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NATURE SPOILS THE MOON’S ACT.
It was very unclubby in Dam,e Nature to inter- •
pose a cloud screen something like three miles thick
between the eclipse and the astronomers. We can
have fogs any day in the week, almost, especially on
the Pacific coast, where at least once every twenty
four hours everything is blotted out by the gray veil
the old Pacific spreads. Eclipses, however, are of
rare occurrence, and such a favorable opportunity for
observing one does not come twice in a life time.
Astronomers knew this, and they were hot after
results. No greater assemblage of genuine enthus
ists ever sat down before a more magnificent collec
tion of instruments. The barrage of devices was in
tended to wrest from the sun secrets hitherto, and
yet, for that matter, puzzling to the scientists. Not
only would the observations disclose new wonders,
but they would afford opportunity for a checking up
on-previous conclusions. One of these is the Einstein
theory that rays of light are bent by gravity, and
that the sun itself is not where we see it but some
distance, even in astroromy, off to one side.
Observations taken during the eclipse of Septem
ber 21, 1922, in the south seas, when the totality
lasted six minutes, or twice as long as that of Mon
day, brought varying results. One group Of scien
tists holds that Einstein was splendidly vindicated, an
other that he was utterly upset. It was up to Old
Sol to referee this dispute, and probably he would,
but here comes the fog bank and the clouds, and so
the matter will have to go over under the head of
unfinished business.
Not until 1925 will the inhabitants of the United
States get to see an eclipse of the sun again. We
will have to worry along until then, not knowing
whether the rays that come from the god of day fol
low the shortest distance between two points, or if
they go dodging around like an Omaha pedestrian
keeping out of the way of automobiles. However,
we can get plenty of proof from these pedestrians
that the rays come straight enough in July.
BATTLESHIPS TO THE DISCARD.
General Pershing, speaking at the dedication of
a memorial to the founder of the Pershing family in
America, says the world nee(Js our help, and pointed
out that the best and most practical plan at this mo
ment is to give that help by maintaining our own
high national character. This may seem just a little
far-fetched, especially to those who are bent on rush
ing in and taking the brunt of the world’s troubles
on our home shoulders. Its more definite aspect is
that America, by holding aloof from broils and dis
putes where her presence will aggravate rather than
pacify, remaining firm and steadfast in her promise
to aid in all proper ways, docs more for the good of
the world than would otherwise be either possible or
practicable.
How is the example of our country doing good
for all the others at times? That question can not
be answered readily, because it is not at all certain
just what the effect of our influence is, other than
the reasonable assumption that it is for good. One
thing must impress all the world. The United States
government is preparing to scrap eleven great bat
tleships, from its first line of naval defense. These
are not obsolete vessels, worn out in service or back
numbers, but the newest and latest. Among them
are the South Dakota, Indiana, Montana and South
Carolina, each of 43,200 tons, veritable Leviathans,
but devoted to destruction rather than to peace; the
Constitution and the United States, each of 43,500
tons. None of these is fully completed, and each
will be sold and broken up for scrap metal.
After these are disposed of, the Iowa, Massa
chusetts, Constellation and Ranger of the same class,
will go under the hammer, and then will follow the
New Hampshire, Louisiana, Georgia, Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Michigan, Kansas, Vermont, Nebraska
and Delaware, all ranging from 12,000 to 16,000
tons, floating fortresses, a navy any nation would be
proud of, but sacrificed on the altar of peace, an
earnest to the world that Uncle Sam meant what he
said when he promised to reduce his naval arma
ment.
Is such a show vain, or will it convince the world
of the sincere purpose of the United States in its
professions of peace and helpfulness? As long as
the mightiest nation on earth can voluntaiily forego
any advantage that would come from its strength,
and be content to settle its disagreements with other
nations by peaceful methods, depending on justice
and right, rather than strength, the case for human
ity is not hopeless. Uncle Sam is surely leading the
way.
WHAT ARE BRAKES FOR, ANYWAY?
“My brakes were not working very well since
Friday,” explained the driver whose car had nudged
another. “Fifteen days,” responded the judge.
Sounds harsh, but it ought to be a warning to
the man who goes out to drive, knowing his brakes
are not working.
