THE BEE : OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1919.
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Subacrlbera loving tha city should hex tha Bee mailed
to tham. Addreaa changed aa often aa required.
You should know that
Omaha has adequate grain sipply, '
favorable freight rates and ter
minal facilities for more flour and
cereal mills. '
Now, guess who'll be queen.
"N-68" is also some mark for Omaha's credit.
The golden October sunlight is fervent
enough.
If another recall is needed, it will not. fail
because of a defective petition.
"Put your house in order," is General
Wood's advice to Omaha, and it is sound.
Cincinnati's dream may have come true, but
a ball game is never out till it is played out.
President Wilson is a sick man, but not
too sick to protest against calling in a spe-:ialist.
Colorado coyotes are destroying the water
melons, which may account for high prices-'to
regular consumers.
Omaha men are getting high honors from
national associations, just another proof of the
kind we have here.
"Educational , week" in Nebraska is pro
claimed for November 3, but it should last fifty
two weeks each year.
Eighty dollars goes for base balls in each
game of the World's Series. Maybe that is
vhy the event is so popular.
Colonel Morris is right about the Omaha
:ity jail, and it is not an original discovery on
lis part. Its condition has been notorious for
years. ,
Prospects for Mayor Smith's recovery are
so good; that his attendants say there is no
longer need to worry. This news is the best
that it offered the public today.
. Siberians are making progress. They have
apologized to Uncle Sam for flogging one of
his soldiers and are now pursuing the bolshe
viki, a program that ought to keep them busy.
,The new superdreadnaught Idaho made 22
knots an hour in its trial trip on the Pacific,
' the highest speed ever attained by a battleship.
This is a pretty good guaranty of peace in
. itself.
' Omaha's "gentleman iburglar" is outdone by
the Fort Worth thief who obeyed the maiden's
mandate and departed without robbing her.
These Chesterfields of Crime ought to form an
association. ; '
California walnut growers precede the crop
to market with announcement of an increase
jn prices. Some day the Department of 'Justice
may discover that the meat packers are not the
' only combine existing.
, . Ardmoreans upheld democracy, liberty and
several other things by pelting Senator Reed
' with old-time eggs and the like when he sought
to speak there. That is in the state that has
the perfect constitution.
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The French Chamber of Deputies at last
has voted for the Versailles treaty, but the
French senate still deliberates as to its con
tents. As they are more vitally concerned than
anybody, delay in America does not seem so
dangerous.
Opening the Mississippi
'Vereat
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In all intelligent discussion of congestion on
the transportation lines of the country the
necessity of waterway improvement is con
ceded. Nobody takes the negative side as a
matter of argument, but the fact is plain that
forms of selfish and narrow opposition exis.
The friends of Waterways hold frequent con
ventions and present conclusive reasons for
comprehensive and steady action, but their ef
forts so far have not secured what can be
called successful results. Policies of utilization
continue to be nebulous. So it was also with
the Panama canal for more than half a cen
tury. All parties, all the people, were in favor
of it, but concrete action was long lacking.
When at last it came, there was a fortunate
concentration and vigor of leadership, and the
work was put through within eignt years
publican administration. Had it not been
I C -f Armr-i.
or energy, nrmness ul yuiyuos o"j ui.vi.-
" ness TAavmethods the link between tne two
largest oceans would still be a theory only,
supported by- the whole body of citizens and
yet only a project on paper. But by national
good fortune the canal was built in less time
' time and for less money than was thought pos-
sible, and today our navy has the inestimable
. advantage of quick assemblage in force on
,v either coast. Our fleets are in ready touch with
,v each other according to emergencies as they
A may arise.
- The Mississippi river and its navigable
" tributaries .from an unequaled system that
reaches throughout the most productive region
i ,t "le world. What it produces is in demand
viifatether continents, and they have crops and
mercltendise to exchange for ours with mutual
profit.Bpt our arteries of communication are
i insufficient They are often clogged and
plainly SCCIl tu uc iiiduc4Ulc, nvv lui m time,
;but all the -time. ' Yet congress gives little
.nino- cvf the Mississippi commercially. St.
i". Louis Globe-Democrat m f
GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS.
With the help of the military under direction
of General Wood Omaha'has assumed within
a few days a condition of order that could
hardly b,e improved on. Acting on the sound
advice of the general,- causes for i possible fric
tion are being removed, and with the co-operation
of thoughtful citizens, now keenly aroused,
public affairs are being subjected to scrutiny to
locate the weak spots and apply needed
remedies.
