THE FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER.
' W, C. TEMPLETON,
Kdltor and Buaincts Manager.
6 NEILL, : NEBRASK^
Fake rabbis who withdraw wine from
storage obvtously for sacramental pur
poses but actually to circumvent the pro.
Iilhttion authorities are contributing
much to Intenslf;. ng the "humidity" In
New York, accord.ng to Prohibition Di
rector Yellov. ley. 'J oe ofttclal | as ap
pealed to lto* patriotism ond religion of
the law abiding .lewlab element to Inter
cept these law* evaders.
The 2.f>oo Inhabitants of n California
poultry yard began acting so strangely
they alarmed the neighborhood. Three
hundred geese were fighting, 200 ducks
were dashing madly over the pond, and
2.000 chickens ellhel were lying on their
Lacks, flying about the yard, or tailing
aid's with the geese In their battle. The
police discovered the birds had been eat
ing sour mash. Ktsireh revealed an Il
licit still.
Iir. Hit' ward Carrington, research of
ficer of 11;o American Psychical Insti
tute and laboratory, is making prep
are tIons to "we igh the soul of a human
being" and to photograph the “astral
body." Ho recently returned from Eng
land bringing “spirit" photographs.
Actresses, bootblacks, wallers, hat
boys, cafe owners, physicians. Judges,
and society women In fact every one
who left a good Impression on the soul
of a man who remembered little acts of
kindness and courjesy—were benefic
iaries In (he will of the Into Joseph BIs
agno. of Son Francisco, whose $260,000 es
tate was ordered divided umong 102
persons.
A Brooklyn man said goodnight to his
Wife, six children, daughterlnlaw and
two grandchildren and plodded off to
bed. When he awoke the next morning
they had all departed, taking most of
the furniture, without leaving a note In
explanation.
The United Stales has fewer than 2,000
unidentified anil unknown dead of the
world war. This Is 1V4 per cent, of the
total killed. Forty-six thousand bodies
have been returned to this country and
1.3 per cent, of these now rest In Arling
ton cemetery.
Efforts of a London bookseller to sell
an unpublished Kipling manuscript,
which the author does not remember
huvtrtlr written. Is likely to result In le
gal action to prevent Its being published.
It whs written 3N year* ago, and Is a
entire on Ariglo-Indinn sodety.
Five yearn ago the bureau of fish
eries assisted In filariilng some Atlantia
coast lobster* In Puget sound. All of
the lobsters were branded with the mark
"E-17.” One of these lobsters has been
taken from the waters of Oregon, 600
miles south of Puget sound.
The liover*' Cooperative Union of
Hammonton, N. J., I* still doing bus
iness. Its record to date Is 262 weddings.
Applications are received from South
America. New Zealand, Chile. Spain,
Scotland.
Two Chicago girls, visiting at a villa
In Flesole. nlxive Florence, wrote home
recently that they breakfasted each
morning "on u terrace over a rare gard
en. under n brocade of purple wistarias,
►plashed with yellow butterflies.”
John Fuhs, tenant farmer near Du
quoin, 111., sold out and moved to Ger
many. He had $fiOO In renl American
money. Exchange Is so high that ho
changed the $000 Into enough marks to
buy a completely furnished five-story
hotel
A chicken hawk spying on pigeons
from a secluded position under the bell
In the city hall dome at Baltimore was
captured. When released It swooped
under a pnsing automobile and perched
on ti'v hood of a small car across the
►treat.
In Belgium. 13.000 people, more than
two-thirds of the prewar population,
have returned to Ypres. Many are llv
Iuk In cellars and temporary hut*, while
the rebuilding proceeds as fast as pos
sible.
After two years of training, Edward
Banner, of Yonkers, N. Y., 20 years old,
has been accepted for enlistment In the
United St...tea urmy. Two years ago
Banner tried to enlist, but was refused
because be was underweight.
The old Continental Hotel In Hoboken,
N. J.. known for years as the "emigrant
hotel" where hundreds of emigrant*
►pert their Ihri night on American soil,
Is being remodfled Into an apartment
house an 1 small theatrical hotel.
A woman at Allentown, Pa., suffer
ed from stomach trouble for years. An
X-ray photograph disclosed she hud two
ktomachs. almost normal in size. A
Philadelphia surgeon performed rn op
eration Joining tlvs two stomachs.
