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Hallway wager have Increased more es
proportion than the cost of living wince lbs
Ljj. tMK«e. according to statistics pub
babad ib the current issue of the Rallwajr
ip, "It* the year ended Junt 30.1911. the
over&gf earning* of a railroad employ# *
Were IWt In the year ended on Juno .X).
tat. they were $SH- In January. 1919, the
railways bad 1.JK0.T71 employes whose
ark-rage earnings for tin month were fi3-*
Bnt additional advances have been grant
#d Sine* then which make the average
aiuunt ra.roPigs <rf a railroad employe at
|HMt flJSS a year Compared with 1919.
therefore, the average Increase In earning#
par wmployr Is * per cent, while compared
■With 19*1 the average Increase Is M> per
cant Thee Increases ex rend the Increase
tn the com of living. The results of all the
Investigation# which liave been made in
dicad# that the increase in tbe cost of liv
ing daring the five years since the war in
Burope began has been approximately »
■per oerrt
A controversy has arisen as to whether
painted symbols on the rocky tanks of Hie
iColumtiifi river aire Indian symbols or tbe
records of early Teutonic explorers, and
a oommittee of experts has been appointed
«e settle fhe affair. W. S. Dewis, of the
Bastem Washington Historical Society,
■ays they picture early history of tlie
northwestern tribe#man and ace fl* years
aid; While Oluf Opsfon, a atudent ot
arcbeeiogy. says they are the writings
of European travelers of many hundred
yearn ago. an dare like symbols on stone
aeas Sort on
Them is a little group oV people livtrur
Ib a barrow district between the moure
tains and the sea in North Carolina who,
beeausa they have lived apart from the
west of the oountry, still speak the Eng
lish erf the Elizabethan period. Their lives
are said to be as primitive as the Eliza
bethan life. They made a quaint pottery
for their own use, and now the world has
discovered this "iugtnwn'’ pottery to be
marvelously attractive and “something
new*’ will In an probability be on the mar
ket noose
Berlin dispatches state that a move
ment to foment a revolt against the Ger
man government was launched by the
Bpartacan* Wednesday when they staged
M meethiws in Berlin and other cities,
■bore than 100,000 persons etendlng them
Aeoapting the Hparttean's challenge, Mln
Mv'Pf Defense Noske has Issued a ruling
prohibiting the purchase and sale of weap
ons and has forbidden tbe printing of
'pamphlets and newspapers without mili
tary permission.
Members of the Boys i-trotner Kepuout:.
of Chicago, are oooductlngb a drive to
raise $60,800 pennies to pay the fine of
Judge Ben Lindsey. of Denver, who has
decided that he would rather serve a sen
tence for refusing to violate a boy's con
fidence than pay a fine. The action waa
suggested by Sidney Lewis. 1* years old,
after^reading that Judge Lindsey was
soon to serve ®S days In the lienver jail
for contempt of court The only alt emo
tive was payment of a $600 fine.
▲ Dei tod States department store In the *
heart of the business district of Chicago,
da forecast as the nert step taken by the
government In Its battle on high prices, t
German manufacturers are planning to
rehabilitate their worldtrade by "a new
policy,” according to a writer In the Deut
WOhar Taadel Warte. of Nuremberg. He
says: “The earlier flooding of foreign
,eoantries with trashy goods will oease. We
shall lay emphasis on goods of quality tor
only the beet value products will hence
forth gain entrance to the world's mar
kets.
1 ”^>u are certain eventually to have a
war with Japan; they will attack you j
through the Philippines by sea, and Kurope ■
by land through Siberia, etc. You should
have fortified Hawaii, and must get your
fleet on the Pacific side. The Japanese
have spies everywhere, disguised ss serv
ants. etc., they know all about your fleet
and fortifications,'' said William II to the
United States, while he was stUl a kaiser,
according to an Interview just published.
Among the graduates from the University
of Chicago at the 112tli convocation,
August 28, will be fire Chinese men and
.one Chinese woman; a Japanese who Is I
jto receive the degree of doctor of philoso
phy; s South African who will be given
the degree of doctor of divinity, and an
American who 1* to receive the master’s
degree In the graduate school.
America's two most famous cripples.
