THE OMAHA Kl'NDAV UKE: MA1UTI 23,. 101 3. The Busy Bees Their Own Page kOV ninny of tho Busy Docs, 1 wonder, huvo over heard tho w n story of tho Easter Lily? Of course you all know what this beautiful flower looks like and that it always blooms at Easter time. This beautiful Illy has bloomed for people through all time not only one contury, but almost twenty centuries. Legends tell us that when Christ died and left this earth In order to prove his love for his people, this won IS derful lily appeared In the fields. A number of different flowers grew around It, but none had so stately an appearance na this one. The beautl ul white petals, curved and delicate, beamed brilliantly In the fields, and teemed to tell of tho purity of tho lovo which Christ hnd for all. This Is why on Easter day wo fill our churches with these beautiful flowers and send them to our friends. One can not look at these white blossoms with out feeling tho purity and love that Clod has given tho world. t . ,1 ( j ' Little Stories (first Prize.) The Play. By Blanche Johnson, 3M1 Cass Street, Omaha, ltcd Hide. "Children," said the clear voice of Miss Hcrford, one aftornoon near the close of the fccsslon. "f have decided to give a little play to celebrate the close of school, nould you like It?" "Like It." echoed tho children, "of roiuse we would." Tho next day Miss Hcrford gave out neatly written sheets of paper, contain ing the pails and the names of those who Tier to play them, and that same McnliiR ii group of girls stood disputing -tier the one ot which would be .chosen to play the leading part, which Miss llerford said would be glvon out the fol lowing day. "Dear me." said Margaret Kerly, "of eourse I whould lovo to be chosen to be the fairy mum. but Just think If you should forget your pnrt." "I don't oaro who gets It Just so Hazel Smith won't," cried Dorothy Pryor. Now, Hazel Smith was it new pupil In the little' Bedford county school and had .(inio from New York to this llttlo tnomi. tain town whero it was thought that the flue climate would help her falling health. When Hazel hnd entered tho school Bho had proved herself so dis agreeable to all the children that she soon found herself out of all tho merry making, but Miss llerford was charmed with ilnxel and she was fast becoming a favorltb with tho teacher, so that now sho stood u largo ehance of having the -oveted part.' "Why, what's all tho gossip between tho ladles?" laughed Hob Stone, who was a jolly hoy, and who had lieon chosen ilng In the play. ' "Oh, nob!" exclaimed pretty Patty Wold, "we aro so afraid that Hazel Smith will bo chosen queen In our play." "The queen." echoed Hob, and mode a wry face. "W.oll, so long girls, seo you tomorrow," ho cried, and made a Imsty exit. The llttiotarty soon broko up and the slrls walked slowly homeward still talk ing of the play. It was a week later, tho day of tho play, HuscI, as tho girls had said, had been chosen 'queen. Kverythlng was In readiness and tho stage, with the chil dren's help, bad been changed Into a forest glen reudy for a dance, of the fairies. Many of the small .actors were irrlvlng and all was In excitement. Mar laret, Dorothy iid Patty were some or ihe early arrivals, and now they were ready to appear on tho stage. The thrco had costumes nllkc except for tho color ing. Patty's was a fluffy light yellow, which suited, her dark complexion. Doro thy had pink and Margaret n light shndo f blue, and together presented a pretty '.Ho. Just then Hob sauntered up. "Ten minutes more and tlio curtain loes up seared?" he asked. "No," said Patty. "I could do two parts, and, by the wny, I Itnow two. mine and Hazel's, and" but her speech was stopped by the appearanro of Hazel, whoso eyes showed sho had been crying. '"Why. Hazel, what's the matter?" cried tho bujy Miss llerford. "Tell me." "Oh, I've forgotten my part. I can't hlnk of a word," sobbed Hazel. "Now my play Is ruined." exclaimed tho horrified teacher, "and nobody knows her part." "Oh, Miss llerford, Patty knows every word of it," said Margaret. "Patty, do you? Can you say It all?" sho cried. "Yes I can." suld Patty. And already Miss llerford had taken off the fairy costume and Patty had the right one on. "(Jet In line, quick," Miss Herford said, and when the line marched It waa headod by ltob and Patty, and Hob's face had