TTTR OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 4. 1010.
OTH of the Busy Dees who were awarded prises thla week bave written
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of what they have aeen for themselves and nave, therefore, written
better stories than the Bees who have Just tried to "Imagine make-up"
stories.
Playing
Before a writer can write well these stories he "makes up" he must hava
loerned to tell of what he actually has seen. . For Instance. If the real Busy
Bee did not gather real sweetness from real flowers there would not be real
boney. And If the Busy Bees who write for this page do not notice the real
things of life, the things which they "Imagine" about life will not have much
value; and If they do not learn to tell about the real things they cannot expect
to have skill In telling about the Imaginary happenings. Like the flowers
which the bee visits, your Ideas must be planted In real soil If from them the
Busy Bees are to gather real honey.
Two of our storlos this week, for Instance, are written In rhyme and are
about dreams, Imaginary dreams. Now If these Bees bad told us straightfor
ward unrhymed stories of real dreams they would have written stories better
for the writers and better for the readers.
Look for the stories In every-day life and tell us about them.
The prize winners are Helen F. Douglass of Lincoln and Florence Wooster
of Fremont
Any of the Busy Bees may send cards to anyone whose name Is on the
Postcard Exchange, which now Includes:
Jean He Long, Alnaworth, Neb.
Irene McCoy, Barnston, Neb.
Lillian Mervln, Beaver City, Neb.
Mabel Witt, Beinlngton, Neb.
Anna Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Oottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Agnes Iiimpkt, Benson, Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkelman, Nab. (Box 17).
Ida May. Central City, Neb.
Vera Cheney, Crelghton, Neb.
Louis Hahn, David City, Neb.
Rhea Freldell, Dorchester, Neb.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
Eunice Bode, Fall City, Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont, Neb.
Marlon Capps, Gibson, Neb.
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg. Neb.
Anna Vosa, 407 West Charles street. Grand
Island. Neb.
Lydla Roth, 006 West Koenlg street. Grand
Island, Neb.
Ella Voss, 407 West Charles street. Grand
IftlnnH m i
Irene Costello, 116 West Eighth
Orand Island, Neb.
Jessie Crawford, 408 West Charles
Grand Island, Neb.
Pauline Schulte. Dead wood, 8. D.
Martha Murphy. 23 East Ninth
street,
treat,
street.
Grand Inland, Neb.
Hugh Rutt, Lehara, Nab.
Heater F. Rutt, Leshaia, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Neilaon, Lexington, Nab.
Edytha K re its, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Alice Orasftmeyer, IMS O street, Lincoln.
Marian Hamilton, 202 L street, Lincoln.
Elsie Hamilton, 2021 L street, Lincoln.
Irene Disher, JOS0 L, street, Lincoln.
Hughle Disher, 2030 L street, Lincoln.
Charlotte Bogga, 22T South Fifteenth street,
Lincoln.
Mildred Jensen, 70S East Second street,
Fremont, Neb.
Helen Johnson, 134 South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln.
Althea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street,
Lincoln.
Louise Stiles, Lyons, Neo,
Estella McDonald. Lyons, Neb.
Milton Seiser, Nebraska City. Nab.
Harry Crawford. Nebraska City, Nab.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucile Haxen, Norfolk, jb.
Helen Reynolds, NorfolkTrrbb.
Letha Larkln, South Sixth street. Nor
folk. Neb.
Emma Marquardt Fifth street and Madi
son avenue, Norfolk. Neb.
Oenevleva M. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis, 221 West Third street,
North Platte, Neb.
Louise Rsabe, 26JS North Nineteenth ave
nue, Oman i.
Frances Johnson, 3S North Twenty-fifth
avenue, Omaha.
Marguerite Johnson, 131 North Twenty
fifth avenue, Omaha.
Emlle Brown, 2.1:2 Boulevard, Omaha. .
Helen Goodrich, 4010 Nlcholaa street,
Omaha.
Mary Brown, M2S Boulevard, Omaha.
. Eva Hendee, 4403 Dodge street, Omaha.
Lillian Wirt, 4H8 Cass street, Omaha.
Lewis Poff. 1US Franklin street. Omaha.
Juanlta lnnee, 2761 Fort street, Omaha.
Bassett Ruf, 1814 Blnnev street, Omaha.
