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Subscriber laaving tha city ahould faava Tha Baa mailed
U tham. Address changed aa of tea aa raquaatad.
Victory loan? Sue, it's going over.
i Germany has decided tp send ministers and
not messengers to Paris. .
i Bavaria has flopped again, if you still can
-work up interest in the politics of that region.
; tf Keith Neville were goveernor yet, do you
think the "code? bill would be such a dreadful
thing?
.- Kansas already has in an application for
120,000 harvest hands. Some of them may be
. It is easy enough to invite nations to a peace
conference, but to make them agree is some-
' thing else. , .-:'.!- . 'c
" If the transatlantic flyers do not get started
pretty Soon, folks will quit paying any attention
to them.
" That midnight at noonday effect was only
the passing sign of old Jupiter Pluvius getting
on the job right.
, It might be wort.h while for people owning
sates to open tnem now and then to see it the
contents are intact. ,.-... 1
f Bela Kun said he had the people with him,
but he had some difficulty when it came to con
vincing the police..
The Turk did not have to go far when he
turned bolshevik. He had not advanced a great
ways in civilized life. .
' Great Britain has just borrowed 75,000,000 pe
setas from Spain, if. you want to know to what
heights a neutral nation can rise.. ; .
Germany wants to submit the Paris, treaty
to a referendum. In the end her plenipotentiaries
will find the dotted line without trouble.
, 'If those tanks tear up a battle line the way
they do asphalt pavement, it is easy to under
stand why the Germans caved before them.
i Federal Reserve banks report great en
enthusiasm for the Victory loan. Some of this
may be due to the fact that it is tp be the last of
irs Kinu.
i, If 'Gene Huse keeps on he will have a wave
or migration setting in towards' Norfolk that
will swamp the town. Some of them may be on
Gus Hyers' pay roll, too; , Vi; ' :-
' What an awful thing it is to have a lot of
republicans holding office in Nebraska, and
them not faking orders from the Omaha Hy
phenated; 'snoutrage, all right.
,.' Another postponement of the conference on
steel prices is announced, and maybe by , the
time the board gets ready to meet the ordinary
course of trade ' may have answered the ques
tion. 1 ' ;; -i , '
, ' Senator Sutherland has heard the call of his
constituents, and, is now a candidate, .for nomi
nation by the republicans for president next'
year. He at least has the distinction of waiting
to' be asked. " . , .;
The Limerick strikers might profitably spend
a portion of their idle time reading Diederich
voft Knickerbocker's "History of New York,
particularly the chapter devoted to ah explana
tion of the periwinkle currency. . ;
" , "Contents, of container" must come up to
government requirements, or 'trouble will ensue
1 . " . 1.1 it.
tor someone, anori-weignting packages, tne
most despicable form of profiteering, has
finally been Teached,'and is to be done away
with. ' '
Federal Wheat Director Barnes sees a drop
in the price of wheat not very far ahead, but
none in bread. He may be right, but he will
also hear quite a howl if the public "keeps on
paying lamme prices xor oreaa alter me wneai
quotation has got back onto the world basis
again. ; " Y ' ':' v' ''
; Nebraska republicans promised the people
of-the state they would do" 'certain things if
given the opportunity. 1 The people took them
at their word,' and the legislators faithfully re
deemed each pledge. It is this .careful attention
to business that has aroused the ire of the
democrats, who promised nothing, and have
done nothing but kick.
1 Feeding the Bolsheviks
l If. Mr. Hoover's -plan for feeding Russia
thtough neutral agencies becomes a tact, it is
not in exchange for bolshevist gold that Ameri
can food can go into Russia, but in exchange
foe a rational and civilized bolshevist policy.
It is with Russia as with German v. We are
sending food across the Rhine for the purpose
of -encouraging order and the establishment of
a government with which the Paris conference
can talk in the comprehensible t terms of one
nation speaking with another nation. Food re
lief for Russia will not function if the transac
tion is to be between the entente, or America,
on the one hand, and a "revolutionary interna
tionalism" on the other. Does Lenine stand
ready to abandon his warfare against "western
imperialism"? vIs the recognition, he solicits to
be recognition of a government or of a cru
sade? Or is war to continue under a new as
pectwe striving to kill bolshevism through the
offer of food and ' Lenine propaganda 'working
to undermine the "capitalistic imperialism"
which feeds him? Mr Hoover's proposal of
food for Russia is not unconditional. The least
he can ask for, and apparently does ask for, is
that the Russia which clamors for food in or
der that it may go about its business shall re
strict its business to its own confines. New
. . CODE BILL AND REFERENDUM.
