TITE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JTXY 4, bl5.
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The Busy Bees
ODAY 1. Independence day tha. Fourth of July. One hundred
T thirty-nine years ago the Declaration of Indeptndenca waa
elaned. announcing to the world that "all men are created free
and equal" by thla meani laying the foundation for the glori
ous nation that haa. arleen from the thirteen original colonlea.
It baa been a queer manner that Americana have adopted to celebrate
this event. Each year scores- of little boys, and glrla, even our own little
Busy Bees, hare been temporarily or permanently wounded and maimed
by devaluating firecracker and platola. Berloua disasters, entailing even
death, have come about aa a rcault of Fourth of July celebration.
To counteract thla In yeara, eennlble persona have Inaugurated a
campaign of education and warning known aa "The Safe and Sane Fourth."
Let each Busy Bee appoint himaelf a committee of one to guard againat all
tareleesnena which may mean Borrow to himaelf or othere.
Needle noise la another evil which It I hoped to relegate to the Bhelf
In connection with Independence day celebrations-.
This week first prise waa awarded to Myrtle Anderson, oMhe Blue Sldej
aecond prize to Mary Oreraon, of the Blue Side, and honorable mention, to
Tearl Johnson of the Blue Side.
Little Stories by Little Folk
(First Prise).
Honest and Dishonest
Py Mvrtle An4rnn, Ael Trs, ' i
Haskell -., Omaha Blue Klde.
There once waa a girl hoM name waa j
Helen. She waa the daughter of very j
itch rerents. H'lon waa always Jla
hone,. Arross the street lived a poor little
(111 whose name waa Luetic. Helen. waa
not liked, but Quelle waa hnneat and aha
waa lilted by everyone. They were Ko
ine; to have a geography test the next
day. Luelle took br book home, but
Helen did not. Iriiclle wanted to get the
highest rnark, ao the next ay when they
ha4 the teat Helen put her book In her
lap se aha couli net 100. .
LucOe'a eyes filled with tears when
aha aaw Helen copy from her book, but
did not acv a word. The teachee aaw
Helen, but paid no attention. But whan,
the pepera were marked she gave Helen
aro for copying from her geography.
The teacher decided that the one who
had the highest mark and worked for
It would get the prise. The tjher gave
Luetic ft, Lui'lle waa ao glao aha nearly
iritd.
Lurile cave the SI to her mother for
her Mrthd.iy and she waa very g-lad to
letelvc a present like that from her
' little daughter. The next day Lucllo
told her mother how she won the prise
and her mother told her It waa alwaya
lieat and It Pyi to be honeat nd It
never i-s to be dishonest.
(Second rrlse).
TJiS Stone in the Road.
liy Mary flrevson. Aged 13 Years, 'West
roint, N"el. t'lue Hrtc.
Onre upon a time In Knilaml there
lived a very rich old man. Thla man.
loved to help other people, but no one
tared to help him.
One evening the eld man aaid to him
self, "I will play a trick. 1 will put a
Urge atone In the middle ot the road,
where most of the people paaa, and I
will put a baa of gold and write on the
other aide of the atone, "He that movie
the atone ahull hare the treasure.
In the afternoon' about 4 o'clock he
put the atone In the rouci. Thue the old
man nailed tor the surpilse. Foon a
man came elonj the roed, leading a
horse, and the man eald, "Whoever put
thla alone In the road has vio right to."
l.ut he did not move the atone, but left
U for somebody else to move.
Many people passed, but paaaed the
tMiie. 1,-rumlillna. It waa near sundown.
ri-n a miller boy came along the road,
i.nd ii IDi- alone and said; "Horn poor
creature ipay happen to come along and
Ik I u.er I!, and l hey nay hurt them
(.i l . I v HI move it."
'!!. slime ) very heaw, end he
rolled It t,vrr. and he saw the bag of
soi l, and l.e then read what It eatd ca
the atone. The boy pleked Up the money
and thanked God for hla goodneaa.
I Honorable Mention )
Life on the Turn.
fie f'earl Johnson. Ard 51 Tears, Mis
enurl Valley. Jit. Hlue Side.
I have never lived on a fann, "but
Itr.m hat I have 'seen while ylalttng my
relatiiea, who live In the country, I think
any one who haa a nice tarn) home la
indeed lucky.
