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    THE BEE:' OMAHA, MONDAY, -JANUARY 26, 1920.
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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 in
efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in of
fice. .
4. Frank recognition 'and commendation of
honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
Ajax has many imitators in America.
"Hoover and Creel?" Why not, if it pleases
the democrats.
"Hiding the booze" is now America's great
est indoor sport.
Senator "Jimmy" Reed is still using Herbert
Hoover as "time copy."
Lady Astor, who announced that she hates
prohibition in any form, is not' alone in her .at
titude of rebellion.
Chicago is about to levy an occupation tax
to piece out the city's revenue. It takes money
to pay for public service.
New York druggists are to, be permitted to
sell whisky for the flu on prescriptions. Now
watch the epidemic advance!
Bulgarian and Russian bolshevik! have re
sumed telegraphic communication. Wonder
what they can have to talk about?
The census count should be complete, but
Omaha has other claims to greatness than the
mere number of people who live here.
Cessation of bulletins from the White House
must mean that the president will soon be able
to get over to the other end of the avenue.
German courts are trying to prevent the
publication of Bismarck's memoirs. Liberty has
not yet sunk very deep under the Teuton hide.,
The federal food administrator for New
York predicts a drop in the cost of living.
Either that or a lot of folks will have to go
to work.
A bill is before congress to bar "immoral"
films from interstate commerce, Who is to
determine on the necessary degree of
morality?"
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The River Shannon is giving an excellent
imitation of the Missouri in spring time, and
, "where the River Shannon flows" the Irish are
climbing the hills.
A volume of "Venus and Adonis" has just
been imported st a cost of $75,000, but ordiniry
mortals may still enjoy the :masterpiece at a
much less expense.
Nebraska's housewives are lining up In the
war on Old Hi Cost, and back of them will be
found the second line of defense composed of
tired out family check signers.
The swindlers who are trying to sell the
townsite of New York have but expanded the
Omaha idea of .selling the middle, five floors of
a skyscraper, as has happened several times.
German junkers, what there is left of them,
vastly admire Holland's position as to the ex
kaiser, and perhaps quite a few of them wish
they, too, were safely domiciled with the Dutch.
Punish the Firebugs of
Sedition -
The reds, anarchists, domestic enemies and
kindred vermin are making a concerted howl
'against the sedition bills in congress. Free
speech is in peril, they say; free speech, that
sacred and inviolable right guaranteed by the
constitution.
What a spectacle it is to see the constitution
invoked by these scoundrels who seek to de
stroy itl tWhat an uncomplimentary standard
of American intelligence they must have, these
foreign and anti-American elements which now
ask patriotic citizens to protect unbridled speech
In order that treason may do its work un
hampered, i
Unfortunately there are some Americans
aho are taken in by such fallacies as those ut
tered by the enemies of the United States. Free
ipeech! It sounds well. Wtto would dare to
ttop the mouth of a man who honestly utters
kis thoughts in the hope of benefiting the world?
isn't America the land of the free? The curbing
f free speech is the act of tyrants, czars and
iutocrats. Let ideas be fought with better ideas,
'he poison gas of treasonable speech will evap
orate when it is released, according to a learned
Jurist Let it flow freely'; let it spread where it
wilL If you curb it, if you deprive a man of
tha right to utter whatever he pleases, some
thing terrible will happen. He will explode, per
haps;' or perhaps the constitution will explode;
Br maybe both will blow up in dire combustion.
Se many worthy Americans are foaled into tak
ing an attitude against the. restraint of treason
by listening to specious arguments which always
eepeeal he difference between the right of free
ten ana tne bdusb ot tnat ngnt wasnington
LAWS AND LIBERTY.
America's proudest and best supported boast
is that it is a land of liberty resting on law.
Our laws come from the people. All the ma
chinery of the law is in control of the people.
If this is true, and who questions it? the peo
ple have nothing to dread but their own acts,
and no one to fear butl themselves.
This government belongs to the people, and
it is their undoubted right "to alter or abolish
it," whenever and in what manner they see fit
Any time a sufficient number of the citizens de
termine on a policy or a change in the form of
government it will be adopted. That is the
purpose of majority rule. 1 Some rather impor
tant changes in fashion of the government al
ready have taken place, such as the abolition of
slavery, the suppression of the liquor traffic,
and certain other things done because broaden
ing experience and spiritual growth seemed to
require them. Always these have been opposed
by a sufficient number to retard the movement
but not in the end to prevent the will of the
people from having sway and control.
