THE OMAHA SUNDAY BF,E: MAY .TO,
The Busy Bees
Their Own Page
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MEMORIAL DAY or
among the Busy
memorate the he
southern armies
EMORIAL DAY or Decoration Day, as It la perhaps bent known
Ilees, l
lieores of
which
We of this generation
still many grand old men who tell us of those stirring days and the martyr
president, Abraham Lincoln, whose name la ll ways linked with that dark
time. It makes our hearts heat quicker with loyalty and pride in our
nation.
In the public schools Friday. It was arranged that ne of these veterans
should speak in each tchool, carrying out a long established custom. Thouuli j
their figures are bent and (heir voices quiver with emotion, how their ryosi
shine and glisten and see the effort to stand erect as with the children, thoy
saluate the flag! ,
"I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which it stands;
one nation Indivisible, with liberty and Justice for all."
The children bring flowers to strew over the graves of. soldiers an I
recently. It has grown to be the custom to launch a boat of flowers anl
send It down the stream to honor the memory of dead sailors.
These are not empty ceremonies, but are aimed to instill pride an-1
patriotirtn in the youth tf the land and to bring to our minds the erasuru
of ttriro and Ill-feeling against each side, the north and the south, each one
now being happy In the power and glory of the United States.
This w;c!;, first prize was award od to Janice thrlmpton of the Blue
Side; second prize to Viola Dledrickren of the Blue Side, and Honorable
Mention to Beulah Brown of the Red Side.
Little Stories
Flrt Prise.)
Sp.ia; l'i.ne.
Ry Jank-e Khr'mpton. Ard 1i Years.
Ainswnrth. Neb. Bin Side.
It alwav seems so good when all the
tnow melts easy and the grasses peep
through the around.
The firm j;r Jsy are most always
ihl'ly, Lut In a week or so It turns warm.
After the gme peeps through the
ground, the birds -ome back from the
routli and heRln mating and bullillnf
nests l:i the trees and tinder the esve
f houses.
Then the trees besin to hud and the
f 'owers begin to bloom such ns the flags,
tullr)S. violets and other spring flower
In a few days the blossoms of the
rheirlcs and pears, and apples come out
and sweeten the air with perfume,
1in ' r t"1' ffnn ne the rrw
from the nourlM.inent of April showers
1 like spring better than any season of
the year, f
8eund PrUe.)
Gives Dog Xidss.
Py Viola Dlrdrlckson. Aed Years,
Marno, la., llouts I. Uliie Hide.
I heve a little doj, named Hnort. I can
bold him on my lap and he Hill Just stay
rlltlng on my lap as long as I want him.
I can pack him to bed and cover him up
and then he. will go to sleep. I gtva him
riles on a wngon. It Is a little wsgon
and he will tie down while I give him
Hdon. Onre lest winter there was deep
snow and I packed him tn my wagon,
and gave him a ride In tha snow. I was
going to turn the little wagon around
and I upset my little dog. He Just lay
still In the wagon and the wagon waa up
it. Ui He Is n nrMty tittle do, eleven
Inches tall. He Is brown and white. I
have Riven Hport rides In my little doll
gocart already. II Is a nio dog. X
think my letter la getting pretty Jong so
1 must close. Thank the editor very
much for putting my riddles and letter
In the Bus Hoe's page.
(Honorable Mention.)
Pig PUy Pranks.
By Beulsh Brown, aged 11 Years, Grand
Island, Neb. lied Bide. . '
Once we had a tittle pig. Ha was all
white. ITUi name waa Johnny- One day
we had washed snd hung out th clothes
to dry. At evening we took tn all the
clothes hut the vhil ones.
In the morning, when we got up, our
clothes were all down off the line. Johnny
had got out of the pig pen In th night.
- Just then we saw Johnny coming
around the corner of the house with a
piece of a sheet In Ms mouth. Mama
had poor Johnny butchered, so that waa
the end of him.
The Busy Ba Gab.
By Ieona Waller Wahoo, Neb. Blue
8!d.
