■ r A. S;~ :-r> n •. I inventor, who has submitted to the naval authorities a device calculated to destroy
* Tie- t r\ i--rt of Brest, which is likely to bo the port of entry for the American troops that are
of tie - new polieetnen of IVtrograd about to examine the papers of a pedestrian. 4—Life
* .- -■ /•-.I German steamer Cincinnati about to be put on the U. S. destroyer Jenkins.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
American Destroyers Already Are
Taking Part in the War on
German Submarines.
GUNBOATS FROM JAPAN HELP
Ch*r:c:ier Hollweg Refutes to Dis
cus* Teuton Peace Terms—Cabi
net of D<etracted Russia Re
constructed—British and
French Still Hammer
ing at Hindenburg
Line.
B) EDWARD W. PICKARD.
TL-- Amen.-au navy i* represented
..i.\in«-ri< titi war
ship has had u light wilb u Oeruntu
submarine.
So much was r«-v .!■*• 1 'll Wednes
day »■> the British -h.i.rally, wlu.-h
aiuaomi- -il the ,.rr«tior :n British wa
ter* »t „ ..lrou of American de
•tr-ver- It mentioned the "brush"
with ih submarine, but did hot tell
th>- n- .it. Both tin* British and the
Aim ri- ae rutvai aus h irltle* maintain
a jr.ui j i.t «. cnee cuucerullig the cap
ture nr ■i. »trui-iiou <rf l-l"iit>.
1! • -r» •*liieh ur.- under the
r •.i 1 . 1 ‘ . T A - .. ml W .
S ». armed at Queenstown aud
wen- iu.{ertr.| by a Brill'll ortuvr.
sin ’* • Amerieau commander
»li- !-■ • ii : in- ready i«r business.
“\V.- ■•an s..rt at uu.v," reiilied the
Aiueri.au. slid they did.
There 1* to !■■ .live S<line of
llies.' .s.-str ">era t««ik pan In the re
rent flip. >i on th. lienuau suhuia
rtne l.js Ztebrngge.
The American vessels and their
IsiaSliC w el
ixitae at tyuei :.sunsii, and Vice Admiral
Benny and Admiral Mayo exchanged
4-wugrs < uia! ory eabl.-gra ms.
Japan also !~gau taking no active
jwrt :u the nurture iu Europe last
»..i, A nuint-er of Japuuese gun
U«il> arrn d at Mar .lile to aid in
lh. :.gnt . »u >:..anues aud to convoy
I r. ie'h l.e-f hi.ntmeu. and it was uu
4i8W mlly »tu!.-.| that a contingent ot
Ju;*n.'.- tr.».jis uas landed ut the
*u: . js'ft and would tight on tile west
front alongside the ltu-siau division
that lias bc-n there for some lime.
DJHO<ny Vsp vur «rrnic■.
With ii<* Illusion- as to the serious
n* -*» of the task confronting it. the
a<lu ,.*!m!ioU is pro*eedittg steadily
In it* preparation for the part the
I ,.te<J sijtes i» to play in the war.
l*:*-si<i**nt Wilson lias ordered the reg
u.ar army brought up to full war
»tr» ir'L. and all the tuachiuery for
tnhung the great selective draft army
is ready. All out the country the
trail.. ug camps for officers were
open.-d at tie beginning of the week,
and thousands of efficient young
A. * r an' are being drilled In tile du
ties of eoi.iiuandlng officers. The sale
•4 "1 i rt> ls*ie!' in den*ruinations
a* low a* SSU is in full swing. To pro
ve** for the country* own cxjh-usc* as
a le-ii.g* rei.!. the appropriations com
min*- submitted to til** senate the
great*-*! war budget lu the history of
tl • !.:*• • ■ the U>!ai la-jug nearly
glMUMMI All the Week the house
debate*! tiie war revenue bill.
i its’) mg the be heats of the house
au<l dl*regnr*!ing tiie wishes of l*resi
d- nt Wi!*--u an*l the advice of the war
iSeparttnent. the house and senate con
feree* wrote Into tiie army conecrip
t.oti bill the Harding amendment au
thorising the acceptance of the volun
i..r <iiri«i*>us which Colonel Itoosevelt
t : *.» ti raise. Both senate and
b iii-eepled the report. Tins put
*■ ■* . up t** Mr. Wilson the ilecisiou
wh* •* • r **r not Colonel Roosevelt is to
be sent t<* Kuro|>e in Command of
Amen<-sn sobtiera.