a srln .on It which would not have been there had Hazel been taking the part. is Your Child's Tongue Coated If cross, feverish, bilious, tjtora uch sour, give "Syrup of Figs" to clean its little clogged-up bowels. ; v Mother! Don't scold-your cross, peev ish child t Look at the tongue!' See If it s white, yellow and coated! If your child Is listless, drooping, Isn't sleeping well, Is restless, doesn't eat heartily or Is cross. Irritable out of sorts with everybody, stomach sour, feverish, breath bad; has stomachache, diarrhoea, sore throat, or Is full of cold, it Cleans the HI tie one's stomach, liver and 30 feet of bciwets are filled with poisons and foul, constipated waste matter and need a gentle, thorough cleansing at once. Qtve a teaspoonful of fciyrup of Klga, and in a. few hours all the clogged up waste, undigested food and sour bile will gently move on and out of its little waste dogged bowels without nausea, griping or weakness, and you will surely have a well, happy and smiling child again shortly. With Syrup of Figs you nro rot drug, glng your children, being composed, en tirely of luscious firs, senna nn.l ..- unties it cannot be harmful, besides they ueariy love us aencious taste. Mothers should always keen Kvnm np I-'Igs iiumly. It is the only stomach, liver and bowel cleanser and regulator netiieu a nine given iouy win save u utrit i-hlld tomorrow. full illioetlmis for children of all ages and t$r grown-ups plainly printed on the j utage. A8k your druggist for the full name, Syrup pf Klgs and Ullxlr of Benna,'' prepared by the California Klg Hyrup Ca This In lite, il'llcious turning, genuine old thing else offered 1 T ill T"" "II I by Little boik RULES FOR YOUNn WRITERS 1. Writ plainly on on ltd of the paper only and nnmbtr the psges. a. Use pen and Ink, not psnell. 3. Short and pointed artlols will bt clvsn preference. So cot use over 360 words. 4. Original stories or letter only will be nssd. 0. Write yonr name, ag and ad drsss at th top of the first page. rirst and second prists of books will be given for the best two con trlbntlons to this page each week. Address all communications to cniLDnun-s dbpartmhitt, Omaha Bt. Omaha, Wb. (Second Prize.) Fremont Busy Bee. Dear Husy Decs: This Is my third lot- . . . , , , , , . . i eighth A grade I read the stories In in children's paste every .Sunday and think they are line. 1 um sending in tin ii ii ..u. ni. i it . . ! b ography of "St. Patr ck," as St. Pat- , , , . , j t rick s dny Is drawing near, and I hos , . ,, i to sou It In print. Yours truly, t ,.m.V ,,iiv LjIvISUIvA IAIjII I Kremout. Neb,, Nov. tfl, St. Patrick was born' In the ygir M at Uanavem, Tabcrnla (Saable), Hcotlaii'l. Ills father was a deacon of a church. When Patrick was 1C years old ne was captured by Home pirates and carried, to Ireland, whom he was sold as a sla-'o to.MIIIno, chieftain of North Dalavadl.i In the County Antrim, northern, Ireland. He lived as a slave six years, employed in tending cattle. Ills Bad condition lead him to find consolation In Uod. Ho then took courage and fled from his mimtor. Ilo went 200 miles south and found a ship about to sail for Frunce, nnd alter a little discussion was taken on board as a servant, and after a Journey of three days landed at tho mouth of tho Ixilre. TL.it for twenty-eight days he traversed a wild country with the shlpa crow until they came to Marseilles. Here ho patted from hlsxcompanlons and wo it to Tours, where tho famous Martin was ulshop. Ills mothef was sister to this Martin, und so ho lived with him :or four years. Hut his desire to preach the gospel was so strong that ho went to Auxcrre, In France, to be consecrated ny Ulshop Amator. In the year 405 ho started his missionary work in Ireland, with which he had much auccew. Onco when a royal company was on tno verge of slaying St. Patrick forpreachlni. tho gospel he sang a hynm called the, "Ilreastplate." Ills opponents took him and his companions for wild tawn "n dlsgulso nnd fled, 'leaving him to free dom. He wrote many Interesting nooks on hU ''faith," tor which he was esoe clally noted. One year he converted many peoplo by his preaching nnd among them wero many KimlUli nobles. And ever slnco tho year 403, when ho died,. we keep March 17 sacred In his honor. (Honorable Mention.) Katherine's Three Wishes. Hy James