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THE O’NEILL FRONTIER P H, CRONIN, Publisher. PNULL. NEBRASKA Another battle to taking plat* en the fields of France, say* the New York Sun. An expedition of vtdalia. cardinalis, or lady bugs, have been sent to overcome the army of lcerya which is devastating large cultivated areas of that nation. But the French radicals recruit rapidly, ae an lcerya can lay ae many aa 160,000,000 eggs a year. After a 60-year search, the daugh ter of Henry W. Putnam. San Fran cisco millionaire, has been dtocoversd. She is a little old woman of 70, and • n heir to her father's estate of tfO, 000,000, accumulated from royanies on wire inventions, chief among which is the safety pin. When her father went to California with the other 49ers. he left hto 4-year-old twin daughters In a New Orleans or phanage. When, prosperous, he started to find his daughters, one had married and died, and the other been sdopted by a family who had ^ap peared. The missing daughter, a widow, was found living On a tiny farm in Ohio. Of the 319 editors, who replied to a sui'stionnaire sent to the editors of Iowa on the subject of government operation of Industries, 289 replied that their communities were opposed to the government's going into busi ness competition with its citizens. Of these editors, 174 were republicans, 40 democratic, 80 Independent, and 25 miscellaneous. Out of the 6,164 editors replying throughout the coun try at large. 86 per cept. voted against such a proposition. This is an in crease of 3 per cent in the spposi tion as compared with the" same editors a year ago. The combined circulation oJ» the papers replying was 44,900,000. Writ servers, never popular In Ire land and who In times of excitement bad often to eat theft writs, now have been so intimidated that they do not dare attempt even to serve their docu ments. In some cases where they took the risk .they have been held up by armed men who took his writs from them. New rules have been drafted to meet the emergency and it has been provided that it shall not be necessary to serve, a writ. It will be sufficient to mall It by registered letter and advertlso It In the local papers. The mgro fact of mailipg Is e nough, so that nothing will be gained by holding up the mall carrier. The "Made In Germany" sign is still k fetish to the former German em peror. Though he Is reported to feel that his country treated him shame fully, he continues to buy German goods, sent direct from Berlin when possible. In revenge, Dutch trades men with whom the exllo has to deal nt Doom, and also the workmen whom he has to engage from time to time, charge him all thatthe traffic will bear. The average daily wage of every person employed In Allegheny coun ty, Pennsylvania, one of the coun try's greatest industrial centers, ln creased 70.2 per cent., In three years, according to the state secretary of internal affairs. The per capita daily wage for 1919 was $5.08, while that of 1916 was $2 86. Production value In , 1919 amoi^nted to $1,900,226,400 as < ompared with $1,619,322,200 In 1916, an increase of 17.3 per cent. Polish army Intelligence officers report-that Moscow offered a reward of 1,000,000 rubles for the capture, dead or alive, of Maj. Ctsdric E. l'auntleroy was recently appointed chief of aviation of the sixth Polish army. One squadron under his com mand Is composed chlofly of_Ameri cans. Aviators of that squadron, un known by bolshovlst soldiers of the Southern front os "devils of thefalr,'' standing to recently captured’ red soldiers! *• The correspondent of the Chicago Daily News writes from Yokohoma commenting on the fact that while the Japanese press speaks volubly of the possibilities, of war with the United States, the same papers make practically no mention of a military expedition already operating in Man churia. The correspondent does not believe war with the United States is expected. The fact that India, which is Buffer ing from famiue, is exporting wheat V» explained by a returned mission ary. He says the people oiglndla are so poor tho great mass of them live on the coarser grains, such as barley, ■rye and £lce. It Is considered better to export the wheat and use the money in buying coarser grains. School teachers will examine every pupil in New York, November 9, to determine their physical fitness. The health department expects to make vigarous search for unhealthy pupils in the future. Most of the men_rfe Jected for war service, it has been noted, had defects which could eas