Complaint* from society men In Paris
that they ar« frequently taken for wait
ers. caused the proprietor of a new cafe
t|> garb hi* servants In green corduroy
breeches, white silk stockings, buckled '
►hoes, silk shirts and William Tell hats.
Senator Bcoohhart of Iowa gave
' Wildfire” as Ills middle name In his
biographical sketch for the new con
gressional directory. Also he places em
phasis on his ability as a rifle man.
Olga Kamaroff, pianist, adopted the
name at the start of her career on the
advice of friends, who told her that to
be e success In America she should
have a foreign sounding name.
The bird with the most beautiful voice
will be selected from 1.6W) rellera en
tered from England, Germany, Canada,
and United State* at the International
Boiler Breeders' association In Chicago.
Margaret Lindsey Williams, a British
artist, will paint a portrait ef President
Harding. Sittings have been arranged
for January. She has made portraits of
King Edward VIM. tjuevn Alexandra
and the Prince ef Wale*.
Vaccination badges are quite the ragvy
In London. A minor outbreak ef small
pox led to a warning from physicians to
makt certain ef vaccinations. Gl'ls art
wearing ail kinds of attractive ba.-ges to
varr. other.! not te tench their arms.
Native carts with narrow wheels are
not permitted to use a new highway in
China which tins been opened from
Welhslcn to Hwanghslcn. a distance of
143 miles.
Thi Chicago Church Federation, rep
resenting the Protestant church** in
the city, hns fixed It* budget at $30,000
for the year. Minneapolis Is organising
a federation.
A million tulip bulbs recently arrived
In Bellingham. Wash., from Holland to
be distributed over the Puget Sound
country. "Tulips in every yard" is a
Bellingham slogan.
Mine. Schumann-Heink has accepted
an Invitation to become a life member of
the Congressional Country club, of
Washington, D. C.
Win-hcster. Wtf . claims the only pair
of oxen in the state. They are the most
popular pets on the farm, and are used
daily in farm work.
The man who helped the original
Eliza cross the Ice of the Ohio river at
Kipley, Ind., In 1X60. is dead. He was
MaJ. M. M. Ijw'cv. of Fountain Cltv. Ind.
After 13 year* of married liCa a Wau
kesha. Wis.. couple has reached a part
ing o »he ways. Vhe wife declared her
hutbrhj told her shortly after the cere
mony ") V he had “married her or. a ,
bet."
Nebraska Department of Vital
Statistic.". Ratio Nearly
Doubled in Last
Ten Years.
Lincoln, Nob., Dec. 22.—The last re
port of the state department of vital
statistics shows that during the paSt
year there was one divorce for every
three and a half marriages, nearly
double the ratio that existed 10 years
ago. The department chief contents
himself with saying this is a deplor
able situation, without offering any
remedy.
The report shows that it costs 4
cents per capita to maintain the state
bureau of health us an entirety.
GOVERNOR-ELECT GIVES
NAMES OF SECURITIES
Lincoln, Nob.. Dec. 22.—Secretar
ies and employes under the civil code
administration who have consented
t.) remain In their positions after the
first of tlie year and until it is' de
termined what disposition shall be
made by the legislature In regard to
these positions are announced by
Governor-elect Charles VV. Bryan, as
followes: State sheriff Gus Hyers;
H. H. Antles, secretary of the depart
ment of public welfare; J. E. Hart,
secretary of the depratment of trade
and commerce; K. A. Kennedy,'’sec
retary of labor; Mrs. M. Butler, as
sistant to I’hll Dross, finance secre
tary; J. W. Mayers, chief clerk, de
partment of agriculture and G. K.
Leonard, assistant secretary of the
department of public works.
George E. Johnson, secretary of
the public workH department, did not
reply to the Inquiry of the new gov
ernor as he Is out of the state. Mrs.
Butler will be retained for the pres
ent as acting secretary of finance and
Mr. Mayer probably will take the
place temporarily of Leo Btuhr, sec
retary of agrlcultu%i
D. A. R. ORGANIZE
CHAPTER AT COLERIDGE
Coleridge, Neb,, Dec. ?2 (Special).—
Through the efforts of the organiz
ing regent, Mrs. Leand Douglass; Mrs.
F. Spencer, of Lincoln, State Regent,
and Mrs. E. \V. Huse, of Wayne, state
correspondilng secretary, of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, were In Coleridge, recently, to
assist In the organizing of a local
chapter. Fourteen charter members
were taken Into the new chapter.
