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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWAED BOSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, "EDITOR TH BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated t'reM, or which THe torn U a Diemher, U eclu!wt aautled to tha un for saMicettoa M all aewe diipetrhee erwfltfi) to It or not oilmrwlae credited' in Ui!, paper, end also the (oral nn publitbed herein. All rifhta o( publication of out epee al diapatchea am alio referred. OFFICES! CBtcsao Pecplel Ota Ralidlna. Omhe The Baa Rtdt. New lore IS8 rifla Aft Hmito Omaha JJ18 N M. Bt. Loutt New B' of commerce. Council Bluffs 14 N. Main M. Weaauiston 13H 0 SL Uoooln UtUa Building. DECEMBER CIRCULATION Daily 65,219 Sunday 62,644 At a, circulation for the trmntb subacrllxd and twora lo bj 1. B. BAgan, Ciirulatton Manager. Subscribers leaving th city should have Th Be mailed tm than. Address changed often aa requested. Going to the "town meeting" tonight? The democrats insist on wrecking the army, ind probably will succeed. While the hatchet story may have been ex ploded, its moral is as good as ever. Army health was reported good on February 14. All right, let us keep it that yay. Grain may now be used in making "near" bcer if the brewer does not come too near. Assassination precipitated the world war and assassination threatens to delay world peace. Douglas county members of the legislature will hear from their constituents tonight at the city halL . Incidentally, The Bee is the only Omaha paper that has had a word to say on behalf of the home-owner. Young Prince Joachim Hohenzollern, vho was to have been a king, has been locked up as a rioter. Some drop. Japan insists there is no good reason why China should want Tsing-tao. None, except it belongs to China. Senator Fall joins with Senator Borah in deciding to absent himself from the White House luncheon. These men at least have the courage of their convictions. If Secretary Daniels is right, Mr. Wilson does not plan a long stay at home. The presi dent may change his mind after he sees the fix some governmental affairs are in. "Vic" Berger's tears would have flowed with more effect had lie shed them in a better cause. The government he defied and denounced has required payment of him that is all. As Omaha will pay not less than $750,000 of the cost of that new capitol at Lincoln, Omaha ought to have a little better consideration than usual at the hands of this legislature. Prudence should dictate to the legislature that the appropriation for the University of Ne braska college of medicine be not pruned too closely. It is not an Omaha, ibut a state institution. Killing the federal employment bureau by cutting off the appropriation is a democratic notion of helping out the industrial situation. It would only add to the disorder, and tend to chaos in the end. , Governor McKelvie is starting his part of the new capitol enterprise with commendable celer ity. If all the other work moves along with equal speed, we will have a state house almost before the tax is due Across the Ocean, in invitation to dine with the king is command not be ignored. But this country, fortunately, is a democracy, in which an invitation to a White House feast may be freely accepted or declined with or without a reason. ' With a billion ayd a quarter for the "re volving" fund ' the railroad administration at least has no cause to complain of not being taken care of by congress. The companies would have an uneasy time trying to raise that amount for betterments. Representative Dyer of Klissouri says "sin ister" influences are being brought to bear on congressmen in behalf of the railroads. They are threatened with defeat if they fail to vote in favor of early return. Has he looked up the record to see what happened at the last election to senators and congressmen who opposed the president? Today is set for "demobilizing" the service 'flag. . Blue star or gold star, it has shone for months, a signal to the world of duty done arid service given. Now it is to be laid tenderly away among the treasures of the family archives, a memento whose message to the fu ture will be of cheer and courage, a symbol of the righteousness and strength of a nation. Shipping Boards and Ships ' The statement conies from the United States shipping board that the merchant tonnage con structed by the government under the stress of war to meet the imperative needs of the war in the movement of troops and supplies is already greater than the combined tonnage of all other nations engaged ia the American foreigrt trade. Ships of American build before the civil war carried more than half of our foreign trade. At the outbreak of the world war they were carry ing hardly 10 per cent of our foreign trade. We have now been put back