Meyer Conn. M0 Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Helen F. Douglas, 1WI U street, Lincoln.
Ada Morris. Mzi Franklin street, Omaha,
Myrtle Jensen, 2903 la&rd street, Omaha,
The Fate of Dissatisfied Lily
By Aaaie
fJT I blossoms growing at the edge of
I I forest, right in the depths of
shone brightly and tha rain fell
refreshingly, and where the
nightly dews came to the blossoms as
sweetest nector.
And all tha flowers In tha meadow were
happy save ona little lily. And she was
dissatisfied becauue aha wanted tr. ... th.
great turbulent world. "Be happy in your
nwn inhm ...... .1 w
child," advised old
Runn., ' i i.J
Petals toward th. aun an .miiinc int
Ms lira-Bivi fie. "w.
meadow w.,. lv.rvhinl ,!
6arotaV
mora do Lou want
7
I want to go into tha world," cried the
lily, and her pale face wore an unhappy
look. "I want to vUlt other meadows and
get acQuamten with other flowers. I am
tired of this meadow and of my com-
panlons."
"For shame!" declared a beautiful full
blown rose. "You do not know when you
are well off. Here is peace and content
ment. Ba satisfied with your lot"
But the pale little Illy would not atop
her complaining, and threw up her head
and declared: "I wish someone would coma
and carry me oft."
Then her companions, seeing that advice
and friendly council made no Impression
on her, turned their attention to other
things and left her to her own thoughts.
The ants and bees and other inseota were
coming to make short calls, and, although
the Illy had always loved them, she Ignored
them on this morning and stood head erect
and face frowning, while the others about
her chatted in a friendly way with the
visitors.
One of the honey bees brought news to
tho meadow. "There la a band of children
coming along tha road, Just outside the
meadow," he explained, "and they have a
basket, in which they are putting will
blossoms who ware foollrh enough to grow
close beside the road. If you are wise, my
friends, you will hold your heads down In
the grass till the children hava passed on
tlieir way."
All save tha Illy took the warning and
bent themselves low Into the heavy green
meadow grass, entirely hiding themselves
from tha eye of a ch&nce passer-by. But
lily stood more erect than ever, trying
to catch tha attention of the children.
"Ah, yonder Is a white bloscm-away
over In the high gras!" cried a boy. "Walt
for ma; I'll run and gather It." S.i saying,
the boy hurried through the gian of the
On In Fisher, 1110 8. Eleventh St, Omaha.
MlldrJ Krlckson, 7706 Howard St., Omabe.
Oscar Erlckaon, 2807 Howard St., Omaha,
Gall Howard, 4721 Capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck. 1628 Lothrop street Omaha.
Emerson Goodrich, 4010 Nlcholaa, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1027 Locust St., Omaha
Leon Carson, 1124 North Fortieth, Omaha.
Wilms Howard, 4723 Capitol avenue, Omaha
Hllah Flnher, 1210 6outh Eleventh, Omaha.
Mildred Jenssn, 2707 Leavenworth, Omaha,
Kdna Heden. 27h$ Chicago street, Omaha.
Maoef Shelfelt 4914 North Twenty-fifth
street Omaha.
Walter Johnson, 1406 North Twentieth
street Omaha.
Emma Carruthers. (211 North Twenty-flfth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Denlson, The Albion, Tenth and
Paclfio streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, O'Neill, Neb.
Madge L. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
Zola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb,
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb,
Marl Fleming, Osceola, Neb. -
Lotte Woods, Pawnee City, Neb.
Karl Perkins, Reddlngton, Neb,
Edna Enla, Stanton, Neb.
Lena Peterson, 2811 Locust St, E. Omaha.
Ina Carner, Sutton, Clay county, Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utlca, Neb.
Mildred F. Jones. North Loup, Neb.
Alta Wilken, Waco, Neb
Leo Beckord, Waco, Neb.
Mae Grunke, Went Point, Neb,
Elsie Staany, Wllber, Neb.
Frederick Ware, Wlnslde. Neb.
Pauline Parka, York, Neb.
Edna Behllng, York, Neb.
Mary Frederick, York. Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett Fontanalle. la.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland. Box 71, Malvern, la.
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, la.
Katharine Mellor. Malvern, la.