ily have been prevented or corrected during childhood. Since the armistice, Constantinople is tilled with spies, thieves, murderers, politicians, bolshevlst agents and opi um eaters, says the chief of police. Even the tombs of the sultans have been plundered. Congregationallst brides of Eng land or Water no long hr promise to cbey their husbands. X committee cf the chureh lias so decided, and It »s explained thattfkhere was no wom *11 on the committee, non had any request been received from \romen to omtt the word. ^ Parts reports the. promotion ef General Lydutqy to 0b m«3A of France. «. * An "enjoyment tax" will bejj feat ure next year of <faxes to' Sfe-levled by the city of,Tokio. The duflp Is to be levied upon any- expenditure ex-' feeding t yen for^enjoydtent. Northwestern lumbermen are said to have turned to the wafer rffute as the only possible means' «f taking care of the lumber output sjnee the new freight rates went into effect. The Dutch government has estab , Itehed a dead tine of !00 yards wide along the German border in an ef ! fort to curb the smuggling which has * sustained teamen do at uioportions "MEET OBLIGATIONS. IN OWN WAY”-WILLIS Ohio Senator-Elect Gives Icwa Teachers His Views on the World Attitude of U. S. Des Moines, la., Nov. 6.—The Unit ed States should discharge every ob ligation It has to the world and humanity—“but I want this county at ours to be the Judge of what that obligation is and when and where and how It shall be paid,” Frank B. Willis, senator-elect of Ohio, de clared in an address to the state con vention of Iowa teachers, meeting here. Willis' test was "Problems Confronting the New Administra tion." Willis stated ho was not In favor Of “any allegiance that would put our soldier boys under the authority of any power outside of America.” “There can bo no divided allegiance. Wo have room for only one class In America and that is the American ctasa." WUlls concluded by urging creation of a department of education at Washington. SLAYER OF WATERS IS STILL ELUDING POLICE New York, Nov. 6.—The slayer of Leeds V. Waters, wealthy clubman and globe trotter, was believed today to be concealed In one of the crook haunts in New York where fugitives may remain in security for months. The police, who' had held hope of a quick arrest, hinting the murderer had been identllled, admitted today they had no trace of him since he dodged three clerks and ran down eight flights of stairs In an obscure hotel, leaving lit one of the rooms the nude body <Jf Waters, beaten to death. The only clue was a suit of underwear left behind by the mur derer. WOMEN CLAIMS KAHN IS NOT CITIZEN OF U. S. New York, Nov. 6.—-Accusation of Mrs. Clara De Poy that Otto H. Kahn, New York financier, is not a citizen of the United States, will be Investigated before Leroy Ross, United States at torney, here Monday. Mrs. DePoy, Ih a letter to the dis trict attorney stating that Kahn was not legally a citizen, said she had no personal motive, in her accusation, but merely that sb'j "did not want to see a foreigner veto.” Paul D. Cravath, attorney ..presenting Kahn, denied his client had not properly been ad mitted to citizenship. NAVAL BOARD TO PROBE GOVERNING OF SAMOA Washington, Nov. 6.—A naval court of inquiry is en route from Honolulu to Samoa to inquire into the administration of the latter by Commander Terhune, naval governor November 3. The news of the sul of Samoa, who committed suicide November 3. The news of the HUicide reached Washington yesterday. Capt. W. B. Evans wus recently appointed to succeed Commander Terbune and it Is the theory here that the latter took his life in a flt of depression by his demotion and the pending inquiry. JAPAN WILL NOT FAVOR VANDERLIP CONCESSIONS Tokio, Nov. 6.—-In connection with the reports that Washington D. Van derlip, representing an American syndicate, had obtained concessions in Siberia from (he Russian soviet government, the Japanese foreign of fice to day gove out the following statement: “in vfew of the tact that the soviet government has not been recognized by the powers, it Is unnecessary to point out that the Japanese govern ment is in no way l.bund to take cog nizance of any private agreement, nor prepared to assent io an act or meas ure which infringes upon Japan’s treaty rights with relation to Russia, or affects her vital interests, arising from geographic or other considera tions.” WILSON NOT PLANNING PARDON FOR JDEBS NOW Washington, Nov. 6.