Michael J. Dowling, of Olivia, Minn., who
lost both legs his left arm and several
fingers of his right hand when he was 14,
and Quentin D. Corley, of Dallas, Tex.,
who has lost both of his arms, h&vo been
visiting Ragland to cheer the thousands
Of disabled British soldiers and will now
go to Prance. King George received the
two men at a garden party.
The Railway Business Association
(manufacturers of rtiil*-y supplies), says:
"We favor a federal board to promote
•articulation of transportation by rail,
water and highway; to keep Informed of
the public need for fad titles and service
hi the several traffic sections, and we
favor giving the Interstate Commerce
commission by statute the authority to
regulate maximum and minimum rates
and fares”
George T. Donaldson, president of the
Kansas State Livestock Association, told
the Senate agricultural committee last
week: "Right in your city of Washington,
I have found the fore-quarters of beef sell
ing to the retailer for 8 cents a pound, and
selling to the consumer at 22 cents. We
learn there are 700 places here where meat
la sold, and we think that 100 would be
ample and reduce the cost to cons timers
too.”
autbiuu rucQ, in a imitir 01 uiuiiis w
the British parliament, says: "If 1 was
aide to bring the war to a speedy conclu
sion It was due to the sustained deter
mination of the British government to re
inforce and keep up in 1918 sufficient
effectives and give powerful assistance to
tbs transport of American divisions."
To this date, a total of 14,87® casus* have
been approved for vocational training of
which 7.3M have been placed in training.
The rust having boon notified of the ap
proval of their courses, ere awaiting the
opening of the school* which they will
attend In September. A total of about
% If,t(W men will be in training by October
A man In Ixmdon was bit by a taxicab
carrying the bishop of Wakefield. After
be had been taken home and bis injuries
had bean dressed he thanked the bishop,
declaring: "Ton have don* mo a good
tarn. I was dumb before tli* accident "
Ksoauue of the absence of President Wil
son from Washington next month It la
understood that the first visit to be made
In this country by Cardinal Herder will
' be to Cardinal Gibbons at Baltimore.
The recent capture of Pskov by tin. Voi
ahevinU was due to German int-lguc. and
lack at harmony anion* the antibobhevist
commanders, according to a d siutch m
the Lxnidon Daily M-.il from l.r iglngfors.
At a recent e infe-cm-e of workers on
«ased ia the hotel in --tries in Pari tht
tip was declared 'immoral " The confer
ence dnelded thal b ought to t>» ..boi
fahed nd a regular wage scale substi
tuted.
Clarke titrickland. who he.* been a-p
emiilod public librarian of Dalton-in-Fur
loss. Bnjjlaud, entered the t-rv ice of Hit
gs-woull -B_- y -ra ago otj a lao-l J.fhtyr.
FiitACHEB IS TO
ISEflTOJt
C. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ti" :ciz Hir Conviction For
Fraudulent Use of
the Mails.
I.-iH'o’n, Neb., Sept. 9.—Judge San
«wi «>f tnr* United States court of ap
pu»,- has affirmed the six month**
*• nteru «* of Rev. David O. Wine, 9(
Herman ltaptis? minister, of Endere,
N*: < oiw ictecl in the federal court at
M< U(»t*h. Neb., of fraudulent use of the
r*.'t.:!v, District Attorney Allen, who
d lic\. Mr. Wine, yesterday
received from St. Paul, Minn., notice of
the aflirrmition. The minister was
found guilty of misrepresenting the
value of n ranch in Chase county, Neb.,
and i.idu inp members of his church
living in Kant’- * to join him In the
pur • ha.se of property appraised at $87,
001. \ hereby it was charged he secured
urn half of the ranch without cost to
ntu sDf Wines contention was that
their half of the ranch was worth all
the Kansii.!' men paid.
EXPRESS DRIVER INHERITS
TWO IRISH FORTUNES
Grand Inland. Neb.. Sept. 9.—Prob
ably the wealthiest express driver in
the United Suites Is John H. Brown,
employe of the American Express Com
pany of this city. He Is worth some
where In the neighborhood of $50,000.
The unexpected, and for a time un
discovered. death of two uncles in Con
voy. Donegal county, Ireland, is re-1
sponsible for P.rown coining Into pos
esalon of real estate and money worth
a fortune. One uncle left the Grand
Island man between $19,000 and $20,000,
and the other about $90,000.