Huth Robertson, Manilla, la.
Margaret B. WItherow, Thurman, la, "
Bertha MoEvoy, K. F. D. f. Box M. Mis
souri Valley, la.
Henry L. Worklnger, SOU W. Huron street,
Chicago.
Adlena Morrr, Monarch, Wyo., Box tl
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
Pearl Barron, Monarcn, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo,
Pauline Squire, Grand, Okl, '
Fred Shelley, 130 Troup street, Kaesas
City, Mo.
Mary Mcjntosh. Sidney, Web.
Nellie Diedrick. Sidney, Neb.
Eunice Wrisht, m North Logan street,
Fremont, Neb.
Carol Simpson, Wllber, Neb.
Phyllis Haag, 683 West Seventeenth street,
York, Neb.
Macllo Moore, Silver City, la.
Mabel Houston, WIS Sherman avenue,
Omaha.
Dorothy Tolleson. 434 North Thirty-eighth
street. Omaha.
Mabel Baker, Lander, Wyo. .
Corlnne Allison Robertson, Wllber, Nab.
Elisabeth Wright, 1W South Thlrty-Wth
avenue, Omaha.
Marlon Staples. 1311 South Thirty-first
street, Omaha.
Francis A. Dotson, Pueblo, Colo,
Phyllis Corbett, Sidney, Neb.
Edward Beckard, Waco, Neb.
Ellen Peterson, Fifty-first and C streets,
Omaha.
Harry Keutlng, 12J East First street, Grand
Island, Neb.
James.
meadow and reached tha tall, fair lily.
She did not try to hide her head as her
companions did, hut stood straight up as
advancing to pull off her head,
But tha moment aha felt her lovely head
severed from her tall body she realised
what a foolish thing she had dona. And
ther ,n th" areas, carefully hiding them-
elves, were her wiser comrades. Ah. they
knew what was weU for them! And not
ttUmpse ot ona of them did tha Boy get.
m garnered me iny ana ran to liib ruwi
with her poor aching head In bis hot hand.
An1 th,n b WM placed In the basket
" there, suffering great pain, she said
to another suffarin. flower: -Oh. how fool-
"h W l0n 0r th W,Ck"1 VOrW- M
means torture and, later death. Ah, to ba
once mora in the meadow where my friends
are so happy and peaceful! But I wanted
this experience, and lot I hava It"
'Ye that's tha way with us." replied the
other blossom. "I was so easrer to show
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my beauty that I grew close beside tha big
road, and now I am paying for tha glory
I received from being admired."
Just then the children reached their home,
and the blossoms were taken from the bas
ket and placed In a tall vase of water. And
then they were put on a dining table where
they drooped, dying, dying. And the next
THE ROT Hl'RRlED THROI'OH THE
GRA6S AND RKAl'HEl) THE TALL,
FAIR LILY.
HE children hare a wagon;
In It they gaily ride
Down tha meadow, across
brook,
And up the green hillside.
Old Rover Is the horsey,
And be behaves right well;
the
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(First Prise.)
Teddy
By Helen F. Douglas, Aged 11 Years, 1931
G Street, Lincoln, Neb. Blue Side.
Teddy Is the name of a spaniel dog. Ills
hair Is long and shaggy. Ha is all black '
except his four legs, and they are brown.
He Is about a year old and ha isn't very
large.
Teddy will sit up and beg for things to
eat. He will also sit up and hold a pipe
his mouth, If yeu tell Mm to watch you
and not let anybody touch you, ha will. If
anybody does try to touch you ha will snap
at them.- .
This dog Hkes candy awfulyy well, so one
day I left some on the porch and went into
the house. When I cams out I saw that
Teddy had taken the candy and was eating
it. I made him give it to ma and I said to
him, "Bad dog." Pretty soon ha came and
put his head down at my feat and barked
as If he said, "I'm sorry." I petted him
and gave him the candy bjok. Ha eats as
much candy as anybody else In the family,
Teddy used to run out and bark at tha
street oars. One daiy ha ran In under the
street car and oeme out between tha two
side wheela He than ran as fast as he
could around In the back yard. It did not
hurt him, hut scared him so toad that he
does not run out to bark at the street cars
any mora.
' Second Prise.)