Coleridge is the only town of Its size
in the state, with such ur organiza
tion. The officers of the new chapter
are: Regent, Mrs. Myrl Douglass;
vice regent, Mrs. Mahle Frost; re
cording secretary, Mrs. Laura Simon;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Ruth
Rarber; treasurer, Mrs. Eleanor Col
lins; registrar, Miss Fanny DeBow.;
historian, Mrs. Martha Sheets; li
brarian. Mrs. Bertha Feck; chaplain,
Mrs. Salome Llnkhart.
Nebraska’s Governor - Elect
Ready to Show Program as
to Code Secretaries
—In Predicament.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 21 (Special).—
Governor-elect Bryan promises soon
to tell the public what he proposes to
about the code secretaryships. He
promised to repeal the code when he
was a candidate, but as that requires
legislative action and the code depart
ments will keep functioning, the new
governor must do something about
the men to run them. The present
secretaries were asked to stay for an
indefinite' time, but they have other
jobs in prospect and declined. Mr.
Bryan has been heating the political
hushes to llnd six men who are willing
to accept Jobs that tlie appointing
power promises will be taken away
from them as soon as he can get the
legislature to consent. These pay
$0,00(1 a year, and there is always a
possibility that the appointees will
trv t® convince the legislature that
they are too valuable to diapause
with.
DIVORCE SET ASIDE
BY NEBRA8KA COURT
Omaha. D"c. 21 (Special).—A* the
result ef District Judge W. Q. Bearn'
ruling setting aside her divorce, the
former Mr*. Arthur Brandenburg
find* herself, from a legal standpoint
with two husbands on her hands.
They are Roy Cameron, former hired
man on the Brandenburg ranch near
Sidney, Neb., whom she married af
ter divorcing her first husband, and
Arthur Brandenburg, who is her sec
ond husband. The divorce wa» set
■-tide on the ground* that she was not
a bonaftde citizen of Douglas county
when site sued for divorce. Until her
marriage to Cameron is annulled she
technically has two husbands, attor
neys In the case contend. Branden
burg brought suit here to have the
divorce granted his former wife set
aside, and charged that his former
wife had conspired with Cameron to
obtain the divorce.
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GUN THIEF ADMITS
HE IS ESCAPED CONVICT
Stanton, Neb., Dec. 21.—Joe Lutker,
aeiifsted here for stealing two guns
from Charles Nolte, of this place, has
confessed that he is an escaped con
vict and that lip Is wanted by the
prison authorities of Huntsville. Tex.,
to complete a three year sentence on a
charge of forgery. A telegram to
the Huntsville prison confirms
Lutkers confession. He will probably
be returned to Texas.
LESS JHIS YEAR
Norfolk’s Charity Organiza
zations Find Former De
pendents Are in Pros
perous Condition.
Norfolk, Neb., Dee. 21 (Special).—
There is less destitution in Norfolk
?nd vicinity this year than ever be
ore, according to a canvass by the
Civic league, the local charity organi
zation. i’oor people have been able to
find work and many of those formerly
on charity listfl have become inde
pendent in the past 12 months.
A good Christinas is in store for the
poor kiddies of the city. A com
munity Christmas tree adorns the
intersection of the city, the gift of
tiie Rotary club. The Elks are play
ing Santa C'laus with a big program
for th" kiddies and b'g dinners for
tin- families. The Dions club is as
sembling clothing and the Civic
league is i tilting cut a charity ball to
raise funds to keep the needy com
forts ide during the next J2 months.
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BOOTLEGGER IS GIVEN
SIX MONTHS IN PENITENTIARY
Pender, Neb., Deo. 21.—Karl Rove,
charged for the third time with boot
legging. was sentenced by Judge G. T.
Graves to serve six mouths In the
penitentiary.
Graves was aiTested by Federal
Agent R. ,T. Hart two weeks ago. He
had recently served a sentence of 60
days in the Fremont, Neb., Jail on a
similar charge and several indict
ments are now pending In federal
court against him charging sale of
liquor to Indians.
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SAYS HER HUSBAND
USED CAVE MAN TACTICS
Idncoln, Neb., Dec. 21.—Attorneys
for Mrs. Dydia Rath Baker, who are
asking the supreme court to annul
her marriage to a Olay county farm
er, told that tribunal In a brief that
the husband, Grover O. Baker, was a
direct descendant of Stonehatchet,
that be used cave man tactics in woo
ing her and that Instead of a stone
club he wielded an auto and a mar
riage license. He told her that, hav
ing secured the license the law com
pelled her lo marry him. She be
lieved him and eloped with him and
Ids sister. Four days of marriage was
enough for her, and she went buck
home.