A young man is held to await trial for man
slaughter, his victim having died in the hospital a
few hours after the accident. “My brakes did not
hold,” the culprit explains, yet he was starting out
to do a day’s truck driving around the crowded
streets of the city, without having made sure that
hia brakes were doing their part.
Warning does no good, it seems. Otherwise the
"number of traffic accidents would be greatly les
sened. Drivers depend on their brakes, but appar
ently do not make sure when starting if the me
chanical device can be trusted. Usuully the first in
timation the driver has that something is wrong is
when he tries to stop and the brake does not re
spond.
Fifteen days in jail may seem a heavy dose for a
little negligence, but it does not look so big when the
possibility of that negligence developing into the
death of some person is considered. And that is al
ways present. Most drivers realize, and all should,
that safety rests on vigilance, and should know that
every part of the mechanism of the enr is in good
order before starting out to mingle with the grent
crush of cars that crowd the thoroughfares at all
times.
Human life is too precious to be exposed to the
carelessness of a driver who sets out, knowing that
hia brakes are not working well.
Some communities are still arguing the price of
gas, but Omaha is doing very well, thank yov
HOLT COUNTY IS SEEING THINGS.
More than twenty-five years ago, long before the
Wright brothers had snatched the secret of flight
where Langley had missed it, Omaha got all excited
over mysterious lights that appeared in the sky.
Reputable citizens testified to having noted the
phenomenon, and much speculation was indulged
as to the meaning of the portent. The easiest was
that some unknown inventor had mastered flight,
and was giving his ship mysterious tests after night
fall. Beatrice came to the front to back this up,
one of tha enterprising residents of Gage county
having discovered the ship at rest between its den
in Kansas and its goal at Omaha. That passed in
time as a new wonder came up to occupy public at
tention.
Holt county comes forward now with another, and
seemingly different set of lights to mystify behold
ers. The Omaha light looked like a huge lantern
hung in the sky; the Holt county lights are ghostly
manifestations, traveling in groups, and behaving
after an uncanny fashion. Explanations so far
evolved are but guesswork, and do not contain a sug
gestion of the real solution.
If it were Indians alone, one,-might think they
had been worshiping too devoutly the god whose
service requires the indulgence in peyote. No drug,
not even hasheesh, is provocative of such weird
dreams as follow a mild dose of peyote, and when
too much is taken ghostly lights are the least of what
one sees. But we do not suspect the whites of Holt
county of following an Indian fashion, and some
other cause must be sought.
Whatever it is, the portent is not horrid, for the
life of the region goes on otherwise, following its
placid, orderly course. We suggest that Marshal
Denny Cronin give his office to one of his subordi
nates for a few days, while he goes back to O’Neil
and sets things in good running order again. They
never had those lights while Denny was sitting on
the lid.
ONE WON AND TWO LOST.
Conciliation has won another outstanding triumph
in the anthracite coal industry. Despite the
tact that the miners stopped work more than a week
ago, the adjustment was reached rather on a basis
of understanding than of yielding to force.
Against this outcome must be contrasted the
spectacle of Greece, submitting practically to terms
dictated by Italy, because the great tribunal to which
the Greeks had appealed for justice found itself
unable to do justice.
Poincare, looking ahead to November, when the
general election is to be held in Fiance, rejects an
offer from Germany that contained all he can possi
bly hope to get, through force or otherwise. Ger
many must kneel to Poincare, or there will be no
peace in the Ruhr.
The effect of this must be plain to all men. Force
can hold what it seizes only so long a3 it is dominant.
Soon or late, justice will assert sway, and the edifice
raised up by force will crumble. Italy may hold
Corfu, extending its domain so as to command the
whole of the Adriatic; France may retain the Ruhr,
with its rich resources of fuel and other valuable
deposits and advantages. Yet both will have to an
swer for this in the future.
Dictators are not nice things to have around at
any time, but the world miglft profit if some great
international Pinchot could call the contenders to
gether and keep them in conference until a settle
ment is reached. Nations are but miners’ union and
employers’ associations on a larger scale, and could
settle disputes by agreement rather than by might.
The League of Nations can not do this, it seems;
where will we turn for the relief the world needs?
OLD OCEAN’S TERRORS FUTILE.
