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Notes or taxes; take your choice!
A little inquiry may save a lot of trouble at
, the detention home. -
China threatens to follow Italy's example.
- It may not work twice. ,
i i If Jupiter Pluvius only will consent to an
armistice, we think it can be arranged. ,
Replacement troops are being enlisted for
. Siberia, for the war is going on there yet.
'""Take it or the consequences" is the word
. accompanying the peace treaty to the Huns.
Two years of neutrality for Fiume may lead
i to a better understanding of a bad situation.
Pretty soon we ought to hear from "Jimmy"
' lytzgcrald just what' he has prepared for the
taxpayers.
. .If a time limit is to be set on anything, why
not on Japan's privilege of exploiting Chinese
mineral deposit's?
. "War almost 'got' the music of America,"
says a visiting lecturer. What a pity it did not
get some that passes for music. .
Omaha's' $10,000 club finds its list almost
full, but this will not prevent anyone from .buy
ing that amount of Victory notes.
; Ocean travel by air-plane will be wondrously
popular if the schedule is always as well main
tained as that for the starting trip.
An upstate editor advises his readers to sign
no referendum petitions unless they feel cer
tain the legislature has made a mistake. . This
is good doctrine.
Uncle Sam is only $130,000,000 behind on his
railroad account for the first four months of the
year. This is not a very strong argument for
government ownership.
; Omaha school teachers are promised a very
nice little boost in pay by the Board of Educa
tion, which will very likely enable most of them
to renew their contracts.
I!
. Two only pf the heads pf hostages butchered
bv the reds at Munich were recognizable. Fur
ther proof of thevbeauties of the gospel of love
.'as expounded by the bolsheviki. "
The award of the court to the effect that
kisses at $50 each were -exchanged between prin
cipals to a suit may hardly be taken as fixing a
definite schedule, of fees for Osculation here
abouts. " '
A 10,000-word digest of the peace treaty
may sound all right to its authors, but it -will
not be popular. What the people want is to be
told in about one-tenth that number of words
exactly wh,at the treaty contains.
I ' Omaha and Council Bluffs are drawn even
closer together by the return of their army
medical units. These boys did splendid service
on the other side, and the welcome the home
folks gave them was many times deserved.
The German! seem to have difficulty in get
' ting rid of the ultimatum habit. By the time
; they hare taken a few gulps of the dose that
is to be handed tliem presently, they will prob
ably cease to think of themselves as dictators
to the world at large.
Herr Frederick William Hohenzollern says
. Herr Ludendorff Is a liar,, accompanied by cer--tain
qualifying adjectives. Herr Ludendorff
'- already had classified the younger Hohenzollern
;as to his mental capacity and his ancestry, also
with vivid description, so the matter stands
about all even.
Homesteads for Veterans
V One of the subjects to be brought forward
early in the extra session of congress is a much
'more liberal homestead law for the benefit of
; returned soldiers and sailors. The fact that
..the new congress is republican in both branches
is an assurance that the improvements in the
Jaw will be liberal. .- Legislation of the kind was
;one of the things quickly accomplished when
i the republican party , first gained control of-con-
.gress -60 years ago. Numerous congressmen
'are giving the subject consideration, and two
members of the cabinet. Secretary of the In
terior Lane and Secretary of Labor Wilson,
'are at work on plans to aid the movement.
..Secretary Wilson would open to the soldiers
mineral, grazing and forest land, also. He
points out that a great body of such government
; property is still unsettled and could be advan
lageously allotted on attractive terms to former
soldiers, sailors and marines. All who work
. on' the soil are more prosperous now than at
any former time. Farmers are making money
and increasing their capital. In various ways
the government is promoting their interests
more definitely than heretofore. Life in the
country has become decidedly less isolated, and
the hardest of the drudgery has been materially
reduced.
A plan urged by Secretary Lane, which has
''warm advocates in congress, favors the forma
tion of community farm settlements with roads
and various other improvements at the start,
t'nder the first homestead law the settler strug
gled along alone subject to many difficulties
that sometimes resulted in failure. But even
under these conditions the successful home
steaders numbered millions and are mainly to
be credited with peopling the west.' England
and Canada are interested in homestead meas
ures for themselves, and their projects are gen
, erous in the forms of aid to be extended. The
-United States should realize that the competi
tion in homestead laws will be lively.