—President Wilson Is understood to have no in tention of pardoning llugene V. Debs, who is servi^ a 10-year sentence In the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, for violation of the espionage act. The position taken by the presi dent, according to those who profess to know his views, la that executive clemency in such a case would set a bad precedent and would encourage others to opopse the government in the event of another war. Advice to Orators. From the Christian Science Monitor. In als remarkably frank autobiog !•( phy. Andrew Carnegie suggests a val uable rule for public orators. He says, " When you stand up before an audience reflect that there are before you only men and women. You should speak to them as you speak to other men and women in dally intercourse. If you are not trying to be something different from yourself, there Is no more occasion for embarrassment than If you were talking in your office to a party of your own people—none whatever. It is try ing to be other than one's self that un man's one. Be your own natural self and go aheud.” HARDING NOT TO USE WARSHIP ON VACATION Marion. O., Nov. 6.—President Wil son h offer of a battleship to carry President-Elect Harding to Panama on his vacation voyage was declined Friday by Mr. Harding The president-elect wired to Wash ington that although he was thankful for Mr. W ilson's courtesy he already had perfected his plans for the trip at«rt had engaged passage south from s ifltJf port on a passenger steamer. Proceedings Started Against Miss Ballard at Blair— Charge Failure to Prose cute Offenders. Blair, Neb., Nov. 6.—Ouster pro ceedings against Mias Grace Ballard, county attorney of Washington coun ty, who obtained statewide promi nence by her aw#l*itles in the “Mys tery girl” murder case, have been filed at Blair by George Michelson, a taxpayer. Thirteen instances where Miss Bal lard is alleged to have refused to prosecute violations of the liquor statutes are set forth. Among them is one in which James Musgrave, Omaha private detective, is declared to ahave been implicated. It is alleged that the Washington county sheriff and two state agents caught Musgrave at an alleged “liquor factory” near Blair, where 200 gallons of distilled liquor and four stills were seized. The officers are declared to have reported this fact in full to Miss Ballard, but, it is al leged, no Informations were filed as a result. Miss Ballardf a republican, is serv ing her first term as county attorney. She was elected in November, 1918, and is the only woman county attor ney in Nebraska. She is a graduate of the law school of the University of Nebraska. "Politics and the bootleggers are back of the suit,” declared Miss Bal lard Monday. "It is not worrying me in the least. I might say also, i that Attorney Henry Mencke, who Afiled the suit for Mr. Michelson, is the Vnan whom I defeated for this office two years ago by 200 majority. And Michelson, who signed the petition, is a man I prosecuted in the summer for liquor law violation. He was ac quitted.” A. UNUSUAL TAX QUESTION INVOLVED IN ACTION Loup City, Neb., Nov. 0.—A suit to compel the county clerk of Sherman county ot make a record of a $16,000 mortgage in the assessment books of 1920 has been filed by Alvin Spelts. The purpose of this record is that the assessor may assess and tax the value In excess of the mortgage, as valued by the assessor, to the mort gagor. This is an interesting friendly suit growing out of a mortgage for $16,000 executed by the realtor to a Joint stock federal land bank without the tax clause, executed the 8th day of March, 1919, and prior to the amend ment of section 6350 and section 6351 of the 1913 statute. This statute di rects the county clerk to make a rec ord of such mortgage in the assess ment books. The amendment directs the assessor to assess the mortgage interests to the mortgagee when tax able. What makes the case more inter esting is the fact that the federal land loan law exempts federal land loan bank securities from federal taxes, the constitutionality of which has been submitted to the supreme court of the United States upon which there was no decision and recently re submitted upon which a decision may be expected in the near future, which may clarify the proposition as to the interests of the mortgagee un der contracts subsequent to the amendment of the law. The realtor contends that it makes no differ ence as to the interests of the mort gagor, especially under contracts en tered into prior to the amendment. WEALTHY RANDOLPH MAN DIVIDES HIS PROPERTY Randolph, Neb., Nov. 6.