Small wonder that the mind of the early sailor
was disturbed by thoughts of the monsters that
dwell in the deep and-reach out to grab the unwary
mariner to drag him to his doom. Whirlpool and
cross current, tidal wave and fog all worked to
gether to confuse the men who went down to sea in
ships, and the thought is not that exploration was so
long delayed, but that ever men were found with
courage enough to venture into the unknown.
Americans are just furnished an impressive illus
tration of what it means to combat the mighty forces
of the ocean Seven splendid ships of war are lying
on a point of rocks, not in the wilderness, but off the
shore of one of our most enlightened states. These
ships were manned by the most expert of sailors,
men whose skill and ability as navigators had been
tested in the severest of practical work. During the
dark years of the war these men were accustomed
to go out in the fog and the storm, through the
blackness of night, with no lights or other method
of guidance, and not only to retain formation, but to
pick up convoys and guide them safely into port.
The wonder of that will never be exaggerated.
It was not lack ot skill in seamanship that
brought about the terrible wreck at Point Honda.
Unu:nal currents, begotten of the dreadful calamity
that overtook Japan, 8,000 miles away, seized these
vessels and pulled them far off the course they were
thought to be following. No science can meet this
on the ocean veiled in fog. Man loses such a con
test against nature.
Twenty-two gallant sailors are gone, seven ships
are wrecked with all their costly equipment, and the
nation is shocked by the incident. Men will not be
daunted by this, nny more than they were by the
first shipwreck. Always there will be going and
coming over the waters, just as on the land, and the
knowledge that disaster is possible but adds a little
savor to the adventure. Man’s houI is above the
ocean's sway.
Gretna is the latest Nebraska town to go in for
paving. They are all doinpr it now.
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Homespun Verse
—By Omaha’s Own Poet—
Rttbcrl Worthington Davie
WHEN A BABY LEARNS TO WALK.
You can please the little children wllh sweet* nm1 other
things.
And admire their ways of thanking yon whene'er
they smile or talk—
But lovelier and dearer Is the happiness Hint cling*
To a cherub on the morning when ho first begins lo
walk.
•
Out he holds his hands uncertain ns he toddle* o'er
the floor.
And his pride In every gesture, every liny step Is
shown.
While he wenrs a smile that parent* lmve lo envy
und adore.
For he feels as big ns duddy when he lairs n slip
alone.
You can satisfy a cherub with bright colored gifts
and such.
You ran buy him toys snd dollies that close Ihelr
eyes and talk—
But the prettier things you get him don't please him
half as much
As the thrill he feels nod shows you when he first
begins to walk
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“The People’s
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Lax on Motor Tags.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The auto dimmer iaw
is not the only one not enforced. Ta.<e
the auto license law. Hundreds of
trucks are operating on pleasure car
licenses and wheel plates, and chauf
feurs without badges. On Saturdays
small school boys are driving cars.
Nights, Sundays and holidays hun
dreds of cars are operating with 1922
licenses, paper licenses, dealers’ li
censes or none at all.
The city and state are losing thou
sands of dollars by the lax enforce
ment of these licenses.
FRANK J. CAREY.
Money Question.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: In discussing the money
question, and weighing the good and
the bad of any monetary plan, it
should be borne in mind that no finan
cial plan can be devised which could
possibly make a dishonest person hon
est.
Hence It would be useless to argue
that because some men are d.shouest
whe utilize our present plan o.i a
large scale therefore the whole sys
tem is wrong. Such a statement is
illogical and of no consequence. Any
monetary plan must be of human
origin, whether based on gold, paper,
or on the value of crops. Jn any
case the plan will partake of the
weaknesses of human nature. We
must assvime, in reason, that there
arc more good men than bad ones.
We should aiso believe that some
rponetary plans have more good points
and are more in harmony with reason
and common sense than others.
Germany and Russia have recently
had experience with the had ones, and
they have nearly wrecked these coun
tries. They have been fooled on the
side of unsound money. Germany is
about to return to the gold standard,
as Austria has already done. When
sovietism is eliminated from the lives
of the Russian people they, too, will
return to sanity on the money ques
tion. The paper money of these coun
tries, Issued with the sanction of
their government, does not make their
money easier to get. It is very plen
tiful, but the more of it Issued the
less it is worth, and thereforo Die
more a person must have to buy any
thing. The opponents of the gold
standard say that it is managed by
the Juggling financiers. They must
be our bankers in our cities and
towns, and In that mysterious district
known as Wall street. Are our bank
ers, with their assistants, managers
and directors, the Juggling financier!,
under the control of dishonest inter
national magnates fooling the people
on the money question? The state
ment is not true.
