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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1919)
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA The garret fn which the engli.-rcrtug genius James Watt pursued his median ieal studies le to be removed intact If its- llile from Its position on the top of ttleathflaiL. Hail, England, wheto Watt gpent lila last yearn, and recrectcd in the gentral memorial buildings to be opened In Birmingham where the Watt centenary frelebratlon Is being held. When Watt Idied the garret iras locked up arid re mained unopened for about M years and leven now It is still in eiactly the same ss,million as when Wan worked In it- The ■piece of iron Watt ws_- last engaged fn turning lies on the lathe. The ashes of this last fire where Wat; need to do Ul* jnwn cooking because of hie wife’s objec tions to seeing her husband “looking like (a blacksmith,'’ are stiff fn the grate; the .last lump of coal la fn the scuttle. The Hutch oven Is In Its place over the stove and the fry ing pan la which be cooked his meals Is hanging CM Its accustomed nail. The farmer’s task of making two blades gniw where one had grown before is be coming increasingly difficult In England. (Turin laborers tiefore the war received (4 ja week; now they get ltd Every horse must have a weekly half holiday. If S ■horses are employed on a farm this repre .eentr an annual loss of $750. Before the war steam ploughing cost $1.7i per acre, ft now costs $4.50. Coal before tho mar •eost $5 a ton; It now costs $1150. Nitrate of soda hag advanced from $15 a ton to JIZc binder twine from $175 a ton te $6641, nd blacksmiths', carpenters and sad Idlers work Is from 150 to S00 per cent Ihigher. On top of all tld* the farmers' fax has been doubled. Russia. "What does the police strike 13 Boston man?" says Kilim Boob "It means that .he men who have been employed and taken their oaths to maintain order and {suppress crime as the servants of alt the people are refusing to perform that solemn fluty unless they are permitted to ally ilielhselves with, affiliate themselves jwlth, become members of, a greet organ isation which contains perhaps S per cent ■of the people. Now If that la done, that its the end, except for a revolution. Oov lernment cannot be maintained unless R )tas the power to uoe foroe.” Hos Angeles has new traffic laws, which provide that: Extending the arm straight from the shoulder Indicates that vou are going to turn to the left; point ing upward, that you will turn to the right; pointing downward that yon will pnM to a stop. The distance from point nf Intersection being equaL cars from the right have the right of way; cars must stay at least IB feet apart on country roads: when parked, both wheels on one side of the car must be within two feet of the curb and on downtown streets. It 1s forbidden to turn In the middle of the ■block. Investigator* of German propaganda, 'have found that what appeared to be an 'old and worn copy of the works of Ho mer went to an Influential Hindu proved to he a volume of attacks on British rule In India. Only the first few pages of fhe bc*»k were printed with the words of Ihe ancient poet. The remainder, though in Creek type like the beginning, wag (filled with the diatribe. ■ The forthcoming centennial number of the Arkansas Gazette, of Little Rock, em phasises the comparative youth of the nowsmperi west of the Mississippi river. Of uT the newspapers now published in the vrestorn part of the United State* there Is only one older than the Arkanua* Gazette. The 8t. Louis Republic traoeg |Us hittory back to 1808. On the Atlantic coast the Annapolis Gazette and Mary land Gazette date back to 1717. 1 The Lettish situation to geeupylng the {attention of the English authorities. It {has been learned that the Letts received offers of German assistance In January [last <m condition that thoae German troops jdesrt-Ws at remaining should be allowed Ito srtfle In that country. The Letts, how ever, did not desire thus to become a jgtats dependent upon Germany or to form a channel through which Germany would ibe able to communicate directly with The well known Swiss novelist, J. C. Herr, of Zurich, one of the most popular (8»li» writers of German language novels, varlleeH In Swiss paper* that the war lias killed the German novel and that lie jfa virtually ruined. He auks Swiss news papers for employment la writing political and literary article* or otop editorial 'work. w new me Boston police struck recently, 'one of the volunteers a» first aid was a tl4-ye«r*nld boy in knickerbockers, who (took up his place «A one of the busiest icornef* and b" can to direct traffic. At (first he was laughed at* but when the militia arrived, they found the boy, Frank {CasHcll, was doing such good work that ,they Isft him on the job I A correspondent calls attention to the (fact