A-. ' I by •ritielsms of con
giess for it* ali.-g.*| dilatoriness In the
matter ut war legislation, many setia
t.tr* on Wednesday bitterly attacked
tie- war policies of the government
Th.-ir e-js-etal target* were Secretary
of War Baker, the advisory eommis
of tlie Council of National De
fense, tlie car efficiency committee of
the American Itailwny association, pro
l-"sal of a f<HHl dictatorship and plans
for fixing maximum and minimum
prices. The outbursts of the senators
showed they were speaking in large
measure in behalf of the business con
cerns of their respective localities who,
they asserted, had had no chance to
get government contracts.
Trading in Futures Stopped.
Fond supply matters in America
moved rapidly toward a crisis last
week. Actuated presumably by the
inxestigatious of the government into
gambling in foodstuffs, and by the tre
i mendous rise iu tlie price of wheat,
I the Chicago board of trade and the
! grain exchanges of several other mid
dle West cities put a stop to trading
in futures. Wheat and flour prices
j fell promptly and decisively. The gov
ernment gathered tlie necessary data
for prosecution of the wheat gamblers,
and then got after tlie butter and egg
men. The government also came to
[ tlie conclusion that tlie exorbitant
prices of wheat and Hour were due in
part to the gigantic wheat buying op
erations of Great Britain and France,
and asked them to dispose of their im
nieiise holdings of grain for future de
livery. They seem willing to agree
I I" tlii- if they are assured that they
will receive the wheat thty need from
tin* coming crop.
All in a position to know scout the
idea that there will be an insufficiency
of food in this country. Tlie problem
i i- to regulate the distribution and the
; i x|«*rt.s.
Hollweg Won’t Talk of Terms.
Hie imperial rulers of Germany nre
■ not yet holding out an available perch
ujmm which tlie dove of peace might
alight. Stubbornly resisting the prod
ding of both the pan-Gerninns and the
Socialists. the chancellor. Doctor Ifoll
■V. g, on Tuesday told the reichstag
and tin- world that the time was not
fitting for it statement of Germany’s
war aims or peace terms. The uiill
tary situation of tlie central powers,
lie declared, was satisfactory, and he
intimated that they were ready to grant
liberal terms to Russia, if that strug
gling nation desired to get out of the
conflict. Rut be asserted there was no
reason to believe England and France
would at present listen to any proposi
I tions from Germany, and to make any
would be construed by them ns an evi
dence of weakening. On the whole,
the chancellor’s speech was bold and
defiant, and his position does not seem
to lie weakened, despite the continued
attacks on him. The most startling
of these attacks last week was made
by Georg Ledebour, Socialist leader
who warned the reichstag that events
must happen in Germany as they have
in Ru.oiti and that the people must
si ion introduce a republic in Germany.
Though such sentiments are support
! ed by many, it is likely the mass of
i opinion In the empire is better repre
sinted by Iierr Roesicke, president of
I the German Fanners' union, who de
tunin'ed the Socialist alms as sinister
and anti-national, and as tending to a
prolongation of the war since, as he
declared, the entente based tlielr
hojm's on German disunion.
“President Wilson.” Herr Roesicke
, continued, “wants Thu peace with the
Hohenzollerns. hut the monarchy is too
deeply rooted in German hearts for
the malignity of the entente or of
president Wilson to be capable of de
stroying it."
Developments in Russia.
Official advices to the state depart
ment during the week showed the Ger
man government’s efforts to disrupt
the provisional government of Russia
are unabated and are meeting with
some success. The share in the gov
ernment offered to the council of work
men’s anti soldiers’ delegates was at !
first refused and later accepted on
conditions that were rejected by the
government. The council, neverthe
less. stands firm for continuance of
the war and issued a manifesto to the
soldiers pleading with them to go on
fighting for revolutionary Russia and
to give up all thought of a separate
peace. It told them it would lead them
toward peace by another way—by call
ing for revolution of the workmen
and peasants of Germany and Austria
Hungary.