from 10 to over SO per cent in the ocean-carrying trade, and this great change has been effected within less than two years making a record in shipbuilding never before equaled or approached in all time. This huge mass of new ship tonnage, which is stili piling up, almost altogether belongs to the government. It belongs to the people and to the industrial interests of the people, and these industrial interests are vitally affected by the disposition to be made of this tonnage. Shall the ownership be retained by the govern ment under private or public charter and oper ation, or shall the ownership be sold to private enterprise, and under what conditions? Chairman Hurley of the United States ship ping board is putting these questions to every commercial body in the country and the an swers will be pooled for the enlightenment of the board and f congress. Some $4,000,000,000 of public property is involved. Its disposition for the works of peace and for the best interests of the country in the development of its foreign trade calls for careful and public-spirited con sideration. New York World.. IN WASHINGTON'S FOOTSTEPS. In congress today, pursuant to a time-honored custom, George Washington's Farevell Address to -his countrymen will be read. This is one of the solemn formalities traditional In connection with the birthday anniversary of our first president. Almost for the first time does his exhortation with regard to foreign entan glements have significant application to a pending problem. The League of Nations is before the country today, taking precedence for the moment over all other issues. Tn jail our history George Washington has never been quoted so earnestly and so reverently as now, when appealed to support one or the other sides of the question. None has a right to assume what he would say or do, were he here now. We know whit he did do, and by reasonable interpretation of his acts and words may find in his counsel and conduct something that will helpfully apply to our present problem. Washington advocated a strong central gov ernment. Among the colonies existed a spirit contrary to this. Each considered itself a sov ereign state, nor was this attitude entirely over come until after many years and a terri ble war. When Washington delivered his fare well speech, he was addressing a potential "league of rations." Virginia, for example, felt it might, under proper motive or with sufficient provocation, withdraw from the union, while Massachusetts, with all its democratic tendency as opposed to the aristocracy of the James and the Roanoke, clung to similar views. A "for eign entanglement" then might easily disrupt the confederation that was laying the founda tion of a nation. Jefferson defeated John Adams for the presidency on the state sovereignty issue, and the first undertaking of his adminis tration was to undo as far as possible all the federalists had done to strengthen the union. It is one of the curious facts of history that Jefferson's purchase of Louisiana knocked the foundation from under his theory of govern ment, and opened the way for the firm estab lishment of the nation as distinguished from the confederation. Instead of being a "league" of forty-eight nations, as we might be, had the doctrine of Jefferson prevailed, we have attained the ideal of Washington, and become an homogenous people, with common interests and a central government. Does the association with other nations, for the purpose and along the lines 'aid down by President Wilson, threaten in any way the continuity of our national life? Careful study of American history will ma terially assist in coming to a conclusion on this point. We have a chance to go forward now, in a sense comparable to that offered Jef ferson in 1803, to Lincoln in 1861, and to Mc Kinley in 1898. Are we moving in Washing ton's footsteps? Courts Martial and Courts Civil. 'Secretary Baker's appeal to the president, asking that he interpose his authority on behalf of certain soldiers sentenced to death by courts martial, is but a phase of an agitation begun some weeks ago. It has for its purpose the modification of military practice in regard to dealing with offenders. Admitting all that has been charged in regard to the methods of procedure, something may be said on the other side. A court martial is a summary affair. Mili tary law . differs materially from civil law. Through the very nature of things, some of the rights sacred in a court of justice are abridged in a military court. The first object of an army is victory. To this all other considerations must give way. Obedience is necessary to discipline, and watchfulness to security, which are es sentials of victory. Whatever tends to destroy discipline or security endangers the whole fabric of the organization and puts in jeopardy