One of the mot Important things In
life ia ih.J health and as a rule the
country people are etronsr and healthier
than city folks. The main reaaon of this
Is the dally exercise tn the good fresh
air. which la alwaya to abundance on
th farm. 1 Intend to visit my trend
perenla In Pouth Dakota, thla fall. They
live on a nice lame farm and I am aure
I mil niy all the plteaurea that ene
can have wiiiie imiu. la tt. country.
Found a Bat.
f:y Jlelei Ve's. Ard 13 Yeara, Clarkaon,
One afternoon aa 1 waa tn the houae
my brother told me to go outside He
laid there waa eomethlna In the tree and
he did not know what It waa. Bo I went
e-i-rMe. Aa I lnokd up Into the tn- I
could e rtotiilng My brother had a
Ion red. He beaan to hit tt on the
hran h w here the object waa. When he
l it it. It opened lie mouth and made a
f end. W were all efretd. I went Into
t ,e t-.ouaa. In a l!le hll my brother
erne back. He lain me It waa a bat.
Ti'g toya h-id wt tt frora the tra. I
vent outnlii and found tt )! on the
ground, lta rlaaa r atretched sod
t.iy tr Vrry lorif, We examined 11
,...d thee one t f U fcoya put It Into
tm and ljk It home.
TFOUR EUSY BEES WHO EE ALLY
ARE BUSY.
Py Lola Johneon,
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aaid It waa poleon. tlMter when we were
gathering walnuta I aaw a anake. I ran
acrcamlng to where mamma end my
aunt were. I told them there waa a anake
and they killed It. tVe children went In,
wading in the pond. My coujwin found a
wooden duck In the water. It waa In
tended to draw wild ducka. lie aleo tilt
a wild duck with a atlck, but did not
kill It. We atave-d In the water quite a
while. Then I walked eroiind to ae the
different thlnee tn the wooda. My coualn
paid there were an me coyotea In the other
aide pf the wood Then mamma called
u to lunch. It conklated of aandwlchea.
fruit, rreckere. oooklee. pie. pickled
cherrlea and other things. After we had
rinlahed eating, ' we atarted for home.
When we were turning around to come
home, one of the tlrea got punctured.
Mamma. Aunt. Minnie and my coien
fixed It, but w had two Mow oute be
sides that before we got homo. We did
not getiome until dark.
Their First Quarrel.
A red 13 Yeara, A voce,
lllun Kid.
Betty and Jack, or rather Mrs. and Mr.
Tomklns. bad Jnat arrived f-cm tK-ir
honeymoon to thtlr new, home, which
letty thought very cute. 1 Betty waa a
Woman of , with dark blue eyre and
wavy brown hair, while Jack waa a
groad-aho'.ildered. manly looking fello
ef M.
They had lived for many weka with
out, quarreling -or deputing about any.
tnlnB. Cm' day Jack came homo from
hla offlue very tlrt'd out.
The dinner did not ault Mm, and the
houae waa dirty. Jack' little nephew
had come In the morr.lnc and bad eplllf.d
Ink and had broken a vaae which
Jack had bought for Petty for a birthday
preaent before tl.ey were married. He
had alao torn a leaf out Of places In
Jack's best book.
"How many times have I told you
never to monkey with, my book a. Look
there. And thla la a book my mother
geve me before ahe died," Jack said In
a still eraneky way.
"It waan't me that did It I'm going
home to mother," ahe continued. "How
dare you talk to me In such a eaaay
wayT" ( . t , ,
"Oh, quit your bawling,'" Jack said In a
etill cranky way.
"I will not." n-tty continued.
Jack went back to hla office at 13:30,
etill feeling wore than he had. Jack
did not hug and kia Betty aa be alwaya
did;
Then at night Jack came home carrying
hla little nephew. Jack waa In gfd
spirits now. Jack said aa Billy waa tear
ing another book:
"Waa It Billy who tore my bookT" "
"Yes." Betty snawered. ,
"Are you mad at what I aaid, Betty,
dear." aaid Jack.
"Well, if you never will aaae me again.
I won't be," Betty continued.