that “a certain popular safety razor (Which sells for $5 can be sold by the army ^quartermasters in a khaki case, with six [extra blades, for $1.75, and concludes: -“Why prosecute a Greek corner grocer for Vnaking an extra penny on a pound of pug&r when the prices wo pay for many ’articles of daily use ha.» no relation jwhatrver to their value? , A man prosecuted in Los Angeles for ’taking a yiung woman from Boston to 'Los Angeles in violation of the Mann act. Is attacking his indictment on the ground ■ that it did not state that the young woman ‘in question was “a female of the human ^family." * To the present S36 profiteers have been [convicted by I he British and have paid '.fines amounting to $20,000 while four have 'served terms in prison. The newspapers t insist that more prison sentences are [needed to bring the Mgh price traders to itheir senses. • This is “clean up week” in Chicago. :Smoko Is the subject lip for discussion at [conferences being held at the city hall |Jn order to impress upon business men, (manufacturers, janitors and the general ’public of Chicago the necessity of ending ■/the smoke nuisance. i At the campfire of the New York police /force last week, the men applauded when (Commissioner Enright sold: “1 believe I ;tm understating the number when 1 say (that fully iO i*?r cent of you men have assured me that you are not in sympathy ]wlth the striking policemen of Boston." : The American Defense Society has urged *«he mayors of 250 cities to list the names *oi citizens able to operate street cars, •power plants and other public utilitieji [for service in case of a general strike such as is threatening Boston. Complaint is made in London that Jap anese manufacturers are using British .trade marks on goods made for sale in .China. The goat is taking the piace of the cow as a milk provider In CECcho-Slovakia. The armies stripped the land of its horses jam! cattle. Goats are cheap, mature and ^reproduce quickly and furnish nutritious milk. a Wisconsin airedale pup recently •.sprang at the throat of a highwayman Jwho was about to fire at the dog’s mas ter. and vas killed by ttio bullet which • was intended for hi.s master. * St. M • had. Alaska, will entertain the -Ejsquiii <» f-re ■ with tho United States 4, . . F»-an^.v It consists of one sol fUier, Brivaie saggaa, who inat (|g a “Tory good Amorlcan boy." . NEBRASKA TEAGHER IS F|1D GUILTY (Serious Charge Was Preferred By Young Woman—Wife Shows Loyalty to Husband. Wayne, Neb., Sept. 29—J. M. Wiley, a resident of Wlayne for about nine years and last year connected with the commercial department of the publia schools was found guilty of miscon duct after a trial in the district court here this week. The charge was preferred by a Miss Kate Adams, 26, who was also con netced \Wth the schools, but a resident of Holt county. The wife of the pro fessor stood loyally with him through out the trial. He is said to be about 45 years old. He has recently been Jiving in the southern part of the state. Numerous other convictions, mostly for minor offenses, have been had dur ing the week. John Wright and John Nugent were each convicted of carry ing concealed weapons, Wright also being convicted of transporting booze. W is understood state agents of Iowa havg been here, ready to take these men back to that state on charges oI violating the liquor laws should they not be convicted here. They are local men. Ed Broscheit entered a plea of guilty to the charge of forgery. His offense was signing the name of Fred Eick hoff to a check for $50 which he cashed. ANGRY PARENT RELENTSi EL0PER8 ARE FORGIVEN Norfolk, Nebl, Sept. 29.—A mental picture of hi* daughter, pretty little 18-yeur-old Edith Wright Cades, who eloped Monday with John Cades, an employe of the Sweetland ice cream parlor behind the bars in Omaha caused Bert Wright to relent and give the couple his parental blessing, ac cording to word received in Norfolk, Wednesday. Cades and the young girl had been married at Madison prior to catching the train for Omaha. The Irate father enlisted the aid of the Nor folk police to apprehend the eloping couple. The Omaha police were asked In a, telegram to meet the couple and hold them for the sheriff of Madison county. Cades and his bride were arrested as •oon us they alighted from the train. They were taken to the eity Jail where Cades was lodged In a cell and his young wife placed In care of the police matron. Wright relented when he discovered that hie daughter has been arrested and caused the warrants to be quashed. Cades is a returned soldier. He has been serving with the American army In France and returned home only a abort time ago. His wife was formerly employed at the Killian store. GOVERNOR REFUSES TO ACT IN OMAHA SQUABBLE Lincoln, Nelg, Sept. 29.