Among the actual results last week
of the disorganization in Russia were
the resignations of Minister of War
Guchkoff and of Generals Brussiioff
and Gurko who declined to serve when
their orders were subjected to the ap
proval of committees of soldiers.
These resignations, were followed
speedily by that of M. Paul Milukoff
as minister of foreign affairs. He left
tlie cabinet altogether. Tereschtenko
succeeded him, and Kerensky, who
was minister of justice, became min
ister of war and marine.
Following the retirement of Pro
fessor Milukoff, who is disliked bjBtlte
radicals, it was officially announced
that tlie government, the executive
committee of tlie dunia and the coun
cil of workmen’s and soldiers’ dele
gates had agreed on these three card
inal points: The unity of the allied
fronts; the fullest confidence of the
revolutionary democracy in the recon
structed cabinet; a plentitude of pow
ers for the government.
This sounds encouraging, but the
fact remains that the army is disinte
grating, owing to the preoccupation
of tlie individual soldiers with the land
division, the food shortage, their fa
tigue and other personal matters.
The United States began giving con
crete aid to Russia on Wednesday,
when Secretary McAdoo gave to its
charge d’affaires $100,000,000 of tlie
allied loan, with the specification that
the money be spent if 1 this country
under the supervision of the treasury
department. Tlie American mission
to Russia, headed by Mr. Root, was
given its instructions, but it cannot
rt-.fWi Petrograd for about two months.
Belgium got a share of the loan
when Mr. McAdoo handed its repre
sentatives a credit for $45,000.01X1.
Italian Offensive Begun.
With the passing of winter condi
tions Italy began a vigorous offensive
on Monday, attacking the Austrians
along tlie entire Isonzo front. Tlie
enemy fougtit back sturdily, hut was
forced to give ground in the region of
Plava, north of Goritz. In this Italy
is only anticipating a grand assault
which tlie Austrians had been prepar
ing to make. Tlie fighting continued
throughout the week with varying for
tunes, tlie Italians slowly pushing
their way toward Trieste, their ob
jective.
iieieitseu ieixi|>oruriij iruui me ne
cessity of guarding strongly the east
ern front, Germany brought from
there to France a large number of
comparatively fresh troops and threw
them into the struggle against the
British and French. General Haig’s
men are now confronting greater en
emy forces than at any time Jn the
past, but before the week ended they
were in full possession of Bullecourt,
the village for which the Germans
fought so desperately because it pro
tected Queant, the southern end of an
important line of defenses.
On the French front the most violent
fighting was about I.affaux mill, a posi
tion even more important than Bulle
court. Again and again the Germans
made desperate attempts to regain
this ground, but the French repulsed
them with terrific losses.
Many burning villages behind the
German front north and south of St.
Quentin indicated an intention of the
Germans to carry out a further re
tirement. St. Quentin itself lias been
burning for some time.
General Petain on Tuesday was ap
pointed commander in chief of the
French armies in France. General Ni
vel le was given command of a group
of armies, and General Foch became
chief of staff of the war ministry. Pe
tnin gained fame and high popularity
by his defense of Verdun.
In Great Britain, too. there was a
shake-up. a general staff for the navy
being formed in response to the at
tacks on the admiralty. Admiral .Tel
lico heads the staff.
A gratifying decrease in the number
of vessels sunk by submarines, was
reported by the British admiralty.
Whether this is due to the increasing
attacks on Zeebrugge by sea and air.
or to the recent destructive fire at the
Wilhelmshnven wharves, or to the
large number of U-boats caught in the
British nets—reported to be between
SO and 100—is not known outside of
Germany.
The United States lost one of its
most distinguished and honored citi
zens in the sudden death of Joseph
H. Choate, eminent lawyer and former
ambassador to Great Britain.
TALK OF KAISER ABDICATING
-r
Sovere gns of Germany and Austria
Discuss Plan at a Meeting
in Homburg.