, We are not only tolerant in matters of re
ligious belief, but jealous to such an extent
that sectaries of one faith will defend the right
of others to worship as they choose. Why can
not such tolerance be practiced with regard to
political beliefs? Anarchy is not a new thing
in this country, nor is communism. Johann
Most lived between his garret and his cell for
many years, without undermining very far the
Temple of Liberty. His disciples, Etnma Gold
man and Alexander Berkman, preached his doc
trine for a generation before they were expelled,
and with little visible result. Nowhere in the
world, prior to Russia's present state, was com
munism given such effective tests by extensive
application as in America, and yet the govern
ment survived and our free institutions flour
ished. This is true, because Americans have been
free at all times to express their views by voice
or writing whenever they felt the impulse. Only
in time of war has the privilege been abridged,
and then in such degree as merely made for
safety and checked actual sedition. That we
have all the laws needed to deal with possible
danger is shown by the expulsion of a shipload,
of 1 undesirables. Further enactments, and es
pecially such as are proposed by the Davey and
Sterling bills, are menacing rather than reme
dial. They will drive the malcontents from the
soapbox to the cellar; the orator who is allowed
to exhaust his protest in the open air does
little harm, while the plotter who hides from the
law sends bombs by mail.
Let us maintain our liberties by respecting
them, uphold the law by obeying it, and pre
serve and perpetuate government of the people
by hot adopting the practice of the despot.
'Safety First" in Industry.
Revival of the "safety first" movement in
Omaha is" timely. Locally this essential .ac
companiment' of iudustrial activity has been
considerably, neglcted, because of the distrac
tions incident to the war, and yet it has been
givfn a prominent place in the program of aU
business men, owing to its relation to the com
pensation law. It is not particularly to the
credit of our civilization that the movement had
its origin in the requirement that victims of in
dustrial accident be properly compensated.
Until hurts sustained in the course of employ
ment became a charge against the business ac
cident prevention was more or less attractive
theory, but a hindrance in practice. Out of
the one grew the other, until modern business
is more interested in the safety of workers
than the original exponents of the idea ever
dreamed would be possible.! A higher value is
placed on human life and limb, particularly
since the money invested in training of work
men has come to be recognized as one of the
important intangibles of the business, and a
factor demanding the utmost care. Inspection
in Nebraska is neither so extensive nor so rigid
as it should be. Nor is the compensation law
in force free, from serious' faults. Experience
is showing what is needed, and the time may
yet come when Nebraska factories will be mon
uments to "safety first," which not only has" an
humanitarian aspect, but is reflected directly in
the profit and loss account as well.
Pointed, Practical Suggestions.
The newly appointed economy campaign di
rector for Nebraska, Mrs. C. G. Ryan, issues a
series of important "don'ts" for housewives.
These are:
Don't order by telephone. Don't buy a
"quarter's worth." Don't "charge it." Don't
let the clerk decide. Don't ask unnecessary
service. Don't decide what to buy until you .
Know tne- price, Don t buy luxuries now.
Don't be afraid to say "I won't pay the price."
Don't be afraid of being called a "cheap
skate."
'Just as these are carefully observed, so will
the household budget prosper. If carelessness
in buying is persisted in, saving need not be ex
pected. Nothing is lost in dignity nor self
respect by a careful scruliny of purchases for
the home, by reasonable inquiry as to price, and
by inspection of the article offered. Make sure
of the quality, the quantity and the price, the
necessity of purchase being admitted, and the
dealer will very likely meet you half-way. Even
in these days of ultra-prosperity, business men
have' regard for business ability in others, and
that is all prudence in buying comes to in
the end.
Conferees are said to have reached a dead
lock on the railroad bill and may return the
Esch and Cummins bill with a report of dis
agreement. This does not necessarily portend
a further, postponement of return of the roads
to their owners, but it may mean that some of
the rigidity fhat now prevails in Washington
will have to give way in interest of the needs
of the country. Neither of these measures is
perfect, nor wholly satisfactory, but something
will have to be done if the farce of government
control of the roads is terminated on March 1.
The passage between Mr. Daniels and Mr.
Bryan may be accepted as an indication that
the administration does not abide 'the course
of the great commoner withsuch utter disdain
as it outwardly affects. Disagreements in the
democratic household are no novelty, and Mr.
