
nntried fields. For the most part they
had no precedents. They were facing
novel problems and had TO decide new
issues. the hardest task men ever un.
dcrtake They were nj the parting OF
the ways and were required to choose
the directions they would 60. carve out
the ways they would follow and create
the tools for the work In hand. II II
as difficult TO organize war rs to con.
duct II when organized. II h a.
great a feat to call an army into be-
Ing as TO win battles with that army
when II becomes q fighting entity. We
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GENERAL BENJAMIN T, BUTLER, CON-
MANDISa TROOPS AT FORTRESS MoNkoR
FIFTY YEAiaS AGO.
more aud Ohio railroad for a part Of
the way. Patterson with his Pennsyl-
vania troops was approaching daily,
and to his support several regiments
from Washington were hurrying A
clash seemed imminent. and the coun-
try expected that any day would wit
ness there the first great battle of the
war. General Joseph T., Johnston was
In command of the COnfederates, how
ever, and he was ever cautious COM
mander. lie did not wait for the
Union troops to strike. but on June 10
evacuated. thus saving his army to de-
eide the day at Bull Run.
In the meantime General Mcclellan
was busy in West Virginia. After the
rout Of the Confederates at Philippi he
was preparing to follow them and
bring on another engagement. This
did not transpire for month, how
ever. when there was another small
battle at Laurel Hin.
Before this time General Beauregard
had taken charge at Manassas
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
LADY MACBETH LOVES CHOPS
end Aosssss 10 Fset Thsy Get
Vie Me0e.

\ 10 not sitogsthss sasy to imagine
. Lady Macbeth eatns chops. Yet
her greatest impersooator rot her In.
spiration from them. II one may rely
on IN altogether delightful author.
ny. On . certain occasion. writes Ms.
r. v Lucas In his recent book. The
Second Post" the painter Hayden
paid his butcher. Who reciprocated by
expressing great admiration for the
artists painting Of Alexander"
Quite alive. sir" said the butcher.
II I'm Giad you think co." ssid the
artist.
"Yss. sir: but a. I have often said
80 MY sister you could not have paint.
ID that picture, sir. n you had not eat
my meat, sir"
VERY true. Mr.. So~erby"
"Ah. sir. ! have q fancy for genius.
str"
Have you, Mr.. Sowerby'"
"Yss, sir. Mrs. siddons. sir. has
eat my meat. sir Never was such n
woman for chops. sir Al, sir. she
was . wonderful crayure'"
- she was. Mr.. Sowerby."
"Ah. sir. when she used TO act that
fhere chsracter-but Lord. such a
head. - ! say 10 my sister--'hst
there woman. SIR that murders a
Ming between EN-"
"Oh. Lady Macbeth"
"Ah. SIR. that's it--Isdy Macbeth.
used to get up with the butler behind
her carriage when she acted. and
used to see her looking quite wild
and all the people quite frightened
Aha. my lady, says I, ~ II WASH,
for my meat, though. you wouldn',
be able to DO that""-Youth's Com
panion.
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
The War Fifty Years Ago

Tennessee Ratifies Secession First War Balloon APP
pears---Battle Of Biz Bethel First ENGAGEMENT Be-
tween Organized Land Forces Results In Union Defeat.
Federal Generalship In This Fight Severely Criticised
Lieutenant Colonel Greble and Major Winthrop Killed
Johnston Evacuates Harpen Ferry Because Of Ap-
proach Of Three Union Armies Mcclellan Busy In
West virlniaP Preparing to Follow confederates Routed
at Philippe -Beauresard Takes Charge at Manassas
The Holt County sentinel., 1911-06-09
M0Ps FOR PILLOW FILLING
bAostran psssant Woman Recon-
nsnds Them sss Their eHheisney
- sleep in6vosr and 0savtlisr.