Onre ten of us girls got up a club. It
was the nicest club to w hich I had .ever
been We mot every other Saturday at
or cf the girls' houses. Once where we
had the club we had. a masquerade. It
was lit bet tin' we ever had. We had
a secretary and a president, vice presi
dent and nrwepurer reporter. The news
paper reporter put our - club notice tn
the paper every Saturday.
Now I will nam th membars: Mart-tret
Weber, l-Xelyn Mock, . Ctorren
Ilock,' Vera ' Lindercamp. Ina Lyle,
Vlolla Atkins, Corren Hcheel. Marie
Schmidt, An.y Howe, Leona Walter.
Now I 'I nam the head ones of tha
club: I waa president; Amy How was
lce president; t'nrrene Bcheel waa news
paper reporter and Ina Lyl was secre
ts ry
I believe that was the happivst club
we ever had.
Don't Be Selfish:
By Inn liberty, aged 11 Years, Kear
ney, r.eb. lilu Ride.
Once there was a Utile girt ant hef
name Was Helen. She was I years old.
' and she had blue eyes and yellow hair,
Ktie was a cross little girt and selfish,
snd was always unhappy.
One day a little girl cam ever to her
louse I stay a week. -Site
was happy and not selfish,
lleleu's papa gave th little girt
tilckel and Helen began to cry; so the
other little girl gave Helen a dime.
When Helen saw that the nickel was
larger than the dime, she wanted It, and
so the llt'ie girt gav It to her.
And when they bought some candy,
Helen oaw that th other little girl got
more than she.
A ad so ah I .tamed not to be selfish.
School Closes Early.
lima (towing. Aged Years. Imogen?
la. KoUUt a. Blu Kid.
This Is the first time I have written to
th u.y Bees.. My father takes The
Omaha tie. - I read th children's page
every llondar. I live tu th munin
am In the sevtnth grade at school. I like
ci leacner. tier name la Ids Dellehsnt.
Our school closed May U.
Ketts with Accident.
Vjf Ixlivk K Wcs-ly. Ase 11 Years,
i-uar isiuus. .-veil. Ill us Side.
Alout thiee years ago In February I
hid an acti,it. ily yourger brother
fcw a rnbhit sluing on the ground and
,tcll VP bring the gun. go pa
being observed today. This Is com-
the Blue and Gray, of the northeri
fought In the civil war.
are fortunate In having with n
by Little Folk
BUST BEES.
took the gun, and I went with him. When
w got there I said: "I do! I do!" Ko
paps, gave me tha gun and I shot. I killed
th rabbit, but th gun went off twice and
knooked one of niv teeth mit nrf unlit m
lip open. It happened at about 6 o'clock
n i anemoon. I'apa then called the
lector In Prace and lie didn't come until
about 9 o'clock at nluht. He put three
stliohes In my lip, then he put lodln on
It
anu i got along fin.
The Pink Shoes.
By Fern Peterson, Aired t Years, Kear-
...... . . . . 1 1 . . , OM.
IW, 1 Mil lIUO,
One there was a little frlrt Iter
mamma waa making her a new pink
dress. One day when aha was flttlns
the dreea she said: "Wouldn't It be
nio to hav pink shoes." Mamma said
yes." but they couldn't afford them.
Bo when alio went to bed she heard a
tap at the window. Bhe cot nn and
opened the window, and In danced th
pink snoes. Then she heard a tiny
voice aay: "Tou'll have to be a nretti-
good girl If you are going to wear pink
snoes." Kh went to bed again. Next
morning when she awoke she hurried
downstair to show them to her mother
ana told her what th little vole had
aid. Mainm said she must b good.
Then she asked ' If she might go
and ahow them to Nellie. 81k said she
might, but ah must hurry back.
Pha oho wed the shoes to Nellie and
hurried back. Then she asked If she
might show them to Mltu jkivlimn Hh
said she might, but ah must hurry bock.
tn aid ana waa back In fiv minutes.
When she got home mother ald mhm
must rather up the toya and carry them
upstairs. Bhe said she didn't want to.
Her mother aald to remember about the
Pink shoe. Bh slammed th toys In
th basket, carried them unatiln and
dumped them on th floor!