—Governor McKelvie drove the last spike into the hopes of Omaha city officials that re moval proceedings would lie instituted against Municipal Judge Holmes of Omaha city council with leniency while acting as police magistrate. The governor In his letter today practically confirms the report of At torney General Davis, made public a few days ago, in which the attorney general, after making an investigation, concluded the evidence did not war rant action by state officials in the case. The apecltlc case mentioned was that Judge Holmes tore up a complaint against one Frank Maloney chargee with illegal possession of liquor, alu. ft fused to prosecute. Omaha’s prose cuting attorney admitted to state of tlcials that no other action had been brought against Maloney in the police Court or any other. NORFOLK TO PUSH FOR A NEW HOTEL Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 29- -Tue first In timation that lucre Is official bucking to ‘.'no movement to travel the Norfolk Coiumbus road was made here when M. Black, division engineer In charge Jtale's exploring apparatus is in this territory, declared that the present in tention of the road builders Is to gravel that road. He declared that there may be enough money left In the road fund, lor this work and for that reason the state's exploring apparatus is n this vicinity. State geologists, he says, arc busy in this vicinity with a view of finding gravel deposits close to the road and if the travel is located the road will be surfaced with that material. Mater ial from the gravel pits east of the city is also being investigated with the idea of purchasing it for road work. NEBRASKA FLOUR MILL DESTROYED BY FIRE Lexington, Neb., Sept. 29. The en tire flour milling plant of the Datto Valley Milling Company at Gothen burg, near here, was burned last night. Tlie buildings burned included the pow sr plant, office, mill and elevator, tho latter containing 85,000 bushels of wheat. The total loss is placed at (200,000, partly insured. EXTRA DIVIDEND. Cleveland, Ohio. Sept. 26.—Directors of the American Shipbuilding Company today declared the regular quarterly dividend of 1% per cent on the com mon stock and an extra dividend of 2*4 per cent payable November 1 to stockholders of record October 15. It also declared the usual 7 per cent divi dend on the prefferd stock, payable in four quarters. CHIN YUN BENG NEW PREMIER FOR CHINA Washington. Sept. 28.—Kung Hsin Chau, premier and minister of finance of China, retired from office yesterday the state department was advised to day. He was succeeded ns premier by General Chin Tun lieng and as minister of finance by the former vice minister. LA Shili jHay. 1 NEBRASKA WOULD ENTERTAIN KING Governor Extends Pressing In vitation to Eulers of Bel gium to Visit the State. Lincoln, Nob., Sept. 27.—Invitations have been Issued to the king and queen of Belgium to visit Nebraska by Gov ernor McKelvle. The governor sent the following message to the secretary of state at Washington: "On behalf of the state of Nebraska, I desire that you shall convey to their majesties, the king and queen of Belgium, a most cor dial Invitation to visit our common wealth during their sojourn in this^ country, and to assure them that it shall be the pleasure of the state and the people to accord every evidence of Hospitality and good will during their jtay here.” The governor sent the foUowlng com munication to Adjutant General Paul: “I am informed of arrangements which have been made for a visit to our state in the city of Omaha, October 26, by their majesties, the king and queen of Belgians. "It is my desire to extend to our hon ored guests the courtesies of the state during their stay here, and I shaU re quest you to convey this information to the mayor of Omaha, with the fullest Information that the state will be glad to co-operate with the city of Omaha In entertaining the royal party." _ SAYS MILK PRODUCERS DEMANDING MORE MONEY Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27.—Farmers are asking more for dairy products, ac cording to J. R. Roberts, president of the Roberts Dairy company of Lincoln and Sioux City. Mr. Roberts was a witness at the state hearing on the cost of production and distribution of such products, conducted by Secretary Stuhr of the department of agriculture. He testified that he is now paying $3.50 a hundred pounds for milk that tests 4 per cent butter fat, but the farmers are asking for more money. He said that Prof. J. H. Frandson, head of the dairy department at the state farm, had suggested that $3.85 a hundred should be paid now for milk. He in dicated that producers might want $5 per hundred before winter is over. The witness corrected the published state ment that his company would make $40,000 this year. He fixed is at $30,000. He said that the company had bought as high as 12,000 pounds of surplus milk a month at a cost of $300 merely to keep farmers on the list so that it could depend on a constant source of supply. This surplus is manufactured into cottage cheese. The retailers who handle the milk of the company get a profit. They buy it for 12Vi cents a quart and sell it for 14 cents. POLICEMAN HELPED TO MAKE OUT BAD CHECK Fremont, Neb., Sept. 27.