The world war Is pimarily responsi
ble for his fortune. He entered the
service at Omaha with the 168th lows,
saw service in Germany, and while
there received word from a relative
whose home Is In New Zealand con
cerning the bequests from his uncle.
If he had been in the United States he
might never have been apprised of the
facts.
MIDLAND COLLEGE TO
OPEN FOR YEAR WEDNESDAY
Frfmont, Neb.. Sept. 9.—The formal
opening of Mldlang college in Fremont
will take place Wednesday. The facul
ty members. 22 In number, are here
now and students are coming. Gov
ernor S. K. MeKelvie will be a speaker
at the opening. Dr. O. D. Baltztey.
pn'Uor of Kuntz Memorial church In
Omaha, vrill be another speaker.
A number of Improvements have
been made In the buildings and both
dormitories have been modernized. A
part of the new science hall will be
used for Western Theological semi
nary. Dr. E. E. Stauffer, president of
Highland college, assumed charge only
a short time ago, but he has been a
member of the official board for a
long term. Ho served for 20 years aa
;> pastor In Kansas and was In the
Kanva* legislature for three terms.
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ALLEGED LAND 8WINDLER
SEEK8 CHANG EOF VENUE
Fremont, Neb., Sept. 9.—Henry Q.
Fisher, who was brought here after
he had served five years in the peni
tentiary of Minnesota, appealed to the
district court for a change of venue
from Dodge county. County Assessor
John O'Connor Is complaining witness
against Fisher. He says Fisher got
|H,000 from him by a fraudulent deed
filed in the Dodge county records.
Fisher claims that on account of the
popularity of John O'Connor and the
fact that the newspapers have printed
much concerning the "milking" of the
Hedge county official, he will be unable
to have a fair trial here. One charge
In Fisher’s petition is that John O'Con
nor rides around in a large expensive
sedan "as an evidence of his wealth
and Influence."
SOLD •■FIXED" BOOZE
BUT ARE HEAVILY FINED
Wayne. Neb., SepL 9—Irvin Hille and
Fred Kane of Norfolk were found guilty
! on three counts for violating the “dry”
laws. They were fined $300 end costs
each. The case was appealed. Th«
defendants are alleged to have sold a
barrel of whisky to Wayne county
farmers. When the barrel was tapped
it was discovered to have been "fixed"
so as to yield considerable water but
very little whisky.
CARROLL LETS CONTRACT
FOR PAVING STREET
Carroll. Neb, Sept. 9.—The cocttraei
for paving the main street of Carroll
has been awarded to an Omaha con
cent. Work ia to be started on Um
15th Inst. The foundaUon Is to be ol
concrete while the surface will be at
brick. Though Carroll has a popula
tion of aboqt 600 it la one of the ttv<
towns of this part of Nebraska.
KILLED BY SNOT IN
UNUSUAL MANNER
Hopewell, S. IX, Sept. S.—Juntie Bry
ant, young sent at Robert Bryant, a
fanner living near here, was killed is
a peculiar manner when he fell troo
his hofese upon a .21-caliber rifle. Th<
bullet passed through the lad's beaut
The father bad sent the boy to th<
poetoffioa. and the youngster oarrlet
hta rifle with him. Just as be was dis
mounting In front of the office hh
horse shied and he was thrown to Um
ground, falling upon his rifle in suoi
a manner as to discharge It.
The Senate without a record robe tents
lively adopted an amendment prohiblUm
the employment of boys under 19 year
of age or any girl or wotuau without re
gard to u.,t* in any miiie located upon gov
eminent owned land under the provision
of the old Pacing bill.
'".'he o: ’y American insurance compan;
l?jai -toon In the way. of the final am
! Oomplote liquidation of German Insurant
m ipanlcs i>, the 1 ’nftrd States," says Mr
1 aimer, "w .• the Slayvvscnt Insuran
Compary. o' wl.Uh Ho- president is fleun
tor Iiweph i'. sen, of Nov
Jot .-y."