Wong-srt. MaplcUin, la. Dlue Side. Katherlne waa n small girl that hnd nearly .everything a small girt can have. Bho got her playthings mainly by wish ing. Ono day she decided she wanted a dog so sho cried nnd teased until her father brought her tho biggest dog In town, but he first made her promise that sho would not wlh for anything again for a month. This she did readily enough, but tho very next day sho asked her father to buy her a collar for Itovor, for thut Is what sho named the dog. Hut htr father suld, "No, I will not buy the dog a collar until the month Is up." This made Katherlne very mad, and when Bho cried neither her nunt Jane or her father or mother would pay any attention to her, That afternoon Katherlne thought she would run off with Rover for she had decided that no one liked hr. Bo she set out for the North Pole, for sho had heard that It was very far off and there no uno would find her and her father would li very sorry he had not bought her the dog collar. Hut before she had gone very far she got very tired, no she sat down on the sidewalk and leaning her head on Rover she went to sleep. Her father happened to como along soon and he guessed her troubles very soon. He picked her up and carrl "uer home, where ho put her In as near the same position as he could. Like she was when ho found her. Thon ho went Into tho next room nnd found Kntherlne's mother talking about something to the neighbor. It was a plan of dressing up like a fairy and trying to cure Katherlne of her wishing. It was accepted and the neigh bor dressed up like a fairy, went Into the room where Katherlne was and woke her up. The first thing Katherlne said was, "Who brought me here?" "I did," said the fairy. "Who are youT" said Katherlne. "I am the fairy of irood wishes." said the neighbor. "Oh." said I Katherlne. "ami h. ... ..... and father and Aunt Jane?" "They aro many miles from here and they cannot 1 oome bank without my power?" said the I fairy. "And they can come If I give yon three wishes, which I am going to do I Now you may wish." "I want a" "Hetter be eureful," said the fairy. "Oh. please have my papa come." said Katherlne. "Papa, come." said the fairy, and papa stepped Into the room. "Now, liuve mama tome, then have Aunt Jane come." said Katherlne. "Mama come." said the fairy. "Aunt Jane, come." said the fairy. And mama and Aunt Jane came Into the room. After the fairy had gone Katherlne said. "I wlh I had wished you all at once then I would )ve two moio wlshoa." "Yes." ald her father, "that would have been a better plan." A New Btny Bee. Mv ivar Uuy Recs: I read the stories ' ' ii thorn very muoli. Tlie story I am Bond ing is for the lied Kldo. t wish to Join that Hide. My name Is Hetty Marshall. I live at MB North Thirteenth street. Un coln. Neb. A Leison. By Irene Orau, Bennington, Neb. nim - Side. Once there was a man and his wl who were very rich and lived In a love' house, but they were never contented, they always wanted more money M Roberts.' (f.or that .was the man's Maine, mother lived with thrni and they thought thai , she was very licit:- they always treated her with great respect. Thoy thought that this would Induce her to leave them alt her money. jtj? - bank In the town where she lived. She kept the ret of her mono)' In a bank that was located In n large town about fif teen -miles from her home. Somertowti .the town where she lived) had two banks, and ouo nlsht there wai' n larje fire In Homortown. fc'everal buildings burned and among them was the bank In which Mrs. Roberts kept her money. When she told Mr. Hoberts and his wife about all ot the ' money that she pad put In' , tlio bank n'ux burned, tills innde them very angy .ror they knew tllnt 'sh6 was worth many thousands of dollars, Kiom that time they treated her with anything but respect, for they thought that they would not get any thing. They thought of this night an1 j day and It mude them stll more angry. At 'last thoy went so far as to moke her cut out of a Wooden howl. j This grieved Mrs. Roberts sd much that her time to stay on earth was almost ill. ftn . 