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.HAT do you think of this,
Here are a lot of property owners declaring war on our
very favorite squirrels because, they nay, the squirrels are
ruining their property; that the squirrels gnaw wood from
snarpen ineir teem on gutter troughs, gnaw
through lead water pipes and drive away the song birds are some of the
accusations made against our friends.
Although these property owners are mightily enraged against the
squirrels, they are prohibited from killing one by city ordinance. Now they
want to have this ordinance repealed.
Of course, we love the squirrel, with Its graceful tall and friendly ways,
and we have had a great deal of pleasure watching them and feeding them
nuts.
But there ts the property owner's side of the question, too and some
times Mr. Squirrel Is pretty naughty.
What do you think would be a solution of the difficulty?
Rose Posvar of the Blue side won the prize book this week. Grace
Moore of the Blue side and Grace Rowe of the P?d side won honorable
mention.
Little Stories by Little Folk
trrlzo Story.)
October.
By Rom Toevnr. Aed 11 Year. Richland,
Neb., Route 1. Hlua Side.
I am an autumn month. My name Is
October. The leave turn brown anj fall
down so It leaves the trees bare. All the
' pretty birds fly to the south. Just a few
remain here and. oh, how snd I am with
I out those beautiful songs and tones. All
I the creatures find a hiding placo for them
1 throuch the winter.
My blrthstone U an opal, which Is a
I precious stone. Jack Frost bites the flow
I ers and all the other good things which I
I like, and turns It to a different color. I
am sad without all those pretty things.
I Sometimes I am cold and It also snows.
I Then I wish I was a spring or summer
I month. But 1 have to be satisfied with
I what I am as most people sny, "Jv
Should be." I always say, "We have to
take things as they come," and It's most
always true, for we cannot always change
I them. This Is a good motto for people.
(Honorable Mention.)
Why Birds Fly South.
1 By Grace I Moore. Aed 11 Yours, Silver
Creek, Neb. Blue Side.
All of the birds do not stay with us
during the winter months because It Is
too cold for them and It's very difficult
' for them to find food while every thing
I is covered up with snow and Ice.
When the birds fly from one place to
i another that Is far away, we say they
migrate. When they return to the south
they find the flowers In bloom and many
insects and fields of grain upon which
they can feed. Then about April or May
they fly back to the north again, where
the grass and trees are turning green.
We are always glad to see thi-m back
gain.
Some of the birds stay In the north all
winter and they feed upon the gram above
the snow and the Insects which they find
In trees. They also appreciate the crumbs
which the children give them on a cold
wintry day. And I think it is very kind
of the children to feed them. We all
should try to help our feathered friends
as much as possible for they are very
helpful to us. The birds that do stay In
the north have considerably warmer
feathers than those wlii stay In the
runny south. We all would be very lonely
without our feathered friends If we did
not have them with us. Some birds are
much prettier than others, but we must
learn to like them all for they all are
very helpful to us and especially the
. farmer.
Trip to the Mountains.
By Alice Elvira Crandell. Aged 12 Years,
Chanman. Neb. Blue Sld
"Let us go, please let us go, mother,"
pleaded Herbert and Rosle, who had Just
received a letter from their uncle and
aunt, who lived In the mountains, invit
ing them to come and spend their sum
iner vacation with their cousins, Kvelyn
and Charles.
'"You'll have to ask your father's opin
ion first," she answered, "but what am
1 to do without you fur such a long
timer
"Oh, you'll have the twins, Mary and
Edward, they are 7 years old and able
to be a help,'' they both answered.
That evening when the children had
gone to a picture show the father and
mother decided that Herbert and Rose
should go and spend two months in the
mountains, but the other month they
should spend with their parents and.
the twins at the sea shore.
When the day came to leVve home
they did not feel so eager to go, but clung
to their parents, brother and sister aa if
loath to leave them.
"Now be good, children, and don't
get off at the wrong station," called
their father through the window as the
train started moving.
"We'll be careful," replied Rose, try
ing hard to keep back a sob.
The train moved swiftly as it left the
city and the children amustd themselves
by looking out of the windows and play
ing games they had brought along fur
the occasion.
Henri Lerolle.
' By Lucille John, Aged Years, R. F. D.
No. 1. Elinwood. Neb., Cass Co.
Red Side.
Henri LeroUe was an artist. He was
born in Parts In iM. His parents were
very wealthy. He could paint anything
be wanted to. He painted many land
scapes. Some of his mater pIccps were.
"In the Country." "hy the KUerside."