Loac-iou.— Lord Esher in a letter
from Frame throws startling light,
the I laity News says, on the position
of the tiertnan iiujierittl family in the
face of the recent political develop
ment*. He quoted from a letter writ
ten from Kerim by a Polish officer to
a friend in Switzerland describing the
discussion in the reichstag on the pro
l>osal to limit the kaiser's powers and
proceeds:
“This interesting letter went on to
state that the abdication of the Ger
man emperor was mentioned at Horn
hurg at a recent meeting of the sover
eigns of Germany and Austria and that
in government circles and in public
reconstitution of an elective federal
empire is openly discussed as an alter
native to a German republic, which for
many reasons appears more difficult of
realization.”
The writer adds that the unpopu
larity of the crown prince is so general
that were an imperial form of govern
ment to be retained on an elective
basis Prince Iiupprecht of Bavaria
would command more votes, even in
Prussia, than the present heir to the
throne.
Daylight savings is being tried again
in the United Kingdom, clocks havin'*
been put forward on hour on Ajkll 8,
the former time to be resumed Sep
tember 17.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
June 4 to 7—Nebraska State Dental
Society Meeting at Omaha.
June 5 to 7—Nebrasku-lowa Funeral
Directors Joint Meeting at Omaha.
June 5-G-7—State Association of Post
masters' Meeting at Lincoln.
June 12. 18 and 14—Semi-Centennial
celebration tit Lincoln.
June 15 to 24—Nebraska State Holi
ness Association camp meeting at
Lincoln.
June 1S-20—Nebraska Press Associa
tion Annual Convention at Omaha.
June l!i—Annual Meeting State Phar
maceutical Association Meeting at
North Platte.
June 19-20—Nebraska State Sunday
School Convention at Omaha.
June 25 to 27—International Ass n,
of Railway Special Agents and Po
lice Meeting at Omaha.
June 25 to 80—State Golf Tourna
ment at Lincoln.
The government should take over
the country’s wheat supply and set
the price at $1.50 a bushel, declared
Paul F. Skinner, president of the
Skinner Manufacturing company of
Omaha in a public statement, lie said
the wheat prices are being kept high
by speculators.
Praise for the federal reserve hank
system and a pledge to aid the gov
ernment In any possible way were
the dominant features of the meeting
of group No. 1 of the Nebraska Rank
ers’ association, comprising fourteen
southeastern Nebraska counties at
Lincoln.
The Burlington railroad company
announces that all employes receiving
less than $250 a month, excepting
those whose wages are fixed hy agree
ment, and laborers whose wages re
cently were raised, will receive a 10
per cent advance.
First of any customers outside of
the banks announced to buy war
bonds, the “Liberty Loan," is the
Omaha Commercial dub. It has
authorized its treasurer, to take
$2,000 from its treasury and invest in
these securities.
Teaching of the German language
in the public schools of Nebraska,
made possible by the passage a few
years ago of the Mockett law. will
probably be abandoned next year in
all schools, according to reports.
Two barrels and two kegs of high
proof whisky and fifteen barrels of
bottled beer were found in the cellar
of a Pender resident. The man was
arrested on a charge of having
liquor in his possession illegally.
Fr<*i 1 Fuller of Hazard scored a new
mark for clipped lambs, on rite South
Omaha market when lie sold a batch
for $10.45. or 00 cents better than the
best price ever paid before.
Orleans is soon to have a new pub
lic library, the cornerstone for the
structure having been laid a few
days. Nebraska Masons were in
charge of the ceremony.
It is announced that the Ak-Snr
Ben festival held in Omaha yearly
will neither be abandoned nor cur
tailed because of the war.
Members of the Fremont branch of
tlie Navy league have undertaken to
knit a packet for each sailor on the
battleship Nebraska.
The Lincoln Drug company, of Lin
coln. is the first drug firm in Nebras
ka to secure a permit to sell liquor
under the prohibition law.
The Union Pacific conservation
special, which toured the state just
recently visited fifty-six towns, trav
eled S50 miles and 22.000 persons at
tended the meetings.
It is announced that the annual
Nebraska tennis tournament will be
held at Superior July 23 to 28. ns
sanctioned hy the United States Na
tional Lawn Tennis association.
An unknown supporter of the Grand
Island chapter of the lied Cross has
offered $100 in prizes for the best po
tatoes grown this season. Twenty-five
dollars is offered for the best bushel.