It is not possible to secure ourselves against
an aftermath of lawless outbreaks, unless each
individual citizen contributes fully, to the end.
That there is a disposition to do this is the
most encouraging outward sign to be noted.
Resumption of the normal life of the city has
proceeded rapidly and visitors are . impressed
with the tact that the recovery has been
achieved with least inconvenience or disloca
tion of regular activities. Gradual removal of
the military forces will soon be possible, and
within a short time Omaha will be self-dependent,
v
Counselled by General Wood, a city com
mission is moving to strengthen'the police force
and to provide more modern equipment and
instruction in its use. As a preliminary step in
the right direction this will be approved by all.
But it is axiomatic that the best armed and
drilled police force, no matter how numerous,
is no better than its 'leadership. Unless com
petently directed, it will be of little real serv
ice. This aspect of the problem we trust is
realized by the responsible authorities. As
they meelt the expectations of the people in
this respect, will the structure of pur city's
government be built again upon firm founda
tions and the community be re-established in
its own and others' confidence.
Germany arid Russia.
Arguing for immediate and unmodified ac
ceptance of the Versailles treaty, David R.
Francis asserts that if Germany is permitted to
penetrate Russia in an economic Way, the end
will be that the Teutonic power will be greater
than ever. As ambassador to Russia at the
time of that nation's dissolution, Mr. Francis
ought to be well acquainted with the situation
in detail. He should know the temper and dis
position of the Russian people, both before and
after the overthrow of the empire. His asser
tions, therefore, have the weight of authority.
As a reason for' the adoption of the treaty and
its contents, however, Mr. Francis' statements
are not convincing.
From the very beginning it has been ap
parent that. , Germany's influence in Russia
would exceed that of any or all of the Allies.
Even had the czar remained at the head of his
government, it is questionable if the hold Ber
lin had on Russian affairs would have been
much weakened. When the time comes to re
organize Russia, German advice probably will
be heard more readily thajn any from another.
These things have been understood and ac
cepted by the Allies. ,
Germany's industrial and commercial future
is inseparable from Russia. An alliance be
tween the two is almost inevitable now. How
far this will involve the other countries of
central Europe may be surmised by any at all
familiar with their politics and interests. The
Bee long ago pointed out the possibility of this
second league of nations, and nothing that has
transpired of late tends to change the situation.
Just how the formation of the coalition pro
posed by Versailles will obviate the tendency
to closer relations between the Germans
and whatever government may finally emerge
in Russia is not clear. If the League of Na
tions is called into being, it must be for a more
weighty and convincing reason than that it will
keep Germany from dominating in Russia and
central Europe.
College Reconstruction
From the New York Times.
Now it is the colleges that are entering upon
their "period of reconstruction." They are the'
sources of our future light and leading, and
the spirit in which they take up the task has
an import usually far-reaching. "I call upon
you young men and- teachers," said Chancellor
Brown at the opening of New York university,
"to enter with me into the solemn vow that
our life shall be lived- for our country and for
mankind, no less than waTs the life of those who
gave themselves in the supreme devotion of
that war of liberation." That is the call which,
as we once thought, all the world would heed;
hut even these first mojiths since the armistice,
have brought a rude disillusionment. There
are times when the world seems not only
"again what it was," but infinitely more blinded
by self-interest and irresponsibility. The chan
cellor seems aware of a danger. The vow he
proposes means "that you turn your backs or
even your best of other days, that you put al'
sordidness and all cheap bargaining behind you
that you put frivolity and snobbery and arro
gance behind you, that you put and keep the
life on this campus on such a plane that it shall
compel the respect and admiration of all right
thinking men."
Is this counsel too difficult? Chancellor
Brown seems to fear that .it is. "The sense of
fun is strong in men and I cannot help putting
this appeal alongside of a college dance, a col
lege election, a dormitory or a fraternity, or a
car full of student commuters. I cannot help
seeing how ingloriously the most heroic utter
ance will be laughed down bv the triumphant
actualities of the situation," There, in a word,
is the crux of the problem., For our soldiers,
in France .the "actuality" of the situation was
the dull roar oKthe German guns; for the rest
of us it ,was 'he increasing toll of the sub
marine arid the ' specter of starvation, which
meant defeat. Today the nearer actuality
presses upon us an actuality which is smaller,
more personal. There are times when the rest
of the world seems to have surrendered to it?