! Naturally, all the veterans are interested in
h:H subject regardless of other business plans.
S;. . Louis Globe-Democrat ,, .
GAMBLERS AND FOOD PRODUCTS.
Food Administrator Barnes is credited with
saying he thinks the "sudden and wide fluctua
tions in corn may be due to speculative and not
to legitimate trade. Outsiders will incline to
the belief that the; opinion is well founded. The
course of the corn market since the opening of
the ports by removal of restrictions on food
shipments has been so vagarious and unstable
as to puzzle even those who are accustomed to
following the mysteries of the market Only
a few' days ago it was said a certain bunch of
eastern speculators had been caught on the
wrong side of the market and unmercifully
squeezed by the sensational rise in the cereal. 1
Somebody may also have been hurt in its
equally astonishing drop. It has gone up and
down in price by such jumps as are not likely
to be caused by actual transactions in the com
modity. In the interests of the public,x which
has helplessly watched the price of living go
higher and higher, Director Barnes should pur
sue his inquiry to here he can say definitely if
any part of this is due to gambling in food
products. If he should put an end to specula
tive transactions, so much the better, for the
burden of these operations finally falls on the
consumer, who is now paying very dearly for
the privilege of watching the bulls and bears
toss and worry one another around the corn pit.
Douglas County's Paving Program.
County Attorney Shotwell has raised a very
important point in the proceedings for submis
sion of a bond proposition to the voters of the
county. He holds that the county commis
sioners may. v not in advance of the election
designate what roads are to be improved. It
has been the opinion, 'seemingly well founded,
that the reverse of this is true, and that it was
necessary to specify the exact purpose for which
the proceeds of the bonds were to be used. It
is possible that a general paving bonds issue
would be valid, but it is quite certain that pur
chasers will scrutinize the record carefully, and
if any discrepancy appear, the sale of the bonds
will be accompanied by difficulty. What the
voters will want to know is precisely what the
county board intends to do. It may be all right
to set out that the money will be used to pave
the county highways outside the city of Omaha,
and allow the adjustment of the details to rest
until after the election, but differences of opin
ion as to what roads are to be so improved
will not be thus set at rest. These already have
been fully threshed out, and not without some
acrimony. Mr. Shotwell's ruling, if held good,
puts the ultimate selection of the highways for
paving into the hands of the county board, with
full power to determine where to spend the
money. It is well to get all these points cleared
up, so that the matter will go squarely before
the voters.
Stock Raising in the Arctic Region.
What would Dr. Thomas Malthus say, were
he to encounter the Canadian proposal to
utilize the Arctic wastes regions by producing
food and clothing materials there? It is but
little longer than a century since his "Essay on
Population" startled the scientific world by its
hopeless outlook for humanity. Whether . its
pessimistic conclusions had any material effect
on the outcome need not be considered., Man
has continually .added to his food producing
area, and has met in a way quite- efficient the
problem ;bf feeding the increasing population.
When Vilhajlmar Steffansson went into the
north, riding on an ice floe and determined to
live off the country, he was given up as lost.
He and his companions turned up, well fed and
comfortably clad after three winters of a most
remarkable experience. Now he has interested
the government of Canada in his views on the
subject of muskox and reindeer.
The United States long ago sent reindeer
into Alaska, that the Indians there might have
a steady and dependable source of meat supply.
Experience has demonstrated the practicability
of the plan. If Canada has completely arranged
for the settlement and cultivation of all its other
waste lands, the step to the Arctic regions will
come in order. It is a challenge to the imagina
tion, -.however.
Although mankind has in the last three or
four years given something of support to the
contention of Dr. Malthus, and the number of
mouths that are to be fed has been reduced by
many millions through war, pestilence and
famine, the world vill look with hope on any
thing that promises an addition to the possible
store of food. On this all progress finally de
pends, and the subjugation of the inhospitable
north, while it will not for the present give
either the packers or the wool growers much of
a start, may in time help hungry humanity to
stave off starvation and set the ruie of Malthus
a little deeper into the limbo of negligible
theories.
Faces Saved All Around.