The referendum law was adopted in Ne
braska that the voters might have an opportun
ity to pass "upon any act of the legislature di
rectly. The old form was changed, and all our
laws now start: "Be it enacted by the people
of Nebraska." This is to take the responsibil
ity home to the sovereign source of political
power in the state. And the rule works both
ways; good laws as well as bad are subject to
its operation, and it may be used as well to ob
struct as to forward public interest. ,
It is now proposed to invoke the referendum
to retard the enforcement of the co-called
"code bill passed by the legislature, such a
course is clearly within the right of the voters;
if a sufficient number of them ask for submis
sion of the measure to the popular judgment,
the vote on it must be taken.
I However, the new law should not be meas
ured by the yardstick of its partisan opponent.
It was enacted in pursuance of a pledge made
by the republican party to the people of Ne
braska in its platform of 1918. No deception
was then or is now connected with the measure.
It was not conceived in the dark, nor brought
forth from a secret conference, nor is it de
signed to inordinately expand the personal
power or foster the political ambitions of the
governor or any other single citizen of Ne
braska. .
Chiefly, and splely, it aims to give the state
of Nebraska better government; to secure more
efficient administration of the public business;
to place responsibility for the conduct of af
fairs squarely on officers charged with carrying
out the work, and to get 100 cents worth of
service for every dollar of public money ex
pended. ..-.-..,-
' Discussion of the "code" bill will progress
from time to time, as its operation shows its
merits., When the public is made familiar with
its details, judgment may be sincerely passed
upon it. In fairness, it should stand or fall on
its virtues or its lack of them, and not on the
prejudiced assertions of those who seek advan
tage through restricting Nebraska to the un-
satisfactory and wasteful methods of an inade
quate and out-worn system of state adminis
tration. ...
Points On Victory Loan
' New York Evening Post.
Recollection of the varying moods that at
tended the Liberty loan "drives" high optim
ism at the outset, fears of partial failure when
the campaign was half completed, and reviving
confidence in the days just before the closing of
the lists has doubtless influenced the financial
community not to pitch its predictions too high
regarding the outcome of the canvass which be
gins on Monday. Nevertheless, the terms of
the "Victory note issue" anounced at the begin
ning of the week being distinctly more favor
able in nearly every respect than the public has
been led to expect, furnished an incontestable
grourrd for hopefulness.
The favorable points have already become
thoroughly familiar. Instead of the $5,000,
000,000 or $6,000,000,000 forecast in January and
February as the amount to be asked for only
$4,500,000,000 is required, and oversubscriptions
will not be accepted. This clearly carries the
possibility that should the notes be in active de
mand on account of the tax-exempt feature of
the 3 3-4 per cent issue, or for other cause, sub
scriptions may be filed in excess of the amounts
actually wanted by investors. I he interest borne
by the tax-exempt notes is actually somewhat
above the yield- on the outstanding tax-free
3 l-2s; and if it is objected that the rate of 43-4
per cent on the partially taxable notes is slight
ly lower than the return that may be had from
outstanding bonds carrying partial tax exemp
tion the bond expert's answer would be that a
short term note can hardly be compared with
a 10 or 20-year bond.
While caling upon patriotic feeling, there
fore, as an incentive to liberal subscriptions, the
secretary of the treasury has actualy provided
incentives of a more practical sort. The sur
prising part of r, G1s' loan announcement,
however, lay in the implication that the govern
ment's financial neeos could be cared for by the
issuance of only $4,500,000,000 notes. . .
Does the treasury contemplate a further
drastic curtailment in outgo? As compared with
last December, when national expenditure was at
its peak, the disbursements of February showed
a reduction of $871,000,000; those of March,
$681,000,000. The following' table shows the
course of expenses month by month since our
entrance into the war (figures in thousands):
1 , loiai
t Ordinary Loam to
1919. , expenditures. Allies.