—Z. Boughn, pioneer Randolph citizen, who re cently rounded out 83 years of active business life and has accumulated large property interests in and about Randolph and Walthill, has made provision for his heirs by a division of his real property and much of his personal property. The division was talked over among his five sons under the leader ship of Attorney Cecil R. Boughn, and all settlements were agreed to and the matter was arranged in a satisfactory way. Mr. Boughn is still in fairly vigorous health and will en joy the coming winter in California. He retains a full life interest in all the property, but has filed deeds that are effective after his death. _A_ ASKS FOR GUARDIAN TO PREVENT MAN’S MARRIAGE Alliance, Neb., Nov. 6.—Howard Beck, a relative of Wilson W. Beck, who is confined to St. Joseph’s hos pital here, suffering from a paralytic stroke, has applied for guardianship papers over the latter. Mrs. Martha Prettyplace, a widow, has been trying for several weeks to secure a marriage license to marry Wilson Beck, but has been refused by County Judge I. E. Tash. Wilson Beck Is the owner of a large ranch southeast of Alliance, valued at several hundred thousand dollars. EXPECT ANOTHER STAY IN GRAMMER CASE Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—Governor McKelvie, now hunting ducks in northern Nebraska, is expected to is sue a reprieve to AUen V. G rammer, condemned murderer, on his return next Monday, EAGLE WAS*“'PINCHED. ’ Chicago. Nov. 5.—An American eagle caused a near panic when it alighted on the head of a policeman in the downtown district here. A pa trol wagon took it to the police sta tion where it was locked in a cell tr await its owner. A considerable vote also was Te corded ill Utah, he declared. Only one congressman has been elected by the socialists, according to BranstetUr reports. This was Meyer Loudon, of New York City. " THREATEN FARMER WHO SELLS WHEAT One Man Near Lexington, Neb., Is Warned By Mem bers of Organization. Lexington, Neb., Nov. 5.—The farmers In the western part of the state are making their influence no ticeable as wheat receipts are prac tically nil. A great many cars have been rushed Into western Nebraska from Kansas, as the farmers there have been holding their wheat The cars have relieved the situa tion In such heavy wheat centers as Cheyenne county, leaving the ele vators about empty with tbo farmers holding their grata. A farmer by the name of Julius Beyl was hauling a load of wheat to Lexington when a car full of alleged members of the non-partisan league stopped him and asked him why he was hauling his wheat to market. He ' stated he needed the money, and af ter they argued with him for Borne time and tried to get him to haul the load hale, they stated he would he sorry if he hauled any more wheat. —f OCTOBER WAS MONTH OF AUTO ACCIDENTS Omaha, Neb., Nov. 5.—Sixty auto mobile accidents, resulting in two deaths and 50 persons injured, was the fatality list for the month of Oc tober in Omaha, according to reports filed with Chief of Police Eberstein. Sixty-three accidents were reported for the corresponding month last year, resulting In 49 Injured and no deaths. The estimated damage to property resulting from automobile accidents during October of this year was $2, 860. No record was kept of property damages last year. Police reports Indicate that the ma jority of the accidents were rear and front end collisions, brought about by careless and reckless driving, and by disregarding rules of the road. ORIENTAL JUNKET LEAVES U. S. GIRL “TIRED OF TEA” Miss Gretchen Campbell. Miss Gretchen Campbell, seven teen, accompanied her father, Rep resentative Guy Campbell of Kan sas, and other members of congress and their families on a four months' trip through the orient. She re turned home recently with the re mark that she “never wanted to see or drink tea again.’’ Visit to a Chinese Paper. E. L. Hall, In New York Post. I lingered in tho composing room. The Chinese compositors were setting type from cases 10 feet long, which contained 8,000 boxes, each representing a Chinese character in common use. Their fingers flew while they worked as quickly as do roost Americans with one three-hun dredth the number of letters. “Wo hope,” said my guide, as he again pried me away, "to have modern lino type machines soon. That cannot be, of course, until we obtain our new al phabet, an alphabet which we hope to have soon and which will bring our 8,000 characters down to 39. It is in no way akin to your English lettering, but it adapted peculiarly to the needs of the Chinese." How much, I thought, looking back to those long cases, those 39 letters are go ing to mean to the average Chinese! For years 95 per cent, of the people have been kept from reading because of the vast difficulty of the task. No wonder my guide stood straighter and his eyes glowed as he told me of it. "When that day comes,” he concluded, "China will be really awake. Her vast population will have a real chance. And we will have a strictly modem plant to match our press." A 183-Carat Diamond. From the New York Tribune. A perfect straw colored diamond, said to be the largest and most costly soli taire ever brought into the United Stales, has arrived on the Cunard liner Aqultania from Southampton. It is owned by the ex-sultan of Morocco and was in the possession of Frederick Whit tram of the Mercantile Bank of Ajner ica, who brought it to this couptry from ! Madrid as selling agent for its wealthy | owner. The stone which weighs 1S3.15 carats, was once the central gem in the jeweled turban of Morocco’s ruler, Abdel Hafid. The cares of his high office caused El Hafid to abdicate in favor of his younger brother, who now rules Mo rocco. When he quit the throne he took with him all his worldly goods and set tled in Madrid. Whenever he needs cash he disposes of his jewels. Her Part. From London Opinion. *‘I have heard that your wife Is of great value to you In your work,” said the friend of the novelist. ”1 had no idea she wqs literary.’ •’She isn’t, but she never attempts to straighten out my desk,” explained the novelist. At the request of Argentina, the Commercial travelers’ treaty, just concluded with the United States, contains a clause* prohibiting travel ing salesmen fronf li i***** * 4 •> I -*.... \ Luxemburg Grows Up. _jr From Bulletin National Geographic Soota?/, Luxemburg, latest and smallest of the countries of tit© world to sand a diplomatic representative to the United States, has a ruler with a better popular title to her throne than perhaps any other reigning monarch. Though the country is relatively insignificant in area, it has a history reaching farther into the past than many of the great,nations aivvng whonS It now takes a place. Luxemburg is smaller even than Rhode Island. It has its Optional roots far back in the history of Europe, if indeed it may be said to have been rooted at all; for it has been buffeted about like a shuttle cock by the countrieSjthat hem it in, and at one time or another during the last 1,000 years has been under the control of nearly every one of the principal na tions of the western part of the continent. It started as a petty principality in the Holy Roman Empire, and though, it has since lost territory it has gained prestige, being raised first to a duchy and finally to a grand duchy. It emerged with the latter title from the witches' cauldron of the congress ofGVlenna in 1816, largely to mollify the king of The Netherlands, to whom it was assigned for the loss of othey territory. While a part of fhe Holy Empire, Luxemburg furnished an emperor for the German throne. Count Henry IV of Luxemburg wag elected to that high position in 1308 as Henry VH. Luxemburg later came under the control of Burgundy and then fell successively to Spain, Austria and the first French republic. It remained under the sovereignity of the king of The Netherlands from 1815 to the accession of Queen Wllhelmina in 1890 when the existence of the Salic law—that anti-feminist outburst of the old wi rrior Franks—brought the grand duke of Nassau to the throne. Even while the king of The Netherlands was sovereign of Luxemburg it was a member of the German confederation,, with the city o£ Luxem burg garrisoned by Prussian soldiers. Retention of this garrison in the city after the division of old Luxemburg between Holland and Belgium in. 1831, and especially after the dissolution of the German confederation in 1866, almost caused the Franco-Prussian war to start three years ahead of time. • The matter was compromised by an agreement for the withdrawal of the German troops, and the demolishment of the fortifications of the city of Luxemburg—so strong that the fortress was known as "the Gib raltar of the north." In addition the grand duchy was set up as an inde pendent state’ with its neutrality guaranteed, like that of Belgium, by the powers. This guarantee was one of the "scraps of paper” of 1914. During the world war Luxemburg was practically a prisoner^to Ger many, but the inhabitants did not resist. The