We will resume the discussion In
another letter.
D. F. DOLAN.
Concerning Wages.
Omaha.—To the Editor of The
Omaha Bee: The popular indoor
sport Just now, and for some little
time past, amongst antagonists of
organized labor Is the frequent refer
ence to the high wages received by
some classes of mechanics, notably
the bricklayers of New York. In
some Instances the daily wage has
been asserted to be as high as $16.
The fact In this case Is that the scale
paid Is $1.50 an hour, and the em
ployer has the right to stop work on
account of weather conditions, lack of
material, etc., at any hour of the
day. and the pay of the men stop*
at the same time, until work Is re
sumed.
The fact Is overlooked that *he
country needs efficient bricklayers.
If bricklayers are to tjp had when
most needed they must be compen
sated so that they will not take up
other lines of work during dull build
ing seasons, hence often are not aiall
able when building operations resume.
Building contractors of experience re
alize that in order to have bricklayers
when needed most said bricklayers
must he kept Interested In their trade,
and that this can only b« done by
paying wages that will carry the
workman over the dull season.
What Is sa.d for the bricklayers will
apply to many other lines. If a
preacher, or a lawyer, or any other
person, were only employed a few
months out of the year he would be
gin to look around for something to
do In the Interim, and If he found
something that he could make a living
at. furnishing steady employment, the
chances are he would fall to show up
on the Job when the time came.
We recall conditions In the packing
plants, for Instance, when workers
Daily Prayer |
Hast thou not known? hoot thou not
h'-erri. that th* rv.rls.tlng God. ths KoM.
tho rroutor of the end, of the eirth.
filnteth not, neither la weary?—Is»
40:29.
Our Heavenly Father, with rever
ence and humility we would bow at
the Throrte of Grace to obtain mercy
and find grace for our dally needs.
t'onsNoua In sotmi measure of our
weakness and sinfulness we earnestly
seek Thy forgiving mercy, rejoicing to
know that "Like ns a father pltleth
his children, so the Lord pitleth th*-m
thnt fear Him." Wo thank Thee for
our home, and for the love that sweet
ens and beautifies home life To each
member of our family circle grunt
such blessings ss are specially needed.
Knlarge and deepen our sympathies.
Preserve us from selfishness. Help us
to lentil patience and self-control. Keep
us from hasty, thoughtless ami unkind
words, snd from misunderstanding and
misjudging others, and deliver us from
anxiety and complaining. Fill Thy
church with missionary zeal and with
the presence and power of the Holy
Spirit. Strengthen the weak, comfort
the sorrowing, restore the wandering.
Remember with special mercy the
homeless, the widow and the fatherless
and all who are lonely and friendless.
Help men everywhere to have the
spirit of true brotherhood, and grant
the speedy triumph throughout tho
whole world of the principles of the
Gospel of Peace. All of w hich we ask
In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord
nnd Savior, Amen.
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NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for August, 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .72,114
Sunday .75,138
Do** not Include return*, left
! over*, **mp|*s or paper* spoiled ir
punting and Include* nr- special
■a)**.
B. BREWER, Gen. Mgr.
V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr.
Subscribed and sworn to befnro si*
tbls 4th day of September, 19251.
W. H. QUIVEY, j
(Ssal) Notaiy Public, h
Fifty years ago Inventive fenlua ran
about the name gamut aa It doen now
adays. and produced aome thinga aa
Interesting snd as uaelesa as any that
are turned out by Industrious men to
day. One of these was a desk In
tended for the personal use of General
Grant, then serving hla first term as
president. Read the following descrip
tion, printed In The Evening Bee of
Thursday. January 24, 1871. and try to
imagine a bualnesa man of today sit
ting In front of such a desk to do
his work.
• '‘PRESIDENTIAL. PRESENT.
"A Magnificent Desk Forwarded to
Washington as a Gift to General
Grant.”