1.1 ..,,. In In. .... ' i cw unc uu out- . i 1 1 l iu iiiv i , i; . I" d j1"" 11 "m; U rha"d Ul" j he hud divided all of her money except ., , , other "ons and daughter;. . , ... ... , . , About two weeks after this sho took ,.,,.,,, v , , s ck. but Mr. Hoivr'n nhJ 'Is wife only .... , , , . V ,' laughed at htr nnd Fald that she only . . . , .. . irifll in uu aiun. iiul iiicj' nciu linn- j taken here, for she died about u week later, hen they found that this llttlu money was nil they were to get, It made them very ungr. Hut this had taught them to never treat people nice becuuso they nre looking for money. They" were contented with what money they had after that. When Agnes Tried to Skate. Hy Uorothy M. Putty. Aged 10 Years. Fremont, Neb. "Mamma, will you get my roller skates out?" "What do you want with them, dear?" said her mother. "Oh! mamma, all the girls are skating," sn'd 10-yenr-old Agnes I to her mother one day. Sho had been rather afraid of skates nnd could not skato well nt all, Hut Agnes finally per suaded her mother and she snld she wouli! hunt them up that morning. Agnes danced off to school that morn ing In dellRht; sho also took more In terest In the skaters. At noon there were her skates and skate-key on the floor! She waa delighted, but there was rto time to skate that noon. When she ciuno home after school sho got her skates and went down, after getting nn apple, to the big cement cellar to prac tice. Klrst Agnes slipped, then she fell and sat down on thai floor suddenly and forclbly( Next sho got up and bumped Into tho woodpile. Next she took a long slide, and thought, "I can skate now,'' hut sad to say she suddenly sat down In tho ash pan. Tired, hot. and disgusted, she took off those fatal skates and jflung them to the other sldo of tho room; she then walked upstairs. "Aren't you going" to go out skuUng with Nelllo, sho Is here?" said her mother. "I do not care to go out skating Just now," said Agnes with dignity, and her mother tried hard not to laugh as Agnes went Into tho other room. Put thnt Is tho lost time Agnes ever tried to skate again. Joe-and Tom. "J iiuiei i;oie. Aged 14 Years. Ings, Neb. Hluo Side. HaBt- Ono bright summer day as Joe and ty. Smith were pulling weeds In the garden, the. decided they , would run away and Ko to tho city, which was three miles away. Tom went to the house, being careful to keep out of sight of thalr mother, nnd got their coats, because he raid they might ntd them. Tho two boys ran until they were well out of eight. It was about 5:30 in the afternoon when they reached tho city. And the boys were very tired from walking ao fur, be cause they were so small. Joe was only S and Tom was . About an hour after the boys left, Mrs. Smith looked out to see If tho boys were working, but could not seo them. She called nnd called, but no answer. She then went to the field and told her hus band. Mr. Smith susplcloned tho boys of going to town, because he kneW they objected at nuou to pulling tho weeds. Ho hurriedly hitched up and stnrtcJ for town It was then growing dark and he could not see tar ahead. When he came within a mile from town ho saw a team ahead and heurd a voice say, "I think thut Is father's team." Mr. Smith found that It was his neigh bor. He had seen the boys as he left' town and recognised them. They hud lost their way and did not know which road to take to get home. The boys decided they would not run away again. Jack Jones. I,y ther Mitchell. Aged 11 Yeais, grade, Neb. Hed Side. Hel ,T'ierc "C "V TV. .. f r,oh Wan named Mr U",pln- ,,e ha'' J llltle B'.r T 1N,0WtIUu,h "'J""""'" " haJ wnKrnef hor "TV. J00 p.rur iilv iiinv, a,,.. a...,., u.u ue, i.v same. One day she wss unusuully try ing, so her mother, tout her she could go over to her little friend, Mary's, If sho would not go too near the lake. 8o Huth went over to Mary's nd they played every gamo they could think ot until they grew tired. "Let's go over to the lake," said itutn. "Mama does not want me to so tnere, ' ssld little Mary. "Oh, let's go anyhow," said Ituth. "Your mama won't know it." "All right. ' said Man-. So off they went down to the 'ake ai.il found u bout there. They got into it and were having a fine time, when all it onee Ituth dtopped somuthlng, and in leaning over to pick It up she upeet tin boat Mary had managed to retain hrr balance and so did not fill out Hull it. - m Lvillv ro- help BRIGHT LITTLE BUSY BEE WHO LOVES THE WORK. LRSTHP. ANDEHSON. Pretty soon a boy cume i inning ti through the woods unit swum to her uld He soon got her out and brouubt Mary