A man who suffered from sleepless.
Aass picked up In Austria recently
vAat seemed TO him TO b the best
ssmedy he had ever found. II was
oOthinG moro or less than q pillow
st16ed With hops. An Austrian pea.
- woman recommended II not alone
- . siesp produces Sut - . beauti.
~ - veil.
Rstnrnins to THE country the man
AS1UAa some New Yorh hops. 10
mous ~ their beer naking qualities,
~ to his surprise they aid not work
- vsil % he hops - had tris1
a1DanA H found cot By experiment
~ hoos ShAs made sod beer didn't
osUeesarily produce good sleep.
Afsss be had sampled . lot Of differ.
sne kinds Of hops he found that By
utxing bops srovn h Bohemia with
hops grown IN California and Oregon
h. CUt . combination which seemed
70 answer al purposes In the sleep
pnducinG line
He decided that he had hit II right
when he took . couple Of pillows he
nd stuffsd with this combination IN
Ab odsos d0wuto~n home with him on
tie ssevatsd. He got In at Rector
street. carrying the pillow and sat 10
one Of the double seals Two men
end . messenger boy sat with him.
Al F1fty.ninth street all three were
IN profound slumber Several other
persons who had been reading news.
paperv near him we're In evident dis.
trsss In their efforts 10 Keep awake.
Inquiry at different drug stores
seemed TO indicate that the hop pillow
t1ea vas . new one. though hops have
hong been known TO have sleep Undue
Ing qualities. a. shown particularly in
ehe case Of beer According 10 those
Who have Tried hop pillows. you get
an ths sopor1nc qualities Of the hops
b dis vay without breaking any tenn.
perAnoe pledges o. suffering any
harmful effects.
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ABnr OPVICBh ~ FALL u CIVIL WAh
was shot dead. Major winthrop was
Q graduate Of Yale and . distinguish.
ed writer. He was only thirty.three.
Despite the fierce fighting the losses
other than these two officers were
small. On the Union side there were
sixteen killed. thirty.four wounded
and i've missing. The Confederate
losses were said to have been six kill.
Ell. The generaiship on the Federal
side has been much condemned. al.
though no formal investigation into
the battle WAS ever made. Strange to
say. the feature most criticised was
the order to retreat Had that not
been given II II contended that the
Union troops must certainly have won
the day. rs they outnumbered the
Confesierates two to one. This. assert
the military experts. was even q
greater blunder than that Of Colonel
Bendix In firing Oh his own troops.
Any body may mistake the color Of q
uniform on dark night. but no real
general will order u retreat when his
men are on the eve OF victory or when
he has an advantage IN numbers sum
Client to assure him victory by lit.
tie more fighting. Had II not been for
Greble's howitzers the day might have
ended In an utter rout for the Fcderals.
Movement on Harpers Ferry.
tention OF the country In early June,
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should not underrate 1861. To those
on the inside the labor was IA arduous
and the anxiety perhaps ns great as In
the later years Of actual conflict The
great battles were b'u the visible man
Hesitation Of the forces evoked In 1871.
Then was laid the groundwork for
vicksburg aud Gettysburg, for Ante
tam and the Wilderness. for Atlanta
and Appomnttox. Then were sown the
dragons teeth that sprang up In mil
lions Of armed men.
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Ruins In vucatan,

There Is In Yucatan chain Of ruins
800 miles long, where once stood
buildings richly decorated and erected
with q vast amount OF architectural
'knowiedge. The buildings belonged
to the stone aga when the remarkable
figures inv Stone were carved with
lpieoes Of nint. The people Of this
age had not rs use Of either brouss
~ irua.
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Too Many Bones.

Baoon--Your dog Is very fond Of
bones, ! suppose?
Egbert-Oh, yes.
Bacon--The more he gets the hap.
pier he Is. ! euppcse'
Egbert-Wo'l, CO.. I really cav that
i'or he does bal - 'ad
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02
Money! Winning Cars
in Big Auto Race
Revision of Figures of Officials
Places Dawson in Fifth Place
and Belcher in Ninth.

INDIANAPOLIS, June 1-official an
nouncement OF the ten money winning
cars in the 500 mile automobile race was
made today experimenting the official
statement given out early this morning
Besides placing Joe Dawson's Marmon In
fifth place, the only change in the official
list puts Fred Beloher's Knox ahead Of
Harry Cobe's Jackson, the Knox taking
ninth and the jackson tenth place.
The ten cars, which share in the prizes
aggregating $4,000 as announced officially
I'm the order of their winning are;
Harroun, Marmon; Milford, Lozier
Bruce Brown. Fiat Wishart, Mercedes
Dawes Marmon; De Palma, Simplex; Merz,
National; Turner, Amplex; Belcher, Knox;
and Cobe, Jackson.
The corrected time shows Harroun com
pleted the 500 miles in 6 hours. AZ minutes
and S seconds, one minute slower than the
unofficial time given out at the track. This
is an average of 746l miles an hour.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02
Auburn Takes Fast
Game in Eleventh
Mann Gets Home Run for Nebraska
City, but Auburn 0vercomes
Lead.

AUBURN, Neb., June 1.-(special Tele-
gram.) -Auburn won one OF the fastest
games Of the year yesterday in the eleventh
inning. In the first half OF the final inn
ing Mann of Nebraska City raped the ball
over the fence for home run, but Auburn
won in the last half. The score. R.HE
Auburn :. 0 o o o 0 0 0 0 2-3 s /
Neb. City 0 o o o 0 / 0 0 0 Ia 8 /
Batteries: Auburn, zandervan and Mus
SER Nebraska City, Wells and Noles I'm.
pire:. Werner.
MARYVILLE, Mo. June 1-(speoial Tel
egram.) -Errors W. Falls City yesterday
helped lose the game to Maryville, the
home teams hits coming at opportune
moments. Score: r. II. E.
MaryYllle go. ..s''.'.'......'...s....b
Batteries: Maryville. Wise and Dietz;
Falls City. Justus and Frazer. Umpire:
Davidson.
CLARINDA, Ia, June 1.--(speciaI Tele-
gram.)-In a pitchers battle yesterday
Shenandoah won out by close margin.
Score: R.H. z.
Clarinda e. 30 O-l 8
Shenandoah 30 0 0 0 0 - 8 z
Batteries. Clarinda, Burch and Harmony;
Shenandoah. johnson and Castle.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02
Boards Action May
Spell Goodbye for
Manager DOG" Eager
Committee Appointed at Lincoln to
Investigate Matter of New
Manager.