That afternoon when ah want to rt
her shoes they were eo small that her
doll could not wear them. Bh went to
bed crying and th next day she worked
hard. When she went to bed tli.t niirht
her pink shoes wer th rla-ht size And
sh always worked hard after that.
A Oood Lesson.
By Ullto Gelser, Ased IS Years. Cohim-
rvtl K." Vv a .....
outfit A f 1(1 IV IUIICi VKltk.
Ono upon a time when Marcel le was
out playing with Kmma nnuu, M.eoi-.
mother railed her to come and wipe th
dishes. Marcelle said: "I am busy play
ing." Thvn Marcvlle's mother did them
herself, and then she went to her Vnrle
Fred s. When Marcelle rsme In the house
looking for dinner to be ready on th
tab!, she only saw a slip of paper on
which ah read: "I am out at Vncl
Frd a. and you w ill hav to stay at hom
by papa."
Marcelle waa very oorry and aald: "I
learned 4 ifood leaaon and will always
com when mother calls me."
Zebra or Wild Horse
By Jeannette Ollnhent. Aced Yearo.
0t bouth Garfield Avenue, Hast
ings, Ni-u. ltd Mile.
Perhap you have seen the sebrs. Tf
you hare, you must hav noticed Its
tripes. Tli first horse-Ilk creature
were probably striped In much th Mine
way. These animals never at hay and
eats, and, at first they did not eat much
grass - There was little. If any, grsos
at that time. These horse-like c res
tores 'lived on marshes and la swamps
bordering stresms and lakes. Ty prob
ably ate stems and leaves of plants tha
I grew on ntarshy lands. They did not run
as horaes run today, but they plodded
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-I'hoto by Mynster.
l,eft to rluht. top row: Ruth Shotwell, Huth Newman, Ariene Kuns. Marie Bush, Gertrude Carlson, Marjorle Grau, Lottie glutsky, Lois Horn, Helen Kohn Gretcnen
' nishong, Nellie Tate, Ksle Wesenberg, Archibald Fleming, Frank Deal, J:illus Dick. Center rows tupper): Louise Arnold, NellW Terkelsen. Karen Oott-chntc-h,
Jomelyn i'hapman. Vera Farmer, John Campbell, Aitnes Harwell. Berr.ard HaniRhen. Robert Unger. John Kornmayer, Franklin Smith. Utioiftu
Oarlberg. Raymond Funk. Charles Petrte; (lower), Margaret Ka.smuewn. Ln-tllc Chrliitlanson, Blythe Edwards, Leonard Spalding. Rita Mantel, Marg-uerlt
Young. Hernice iBrtnkman, Kdward Ko?ewater, Florence Wolf. Earl Croes. Llward Thompson, George Turpln, Marian Stwtevant, Alice Hamann
Bottom row: Irtha Furth. Lucille Thamaa. Oraoe Larscn. I.lllle Blutsky, Dorothy Erlcksoii, Kathryn Butchffe, Jan Stewart. Iwothy Phelps. Dora Klrsohbraun.
. Klesnore Rolls Berntce Bmlth, Edith Lundecn, Franors Evans, Dorothy Conrey.
Bitting. Gordon Btewart. Jay Klein. Dlran Nr.lritan. George McAleary, Stanley Miller, Hunter Bcott, Hilton Fonda. Harley Moorhead. James MacMullen Law
rence Kane.
along on the soft ground. They spread
out along so as to keep from sinking.
This Is ths fourth tlmn I have written
to the Busy Bees. I hope my story will
be In print. I hope the Busy Bees will
enjoy my story ss I enjoy every one of
the Busy Bees' stories.
Attends Ycdding Celebration.
By Birdie Raklwln. Aired 12 Years, Ne
maha, Neb. Blue Bide.
Last Bunds y I went with my papa,
mamma, sister and brother tu my uncle's
snd aunt's fortieth anniversary party. It
waa a surprise. There were about forty
five people ' there. I played with some
boys and girls until they hsd to go
home. We folks did not go home until t
iclock. It Is a beautiful farm. Th plaoe
Stories of Nebraska History
y A. B.