—Ed Yager, 19-year-old youth from Chicago, pulled olf a new one In Fremont when he went to the Fremont police station and from one of the policemen borrowed a blank check and had the policeman fill in the blank space with the amount he want ed to draw. This amount was $20. Later in the day Yager forged the name of Otto Ibsen, a Fremont milk man, to the check, and cashed it at the store of .1. K. Vogelsang, a local mer chant. Vogelsang complained to the police when he found the check was worthless and Yager was arrested. He Is held in the county jail awaiting for mal arraignment. NEGRO NOW DENIES HE KILLED CONDUCTOR Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27.—Leo Darling has backed down on his confession that he killed Conductor R L. Massey at North l’latte early Tuesday morning. When brought to the Nebraska state penitentiary the negro denied that he had killed the Union Pacific trainman. When Darling was stripped at the prispn two $10 hills were found con cealed in his clothing. The negro wore a gold chain about his neck. In re sponse to a question of the warden he said that it was given to him by his sweetheart. Darling was brought to the penitentiary lest angry citizens should lake him from the Hall county Jail and lynch him. HIS PARENTS IN POLAND WERE VICTIMS OF “FLU" Fremont, Neb., Sept. 27.—Sam Block. Fremont merchant, today received a letter from his old home in Sudorgen, Poland, informing him that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barney Block, died two years ago this month from the "tlu’’ epidemic. This was the first.letter Block had received from Poland since 1914. It was written by his sister, who says that work and money has been plentiful, but food scarce and medical supplies impossible to obtain at any price. Sudorgen is close to the German line. MAN WHO GOT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK LOSES Fremont, Neb., Sept. 27.—After dis missing the city as defendant, then the ex-mayor and ex-chief of police, then the chief of the Fremont fire depart ment, Judge Button In district court dismissed the whole list of defendants and ordered a verdict of no cause of action in the suit of Grant Spe, former city employe, who claimed $15,000 damages because Fremont firemen gave him a shock on a door knob In the firemen’s parlors during the Are men's convention in 1917. GOVERNMENT SUPPLY STORE HAD BIG RUSH Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 26.—A company of armed troops was rushed from Fort Omaha to help police handle the crowd of 6,000 men. women and children who stormed the city auditorium at the op ening of the army store here yesterday. Order was restored with difficulty. Only 3,000 persons could be served, and it was estimated that 6.000 were turned away. Goods worth $20,000 were dis ^ fused _of_ before noon, • H CUM NEWS Various State Departments at Lincoln to Give Out Matters of Public Interest and Importance. Lincoln, Neb., Sept 26.—Governor McKelvie has corrected an error. He denies that he has placed a curb on any of the department chiefs concern ing the giving out or news. Omaha papers and one Lincoln paper roasted the governor, but it was through a misunderstanding. It appears that one of the bureau chiefs misconstrued an informal discussion of the subject of disseminating news and this lead to statements that there would be less publicity in the future. "No formal order has been Issued forbidding bureau chiefs from giving out news” said Governor McKelvie. "The question of publicity and news discrimination by departments under the code bill was discussed by secre taries of departments. It was sug gested that matters of policy for which a secretary is responsible should not be given out by bureau chiefs. These mat ters should be left for the secretaries alone to make public. But in the mat ter of facts and figures and the rou tine work or matters of record In an office can be made public as in the past by the bureau chiefs or heads of divisions or departments. There has evidently been a misunderstanding among appointees on this question. There is no disposition on my part to prevent reporters from obtaining news in regard to public affairs. In fact, the records of the departments will be so kept In the future that reporters will be able to get more news of public affairs than formerly.” Governor McKelvie was referred to as a “czar” by correspondents for the Omaha papers before the misunder standing was corrected. NEW EPISCOPAL BISHOP INSTALLED AT OMAHA Omaha, Neb., SepL 26.