Both eat en a davenport with their arms
around ench . other, watching the baby
tear a newspaper which was near at
hand.
"We don't care, do we." said Jack, who
waa watcWng Billy with all hla might
"No," answered Betty.
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Here are four lively little Busy Bees,
Kcberca and I'orothy Klein and Eva
and Iavld Cohen.
Every on of them U not only a mem
ber of the Kingdom, tut a candidate
for queen. Of couraa, you understand
Iavld Isn't ambitious to be queen. Ha
wants to be king aoine day.
They all paaaed at school and sot
"perfect" In deportment. 80, yon e
they are good Bu7 Beta and you can
be proud to have them In the kingdom.
"I'm going to write some atorles for
the Busy Bee page," said Dorothy.
"So am I." aaid Eva.
"I'm going to write a letter." said Be
tecca.
"I'll write letters, too." aaid David.
80 you can look for something from
iheao Buey Beea and it a pretty sure to
be good.
Mr. Robin would bring her triaecta to eat.
8000 four little baby robins hatohed,
which apt both Mr. and Mrs. Kolfti
busy to taed.
Today I noticed that when Mr. RoUn
brought them a worm be aat on a lower
limb and tried to make the little robins
fly down after tt, but they would not
do tt. I think they will teach them to
fly now because they are all feathared
out.
The Flicker. .
By Edith Weir, Aged 10 Yeara. S412 Dodge
eireei. unmiio. Hlue Rid.
The flicker la a bird which has many
names. Pome of them are' hlh-holder,
yellow -ha miner, aapeucker and golden-
winged woodpecker. Thla beautiful bird
la duo In Nebraska In May. It la found
between the Atlantio' ocean and the
Boeky mountalna. ,
The Ticker's back and w-fnga are olive
hrown. and croaaed by many black bars.
Their tails are black. Under their wings
and Jail axe shafts of golden yellow.
Their back and tho atdea of the head
are aah color, with a beautiful scarlet
cn-reent. The under pa,rta of their heads
are Pine brown. Their breasts are ynl.
low with many black apota. The flickera
bii I M their nesta In hollow or rotten treea
and eomrtlmes In a poet. The neat la
built one and one-half or two feet below i
the entrance. The mother flickers lay
from five to aeven e-gs. Flickers have
txen known to. lay aa many aa seventy
asa In one aummer. This la because, if
Kome cruel person should taks all the
vers the mother would keep on laying
egga until ahe had laid many eggs.- (,
. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes.
By Kflda Corneer. Aged 11 Tears. 3f,l
Valley Htreet, Omaha. Blue Side.
Te. Plojmes waa one of the great many
writers who lived In or near Boston. He
e-as one of the brightest and beat loved
of all American authors. He was an old.
time friend of Mr. Longfellow, and, like
hi in, waa for many years a professor In
Harvard college. Ir. Holmes was a small
ntan with a amlling, genial face. He waa
alwaya ready to graap the band of any
honeat man. He waa very witty, but hla
wJt was never used to hurt anything but
ahama. which he hated. He lived te.be a
very old man. Even old In age, moat
ot hla friends In earlier daya were gone,
but he atlll waa bright, genial and loved
aa he Was In his youth. He wrote poems,
eaaays and novela, and books on medi
cine. His best known book Is "The Auto
erat ef the Breakfast Table.
Vacation Plam.
By Evelyn Bumee, Aged 10 Yeara, Lyons,
Neb. Blus Hide.
"School Is out next Wednesday and I
have ail my vacation plana made," said
Marjorle, giving the hammock Tn which
ahe waa sitting a more fvlgoroua push.
"And what are you going to do?" asked
her little friend. Kato.
"Oh, mother and I are going to visit
my Aunt Mae In Utah and from there
we are going to see the exposition."
"What are you going to do and where
era you going?" saked Marjorle."
"I don't like to tell you after hearing
what you are going to do, but I suppose
I must, becaue you told me what you
were going to do. You see, I wanted to
earn some money for the poor children ao
here Marjorle's lino curled scornfully.
I asked mother if ahe knew ot any way
I could, rieaee try It Marjorle."
"Why, Kate Bancroft I should think
Veu would like to get eome pleasure out
of your vaontlon Inatcad of killing your
aelf by working for those beggars and
never get any thanks for it So, I
won't try It," ahe added with anger.