"Shepherdess," "night Into Kgyit,"
"Evening" and the "Arrival of the shep
herds." I will tell you a little about the
"Shepherds." It is one of the best pic
ture that he painted. In the picture Is
a picture of the Madonna. It la one ot
the best of the latest pictures of the
' Madonna that was ever painted. She, is
holding the Christ chi;d. Joseph Is sit
ting by her side. They we.e sitting
on bundles of hay. They were In a
stable. It was lighted up. beautifully
with large lights.
The Leopard's Spots.
By Alice Elvira Crandell Ag-d 11 Years,
Chapman, Neb. Blue Side.
A long time ago a bright yellow leopard
roamed around in a large wood Bear a
cosy mountain home.
The owners were out for an evening
walk and, not expecting to go far, left
the doors open so as to let in the sweet
mountain air.
This leopard was a very Inquisitive fel
low and seeing the people start for a
walk thought he would go and sea what
the borne of man was like. So when they
ware out of sight he started for the
house. After circling around It two or
three times ha entered at a rear opening
a&4 found himself la a neat kitchen. He
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then walked boldly up to a table upon
which some meat lay and, thinking it
amelled good, ate It at one gulp.
After wandering around In the house
for a time he came to a library and,
sticking his Inquisitive nose upon a small
denk In one corner, knocked over an open
bottle of ink, which splattered this way
and that and made black spots, large and
small, all over his yellow coat. Being
so surprised and thinking the house
haunted he left it with a yelp and a
bound and scampered to his home In the
woods, where he worked with might and
main to rid himself of the horrible black
spots, but his efforts were useless. After
that every young leopard born had a yel
low coat with black spots.
Story of Coral Bead.
By Thelma Hudwon. Clarlnda, la. Blue
Side.
I am a coral bead. I was once in the
bottom of the deep sea. I lived very hap
pily until once some divers were down In
the bottom of the sea hunting coral beads.
They found me and they took me Into the
boat and sailed with me to New York.
When I arrived at New York I was put
on a beautiful string of coral beads and a
little girls bought me. I am very happy
in my new home.
I am very sorry I have not been writing,
but I met with a painful accident about
six weeks ago today and broke my arm.
Can't You Talk!
By Helen John, Aged 7 Years, Tt. F. D.
No. 1, Elm wood, Neb. Red Bide.
Mr. Holmer painted the picture "Can't
You Talk." His home was in England
England is a country across the sea. 1
think the picture Is pretty. There Is a
baby, dog and a kitten in this picture.
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Stories of Nebraska History
By special permission of the author.
Tim Bee will j.ubllxh chapters from the
History or ."Nebraska, by A. t.
Sheldon,
from week to week.)
Major Frank North and the
Pawnee Scouts
(Continued from Last Sunday.)
The defeat of Tall Bull's band was ona
of the greatest blessings to the Nebraska
border. The Nebraska legislature passed
a vote of thanks to General Carr" com
mand, especially mentioning Major North
and the I"a wnew scouts.
For two years the Pawnee scouts con
tinued to guard and patrol the Union
rarlfio railroad, making it possible to
run regular trains to the Pacific ocean.
In January. 1S71, the scouts were mus
tered out of service, while Major Norm
remained as scout and guide.
In the summer of 1876 the Sioux under
Sitting Bull and Crasy Horse were again
on the warpath. General Custer and all
his command were killed on the Little
Big Horn In Montana. There were V,(j09
or Kloux under Ited Cloud and Spot
ted Tail in what is now Dawes and
Sioux counties, Nebraska, near Kurt
lloblnsm. It wss feared that they would
break away and Join the hostile Indians.
(Jeneral Sheridan ordered Major North
to go to Indian Territory, where the
Pawnee tribe now lived, and to enlist
tuO scouts to serve against the Sioux.
There waa great excitement on tha Paw
nee reserve when Major North came. He
found the Pawneea very poor. All of
them wanted to go with him. Ha picked
out his 100 men and was foUowed for
eighty miles by others begging to enlist.
With these 1(0 scouts Major North
reached Fort Robinson, October 23, 187s,
and without resting waa ordered to
march forty miles with a regiment of
cavalry. After an all-night march they
surprised Red Cloud's camp near Cbad
ron at daybreak and captured it without
a shot AJI the ponies of Red Cloud's
band, over 700, were taken by tha Paw.
ness to Fort Laramie and sold, while
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The second A room at Central school was the scene of unusual
merriment Friday afternoon, when Halloe'en and the eighth birthday
anniversary of Frederick Castle, Jr., were simultaneously observed.