$20 for the next best. $15 for the
next. $10 for the next and then six
$5 prizes.
Organization of a nation-wide
“Barefoot Brigade” to save shoe
leather is being advocated by
Omaha’s city garden supervisor. Ev
ery boy and girl in the Enited States
would become a member by going
barefoot in the summer.
The skeleton of a man was plowed
tip by a farmer at his place near Win
nebago while breaking sod in the
field. His plowshare struck the skull
at a depth of about four inches. To
all appearance the body must have
been buried more than fifty years.
The Boy Scout movement in Omaha
is growing rapidly. It is now made
up of thirty-three troops, 075 Scouts,
while nearly twenty-new troops are
in the process of organization. Four
months ago there were eight troops
and 100 Scouts.
The Burlington railroad has a force
of men at work grading a new right
of way for the Columbus branch ns it
enters the city from the east, tiie aim
being to straighten the curve and
make the signal lights visible.
Farmers of Seward county have a
well developed organization to com
bat the gopher pest, and it is be
lieved the campaign will stop a loss
of more than $60,000 a year.
A force of men is at work on the
foundation of the shirt factory nt
Beatrice which M. E. Smith & Co. of
Omaha will soon establish.
Directors of the South Omaha Live
Stock Exchange have decided to re
lease about 300 of their employes for
farm work. The men are to be paid
their salaries less the amount paid
them for farm work.
Leo Phillips, found guilty of as
sault on Mrs. .T. F. Davis, in the dis
trict court at Aurora, was sentenced
to a term of from one to five years
in the penitentiary.
The cornerstone of Cozad’s new
$40,000 public school building was
laid the other day, with the Masonic
order in charge.
Tlie Nebraska Grand Lodge A. O.
U. \V. of Nebraska failed to reach an
agreement during the recent session
at Omaha and adjourned with both
insurgents and regulars claiming a
rate victory. The insurgents claim the
adoption of the Sunbeam rales, which
is about 25 per cent below the N. F.
C. schedule adopted last January.
Regulars claim the resolution, which
received a majority vote, required a
two-tldrds vote; therefore, did Pot
pass. The court may be called upon
to decide the controversy. John Stev
ens of Beaver City was elected grand
mastqy workman. Lincoln was chosen
for the 1010 session.
Nebraska faces the prospects of a
lumber famine during the next six
months, according to prominent deal
ers over the state. It is said that the
mills have tightened up on shipment
because of prospects of large de
mands by the government for ship
building. One Omaha firm lias been
forced to lay off 100 salesmen, be
cause of the uncertainty of tilling or
ders.
Nels Merrymnn. proprietor of one
of the biggest wheat farms of Nebras
ka.. located near Kearney, owns more
than 25,000 bushels of wheat—all he
has produced in the last two years. “I
haven't sold a bushel in two years.’’
be said. "The price is satisfactory,
but I am going to look out for
my neighbors who haven’t got enough
wheat for seed.”
The first test case of Nebraska’s
dry law was held in the district
court at Omaha a few days ago.
when an Omaha druggist who was
fined R100 and costs in police court
for having a barrel of alcohol in his
cellar, appealed to the higher tri
bunal. The lower court’s decision
was upheld. The case may he ap
pealed to the supreme court.
The biggest man in the United
States army—in weight—is reputed to
he Roy I,. Stone of David City. He en
listed in the field artillery. He weighs
250 pounds. The maximum weight
under the rules is “lOO pounds. His
surplus was waived by the recruiting
office, because lie was physically per
fect otherwise.
A government army balloon en
route from Fort Omaha to Junction
City was fired upon near Liberty,
by a farmer, one of the bullets pierc
ing the big air hag. The balloon
landed near Odell, south of Beatrice,
and the men in charge secured tlie
farmer's name. He offers no expla
nation for the shooting.
The South Omaha market Is tight
ening its hold on second place for the
big ntarekts. and is now far ahead of
Kansas City, which nosed out about
two years ago. The Omaha market
leads the Missouri city by well over
000,000 head, with prospects of a lead
twice this size by the end of the
year.