(By apodal permission of the author,
The Bee will publish, chapters from the
History of Nebraska, by A. K. Sheldon,
from week to week.)
Return of the Astorians
In (the last week of March of the year
1H13 seven men might hav been seen
leading an old hora down th valley ot
the North Platte. 'They were whit men
who had coin all th way from th
mouth of th Columbia river In Oregon
and had walked all the way from the
Hnak river In Idaho, wher th Crow
Indians had robbed thorn of their horses.
Their ope poor old horse they hadr got
from th Bnsk Indians, trading them a
pistol, a knife and an ax for him.
Th names of these men wer Robert
Stuart. Itamsay Crooks, Herbert McLel-
lan, Hon Jones, Andrl Vallee, Francis
l.eClcro and Joseph Miller. Two years
before, on March II, 18) U they had left
Ht. Louis with a party under Wilson
Price Hunt, intending to cross the moun
tains and build v fort for th American
Fur company in Oregon. On their way
up tho Missouri river tti Hunt party
had the most remarkable keel boat race
In blrtory. This was with Manuel Lisa,
who left Ht. Louis nineteen days later
and wlehed to overtake them. The race
was a thousand miles 'ions' and lasted
sixty day. It was won by Lisa, who
overtook Hunt before he arrived at Fort
Pierre, a D. Her Hunt left his boats,
traded for horses with the Arlxara In
dians and set out to find a shorter way
to Oregon than the on taken by Lewis
and Clark. , Their new rout took them
over very rough' country lu th , Black
Hills and Big Horn mountains. After
great losses and hardships they readied
the mouth of the Columbia river, wher
they tullt a fort which they named As
toria, after John Jacob Astor of New
York, the president of th fur company.
From Astoria, on th 9th of June, 181!,
th little party of seven men set out to
return to th United States In order to
csrry word to Mr. .Astor In New. York.
All th summer and . fall they had
marched across the deserts and moun
tains. To avoid th fieri Black foot In
diana they kept to th south of th
rout by which they went out. By so
doing- they met a party of Crows who
stole all of their horses. Th seven men
wer thus left afoot In a wild country
without roads snd mors than a thousand
mile from any white settlement. They
burned their baggage to keep th In
diana from getting any of It, and with
their rifles and such things as they
could carry on tbelr backa began their
loin tramp toward th Missouri river.
On of tlielr number became sick and
they' were , obliged to carry htm for aev
eral day and then to camp and sly him
"Indian swtat" until he got well.
Boon after they began to climb the
Rocky mountains and gam become so
scarce that they nearly starved. They
flsned In a mountain stream, but caught
no fish. For three days they went hungry-
One ot them, erased for want of
food, said that they must draw lota and
one of them be killed to feed th rest.
Th other took away his gun, and tli
next day they killed an old buffalo,
which saved their llvaa, A few day
later they found a camp of Snake In
diana and traded with them for an old
horee. With thla old horse to carry their
thing they kept on through th moun
tains until they found a way to th east
ern slope, not far from where the Bouth
Pas was later found. They were tie
first whit men to cross th mountains
Democracy of the Public Schools-Columbian First
Is seven and a half miles south of town.
I live In town. I ko to school snd am
In th sixth grade. I have on sister and
three brothers. My older sister teaches
school. My mamma goes after hat on
Fridays. I ree4 the paper and thought
I would write.
Molly's Trip to New York
By Leone Wnltcr. Aa-ed Yeats. Wahoo,
Neb. Blue Hide.