to tho shore with her. They took Ituth bornu 'and her father iiive the little boy llch ruwuid. The llt.tlo boy's name was Jack Jones, ituth did not go near Uie lake again after that, nor did ihe coax Mary to do wrong again. , Rover Hy l.ols .lohnxon, Aged 9 YcarB, Weeping Water Neb. ned Side. Ono afternoon In December Mr. Jack son enmo from town. His dog came lo meet hltn. Mr. Johnson thought to him self, "I think 1 will kill Rover." Now It happened that Mr. Jackson hud a noil named Jack. "Jack," he called, 'come hero a minute' "All tight, father." said Jack. "Let us drown Rover. He Is no good to us. "No, father, let ua wait until summer. Then wo will have a bettef chance." "Well, t guess we can this time," said Mr. Jackson. Tho next day Jack went skating. Rover followed him. Ho went down on the Ice and put on his skates. There was n sign not very far from where Jack was skating. Jack went up closer to see what It said. It said "Danger." .lust as he went to go back the lee went Crash I Crash! Then he fell in the water Rover saw htm fall In. Ho plunged into the water, pulled Jack out nnd dragged him home. His father said: "Wo -are glad that wo didn't drown Rover." Eleanor. By Marie Hackenberg, Aged 12 Years, 1710 Charles Street. Omaha, Red Side. Onco upon n tlmo thero was a little girl named Kleanor. Sho lived on tho edgo of a forest, Thero wero many wild benrs In tho forest and sho was not al lowed to go Into It alone. Ono day she wanted to go for a walk, but her mother told her sho could not, becaudo she had to go downtown and would not be homo until late that even ing. After her mother had gone, Eleanor thought there would be no harm In go ing for a little walk In tho woods, so she put on her hat and started out. She went too far Into the woods and got lost. .It began to get dark nnd pretty soon she saw a bear about a half a block away. She screamed and tome hunters heard her and camo and got her and shot the bear. They brought her homo and she said sho would never run away from home again. I 1 Helen, the Hero. By Clarence Mitchell. Aged 10 Years. R. 1, .Belgrade. Neb. Blue Side. Helen was a very sensible girl although sh.e was only 10 years old. One evening after school she thought she would tako a short cut across the meadow. Tho railroad ran a short distance from there. Tho day before they had a terrible rain and hall storm? Several bridges had been washed away, also part of the railroad truck. Helen happened to seo this nnd It being near train time, she stopped and wondered what would happen if the train was not signaled, so she took the second thought, and while she stood there she heard the train whistle. She said to her self. "What shall I do to save the lives of all theso people? If I stand hero the train will run over me. No, that will not do. 1 will Just tako off my red Bklrt and wave It, tho engineer will surely notice that." And sure enough, ho did, for he stopped his truln und thereby saved many lives. The railroad compnay pre sented her with a gold medal, and called her their little hero. Horaoe and His Dot.. By Lelu Campbell,- Aged 10 Years. 621 lsast rweniy-in.iru-oireri, uva.i.tj, Neb. Red Side, iinrnro him u dog: his nume Is Jack. One afternoon they went out to play. lliiruen thrw a stick In the wuter and Jack ran after It. Soon he came back, holding It In his mouth. One afternoon Horace took some of his boy friends out boat riding nnd Jack went with them. lxng before they started home u wind came up nnd upset the boat. Juok swam out to the boat and dragged the boys to shore, one by one. . Don't you think Jack Is a good d6g? Horace does. P. S. I am a new Busy Beo und hope to seo my story In print next Sunday. A Happy Acoident By Delia Cuptt. Aged 12 Years, Ravenna, ...... .1.1.. At s o'clock Jimmy closed his "Shoe Shining Parlor" und started through thv snow)' streets for home. Coming aorokj Washington avenue cure had to be, taken on account of the many vehicles. But Jimmy thought little of this and with all the confidence of a street urchin iu his own ability he started to cross. Halt way over the ley pavement and directly lit the path of an automobile lie slipped nnd fell Bfor the horror-stricken dilver could stop It the car struck the prostrate body. At the hospital nn old man sat by the cot. "Ho'll live," snld the doctor, nt last. No