The lower court denied her request
for annulment on the ground that be
ing 18 she knew what she was doing.
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TRAPPING BUSINESS IS
NOT SO GOOD THIS YEAR
Wentworth, S. D„ Dec. 21.—Trap
ping is not'os profitable as it used to
be In the Wentworth district, accord
ing to trappers who for years have
made a practice of taking fur-bearing
animals from the streams and lakes
of this district. The cold weather and
the draining of many small ponds
have greatly interefered with, the
trapping of mink and muskrats. They
also charge that during the hunting
Oxison numerous muskrats Were shot
and killed by hunters from outside
the district. The trappers also claim
the polecat season opens too late to
make a polecat trapping profitable,
although these animals are numer
ous.
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MURDER CHARGE ALSO
AGAINST ALLEGED HEN THIEF
Beatrice, Neb., Dec. 19.—Testifying
against Francis South, Beatrice, in a
chicken thievery case, Harold Dan
iels, Spender, la., declared he and
South had made several raids on
farmers flocks. Unusual interest at
tached to the trial because South is
one of a trio charged with the recent
murder of Charles Wolf, local team
ster.
Court officials stated that South
will face the murder charge regard
less of whether or not the jury finds
him guilty of the theft count. This
is taken to mean he will not be sen
tenced on be theft charge if found
guilty, at 'east until he has faced
trial for murder.
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CHILD KILLED BY BOY
WIT HSMALL RIFLE
Omaha, N?b., Dec. 19.—Billy Feren
stein, 3, was accidentally shot and
killed here Monday evening by Bub
ble Hyde. 12, at the home of his fa
ther. Max o’eicnstein, a machinist.
Bobble had a .22 rifle with which he
had been hunting rabbits and pointed
the gun playfully at the youngster,
thinking the safety lock was on.
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Binkie.
1 amt Sunday when 1 eat all dressed
With »»«>th»r in my very hest,
I heard a funny Hound I knew—
And there was Rinkie in our pew!
He put his paws up on tny knee.
And wagged his *nil, and looked at me.
And mother dear got very pink
And said. "I don't know what to think!’'
And Deacon Jones came sputa king by
Upon his tiptoes—Just as sly!
(He's got a great big purple nose
And right In sermon time, he blows!)
He grabbed up Binkie awful hard
And kicked him out into the yard.
Door Binkie made a yelping sound.
And everybody looked around.
1 had to stand with all the rest.
And sing. "With milk and honey blest_”
But oh. my heart was black and bad.
And all the angels knew 1 had
A wicked feeling in m.v hones.
And pleasant hate for Deacon Jones!
—Carol Haynes, in Harper's Magazine.
FEEDERS ARE STILL
MUCH IN DEMAND
Norfolk, Neb., Dec. 21 (Special).—
Over SCO buyers looking for feeding
cattle were disappointed here when it
was announced that due to storms in
western Nebraska livestock being as
sembled for a sale here could not be
brought to the railroad points. {Sev
eral carloads of steers wt re sold, the
top price being $7.1 r.. Notwithstand
ing that hay has jumped to $1G and
$16 per ton. feeders continue to buy
feeding cattle. Some alfalfa hay is
selling around $1S per ton.
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I THE CHEERFUL’oro]
* onnHaMMnanniii m * *i« mmmmm*. m
Withdrawn I wetch the
world by •
With cold end dis
illusioned eye.
I look et •ell the,
feults I see
The wey heed
waiters looU
et me.
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Those that test everything by "does
it pay?" mu-t bow before the ku klux.
Governor Allen, of Kansas, who says
the klan is getting weaker in the
soutli and becoming a groat danger
to the north, declares that 9,000,000
Americans have each paid $10 to the
klan. That makes $90,000,000, a sum
worth collecting, whether you sub
sequently save the world or not.
Is the klan or any important part
of It an. Intelligently directed boot
legging agency? A well known law
yer from the south asserts that It Is.
He declares that the object of the
klan is to unite the Baptist and
Methodist churches in a fight against
Catholics and in favor of prohibi
tion. The real Idea Is to add to the
prohibition sentiment the strength of
religious hatred, and thus, through
prohibition, to make the great profits
of bootlegging permanent. Wheels
within wheels.