“yesterday afternoon there arrived
in this city by the Union Pacific a
magnificient piece of handiwork in the
shape of a desk which was being
taken on to Washington as a gift to
General Grant from the builder. Fred
erick E. Schultze of Bozoman, 100
miles from Helena, in Montana Terri
tory. It was shipped in four sections,
or boxes, and a description of it, ob
tained from one who knew all about
it, is well worth producing for the
perusal of our readers. It was mod
eled after a rock at Wind River, and
is four stories in height. In the first
story there is a book stand on each
aide, and in the center there is a
place for a seat. The second story
is a secretary, and is composed of
three revolving cylinders, which, upon
merely touching a spring, can be turn
ed around, bringing into view six
drawers, a mirror, Inkstand, pigeon
holes, etc. A library for fine books
composes the third story, while the
fourth is an arch which can be re
volved so as to show either side. The
desk, when placed into position, is
11 feet high. Nine hundred feet of
cedar and 200 feet of pine were used
in its construction, and It consists of
4,109 different pieces, and not a nail
or screw can he found In it, none
having been used. The weight Is
2,300 pounds. The ornamental work
is of the most ingenious design, being
inlaid, and of the finest polish.
"Two years were consumed by'Mr.
Schultze, assisted by his son, Fritz, in
building this remarkable piece of fur
nlture. It was all done by hand, there
being no machinery In Bozeman,
which Is a place of only about 300 in
habitants.
"Prof. Hayden, who when he was
west saw the desk, say* that it is
one of the finest pieces of workman
ship in the world and he is lending
some assistance to Mr. Schultze in
bringing it to Washington. An inflti
entlal man named Beck has already
gone on to Washington to make prep
rations for the reception of the desk
upon its arrival there.
"Mr. Behultze Is an old friend and
acquaintance of the Krutll brothers of
this city.”
were compelled to show up every day.
perhaps given a few hours of work,
perhaps a full day. hut many tinv*
returned home with tbeir lunch boxes
without any opportunity to get in
working time, and that day after day
The only benefit. If the worker did
not walk to work, went to the street
railway. It took action by the gov
ernment itself to relieve this situation,
but since the recent strike of packing
house workers a reversion to former
conditions Is taking place, according
to reports by workmen.
The Inspiration for this letter came
through a talk made by a South
Omaha preacher to his congregation
In which he dwelt on the so-called ah
normal wages demanded by some
classes of workers. He said the labor
problem would never be solved hy in
creased wages. Every thinking labor
ing man agrees with him on that be
lated assertion. Many workers real
ize that the wage question as at ; rea
sent handled Is simply a game of run
ning around in a circle, with t'ne
worker gradually losing just a little
more ground In the race to keep up
with the cost of living. Every time
he gets a 10 per cent raise, for in
stance. the cost of living Is boos. Ml
15 or 20 per cent. When It Is re
called that the whole scale of Uvn g
In the United States has increased TO
to SO per cent since before the war.
some of the so-called exorbitant wages
present a different light.
Usually when those much talked of
exorbitant wages are Inveatigattd
thoroughly and honestly It will o*
found that they are not so exorbitant
as our friends the enemy would h.-ve
the public believe. Unquestionably
some labor organizations at times use
their power unrighteous!v and selfish
ly, many times in connivance with
equally unrighteous and selfish em
ployers, but they are the exception,
not the rule.
Until some panacea Is discoveied
nnd applied it se-ms that the only
thing that can he d< n» In the attempt
at solving our tndu. trial problems is
to keep on runnln.t around in a chela
— the continued rr.ee of wages trying
to catch up with the cost of living.
1. f. COPKNHARVK.
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
Economic Law In the "Sporting”
World.
From th« New York Times.
The postponement of the boxing
match between Mr. Leiner, alias
Leonard. the world's lightweight
champion, and Mr. Carrora, alias Dun
dee, the world’s featherweight cham
pion, ought to put a stop to some of
the cries for government regulation
heard lately among followers of the
boxing industry. We have had many
shakings of the head over the exces
sive number of world'* championship
battles set before the public this year.
Friends of the people have complained
that boxing fans were being forced
to mortgage the old homestead or fall
behind In the rent in order to buy
ringside seats at all these attractions.