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BEST HE SSSERTS
Adjutant General Paul, of Ne
braska, Voices Disapproval
of Chamberlain - Kahn
Bill Now In Congress.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept, 8.—Adjutant
General Paul, who served as colonel
of a fighting regiment in France dur
ing the world war, has declined to give
Washington hi® approval of the Choip
berlaln-Kalin bill. In addition to de
claring that this measure out-Prus
sianlses Prussia and make® her old
plans seem puny in comparison, he
proposes to take up the fight against
It and Bpread the knowledge of what it
means.
“It ie the most vicious thing I ever
read," he declar* d." The bill proposes
to conscript the cream of the land to
the number of 431,000 men in a time
of peace, in order to make up an army
of 676,000. If congress is of the opin
ion that universal training is popular
throughout the United States it Is mis
taken. It is my opinion that the peo
ple of the middle west do not want a
large standing army. It means an out
lay of $1,000,000,000 a year. Universal
training as conducted by and through
the national guard is a good thing.
Fathers and mothers who know what
that training is do not object, but they
will object to their sons going into the
regular army.
“I have a son 14 years ohl, and I
want him to have military training,
but not in the regular army to be
handled as my 2n years of service has
taught me the men are handled."
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FLIMSY EXCUSE FOR
GOING OUT ON STRIKE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.— it is author
itatively stated that the real reason
why 800 men employed In the Burling
ton shops at Havelock, a Lincoln su
burb, suddenly quit work last Tues
day was that a brakeman on a passing
train yelled to them that shopmen
were out at Omaha and other places—
which was not true -and that they
were “yellow” for staying on. The
men will not say whether this is true
or not; in fact, they won’t say a
word about their reason for quitting,
not even to their shop foremen or
bosses. The only thing any of them
has said about it was that some one
went through the shops declaring a
strike was on.
The men are all back at work again.
It now develops that they were ordered
to go back to work by the heads
of their organizations, supplemented
by a notice from C. G. Burnham, in
charge of the Burlington activities,
that any man who was not back on the
Job by Saturday morning would be re
garded as having quit, and that their
places would be at once filled.
WOULD TURN GROCERY
STORE OVER TO CITY
Grand Island, Neb., Sept. 8.—John
Knlckrehm, sr„ owner, with his sons,
of one of the largest grocery stores in
the city, made known during a Labor
Day picnic to Mayor Cleary that he
had made an offer to Councilman
Hanna for submission to the city coun
cil at Its next meeting on Wednesday,
to turn his grocery over to the city,
without any strings attached, to be
operated as a municipal store.
The city Is to run the store, placing
anyone in charge whom it might wish
to designate. Mr, Knickrehra offers
to sell the entire stock on hand at a
reasonable inventory price without any
charge for good will or "going con
cern.”
"The city council could conduct this
store,' 'explained Mr. Knlckrehm to the
mayor, “and sell goods at wholesale
prices or at what they cost. This
would eliminate one profit.”
Mayor Cleary made no comment on
the offer, stating that he did not desire
to discuss the matter except before the
council.
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NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
HAS RECORD ATTENDANCE
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.—Over 265,000
persons paid admittance to the Ne
braska state fair during the six days
ending Friday afternoon. This is over
60,000 more than any previous year,
1918 having held the record to date.
Thursday was the only day in the week
that did not come into the record
breaking class. This was due to the
fact that last year Thursday was the
big day, because Wednesday, ordinarily
the top notch day, threatened raJn.
' The concessionaries reaped a tremen
dous harvest, the crowd spending more
freely than any previous gathering of
Nebraskans. Ninety per cent of those
in attendance came from out of town.
THE STATE HAS A NEW
EXECUTIVE FOR FEW DAYS
Lincoln, Nob., Sept. 8.—Nebraska
has a brand new governor in the per
son of B. K. Bushee, banker of Kim
ball. Mr. Bushee la president of the
state senate, and under the constitu
tion he is called on to serve when the
governor and lleuteoadt governor are
both out of the state. Lieutenant
, Governor Barrows has started for the
national encampment ut , Columbus.
Ohio, and Governor McKelvie Is In
i Chicago'attending the National Monu
, facturers' association,
i Mr. Burrows is a condidate for
national commander of the Sons of
Veterans, with a good chance of win
ning.