Miss Ethel A. Lynn, teacher, and Mrs. Fred Castle served as hosts
for the forty-eight little guests. Tho boys wore Mother Gooso caps and
the girls donned paper caps of grotesque designs. For favors the girls
The baby and dog are on the porch sit-
ting side by side and the little kitten is
Juet coming around the corner to the
porch. The little girls Is looking straight
at the dog. 8he wants the dog to talk to
her because she likes hlin for a pet. The
kitten is interested In the baby, too.
I am a new Busy Bee. I would like to
Join the Red side. I go to school in dis
trict No. 101. I am In the third grade.
I like school fine. My teacher is Miss
Ruth Reeve.
Boys Flay Joke.
By Grace Rowe, Aged 7 Years, Fremont,
Neb. Red Side.
I read the Busy Bees' stories every Sun
day and I Ilka them very much. I want
to tell you about the little box I found.
Ona day Roberta and I were coming home
from school and we saw a pretty box in
the grass and we picked it up and opened
It and saw a live mouse in It We threw
the box down and the mouse ran away.
Then some boys across the street laughed
at us and we knew that they were trying
to play a Joke on someone. I would like
to sea my story in the paper.
The House and Cat.
By Leona Walter, Aged 10 Years, Wahoo,
Neb. Blue Side.
One nice day aa Mr. Mouse was looking
out of his hole he spied upon the shelf
some cheese and he wondered to himself
If it would be safe to go out of his hole
so warm. Well, he had thought long
enough, so ha came out, but while upon
the kitchen shelf the cat came out and
tha Indians were marched on foot to
Fort Laramla and kept to the end of the
war. It was a bitter disgrace for the
proud Sioux to v have their ponies taken
away from them by their old Pawnee
enemies and Red Cloud never forgot It.
In November General Crook ordered
Major North and the Pawnee scouts to
march north for a winter campaign
against the Sioux and Cheyennes. The
Indian scouts brought news that they
had found a large Cheyenne camp In a
pocket of the Big Horn mountains so well
concealed that it would be Impossible to
approach It In daylight. General Mc
Kensle was ordered by General Crook
to make a night march with 800 white
cavalry and 70 Pawnee scouts. All night
the soldiers rode over a terribly rough
and dangerous region with their Pawnee
'guides at the head. Toward morning
they toeard the sound of Indian drums.
The Cheyennes were dancing a scalp
danca over the return of a successful
war party. About daybreak the war
riors, tired with dancing, went to sleep.
A little ater the Pawneea and aoldlos
burst Into their camp. The Cheyennes
fought desperately, for they were fight
ing for their homes and their winter liv
ing. Most of them escaped to the rough
ground, from which they .Ind on the
troops. All the Cheyenne ponies, 6.70 in
number, were tan en by the Pawnees.
General McKenzle ordered all tho Chey
enne lodges, all their rich buffalo robe
and winter provisions, to ba piled and
burned to ashes, and the Cheyennes saw
them burn. A heavy snowstorm came
on and General McKenzle marched back,
taking with him the Indian ponies and
leaving tha band destitute.
Tha miserable Cheyennes with their
women and children made their way on
foot to the camp of Crasy Horse on
Powder river. Over forty of their num
ber died from exposure and starvation on
the way. Stern Crasy Horse shut his doors
in their faoa. He was so angry becausa
they had permitted themselves to ba out
wttte4 aad surprised that ha would. Jdva
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took a leap at poor old Mouse, but all he
got was his tall and Mr. Mouse went back
in his hole, while his tall remained In the
cat's mouth.
From the Queen.
By Margaret Brown. A red 11 Years, 1129
South Twenty-eighth Street,
Omaha. Blue- Side.
I want to write and thank you for
the book you sent me. I was very glad
to get it.
I was very much surprised to be elected
queen of the Busy Bees and I hope I
will do my part.
I enjoy reading the Busy Bee page very
much and I will write a story for it soon.
Turtle Captures Hawk.
The fable of the hare and the tortoise
Is surpassed by the feat of a land turtle
at York Springs, near Hanover, Pa.,
which captured a hawk. The story Is re
lated by Miss Mabel driest, who killed
the hawk.
Miss driest was walking through a
field, when she noticed a bird in the
grass frantically beating its wings. Ap
proaching she found it to be a hawk
with one leg securely caught between the
Jaws of a turtle. Though struck violently
by the hawk's wings, the turtle held on
until the girl struck the prisoner a blow
with a stick, killing It.
How the swiftest of birds was oaught
by Its sluggish adversary is a mystery.
The only plausible explanation is that
the hawk must have alighted close to the
turtle and been caught by its powerful
Jaws. Philadelphia Record.
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them no tielp. There wss nothing for tha
Cheyennes to do but to drag themselves
across the cold pains to Fort Robinson
and surrender to the whites.