This is the first time I have written. I
am going to tell you the story of Molly's
trip to New York. Little Molly did not
live with her parents, but with her grand
mother. Molly had not seen her mother
or father since she wss a baby. One day
as Molly was playing out In the yard
she saw the mall man stop and put a
SraT.3rX.BOW
at this point and find their way to tho
Valley eastward, which afterward became
the route for the Oregon and California
trail. On October 36 they reached th?
upper waters of the Piatt river. They
did not know what stream it whs or
wher It would lead them, but they fol
lowed it until November 2, when, they
mad a winter camp whers there' was
timber and game, and not for from where
Casper, Wyo., Is now. In threo days they
killed forty-seven buffalo, They built n
log cabin, used the bulfalo skins to cover
It, dried th buffalo meat and. had mado
themselves comfortable for the winter
when a band of twenty-three Arapahoo
on th warpath against the Crows cam
to their cabin nearly starved. The As
torlana fed them all night with dried buf
falo meat The next day as soon as tliq
A re. pa hoes had left in pursuit of the
Crows the Astorians packed their faith
ful old horse with what he could carry
and hurried awuy from their snug cabin
In ths mountains, leaving all th rest to
th Indiana.
It was th 13th of December when the
Astorians left their winter quarters. Th
anow wis two feet deep in th moult
tains. Their fet became sore from break,
tng throuKh the hard crust. Their old
horse had nothing to eat but willow
twigs and Cottonwood bark, but they
struggled on for fourteen days, in which
they mad about SW miles. The country
began to change. The mountains gave
place to hills and the hills to plains.
There waa no wood and th snow lay
deep on th ground. They feared they
would frees to death, so they-went bark I
three days' march (about seventy-seven
miles). . and December 30 made camp
again where there was wood .and buffalo, i
Thla camp waa In Nebraska not far from '
where Bridgeport now stands. ' Hero
they stayed Until March and made two
large canoes to travel with on th river,
but th North Piatt (for It was that
irjnj, wa wo snauow tnai iney were
obliged to leave their canoes after all
their hard work In making - them and
start aarain . on foot. aicnmnMnlet I.
their faithful old horse. !
Bo It was that on March JO, I'M, they
left their last camp and Journeyed down
th North Platte valley. They saw
herd of sixty fiv wild horses and longed
ed
to be mounted on them as they galloped
away. Day after dy they marched
along, leading their old hora with . his
burden. On either side of the w d
North Piatt Valley th great prairie
stretched away, covered with buffalo,
but no human being waa In Bight-' They
paaaed grent swsmps, where thy saw
thousands of wild swan, geese and ducks.
Thoy wer prubaMy In what Is now Gar
den county. There were no trees and
they mado their only 'fires with dry re
fuse on the prairies. In the early days
of April they reached a great island,
about seventy miles lone, in the Piatt 1
river. When they saw this .Island. ' now
called Oral d Island, they were foe th
first time sur that they were tn th
Platte river valley, for hunters had al
ready brought word of this Island In th
Platte. Three days later they met an
Otoa Indian who took them to his village.
Her they met two . whit traders from
Bt. Louis, to whom' they traded their old
horse for a canoe, and on the lsta of
April they floated Into th Missouri river
and down to Bt. Louis.'
To these seven men and their old hora
belongs the honor of first exploring th
North Platte valley and first finding a
central route through th Rotky moun
tains. They wer real path-finders of
the great weL
it :' A
letter in the box. which they used for a
mail box. As soon aa the mall man had
gone Molly ran and got the letter out of
the box. On tha letter aha read: "New
York." Molly tor open th evelope and
read as follows: , i
"Dear Molly: I suppose you would like
to go somewhere this summer So I
thought you would like to come to New
York. Fsther and I will meet you. Lov
InKly yours MRS. CLAYTON."
Of course Molly went to New York an!
had a very nice time.
A School Picnic.
By Hascl Bull. Aged 10 Years. Millard,
- , Neb. Red Bide.
It waa near th last day of school, and
the pupils and teacher thought .we would
have a school picnic. Sto when .the last
day came two of the biggest boys brought
a hayrack and we took lunch along and
started out. We went about fiv mllea
west to a nice grove. . Our teacher had
j bought five gallons of ice cream and
uiai waa orougni out there too. It was
sbout 11 o'clock when we got there. Then
TLis Slore Will Cose at 1 P. M.
Monday, Dtcoration Day
MANY SPECIALS
FOR MONDAY A. M.
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Items Listed Here are but a Few of Many
Splendid Bargain Offerings Which Will Make Mon
day Morning Shopping Most Profitable and Pleasurable. Come Early
. 10c Embroideries at 31-2c Yard
big; lln of Cambric Embroideries and In
serting from . the Hargadlne-McKlttrick Stock.