March .... $1,042,182 (322,860
February 1,035,130 146.397
January 1,669,580 " 290,261
1918.
December 1,870,890
November 1,665,061
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11,379,811
1.189,918
.1.962,851
i Italy Firm for Flume.
Mr. Wilson has encountered a stubborn ob
stacle in his great work of fixing political boun
daries in Europe. Italy firmly declines to abate
its demands for the great Adriatic port of
Fiume. .To this, as to other portions of the
Adriatic coast, the Jugo-Slavs lay claim. It is
a Question of which has the better right. Tha
president has apparently made up his mind that
the Italian claims are not well founded. Thus
a deadlock has developed between the United
States and Italy on the Adriatic question. Baron
Sonnino has entrenched hjmself behind the se
cret treaties made between Italy and England,
France and Russia, and the president reminds
him that the United States was not a party to
those treaties.
In his "fourteen points," given to the world
in January, 1917, Mr. Wilson made this his 9th
"A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy
should be effected along clearly recognizable
lines of nationality." In his 11th point, dealing
with the Balkans, he set out: "Serbia accorded
free and secure access to the sea." At the time
it was not anticipated that the Austrian em
pire would be dissipated. The Jugo-Slavs were
to have Montenegro and. Serbia, with access to.
the-sea assured. More than this is not ex
pressed.
The whole question turns on the interpreta
tion of the generalizations contained in the pres-
ident's language. The Italians are resolute,
relying on national history; the Jugo-Slavs are
quite as determined, basing their claims on the
infiltration of former Italian communities. Sen
timent among well informed Americans leans to
the Italian side. Whether Mr. Wilson will be
able to modify "his attitude on -this point re
mains to be seen, but at the present he seems
to be unfortunate in his effort to give practical
October
September
August ...
July
June . . , .
May ....
April.,.. .
March . . . ,
February ,
January . .
December .
November
October . .
September
August . . .
Jttlx
June ....
May ....
April
1,174,622
1,274,605
1.524,902
1,269.788
1,263,915
1,068,208
910,757
820,126
656,401
715,802
889,052
278,950
489.100
282,150
279,260
243,485
242,700
424,000
287,500
317,500
825.000
370,200
2,060.975
1.986,249
1,664.882
1,557,263
1.805,518
1,608.288
1.263,915
1,508,195
1.215,288
1,155,964
1,002,879
1.090,356
4rclble Entry and Detention.
W. C. W, What process of law
is necessary to take to remove a
tenant from a residence for non
payment of rent? How many days'
notice is necessary before the tenant
must vacate? I refer to city resi
dence property.
Answer Before an action for for
cible entry and detention can be
commenced it is necessary to notify
the party in possession that action ia
about to be brought, which notice
shall be served at least three days
before commerung the action and
must tit a definite time to vacate, by
leaving a written copy with the de
fendant or at his usual place of
abode. Action mav ihen be started
by filing a complaint in writinar. de
scribing the premises and setting
lortn tnat tne defendant is holding
unlawful possession.
Descent and Distribution.
C. H. B. Can children by first
marriage claim equal rights where
no will was made by the father?
There is a mother and Blx children,
five of them are living. One brother
being deceased, who left a wife and
two children. What would each
one's share be when two of the chil
dren are by a former marriage?
Answer In this atate the law
makes no distinction between chil-'
dren of half blood and those with the
whole blood except in case where the
inheritance came to the estate by
descent, devise or gift of some one
of his ancestors, in which case all
those who are not the blood of such
ancestors shall be excluded from
such inheritance. In other cases
where the surviving wife or husband
is not the parent of all the children
and there being one or more chil
dren, or the issue of one or more
deceased children . surviving, the
wire, or husband win take a one-
fourth part of the property of the
deceased, and the remaining three
fourths descends equally to all of
the children, whether of the half
blood or full blood, and the share of
any deceased child leaving issue will
descent to sucn issue.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(King Bird challenges the Myaterloua
Knight to meet the Knilrht at th Pnlmned
Sword In combat. The Mysterious Knight
vanquishes a boar, thlnklna thia la tha
Strange knight.)