its prospect. It is true that much of the work of our army was crude; less could not have been looked for. Inexperienced men were thrust into duties to which they were inaccustomed, and for which many of them were unfitted. An inevitable outcome of this was uneven and in not a few instances greatly exaggerated ap plication of ' authority. The system, however, should not be condemned out of hand because, untrained men could not make it run smoothly. Along with this may be considered another complaint frequently made, that National Guard officers were removed to give places of command to men of the regular army. Such action could only have been taken with a view to replacing an untrained man by one of greater experience. Any reasonable method of ameliorating con ditions surrounding the proceedings of courts martial will doubtless be welcomed by, the sol diers. But it is impracticable, in the very nature of things, to establfsh the military court on the 4asis of a civil tribunal. What is needed is men trained in the requirements of army life and versed in the duties of a soldier. The universal training of our youth will remove most of the difficulty now complained of. In the Battle of the Argonne. Governor Allen's sensational charges that soldiers were needlessly sacrificed in the battle of the Argonne, particularly those of the Thirty fifth division, have brought a dramatic recital of the story of that battle by the 'general in com mand of the division. " Himself a victim of the German gas, and still suffering from his experi ence, he made an impressive showing before the congressional committee' to whom he told his tale. In some regards the assertions of the Kansas governor are borne out. The Thirty fifth division did bear a great and honorable part in a desperate and successful assault. It captured one German stronghold that had held out against the French for four years, taking it after three hours of hand-to-hand fighting. It did other things as notable. It captured many prisoners, field and machine guns, and did fatal damage to the German military strength. And it suffered casualties. Many of the men who went into the fight with General Traub were killed, and many others wounded. This could not have been otherwise, unless the Thirty-iifth division had failed. . Each man of that splendid body of men aided magnificently in breaking the German military strength. To charge that these men were needlessly sacrificed is merely to raise a question of judgment. They won a victory; that should be the test. Kurt Eisner also paid the penalty of being a leader at a time when leadership entails great personal danger;. His views were not helpful to humanity, nor is the manner of his ,taking off, but both are examples of what a wreck has been made of civilization by Germany Washington's Hatchet Maker Cart Holliday in New York Post Who first told the Washington hatchet snd cherry tree story? It is a marvelous thing to create absolutely create a legend which an entire nation so loves that the millions cling to it long after its falsity is proved. There is something Homeric about such a deed. It gives renewed hope to those of us who rebel against the present tyranny of facts. Only thrice in American history has the feat been accomplish ed. John Smith fathered the Pocahontas ro mance, and Irving created the Rip Van Winkle tradition; but it remained for a humble Maryland-Virginia preacher to do the greatest deed of all the weaving of a beloved legend about a character so conspicuous that the most minute facts of his life are open to all. That century old tale of Washington and the hatchet how we hold to it! Parson Mason-Weems, preacher, fiddler, writer, politician, book agent, publisher, and lover of his fellow men we owe him a na tional debt of gratitude for the most charming falsehood in American annals. Parson Weems was all that foreigners expect in a Yankee. "Equally ready for a stump, a fair, or a pulpit," he possessed all the energy, presumption, shrewdness, exorbitant common sense, and plain "brass" that have made our countrymen admired, ridiculed, and feared throughout the commercial and social world. Gifted with true American inventiveness, he was not always certain about his facts; but God had given him an imagpation, and what is the use of such a faculty if not for just such emer gencies? , So many little incidents related by him are 'So charming that we are really very sorry they did not happen. Born in October, 1759, at his family's old home, "Marshes Seat," Anne Arundel county, Mary land, he traced his pedigree to the earls of Wemyss, descended from Macduff of Shake speare fame, and, in order that such good blood might not perish from the earth, the parents of young Weems did their full duty toward man kind by having 19 children I Often those who