Our Trip
Florence Wooster, U Tears Old,
By
110
e,bsi nrteenin, r remont, jseo-
It was a pleasant day when we were
ready to take our western trip. We lived
In Wisconsin and were going to Nebraska,
On our way we stopped In Chicago to visit
some of our relatives. We stayed there a
vmm .no wuue x was mere we went to
Lincoln park and Rlvervlew1 park. In Un-
coin park there wars a lot of animals and
Jt was a hot day, so wa did not
see It all. In the evening we went to Riv.
ervi.w park. Thar, were axcltln, thing,
th8r' 1 th hoct th
twice and rode on merry-go-rounds. ' I rode
the races that is a sort of merry-go-round
Uli ,ou c. ..v. 1.11 wh 1. nin m
w. .a -. .v.n. -,. . fci.
assmaa w bwvh niubi w ihib w aaa
good time while we were
oago.
Then we continued our trip wast After wa
had bean here a little while wa moved
out here. Wa hava a nice big yard and
there are lots ot squirrels around here,
Ona day I saw a squirrel burying a cob of
corn. They play all over In the trees.
Our Trip to Denver
By Helen Kennedy, Aged 10 Tears, Valley,
Neb.
I started from Valley, Neb., to Denver,
Colo., and rode from T o'clock in tha morn
ing till a) o'clock that night. Tha next
day we went out to a friend's.
We stayed home all the next day. In tha
evening they took us to tha city park. Tha ,
next day wa went and saw the animals.
There were some baby foxes and bears and
morning they were all wilted and ugly, and
were tossed Into tha back yard, where the
sun finished their ruin, fo. while tha sun
loves live flowers, and gives them life, he
Is merciless with dying or dead ones, fur
he burns them up.
And In the meadow the story of poor,
vain, dissatisfied lily was told to all the
younger blossoms ss a warning against
their wishing to go into the big wlrkd
world- And all Lilly's former frler.d
mourned over her loss, knowing that she
had met a most sad fate.
And whenever tha bees or the ants, or
ether Insects, possibly the butterflies, come
to tha meadow with tha newa that "ohlldren
are coming along tha big road," the blos
soms, ens and all, hide themselves la tha
deep grasa, and are aafe from the hands
of tho enemy. And tha story of tha foolish
lily's sad experience has kept many an
other lily from going the aama way.
a. ' H'iM Hti Br jfi . t. . . a - .ar-r. .a
He. draws the cart while In It ride
Young Tom and Little Nell.
The lines are held by Tommy,
And he the horse does guide,
And all that Little Nell must do
Is to enjoy the ride.
TV .1 apjrt
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we saw also a mountain lion. The next
day wa spent at home and In the aventngi
we heard a fine band. Wa went sight
seeing in and out the next day.
Wa wont to Colorado Springs In the morn
ing and ate luncheon and then wa went to
Manltou. Wa drank at the soda springs
and then walked around. There wa had
the first burro ride I had ever had. That
night wa spent at Colorado Springs, Mamma
and my sinter Ethel went to the White City
the next night.
We stayed home all the next day and In
the evening a little girl friend came over
and wa told stories. In the morning wa went
over to the museum and saw lots of pretty
things.
I saw a clock that was over 300 years old
and was ticking, and some stuffed animals.
At the City park I saw the elecUio foun
tain. A Dream
By
Helen Cross, Aged 19
Tears,
North
T'latte, Neb. Blue
Side.
I had an awful dreamt .
It was Just the other night,
When you were away, you know.
But it gave ma such a fright.
I was away out by the ocean
Watohlng the ships go by,
'When someone up and grabbed ma
And I began to cry.
They took tne on a ship,
Which had landed near the shore,
And I gaxed long at the home
I was to see no more.
They put ma In a dirty cabin,
And I shivered through and through,
And I know that you'd been scared
If you had been, there too.
I looked at my captor angrily,
And told him he was mean.
Just than I woke and realised
My trouble wss only a dream.
Scarlet Fever
By Laland McKwen, Aged I Tears, SOI Went
TVenty-flfth Street, Kearney, Neb.
Scarlet fever isn't a vary nice thing to
hava I had It once, and didn't like it very
well, I had not been very well In school
for two or three days and had to ba ex
cused several times.
Then one day I was so sick I couldn't go
to school, but stayed at home on tha sofa.