LINCOLN, June 1.-(SpecaI Telegram. -
The possibility OF new athletic manager
for the Cornhuskers as a successor 20
Dog" Eager doomed up Wednesday night
at the conclusion OF a special meeting of
the athletic board. Eager has been at the
head of university athletics as the finan-
cier for the last five years and during
that time has built up a reputation as an
able manager.
The board appointed a committee con-
sisting OF Prof Barber, owen Frank and
DR.. ClRpp, TO investigate the matter OF a
new manager. One member of the com
mittee Is thought to be especially opposed
to Eager while Frank is favorable. The
position OF Prof. Barber is not known
There is speculation whether the recent
investigation has had anything 10 do with
the reported change In the management
Of athletics The committee will report
at a special meeting. Until that time moth
ing definite will be done In the matter.
committee was appointed TO investI-
gate the action OF the Missouri Valley
conference last Saturday to determine
whether the Cornhuskers will protest
against any Of the changes In the rules
The committee includes DR.. Wolfe, Prof
Barber and DR.. clapp.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02

MINNEAPOLIS

Three-b base hit; Marshall. Hts OFF
Nicholson, 2 in seven innings; off Gllligan,
Gill, Waddel, Lewis. Stolen bases; XIII
fer, Marshall. Double play: Rossman,
unasststed. Left on bases: Milwaukee,
s. Minneapolis, T. Bases on balls: Oft
Wadden l. Struck out: BY Waddell. .;
by Gilligan, L; by Nicholson, T. Time
l:46 Umpires Handiboe and owens.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02
Sioux City Takes Lead Western League Cubs Beat Paes Omaha Loses
ROURKE PITCHERS HIT HARD
Three of Them Appear Easy to the
Boys from Kansas.
PICK HAS A REAL oFFIsH DAY
IL Unable to Locate the Sack and
IL Replaced by Manager schipke
-Fentress Pitches Good
ball.

Although the Rourltes managed to get
from one to three men on bases in every
inning, but one man crossed the plate
with a run and the first game OF the series
went TO the kaws by a ) to l score.
-Four pitchers we're sent TO the mound
in as many innings by Manager Schipke
Il was not until Fentress was landed to d ,
the twirling was there let up in the
Kaws' scoring, Fentress pitched five In
nlngs and held the Kansas crew to but
two hits and no runs. Rhodes who started
the game for the Colts, was not bad until
the fourth inning. when he blew up and al
lowed four hits. Keeley was ordered In
and was found for a triple. He was
quickly jerked. Durbin was called. He
was wild and allowed a hit, but finished
the inning
Twelve of the Rourkes were left on
bases. In the first Inning two men got
on bases, but failed to score. In every
inning a man reached second but usually
died there. Some even got so far as third
hut that was the limit! Kneaves made his
score in the second inning on an error.
The game was the most loosely played
one seen on the home grounds. The Colts
made eight errors and the Kaws four.
Pick the Rourke third-sacker. could not
find first and on three different occasions
threw the ball at least six feet over Kane's
head. He was retired from the game in
the eighth inning and Schlpke handled the
Job I'm an errorless manner Evidently the
reaction of the wreck OF Monday came
upon the boys on the field, for II was
plainly shown that they were nervous.
Hall sat in the stands with a sprained
ankle which he received at Denver Tues
day. Fugate pitched heady game for the
Kaws, but was found for a hit in nearly
every inning.
Today will be ladies' day at the park
and the Rourkes promise to come back
strong after yesterdays defeat.
Topeka started the game with rush.
Hafford singled to left and went to third
on Schoor cvers error OF Tomason's drive.
In the second inning the Rourkes made
their lone tally. Kneaves singled to left
and stole second was sacrificed to third
by Gonding and scored on Hopke's error.
In the fourth Topeka opened with
Hopke's single to center. lie took second
on Kane's error, was sacrificed to third
by Breitensteln and scored on Crompton's
double to right. who also scored on Flu
gates triple to right. Fugate scored on
Picks wild throw TO first of RICKETTS,
grounder. Rickert went to second and
Hafford landed safely on first when Pick
made another wild throw to first. Both
men scored on Kneaves' error. Score:
Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-02

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