All the cold winter the war went on.
General Crook never rested nor gave the
enemy rest. There was no chance for
the Sioux that winter to hunt buffalo or
elk. The terrible cavalry and tha Paw
nee scouts, their old enemies, were on
their trail. In the spring the starving
and rsgged remnanlf of the onca proud
Sioux of the plains came In and surren
dered on Nebraska s ill at Fort Robinson.
It was a great day for the awnee scouts
when they were mustered out of service
May 1, 1H77, and returned to Indian Terri
tory to tell the story of Red Cloud's po
nies and Crazy Horse's surrender.
After the war was over a-ajor North
engaged with W. K. Cody (Buffalo Bill)
In cattle ranching on the LMsmal river in
western Nebraska. Thousands of their
cattle ranged the sand hills. Their ranoii
door was wide open without price to all
honest travelers, but cattle and horse
thieves, white or red. soon learned to
dread tha fearless spirits and ready rifles
watting for them there. Many are the
stirring and true stories tild of Frank
North in those ranching days.
In ISta the people of Platte county
elected Major North to tha Nebraska
legislature. He died at Columbus March
14, lfUC, aged 41 years, leaving a wife
and daughter. All tha people of Ne
braska mourned his loss, for he was
not only a brave soldier, but kind and
Just and true In aU his life.
Only a few of tha famous Iawnee
scouts who followed Major North-and
kept tha Nebraska border in tha stormy
years of war and frontloring now sur
vive. Those whom I saw on their reser
vation In Oklahoma were a fine group of
sturdy men with strong fearless faces.
Their eyes light up when the name ot
Major North Is mentioned, and looking
up into tha sky they apeak with deepest
love and admiration his i'awnee name,
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were given horns and the boys were presented small Instruments of
noise, which they did not neglect (after school).
Candy corn, Ice cream and cake were served by Miss Lynn and
Mrs. Castle.
The kiddles said they bad "the mosteat tun" they have bad for a
long time.
New Orleans Wins
Hay Fever by Killing Off Rag Weed
After having started a campaign of
public education In tho United Btatea
showing that hay fever Is due to the
pollen of weeds and that fall hay fever,
the most common form, la due In almost
all cases to tha two varieties of ragweed,
the cpmmon ragweed (Ambrosia Arte
mlslifolla), found In the middle and
northern states, and the glunt ragweed
(Ambrosia Trlflda), mora common In the
tnolst lands of the coast, the American
Hay Fever Prevention association has
concentrated Its first efforts In New
Orleans with the first inning to its credit.
The public waa first educated regard- J
ing the ragweeds so that they could be
easily recognized. Illustrations of the
weeds were published In tho bulletin ot
tha State Medical Board of Health and
the publlo press, and the live weeds, In
full development were exhibited In the
show windows of the principal street.
The city of New Orleans, through the
commissioner of publlo works, placed at
the disposal of the association twenty
convicts, who cleared the streets and
sidewalks of tha outer sections of the
city of tha weeds, in accordance with a
map prepared by the topographical com
mittee of the association showing the
areas Infected with ragweed. ,
The State Board of Heajth published
the illustrations of the rsgweeds and
abstract of the Instructions for hay fever
sufferers, and the City Board of Health
assisted by enforcing the cutting of
weeds on vacant lota. Tho commissioners
of the various parka had the ragweeds
destroyed In the public parks under the
direction of the association.
Valuable assistance was alven by tho
Women's Clvlo league, which appointed
a special committee on vacant lots. This
Committee made arrangements with la
bor bureaus so that tliey not only re
ported lots Infected with weeds, but of
fered to send workmen to cut them at
low rates.
The storm of September 29 completed
tha fall work of the American Hay Fe
ver Prevention association In New Or
leans by almost entirely destroying the
leaves and flowers of the giant rag
Music a Feature at
Teachers' Meeting
At tha meeting of the State Teachers' !
association, music promises to be one of
the features. Thursday, November i. '
will ba devoted to music, the meetings '
feeing held In the banquet hall of the
Hotel Rome. During the forenoon there
will ba discussion by a number of the 1
prominent educators in the schools of .
tha state. I
The afternoon session of the music sec-J
tion of tha association will be addressed
by Charles Amadon. dean of the College ;
of Muale of York, and Osborne McCona-'
thy, professor in the Northwestern uni
versity. WILLMMJPIN BUYS OUT
THE YORK DEMOCRAT
Will Maupln has purchased tha York
Democrat at York and will take posses
sion of the property November 1. The
paper wl) continue to be democratic.
Maupln's Midwest magasine will con
tinue to ba Issued from Omaha, though
tha editorial and mechanical work will
be done la York.