Not Machivelli himself could have proposed
a happier solution than is reached in regard
to Fiume. The city will be autonomous and
neutral for two years, and then go to the Ital
ians. This will remove the crown of thorns and
wipe away the tears Gabriele d'Annunzio talked
of so feelingly in depicting Italy as a martyr;
it will also allow such of the Croatian, Slo
venes and others who do hot wish to linger
under the flag of Rome ample time to readjust
personal affairs and make arrangements for
future convenience. Italy also will have an op
portunity to see how completely its commerce
and political relations with the rest of the world
may prosper without this "musty port," over
which so much fuss has been made. Better than
all this, each delegate can leave Paris in a happy
frame of mind, contented and conscience-clear
as regards this Adriatic affair. Faces have been
saved all around the board; Orlando furioso be
comes Orlando the peaceful and harmony once
more will guide proceedings as all with one
mind , turn again to the German case.
The State department declines to recognize
Comrade Maartin as representing the govern
ment of Russia. This will be something of a
jolt to the comrade, as it puts quite a bar be
tween him and $150,000,000 in gold held in this
! country. Morris Hilquit will share in Maartin's
chagrin.
Vagrant bombs, floating around the ocean
lanes, are causing considerable apprehension to
mariners, but no more than arises from the
vagrant "bums" who infest the land' ways.
The mother-in-law vindicated her rights in
Rutlapest by ending the agitation in favor of
the "nationalization" of women
Trial of the Guilty
From the New York Times.
The announcement that the kaiser and those
of his subordinates accused of crimes in the
most criminally conducted war the modern
world has seen will be placed on trial if treaty
provisions now proposed are adopted will sat
isfy everyone but the guilty men themselves.
The kaiser is to be tried "not for an offense
against criminal law, but for a supreme offense
against international morality and the sanctity
of treaties." Criminal law, it has been held,
could not touch the head of a state; but that the
kaiser and his government did commit a crime
against the common moral opinion of the world
and against international law no man can deny,
and it would have been monstrous to allow him
to escape punishment altogether.
It would seem from this language that he
is to be tried solely for the attack upon Bel
gium. William might have been arraigned as
a principal in the prosecution of officers guilty
of atrocities, for the Germany army would
never have followed out the policy of fright
fulness if he had forbidden it. But for such
offenses as German troops committed in France
and Belgium the only proper penalty is death,
and there are difficulties in the way of bringing
a capital charge against the former emperor.
The tribunal which will try him "with a view
to vindicating the solemn obligations of inter
national undertakings and the validity of inter
national morality", will fix the punishment, and
it may be presumed that some sort of exile or
imprisonment will be voted. It is no doubt
due to the fact that Belgium is the victim for
attacking whom he will be brought to trial that
Belgium has no representative along with the
great powers on the proposed court.
For the minor offenders against "the laws
and customs of war," or those guilty of "crim
inal acts against the nationals" of the states at
war with Germany; special tribunals of: the
states involved are provided. It is perhaps
unfortunate that the proposal includes an ex
planation that, since the German government
has not provided for punishment of such of
fenders, the allies must do it themselvse. It is
notorious that the German government has not
shown any inclination to take this step, which
would have been one of the most convincing
tokens of a real change of heart in Germany;
and the language may suggest 'to the Germans
now that they may be able to avert vengeance
upon the guilty by hurriedly announcing their
own determination to institute proceedings
which will end, as in the Fryatt case, with a
complete whitewash of all Germans involved.
The theory of jurisprudence expressed by the
court which investigated the killing of Captain
Fryatt can be summed up in the assertion that
all things arc lawf:il for Germans, and nothing
for anybody else. It is not to be supposed of
course that the allies would be deceived by any
German proposals to try the offenders at this
late date but there is a possibility that the at
tempt at deception might lead to some delay,
and a chance to enable Germans guilty of the
most outrageous crimes to pose as martyrs.
. How far justice will be attained in these
minor trials may be doubted, for undoubtedly
many of the most guilty are dead, and most of
the others will probably disappear, with the
connivance of the German government and peo
ple. There is no reason to expect that the
Germans will do more than they are compelled
to do in the production either of defendants or
of evidence, which is one ground for satisfac
tion that German war prisoners on the western
front are still held. Among them are doubtless
some of the guilty, and it may be possible to
catch others. At any rate, it seems that an at
tempt at punishment is to be made, and the
mere attempt ought to go some distance to
ward vinidcating the universally accepted
standards of decency though whether the
Germans will be impressed remains to be seen.