sympathies of th"e people were with France, however, and several thousand Luxemburgians served with the tricolor. This popular sympathy for. France and the belief that the reigning grhnd duchess, Marie Adelaide, had pro-German leanings made her unpopular. After the armistice brought about the retirement of the Germans, a bloodies 'revolution broke out, and Luxemburg added another to its long list of J»vercignities by being a republic for a few brief hours. Conservative elements managed to rescue the situation by bringing about the abdication of the grand duchess In favor of her sister Charlotte, the present ruler, and by liberalizing the constitution. Mario Adelaide has entered a convent and become a Carmelite nun. Grand Duchess Charlotte probably has a more popular title to her thrcwto than any other royal ruler. Suffrage in Luxemburg was made universal in the summer of 1919 and in September a plebiscite was taken on whether the reigning ruler should be retained, whether another grand duchess should be chosen, or whether a republic should be established. The vote resulted in an overwhelming majority in favor'of the Grand Duchess Char left te aifcWt is believed that the votes of the women were-largely respon sible for the result. Luxemburg would have been sold on one occasion to Napoleon in had not the. gruff Bismarck interfered. Even the area of the duchy seems to have n?en “marked down” to catch the eye of some purchaser with a pen chant for odd figures, for its area is 999 square miles. A part of old Lux emburg somewhat larger than the present duchy was given to Belgium when that country was created in 1831, and is now the Belgian province of Lux emburg. * The grand duchy of Luxemburg is hemmed in on C.-O west and north by Belgium, on the north and east by Germany, and Ott <he south by pre war France and the recovered French province of Lorraine, The southern part of the duchy is in the basin of the Moselle river. Tkia section is the garden spot of'Luxemburg, producing gsain, vegetables and fruit. , Grape culture is carried on and considerable quantities of wine are produced. In the table lands of the Interior cattle raising is an important activity. In dustrially, Luxemburg is known chiefly for its iron and steel production, which in 1918 was valued ‘at more than 450,000,000 france, equivalent at par to more than $90,000,000. Vfe The capital and^hief city of the duchy, also Luxemburg, Is most pic- ■ turesque. It is built partly on the summit, partly at the foot of a cliff rimmod plateau, partially encircled by rivers. Imposing viaducts lead to the higher part of the city where most of the putflic buildings are situated. Like Switzerland, Luxemburg has more than one language. Some <tf the inhabitants speak German, some Freneh and some a mixture of the two. It has no coinage of its own and the coins of all its neighbors- may be found in circulation. French, however, has long been the official language and the franc the official monetary unit. The world war and the unpleasant ness of the German occupation brougfit - Luxemburg closer to France, and in-the plebiscite of 1919 which ushered to universal suffrage, the Luxem burgiang voted for an economic union with the republic, which has since__ been effected. LATEST; ITS A BEAUT! BATH TUB STEW IS Pittsburgh, Pa^—The newegt meth od of showing the 18th amendment a thing or two is the bath tub stew. Cheap and very effective it is. Here is the recipe: One gallon of medicated alcohol; one gallon of very hot water; 16 min utes. Result; One beaut. While the cost of medicated alcohol will run $9 a gallon the jag is a cheap one when it is considered that the “bath water" can be used repeatedly or until evap oration has done its work. To prepare the bath is a simple preparation. Merely mix the medi cated alcohoHamd the water in th'e bath tub and then lie down quietly In the mixture for 15 minutes. Af. the end of that time all the sensa tions of "ye old bourbon and rye” will be the bather’s! The wife or valet can then bottle thjpbathing fluid and-lay it aside un til next Saturday night. S. Physicians and druggists say that the inebriating effects of the bath come from the- absorption of the hot alcohol through the pores of the skin and If given time it enters the stom ach making the jag equal to any Old time drunk. Those who have ^ried the bath tub stew declare the best results can be gotten’by covering the bath tub with a sheet letting only the head pro trude and permitting xthe pores of the bod“io absorb the vapor. The Children Pay. From the Milwaukee Journal. Twelve million children in EXirope lost either father or mother or both as the direct result of the war.