CHAPTER III.
The Horned Horse.
ING BIRD'S announcement that
the boar was not the Knight
of the Poisoned Sword caused
great excitement anion the birds.
They though the Mysterious Knight
had. conquered his foe and won the
tourney. They all agreed that the
knight had put up a good fight
against the boar, and there was
much shaking of heads among: them
at the prospect of his having to face
a still .more dangerous opponent.
Peggy felt the same way. She
didn't want Billy, who, as she knew,
was disguised as the Mysterious
Knight, to run any more grave
chances. But Billy wasn't afraid. He
rode around the arena on Balky
lssijie
. ... 611,297 492,000 1,105,212
512,952 471,980 986,082
462,045 480,700 944,868
. .... 849,013 896,000 746.378
..... 277,438 478,00 757,457
208,299 452.600 662,81
134,804 277,500 412.723
- 114.103 407,500 626,506
81.660 - 200.000 289.864
Should the existing tax law produce (as it
L CI -.V ..j . rrtu- -An
prooaDiy wiim tne estimated amount or ao.uw,
000,000,. there would thus be available from this
source and from the pending loan $10,500,000.
000; this being exclusive of receipts from the
tariff and from sales on treasury bills, which
Mr. Glass apparently contemplates selling to
the banks later in the year. Taking the calendar
year as a whole the income from the two
sources mentioned would figure out an average
Of nearly $900,000,000 monthly, which would not
imply an impossible reduction in outeo.
I he situation is by no means so simple, how
ever, mere has already been issued, in antici
pation of tax receipts, about $750,000,000 of tax
certificates, maturing in June and July, of which
si58.UU0.UU0 were sold in-1918.
A more important item is the fact that the
forthcoming loan has been more than covered
by. issues of certificates, the total now amount
ing to approximately S5.000.000.000. To the ex
tent that this paper has been sold during the
current year the proceeds would naturally figure
in the 1919 estimates. But these anticipating
borrowings mean that the proceeds of the loan
will add nothing to the treasury s workine bal
ance, which according to the latest available
statement stands at si,468,UU0,U0U.
France Merely Wants the
Note Indorsed
France must not be taken as beine skentical
of the security offered bv the leaeue of nations.
iNot at all. France has accepted the league as
inevitable, f ranee. doesnt say the untried ex-
meaning to the phrases he used two years ago. penment may not work, l hat would imply
. ' J 1 OOUDt OI ItS
Moreover,- he is coming into personal contact
with some of the , difficulties presented in the
Balkan question, and may be able in the future
to view with a more sympathetic eye the efforts
of diplomats of other days in trying to har
monize the interests of that region.
Germany and the Peace Covenant.
Just suppose Germany does not enter the
League of Nations; what then? For the present
the enemjr nations are excluded from the pact,
and the bar is not to be lifted until the nations
within are-content with the behavior of those
without In order that the League of Nations
may fulfill its destiny,' it is necessary that Ger
many eventually become one of the parties to
the covenant. ". But the Germans have not yet
shown any desYre for such membership, nor do
they evince any great interest in it, other thaq
as it may adversely affect them. In considering
the future, will it not be wise to make calcula
tions, against such" a possible contingency as
that the peoples how excluded may decide to
remain outside, or at least not to be bound by
the terms of, the covenant? It is a matter of
history that the Hague conventions came to
nothing because of German refusal to be bound
by them. Acceptance of the principle was not
sufficient to vitalize it, nor will such action now
give life to the peace that is to come out of
Paris. The better way to secure the future is
to adopt such reasonable safeguards as are sup
ported by experience, framing any experiment
that is to be tried in such fashion as will not
leave the world helpless if it; fails. Every right
thinking person in all the world wants per
manent peace, but our dear-bought knowledge
of the German. mind should teach us its work
ings are not in line with the thought that is
embodied in the League of N'ations. France
has to look ahead to a future where an unre
stricted Germany is an unlimited threat, and so
she' asks to be relieved if possible from the sit
uation. ' ,
value, and France is too oolite
to impiy a aouot. , ,
- At the same time France will ask that
note be made, the merest memorandum at some
convenient place in the treaty, that England
ana America engage to supply military force
to protect French sou if it is again invaded.