These (amenta were loudest among
those who for one reason or another
wanted to set other attractions before
the customers; but whatever the in
spiration, the remedy was always the
same. The government muet do
something about It to save the con
sumer from his Irresistible tendency
to consume.
In the Leonard-Dundee case some
thing has been done about it. The
fight has been postponed, and may
never be held. The matchmaker who
called It off seemed to feel that rev;
erence for antediluvian tradition re
quired him to give a reason appealing
to the public’s sense of sportsman
ship. He said that Mr. Dundee had
fought an obscure Mr. W'agner In
Philadelphia and thereby shown him
self to be In poor condition. Mr. Dun
dee, a Scotch-Italian—and the recent
and well remembered Baron Sonnino
taught the world that the Scotch
Italians are a canny race—proclaimed
that he was in perfect condition. But
Mr. Leonard, as shrewd a business
man as ever canceled an order, let
out the true reason. Mr. Dundee had
made a bad showing in his combat
with Mr. Wagner, which disillusioned
prospective customers for his next
fight. It was not so much that Mr.
Dundee was In poor condition as that
the advance sale was in poor condi
tion. It was not a question of an un
satisfactory fight, but of an unsatis
factory gate.
In other words, our old and reliable
friend the law of supply and demand
Is working In the fight business Just
as It works everywhere else. The
supply of Leonard-Dundee fights, al
ways abundant, has at last exceeded
the demand. The natural result Is a
buyers’ strike. There Is no need of
governmental relief to the oppressed
consumer of ringside tickets; when he
is sufficiently oppressed he will take
care of himself by staying at home.
The Incident also has a bearing on
the attempt to stop the Dempsey
Firpo fight by Injunction. Mr. Harry
Wills, an Afro-American, has long
wanted to fight Mr. Dempsey. Mr.
Jack Kearns, secretary of state and
of the treasury' In Mr. Dempsey's cab
inet. Is not so eager to let his artist
fight Mr. Wills. So the courts are
asked to keep Mr. Dempsey from fight
ing Mr Flrpo and to make him fight
Mr. Wills.
numwr or people nave nemanneo
a Dempsey-Wills fight ns a matter of
justice, but very few are asking for It
as a matter of business. Whether or
not Mr. Flrpo Is a Imilt-up fighter, a
great many people t^Ke him seriously
and will pay cash to see him do his
stuff this week. Mr. Kearns, who was
rot above digging up the burled sock
of the Montana peasant in his search
for gold, wouldn't pass up a tight with
Mr. Wills if it promised any great
sum of money. Whatever the courts
may decide about the technirn’lties of
the boxing commission's rulings, it
would be better to keep government
out of business and lei economic laws
take their course. Nobody fights for
fun any more: fight managers are and
have to he close students of the public
taste. A buyers* strike can bring any
of them to reason.
An Early Minnesota School.
From the St Paul Dispatch.
"The opening of the school year in
September.” remarks the Minnesota
Historical News, “recalls one of the
earliest experiments In education
within the boundar.es of the present
state of Minnesota—the *I.ake Har
riet Mission School for the Sioux'.”
Jebediah Stevens, the missionary, in
1816 established a day school and
hoarding school for "Indian children
of pure and mixed blood” on the shores
of Igike Harriet In 1S36. It was
taught by a niece of Stevc-ns. and had
disciplinary regulations of a rigidity
which St. 1’aul children, about to
resume where they left off last June,
should contemplate with thankfulness.
The students rose at 5 a ni and re
tired at 8:30 p. m. The day was
strictly portioned out. The rules pre
scribed "Eight and a half hours for
sleep, six hours for study or school
hours, four hours for labor, three
hour* for meals and family worship,
two and a half hours for recreation.”
The children were taught spelling,
reading, arithmetic, geography, speak
ing and other useful things, and. ap
parently. were most apt students.
Tons dering everything, it is permis
sthle to speculate whether elementary
education has progressed so much, in
point of results, since Miss Stevens'
experiment In 1836, as we moderns
like to believe.
Loc usls as Food.
From the gait Lake Tribuna.
The pioneers of I'tah were plagued
by locusts and saved by sea gulls, ac
cording to the chronicles of the early
days In the Oreat Salt Lake valley.