one was happier than tho elderly fellow. Suld he: "I'll never trust myself In the tlty again with my auto. 1 got rattled, you know. As for tho boy, h goes to "he arm with me, for ho has no parents nnd v have no boy." When -two months had elapsed Jimmy as the happiest boy In the country. The .mplo ways and kindly Interest In his benefactors made up for bis Injuries, none of which were lasting. He often said, "It was like passing through death to reach heaven." Rover and His Master Hans. Hy Anna Oloyer. Aged 11 Years, Gretna Nflbraska. Blue Side.' There once lived Iu Holland a bright little boy of 8 years. He was In the fourth grndo nt school and was liked bv n". HntiPf for that was the boy's name, hud a dog which ho named Rover. Rover was a spotted dog of three colors. His nose ni'd forehead wero of whito and his back aid neck of brown and black. Ono bright day in March Hans asked permission of his father to go to the prasho.re nnd wait till his father came lificl with lits boat. Hans' father was n good sailor and was often hired to go on long fishing trips to help rov the boats. j Hans started from homo about 4 o'clock and reached the sen.hore about ten min utes after Ho met three boys who were going to watch tho fluhlng boats como In, too. Tho boys' names were Fritz, Theodore und Heinle Schmidt. Tho boys climbed upon the dike nnd looked nil around to see If any of the ilshlng boats wero In sight. All at once Heinle Interrupted tho conversation be tween the other boys. Ho saw In the north that muny large waves were flying In the nlr. He told the boys thnt It meant a storm. Tho hoys looked to seo If It oould bo so. Suro enough the wnves came rolling. The boys said they thought they would tell somo watchmen, so they ran off. The boys had Just gotten down when n loud splash came against the dike. Tho boys ran to tell the watchmen, but' before they could get back to the dike Rover hud found a hole and stood bark ing at the place. The people run from all sides, coming to help keep the water out. If Rover had not barked before the people had seen tho place, the hole might havo been so largo that it could hardly be patched. Rover was patted after this good deed und was talked of In all tho homes. A Kind Act. By Marie H. Nlngor, Aged 14 Years, Hum- 1... 1 .1 , X- 1- 1 1 i.l . 1 t'UU. UIUB Blue. Before his death Mr. Ilasncss, who was an old soldier of the civil war, told me many stories. He was one of the soldiers who marched with Sherman to tho sea. Here Is one of the stories he told me, which happened as they were marching through a dark forest. I am suro you will bo as delighted to read it as I was to listen to it. "One day when we were marching through a rather gloomy forest I was surprised to see a poor, trembling con federate soldier hiding In tho bushes which grew thick on each side of our path. He looked so pitiful a sight that I felt sorry for him, so I did not tell the rest of my comrades, for I knew that they would be sure to hang him. "But It happened that my companion had also seen him, so after whispering to him, for I could not talk out loud, I per suaded Llm not to tell anybody. "We marched on past the soldier, leav ing him, thinking, perhaps, of the narrow escnpo lie had had, and that we had no eyes. My Hunting Trip. By Llonel'Branson, Aged 11 Years, Eddy vllle, Neb. Red Side. One day my brothers were going hunt ing. I said that I wanted to go hunting with them. I said I could scare up game. They said I would he afraid to go in tho woods alone. They asked me what I would do if I saw a benr. I said I would get behind a tree and shoot hlni shoot him three times In tho head, then I would take him by the leg and come along home. My brother said for me to take a gun In the morning. I got up In the morning and dressed. Then I got my gun ready and started, "When I got to the woods I found a path. I followed the path a little ways, when to my surprise a bear Jumped out from behind the bushes. I dropped my gun and began to run Just as hard as 1 could. When I got near home I stopped and looked behind mo nnd saw my brother carrying a bearskin In his hand, laughing as hard as ho could. 