write so much and so charmingly about others write but little about themselves; the childhood of the parson, is lost in obscurity. Tradition says, however, that even as a boy he had the welfare of others upon his heart, and, as an instance of this, we have the story that his parents, suspicious of his frequent absence at night, discovered him teaching the poor chil dren of the neighborhood in a forest shanty. In 1742 he went to England to seek admit tance to the priesthood of the Episcopal church. Immediately trouble began. Holy orders could not be granted unless the applicant swore to the oath of allegiance to the crown. An effort was made to create a bishop for America so that the "laying on of hands" might be done without the embarrassing oath; but this was met with loud protests from the British clergy. In his perplexity Weems appealed to Franklin; but as the free-thinking Ben had a poor opin ion of apostolic succession, he advised the young mart) to preach without a bishop's blessing, and asked what American Episcopalians would do if the British Isles should suddenly sink and all the bishops go down in the catastrophe. Luckily, in 1784 the Enabling act was passed, and on September 5 Weems was ordained and soon af terward became rector of All Hallows parish, near his boyhood home. It was in 1800 that he wrote his masterpiece, with its prize American legend. Washington died in December, 1799, and Weems was ped dling the "Life" on February 22, 1800. At first the book was merely a thin pamphlet; but year by year, as Weems gathered fresh data and stories, the Volume gradually grew to 250 pages. His object was plain; he wished to prove that Washington was, first of all, a man. In one of the last editions, he declared his desire to hu manize a being Iwhom the public was looking upon as a sort of demigod. "In most of the elegant orations pronounced in his praise, you see nothing of Washington below the clouds nothing of Washington the dutiful son the af fectionate brother the cheerful schoolboy the diligent surveyor the neat draftsman the laborious farmer the widow's husband the orphan's father the poor man's friend. No! this is not the Washington you see; 'tis only Washington the hero and the demigod Wash ington the sunbeam in council or the storm in war." ' There is no doubt that Weems succeeded in his purpose. Read again the story of the hatchet; it absolutely proves that George Wash ington was once a boy, even if an abnormally truthful one: "When George was about six years old he was made the wealthy master of a hatchet, of which, like most little boys, he was immoderate ly fond, and was constantly going about chop ping everything that came in his way. One day in the garden, where he often amused himself hacking his mother's pea-sticks, he unluckily tried the edge of his hatchet on the body of a beautiful young English cherry tree, which he barked so terribly that I don't believe the tree ever got the better, of it The next morning the old gentleman, finding what had befallen his tree, which, by the by, was a great favorite, came into the house, and with much warmth asked for the mischievous author, declaring at the same time that he would not have taken five guineas for his tree. Nobody could tell him anything about it. Presently George and his hatchet made their appearance. " 'George,' said his father, 'do you know who killed that beautiful little cherry tree yonder in the garden?' "This was a tough question; and George staggered under it a moment; but quickly re covered himself, and looking at his father with the sweet face of youth brightened with the in expressible charm of all-conquering truth, he bravely cried out: 'I can't tell a lie, Pa; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.' " 'Run to my arms, you dearest boy' cried his father in transports; 'run to my arms; glad am I, George, that you killed my tree; for you have paid me for it a thousand-fold. Such an act of heroism in my son is more worth than a thousand trees, though blossomed with silver, and their fruits of purest gold.' " - , Weems may have done his work extrava gantly; in some of his Homeric moods the metaphors and similes may bombard the ear; the moral may be spread on rather lavishly; but the work touched the soul of the nation. No less than 70 editions appeared in less than 50 years. 