"I do. indeed I do," cried Kate, "for It
la much more fun working for others
than for yourself. Please try It"
After a long talk Marjorle aaid she
would try it and It was 'aa Kate bad
aaid. Bhe waa very happy In making
others sex
The Dandelion.
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Summer Vacation.
Bv Helen Abraham. Aged 10 Yeara, B
P. D. S, (tohuyler. Neb. Blue Bide.
Summer vacation la here and I think
that moet of the Busy. Bees went away
from home to some place where they
will spend 4helr vacation and those, that
will stay at home have1 planned some
thing for their vacation. I will spend
mine at home thla year. Last year I
spent my vacation at my alster'a place.
I had a very nice time. Every morning
my little nephew took a long waik. , We
had gathered wild flowera, which we
found and we watched the birds at their
work , and we listened ,to thetr merry
songs. When we came bucck we Were
tired ao we played tho rest of the day.
Sometimes my little friends and I had
a party In the afternoon. Every Sunday
I went to are my friends and sometimes
they came over to see me. I had a nice
time and I think I will have It again
this year.
A New Busy Bee. -
By Kdda Corneer, S10 Valley St., Omeht,
Neb. Blue Hide.
This ia my first letter to you. I thought
t would write for I am ao Interested In
the Busy Bee page. I would like to join
the Blue Elde, for that ia my favorite
color. '
We have a dog named Tlge. It la a
Scotch colle. Every-Saturday my aiater
and I herd the cows We take our dog
along. 1
My brother bought it for W. We herd
tn aummer. My father has thirty cows
and t lva horeee. W hen I come f no
school it eomoa to meet me and p'apa
when he comes home with . the milk
wagon. I like . to . go , to - achool. . My
teacher's name is Miss Harrow. . Hoping
to win a prise, I hope Mr. Wastebasket
la out for a long trip. I hope to see my
letter in print
MyPeti.
By Rosie Posvar, Aged 11 Tears, Rich.
. land. Neb. Blue Side.
My pets are one dog,' five kittens, one
calf and one little chicken. My pet dog's
name waa Dukes. It ran away about
two months agon The five klttene are
about two weeka old. We had our little
chickens out and the mother cat caught
ten of them. Then papa ahot It It wis
a gray cat. After that cat was ahot we
gave them milk, but they didn't drink.
Then they died. My pet calf didn't die.
It's all right It will let me pet it. It
ia red. My pet chicken is white. When
it wants to eat it runa up to me. Now
I anv going to tell you about myself.
I am in the fifth grade, I am going to
the seenth grade in the fall. We take
The Sundey Bee. I am going to Join
tha Blus Bide, because I like tt best
Now I am going to stop here. . Goodbye,
fi lends.
- Summer.
By Vera Bradley, 1010 Center Street
Omaha. Blue Side.
When' aummer comes In brilliant dreat,
And sunshine Honda the land.
And Moaaoms, buds and butterflies
Are seen on every hand.
It's quite beyond contending
That, far more than the rest
Tho wlntor, spring and autumn
I love sweet aummer best
I think aummer la the .beet season in
the year, because iq the morning the aun
Is shining, the birds atnginor and flowera
are blooming. Everybody la happy and
cheerful. Children have plcnlca In the
groves snd watch the brook run merrily
on ita way to a river. Bummer Is the i
most pleasant reason ot the year. It laJ
nice to go alelgh-ridlng tn the winter,
but far mors pleasant in summer, be- j
cause we can go plctncklng.
Enjoyed Her Prixe.
By. Margaret Croshv, Aeed 12 ' Yeara.
Sutherland, Neb. Blue Side.
I am writing to thank you or the book
you sent me aa first prtxe. I hav read
almost all the games over in it. The
game. are so intereatlng and Jolly that
you cannot play , them without laughing
all the time. I was glad to see Alloa
Elvira Crandell queen, or her stories are
fine and . are very interesting to those
who read them. I live tn the country
and play some of the games tn the book
aa well as outside games. I read the
Children's page every Sunday and en.
joy it ever so much.
yellow-headed ones, the red-ehouldered
ones, and the bronse variety.