But no disbelief in the efficacy of the leaeue of
nations is to be construed. None at all. ...
France merely aooraisis the situation as did
the small boy who admired the deacon's calf
and inquired how he could eet one like it The
deacon told him he could get one by praying
ior it. men, said tne small boy, you give
me yours and pray for another."
ihe french have to be oractical about. this
question ot national secuntv. In other mat
ters, like love, literature and pulling down min
istries, they allow themselves some latitude.
But touching the defense of French soil aeainst
German invasion they long ago agreed'among
tnemseives to keep on the plane Americans in
dicate when they refer to brass tacks. France
doesn't know for sure what a league of nations
would be, but it does know what a German in
vasion is. It has seen two in a sinele genera
tion, and as far as French lights go it knows
only one certain means of repelling them
Whatever other means the oeace conference
may like to try. France is willing to go in on
it for the sake of good fellowship with the
little reservation referred to. Let there be a
league by all means. But let England and Amer
ica be ready .'with men and guns in case well.
just in case. Kansas uty limes.
You may have noticed that the man who
finally flew from Chicago to New York with
out stopping didn't waste time talking about his
plans. He just started his machine and made
the flight. Several morals might be pointed by
this, all of them obvious.
"An apple a day" will mean a little some
thing more to the consumer in the future, the
apple having joined with the orange groves in
combination to maintain prices and pool
profits, especially the latter. ' t
Mr. Wilson cables an Illinois congressman
that fie can not say when congress will be called
together, for he does not know himself. Now,
go on with your checker-vlayinjp
The Day We Celebrate. J
Chauncey M. Depew. former United States
senator from New York, born at Peekskill,
i. x., oa years ago.
Frederic Villiers. dean of the guild -nf war
illustrators and correspondents, born in Lon
don, 67 years- ago. i
air John Merry Le Sage, the veteran man
aging editor of the Daily Telegraph of London,
porn 0 years ago ,
L. F. Loree. for manv vears nrrcirlmr nf th
Delaware and Hudson Railway company, born
at Fulton City, 111., 61 years ago.
Dr. Arthur T. Hadley, president of Yale uni
versity, born - New Haven, Conn., 63 years
ago. ' t
Edwin Markham. author of "Thr Man With
the Hoe," born at Oregon City, Ore., 67 years
ago. '
W. Murray Crane, former United States
senator from Massachusets, born at Dalton,
Mass., oo years ago.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Over 800 people attended the reception given
by the Y. M. C. A. to the railroad men of
Omaha. .J. B. Caldwell delivered the anMreca
of welcome; T. H. Taylor was master of ceremonies.
Governor Thaver is in the citv. cuest of, Mr
George I. Gilbert of the police commission.
Thousands witnessed the solendid naccant
offered by the firemen in their annual parade.
The annual ball of the Omaha fire denart-
ment at Exposition hall was a great success,
over 1,200 persons attending. The Firemen's
Benevolent association is about $1,000 ahead
on account of this hop, i
Revenue.
F. B. Is It compulsory to replace
revenue stamps on a note or mort
gage' every year it is due, or, of not
renewed, also when interest is paid?
j Answer- The mere fact that a
note or mortgage becomes due does
not make it necessary to place any
revenue stamps thereon unless it is
renewed by making a new note or
mortgage, but it can be xtended
without additional revenue stamps.
The payment of interest does not re
quire new revenue stamps except as
above stated, when a new instru
ment is given, which in all oases re
quire revenue stamps.
Intoxicating Liquors.
R. S. K. Is there anything in the
prohibition laws of Nebraska that
will prevent me from making my
own beer, elder and unfermented
wine? It is not my intention to sell
the same, but to have it for my per
sonal use, and, if occasion presents
itself, so that I may treat my friends
when they call to see me.
