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.HE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1919
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You should know that
Omaha has three universities, 81
schools, 125 churches, many beau
tiful homes, parks and boulevards.
What The Bee Stands For:
1. Respect for the law and maintenance of
order. ,
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the
courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of
1 inefficiency, lawlessness and corup-i
tion in office.
4. Frank recognition and commendation
of honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
-' Chief Eberstein might talk, at that
It might help a little if some folks would
cool off.
Night schools start Monday. Agents of
progress.
The censured city prosecutor also should
demand that somebody be suppressed.
That flare-up over a checker game shows
how explosive local tempers have become.
California farm owners are urging restric
tions on Japanese immigration, an interesting
sidelight on the treaty situation.
Hob. "Kid," Gleason says his team could not
beat a high school nine. Howevef that may be,
it has not had much luck against the Reds.
One good way to forestall riots is to set' up
confidence among the people that the laws
will be enforced and without fear ,or favor.
The president is amply justified in not want
ing to stay in bed on these wonderful October
days. Chevy Chase mast be calling him loudly.
' , Norwegians are voting on prohibition, with
a fair chance of old T. B. beinir ousted from
there. What do you suppose they will say iif
Valhalla?
Senator Brandegee is right as to the ratio,
but all the suckers do not spend their money
ending telegrams to Washington. Some bet
on sure thing horse races.
One hundred thousand officers and men of
the German army showed their devotion to the
fatherland by deserting during the war. It may
have been good judgment at that. '
Again the garbage contract is before the city
touncil. Some day it will be disposed of by
the simple expedient of the city taking hold of
the work as a matter of municipal duty.
Fifty thousand mines laid in the North Sea
by the Yankee navy have at last been removed.
It was some job, both putting them down and
taking them up, but the navy did it, all right.
Winners in the World championship games
will receive over $5,000 each and losers more
than $3,300. Do you wonder why the boys
would rather be ball players than college professors?
Only sixty-five incomes of a million dollars
, or over were reported to the income tax gath
"erers forl918j as against 141 for 1917. This is
not a sign of incipient poverty, but just shows
that the taxpayers are getting onto the ropes.
United States shipyards, have turned out
1,468 vessels of a total deadweight tonnage of
8,109,059 since the war broke out. This amounts
to about two ships a day for the period, which
is fairly creditable, even considering the fuss
made about the riveting records made in 1917.
Ruth, the Home Run Man
Whatever else this eventful year has failed
in it must be credited with a new record in
the most individualistic angle of base ball, for
Mr. Ruth of the Boston Americans has done
something that nobody else ever did. He has
made 28 home runs in a season in a major
"f temajfc.mean nothing to a Peruvian profes
sor of Iceland languages that a man is able
to hit a sphere of rubber, string and leather so
hard with a piece of wood that he can touch
three bases 90 feet apart and get home before
the ball is returned to the place of impact; but
it means a lot to Americans. And the inter
est in a man who can make 28 home runs in a
- . . O O ..w,. iii w . ill n n ... f nllfrAr
i' V SCalOn IS 4101 0 UIIICS JJ..C1 mall III a piaw.
vfSwho can make one: it is 28,000 times greater.
The early history of the home run, unlike so
many other great accomplishments of man-
kind, is not lost in the mists of the ages. Every
;bas pall enthusiast knows about Ed William
son,' who made 27 four-base hits in 1884, and
John Freeman, who larruped the leather to the
V umii 9 times in toy, it is inc rccurus vi
these Olympians that George Ruth has sur-
. passed tnisnyear,; putting nimseir on tne same
" plane, in the minds of thousands of youths.
with General Pershing and , the king of the
Belgians. r , . ,
" The home tun ! the acme of magnificent
individualism in base ball. It is philanthropic
that it helps those who are ahead, on bases.