Toward night a great fight of more
than 100 pelicans went over ua tn a north
erly direction. Their formation '-was
wedgo-ehaped.- at times a half circle. Wo
could clearly aee the black wing feathers,
thn pouch 'of theUhroat and the long
slanting bills. Our hunters Hied some
wild turkeys In the twilight. A beautiful
flower (phlox) colors great lieMa "with
blue and the blue-birds' quirt little song
was beard.
.Our huntera ' brought on boprd a rac
coon, a ratteenake and blacksnaks, and
found a wild goose nest with" three egga.
Neer by we saw trails of Indians, great
wolf tracks In the sand, and on the treea
the plecea where the stags had rubbed
their growing sntlvrs.
A hunter broke off a poison vine. His
handa and face era badly swollen today.
We reached the mouth of Weeping Wil
low creek. In the bushes above us the
birds sang a little soft song or twitter
ing. The foi-oolored thrush (brown
thrasher) trilled In the tops of the cot
ton wood, where he loves to sit Here
were many plants, such as columbine,
maiden-hair fern, red mulberry, blue
eyed grass, put coon end purple vetch.
At t o'clock In the afternoon of May i
j we reached Mr. P ontenelle a hru at
iTallevue. The land is here very fruit
ful and a poorly cultivated ncre yields'
100 bushels of Indisn corn. It woud
return much ntoie if carefully worked.
Cattle also succeed here splendidly, give
much milk, but require salt from time to
time. Mr. Fontenelle thought he would
have t.oOO head of awlne In a few yeara
If the Indiana old not ateat too many
from him.
lay by for the night a few miles
above Bellevue (probably near where
Omaha now Is). Ducka and shore birds
covered the banks about ua Stillneae
reigned in the wide wUderneaa. Only the
whip-poor-will's voice waa heard while
the moon mirrored iteelf In the river
where some ef our. young people were
bathing. In the morning our ahlp, like
a smoke-vomiting monster, frightened all
living creaturea. Geese and ducks flew
in all directions.
We landed "at Mr. Cabanne's trading
poet (ten miles above Omaha), and to our
Joy we saw a crowd of Otoe and Omaha
Indiana. , Many of them were marked
with amallpox, some had only one eye
or a film over the other eye. Their
fnce were striped with red. Their hair
as hanging disorderly down to trie neca.
A small brook with eteep banks flews
down to the river from a pleasant little
side valley. In which aro corn planta
tions. Mr. Cabanne had planted here
fifteen acrea of malse.' which producea
yearly !.0ne bushels of this grain, for the
yield is very great.
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Putin upon the balcohy of Mr. Ca
banne'a house we enjoyed a wonderful 1
evening. The proud Missouri glistened
wlro splendor In the glory of the full
moon. VJuieS- reigned about us, only the
fro kb croaked and the whlp-poor-wllla'
called continually In the forest near by.
Twenty Omaha appeared before ua The
chief dancer, a large tall man. wore en
hla head a high feather helmet made of
the long tail and wing feathers of owls
and eegles. In hla hand he carried a
bow and arrows. The uprer half fcf hi
body waa naked except for a white skin
which hung over hla right shouder and
was decorated with tufts of feathers. He
was painted With white spots and etripe '
and looked wild and warlike. Another
younger man with him bore In hla hand
a war club with white stripes and a
skunk skin at the handle. They formed
a line, while in front of them a drum
was beaten with rnpid stroke. Several
beat time with war clubs and all of
them rang "Hoi, hel. hoi," or else "Heh,
heh, heh." bi-tween tiinr-s shouting loud
yells. The da ace wag like this: Spring
ing with both. feet, a short leap into the
air. with the hodv bent fnfvirH whit h
drum was strusk a sharp blow and their
weapons were lifted and shaken. In this
manner they Jumped about with great
force for over an hour, the aweat rolling
from helr bodlea. ' A clear moonlight ltt
up the wide still wilderness; the savage
tumult of the Indian banda and the call
of the night birds made this a scene to
be long remembered." .