7-V The Day We Celebrate. Ferdinand Adter, retired, born 1846. Coit C. Campbell of the firm of Campbell & West, born 1877. Frank L. Stanton, celebrated Georgia poet and author, born at Charleston, S. C, 62 years ago. Clyde B. Aitchison, member of the Interstate Commerce commission, born at Clinton, la., 44 vpara acrn Marguerite Clark, motion picture actress, born in Cincinnati 32 years ago. William J. Klem, National league base ball umpire, born at Rochester, N. Y., 42 years ago. In Omaha 30 Years Ago. The Ferguson Furniture company filed arti cles ot incorporation with County Clerk Koach. The incorporators are Joseph Ferguson, David Cole, Henry Craton' and R. V.. Shipman. Internal revenue collections for the day at Omaha were SU78. Secretary Piper of the School board is pre paring to receive applications to lake the school census. Senator Manderson is in town, but declined to discuss the' question of relocating Fort Omaha. At the entertainment given Lake school pu pils an original parody on Hiawatha was de livered by Miss Carnaby and Master Frank Haskell made the presentation speech for a tlag given to the school by nine or the boys. Friend of the Soldier Replies will be given in this column to questions relating to the soldier and his prob lems, in and out of the army. Names will not be printed. Ask TheBee to Answer. Many Questions Answered. E. M. H. The 231st military po lice company is in the 116th bat talion, attached to bpse section 1. S. O. S., base headquarters at St. Na zaire; A. P. O. 767 Is located at Nantes. Do -not know when this unit will return. Bessie B. The 305th Infantry Is part of the 153d brigade of the 77th division; address, A. P. O. 739: di vision headquarters are at Chte;m Villain; do not know when this unit will start home. M. S. The 13 th Infantry is sta tioned at Hoboken, N. J. It is part of the 15th brigade. Eighth division: brigade and division headquarters are at Camp Lee, Va. E. R. The 28th engineers' regi ment Is scattered in the First and Second armies; regimental head quarters and Companies A. B and K get mail at A. P. O. 747, located fit Commercey (Meuse); Company C, via A. P. O. 907, located at Bar-le-Duc (Meuse); Company D, Tal mont; Company F, A. P. O. 744, which is stationary with the 28th di vision. Being in the army of occu pation the regiment ia not listed for early convoy home. A Soldier's Wife The 13th veterinary hospital unit is with the army of occupation; address via A. O. 747, which Is at Commorcy (Meuse). A soldier who has been at a base hospital will be returned to his company if he has recovered sufficiently to be fit for service. A Soldier The bill providing for the $60 bonus for discharced soldiers has not yet become law; regulations for its operation will be announced when the measure takes effect. A Subscriber The Eighth infan try is part of the 16th brigade. Eighth division, and Is stationed at Brest. No word as to when this unit will return. Miss Zelda B. The 147th infantrv is part of the 41st division; postof fice address, A. P. O. 727, which is located at St. Aignan (Loire-et- Cher), about 100 miles southwest of Paris; the regiment is under orders to be returned at once; the 37th di vision's headquarters are at Hooge- ieae, a. p. o. 763. i A Soldier's Wife The 89th di vision is in the Seventh corps of tha Third army, and is included in the army of occupation. The 314th sup ply train is part or this division, its postofflce address being A. P. O. 761. The army of occupation will very njceiy oe reduced when peace is signed, although arrangements as to tne ruture have not been made. It has been recommended that men with dependents be given preference in discharge where such action will not adversely affect the service. A Returned Soldier Write to the Navy department at Washington for tne information you fieek. Mrs. M. 8.. Ravenna Mach ne eun battalions and field artillery regi ments are totally different organiza tions, as much as infantry and cav alry; the machine gun battalions served with the Infantry in the front lines. The 148th machine gun bat talion has been ordered home; the i4Sth neld artillery is part of the Third army, occupying Germany; its address is A. P. O. 754, for all but one unit. Battery P, the address of which ia Montigny-sur-Aur, via A. P. O. 730. Mrs. I. M. I.. Grand Island-The 811th pioneer infantry is prettv well scattered; regimental headmiarters and Companies E, F and G are at A. P. U. (52, Marseilles; headquar ters company, supply company and Company F are at A. P. O. 767 (Nantes); Company H is at A. P. O. 702 (Paris), and Companies I and K are addressed La Pollia, via A. P. O. 735, which is at La Rochelle. Mrs. R. H. T. Present address of Battery E, 49th regiment, C. A. C, is A. P. O. 780, located at Mars-sur-Allier (Nievre), southwest of Paris; tne regiment is part of the 33th brigade. Have no information as to when this unit will be sent home. A Sister The 105th aero replace ment squadron was in the service of supply on February 1, address A. P. O. 723. No order has been issued for its return to America. If your brother Js still with the outfit, a letter so addressed should reach him. The mail has been greatly delayed. xne adjutant general of the army can give you personal Information. Putting the League to Test. New York Herald: The constitu tion nf the T.pngniA ff WnHnna n.n. vides that disputes be allowed nine montns in wnicn to cool. Move mat nrincinlft Via flnnpnrprl for nprnnnnl controversies over politics, police ad- ministratlon and prohibition. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. Although we are a busy rax, With soma new enterprise Or grand Invention to complete With every hour that tiles. No matter what the task may ba That we must leave undone, On this, his natal day, we iause To honor Washington. No flimsy wreath of Immortelles Does Memory weave for him, No perishable laurels that The dust of Time may 'lira. But to the February wind We fling the starry flag He planted In the solid rock ' Of Freedom's topmost crag. He put Its glorious colors there, His spirit keeps It still Untarnished In its lofty place, Secure .from every ill. , In war and want or ppace with all Its blessings manifold, He held his country and his flag Above both fame and, gold. A thousand heroes rise and soar Like rockets to the- sky To glitter for a little whlls. Then rorket-like to die, But high above Columbia's path To guide her from afar, Behold! still Washington remains A fixed and shining sttr. MINNA IRVING, In Leslie's. , DAILY CARTOONETTE SlC'EM-.R-VRK1. GO TU THAT CRT;? r, 6 DREAMLAND ADVENTURE By DADDY. (When the Olant of tha Woods tint that gold hunting is a risky business, Prince Bonn! Blue Bell promises to tpll a story that contain the secret of safe fortune hunting.) CHAPTER VI. Ronnio Blue Dell's Story. (NCE upon a time there were v two brothers, Jed and Joe," said Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, begin ning the story which held the secret of how to find a fortune with safety. "When they were young men Jed bade his brother goodby, saying: I'm going to the gold regions, there to find my fortune, that I may be happy ever after.' " 'I'd like to go with you, for I'm fond of adventure and want a for- ' Ho. ho!" roared tlu Giant. "Watch me draw that gold up with my crops!" tune,' answered Joe, 'but someone must stay on the farm and look after the old folks. Goodby, and good luck!' " 'I'll find enough gold to make you and the old folks as rich as princes,' promised Jed, starting hopefully away. "Many miles traveled Jed in the wilderness, far from friends and far from all men. -There he searched and searched for gold, suffering from hunger, from thirst, from cold, from heat, from hardships of all kinds. Now and then he found little pockets Proposes a Test. Harrisburg, Neb., Feb. 16. To the Editor of The Bee: To have paro chial schools or not to have them seems to be a live question In this state at present. It seems to me that the answer to two questions should settle this for every 100 per cent American. First Is it, or is it not, class legisla tion to so shape our school laws thaf certain religionists' may be allowed to escape complying with them? Second Judged by the history of nations through several generations, what has been the fruits of parochial schools, as compared with public schools. The first question is a legal one and should be settled by our national supreme court.' The second, anyone can answer by comparing Germany, Spain, Austria, or any other paroch ial-school dominated country, with good old U. S. A. Sixty-seven million four hundred thousand and forty-four of the people in this country do not belong to any church. (See the govern ment census for 1910.) Most of these millions, like Lincoln and General Sherman believe in Almighty God, righteousness, Justice and mercy; they believe in our public school system and for the most part are 100 per cent Americans. The religionists who call our public schools "God less." "gateways to hell" and other gentle epethets are less than one tenth of our population. "By their fruits ye shall know them" is a standard for Judgment as old as the earth. When Am bassador Wu of China was trying to convert Thomas B. .Ree (one of our three great speakers of the- house of representatives) to Confucianism, Mr. Reed told him he would have to show a better sample than China before he would take much stock In either Confucius or his brand of religion. . EDWIN WARD. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. Minneapolis Tribune: Now is the time, if ever, for all good men to file claims with the peace congress fur corner lots with eastern and southern exposure. Washington Post: Some Ameri cans are scared because 225.000 men are out of work; but they don't stop to think of the 99,775,000 other peo ple who are sawing wood. Detroit Free Press: Japan wants the peace conference to give her the Shantung province which Germany took away from China, Kind of rob bing Peter to pay Paul, isn't it? What's this dope' about no annexa tions? Baltimore American: New fash ions for men will exploit the upright military bearing of the figure. So, to be in style, every man will have to represent himself to admiring feminine eyes as a hero back from the trenches, for the civilian will have to practice the setup of the soldier to live up to his clothes. Kansas City Star: The big leaders at the peace conference ought to im press on the young nations right at the start that while we shall see that they get enough to eat now, we don't expect to board them always, and that they must be looking around for a place to keep house as soon as possible. Brooklyn Eagle: Four thousand British soldiers decline to be used as strike-breakers, or to do Industrial work at all except at the prevailing rate of wages. Coercion may be at tempted, but the chances are against it. Mr. Lloyd-George uses laughing gas, not a pole, when he has to deal with the labor hornets. Brooklyn Eagle: The 5,000 negro troops back at Camp Upton, Includ ing a lot of decorated fighters, are probably happier and prouder than any other of our heroes. Their grandfathers may have fought in the Civil war for ther own liberty. To fight for the liberties of others is, indeed, a prouder task. "BUSINESS IS GOdO.THANKYOU" IIOT ; J J 1 m I If-t, IV. Nicholas Oil Company of gold. Just enough to buy his sup plies, to lure him still farther Into the wilderness, and to cause thieves to rob him whenever he set by tiny store of nuggets. "Finally, with ouly a few hundred dollars to show Tor his years of la bor and privation, he returned home. His brother met him at the station. 'Welcome back,' he said. 'Tell me of all your tine adventures and of the gold you have found." " 'Alas, my adventures have brought only hardships and priva tions,' answered the gold hunter. 'and the gold I. have brought home will not keep me long from hunger. I have no riches to give you and the old folks.' f 'The old folks no longer need It, for they have passed awny.' an swered Joe, 'and as for myself, why, I have found gold gold enough to give riches to me and riches to you.' "'So you went gold hunting, too?" said Jed in astonishment. 'Where did you find it?' Joe led him to the ton of a high hill and pointed to broad acres that lay below. 'I round It there," he answered. " 'Gracious, I didn't know there was gold so near at home. How did you find it?' exclaimed Jed, aston ished. " 'It was very simple," explained Joe. 'I planted tieans and they drew the gold up through the vines; I planted wheat and it came up through the stalks: I planted corn and I harvested dollars. Each thing I planted brought up its tiny speck of gold. There was not much from each, but the many specks made a pile that grew larger from year to year. And while I have been find ing this gold I have been enjoying life. I have a good wife, and a fine family. T have been happy and con tented and I've grown rich.' " 'And I, who wanted to grow rich fast by finding gold. Instead of work ing for it, have suffered hardship and misery and comeback poor,' cried Jed. 'What a fool I have been." And that's the end of the story," said Prince Bonnie Blue Bell, smiling at the Giant. For a moment the Giant looked puzzled. He was trying to find in the tale the secret of how to gain a fortune. His eyes turned from Prince Bonnie Blue Bell to the yellow roof of the Hall of Gold. Then suddenly his face light ed up. "I see! I see!" he shouted. "I can't safely reach that gold up there from down here, hut I can draw It up through the earth by planting crops. I wonder if there is gold under the farm I have rented?" "Behold," said Prince Bonnie Blue Bell. He rapped on the wall, a door opened, and there they were outside. And the strangest part of it was that they were right on the Giant's new farm. The golden roof was be neath it. "Ho, ho," roared the Giant. "Watch me draw up that gold with my crops. I'm going to start plow ing this very day. This g61d-hunt-ing trip has been fine if I haven't, found gold. I've at least found the way to find it." "Gold, gold, if you're seeking gold. Plant your crops in the spring, sir!" Roaring this new song, the Giant picked up Peggy and In a trice she was back home. He was still roar ing it as he hurried away with Billy to his farm, while Peggy crept back into bed to finish her Interrupted early morning snooze. (Next will he told the atory of Prince Bonnie Blue Bell's adventure in Waking Up Time.) Daily Dot Puzzle 27 26. 28 25 Z5 3o a, , S 32 24 - 4 75 ,a . 77- . 78 4a 4 6i fc fci --. ' S3 Draw from an to two and is ta tha and j mm Amoni the treasured memories w have of the last days spent with thosa who have preceded us to the other shora Is tha thought of a well conducted funeral. If you will allow us to superintend the ar rangements for th funeral you will feel satisfied with our services. N. P. 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