JS self-sufficient In thar it- r!rrs not rrlv on
the Tnan who folln, Tt i.
breaks the heart of h itr.fv-.cifi or AiifA,M Tt
is kind inthat it gives the wretched pitcher
IV w V o ap wun -jreart chewing gum.
.win. xuh vt , i
SAME OLD "STOP THIEF CRY.
It used to be the favorite ruse of a cleyer
pickpocket, when he had turned a trick and
wanted to make a safe get-away, to start the
cry, "Stop thief," in order to divert attention
from himself.
' The same tactics are now being pursued by
certain bolshevist-breeding newspapers that seek
to cover up their own part in the recent riot by
raising a hue and try against The Bee for which
they know there is not the slightest justification.
Talk about inciting mob violence! Turn back
to . the editorial page of the World-Herald
printed on the Saturday before the fatal Sun
day and read again this outpouring of that
paper's editorial pen in the light of what hap
pened the day after:
PROTECTION "FOR WOMANHOOD.
Attacks on Omaha women and girls have
at last challenged the indignant attention of
the community. THE EXTREME LIMIT
OF ENDURANCE HAS BEEN REACHED.
The apex has been passed with the criminal
assault on little Agnes Loebeck Thursday
night by an unidentified negro. The Hme
was one of the boldest and most degraded in
the annals of crime.
The womanhood of Omaha is aroused.
MANY WOMEN FEEL THEY ARE NOT
SAFE IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS, EVEN
IN THEIR OWN HOMES. ' They fear for
the- safety of their daughters if away from
home after nightfall. . AND. REGRET ABLE
AS IT IS TQ BE FORCED TO MAKE
THE ADMISSION. THEIR FEARS ARE
NOT GROUNDLESS. They are demanding
better orotection thev have a oerfect rierht to
demand it for themselves and their daugh
ters protection trom both white and black
degenerates.
IF POLICET PROTECTION CON
TINUES UNAVAILING, .OMAHA
STANDS IN A FAIR WAY OF BEING
STILL FURTHER DISGRACED BY. MOB
LAW VIOLENCE, for the people of Omaha,
or any other reputable city, will not stand to
have women, and girls left helpless "before
their assailants.
The other day when a bank was robbed of
a few thousand dollars more than a hundred
men were soon on the trail of the bandits.
The police and state officials were prompt
and untiring in their efforts to catch the cul
prits and recover the money. IS MONEY,
LIKE BOOTLEG WHISKY, MORE VAL
UABLE THAN WOMANHOOD? Omaha
and surrounding country should be combed
and every avenue of possible escape watched
until the assailant of little Agnes Loebeck
has been caught and then let no mistake be
made when the case is called in court
OUR WOMEN MUST AND WILL BE
PROTECTED AT ALL COSTS. Omaha
World-Herald, Sept. 27.
Yes, the capitalizing is ours by way of em
ihasis. Is it any wonder the paper that issued
this editorial invitation to the mob feels that
it has" to yell "Stop thief" to make its get
away? ' '
A Degenerated Pulpit.
Preaching in a church edifice which money
of the editor of The Bee helped to build, a man
ordained to the ministry to spread the gospel
adjures his hearers with a tirade of falsehood to
a creed of hate and calls on them to stop read
ing The Bee because it has fearlessly performed
its duty to expose the inefficiency of our hap
less police department. The spirit of lawless
ness that from the pulpit proclaims a boycott
is in essence the same as the spirit of lawless
ness that breaks into shops, burns court
houses and lynches negroes. What a pity that
a pulpit graced by Newman, McQuoid, Crane,
Loveland, should fall so Lowe I
Industrial Conference's Opportunity.
The industrial conference now meeting in
Washington has a wonderful opportunity. It
is called at a critical moment, and is confronted
by a serious duty of world-wide importance.