Prince Maxamillan died at New Wled.i
Germany,'. February S. 1867, less than e
month before thla part of the wlldernesa
he so well described became a state. He
left a great museum to his home city.l
To the world he left the record of a
busy life well spent and to Nebraska the'
best stories and the best pictures of II a,
oarly days. His name deserve) to ba
better known in par state where now live,
nearly 100,000 Gerniana, rejoicing InNthe
speech and traditions of their fatherland'
and rejoicing no less in their homes and!
freedom found in the west whose great,
fortune Prince ' Maximilian foretold.
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A New Member.
By Louisa Johnson, Aged 10 Tears. Her.
vard. Neb. Blue Side:
Dear Busy Bees:' This la the first time
I have ever written to this page, and I
would TT3B to become a member of the
Blue Side. I will write a story later.
A Poem.
By Lena Walter. Aged Years, Wahoo,
Neb., Blue side.
Two little girls are better than one. .
Two little boya can double the fun.
Two little birria can build a fine nest
Two little) arms can love mother beat
Two, lit tie ponya must go to his span.
Two little pockets is my little man.
T little eyes to open and close.
Two Ijttle ears and one little nose. ' '
The Tour Kitten.
l"j- Floy Fea!-k. A d 11 Years, Neola.
,Neu. Ktd hide.
One Cay ray two brothers and I were
climbing ertund tha barn hunting apar
lows' nesta. We found four fat kittens
tn a barrel. Tly hate grown so tU I but ,n klnB ixl ,",t cTe-
t tr la hardly room for (lie (author rat.
I ti.ltiii that they era so ruts and
i; .lr.t. One hs two black epols on Ha
i rt).,-.l and ail tha rst are eiey and
l ite.
In the aiming after para ha milked,
the P'K.'iiiT rat tonira down and (ta a
buwl of ri-.i'.k.
tchth Kenyon. 12.9 Cuming tttraet
Omaha, Neb. Blue Md.
Or.re upon a lime whei there were
falrte. klnas, queena and wttchea there
was a fairy kingdom. Everybody was
auppoMd to do avirythtng the king and
the queen tuld taom to do. They had
to be kind to their friends. One day the
violet who waa king and the queen a
favorite went out ildmg. Now there was
the dan.U-lion lw was Jealous of the
violet. So the dandelion got some more
of the Islry flower and decided to kill
the viol ?t when It was out riding. And
so it happened tit when ihe violet waa
tiding past the woou9 the dandelion and
the other flowers captured It and eion
killed It. When the king t.rd thin he
as very augr? and he orured tlie
dandelion to come forward. The dan
delion wae trembling froin head to ftot.
He did n
wait fT any e xpianxtion. but aa!i to
the dandftliur.: "You eliH.ll be nothii;
but a common flower, more like a weed
than any flower, and people enali not
eant you in their gardens. You shall
always be taken out ot the ground and
thrown away to die." fto that is why
leodelloDS are so numerous.
Stories of Nebraska History ; Dy A-R Sheg ;
TLe r.olim.
Iy JSi.l y Atiifin( d 1! Years. Val-
1' r. :tl. J..i.e f ile,
fo e dy lc. ar.l i! r. H(,l in rme to
..4e I tir fccn.e l.i ,r.e cf our api4e
i... in a If w ! ih:r h.,,i, n
,,.'.! .pitl ai.d 11 I'W 1S U;er we fuui.d
i t tft In ti.a nit. teversl cays
i .1 t y anj . siK.th.-r r( in the
1--'. iv.i,n tiie er-ie Zour cf irj'in.
j'.'-u Hit. I. .ji.ii t .n (k-(e ae'l
A Ticnic in the Woods.
By Jf
I'ope. Atd li Turn, Waiuul,
la., tun euie.
One day Uat summer n y aunt, couain,
mamma, my Utile brother, lt-r and I
went to tlie wooda, about five inllea from
hera When we got there we got fr-'!i
earth for the liouae plants. Then fee
rt.ll.iren went to the cr.-k. It Is called
lkitany. AflerearOa we gatheied
oiiie Hd plunia. W l.,iiul auui li.lng
hut looked like l'd giapa, ut nianui.a
(By apeolal permission of the author,
T1e Bee will publmh (hapters frum the
lU.lorv ot Notiraaka, by A. E. bheldon,
frum week to week.)
