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
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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.