—Rt. Rev. Earnest Vincent Shayler, D. I)., was enthroned as Episcopal bishop of Ne braska in Trinity cathedral before a congregation which packed the big edi fice to the doors. The vested choir of more than 50 men, women and boys proceeded up the aisle, followed by the clergy in their full Episcopal robes. The procession was led by John Tre vakis, bearing the cross. Then came the following clergymen: Rev. C. N. Worden, A. H. Marsden, C. B. Blakesly, C. Edwin Brown, O. Corbett, Thomas J. Collar, T. ,T. Mack ay, Dean Tancock, M. S. Leete. secre tary, John Albert Williams, Dean Tancock, M. S. Leete, secretary of the diocese and last of all. Bishop Shayler. Rev. Mr. Leete bore the bishop’s staff of office, or crosier. Bishop Shayler made/ an earnest ap peal for the "old fashioned” religion and he concluded by outlining an en thusiastic program for united work by all the churches of the diocese. TWO MORE RELIEVED FROM BEING DEFENDANTS Fremont, Neb., Sept. 26.—Two more defendants have been released by Judge Button in the suit for $10,000 brought by Grant Sec, who claims he was per manently injured by a trick with elec trical apparatus played on hirn during the state firemen's convention in Fre mont IS months ago. Some days ago the court dismissed the city of Fremont as a defendant. Dismissal has now given former Mayor Wiley and Ex-Chief of Police J. A. Welton. This leaves three firemen, Chief Hurry Morse, Harry Strufye and Will Launder, as the de fendants. See claims he was per manently Injured when he grasped a doorknob through which an electric current was flowing. Dozens of fire men who were at the city hall during the convention received a similar shock. —-4 FRIDA7 WAS REAL HOODOO DAY FOR THIS MAN Nevada. la.. Sept. 26.—Friday was an unlucky day for Joe West, farmer, og near Story City. During the late aft ernoon while oiling a corn shelter bi got Ills arm caught in a gearing and it was so bady mashed that amputa tion was necessary. The flesh and bone below the elbow were severely crushed and lacerated. It had been a Jonah day from early morning until late in the afternoon for West. During the forenoon he had fallen off a grain wagon and his head was injured; in steering the tractor engine out of the yard he hit an ob struction and received a severe hump on his arm; then came his accident with the corn sheller. But to cap the climax, while he was being carried up on the elevator at the Story City sana torium, something went wrong with the elevator and the car, with West inside, dropped for a considerable dis tance and he received a severe jolting. TEACHER—HOG RAISER TO PROMOTE SWINE SALES Fremont, Neb., Sept. 26.—Miss Emma Meservey, Fremont school teacher for 25 years, who resigned over a yeur ago to go into the business of breeding hogs, held a "dispersion sale" today and it was very successful, the total run ning into several thousands of dollars. Miss Meservey, who has worn femin ineals and raised her own pigs, says the task is rather toe strenuous for a woman. She will quit pig raising, but not the hog business, for she sees a big opening in the field of promoting sales of blooded hogs. Hereafter she will devote her attention to the advertising end of the game, she says. NEGRO CONFESSES KILLING MAN HE TRIED TO ROB North Platte, Neb., Sept. 26.—Leo Darling, a negro was arrested here and according to Union Pacific railroad detectives ami local police, confessed to the murder of R. L. Massey, veter an Union Pacific conductor, who was found dead here after being shot throe times. Darling, according to officers, said he shot Massey when the conduc tor resisted being robbed. Massey’s home was at Omaha. Training Little Children Simple Devices for Keeping Children Happily Occupied and Mentally Active—They Also Help to Make Mother’s Tasks Easier. •nutations by mothers who hare been )rin<)ergartn<>ra. Isaned by the United States Bnreati of Kdncation. Washington, D. <X, and the National Kindergarten Association. 8 West Fortieth Street. New York. r-BY MRS. KATHARINE CHURCH SOLOMONS. E routine duties of the wife and nother are the same in practi cally all homes. Food has to be Surchased and prepared; the house as to be kept clean and in order; there is shopping to be done, also sew ing, mending and washing—a big item in families with young children—and there are the children. Very often the mother would seem to have little time or strength to spend ether than in attention to the chil dren's actual physical care and re quirements, and yet by a little wise thinking and arranging she can start many plays and occupations which will not only give the children pleas ure and teach them how to do things hut result in a quieter, easier and mors joyous task for herself. The Home Atmosphere. One of the most helpful factors in the harmonious development of mother-and-child life is a right atti tude of mind. It is, of course, lyost desirable that it be one of content ment and peace; but