The crops of the farmers tn other
portions of this country used to be
frequently destroyed by gnisshoppers !
and locusts The Indians made use
of the pests for food, and we recall
the fact that Prof C V. Riley, the
famous entomologist of Missouri, w ho
was afterward called into service at
Washington, dried grasshoppers dur
ing the plague of 1 sT4 and ground
them Into powder and made soup and
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bread of the flour so obtained. Not
being reduced to the point of starva
tion. the western people refused to go
upon a grasshopper diet.
The bureau of agriculture of the
Philippine Islands, recently ravaged
by locusts, lias issued a bulletin con
taining recipes for cooking locusts
which will Interest the curious. These
recipes follow:
Preparation—Pour alive into boiling
water. Spread out on shallow trays
to dry'. Trim off wings. legs and tip
of body Remove hood, which can
easily be done by separating the head
first. Rinse in water. Small locusts
need not have legs removed, as they
are tender Locusts can be preserved
by drying them In the sun for several
days.
Langostas on Tomatoes—Boil lo
custs In vinegar, crushed garlic and
salt for about five minutes. Take the
semi-cooked locusts from the Are,
leaving the pan—carajay. Put on this
pan sufficient lard, sliced onion, salt
and plenty of sliced tomatoes, crush
ing ingredients together as they be
come tender. Then add the semi
cooked sancochado—locusts-t-and let
boll slowly for about 10 minutes.
Langostas on Pina—Prepare as
above, only after the ingredients are
crushed a w-hole pineapple cut to
small squares should be added, lastly
the semi-cooked locusts.
Adobe de Langostas—Boll locusts
for about 10 minutes In sufficient
vinegar, salt and crushed garlic, and
when the vinegar dries off fry in lard.
Settling Europe Ourselves.
From th* New ork Sun.
With an abruptness which is start
ling Mr. Fred W. L’pham, treasurer
of the republican national committee,
seeks to inject Into the Hughes
reparation plan an energy In which
it has up to the present been lacking.
The appointment of a commission of
experts appears to be a sound method
of procedure; but the disinclination
of the French either to allow such a
commission to be appointed or to
abide by its findings has bo far given
to the Hughes suggestion an aca
demic flavor, and has reduced the
republican reparations policy to
scarec-Iy more than a detached atti
tude. Mr. Upham would solve the
difficulty’ by one stroke If Europe
wjon't appoint Its own committee, the
United Htates should appoint one for
it: and if France will not accept the
findings of a committee of American
business men. we should press her to
do so by calling the French loans
That the United States could lay
down its own reparation terms, and
then Insist upon them through the
medium of Vhe loans, has been ten
tatively in the minds of many: and
while the experiment of haling a con
tinent into bankruptcy court would
be distinctly a novel one, it has nev
ertheless seemed that as creditors we
have some rights. It is this spirit to
which Mr. Upham has for the first
time given expression. A cursory
acquaintance with international psy
chology would scarcely lead to the be
lief that Mr. Upham's plan would
prove practicable; hut for the fact that
this Is the kind of thing which it is
now possible for an Important repub
lican politician to tell an American
audienc, in the full light of day
should provide M Poincare with food!
for thought. A ytar ago it would not
have been possible
Abe Martin
“Well, we only live so long any
how,” said Joe Moots, cannydate fer
sheriff, when told that th’ office
wuz a man killin’ job. We’re be
ginnin’t’ wonder what we'll have t’
be thankful fer Thanksgivin’.
Copyright, 1*21.
Moving Day.
The semi annual price hike fdr mov
lng and transferring in Chicago is
now In effect, due to the great de
mand upon movers' services at flat
dwellers' migration time. Which re
calls the experience of one Kansas
City migratory bird that It has been
cheaper to move right on October 1,
the busiest moving day. than on any
other clay in the migration period, for
the reason that men who work by the
hour move along faster on that day
than they do on other days when
there are fewer jobs to be moved.—
Kansas City Star.
Cal “Courage.”
Kustis Lake Region says "Coc.lidge
and courage sound a good deal alike.”
Well, the former will have need for
quite a lot of the latter when It comes
to meeting the demands pf the small
fry" politicians.—Florida T'.mes
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