Three comets are visible to astron
omers, swinging on their regular
Journeys toward the sun, to turn
around that ruler cf our system and
go off again on their strange paths.
Once the announcement of three
comets at one time would have ag
itated the entire human race. Some
would have died of fear, others would
have run to their cellars, all would
have fallen upon their knees to pray.
They might well do that yet, but
not through fear of comets. These
three comets are cataloged. They,
and the whole comet family travel
with few exceptions, as regularly as
a suburban train. No mystery
about It.
Joseph Jaworki, sitting in the "last
minute cell" in a new black suit given
to convicts just befqre they are killed
by elevtiicity, was waiting to he led
out into another room and shocked
into another world. At the last
minute the govetnor of New York
postponed the death.
The fact that Jaworki hadn’t a
friend in the world, that nobody
called to see him or lifted a finger to
save him from death after his con
viction, seems to have aroused sym
pathy. He is the first condiemned
man reprieved by the New York gov
ernor.
Sympathy works strangely. You
would say that such a man would
he one that could best afford to be
electrocuted. Without a friend in
this world, lie might have found some
in the next.
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Bonar Law tells England that Ger
many is very near the point of col
lapse. He also says that the pluto
crats of Germany- have shown cow
ardice in not paying the reparations.
With what money could they pay
the reparations? (Vnd what security
could Germany give them? We know
by experience that very rich patriots
always want security.
And what, by the way, happens,
when a nation collapses financially?
We haven’t seen that yet. Will Ger
man money lose all its value so that
it will be necessary to trade potatoes
for hats and stockings for butter?
That will make commerce difficult.
Will a wild revolution be started?
That won’t help western Europe to
collect indemnities.
They have had a brilliant idea in
Europe for settling their troubles.
The idea is to borrow a little more
money from the United States. By
and by you will be taxed in some
shape to supply the money for that
new lending. Enter when the money
is not paid, as it probably will not
be, the people in general will stand
the loss—-whether l>y government
taxation or worthlessness of bonds
distributed among them.
Writers and officials, powerful in
Russia, ere opposed to Santa Claus,
angels, and all "myths” as they call
them, A fight is made against all
religious celebrations. "Angels are
symbols usfd to enslave the child
mind," say the communists.
They are mistaken. Angels, belief
in Cod and His kindness, lift the
child's mind from dull earth toward
the sky. That is not enslaving.
A little pig running around in the
nmd of the pigsty has tgy enslaved
mind, but he never heard of any
angels.
Everything is done in the brain.
Weismuller, young Amarican of Ger
man blood, beats all world’s record in
swimming. Before Weismuller the
world's groat swimmer was a Hawai
ian duke, and he was almost born in
ttie water.
The duke announces that he is
through with swimming anti just now
it is useless for anybody to compete
with Weismuller
Parasen, Italian, whose ancestor#
nt ver saw a golf dub, can beat all
Scotch golfers; Weismuller, young
German-American, of Chicago, beats
ail the swimmers including the 11a
waiians that have lived in the surf.
You swim, play golf, and do every
thing else with the luatn.
The suggestion about lending $1,
5fl0.t>C0,000 to Europe seems reason
able to financiers. They see a “rake
off in that transaction. The sugges
tion of jno.COO.00O to be lent to our
farmers cn good American security,
is earnestly and ‘'patriotically” op
posed by the ('.renders. If the gov
ernment lends money to farmers at 5
per cent, or less, what becomes of the
poor little country banker that would
like to lend ir.cncy to the farmers at
10 per cent, rt moral
CHARLIE BARRETT—GOOD FARMING.
By Dr. W. J. Spillman.
When the National Farmers’ Union
was organized in December, 1905, it
made the mistake of not electing
Charlie Barrett president. The man
they did elect broke down in a few
months. His successor lasted less
than a year. Finally, in September,
1906, at the first annual meeting, the
mistake was remedied, and Charles
Simon Barrett, of Georgia, was made
president, apparently for life, for he
has been re-elected to this office 15
consecutive times.
For many years before that time
Barrett was widely known in the
state of Georgia as a progressive
farmer. He had been made state
president of the Farmers’ Union. He
is now one of the moat widely known
national leaders of organized farmers,
and undoubtedly one of the beat liked.