The Fresh Boy
The teacher's favorite is not always the
good boy, who comes to school on time, who
keeps his eyes demurely on his book, who has
the answer ready and right, who minds his own
business and keeps out of mischief.
Nor is such a lad invariably the one who in
the long run forges to the front and makes
good.
There is a line to be drawn between the
"bad" boy and the boy whose irrepressible ani
mal spirits are always tempting him away from
the printed page to playfulness.
Because he is vivacious he is not necessarily
vicious. Because he is mettlesome and even
meddlesome, he is not of the lowbrow Lombroso
order of ruffian.
Let it be recognized that it is a priceless
quality in the human animal, this exuberance
that becomes tiresome very quickly to anemic,
conventional, deliberate people.
There is great hope for the boy who is "too
fresh." He is a trial indeed in the days of his
cubhood. He is impertinent and insatiable. He
is a Paul Pry ever exploring and asking ques
tions. He burns his fingers, monkey-wise, with
insane experiment. You cannot say what he
will do next, and he keeps the parental heart in
the throat with nervous expectancy.
As the years roll past circumstances will
conspire tp wear him down to quench his en
thusiasm to persuade him to desist and sub
mit, and take things easy, and go tamely through
the motions instead of with an ardor, splen
didly. The boy who seems "too fresh" is often the
boy whose appetite for information is a hope
ful sign, though his perpetual interrogation may
provoke his elders to snub him and may make
him a trying traveling companion. That a lad
who wants to know so much should be found
exasperating is sometimes to theN discredit of
the one who is exasperated. Undoubtedly in
many instances it is a sad mistake to rebuke
the inquisitiveness of a child to whom all the
world is a miracle. The child that "only does
it to annoy because he knows it teases" is not
to be confused with the child who sincerely
wants to be told the meaning of picture and
sound about him.
With the world aging so rapidly there is
constantly more for a child to learn. The child
who has entered school since the war has the
war to memorize as well as everything else.
The world never was so full of a number of
things for the school child as it is at present.
One must come "fresh" to one's desk of a morn
ing to be ready for such a lot of learning as
there is to absorb nowadays. Let us give thanks,
therefore, for that unspoiled, upspringing ver
dancy of childhood, even as we give thanks for
the radiance of grass and flowers newly brought
by the coming of spring. Philadelphia Ledger.
I ODAV
The Day We Celebrate.
Earl of Rosebery, former prime minister of
Great Britain, born in London 72 years ago.
. Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the Na
tional War Garden commission of the United
States, born at Lexington, Mich., 62 years ago.
Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois congressman and
former speaker of the house, born at Guilford,
N. C, 83 years ago. t
Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, former presi
dent of the General' Federation of Women's
Clubs, born at Petersburg, Va., 58 years ago.
Willi am A. MacCorkle, former governor of
West Virginia, born at Lexington, Va., 62 years
ago. ,
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mrs. Jenness Miller of New York addressed
a large audience of ladies at the Y. M. C. A. on
the subject of "Dress Reform."
Nat Goodwin appeared at the Boyd in "Lend
M$ Five Shillings" and "Turned Up."
The second students' concert of the Omaha
College of Music was given at Washington hall
under the direction of Miss Lizzie Isaacs.
, A distinguished party of land agents arrived
in Omaha and left later in the day for points
west on the Union Pacific. They were joined
here by J. C. Bonnell and A. V.'S. Saunders.
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case clearly, but
briefly and a reliable lawyer
will furnish the answer or
advise in this column. Your
name will not be printed.
Let The Bee Advise You
Live Stock Running at Large.
E. M. R. Are the owners of live
stock liable for damages which runs
loose on the public highway and
trespasses upon the . premises and
fields of their neighbors? '
Answer Sections 109 and' 110 of
chapter 2 of the Statutes of Ne
braska for 1913 provide that the
owners' of cattle, horses, mules.
swine and sheep in this state shall
hereafter be liable for all damages
done by such stock upon the culti
vated lands In this state as herein
provid-jd by this article. All damage
to property so committed by such
stock running: at large shall be paid
by the owners of said stock and the
persons whose property is se dam
age 1 thereby may have a lien upon
said trespassing- animals for the full
amount of damages and cost and
may enforce the collection of the
same by proper civil action.