too often moth ers, in addition to the work of house keeping and the bearing and rearing of children, are obliged to contend with problems of sickness and family disagreements. Hawever, if she can meet such situations with intelligence, courage and self-control, she will cre ate a home atmosphere which will be measureless in its influence. The Yard. ▲ yard can be made an ideal play Sound at a moderate expense. Play g in sand appeals more than any thing else to children of three and four years. It will engross and keep them occupied for hours at a time. Therefore, the first thing to put in the yard is a sand box. This can be done by nailing four boards together, and partly embedding them in the ground. Babies should not be allowed to play by themselves in the sand until they are old enough to know that they should not put it in their mouths. And none of the children should be permitted to throw sand, because of the danger to the ayes. Discarded cooking utensils and a few tin spoons give the children an opportunity to imitate mother’s fasci nating operations in the kitchen. In warm weather they can have water to mix with the sand. This makes i the play all the more real and en grossing. Older children find many more things to do with sand. They pile it up and make hills out of it, dig hole*, and fill them with water, or make representations of the many thing* that children love to play and think .about. Pretty patterns can be made In, damp sand by drawing with a stick.: by pressing stones, pebbles or seeds: into it, or by using such objects a*' grooved shells or the rim of & cup. Gardening Is one of'the most whole, some and healthful ways in which children can be employed.^ Each child may well have a space In the yard> i allotted to him for planting and tend-i ing a little garden of his very own. All kinds of outdoor games can bei played in the yard and the children' can romp to their hearts’ content. For the young children, games with a rub ber ball or with bean bags are the best. Older children enjoy having a swing, but it is likely to be dangerous for the little ones when they are running heedlessly about. Play Materials. Almost all children have wooden blocks of one kind or another to play with and they scarcely need to be shown what to do with them. They love to make such things as houses, trains, trolley cars, buildings, bridges and furniture. Any materials that lend themselves to representation of this kind are a delight to children. Kindergarten tablets (round, square, oblong and triangular pieces of wood of the dimension of one inch) can be used for representing many things;: also colored sticks and slats of differ ent lengths, and seeds of different varieties. A catalogue of klndergar- , ten materials will be sent upon re quest by Milton Bradley Company, Springfield. Mass., or by E. Steiger dE-•*“ Co., 49 Murray street, New York. In the same way, children enjoy representing objects in clay, and by drawing and painting. Clay work, however, is better left for school by mothers who have much to do, as work in this material requires consid erable attention and direction. Please pass this article on to a f-.end and thus help Uncle Sam reach all the mothers of the country. The Origin of Wheat Grant Allen, in Colin Clout’s Calendar. The original parents of all our cereals were grasses of one kind or other, often belonging to remotely different groups, but almost all indigenous inhabitants of the central Asian and Mediterranean regions. The pedigree of wheat, the most important of all our cereals, is somewhat obscure. It has varied to a greater degree from its humble original than any other known artificial plant. Fortunately, we are still able to recover the steps by whibh it has been developed from what might at first sight appear to be a very unlikely and ill endowed ancestor indeed. The English couch grass, which often proves such a troublesome weed in our own country, is represented around the Mediterranean shores by an allied genus of annual plants known as goat grass; and one of these weedy goat grasses has now been shown with great proba bility to be the wild form of our cultivated wheat. It is a small dwarf- ( ish grass, with very pretty seeds, and not nearly so full a spike as the cereals of agriculture. When man first reappears in northern Europe, after the great, ice sheets once more cleared away from the face of the land, we find him growing and using a rude form of wheat from the earliest moment of his reestablishment in the desolated plains. Among the pile villages of the Swiss lakes, which were inhabited by men of the newer stone age, we find side by side with the polished flint axes and the hand made pottery of the period several cereals raised by the lake dwellers on the neighboring mainland. The charred seeds and waterlogged shocks disinterred from the ruins of the