to have embraced it again with a fondness
which the years of heroic struggle have only
enhanced. ' . ' . ',
The defect, obviously, is a defect of imagina
tion. The "war of liberation" brought respon
sibilities that were .imminent; inescapable; with
the Hun pressing down upon us we felt vividly
enough the defects of our republican slackness
that had made his early triumphs possible. But j
in victory, we easily for get the narrowness of
the margin bv which we escaped; in "the im- j
minent actualities" of the old familiar life of j
neace the far horizon is clouded. Who shall !
keep the vision alive and present among us if
not our college and universities? The men in
them have years of leisure in which to think
of the things that lie beyond the present actual
ity vears of youth when passions burn warm
and thought is edered with fire. They are form
ing the habits of mind which will give sub-
V stance and direction to their whole lives. In
France, even when the pressure was strongest,
men in the trenches found courage to laugh;
the men behind the lines found strength for
sport and iest. Is it too much to expect that
in times of peace we shall remember, beneath
our happier "actualities." the great task which
thev gave us to be fulfilled?
These are t'le thoughts that confront every
school and cplleee and university throughout
the land. At Columbia. Prof. John Erskine
pointed out, in his opening address, that the
war was won by intellect, and that it indicated
once again the suoremacy of the man who is
rightly trained. Out of the seeming chaos of
the present there is still hone that our institu
tions of learning are opening their doors upon
a inture ot genuine reconstruction.
California and the Medicine Men.
At the New York conference of "lady docs,"
one of them from California held up actio on
compulsory health insurance by a peculiar plea.
She cited the predicament in which medicine
men find themselves in the Golden state. There
the doctors, big pill and little pill alike, are
fighting for their lives. Twenty-six known and
classified varieties of. organized societies for
xombatting medical practitioners exist, and
"schools are run there to teach the young folks
how to avoid the doctor and to have nothing to
do with him." ,
Just what this has to do with the plan of
compelling people to make provision against
illness or accident is not clear. If Californians
want to depend upon the "glorious climate" for
health and possible longevity, the rest of the
country should not be exposed to a danger that
exists. It is not divulged that the blessed
dwellers on the Pacific coast live longer or
have more of happiness than is the lot of those
who exist under conditions of 'climate tndigen
ousfto other regions. They may, if they wish,
"throw physics to the dogs," and toss the phy
sician after the dose, but in. all fairness they
might let the rest of us take a short cut to
kingdom come if we are so minded.
It is curiously interesting to note in this
connection that as men of science get closer to
gether , and "schools" of medicine dwindle in
number as knowledge increases, forces opposed
to the Esculapian cult are dividing and multiplying.
Funds for Repairing the Court House.
No special session of the legislature will be
needed to provide money for repairing , the
damage to the court house. The county com
missioners have ample power under the law,
according to the attorney general, to call the
election for voting the necessary bonds. This
action will probably be taken without, delay,
and it is possible that much of the work can be
done in anticipation of the bond issue. Here
is an emergency, in . which action is required
that public property and public interests do
not suffer further. How extensive the damage
to the building really is will be disclosed only
when it has been completely examined, but the
partial restoration now iq process, and the re
fitting of the offices so that business can be
carried on should suffer no delay. Now is a
time when prompt action will count double in
the way of saving money for the taxpayers.
Why Liberty Bonds are Strong
There is no j mystery about the recent
strength of the market for Liberty bonds in the
light of a treasury statement that no less than
$717,537,000 had been retired and cancelled up
to August 31. This is a very substantial frac
tion of the total amount of $21,000,000,000 in
these bonds which were originally issued and
represents a measure of debt liquidation hardly
to be paralleled in war finance within a year of
the -war's end.
Only a trifle over $34,000,000 of these can
celled bonds was paid off by allies that had
borrowed the money. The rest came from
government purchases in the open market un
der the provisions of the third Liberty bond
act and from payments of inheritance and estate
taxes with bonds, as authorized by the same
act.
The price tendency in this market is thus
likely to continue generally upward. The
treasury is evidently working into an easier
position as the war recedes, despite the croak
ings in congress to the contrary. Purchases
on regular sinking fund account must in time
cumulatively strengthen the demand. ,In an
investment world still much troubled by the
uncertainties and reconstructions springing
from the anarchy of war, these bonds are losing
nothing in the attractiveness of safety. Njxie
of the Liberty issues will long remain below
oar as things are now going. New York
World. -
"Buffalo" Jones came .into notice because
of his faith that a superior quality of beef could
be produced by cross-breeding between the
range steer and the buffalo. His experiment
did not pari out as he planned, but did result
irt his collecting a considerable herd of buffalo
and quite a few of the hybrids on which he
spent so much time. He was a pioneer to the
extent,of proving whit might not be done.