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! NONPARTISAN LEAGUE
ACTIVE IN CUMING COUNTY
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West Point, Neli., Sept. *.—The Xon
r partisan leaguers (ire trying to obtain
! a foothold in Cuming county. They
, have advertised a series of meetings
cummenrln i t a farm in Cleveland
■. township in Monday Neligh park on
Tuesday, and on Tuesday evening in
1 St. Charles township. John A. Currie
' advertised as tu > principal speaker
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JIPPLEMEiClil"
Nebraska Growers Assert They
and Consumers Are at the
Mercy of the Mid
dlemen.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 6.—Iiepresenta*
tive Christy, of Nemaha, big apple
grower, told the high price probers at
the state house Thursday that the law
pushed through by business interests a
few years ago which prohibits peddling
from railroad cars has practically
doubled the price of apples to consum
ers. He said that with the number of
middlemen taking toll between apple
grower and consumer it costs the con
sumer 100 per cent more for his apples
than the producer gets.
Mr. Christy also said that one year
the wholesalers informed the growers’
association that it must stay out of the
retail merchant trade and must not se.il
merchants apples in carload lots. If
they did the jobbers would net buy any
apples from them. At another time the
growers tried to sell direct to Lincoln
merchants In small lots, but were driv
en out of the field by the Jobbers, re
tailers telling growers’ agent that the
Jobber told them that if they bought
their apples from the growers they
would have to look to them algo for
whatever other produce they fleshed to
handle.
The legislator also said that the rea
son tiie Nebraska apples go to other
markets is that the Nebraska jobbers
will not pay pus much for them as will
other buyers, and that there Is no basis
for the Nebraska jobbers’ claim that
the reason is that the pack is bad. It
suits other markets. He said that the
only way to reduce apple prices is for
consumer and producer to get closer
together. The farmers’ unions are do
ing this, and are getting the apples to
their members for 16 per cent above
what growers receive, while other con
sumers pay 100 per cent.
Val Keyser, another apple grower,
said that England was bidding from
$14 to $24 a barrel for apples, and that
Nebraska fruit would sell for $S a bar
rel at least. He said that the only
way to reduce apple price to consum
ers was for the government to fix the
prices to the producers. He had tried
to get the farmers’ congress behind this
principle, but the farmers are against
price fixing of their products.
SCHOOL REDISTRICTING
IS BEING DISCUSSED
Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 6.—Two hundred
delegates to a state conference on the
question of redistricting the schools
of tlie state answered roll call when
Superintendent Clemmons called the
gathering to order. Governor McKelvie
made a brief speech in which he said
that tlie people generally were not
doing the right thing by their children
in an educational way. This Is par
ticularly true in the rural districts, and
one reason was the feeling that almost
anything will do for a tenant’s child
ren. He said that it was to raise the
standard of the rural schools that the
last legislature passed the redlstrlctlng
bill.
The conference will last until Satur
day. In many counties the necessary
preliminaries have been taken. This
consisted of naming a committee of
three and the preparation of maps.
The object of the conference is to dis
cuss the duties of these committeemen
and the outline the broad, general
principles along which action must be
taken.
At the BTiday morning conference
C. H. Gustafson, head of the Farm
ers’ Union, discussed the needs of rural
schools and Chancellor Avery gave his
theory of the relation of the university
to the rural school. The movement Is
also intended to stop the flow from
the farm to the towns and cities in
search of better school facilities.
OFFICER HELD FOR
SHOOTING NEGRO BOY
Omaha, Neb., Sept. i.—Special Of
ficer Holman, accused of firing the
shot that killed Eugene Scott, a ne
gro bellboy, during a recent police
raid on a hotel here, has been held for
trial on a manslaughter charge on rec
ommendation of a coroner’s jury which
Investigated the shooting.
Holman is now out on a 31,500 bond.
The Jury which held him responsible
for the shooting consisted of thro#
white men and three negroes.
Lead taken from boy's body weigheC
M3 grams, and this tallied with bul
lets from Holman s gun which were
weighed after the shooting.
Policeman Brigham, who was a wit
ness at the Inquest, testified that Hol
man coolly fired at the fleeing boy, al
though warned not to do so.
BIG FAIR SCHEDULED AT
CRAWFORD, NEB, NEXT WEEK
Crawford, Neb, Sept. 6.—The Craw
ford Tri-State fair and race meet will
be held here Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, September 18, 18 and 20. W.