It is further provided, however,
that to obtain a lien upon any stock
so trespassing, any person claiming
the same must notify the owner of
such stock In writing that such Hen
is claimed immediately after taking
up the same. It is further provided
that cultivated land withirr" the
meaning of this article shall ln
cluie all forest trees, fruit trees and
hedge rows planted on said lands,
also all land surrounded by a plowed
strip not less than one rod in width,
which strip shall be plowed at least
once a year.
Are farmers compelled to keep
their gates closed leading to the
public highway so stock running at
large cannot enter upon their land?
Answer You are not compelled to
keep your gates closed and the pro
vision of this statute above quoted
is applicable where stock running
at large enters and does damage to
your property.
The owner of live stock which Is
allowed to run at large upon the
public highway is liable for per
sonal injuries to children upon the
highway going and coming to school.
War Insurance.
I hear that government Insurance
is only paid at the rate of $60 per
month. Is this correct?
Answer. The government Insur
ance issued on the lives of soldiers
under the war insurance provision
in case of loss is payable to the
beneficiary at the rate of $57.50 per
month. This manner of payment
may be changed under the new
policies into which the soldiers may
now convert their former war Insurance.
Descent and Distribution.
F. G. Advise me if in Nebraska
a wife has any claim to a man's
estate outside of Insurance if he
has never had any children?
Answer. Under the laws of this
state the surviving wife or husband
if there be no children nor the issue
of any deceased child or children,
take one-half of the property of
the deceased if there 4s no will dis
posing of it otherwise. This provi
sion applies particularly to real es
tate and the manner of distribution
is the same in regard to personal
property where the value thereof
exceeds the sum of $500. In case it
does not exceed $500 the total
amount may be assigned to the sur
vivor after the payment of funeral
charges and expenses of-administration.
Homestead.
E. A. F. What is a homestead?
Answer Under the statutes of Ne
braska, a homestead in its common
ly accepted meaning is the house
and land where the family dwells.
The definition as given in Bou
vier's law dictionary, which has
been adopted by the supreme court
of several of the' states, is as fol
lows: "A home place; the place
where the home is; the house and
the adjoining lands where the head
of the family . dwells; the home
farm." If a tract of land is pur
chased by the parties for a home
and is transferred to one of the
family and is in good faith occupied
by them as their home residence,
the land so transferred to them and
dwelling house and other improve
ments placed thereon becomes their
.homestead.
Section 1 of Chapter 29 of the
revised statutes of Nebraska for
1913 is as 'follows: A homestead
not exceeding In value $2,000, con
sisting of the dwelling house in
which the claimant resides and its
appurtenances and the land on which
the same is situated, not exceeding
160 acres of land, to be selected by
the owner thereof and not in any
incorporated city or village. Instead
thereof at the option of the claim
ant a quantity of contiguous land
not exceeding two lots in any in
corporated city or village shall be
exempt from judgment liens - and
from execution or forced sale ex
cept as otherwise provided.
The supreme court of this state
has held that a homestead may con
sist of 160 acres of land and dwell
ing house thereon, or a city resi
dence and the land contiguous
thereto, providing such property i:r
used and occupied as the home.
If the legal title to the homestead
is in the husband and there art
no claims of his creditors against it
upon his death, the homestead vesta
in the widow for life without regard
to its value and in the absence of
a will of the husband his heirs will
take the homestead subject to the
life estate of the widow. But tho
homestead Is aubject to execution
sale upon Judgments against the
holder of the title if its value ex
ceeds $2,000. This limitation is
solely for the purpose of fixing the
rights of the homestead claimants
and the creditors respectively.
DAILY CARTOONETTE
HEY MI5TRR! THROW MY Bflf '
BACK IK THE YflHU-ioiu. YOU j
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
(Pesa-y. helping to nave Birdland from
Invading- porcuplnea, ftnda haraelt tn dan
ger from the strange anlmala.)
CHAPTER IV.
The Quill Battle,
PEGGY'S first though was to es
cape the circle of porcupines by
jumping over the animals. But there
were so many, of them she would
be sure to land right In their, midst.
Her second thought was to run fast
and dash through them before they
could spear her with their quills, but
Finally there was only one wise old
t porcupine left.
before she' could start something
happened that made her stop short.
Kingfisher was sailing home with a
wriggling live fish he had caught in
the river, when he noticed the com
motion in the woods. Coming closer
to Investigate, he saw Peggy's peril.