Answer Section 2, chapter 187,
being the prohibitory law of the
state of Nebraska, provides as fol
lows: "It shall be unlawful for any per
son to manufacture, sell, keep for
sale or barter, give away, barter, ex
change, transport, purchase or to sell
or barter under any pretext, any malt.
spirituous, vinous and intoxicating
liquors, except only certain liquors,
for. medicinal, mechanical, scientific
or sacramental purposes by persons
specially authorized in the manner
and to the extent only as hereinafter
provided. It shall be lawful, how
ever, for any person to make, keep
or sell sweet cider, unfermented
wine, wood alcohol, and denatured
alcohol, and nothing herein con
tained shall be construed to prevent
tne oona nae manuracture and sale
of vinegar."
"tioOk Out, Billy. It's a Unicorn!"
Sam, his gallant steed, and seemed
read yto meet any foe that might
appear.
"Prepare, prepare to Tneet the
Knight of the Poisoned Sword,"
shrieked King Bird. Again there was
a crashing of undergrowth In the
forest; again came the sound of
some' creature rushing toward the
arena, but this time the sound was
louder and more menacing than be
fore. The Mysterious Knight turned his
gallace steed to race the woods. Then
out from the shrubber ytore a great
horse with what appeared to be a
long horn sticking 'out from its fore
head. Pecirv easned with astonishment.
"A unicorn!" she exclaimed. "My,.
I had no idea there was such an
animal outside the old-time fairy
books."
She had read of these strange
creatures that were supposed to
have lived in the long ago, and she
had feen pictures of them rearing
up and lighting the lion for tne Brit
ish crown, but she thought they ex
isted only in fables. Now ahe really
wa salarmed over Billy's safety. If
a unicorn could fight a lion, it ought
to be able to make short work of a
boy, even if he were dressed In
armor.
"Look out, Billy. It's a unicornl"
gshe cried.
Billy was startled at the sight of
the horned horsse, but bravely urged
Balky Sam, his gallant steed, to
meet it. Balky Sam started sturdily
enough, but the unicorn neighed
shrilly, then lowered its head until
the horn pointed straight at Balky
Sam and charged at him. At the
same instant Peggy shouted another
warning: .
"Beware the poisoned sword." She
didn't know that the horn really was
poisoned, but why else the name, the
"Knight of the Poisoned Sword?"
Balky Sam caught the meaning of
Peggy s warning Just as the unicorn
seemed about to spear him. Now
Balky Sam had fought German war
horses and was far from being a
coward, but he didn't a bit fancy the
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Female Labor.
A. L. C. The merchants of this
place are working their women em
ployes from nine to 14 hours a day.
What is the regulation working day
for women and to whom can I refer
this matter for adjustment? I
have written the county attorney,
but have been unable to get him to
take any action. : i
Answer Section 14 of chapter 35
of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska
for 1913 provides as follows:x No
female shall be employed in any
manufactory, mechanical or mer
cantile establishment, laundry, hotel
or restaurant, office, or by any pub
lic service corporation in this state
more than nine hours during any
one day, or not more than 54 hours
in one week. The hours of each
day may be so arranged as to, per
mit the employment of such female
at any time from 6 a. m. to 10 p.
m., but In no case shall such -employment
exceed nine hours in any
one day.
Section 17 of the same chapter
provides as follows: Any employer,
overseer, superintendent or other
agent of any such employer who
shall violate any of the provisions
or tne next three Drecedine sections
shall be fined for each offense in a
sum not less than $20 nor more
than $50, and it Is hereby made a
duty of the deputy labor commis
sioner to enforce the provisions of
the next preceding sections.
ir you have taken this matter un
with the county attorney and he re
fuses to take any action, you Bhould
write to the deputy labor commis
sioner at Lincoln, as provided by the
last section quoted.
Patrick Henry's Home.
Patrick Henry's historic home In
Halifax county, Va has been de
stroyed by fire. Like death and
taxes, fire -Is no respecter of com
bustible materials.
Again the "Daylight" Law.