In the evening I felt soma worse and papa
called tha doctor. He came and said that I
had scarlet fever. They took me upstairs
and put me In bed. The doctor came three
times every day fof a month or mora The
doctor said I had the worse caaa he ever
knew, Papa and mamma wouldn't let ma go
to. school any mora that year. I took sick
tna 18th dy ( March. ,
I had thirty-ope carnations, one for every
in the month.
I was In bed about two
weeks! then I was able to sit up and walk
sround soma I was Quarantined for
thirty-five days, but they let mi out a tw
day. soon.r.
. fria Pivmr'a T4rMo-a
OCJf8Br eT
rgaret Holland. Aged 10 Tears, David
dty, Neb,
M , A. . .
Once upon a time there was a large lake
and tha footbridge that crossed It was not
safe to walk on. At tha banks of this lake
was a beggar who begged pennies of every
body that paased.
. Ha claimed to be to poor to live, but
when he died a lord who was nearby took
his coat and when his servants ware rip
ping It up they found money sawed In It,
for the people had given him so much
that he had sewed it In his ooat.
Tha lord built a beautiful stone bridge
that cost several thousand dollars with
tha beggar's money and he called It the
beggar's bridge.
The Dream
Viola Anderson, Aged M Tears. 64S South
Twentieth street, Lincoln, Neb. Blue Bide.
One day as I was playing
1 heard a low voloe saying:
"Come little one; come with me."
I turned around and what did I see?
A lovely fairy with gausy wings;
With lots of jewels and other things.
She had a beautiful smile on her face;
Her slippers were made of the finest
lace.
And she wore a golden crown on her
head,
And to the hill she gently led.
But when she came to the hillside
She said some low, low words,
And Instantly the filll opened
And -1 saw some shining swords;
I saw some big wax dollies.
Che ald they were all my own.
And she showed me a beautiful palace,
Standing all aliuie.
Some fairies with smiling facta
And beautiful dresses and laces.
And as a fairy gave ma a ring.
Some beautiful voices began to sing.
But Juet then everything melted
away;
I opened my eyes and I knew It was
day.
For through the window tha sun was
besmlng.
And than I knew that I bad been dreaming.
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SOLDIERS OF MISFORTUNE
BTasssasjaaaa
Activities of American and Other Ad
venturers in South Amerioa.
TROUBLE MAKERS GET IN BAD
Native "Patriots" Get the Measure
of Allen Soldiers and Soma
Very Painful and Profit
less tSxsrlence.
With General Lee Christmas, who as
sisted Manuel Uonllla In an unsuccessful
attempt to overthrow the government of
President Davlla of Honduras, enjoying the
hospitality of the prison authorities in
Guatemala, and William P. Plttman im
mured in a Nloaraguan dungeon as a re
sult of his activities against the govern
ment of Nicaragua, the romance of recent
American soldiers ot fortune may be writ
ten only In terms of failure. From a view
point purely artistic, however, this en
hances their story. t
Americans remember longest tha men
whose romance, as well as their Uvea,
ended with a wall at their back and a firing
squad In front of them those of the Vlr
ginlus, for Instance and they cannot forget
Winchester Dana Osgood, the old Penn
sylvania halfback, lying dead across a
machine gun he had so gallantly served on
a Cuban hillside.
Success as a rule means a generous
bounty or concession from the new presi
dent or dictator, as the case may be, and
a life thereafter of plutocralla ease which,
after all, la the motive ot most soldiers of
fortune; although there are enough of tha
other sort men who fight and stir up
trouble for tha pure love of fighting and
intrigue and unrest to leaven the guild
with that swashbuckling devil-may-care
ardor for strife and bloodshed under what
ever flag or leader. '
Tha story of Plttman Is typical of this
class. Ha la a native of Boston, where his
family still Uvea tAbout five years ago ha
entered tha government service on the Isth
mus of Panama. When the present revo
lution started In Nicaragua he hurried from
. Colon to Blueflelda and offered. his services
to the insurgent chief, General Estrada.
He was accepted and received a commis
sion as colonel of the signal corps.
Canabt Among; His Mines.