Just as it meets the issues and discharges the
duties before it, so will its action be of service
in restoring activity in the productive functions
of the great nations. f
At this time the nations of the world are
looking to the United States just as they did
two years ago, for leadership and assistance in
getting out of the maelstrom of war into the
smoother running channels of helpful life. Old
forms and methods of policies disappeared
under the vwe of conflict, and so some of the
older forms and methods of industrial life are
doomed to mal room for better ways. It is
not expected that this change will come as a
cataclysm, such as swallowed up certain of the
empires and thrones of the Old World. Radi
calism and reactionarism alike should be dis
appointed when the final determination of the
conference has been reached.
Men of sound judgment and broad .ex
perience are meeting together to decide on the
basis that will bring the great creative forces
of the nation into harmonious operation. They
will not hesitate to take the step forward that
is indicated by the evolutionary development of
the race, "making sure of their ground as they
do so. All the questions involved will not be
disposed of, but a workable arrangement ought
to be forthcoming. The world has no more to
fear from organized labor than from organized
capital, and it has a right to exact from both
the utmost of service.
, Get Busy Without Red Tape.
The damage to the Douglas county court
house and the destruction of necessary public
records creates an emergency that must be
met and should be met without red tape. To
protect and preserve public property and keep
the ' machinery of government going without
stoppage or running behind is an extraordinary
condition which justifies extraordinary action.
To be sure the people who foot the bills are in
no mood for extravagance or waste. The au
thorities should before they act have reliable
estimates from experts who know what they
are saying. We are reluctant to believe a spe
cial session of the legislature necessary. We
believe bonds could be voted more quickly and
at less outlay. But either way, or by the short
cut of emergency action, the money should be
provided and no time needlessly lost
Success or Failure?
If the city commission is convinced by
this time that Mr. Ringer is a failure, it
should remove him. World-Herald.
Does any one who has his eyes open con
tend that Mr. Ringer is a success?
An Ohio town is going to pass a law to regu
late air traffic. Omaha still has its surface
traffic to contend with." f
' Maybe the next charges 'taken before the
governor in connection with Omaha officials
will have proof to sustain them. '. " t
"Mike" Clark's store of confiscated "booze"
came through the ordeal unscathed, another
proof that the mob knew what it wanted.
The Professor's Debtor
From the New York Times.
.Who owes the college teacher "a square
deal?" Thus far in the several "drives" for en
dowment funds the alumni of each institution
have collectively assumed the debt, thereby de
claring a gratitude for professorial admonitions
which they scarcely felt in their undergraduate
days. A correspondent yesterday gave evidence
that the mellowing fingers of time have touched
others equally. Though he went into business
without a college course, and prospered, he is
not one of those who glory in being "self
made," but has always regretted his loss. He
suggests that "a large part of the funds" should
be paid by men who feel as he does.
Equally to be admired are the fine generosity
of his thought and the hardihood with which
he exposes his bank account to the zeal of
competing "drive" teams. One casual sentence,
moreover, discloses an underlying wisdom. "Al
most without exception self-made men educate
their own children. ' It is a thought that puts
to shame the French cynic's definition of grati
tude as "a lively expectation of favors to come."
With only a single step further in the enlight
enment of self-interest, we arrive at the con
clusion that, as the ultimate beneficiary of adr
vanced education is the community as a whole,
the community as a-whole should be reckoned
the professor's ultimate debtor. But for the
present it is enough to welcome self-made men
who realize what they have lost and wish to in
sure it to their descendants.
A more hard-hearted, but equally cogent,
suggestion is made by Julius H. Barnes, speak
ing for the Institute for Public Service. The
college tuition fee does not represent more
than a small part of what each student costs
the institution, being kept at a merely nominal
figure so that a liberal education may be within
the means of poor, and even of self-supporting,
students. As a result sons of the moderatley
well-to-do, and even of the rich, receive what,
in effect, is a gratuity. That is one of the many
anomalies of democratic institutions. Mr.
Barnes suggests that in making their canvass
the "drive" teams confront every manifestly
solvent graduate with a demand for unpaid ar
rears of tuition, and then proceed to the more
abstract obligations of college loyalty, pupillary
gratitude and enlightened self-interest.