Trading in futures has been discon
tinued on the Omaha grain exchange.
The grain business, resttltingly. has
resolved itself into purely a supply
and demand proposition. The man
who has grain to sell hunts a cus
tomer. and the man who desires to
buy finds one who has strain to sell.
C. It. Lamm of Gering sold a ship
ment of lambs on tlie South Omaha
stock market last week which netted
hitn $20 i>er hundred pounds. It was
not only the highest price ever paid
for fed lambs on the Omaha market,
but tlie highest ever beard of before
on any market in the country.
The Alliance chapter of tlie Red
Cross society has been active, raising
$500 recently by a tag day. The
chapter’s membership is growing rap
idly.
Dogs anil chickens are causing so
much trouble in Fremont that a cam
paign of enforcement of the dog and
chicken ordinance is now under way.
The Fremont gun dub has leased
its grounds to a farmer who will plant
tho ground to beans and corn. The
tract comprises ten acres recently
purchased by the club.
A Grand Island merchant otTered
the kids of the town the other day
the weight In oranges for all the
dandelions brought to the store. With
in the time set for delivery over 5,500
pounds of dandelions were delivered.
Eighty boxes of oranges were carried
awav bv the kiddies.
i
tvenraska is ineiuoea in a list ul
! states given out by Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson in which it will be un
| lawful to mall letters, postal cards
or publications containing liquor ad
I vertisements under the Reed law.
. The act is effective July 1.
It Is reported that more than
I $1,500 worth of automobile tires and
* accessories have been stolen from
; cars on Omaha streets during the
i past month. The method employed
i by the thieves, is to carry jacks and
I pry up the wheels so that the tires
can be removed.
A. C. Watson of Plainview con
tinues to top the South Omaha mar
ket with his cattle. Just the other
day he sold a shipment for $18.10 per
hundredweight, the highest price ever
j recorded up to that day.
Women voters in Douglas county
: under the new suffrage law will not
| he compelled to tell their exact ages.
| Election Commissioner Moorhead an
1 nouneed. All they will have to say
when registering will he “over 21.”
C. E. Gunnels, who has been the
county agricultural agent of Seward
for the past year, will leave June 1 to
take up the management of all the
farm extension work in Nebraska.
The first municipal Boy Scout troop
' established in the United States was
l organized at Ralston an Omaha
| suburb.
Grand Island merchants are con
! sidering means of curtailing the prac
tice of extending credit to customers
| for more thnu thirty days. Extension
of credit is to mean payment on the
next pay day.
Red Willow county farmers who
live near Tndianola were the first
group of farmers to receive a loan
from the federal land hank of Omaha.
The loan amounted to $83,000.
The Masonic lodge of Wymore has
purchased lot 2, block 25 in Wymore
and expects to erect «r fine Masonic
temple on the place.
wfslicl
mm
gy HASY I
CLOUD KING’S JOKE.
“rtillie Brownie.” said Daddy, “was
talking to Peter Gnome.
-- “‘I am not quite
sure, ut* »;uu,
‘whether it is too
ear'y in the sea
son for ihe first
spring hath.’
“ ‘Whatever <lo
yon mean?’ asked
Peter Gnome, his
eyes opening very
wide and his fore
head raised up
high.
»• * T llief
I _ ,-,-3 ‘ . "
what I say. Peter,
Billie Brownie Felt
replied Billie
of !t" Brownie. ‘Are
you growing a little deaf?’
“ ‘Certainly not.’ said Peter Gnome.
‘Rut when we take at least a good
hath every day whether it is spring or
summer or winter <>r autumn. I can't
really, for the life of me, understand
why you are wondering about a first
spring bath.’
“‘Oh, oh, oh,’ laughed Billy Brownie,
‘that is as good a joke as I ever
heard.’
“ ‘Glad you think so,’ said Peter.
‘Suppose you explain my own joke to
me then.’
“ ‘I will,’ said Billie Brownie. ‘1
meant I wondered whether it was too
early in the year to have a dip in the
pond down yonder. Not just a bath,
but a spring swim. You know a good
water fight and swim aud dive, eh,
Peter?’