Emporia, Kan., April 19. To the
Editor of The Bee: I noticed one of
your editorials in regard to farmers
kicking on the daylight savings plan
and you thought that they were fool
ish to make a kick. Of course, I do
not know just how it is with farm
ers in Nebraska, but farmers in Kan
sag, and especially in this part of it,
find that their hired help which they
mostly have toi depend on, insist on
going to work I at 7 and quitting at
6 and they are not going to work at
8 and quitting at 7 or beginning at 9
and quitting at 8. They want to go
to work at 7 and quit at 6 and if the
farmers do not let them do that,
they will not work for them. So
that is where the trouble comes in.
The first part of the forenoon is too
wet for harvest and to begin at
about the 1st to 10th of May cutting
alfalfa and cutting right on all the
time until frost in the fall and it is
too wet to work at that until al
most noon, and then when they quit
an hour earlier than usual it makes
a mighty short day and that is why
they object to it.
I thought that probably with this
understanding of the matter you
would not. think they were so fool
ish for wanting the time changed
back. , I think that in a good many
cases there is always two sides and
that it is a good idea to know what
Is on both sides before an editorial
is written on the subject.
N. B. HAYNES.
(The Bee must disclaim ever hav
ing defended the daylight law, even
as a war measure, or ever having
published anything, unless It might
have been a letter in the "Letter
Box" column, criticizing the farm
ers for objecting to the law, or calling-
them foolish for so doing. As
Kfar back as 1914 The Bee took a
stand aganlst the law as being un
necessary, and has never changed its
viewpoint. That it Is a law. how
ever, suggests that it is our duty to
observe it.)
CURIOUS BITS F LIFE.
' Man is the only living thing that
over sleeps on its back. . '
Only one British prime minister
has worn a beard Lord Salisbury.
. The United States owns fully one
lialf of the world's stock of dia
monds. - 1
The highest ambition of a China
man is to have a fine coffin and a
(ine funeral.
Turkish parents punish their
naughty children by hitting them on
the soles of the feet.
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IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"My mother told me never to marry
you." -"She
did."
Tea"
' "Oh. how I have wronged that woman!"
Judge.
Cobble After all. It isn't bralna, It
Isn't heredity, It Isn't education, but H'a
personality that counts In making a suc
cess. Stone Righto! What would you bt, old
fellow, without personality ? Life.
Examiner "Well, my good boy, can you
tell me what vowels are?"
First Boy "Vowls, surT E, of course
I can."
Examiner "Tell me, then, what are
vowels?"
First Boy (grinning at the simplicity of
the question) "Vowis, surl Why, vowls
be chickens." Farm and Home. , ,
landlord
Casey?"
had
says
"Did ye hear that the
lowered the rint for us,
Ualluhan.
"Ye don't say so!" says .Casey. "Well,
I suppose he thinks he'll lose less money
when ye skip without paying It." Every
body's Magazine.
"Johnny," said the teacher to a gro
cer's 6-year-old son, "a lie ran be acted as
well as told. Now If your father -were to
put sand In his sugar and sell it, he would
be ectlng a lie and doing wrong."
"That's what mother told him," said
Johnny Impetuously, "and he said he didn't
care." Stray Stories.
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Draw from one to two and so on to tt.l
end.
idea of being jabbed by a poisoned
sword. So Balky Sam dodged. And
he dodged so suddenly that the Mys
terious Knight was thrown out of
his sseat. But as he fell he grabbed
Balky Sam about the neck, and so
saved himself. ...
"Ne-l-gh! Ne-l-gh! I've1 Just
whipped an automobile, and now
I'm going to whip a tin knight and
hie charger," screamed the unicorn.
Around he whirled, making after
Balky Sam. But Balky Sam was
speedy and he raced around the ring
as fast as he could gallop, with the
sword of the unicorn just one length
away from his flank.
The Mysterious Knight regained
the saddle an dturned to strike at the
unicorn with his sword. Just as his
blade was uplifted he made a dis
covery that caused him to halt the
blow In midair. Instantly he chang
ed his plan of battle. He reined
Balky Sam aharply to one Bide, caus
ing him to swerve, so that the uni
corn rushed up beside him.
Then, to the amazement and alarm
of Peggy and the Birds, the Mys
teriouss Knight raised up from his
saddle and leaped upon the back of
the unicorn. j .
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His face and head were
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aar Bs tors te test the fascinating fragrance
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