O. Barnes, secretary of the associa
tion. announces that entries for ex
hibits and races indicate Jt la to be the
greatest lair ever held In this part of
the state.
The fan- will really open on Wednes
day, the 17 th, for there will be airplane
flight* .end other events of interest
on that day, but the real events, base
ball games, races, etc., will start on
Thursday, the 18th. A number of
bands will be here on the four days.
Fine purses are being offered for the
baseball games and for the races while
elegant prime are hung up for winners
Of displays at farm products.
SUGAR FACTORY*PLANS
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
Waverly, lx, Sept, 5.—The town
Sugar Company will invst $3FO.O« i In
remodeling the plant here, including
the erect in v of ;i warehouse and a trip
mill, each OxlOU foot,
The management also let It be known
Utnt the oillsens of \VuV’T'y must erect
100 now bouses the coming year to
acoominVeto ;V.e employes of ,.h » plant.
Tf th i 1 not ilon- lip company will
eel fa,>. ’iris to ottnc he" on orcci
i tie hour a.
| Training Little Children
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Helpful Plays Can Be Carried on While
Mother Is Busy With Her Household Tasks.
Sur'emiona by mothers who have been klndergannsrs leaned by the United Slateu Hurean
of tSdoGatlon, Wnahmgton. D. C. and the National Kindergarten AneoclnUon, 1 Went
Fortieth Street. New fork.
BY UBJ>. riUSCBlS & 'l'KOWBKIIXJK.
OATEN mothers say to me, "Don't
all the thing* you <lo with
your children take most of
your time?" Ey no means. I am a
mother of throe, and do all my own
work, exce.pt washing and ironing, and
1 have to do sewing without end. A
busy mother will make suggestions
which con be carried out while she is
busy at her household tasks. Stories
may be told For instance, baking
will suggest the story of “The Ginger
bread man.” This can be found in
"Best Stories to Tell to Children," by
Sara Cone Bryant Paring an apple
or a squash makes the opportunity to
tell about, the seeds hidden in their
cradle, how in the winter they go to
sleep, and so on. Make a whole story]
of it. A few davs ago I told my > i
year old baby this story and sanjg to i
her:
I knew of a baby »> vmall and no good.
Who »lecps In a cradle a* good oabics ahould.
Sleep, baby, sleep.
I know of a mother so kind and so warm.
■Who covers this baby from all cold and
harm.
Sleep, baby, sleep
Several days tater we had another
squash to prepare, and Immediately
she said. "Mother, sing about the
baby.” Eater, on request she told her
older brothei- and sister the story of
the seed babies.
It. is well to make much of holiday
celebrations. Have the children pre
pare little gifts for a birthdiy. Per
haps it may be only to draw a picture.
On Valentine’s Day we always make
valentines. Use scrap pictures and
paste them on colored cardboard. Or
use paper doilies, cutting out the cen
ter and pastine on a piece of card
board, with an appropriate picture
underneath. This makes a pretty
little valentine of paper lace. Cut out
hearts of red cardboard or paper and
string them together in graduated
Sizes, on red ribbon or twine.
At Christmas time even the two-year
old can make something. A simple
matehholder may be made as follows:
Cut from cardboard a circle about four
Inches in diameter. Cut a slit one
third of the diameter at each end
Fold the lower half upwards, turning
the cut edges in and pasting them to
the upper semi-circle to form the
holder.
To make a match scratcher cut a
piece of sandpaper any desired shape
and paste on cardboard. A Christmas
picture or bell may be pasted at^ne
top of the cardboard. Penny calen
dars can be used by the children in
endless ways.
Mats for the dining table are also
easily made . Cm a six-inch circle of
cardboard with a circular hole in the
center, and wind with raffia. Picture
A Real Surprise.
From the Kansas City Journal.
"I see you advertise ice cream soda sur
prise. What’s the surprise?”
"It's the same price as always,” an- t
swered the druggist. “Ain’t that a sur
prise?”
A Family Secret.
From the Washington Star.
“I bet I know what makes sister wear
her hair bunched down over her ears,”
said the small boy.
“Do you?" replied the affable young
man.
“Yes. But I ain’t goln* to tell. Only If
my ears were as big as sister’s I'd do
something like that myself."
Sure to 8erve Term.
From the Edinburg Scotsman.