The Barbarism of Mobs
A mob is a strange and sinister thing. . Its
members may be ordinarily decent citizens. But
under the influence of the mob spirit they lose
ill self-control and the basest passions get the
upper hand. So different is the conduct of the
crowd from the normal conduct of the indi
viduals composing it that it has been made the
subiect of numerous studies by psychologists.
The United States has had several object
lessons recently in mob behavior. The rioting
in Washington, Chicago and Boston, and now
this latest outbreak in Omaha, are exceedingly
disquieting. They show the danger of a relapse
into barbarism that exists in every community.
In the long run education and discipline
must be the correctives. But in the meantime
the country must look to its constituted au
thorities to maintain order with a firm hand.
The mob spirit must be curbed before it sweeps
over whole cities. Kansas City Star.
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ITODAy
The Day We Celebrate.
Dr.' Charles E. Smith, dentist, born 1863.
Miss VirginiaaGildersleeve, dean of Barnard
college, born in New York City 42 years ago.
Nora Bayes, a popular singing comedienne
of the American stage, born in Chicago 39
years ago. ' .
Maj. Gen. William C. Gorgas, U. S. A for
mer surgeon general of the United States army,
now retired, born at Mobile, Ala., 65 years ago.
Andrew J. Montague, former governor of
Viginia, now a member of congress, born in
Campbell county, Virginia, 57 years ago.
r' Prince Charles of Roumania, who renounced
Tiis rights to thethrone to make a marriage of
his choice, born '26 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
A. W. Wyman, H. W. Yates, Luther Drake.
E. E. Balch. Alfred Millard, Thomas McCague,
F W. Davis and M. T. Barlow, who recently
returned from a bankers' convention at Kansas
City, today'. forwarded resolutions of thanks to
Kansas City bankers.
Miss Isabelle B. Anderson has organized a
class of Omaha school teachers whom she will
Instruct in elocution and physical culture.
Milton Darling has gone east.
; Among the party that left Omaha to attend
the Knights Templar conclave at Washington
were A. B. Smith of the Burlington and Louis
H. Korty, superintendent of telegraph for the
Union Pacific. '
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hughes were enter
tained by Miss Fannie Butterfield at the home
of Mr. Clement Chase on Park avenue
- Fireman's Wife Writes.
Omaha, Sept. 30. To the Editor
of The Bee: I was Indeed glad to
note that In a recent issue of your
paper one reader signing hlmBelf
as "An Interested Voter of Omaha,"
had a kind word for the "Are lad
dies" instead of referring to them
as "la::y loafers," such as many citi
zens Co.
However, in naming over the ex
penditures of a fireman he did not
name all. For instance a certain
amount is deducted each ' month
from his salary for the Firemen's
ahd Policemen's - Benefit associa
tion. Also each man must furnish
his own sheets, pillow cases, blan
kets or comforts, spread and pillow
jham, and which, we all know, do
not wear forever. It might do some
leople good to visit an engine house
ind take a look into their sleeping
compartments. You might be really
surprised and for the moment
imagine you were in a hospital from
the spotless, sanitary surroundings.
Let me also mention the fact that
two-thirds of the firemen's ""wives
work in order to live as othrfr folks.
I could name many who work down
town, while others do things, from
taking care of invalids in their
homes to selling washing tablets.
Honest work Is no disgrace to these
good women, but would the city
kickers allow this? No, their wljes
can't do their own washing, so I,
as another who know wherefrom
she speaks, say why can't the "fire
laddies" have a living wage, which
everyone knows $100 is not nowa
days. A FIREMAN'S WIFE.
Taxes and School Bonds.
Omaha, Oct. 1. To the Editor of
The Bee: The school board asks
for $5,000,000 for its building rro
gram. A mere trifle! -There are
not over 25,000 taxpayers In the
district. This extra burden would
fall upon them alone.
Who cares? The taxpayer is en
titled to no sympathy. He is not en
titled to hold property, He should
divide with those who have none.
He can take care of himself, ''at
least.
The war-tax burden is appalling.
Add to it the increasing taxes le
vied by state, county, city and school
district, and we have a total that
is staggering!
Is the scchool board ignorant of
these figures? Has it the nerve to
make an exhibit showing the grand
total of taxes levied and the . per
capita tax?