This so startled him that he dropped
the fish in the path of the porcu
pines. The fish flopped violently as it
hit the ground and then it flopped no
more. Without waiting to see what
it was the nearest porcupines struck
at it with their tails, and in an in
stant that poor fish was stabbed by
dozens of sharp, smarting quills.
Kingfisher darted down to recover
his meal, but the sight of those
quills took away his appetite. He
didn't want that fish any more,
neither did he want to suffer a like
fate from the tails of the porcu
pines. He halted in his flight and
soared up into the air again. -
Peggy saw what happened to the
fish and It was that which stopped
her short. She didn't dare get within
striking distance of those terrible
tails. But the porcupines were com
ing on tails first. What should she
do?
"Somebody save Princess Peggy,"
shrieked the Birds. "Save her. King
Bird. Drive back the porcupines ,and
we'll make you ruler of Birdland."
King Bird heard the call and ut-
V NOTES.
A robin aat a singing;
High In a poplar trea
On the trunk of which waa poated
An anormoua letter V;
The words of his song I could, not tell,
But the Insistence of his tone
Compelled me to go to the nearest bank
And take out a Victory loan.
A Red-Wing sat a carolling
Upon a lakeside stalk;
His voice sounded in a farmer's ear
Like some "fool grand opery talk,"
But the "Durn thing" grew so Insistent
That the farmer turned his head
And saw a post with a fresh-painted sign,
"Buy Victory Notes," it said.
A meadow lark sang convincingly
Krom the tip of a maple tall
Of a world made free from tyranny
Of an equal chance for all;
He sang of this beautiful old U. S.
And stamped on his radiant yellow breast
Was that forceful reminder, V.
BATOI.L NB TRELE.
tering fierce cries, darted down at
the porcupine Peggy thought he
was going to rescue her. and her
heart beat high with hope.
But King Bird saw that stuck-up
fish and he saw the bristling tails
swaying menacingly. They caused
him to change bis mind In a hurry.
He screamed and scolded over the
heads of the porcupines, but he was
mighty careful not to get within the
reach of the tails. The porcupines
wrinkled up their funny noses In
tantalizing grins. They didn't mind
King Bird's blustering a bit.
Then the knght'a gallant steed
rushed up and threatened the porcu
pines with his heels, but when he
saw those bristles, he, too, changed
his mind and leaped away into the
forest. Peggy thought he had desert
ed her, but she quickly found that
he had only gone for help.
"A rescue! A rescue!" shouted the
Mysterious Knight, and out he rush
ed from where he had been fighting
the porcupines in the forest. The
porcupines on the ground whirled
around to meet him with their dan
gerous tails, but the knight did not
hesitate. He waded right In among
them, laying about him vigorously
with his sword. The porcupines lash
ed with their tails, and lashed again.
They sent enough quills at the legs
of the knight to cripple him and
bring him tumbling in agony to the
ground where he would be at their
mercy. But, to the surprise of the
porcupines, the knight didn't tum
ble. Neither did he scream with pain
as they expected. Instead he didn't
seem to mind the poisonous quills a
bit, and they rattled harmlessly
against his armor. Meanwhile he
swung his sword lustily to right and
left. And every time the sword
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Finally there was only one wLsp
old porcupine left, .and he showed
his wisdom by making tracks, away
from there at such a lively pace
the knight couldn't catch hlrn. .
"Fair Princess, your foes are van
quished," said the knlKht. bowlnK
low before Peggy. "With the spoils
they have left behind them I'll make
you a wonderful Indian necklace
and a beautiful quill dress." - -
Before Peggy could thank the
knight there came another cry of
alarm this time from the jiiarshen.
"Wild dog! Wild dog! Save our
little ones from the wild dog." The
knight faced King Bird who was
looking down at the dead porcupine
from the safety of a tall stump.
"Do you hear the call. King Bird?
Birdland folks are in danger. It's the
third test. What's your answer?"
(In the next chapter there Is a thrill
ing encounter with a wild dog.)
Speeches Without Rehearsing.
New York Herald: Douglas ac
cused Charles Sumner of practising
his senatorial speeches before a mir
ror. It is fairly obvious that most
vocal senators of the Sixty-fifth con
gress speak without any preliminary
reflection.
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