When it became known that the com
mander of tha government forces Intended
to storm Blueflelde, Plttman laid mines
around decoy fortifications. The charge
was made by some 400 of tha government
t cops, and Plttman, standing bv his
swltohes. exploded his mines under their
feet Many were killed and tha attack
was checked. This was on May 27. Pltt
man believing that after the energy had
recovered courage another attack would
ba made, remained at his switches, and
was there cut off and captured by soldiers
sent out for that purpose by General Lara.
Philander Knox, secretary of-state of
tha United States, acted promptly. He sent
Instructions to the American consul tit
Managua and to Commander Ollmer of the
gunboat Paducah to Investigate and make
certain that the prisoner was treated In
accordance with tha modern understanding
among nations as to soldiers captured In
war.
Plttman uas last heard of at Managua,
where he was confined to a filthy cell,
six feet by five, fed only by charitable
Strangers. The men wss slowly starving.
Consul Ollvsres, who found him, after
some weeks of search. Immediately pro
tested to General Madrlx, In the name of
the United 8tstes, to secure from that
officer a promise to remove Plttman to
a better cell and to see that ha was
properly fed. This promise, It Is raid, was
kept. Mr. Ollvares, acting under instruc
tions from Washington, Is keeping his eye
on Plttman. and his Jailers, and, while
the government leaders admittedly desire
to put the American to death, it is re
garded as unlikely that they wlH do so.
He will' not, however, ba released from
custody in a hurry. . . J
Career of Christmas.
Lea Christmas Is a native of 'New Or
leans, and has been heard of before in south
and central American conflicts. In the re
cant revolution in Honduras, he anils ted
as chief military advisor to Manuel Bonills.
who had been vice president of Honduras,
Bonllla had been sequestered for some time
on an estate In British Honduras for sedi
tious activity against the government of
President Davlla. His time was spent in
planning a revolution daslgnad te put him
in the place occupied by Davll . In Christ
mas he found a ready and warlike ally.
Thla soldier of fortune succeeded In get
ting out of the United States with two
sahooners loaded with Oatllng guns and
email arms, and about 100 Americana,
mostly residents of New Orleans and other
towns In Louisiana. Tha guns war landed
on the coast of Guatemala, and thence taken
across th border Into Honduras. This was
lata In Juna About three weeks were spent
In organising the "army," whloh, In addi
tion to the 100 Americans,- consisted of too
Hondurans. Early In August Christmas left
Utila, one of the Bay Islands, where he had
established headquarters, and a basa of
supplies, and made his way with troops In
launches to Log Island, fourteen miles from
Ceiba, where the government troops wers
In force, under Oanaral Diss. ' From Log
island Christmas and his men went In their
launches to Truxlllo, east of Ceiba
Christmas and Bonllla Taken.
General Dlaa, In response to Chlistmas's
Invitation to "coma out and fight." sailed
forth, and a battle ensued, In which th
gatllng guns, manned by Americans, did
great execution, However, the engsgement
was not decisive. Christmas failed to take
Celba, and this caused a hiatus in the
plsns to combine with Manuel Bonllla's
men In an attack en Puerto Cortes.
Advices from the scene of revolution have
bean spordalo and unsatisfactory. All that
is authoritatively known Is that on August
S Christmas and Bonllla, together with
seventy men, were under arrest In Guate
mala city. Whether they fled thither for
asylum after the failure of their blans or
went to that city on a recruiting expedition
Is not definitely known. At all events, they
are now In custody. Ths failure of this
revolution has been ascribed to the British
Honduras authorities, who brought the
cruiser Scylla into action when Christmas's
schooners landed on British territory.
The failure of "Brig.-Uen." Victor Gordon
to set out with a relief expedition to aid
Estrada in Nicaragua last spring Is like
wise to ba recorded. Gordon, who is a
Texan, fought gallantly with ths Boers In
South Africa, and has been through three
revolutions In Nicaragua. Hi purchased,
with funds supplied by merchanta of Blue
fields, who had banked their hopes on
Estrada, the steamship Venus, lying at
New Orleans. He organised a hand of
picked fighters, whipped them into shape
at the Spanish fort near New Orleans, and
filled his steamship with arms and muni
tions of war. The State department took a
hand, and the filibustering expedition was
called off. Gordon made hie way to Central
America without the Vonus and alone. The
defeat of his plans, It was said, was a
great blow to the business men of Blue
fields, who had already spent large sums
In equipping Estrada for his revolt.