If a vein of paradox is glimpsed beneath
these suggestions it should not blind us to their
essential wisdom and justice. In one sense the
cause of any individual college, or even of a
group of colleges, is undoubtedly an individual
or a group interest. But these are perilous
days, in which little- is apparent in the public
prints beyond brute passions and rampant self
ishness. The world may well linger over every
manifestation of the more human forces in
civilization.
"Seems Strange"
There has been no more ardent partisan of
the president in Great Britain than the Man
chester Guardian.
In discussing the controversy In the senate
over the peace treaty, the Guardian says that
the president was" naturally questioned very
closely oiy the Shantung agreement. He made
a 'very serious' attempt to modify it, but yield
ed in this as in other matters to the necessities
of a unanimous agreement
Neither he nor Mr. Lansing, the Guardian
agrees, had any knowledge of the secret treaties
with reference to Shantung when the United
States entered the war, or later when the presi
dent formulated the 14 points. And then the
Guardian remarks! "What must continue to
seent strange to his most friendly critics is that
he did not make fuller use of his position. Both
morally and materially the position of the
United States was strong one might almost
say dominant. It was upon him to say that
he had gone into the war on a distinct under
standing which the secret treaty kept in secret
from him violated. In this and in other mat
ters he had no doubt to make the difficult
choice between acceptance of some very bad
goints or a possible break-up of the conference,
ut were the other allies in a position to push
matters to. the breaking point? What we hope
is that the price of all these concessions
the league of nations will be safe. And this
depends principally on the United States itself.
But if it does sign, we may expect some pretty
definite 'interpretations' of the Shantung clause
to accompany the signatures."
This is interesting and worth while evi
dence in support of the belief, expressed by
Mr. Lansing, that the president could have
averted the Shantung injustice if he had made
a reasonable effort to do so. It is also an
indication that if, as the Guardian says, "we
(the British) may expect some pretty definite
'interpretation' of the Shantung clause," there
will be no surprise and probably no protest
from the same quarter against 'definite inter
pretations" of other provisions of the treaty not
satisfactory to the senate. Minneapolis Tribune.
' A Dry Strike
"This is the first strike in the United States
when the strikers could not purchase liquor,"
writes a correspondent of The Journal from
Pittsburgh. As a result, he reports, there has
not been as much violence as was expected.
Prohibition Is being enforced and men are not
doing things under the excitement of liquor
that they would not otherwise tiave done.
' In its palmy days the saloon throve on
strikes as on all ocasions when men were idle.
In the literature of melodrama, the man who
is going to do a bad deed always fills himself
up with fiery liquor. "These things must now
be counted among the memories. The striker
now has not the excuse for violence that once
might have been offered.
Satire about prohibition must turn to seri
ousness if it is shown that a dry strike is less
violent and destructive of life and property
than some of our wet strikes have been. Men
in their right minds will not only exercise
greater self-restraint, but will be in a better
frame of mind when the time comes to con
sider and adopt reasonable terms of settlement.
It is but giving prohibition its due to say that
it creates an atmosphere in which one would
naturally expect to find soberness and reason.
Milwaukee Journal.
The Day We Celebrate.
Daniel Horrigan, attorney-at-law, born 1876.
W. J. Brennan of Crosby-Kopietz-Casey
company, Inc., born 1866.
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board of
directors of the United States Steel corpora
tion, born at Wheaton, 111., 73 years ago.
Nance O'Neil, long a prominent actress of
the American stage, born in Oakland, Cal., 45
year ago. I
Frank H. Dixon, noted economic expert,
now professor of transportation in Princeton
university, born tt Winona, Minn., 50 years
ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Ringwalt leave for a
trip through Minnesota.
At 10:25 a. m. commenced a new era in the
history of the Omaha Street Railway company.