Twice before this the school
board asked for a bond issue for a
technical school building and the
plea was granted. Was the money
diverted to other purposes? If so,
by what authority of law?
By the way, isn't it time to try
to stop imposing extra tax burdens
upon the people? They now ap
proach the point of confiscation.
But, after all, who cares? Isn't
it a fact that all the wealth of
Douglas county tax-payers should
be cut up and parceled out . to all
the people? The sooner the taxing
power confiscates it for the1 public
benefit the sooner we shall reach
the socialistic millenium!
, J. B. H.
Mob Rule Incipient Anarchy.
Akron, la., Sept. 29. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: It is lamentable
that mob action is resorted to as
redress in a civilized country. Two
wrongs can never make a right,
hence the fruitage of Sunday's
lynching must return - upon the
heads of those who participated
therein. "Vengeance is mine," saith
the Lord. Perhaps if all the condi
tions which led up to crime were
known such hot wrath would cool
oil before applying the torch. For
instance, our parents left us a legacy
of sin to combat and have some
responsibility in the matter. Like
wise, evil agents are ever present to
sway the will in favor of ' wrong
doing, hence one of balanced mind
would not run riot before this
largeness of heart was invoked. If
our vision is clear it would not sur
prise us to witness the rising of the
black man to offset these injus
tices. Even this will only work
more lawlessness. How much 'bet
ter to allow the courts to render an
unbiased judgment. We know many
who walk the streets and are hon
ored among men, have secretiveness
developed so large that their guilt
escapes publicity. But He who
formed the eye and ear knows
how to weigh in the scale of exact
justice. Let ub wait on the Great
Judiciary to summons the case. The
most despicable crime in the calen
dar of the Almighty is hypocrisy,
and this livery .is worn by some very
fine appearing men and women.
"Wait ye upon Me saith the Lord,
until I rise up to the prey," etc. "He
who is hasty is brother to the de
stroyer." "He that is slow to wrath
is of great understanding." :
JOSEPH GREIG.
,, Plain Citizens.
It was a very wonderful work
Herbert C. Hoover accomplished in
Belgium, in France, in Italy, in Ser
via, in the neutral states on the
verge of being forced into the war
to live, but especially in bur own
country, in creating, organizing and
controlling a universal sentiment of
self-sacrifice and labor In the sav
ing and production of food. But
there is no military glory attached
to it, nor waving flags, nor fanfare
of trumpets. Like a modest Ameri
can citizen, he returns unostenta
tiously to his home at the end of his
labors, to pass quietly into the ob
scurity which awaits all but the
military and political lights of the
great war. St. Louis Globe
Democrat His Authority.
"How can you assume to speak
with authority on this subject which
you have not studied thoroughly?"
"That, sir," replied the uncom
promising citizen, "is the very
method by which I show my au
thority." Washington Star.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
Br DADDY.
"THE WANPERING MONKEY."
Pessr nd Billy, aeekln Mri. Holfa
stolen dlamonda, flnda a monkey In the
woods, who shows them the roost of a
black robber. After they are pusiied
and frightened by a mysterious voice,
Billy traps the robber In his roost.)
CHAPTER IV.
What the Monkey Did.
THE black robber lay quietly in
his roost while Billje'and Rollo,
climbed the tree. In fact he was
too quiet to suit Billy, who thought
he might be up to some trick. And
the nearer Billy got to the roost, the
more suspicious he became.
Rollo, the monkey, was eager for
ravoncn. Hln nose was still sore
! from the nipping given it when he
' V. J .llV.J .Via n n nf lir-t anil
now that the black robber was fast
in a trap Rollo meant? to get even
with him. So the monkey was rac
ing on ahead of Billy, when sudden
ly Billy caught him by the tall. j
"Wait," whispered Billy. "Maybe
the black robber is trying to fool us.
He may grab your nose again."
Rollo stopped short at that He
didn't want that precious nose
nipped a second time.
Billy quickly thought of a way to
see if , the black robber was plan
ning a surprise for them. He took
off his cap and put it on the end of
a broken branch. Then he . hoisted
the cap slowly over the edge of the
nest, just as if it were on his own
head.
Snap! A sharp, powerful beak
suddenly snatched fiercely at the
cap. If Billy's head had been in
side, it would have gotten a slash
ing whack and a nip, and Billy
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Away He Sailed.
would have been held a prisoner as
the monkey had been. That was the
trick the black robber had been
planning. It showed that he was
dangerous even though he was in a
trap.