With the exception of two years, he
has been chairman of the National
Board of Farm Organizations since it
was founded four years ago. His
advice is probably sought by more
southern members of congress than
that of any other man in the country,
ami northern congressmen have
come to appreciate his keen insight
into agricultural conditions his inti
mate knowledge of what farmers are
thinking about, his progressive but
sane views of ail things relating to
agriculture, and his utter lack of any
sectional prejudices.
If you want to get on the good side
of this remarkable leader of men just
call him Farmer Barrett. That Is
one title of which he is distinctly
proud. And If you want to get him
to talking eloquently, just mention
fruits and flowers. These are ids
hobbies. He can talk all day about
them and never repeat himself or say
a thing that isn't interesting. O"
his home farm he has 10 acres of
flowers, and every variety of fruit
than can be grown in central Georgia.
There is an 11-acre park in front of
•his house that is the pridje of that
part of the state.
There are two things that Bar
rett like to do better than anything
else: One is to farm, the other is to
preside at farmers’ “meetin's,” as
they call them down south. He ad
-mits the first of these; the second I
judge from having seen him iri ac
tion many times. He owns six farms
in Georgia and two in Florida. Every
dollar he owns is invested in farm
ing. Most of his farms are show
places, and people drive many miles
to see them. They rajnge in altitude
from sea-level to 1,700 feet, and from
north to south a distance of 496 miles.
He grows an amazing variety of
crops, many of them being in the na
ture of experiments. His Georgia
friends and admirers have a standing
offer of $1,000 for any one who pro
diuces a greater variety of farm pro
ducts than he. On his 360-acro farm
in the Nacooehee valley, in White
county, he grows corn, cotton, beans,
peas, oats, rye, sorghum, apples,
peaches, pears, quinces, cherries,
plums—“Oh good Lord it would take
an hour to tell you all of them.” he
exclaimed at this point in answering
my questions.
The contract he makes with ills
tenants is a very liberal one. He
furnishes land, buildings, teams and
equipment, and divides the proceeds
half and half. He pays half the
fertilizer bill, and lets the tenant say
how much to buy. Tenant and owner
each pays for the ginning, threshing,
etc., of his share of the crop. The
tenant is left absolutely free in his
farming, blit it is definitely under
stood that the farming must be both
profitable and saitsfactory to owner
and tenant, otherwise the contract
ceases. His tenants buy anything
they need and send him the bill. He
has no trouble in getting good men
on his farms; most of those now
farming his land have been with him
for years. Last year was tho first
time his tenants failed to make
money. But he did not hold them
responsible for this, for the losses
were due to things beyond their con
trol.
Every one of his farms is noted for
the great variety of things produced.
Tlie main dependence is, of course,
on the standard crops of the region,
the other tilings being grown largely
for experimental purposes. He has
planted fully half the fruit trees of all
his farms with his own hands. On
him home farm he has some 60 od|d
varieties of fruit, as well as nut trees
[ and 10 acres of flowers.
Twice he has had towns grow up.
around his home farm. He was the
first settler at Union City, where he*
now lives. The place is now a suburb
of Atlanta, but was open country
when he went there. At the present.
Jime the village has nearly 1,000 In
habitants. Half a dozen mail order
houses have located there, and their
mail, along with that of the National
Farmers’ Union, whose headquarters,
are there, makes the business of the
local postoffice equal to that of an,
ordinary town of 20,000 people. A s im
iiar thing happened to the first faim
on which he lived. “That was a sure
enough farm,” reminisced, Barrett,
“that I moved to when I was married.
I bought it for $11 an acre, from a
man who had paid $1.25 an arre for
it. I spent six years building up that
place—building houses and barns,
planting fruit and nut trees, etc,
", hile there I offered to pay any one
$25 to name a kind of fruit or nut
I did now grow. The leading daily
paper of Atlanta sent two representa
tives down there to earn that $25, but
they failed.”
jms remarkable man lias declined'
the offer of more than one cabinet,
position. Ife has repeatedly declined
to run for governor of his state, when,
his election was practically assured..
He thinks of nothing but his farming,,
and organizing farmers for the pur
pose of protecting their interests and
the public interest; for the farmers’”
welfare is to a large degree the pub
lic welfare. I have traveled with him?
day and night for six weeks at a time,
and I am willing to assert that he is
absolutely free from political preju
dices of all kinds. He does not hava*
a radical fiber in his makeup, but he
is positively and sanely progressive.