Mrs. Cassidy—Norah Maguire is takin’
on awful! Her husband's got three years,
but he can get wan off for good behavior.
Mrs, O’Brien—Tell her to rest aisy. Sure,
an’ be never behaves himself.
He Had One Better.
From the Bangor News.
One of our honest old farmers came
home and found a sewing machine man
in the house demonstrating to the women
What fine work it would do. The agent
asked the farmer to bring in a shingle,
and said:
"I will show you that the Wonder
Worker machine will do heavy work, for
I will stitch right across the tip of the
shingle, where It Is at least one-sixteenth
of an Inch thick.”
“Not Interested,” said the farmer. "Over
’crost here 'bout three miles northeast a
young man built a house last summer,
and I'll be dumed If his wife didn't take
her Mechanical Marvel sewin’ machine
and stitch on ev’ry blame course of clap
boards, from gables and eaves, clean down
to the sills.”
As the agent slammed his machine Into
his light truck and chugged away, the
farmer turned to his wife and said:
"Well. Rita, I sewed that agent up all
right, didn't I? Now let's have supper.”
A Difference.
From the Kansas City Star.
"Ah. ’Squire!” saluted an acquaintance
from a neighboring town. "I suppose, you
took last *eelc off and enjoyed an Intel
lectual treat at the Chautauqua?"
"No, Cyrus,” replied the Old Codger. "I
took the week 4ff and attended the Chau
tauqua.”
His Ability.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
“Mother,** Bald Bobby, "did God ever
make any one with one blue eye and one
black?'*
"I never heard of any one that was so."
said his mother.
"Well, then, you Just take a look at
Tommy Jones next time he goes by and
tee what I can do."
Mystery Solved.
From the Boston Transcript
Mrs. A.—You say you kept a cook for a
whole month. How In the world did you
manage It?
Mr*. B.—We. were cruising on a house
boat and she couldn't swim.
To Repeat Is To Learn.
Exchange.
We have seen tYfkt to remember a thine
we roust first give it close attention; then |
that we should connect It with something
familiar; tie it as It wore, so that It will
not float away; and now we come to the
law of repetition. This la possibly the
moat important of all. The motto of the
Meistcrschaft system ef learning; foreign j
languages, printed on the title page of its I
text books. Is "RepetUio mater studior- j
urn,"—repetition is the mother of learn
ing. It will b« found of very great help to <
every student if he will set it down that
an ounce of repetihn Is wwth pound
of hard study. For i stance, if you have ri
theorem in geometry to .1 uionstrate, react
It over first a; try to ur.ds-rstumlit; then
try to repeat tie argument l*y memory;
If you forget, cio not wari e energy trying
to recollect, but look buck at tl.e hook at
once Chen try acralr. r.n 1 when you c roe
ito the bcm stroking plane. too:: back s c-al.i
end do not try hi remember* '^nd so Oh,
frames can be made in the same way,
cutting the cardboard any shape do
sired. There are endless things chil
drcn can make with water colors of
crayons and cardboard, using colored
paper and the Perry pictures. Perry
pictures illustrating all sorts of Inter
estlng subjects can be bought tor out jS
cent each, A catalogue will be sent;
upon request by the Perry Picture Co,
Malden, Mass.
Children never tire of making chain;
for decorating purposes out of oolores
paper. Take a strip of paper about four
inches long and half an inch wide and
make a ring by pasting one end ovei.
the other; slip another strip through
this ring, and paste ends together, and
so on. Our children make paper chain;,
for one another as birthday present*
They always bring delight. White and
colored chains can be used as Christ
mas tree adornments and give. tin.
added pleasure of letting the child fed
he has helped make the tree beautiful
Let me urge fathers as well ai
mothers to enter Into the life and
play of their children. For only whet
the father lends his aid In the procesi
of child training can there be perfee
unity. By working together mothe
and father can lead the children tt
understand the life about them. The;
can teach them to know and to love
nature. They can direct tho emotion*
develop the intellect and strengthei
the will. And as a result the childrct
will naturally come to feel and under
stand the Divine love which lies only
half concealed behind ail things.
Please pass this article on to r.
friend and thus help Uncle Sam reach
all the mothers of the country.
If I were hanged on the highest 1 *
hill.