It marked the decline of mule power and wit
nessed the triumph' of electricity as a motive
power. Messrs. Goodrich, Rustin and Smith, a
Bee reporter and electricians were the only per
sons in the first car.
Mrs. P. C. Himebaugh and her daughter,
Grace, left for San Jose, Cal., to join Mr. Hime
bauglv to spend the winter there. Miss Hattie
Clarkson accompanied them. ''
Judge Wakeley has appointed E. F. Mor
iarty, W. D. McHugh, J. H. Mcintosh, J. P.
English and H. C Brome members of the bar
committee on membership, application and cer
tificate for the term. ,
-. The excavation, for the foundation for the
new city hall commenced today.
There was a regular meeting of the West
era Art association at Linineers Art halL
.ij.-.
Our Free Legal Aid
State your case cleirly 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.
qJ cribs' QoT7l&r
Write to Washing ton.
H. R. Write to the Agricultural
Department, asking them to send
the information requested.
Contract.
B. W. In entered into a contract
to trade my farm wqrth approxi
mately 140,000 for a building in
Omaha which was located at .
I was told at the time I entered
the contract that the building could
easily be rented so as to bring me a
revenue of $400 net a month. I am
80 years of age, never had any edu
cation, and when I was approached
to make this deal I was told that I
could have an assured income for
the rest of my days and it was not
necessary for me to work so hard.
I went to Omaha and was intro
duced to the owner of the building
and upon the representations made
by the owner of the building, as well
as the men who handled the deal, I
was swindled. As soon as I found
out that I had been swindled and
that the property was in a location
that would not bring 100 a month
and out of which I would have to
pay taxes and repairs, I refused to
go 6n with tti contract I received
a letter from an Omaha attorney
stating that if I did not carry out
the contract that they would sue
me and enforce it. Please let me
know through the legal columns of
your , vaiuaoie paper whether I am
liable to be sued, and if so, what
could the other side get?
Answer I doubt whether these
parties will sue you, and if they do
bring an action to specifically en
force the contract. The court, if
the facts, are as you state them,
would not enforce it for the reason
that the contract made with you is
so unconscionable that it would be
considered fraudulent, and no court
will enforce a fraud. I think you
have nothing to worry about.
Municipal Corporations.
M. P. F. I sold the town of
$400 worth of building material
which they used in constructing a
fire house. I found out that the
contract was not let according to
law and now the city claims that
they cannot pay it without making
the officers personally liable, Have
I any way of collecting my money?
Answer Tou can recover, but not
on the contract. You can recover
on what is known in law as quan
tum meruit, that is the reasonable
value of the merchandise sold.
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"GRASSHOPPER HOP."
Personal Injury.
G. L. Is a city having a popula
tion less than 5,000 people liable
for an injury caused from a de
fective sidewalk, where the city had
no actual notice of the defect?.
Answer The city is liable, as
there is no statutory provision for
cities of that class requiring actual
notice and constructive notice is all
that is necessary.
Descent and Distribution.
W. E. If a man should die leav
ing no will, does a second wife share
equally in the estate with one child
of a former marriage? What is
brothers' and sisters' share and just
what is the Nebraska law on inher
itance? Answer The laws of the state of
Nebraska on the subject of descent
and distribution are as follows:
When any person shall die, leav
ing a husband or wife surviving, all
the real estate of which the de
ceased was sezied of an estate of in
heritance at any time during the
marriage, or in which the deceased
was possessed of an interest either
legal or equitable at the time of his
or her death, whichhas not been law
fully conveyed by the husband and
wife while residents of this state,
or by the deceased while the hus
band and wife was a nonresident of
this state, which has not been sold
under execution or judicial sale, and
which has not been lawfully de
vised, shall descend subject to his
or her debts and the rights of home
stead in the manner following:
First. One-fourth part to the
husband or wife, if the survivor is
not the parent of all the children of
the deceased and there be one or
more children, or the issue of one or
more- children surviving;
Second. One-third to the hus
band or wife if the survivor is the
parent of all the children of the de
ceased and there he two or more
children, or one child and the issue
of one or more deceased children
surviving;
Third. One-half to the husband
or wife, if the survivor is the parent
of all the children of the deceased
and there be only one child or the
issue of a deceased child, surviv
ing; Fourth. One-half to the husband
or wife, if there be no children nor
the Issue of any deceased child or
children surviving;
Fifth. If the deceased leave
relatives of his or her blood the
residue of the real estate of which
he or she shall die seized In the
cases above named, when not law
fully devised shall descend subject
to the rights of the homestead, in
the same manner and to the same
persons as hereinafter provided for
the descent of real estate of de
ceased persons leaving no husband
or wife surviving; and in the event
the deceased leave no relatives of
his or her blood, the residue of the
real estate herein provided for shall
descend to the surviving husband or
wife.