All this time neither Billy, nor
Peggy, nor the monkey, had seen
the black robber. They didn't know
what he was with his bird's beak
and his man's voice. So Billy, filled
with curiosity, climbed another tree
where he could look down into the
roost.
As he looked, Billy gave a shout
that made Peggy glance up quick
ly. "It's a crow, a big, black crow!"
"Haw! Haw! Haw! I'm an edu
cated crow. I've had my tongue
slit," cried the black robber. And
that explained the mystery. He was
a crow that had been taken prisoner
when little, and had its tongue cut,
so that it could be taught to talk
Just like a parrot. "Haw! Haw!
I'm a bad crow!" declared the rob
ber. "Where is the diamond brooch
you stole?"
"I'll never tell. I'm a bad crow,
and I'm going to steal and steal, be-
: cause I was stolen myself. "Haw!
i Haw!"
"I'll make him tell," chattered
I Rollo, and away he darted through
j the trees, only to return a moment
j later with an old cloth sack thrown
1 over his shoulder. He climbed
above the black robbers nest and
pulled something from the sack. It
was a bad egg and the sack was
filled with them. :
Smash! Bang! Plop! went the
eggs, the monkey hurling them one
after another right at the robber.
"Help! Murder!" shieked the
crow, and then, as the flre of egps
got worse and worse, he screamed:
"I'll tell. The girl has the pretty
glass. Thief! Thief!"
Peggy was indignant. "You're a
I fibber. I , haven't the diamonds,"
sne snouiea. liut uniy ana tne
monkey, looking down, cried out in
surprise. "Look behind you," said
Billy. Peggy loked behind her and
spun around and around, but she
couldn't see anything, until Billy
and the monkey, sliding down the
tree, showed her the diamond
brooch caught, In the back of her
dress. The sly robber crow had
put it there. And a thread tied to
the brooch showed how it had van
ished from the monkey's nest. The
robber had snatched it aiyay by the
string. , ,
"Haw! Haw!" laughed the rob
ber's voice, and away he sailed like
! a black streak. He had cut Bill's
flshline in two with his beak and
escaped.
"Well, we have the diamonds
safe," said Peggy
They ran home as quickly as they
could and gave the brooch to Nora,
ODD AND INTERESTING.
The hand of a normal-sized hu
man being contains 25,000 pores.
Bagdad is famous for Its breed of
white asses. Their ears and tails
are sometimes colored a bright red.
The present dwellings in Greater
New York could more than accomo
date the whole population of
Switzerland.
In Siberia the sun rises exactly
at 6 a. m. and sets at 6 p. m.
throughout the year, and is directly
overhead at noon.
If the appetite of a man were as
great as that of a sparrow in pro
portion to his size, ne would eat a
whole sheep at one sitting.
In China every business man has
a shop name and a private name,
and among his family and acquant
ances he is known by the latter.
The palace of Versailles, the scene
of the signing of the world peace
treaty, is probably the most costly
palace ever built. In order to keep
the outlay a secret Louis XVI de
stroyed all the documents relating
to the building. ,
A Swiss milkmaid with a musical
singing voice obtains better wages
than the one who cannot sing, as a
cow that is soothed with a pleasing
melody during milking will, .it is
said, yield one-fifth more milk.
. The rafflesla of Sumatra Is said to
be the largest and most magnificent
flower in the world. It is composed
of five roundish petals, each a foot
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across, and of a red color, covered
with numerous irregular yellowish
white swellings. The petals sur
round a cup nearly a foot wide.
Chinamen have five buttons on
their coats to remind them of the
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A KING'S CLOAK.
Albert, young liegeman, unto Freedom
spoke:
"Lo, there Is mire before your steps,
my Queen!
I spread, that you may pass, my 'brold
ered cloak
My field of Flanders!" History has
seen
Hew that cloak, patterned with Its pop
ples red,
Was with the blood of wounded heroes
mired.
Its old design stained deeper by the
dead.
And how that courtier's deed the
world's heart fired.
V
Raleigh of Flanders Albert, Kins and
knight
The glass of chivalry to earth a sign
Whose name forever floods the heart
with light
Wear, then, that cloak, marked now by
steps divine,
As decoration from the hand of God!
Your Flanders field, where Freedom
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who was delighted. And she was
astonished, too, when she heard that
the thief was a tame crow that had
gone bad.
As for Rollo, the wandering mon
key, he wouldn't go Into the town,
but raced back to his home in the
woods. But Peggy and Billy were
to see him again and have another
peculiar adventure with him, as will
be told In next week's story.
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