villages include millet, barley and several other grains; but by far the commonest among them is a peculiar small form of wheat. J A Bishop and a Senator. From tiie Fes Moines Register. "To me it is appalling that a man with a township mind should presume to dis cuss national questions,” said Bishop Homer C. Stunts, speaking at Grace Meth odist church during the Methodist con ference last night, with regard to tile address of Sehator Hiram Johnson at the coliseum Monday evening. Without mentioning the senator’s name, lie said that it pained and disturbed him that a man should come to Dos Moines— or. for that matter, to any other city—and make s.uch statements as were made Mon day evening at the coliseum.” i _r ^ T_ A Russian Amazon Who Cried. From the New York Times. Out of the chaos there comes, now and . again a human note to remind us that ele-1 mental nature will probably endure. On the Murmansk railway front, Canadian troops captured a party of bolshevists in the red guard uniform, among whom was a young woman of '22, Olga .Semenova I'utointzeva, fully armed and with a ban doleer of cartridges across tier breast. She submited mutely to being disarmed; hut when her captors took a little scrapbook of pictures she broke down in tears. Tills scrap book contained only a number of photographs of babies cut from maga zines. Mme. Petomtzova left Petrograd on April 4 to join her husband, who was in the red guard. In order to remain with him she donned a uniform and joined the fighting In the action in which sho«was taken, at Urosozero, she was separated from Petomtzeff, who escaped. Questioned as to her interest in the photographs, she at last explained that she had had a child, who died, and of whom, owing to the disorder of the time, she could get no photograph. So she was collecting photo graphs of children of his age, intending to keep the one that most resembled him. ,YVhen the Associated Press correspondent 'cabled these homely details, Mme. Petomt zeva was serving as cook for a Canadian mess. A great philosopher to the contrary not withstanding, clothes do not make the man—nor yet the woman, liven war may not wholly unmake them. --- Life on Mars. I have heard a learned professor say that Mars has living folks, while another gifted guesser hailed his argu- I ments as jokes. And they fussed around and wrangled like a pair of locoed cats, and they got their wires all tangled, and grew sore beneath their hats. Some indorsed the learned professor, held as gospel his belief, ctaie stood up for t'other guesser. helping ! ini yawp and beef. And row became a riot, so the whole bun»K went to jail, where they had a frugal diet that was void of toast on quail. You may climb the highest steeple with a telescope in hand, and you cannot tell if people drill around on Martian land. There's no earthly way of , roving if inhabitants are there; so your argu ments, though moving, are butspiffle and hot air. So we waste the moments precious, chewing rags the livelong day, letting habits vain enmesh us. when we should be baling hay. Wheth er Mars has people on it, 1 protest, we'll never learn; but this world of ours, doggone it, has inhabitants to burn; here they are, where Nature flung them, on a prehistoric day, and our work is here among them, not a billion leagues away. ---- -*■ -- W Flyers Disturb Church Goers. From the Los Angeles Times. Church members In one of the Lua Angeles suburbs are asking aviators to fly high on the Sabbath day. The roar of the engines and the whirr of the pro pellers when they pass Only a few hun dred yards overhead disturb the peaJW'fi’> r _ -w conduct of the Sunday services. When a * man is slumbering peacefully in his favor ite pew he doesn't like to lie startled by the sounds of a human buzxard droning outside his window. When the preacher la describing the miraculous flight of Elijah on his chariot of fire it is disagreeable to have the children smile pityingly at poor poor 'Lijo in comjiar'son with the evolutions of the birdman spinning over their heads. It seems odd for the church folk to urge flying high, but they are doing it so far as the Sunday aviators are concerned. Told at Last. From the Boston Transcript. VA woman can't keep a secret," de clared a mere man. "Oh, I don't know,” retorted the lady) “I've kept my age a secret since 1 was 21.” "Yes, but one of these days you wIllV give it away. In time you will simply \ have to tell it.” \ "Well. 1 think that when a woman has. kept a secret for 18 years she cornea pretty near knowing how to keep it.” The Lonesome Bard. ® From the Louisville Courier-Journal. "Oh, who will walk a mile with me?'" JpfMI sings the poet. Nobody! JyBJ| Get out of the way. Honk! Honk! HHc' A man charged with misdemeanor ii o®! |f I Los Angeles court last week, loft his with the jnug< HI p, of tin- J2T bai, i-«H jKi» did not happen u hare. 8K