In him the farmers of this country
have a leader who will not mislead
them. He has opinions, and does not.
hesitate to state them, hut he is al
ways ready to listen to the other fel
low. Those who have attended meet
ings of farm organization delegates,
from all sections of the country do
not need to be told that such meet
ings are sometimes turbulent. Charlie.
Barrett is in his element while presid
ing over such a body. He can tell am
unruly member to sit down and be
have himself without offending him..
Ann when he speaks the unruly del
egate heeds.
Fortunately, Barrett is yet a com
paratively young man, and has many
years of usefulness before him. He
is happiest when he is in a crowd of
farmers. He understands them, and
they understand him and like him. He
has a deep and abiding feeling for his
fellowmen, especially if they are
farmers like himself. The National:
Board of Farm Organizations, co
operating with the Farmers’ Union,
sent Barrett to the peace conference
at Paris to plead the farmers' cauftA
before that august body. He was
given a most courteous hearing by
Premier Clemenceau and by Premier
Lloyd George, and was treated like a.
prince. But when he got back he
was just plain Charlie Barrett, as he
always will be Men of this type are»
not spoiled by a little public notice,
as smaller men are.
Some American fathers, deep In.
business, see little of their children..
This illustrates it; A small boy’s,
dog named "Paddy”, and dearly be
loved, was killed by an automobile.
The mother broke the news gently to
the little boy, saying at last “Paddy is*
dead.”
To her intense surprise there was;
no sorrow or any emotion. Later the-'
boy was howling dismally: “My dog;
is dead, my dog is dead.”
“But darling, I told you early this*
afternoon that Paddy was dead,” said*
the mother.
"Oh,” replied the child, “I dlcta’t
know you said PADDY, I though you
said DADDY.”
His Own Fault.
From the Stanford Chaparral.
Hubby—You're three-quarters of an
hour late. What do you mean keeping:
rne standing around like a fool?”
The Wife—I can't help the way you
stand.
The Third.
From the Richmond Times-Dlspatch.
“Oh. Percy, did you hear? Algernon^
Is taking calisthenics and getting mus
cles!”
“Dear me, Clarence, can It be? But,
then. Algernon was always so eccen
tric!’’’
| Too Fast for Comfort. >
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From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Any rate .of speed ever 60 miles an hoar is considered excessive. But.
yeu ean think of speeds of several hundred wiles an hour, if you try hardt
Mieugh. When it comes to considering an actual, material object traveling."
ceaselessly at a rate of 2,680,000 miles hour, you are not going to get
very far in any attempt at visualization. Yet this is the speed of a certalia
star, known to the learned as RZ Cephei, whieh has Just been measured bjr
the astronomers of the Harvard observatory.
RZ Cephei is a neighborly star. To be sure, it is so distant that it cannot
be seen at all without the aid of a powerful telescope, but it is only 3,800*
light-years distant from the earth. A light year, of course is the distance,
traveled by light in one year. Light has speed of about 670,00* ono miles *u>
hour. From this, it is easy if one has a large sheet of paper to find out how
far it travels in a year, nnd then to estimate in miles the distance represented,
by 3,800 light-years. Still RZ Cephei is neighborly, for there are objects in.
the sky which are hundreds of thousands of light years remote from us.
Now, although RZ Cephei is bowling along through the dismally cold!
?ther at the amazing speed of 2,5ti0,00u miles an hour, it requires many years,
for observers on the earth to notice any change in the star's position. The
Harvard people watched it 'or at wars before making their statement as
to its speed. And even in 31 years the change is position is so extremely*
slight as to be measurable only with the finest and most accurate instru
ments.
Inasmuch as it requires light, traveling 670,000,000 miles an hour, 3,800
years to come from RZ Cephei to the earth; there is no danger that the
nar itself, going only 2,000,000 miles an hour would soon smash into us, ever*
If it were traveling straight in ou. direction. It we were stationary and R7&
Cephei were rushing malignantly at us it would take him 1,000,000 years to
i-atch us. So we do not Ijave to worry about that.
But it is a little disquieting to think of vast bodies tremendously greater
than our earth dashing about in space In such a terrific hurry. Especially
so when the astronomers tefls us that in addition to all the luminous stars
which we can sec there are doubtless countless numbers of dark stars which
we cannot see at all. We (an know what the visible stars are doing, but wo
iannot even guess what a dark star is contemplating. Anyway, 2,500,(i30‘
miles an hour is too fast for comfort.