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Fight' Against
weed In exposed places. As a result of
this, and tha efforts of tha American
Hay Fever Prevention association, hay
fever In New Orleans practically dis
appeared several weeks earlier than tha
usual time. As there are about 6,000 hay
fever sufferers In that city, the health
and economic value of this can easily
ba estimated.
Dr. W. Bcheppegrcll, president of the
American Hay Fever Prevention asso
ciation, states that what has been ef
fected In New Orleans can ba dons In
all other towns and cities, and efforts
In this direction will be started In the
gprjng.
Hay fever la a distinctive preventlbls
dlscsse, and Dr. Scheppegrell believes
that In a few years cases will become
rare. The length of tlma will depend
upon the degree to which localities are
Infected with the hay-fever-productng
weeds and the energy of tha people In
destroying them.
In some of the smaller towns, espe
cially those catering to summer visitors,
this will probably ba accomplished ba.
fore next summer. The statement that
a town is free of hay fever will prove
an advertisement, that will easily repay
the cost ot destroying tha hay-fever-producing
weeds.
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FARMERS FINDING
USE F0RS0FT CORN
Buying; Immense Quanties of Feeder
Sheep to Feed Unmarketable
Stuff To.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS HEAVY
All of the roads entering Omaha
are about swamped with the enor
mous movement o live stock, it be
ing unprecedented for this season ot
the year.
Sheep receipts are the heaviest In
the history of the Omaha market and
the shipments back Into the country
arc almost as heavy those coming
In. Farmers from Nebraska and
from over In Iowa are coming here In
largo numbers and are buying sheep
to tako back Into their feeding loU.
i There the animals will bo fed the soft
'corn and finlthed off In time for the
I holldny market.
ltallrond frHsht nfn assort that there
Is hardly a lnrtmr within a radius of 1M
milt- of Oinnha who Is not feeding fifty
to U't l end of sheep, soniclhinK that has
not been dona In the past except In a
limited way.
Ulle. f ii rnicrg are buying sheep for
lliclr feed Kits, railroad men assert that
the niipiber of fnrmers who are feeding
initio for the market Is fully 1 1 Vcr cent
greater th:in dilrlnff any previous period.
Tliey nro ninim to tlu Oinnha mnrhot
I and bujlnn steers r.ivl cows In larir
I iiunibers tind tiiking them home, funnily
I they lni- one enrlond per prrHon, thnimh
In some lnnl;iticcs tliey take four and
fiva.
Allies' Shells Cave In
Turkish Trenches
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2!. (Via
London, Oct. SO.) The Turkish wnr of
fice tonight announced that a terrible
bombardment by the allies on the Ualll
p ill penslnstila hnd caved In cer'nln
trenches n the Turkish left wing. The
official statement says a heavy bom
bardment by the enemy at other points,
assisted by two monitors, accomplished
no results. The statement follows:
"Near Anafarta our projectiles hit one
of tha enemy's ammunition storehouses,
which exploded, the detonations lasting
fifteen minutes. Our artillery disposed
of hostile troops who were digging en
trenchments "Near Art Bumu the enemy's fire
proved Ineffective. Throughout Thurs
day night the enemy persistently bom
barded our trenches on the right wing,
and the following day their artillery
made an unsuccessful attack upon sev
eral points in our lines.
"Near Seddul Bahr there has been
fighting with artillery, bombs and torpe
does. "Tha enemy fired a thousand shells
against our left wing, causing tha col
lapse of some trenches.
"Near Art Burnu and Seddul Bahr two
of tha enemy's monitors took part In a
bombardment, but were driven off by our
artillery."
Tell Osteopaths
of Twilight Sleep
Osteopathia "twilight sleep" was as
serted to be superior to the "twilight
sleep" Induced by drugs during tha
course of an address by Dr. EX C. Dy
niond of Des Moines College of Osteop
athy, before a Joint meeting of the Iowa
and Nebraska Osteopathlo association to
day at the Faxton hotel.
Dr. Jennie M. Laird of Omaha and Dr.
J. M. Kllgora of York also spoke along
the same lines.
Use The Bee's "Swapper column.
More British Gold
Comes from Canada
NEW YORK. Oct S0.-Two hundred
cases containing the equivalent of 15,00(5,000
In British sovereigns were received at
the assay office today for tha account of
J. P. Morgan A Co. Late yesterday mora
than lot) cases containing S,7fjO,000 were
delivered at the assay office by the Guar
anty Trust company. It is understood that
fully 13,000,000 adltlonal British gold will
come from Canada for Morgan & Co.
during the coining week in several In
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