Mother o' mine! O Mother o’ mine!
I know whose love would follow me
still,
Mother o’ mine! O Mother o' mine!
If I were drowned In the deejxist
sea,
Mother o’ mine! O Mother o’ mine! |
I know whose tears would dome
down to me,
Mother o’ mine! O Mother o’ mine!
If I were damned of body and soul.
Mother o’ mine! O Mother o’ mine!
I know whose prayers would make j
me whole,
Mother o’ mine! O Mother o’ mine! i
—RtTDTARD K1%LING. j.
ponstantly looking again and again a: the
page, relying more upon repetition than
ppon effort. Repetition Ik not only easier
han Htralnlng to remember, It is also
more efficacious. The effort to recall,
scouring the brain or ransacking l he
memory, as we say, is not only useless
put harmful. It wearies our faculties and
tends to make us nervous, petulent, and
suspicious of our ability. Hence In trans
lating a Latin lesson, for Instance, when
you came across a word you have had
before and find you have forgotten It.
go at onoe to the dictionary and lock it
up; do not consume your vital force in
‘trying to remember.” And do not be
ishamed to look up 40 times a thing you
rorget 40 times. “Repetitio mater studlor
iim." One reason why it Is easier to learn
French in France, surrounded entirely by
French people, is that you learn by hear
ing words repeated over and over.
An Ancient Love Letter.
From the Los Angeles Times
Scientists have found a love letter writ
ten or "sculped” 3,600 years ago—or before
the time of the patriarch Abraham. II Is
in the form of a tablet of clay and is from
one Sinmaglr to his lump of sweetness,
who was called Koka. The lover doesn’t
say anything about her goo-goo eyes, hut
lie does kick because Koka had been
lodging him for a month It would create
ao particular scandal if it were read in
court, and, indeed, Sinmaglr has been
gone so long that It wouldn't bother him
anyhow. But It all goes to show that. —
this is not the first century in which tried ™
were foolish enough to send missives to
the fair sex. It is something more than
3. habit. It is heredity.
Army Officers Well Paid.
From the New York Post.
There is much loose talk concerning the
underpaid army officer. To say that Ae.
captain, for example, receives 1200 'a
month is to tell only about two-thirds of
the truth. He receives in addition about
575 a month for heat, light, and quarters.
He buys his staple articles-meat, flour,
vegetables, sugar, coffeet. etc.--for about
35 tier cent less than civilians pay. If he
Is transferred he draws sufficient mileage
to pay the cost. Such Items as doctor’s
and dentist’s fees do not exist for him.,
Orderlies—we call them valets when not
in the army—are to be had for tips. An
automobile with chauffeur is placed at
his disposal when he needs it and fre
quently when he merely Cants It. He has
no worries that arise from pondering over
what might happen should lio be incapaci
tated for duty. As we now count riches,
he cannot become rich, but he need not*
feel poor. Some of the current discontent
arises from life overseas, where the 10
per cent increase for foreign service,
chea^ hoard and free billets, and the rate
of exchange made foreign service attrac
tive even financially. Promotions over
there were rapid too. Those captains be
tween !he ages of — and 25 who were
made majors for reasons in some in
stances known only to the 1-ord and the
war department, are undoubtedly feeling
a bit cramped just now. But they will
have to adapt themselves to now condi
tions.
Why a Cut Finger Hurts.
It hnrts when you cut your finger- dr.
ruther, where you cut it -beenuos the
place you have cut Is exposed to the oxy
gen in the air, and as soon-gs it la so ex
posed a chemical action begins to take
place, Just as when you cut an apple and
lay U aside you come back and find the
cut surfaces all turned brown. It the
apple could feel It would hurt also, be
cause the chemical action is much the
same. The apple has a skin which pro
tecta its inside from the oxygen In the air,
and you have also a skin which protects
you from tho oxygen as long as it la un
broken.
The presto- it. it Is sari, believes that
tut strategics i-iif fer starting hit s[reel.
In,; tour of ti.o country will :>e when the
treaty Is reported to the Senate by tho
foreign relations committee. This would
..;-i, a chance to answer arguments
his opponents us they woie advanced
dully in the donate, and would also lessen
t ,e Ukellhc-od of an oi position speaking
tour, sin c all senators would be needed
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