“ ‘Oh,’ said Peter, ‘that is very dif
ferent. Well now, I would have to give
that a little thought before I made
up my mind about it. I could not tell
just offhand whether I think it would
be too cold or not. I would have to
feel the water first with one hand,
and then with ihe other. Then I would
have to let the hand remain wet in
the breeze to see if the breeze were
warm or chilly.’
“ ‘You’d have to do quite a lot,’ said
Billie Brownie.
“ ‘That’s so.’ said Peter Gnome. ‘I
don’t want to catch a cold. It’s so ex
tremely disagreeable to sneeze. I never
thought there was any fun in that—
never.’
“ ‘I don’t suppose anyone thinks it
is fun to sneeze,’ said Billie Brownie.
“ ‘You’d think-so,’ said Peter Gnome,
‘to see the way some animals and
creatures do such silly things and
then all that follows is a sneezing
attack. I don't believe in being fussy
but I do hate to sneeze.’
“ ‘Well, no one is asking you to
sneeze,’ said Billie Brownie.
“ ‘That is quite true,’ said Peter
Gnome. ‘No one is asking me at all.
I am just thinking whether I can go
with you for the dip and whether I
think you should go.’
“ ‘Are yon going to be a doctor?’
asked r.illie Brownie gravely. ‘You
seem to be taking medicine ahead of
time!’
“Peter Gnome laughed and they
linked arms and went to look at the
pond and to feel of tt»; water. First
Billie Brownie felt of It, and then
Peter Gnome put his hand in.
“‘I am not at all sure what to say,’
said Peter Gnome.
“ ‘Neither am I,’ said Billie Brownie.
“They stood by the side of the pond
feeling the water and then looked at
each other. They did not seem to be
able to make up their minds just what
to do.
“,Tust then the Cloud Fairies were
i talking. ‘Look at Billie Brownie and
Peter Gnome,’ they said. ‘They do not
know whether to go for a dip or wheth
er to stay out.’
“ ‘Oh. what a joke,’ said the King of
the Clouds. ‘I shall have to call out
the army of raindrops and see what
they are up to. Raindrops! Rain
, drops!’ he called.
“ ‘Hello,’ called the Raindrops.
“ ‘How about a little exercise?’ asked
| the King of the Clouds.
we re in neeu
of it sadly,’ said
the Raindrops.
“ ‘Well,’ said
the King of the
Clouds, Til give a
prize to the one
who gets to the
earth first!’
“Off the rain
drops scampered,
and’ so quickly did
they rush down to
the earth that it
was just like a _. . _ .
cloudburst. They S,r"p,y Got
“And Billie Drenched.
Brownie and Peter Gnome got soaked!
they simply got drenched. And how
the Cloud Fairies and the King of the
Clouds did laugh.
“‘Well, that was a good joke on us.'
said Billie Brownie, as they hurried
home.
“ *#es,’ said Peter Gnome, ‘we got
drenched without any swim at all.
I imagine the Cloud King must have
decided it was warm enough for the
spring dip and as we were so unde
cided he thought he'd give us the bath
without the trouble of our making up
our minds about it!’
“ ‘That's just it,’ chuckled the King
ol the Clouds, as he called back the
Raindrops and old Mr. Sun came out."
Crow Has Cause.
Which are the mos. contented birds?
Crows, because th ?y never complain
without caws (cause).
Talking for Effect
A good conversationalist Is not one
who'talks for effect. It Is generally
easy to pick out the girl who is talk
ing in order to m .ke an impression,
who says not so much what she
thinks, ns what she imagines her lis
teners will consider clever. No one
talks well who is given to conversa
tional posing.—Girls’ Companion.
Marries and Remains Single.
Who may mnrry many a wife and
still be single all Ms life? A clergy
man.
PREPARE MORE LAND
“Seed and Feed” the Slogan of
the Year.