"All the Traffic Will Bear."
Jitney competition in Kansas
City after the Missouri Public Serv
ice commission ordered trolley fares
raised to 8 cents reduced the street
car traffic to such an extent that the
company officials agreed with the
city officials to collect but 7 cents.
All the traffic will bear is an effec
tive stopping point regardless of
cost figures. Springfield Bepubli-
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
(Oraaahoppera threaten tha corn field of
Farmer Dalton. Peggy and Billy aeelc to
save th crops by ateerlnfr tha grasshop
per! into an oil-covered lake. Darter, a
fairy humming bird, makei them grass
hopper size and gives them grasshopper
legs and wings. They join tho grasshop
per army and defy the chief.)
CHAPTER IV.
Peggy Tries to Charm.
CHIEF HOPPITT-HOP whirled
around and stared at Billy and
Peggy In surprise. He had thought
himself alone on the head of the
Giant of the Woods.
"What do you want here?" he
rustled.
"We want you to give orders turn
ing your army away from that corn
field," answered Billy boldly. "You
have no business eating up Farmer
Dalton's crop."
"That is our chief business," de
clared Chief Hopplty-hop. "Corn
was made to eat, and we are an
army of eaters."
"But it was planted to feed hu
mans. " You are stealing it." :
"Crickety, but that's queer talk.
Grasshoppers eat and don't waste
time talking about it. You are hu
mans in disguise. What ho, the
guard!"
Chief Hoppity-hop drew himself
up in a fighting pose, waving his
horns threateningly at Billy. In
answer to his call, half a dozen
grasshoppers leaped from the
He Thrashed Around In a Mad Way.
ground and started to climb up the
Giant's back.
"Will you stop your army from
ruining that corn field?" demanded
Billy.
"No, I'll not and I'll have you and
this other human eaten by digger
wasps," threatened Chief Hoppity
hop, seizing Peggy.
"You let go of Peggy," cried Billy.
And with that he darted forward,
his fists flying, and thumped Chief
Hopppity-hop square on the nose.
"Crlckety-crack! My, what a
whack!" rustled Chief Hoppity-hop.
letting go of Peggy and grabbing his
nose. "What ho, the guard!"
"Here's another!" sang out Billy,
and he gave Chief Hopplty-hop a
second thump, that sent him tumb
ling over the edge of the Giant's hat,
and right down the Giant's back in
side his shirt
Right then a lot of things hap
pened all at once. The Giant of the
Woods let out a yell that was like
a locomotive shriek, and gave a
jump that sent Peggy, Billy and the
guard flying in all directions. Then
as the Giant felt Chief Hoppety-hop
crawling along his bare back he
squirmed and twisted and slapped
himself in a wild frenzy. He didn't
know that Chief Hoppety-hop was
just a grasshopper and thought he
might be a wasp or some other
stinging insect of that kind. He
turned somersaults and he rolled
over and he thrashed around in a
mad way that caused a whole lot
more commotion among the grass
hoppers than his club swinging had
done. Finally he jumped to his feet
and off he went at such a pace that
he was soon lost to sight, and Chief
Hopplty-hop went with him.