Last Msy there arrived from Brasll, on
tha steamship Vaaarl, another failure, In
the person of George Vice, one of nine
young soldiers of fortune who went forth
to overcome the government of Braxll.
Vice Is a Jerseymsn, a rel5r,i of Hack
ensack. When hs and his party reached
nahla, in the spring of 1W, they Joned a
party of British and American adventurers
In a plan to capture the small Brsslllan
town of Athens, and gradually to overcome
the entire republic. They charged one night
upon the police headquarters, but their
fire was returned, and so effectively that
one of the party, an ting llshman. was killed,
and Vice, George Gordon of New Jersey,
who wan one of the nine, and an ex-British
army officer, weie wounded and captured.
Gordon died of his wounds, and Vice and
the Englishman were tried and sentenced
to death. The Englishman was executed,
but Vice, who had forty t wounds, was no
candidate for a first-class execution, and
so he was kept In the hospital for many
months. Eventually, tha representations of
the State department and the boy's mother
prevailed, and he was set free.
Two others of the party were Samuel J.
Parker of this city and Hunert J. Klncald
of Moose Jaw, Canada. They returned to
this country from Brazil about four months
before Vice arrived. They were sorry-looking
revolutionists, and quite eager to pur
sue some other vocation.
According to their story the nine young
man landed at Bah la, purchaned horses, ani
then proceeded by boat to Athens, whertj
they ssddled their horses in the suburbsV
and galloped Into the town square. The
plan was to sweep tha square with a volley
or two ot Mauser bullets, stand the poHca
on their heads and take possession of the
town. They were to Join several hundred
revolutionists, under command of General
Magell. The police had been warned of
their approach, however,,, and dispersed
them after a hot skirmish. The six who
had not been wounded or csptured, re
treated up a railroad track, cutting tele
graph wires as they went. But finally aom
too Braslllan policemen hunted them down
and placed them In Jail. After many trials
they were released.
All the War From Moose Jaw.
"I was a young fellow up in MoosevJsw,"
said Klncald, "and one day I saw n ad
vertisement saying that men were wanted
who were dead shots, who could ride, and
stand work In a rough country. I came
down to New Tork, met the rest of the
nine, and wa started for Brazil on the Lam
port A Holt liner "Byron." We were to
receive 3 a .day, and a concession of 1,000
acres ot land each, If we ditched the gov
ernment We did not succeed, and now we
are bank with less than when we started."
Recent advloe from Nicaragua had it
that Captain Godfrey Fowler had been cap
tured, although subsequently these reports
were denied. Captain Fowler Is a member
of the Texas National guard, and a grand
son of the late Judge John H, Reagan. He
took a battery of Maxim guns to the aid of
General Estrada, the insurgent ch Iff tain,
and at the battle of Ttama, he workod bis
rapld-tlre ordnance until the triumphant
government troops, under General Dara,
were within ten feet of him. Then ha was
wounded In the leg and dragged to me
rear by his American gunners.
He remained hidden for two days in the
hous of a nativ sympathiser, while the
government soldiers were beating tha bush
for him. Word subsequently came that he
had betn ariented. but this was later
denied. This is Captain Fowler's first
revolution, but his record thus far in
sures him profitable employment from time
to time In Central and South America
Many engineers at work In Central and
South American countries are turned from
their legitimate profession by the lure of
money and power. Engineers can always
get commissions when trouble occurs, and
their value is found in the throwing
up of the fortifications, which would
crumble If a garden hose were played
on them, but which serve their purpose
as well as more formidable forts, since
opposing armies rarely approach near
enough to do any real damage. The aver
age revolutions is now referred to. Some
times, as in the most recent case of the
revolt In Nicaragua, some real fighting
occurs. New York Post.
Toe I.ate to Sxcaaage.
"I hear vuu hava a little sister at your
house," said a grocer to a small boy.
'Yes, sir," said Johnny.
"Do you like that?" was queried.
'I wish It was a boy," said Johnny, 'so
I could play marbles with him, an' base
ball.'
"Well, said ths storekeeper, 'wn
don't you exchange your little sister for
boy?"
Johnny reflected for a minute, then he
said, rsther sorrowfully:
Wo can't now. if, too lata Wave
used her four days."