'When wo got home he was laughing so hard that he could hardly tell the folks. That was the lust time I told how I would kill a bear. "The Word of God." I By Betty Marshall. S23 North Thirteenth ..t.i-vi, ,eu, eu sine. "Henry, what book is thut you have In your hand?" asked Mrs. Thomas, Henry's mother. "It Is the Bible, mother." answered Henry. "Oh, no; It cannot be, surely!" ex claimed Mrs. Thomas, "Why, yes It is see." "And my little boy to treat so roughly tho book contalnlnng God's holy word!" Henry's face grew serious. "Oh, I forgot." ho said, and laid the book carefully away, "Try and not forget again, my son. If you treat this book so lightly now, when you become a man you may as lightly esteem Its holy truths, and then you could never live In heaven with the angels. No one goes to heaven who doeB not love and reverence the word of God, which Is holy In every Jot and tittle." A True Story. By Kunlce Slekkotter. Aged 10 Years, Gretna, Neb. Tod a is the eighteenth of March. A year ago today was a day I shall never forget. I was at school and with the rest of the scholars was studying my lessons, when a wagon drove up with four men In It. One of them waa ltoy Blunt, the driver and owner of the team and wagon: tho other three were Grey, Dowd and Morley. the convicts who broke out of the state's prison at Lincoln. At first they stopped, but in a momen or so they drove on, and then close behind them came a big crowd, who we soon found out were a posse after them. At first we Jld not know who was who or j what was what, until one of the school milo ML IWUav Itaok . n SL'XDAV, MAltCH 23. Year. Name and Residence. 1901 Louisa Baker, 3720 North 21st St Lothrop t!'03 Arthur Henry Danan, 2719 Hickory St Park 1S99 Jerome Buttles, 844 South 24th St Mason 1903 Frank I Bansneck, 915 South 25th St Mason lfl02 Elmer Bennor, 3314 Ohio St Howard Kennedy 1904 Blvyn X. Booell, 3028 Cass St Wobster 19"2 Teresa Clfuha, 815 South 24th St Mason 1903 Dubrac De Buse, 4408 North 28th St Saratoga 1903 Aubrac De Buse, 4408 North 28th St Saratoga 1901 Margaret Dolen, 1539 North 18th St Kollom 1902 Ethel Gelmple, 2320 Paul, St Kellom 1904 Daryl Hndlee, 413 South 19th St ..Contral 1903 William Hoard , Hayden, 2121 Binney St Lothrop 1906 Ralph Houck, 2714 North 25th St Howard Kennedy 1904 Charles Kysela. 1909 South 2d St Train 1901 Harry Arthur Manley, 3019 Plnkney St Howard Kennedy 1901 Iola Lucille Marmoy, 135 North 43d Ave Saunders 1907 A. Louise Monroe, 2301 Fowler Ave Saratoga 1900 Frank Moore, 2530 Burdette St Long 1900 Edith M. Pottegrew, 4514 North 34th Ave. . .Monmouth Park 1905 Harry C. Hamm, 920 North 28th Ave Webster 1899 Lucile Robertson, 422 South 26th St Farnam 1J101. ..... .Walter Romey, 2718 Ruggles St Saratoga) 1902 David Simon, 2315 South 32d St Wlndsom 1901 Rachel Sims, 904 South Atlas St Edward Rosewater 1900 Will Slyter, 2926 Hamilton St Long 1904 Katie Vana, 307 Pino St Train 1905 William Vomacka, 1031 Dominion St Edward Rosewater? 1900 John Welsh, 3419 Dewey Ave Columbian! 1901 Helen Marguerite Wlllott, 2844 Blnnejy St. .Howard Kennedy 1905 Onitor Young, 808 North 46th St Saundera lava iiianciio xousen, uii hoard came in and dismissed school for the. rest of the day, after explaining to tho teacher and children the cause of all the excitement. If Grey und .the others Intended to get Into a school house they did vnot have a chance, for by tho time they got to tho next school the officers were so close after them that they did not havo a chance to get there. A Busy Bee. KEARNEY, Neb., March 12. Dear Busy Bees: I have read the children's page so much I thought I would liKe to Join the Busy Bees on the Red Side. My age Is 9 years. Yours truly, ALICE WINN. Another Busy Bee. OSAWATOMIE, Kan., March 9.-To KEEP Your Skin Clear, your scalp clean, your hair from falling, your hands soft and white by daily use in the toilet of Cuticura Soap with occasional use of Cuticura Ointment No other emollients do so much to promote and maintain the pu rity and beauty of the complex ion,hands and hairunder allcon ditions. No others excel them in purity, delicacy and fragrance. Liberal sample of each with 32-p. Skin Book free. Address "Cuticura," Dept. 18, Boston. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold by drug gists and dealers throughout the world. Health and BY MItS. Margaret: You can overcome the life less, "stringy," brittle condition of your hair nnd make It soft, brilliant nnd lux urious again by the lire of this simple quinine tonic: Get one ounce of qulnzoln from your druggist, dliaolve In half.plnt alcohol, add Vi pint water. Vigorous scalp massage with this tonic vll stimu late roots and tisanes to healthy action, overcomes dundruff, otllneis und Irrita tion and the hair will regain former col or, gloss und life. Muld: Get a small, original package of pyroxln and apply somo occasionally ut lash-roots with thumb and fore-finger. This makes short, straight eye lashes grow long and curly. Rubbing pyroxln on eyebrows with forefinger will cause them to come In thick and beauti ful. Be careful und don't get any py roxln where no hair Is wanted, Grace M.: I know you will like dela tone for removing superfluous hairs, With a little water make enough paste to cover the hairs; let remain two or three minutes, then rub off, wash the skin and every truce of hair will have vanished. This Is an inexpensive, pain less way to remove Imlr or fuzz and no harm results from Its use. Irene: Impurities In the blood cause the condition of which you speak and until this Is corrected you can hope for no relltf. An economical old fashioned tonlo end svstem regulator can be made at home by dissolving ouo ounce of kur deno In u half-pint alcohol, then adding u half-rup sugar und enough hot water to make a quart. A tablespoonful before each meal soon rids the blood of poison ous accumulations and gives you strength and energy. When 1ho blood Is cleansed of Impurities the skin becomes clear and the complexion takes on a healthy tint. Mlsi G. : No, I would not' use paint of any make. Rouge and powder only cover defect -a spunnax lotion removes them, tones the skin, permits the pores to wt 'This Is the dny wo celebrate." School. iNorin -iwi avo iveusier , 1 . Tl.... H 1 .V 1 1 1 .... . Tl OIm T .1 - . slro to Join the Ited Side of the Busy Bees. Mv name Is Harold Dyer and X llvo In Osawatomle, Kan. I will be It years old the 23d day of May. I am send ing a story entitled, "The Boy Scouts oC Osawatomle, Second hike." Respectfully; yours, HAROLD DYER. Wandering. By Betty Kennedy, Aged 10 Tears. 21fc North Thirty-second Avenue, Omaha. I know ot a place where the grass 14 Breen, And the skv Is a grayish blue: Where a few little clouds aro Moating about. And the sun Is Just setting, too. Some pretty green trees and some shrun bery gay Arc reflected In a brook that Is near. And the blossoms that grow on the batik of the stream Throw their sweetest fragrance here. Beauty Hints MAE MARTYN breathe, removes impurities and replaces the sallow, "muddy" appearance with the pink and white bloom of health. Four ounces of spurniax (which you can get from your druggist) put Into half-pint of hot water to which are added two tea. spoonfuls of glycerine makes the lotion wnicn nns helped many society leader to win their reputation for perennial beauty. Try it today und you will never again spend money for powders. Mother: Use the same shampoo foi your llttlo girl's hair that you do for your own. The only perfect shampoo Is computed of a tensnoonful of rnnlhrnr dissolved In a cup of not water. When alkali. An do so muny advertised sham I,0 Kt'-AlU. .J. ...dVI. l-VJIIVIL,,,n II,, 1 I tu poos, is poured on the Head nnd rubbed up Into a lather. It not only cleanses tlm hair and scalp, but Invigorates the roots. i nave never uta n h nam poo which leaves the hair an clean and fluffy as does this simple home mude wash. Ethel: You can overcome your eye troubles, the weakness, redness and burn. Ing accompanied by u dull, lifeless ap pearance which you describe, and make them bright, ttrong and clear by the use of a few drops of this, mixture dally. One ounce of crystos dissolved In pint of clearest wuter. It ts soothing to weak, tired eyes and a dependable tonic. In that It strengthens the muscles and tones tha nerves of tho eye. Dorothy Do not worry about your flesh. Ileduction Is no longer the result of painful dieting and tiring exercise. The sufferer from too much flesh now uses this simple, home made and positively harmless. fat-dUsolver, which leaves the flesh firm und the skin free from wrin kles. Dissolve four ounreu of parnotls In ll& TllnlH rtf hnl wulAr nn.l t.lra ,nl,ln spoonful before meals. This results In icuuviiuii minium, iiiacuiiiiuri una mo aouon is permanent. Rem! Mm MnrfvrTsc hrml 'rtni,v , - W - ww, L u k, . 'Ji Advertisement.