"Now we will turn the army to
ward the lake!" cried Billy. But he
and Peggy soon found this was not
so easy as it seemed. The hoppers
were eating as fast as they could,
and as they ate Hoppity-hop's mes
sengers rang among them in a whis
per: "Eat, eat eat the corn; eat
until every blade is shorn."
"We must sing and charm them
toward the lake," cried Peggy, and
she began a little song, in which Bil
ly joined.
Hopping hoppers, hop away.
Do not harm the corn today;
Hopping hoppers, do not stay,
Spare the farmer's field, we pray.
But the hoppers paid not the
slightest attention to the song. They
kept up their hopping march to
ward the corn field, whispering all
the time: "Eat, eat, eat the corn;
eat until every blade is shorn."
Peggy and Billy looked on in dis-
MENEPTHAH SAVED RAZORS
Collections of 35,000 Years Aro Be
ing Uncovered In Egypt.
Menepthah, the Pharoah of the
Exodus, was well prepared for a
barbers' strike 3,600 years ago. He
had in his palace in Egypt a col
lection of the razors of cavemen
Ifwith which he probably would have
round little trouble In keeping nim
self beardless to this day had he
found the fountain of eternal youth.
Whether it was a barbers' strike,
a mania for collecting things or an
idiosyncrasy for tonsorial parapher
nalia that motivated this now cher
ished collection is a subject for
scholars of the ancients. But at
any event he had the razors care
fully preserved in his palace.
This Is one of the discoveries of
the Eckley B. Coxe, jr., expedition
to Egypt, which has been excavating
the palace of the ancient Pharaoh
for the last five years.
Revelations of the life of ancient
Egypt more important than any
others made in this century are ex
pected with the continuation of the
work of excavating the palace of
Menepthah.
Dr. Clarence S. Fisher, leader of
the expedition, in a letter to the
university museum, reports he al
ready has uncovered about two
fifths of the palace, including the
front of the structure, the throne
room and the thrones intact
The luxurious private rooms of
Rameses show that he was an artist
in self-adornment and an archaeo
logist Some of his treasures In
clude relics of the stone age which
may be 30,000 years old.
The work of the expedition was
started five years ago, but was dis
continued last winter on account of
the war. It is being watched by
students of ancient civilization in
all parts of the world, as evidenced
by the inquiry received by the mu
seum from a man in New Zealand.
New York Sun. i
WATCH CHAIN TICKETS.
London Railway Plans New Con
venience for "Seasons."
The London Metropolitan rail
way is about to make a novel ex
periment owing to the continued
necessity of showing season tickets
on every journey.
Instead of the usual cards, en
ameled metal tickets, with a link
that can be attached to the . watch
chain or coat lapel are to be issued.
At present the new tickets are to
be restricted to Harrow residents
traveling to Baker street or Liver
pool street. If the experiment
proves a success, the scheme will be
extended.
The first-class tickets will be cir
cular discs and thet hlrd-class will be
oblong with rourided corners. Both
will be printed in blue and red.
London Mail. .
A High Flyer.
It has just about gotten so in
this country that if a man's guar
dian angel doesn't fly high she'll get
run over. Dallas News.
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may. They could not turn the tide
of hoppers from the corn field. They
started to sing again, but almost
hopelessly, when they heard the
voice of the fairy humming bird:
"Sing, sing, but remember what I
said. "If you would charm the
grasshoppers, sing only that which
pleases them."
At once Peggy and Billy turned
their song from a warning into a
glad song of invitation.
Fair fields lie beyond tha lake,
Would you of their Joys partake?
Hasten, hasten, eats await;
Hurry, huri-y, don't be late.
Thus they seng, and when the
grasshoppers heard the new song
the effect upon t them was sudden
and surprising.
(Tomorrow will be told how Peggy and
Billy nearly get carried . away.)
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