Princfe MaximilHaa
Prtnre MaxunllU-n was born In Qer
many tn ITU. Ills full UlVa waa Mealmlt
lan, rrlnce von Wled. Ho waa born with
a fortune aa wll as a noble title and
might have feasted hla life In Idleness
and luxury like many other princes. But
Trlnce Maximilian from childhood loved
study. Moie than anything else he loved
the study cf nature. The r.ew world
acruee the ecwan, with Us unexplored
fetldemess. drew him to its wilds. He
spent to yeais in the forests of Braxll
and wrote several volumee upon lhat
ihen unknown region.- '
la 1V4 I'rlnce Maximilian made his fa
,wi Journey up the MUaourt river on
the aecond voyage ol the steamer Yel
lowstone. With him were skilled artlats
and sdiVittsta from Europe, who gath
ered speilnieiui and painted ploturea of
the country through which they traveled.
The next ' tr lrince MaalmlUan re
turned te Kvvopc and four yeara later
published at fol leota, Germany, a story
cf las travels In r srth America In three
volumes, one of whb'h ts an art port
r.lte fi'.led with sketches and ptoturss
of western lire.
Nebraska ewes a great deaVto Frtnre
Maxiintlian. He made vur country and
its tp!e known In Flurope. Of all the
writers on early Nebraska he seems the
mot Thiiiiln. He bad the trained eye
of the lieiniMn scirnttat and the Imiigiua
tion of a !... ties 4 mi his stoiWs and
1S3J rises before ua. The steamer Yel
lowstone comes again from St Louis,
beating Us way up the Mi&aourt river
against the swift yellow currtnt in late
April and early May. The leaf buds
break, the birds salute the silences, the
flowers bloom, all the way along the
Nebraska cocst He names each of them
tn both the German and Latin tongues
with loving attention and praise He
saw and felt the spirit of the west The
eagle's nest above the river, the ruined
cabin in a dark valley, the angry wind
storm, the moonlight on the Missouri,
the facee and manners of tha Indiana
j and fur traders, the rich soil, the flow
ing . streams, the forests where the'
steamer stopped to cut wood for its fur
nace, are all ireah and real tn his stories
snd In his picturea Kome of the things
which he saw in Nebraska are best given
tn bis own woids:
' "In a dark valley of the forest we saw
a long Indian cabin which reached nearly
across the vale and must have been built
for a large number of men. The loca
tion was wild and beautiful. The bald
headed eagles neat everywhere In the top
of the high trees along ths shore. One
of'iem waa ahot with a rifle. In places
amok rose out ef the depths ot the for
est, tn others the wood and the ground
were black from fires. Bometjjnea the
Indians st.irt theee fires in order to de
stroy their trail when followed by
enemies, at other ttnves they arise from
conipfirea of fur traders 00 the rteer
banks.
young goslings. The old birds would not ,
desert their children even when our peo- j
pie ahot among them.
In a beautiful wild region we reached
the mouth of the great Nemaba river.
The hunting huts of the Indiana stood
la the forest, but nowhere was man to
be seen. One travels hundreds of miles
oa thla river without seeing one human
being.
. ' e e
In the evening sun. ss It sank bulow ths
treetope, gave the region a glow of part- '
Ing light We enjoyed a view of the vio- ,
let. red and purple tinted . hllle. while
the mlde minor of the kflsaourl and sur
rounding foreats glowed as though on
fire. Quiet reigned in this remote scene
of nature, for the wind had lulled and
only the puffing and ruahing of the
steamboat broke the sublime silence. !
a a e ;
At night we lay by near Morgan's la-
land. The w hip-poor- UU. one of the !
birds we bad net met before, here filled ,
all the forests with their voices.
e e j
On the left bank, where the wide prairie
clasped a wood In its embrace, the Little '
Nemaha river broke through. At 1U 1
mouth the Missouri la very eaaltow. A
great wind blew our steamer upon the ,
sand. One of our smokestacks was
blown down. Crows flew over ua ac ravin- )
ing and a aand-piper with dark red l?a .
ran about oq the sandbar near the ehly. j
We aaw diffeient kinds of arackie -
hulking at hi pictures the Nebraska of 1 We t id gres ltu their do ny jtblackblids) flying together, the beautiful j
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