Pretty patterns, new goods; actually worth to
10c a yard Monday morning o i
at, yard J 2 C
Silk Dress Skirts
$5.00 to 7.00 values, at $3.05
A broad assortment of new styles
in plain colors and fancy silk,
Monday morning.
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Dress Skirts
To 4.00 values, $1,50
Oood aKBortment of wool"
and wash ' fabrics in most
popular styles. i
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Beginning June I Reduced Summer
Pricet In Oar Drees Making School
We will make up all summer materials -silks,'
wash fabrics and light' wool goods a about half
regular low price. Let Mrs. Cateron help 'you
solve dressmaking problems.
Monday Morning Silk Hpevlais.
Imported sTataral Bhaa. I -la. Oold Clota. Ia
i'm "a- Heavy I areas, In natural aha.t
haod loom quality, 75o I of tan. a wonderful
value, yard Ma Vahie at. yard 4o
M"1,'l14l,i Wm,B " New sty lee and col
ors; 100 pieces for selection, yard 3&o and Stto
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Lawn Mowers,
3.2S three-blade Lawn Mowers, 16-in. Cut; special
t ...t. ...$2.40
14.88 three-blade, high wheel, bal bearing Lawn
Mowers. 14-in.- cut.- .$4.30
IB & three-blade, high wheel, ball stansf Lawn iow
ert i-ln. cut M.SS
lour-uiaue, nign wneei, sail
ers. lf-ln. out
Scythe Any also bush, weed or
isnalua Me.lluni or- heavy......'
tfrrass Kooka iSe grade, special
sue "Village blacksmith" hand
Irasa Hook ' ;
Sue "Villas Blacksmith" hand
with offset handle
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Final Clearance of the Hargadinc-McKit trick Stock
In Domestic Room Tuesday Watch Monday Even
ing Papers for Extraordinary Bargain Offerings.
Not only stock from this bitf purchase but other special lines will offer
opportunities for economies seldom equaled.
Grade
t i.
the boys played games while w girls
and teacher served dinner. Then we had
a nice dinner and Ice cream and played
games until about 4 o'clock. Then the
boys hitched the horses to th hayrack
again and we all got on and started for
home. . We sang songs and told stories
on the way. When we got back into our
neighborhood again, on almost every
corner some of our schoolmates would
get off snd we would wave St them until
they were out of fclght. '
W finally reached home snd I was the
laat one to get off of the hayrack. '
.Ths Beaver's Home. '
By Amelia VYerlehs, Afced 1 Tears.,' Tal
mage. Neb. . Red Side"..
Tho beaver is found in North America.
When tha winter comes, fiv "or' six
bcavera live together as a family . in a
house, built In the water, ef sticks, mud
and stone. These houses are built "ery
queerly. They are round on th top, and
the entrance is under the water. ,
Th beaver spend a great deal of bis
Ufa In the water, and Is always found
Wash Silk Waists
. Values up to 2.ft0, at 95
A bevy of pretty designs in all
colors and sizes. Most attrac
tive morning specials.
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A Splendid Line of Rain Conts
Nearly all kinds, styles and colors; sold
regularly at 15.00. and $6.00; all sizes
asm Monday morning special fn QC
choice
?iea7J
T J7 ; Tour only expense being for the materials
iUUUC M t CC Ask about them
Extra Special Flour Sale Monday
Morning Store Closes at Noon
We want every housekeeper in Omaha to try
our famous Diamond II Flour. Nothing finer,
made for bread, pies or cakes. Every sack is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or your money
refunded in full. This flour is put up in
nsanas Lawn Mow
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grass..
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high grade
48-lb. Sanitary
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We will have a full line of Potted Plants and
Cut Flowers Monday morning for Decoration Day.
forged,
high
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fji nr mrz'nifc
aTstsW Lbsaiij w
near the benka of some lake or stream.