-it la estimated by those who* best know the field. Twelve milHonFchildren, as many as there are people in Wisconsin and Michi gan and Illinois arid Indiana, must grow up without the support, the affection, the care that God meant and nature planned they should have. No human being can estimate what differences it Will make in their lives, their aehleve m< nts, their way of^blnking. g»me of these children have already" gone through tragedies too dhep for., tears. The young siijs, just reaching womanhood, from , devastated j-egioos, those who escagAl the fate too "awful to utter and made their way alone some city of France sor Italy or Bhmanla, .yes, or even EngHnd, cad nevfr go back to the place they left. It was Jhe place > of theirjfumBiee In the eofhmilffltyMtiM the families sre mne. .Some piche they found for WhenKwves, eome way of maintaining life, out In strange sur roundings. where women are numerous, w bereThe quiet futu^gaf in' -Tying some sturdy villagn youthlnd diking one of the homesihat.build a nation is gone forever. For a generation, yee, more than that, for a lifetime, rWese children will be paying for the war. Their chUdren will hardly start life* as well as their .moth ers and fathers. ^Twelve million of them—an army which, if it could ad dress us, wouU have to reproach us. Not that we, the civilized nations, planned a war. but that we drifted, that I” we clung to every ancient shibboleth. wL-b^ allows the rulers of nations to think they are helpless. * Perhaps they will yet reproach us most of all because, with the' cost of war staring us in the. face, we imagined there was nothing better to do in the world than to let things drift—drift "hack” to normal. ARCHDUKg ENGLISH SUBJECT. From the New YorluWorld. , Prague—^A Seelowitz correspond ent of«the Bruenn Tagesbote reports: “Because former Archduke Freder ick of Austria has become an English citizen by naturalization, his estates in Czech-Slovakia have been restore,! to him. One of these estates is Gross- 1 Seelowitz, including Rohrbach and Gross-Niemschitz. The Czech admin istration, which was established at the close of 1918, has been succeeded by an administration composed of of ficials of German nationality. “The Czecho-Slovak republic wi'l have to spend millions of crowns for preparation, as the very expensive furniture and art treasures of tba Gross-Seelowitz castle have been damaged during occupation by troops.’* ' As an English citizen, former Arch duke Frederick is safe from prosecu tion by the Auetrian authorities, who want him for grand larceny during the war. Frederick is accused of having appropriated for his own ben efit war ^booty, arms, horses, art treasures and gold and silver takta '•from churches. Archduke Frederick’s wtfe is an, aunt of the Buke of Bray, who mar ried Miss Nancy Welshman, of Pitts burgh, daughter of a former American, ambassador to Germany. Gathering Goat Feathers. I From the Detroit Fre? Press. EUls Parker Butler coined a pertinent, phrase when he compared’the idle, aim less thoughts that absorb so many at our, waking hours t*> "gathering goat fea( h- j ers.” TV) concentrate Is to turn the full current of life, energy and power upon the subject In hand. The young wom.tn. upon whom, last summer, Yale conferred the highest honor the bniversity had ever bestowed upon a,woman, was able to win it through her ability to concen trate, a faculty ir. which she had Leva trained. not the bulk of the ’ rata that determines mental capacity, but tha ability to use and by |£se develop its. pawers. The teacher can confer no graater benefit upon her pupils than this, tralnteg In "potting the mind aa the os the erapl half of his'so-called “gray matter”; that Is. half his mental equipment is dormant because undeveloped. Very many human, failures .are due to lack of lower to fo cus' the mind upon the task ot the mo ment, resulting In haphazard and su perficial thinking—the process ot acquir ing goat feathers. wui concentrate without effort if we are interested. Ev erything Is interesting from some angle; It is our business to And that angll. Cur- ''r iosity aids; a ourious-mlnd ir beginning to be an interested one. Our tendency is to take an interest in a few things only; in this way we miss a grant (leal out of life. Concentration is shnpiy keep ing control of the mind so tliht it can be used at will, becoming In fact, u mental habit.