The papers are filled with the appeal
for soldiers, sailors and fanners, and
all are timely, all are necessary. The
sailor is needed to man the ships that
protect the shores, police the seas and
clear the ocean of tormenting and
meddlesome masked buccaneers, to
give help to the allies, to make more
efficient the present fighting units that
are keeping free the sea lanes and
ocean routes. The soldier is required
to keep alive and intact the unity of
the nation and the freedom of the
world, to protect the lives of its citi
zens from incursions without and raids
within, to guard the honor and pre
serve the dignity of the great United
States, to render not only sentimental
but practical assistance to those who
for two and a half years on the bat
tlefields of Flanders and the steppes
of the East have been fighting for the
freedom of the world against a domi
nant autocratic and militarist Prus
sianism, which, were it to Decome suc
cessful, would mean autocratism, mil
itarism and Prussianism, and a “get
off-the-sidewalkism” over the entire
world. The allies are proud to wel
come these new accessions to the fight
ing forces, which mean an earlier ter
mination of the war and the dawn of
an era that will be historic, one
that we will all be proud that we lived
in. Throughout all Canada, Great
Druuin. r ranee, ana an me aniea coun
tries, when the news was received that
the United States had entered the war,
a thrill went up and down the nation’s
sides, and the pulses throbbed with a
new life, keenly appreciative of the
practical sentiment that had brought
to their sides an ally of the strength
and virility of the United States.
But the soldier and the sailor need
to be fed, and therefore the cry for
agricultural enlistment. The strength
of the fighting man must be main
tained. In his absence from the field
there comes the necessity for provision
to take his place. The appeal for farm
help is well timed, opportune and im
portant. There are vacant lands a
plenty in the United States that, given
a fair opportunity under competent ad
visement and reasonable help, will pro
duce abundantly. Western Canada
also provides an excellent field for the
prosecution of work in growing wheat
and other grains, and while it is not
the desire of the Canadian Government
to draw from the resources of the
United States, believing that it is the
duty of every patriotic citizen to do
all he possibly can to build up the
stores of depleted foods and making
use of every energy at home, the wish
is to lay before the public the fact
that Canada has millions of acres of
excellent land capable of producing
wonderful crops. If for any reason
the reader, having patriotism and a
love of his country in his heart, and a
desire to forward the cause of the al
lies, cannot avail himself of the oppor
tunities afforded in the United States,
Western Canada will he glad to ren
der him any assistance It can In locat
ing him on its vacant arens, where large
crops can be grown at minimum of
cost. Let us grow the grain, raise the
cattle, produce the food to feed our
soldiers, our sailors and provide food
for our allies, no matter whether it is
done to the North or to the South of
the boundary line that In the object itt
view should not be known as a boun
dary. Let us keep up the spirit of pa
triotism, whether it be growing grain
in the United States or in Canada, but
Canada, fully nlive to the necessity,
joins in the appeal of its allies—the
United States—for more food and more
food.—Advertisement.
storage tggs.
The assertion by dealers that "after
all there is nothing injurious about a
storage first egg—in fact, it is as good
■.Pi a fresli egg,” is not borne out by
so good an authority ns Dr. Harvey \V.
Wiley, who, when questioned on the
stand in Washington on the subject of
eggs that had been in storage six
months, said:
“The amount of nutriment would
probably be diminished by a very con
siderable quantity. It would be Just
slightly less nutritious, but the princi
pal lack of nutrition, in my opinion.
| would be in the Impaired taste; that
' the digestive ferments would not re
spond so promptly to the stimulus of
the food. That is a very important
physiological consideration.”
FRECKLES
Now Mb the Time to (iet Rid of The«e
Ifij Sputa.
There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles, is the
prescription othine — double strength — is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine—doubts
strength—from your druggist, and apply a
little of it night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gala a beautiful
, jiear complexion.
Be sure to ask for th.> double strength
othine, as this is sold undrr guarantee of
money back if it falls to remove freckles.—
1 Adv.
Unconsciously Scotch.
Au Englishman touring in the high
lands of Scotland hud the misfortune to
lose his way. N'otieing a small cottage
by the roadside, he went up, knocked at
the door and when the guidwife came
he explained:
“I am very sorry to trouble you,
madam, but I have lost my bearln’s.”
“Dae ye tell me that?” was the as
; tonisliing reply. “I hope their mltb
er’s wl’ them."
..——
What Counts.
“But are you fair, sir?”
“Fair! I dont' have to be fair. I’m
twice your ‘size.’ ”—Life.
The crank who always wants to
amend the motion is usually included
among those present.
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