His hind pawa are webbed, like those of
a duck or swan. If the stream Is toi
shallow, so that the enframe to th hous
might be closed in the winter bv loe, th
beavers build a dam at some place In tha
stream which they think Is sultshle. Then
in the summer they cut down trees with
their sharp teeth, and float them down,
the stream to the place they have selected
for a dam. Then they are sunk to th
bottom by mesr.s of stone. Bom more
trees are added, until It la high enough;
for them. Then they plaster th tree'
with branches and stones, together with
mud.
Then the homes sre, built In th deep
water above the dam. Th walls of thee
houses are very thick; and in winter, th!
mud of which they are composed I frosen
Into a solid mars. Then they hav a safa'
refuge from their enemies.
How Rover Saved Mary.
By William Sudman, Aged 7 Years, Bar.
ben. Neb; Blue Side.
One day Mary went to pick berrlsa,' '
Her mother told her to take Rover.
Rover was their watchdog.
So Mary went to the woods. Soon Mary
ate her dinner.
Bhe got a pall of berriea. 8h thought
she would pick flowers. Sha found a
bunch of flowers.
She heard a noise. Bhe put her hand
under the flowers. ,
She saw it was a snake. Rover jumped
to the flowers and killed tha snake.
Mary was glad because he saved her
life. Thon Mary went home. Bhe told
her mother how Rover had saved her lite.,
Bhe kissed Mary and was very glad aha'
waa saved.
Snccessfnl Gardener.
By Floy Scalock, Aged 11 Years, R. F. D.
6. Neola. la. Red Side.
One Saturday when we were at horn
wo asked mamma if we could have some;
seeds. Bhe gav us some radishes, sweet
corn, frro.ens and potatoes.
I watered It every day and It is up
nice now. Mamma planted some first,
but mine is the highest.
We had a little colt, but It died.
I would like to Join the Red Mae. i
hope that Mr. Waste basket la out hunt
ing and fishing.
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Story of Cat.
By Mildred Johnson. Aged V) Tears, lT2t
Lai "Street, Omaha. Red Side.
"I." said the cat, "am a little animal
with a gray back and black feet. I llvo
In a big plnee called Omaha, Neb.' I have
throo brothers and two sifters. My sis
ters rc verv good to me, but my brother
flKht.
"Every mornln? my mother gives me a
nice bath and then sits me In the sun.
"One day I traveled into a big, big plai o,
called -London, and there I lived the rest'
of my life."
Likes "Children's Hour."
By Howard F. Mattox. Aged Years,
S2 South Fortieth Street. South
Omaha. Blue S'de
At sc-hool every girl and boy In our
class reads Longfellow's poems and Joel'
Chandler Harris" stories.
Longfellow snd Joel Chandler .Harris
were great wrltera. I like "The Chil
dren's Hour." In which Longfellow told:
about his thre Httl lrls. Allegra. Edith
and Alice. 1 .
Bailey Service mean upkeep.
Do Your Baying Monday A. M.
Stort Closes all?. M.
DON'T MISS
the MORNING SALES
20c Laceq at Sc a Yard
Pretty Oriental Torchon," Cluny, Point de Paris
and Shadow Laces; 10c up to 25c yard values
from the Hargardine-McKlttrtck Stock on salo
In one big lot Monday morning, C
at, per yard ...'..
Pretty Silk Waists
Made to sell at $3.00, for $1.45
Crepe de chines, tub silk and
novelties in broad assortment of
new styles.
Children's Dresses
A remarkable . line of chil
dren's White Dresses, In all
sizes, 2 to 14 1 AC
years. Mon A.M. V stO,
Monday Morning in Domestic Room
Kspkina, hemmed ready for use, fine damask
quality, each 4
Individual Ilnck Towels, hand border, each, 5?
Decora tln Hunting Stars and stripes; red,
white and blue; yard 4
Fast. Color. Flags "by the yard," each....f)
The Celebrated Binner Corset
Will be specially demonstrated in our Corset
Department beginning Monday, May 31st, un
til June 12. Mies Austin of Xew York will
be in charge of the demonstration.
at Dress Goods Department.
Backs, per sock
91.75
1 lbs. Best tiranuUted 8113a r . . . , $1.00
cine? it .
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