Bryan has never acted so as to leave a question
as to his "regularity," but these facts do not
console anybody near the White House at
present. '
An Interesting Proposal
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa raises an interesting
issue when he affirms that the time has come
when members of the cabinet should assume a
larger and closer responsbiility to congress and
the people. 1 he idea is by no means a new one,
but there are reasons for believing it could be
made more impressive than hitherto with some
judicious nurturing.
The business of the American government
has grown to such proportions that no one man
can supervise it adequately. The result is, as
f Senator Kenyon points out, that cabinet mem
bers are taking on such authority and powers
that they should henceforth be answerable not
merely to the president who appoints them, but
to the congress which furnishes them with the
sinew and to the people whom they serve.
In an address on "A Program of Construc
tive Progress," delivered by him two years ago
in St Louis, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler put
forth the proposal that members of the cabinet
should be entitled to occupy seats on the: floor
of the senate and house, with the right to par
ticipate in debate on matters relating to the
business of their several departments, and that
the members of the cabinet MUST attend ses
sions at designated times to give information
asked by resolution or to reply to questions
which may be propounded to them under the
rules,.
Dr. Butler believes that if this arrangement
were made by law, there would be less call or
need for costly investigations, less occasion for
the unfrofitable clashes that often take place un
der the present system between cabinet mem
bers and lawmakers, and a more disinterested
disposition on the part of ttie president to place
at the head of the several departments men
chosen for sheer ability rather than from polit
ical or geographical motives.
The whole question was ably traversed by a
select committee of the senile as long ago as
1881. The report was signed by such men as
Pendleton, Allison. Voorhees, Blaine, Butler,
Ingalls, Piatt and Farley all forceful leaders of
the republican and democratic parties. A bill
was drawn covering the points now made by
Dr. Butler, but it never was enacted into law.
Senator Kenyon is said to have in mind the
offering of a resolution at the republican na
tional convention pledging the nominee of that
party to announce at least 30 days before the
election whom he would appoint as his cabinet
aids if he should be elected. Whether that would
be wise or practicable is open to debate. It
might often happen, for instance, that a man
peculiarly fitted for a cabinet portfolio might not
consent to the use of his name prior to the first
Tuesday in November, whereas he might be
perfectly willing in the following March to ac
cept the post in question. Since men cannot
be impressed into the cabinet, it might be best
in many instances to hold important posts open
in order to procure the services of the ablest
men. .In other words, it is questionable whether
a candidate should foreclose on any part of the
appointive field that would be open to him as
president-elect. It is not a thing to decide off-jiand.
Application and Perseverance
Application and perseverance are two very
necessary factors in the solution of the prob
lem of success. Many of us think that more
attention to our work is all that is necessary in
order to progress, but once we accustom our
selves to such a proceeding, doing only that
which we deerri vital to our self-interest, and
doing it, perhaps, in a listless and indifferent
manner, ,we very soon find that we are not only
keeping pace with those about us, but are ac
tually Tagging behind. Conditions change very
perceptibly with the passinsr of the years, and
the methods that held good in other days and'
served their purpose well are today inadequate
to the Proper performance of many necessary
duties. Those of n't. who have lived long enough
to begin to count the mile posts as we pass them
with ever-increasing swiftness find ourselves
tempted very often to wonder why present-day
demands require so large an output of energy
and power. But the present-day population of
the world is vastly larger than it was a genera
tion ago, and, as a consequence, both of that
increase and the wonderful progress in science
and invention there are many more opportuni
ties for the ingenuity of man to make itself
felt in various ways. The spirit of competition
is keener than it ever was before and the prob
lems of living have not only increased, but their
intricacies have multiplied. It is largely because
of these facts that life has become so crowded
with effort of one kind and another, and we
are obliged to live up to the full limit of our
capacity for work if we wish to keep step with
those about us. Charleston News and Courier.
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T3u crtrtfmr "Brooks "Baker
' JAY BURNS.
Since Adam found his Eve so irresistible and
cute that time she plucked and peeled for him
the famed forbidden fruit, the human race has
been compelled to hustle for its feed, to hump
with great persistence and considerable speed;
but nothing that the worthy cooks have ever
found to eat is equal to a well-made loaf from
strictly first-class wheat.
The more the race this lesson scientifically
learns, the more it comes to profit from the
work of Mr. Burns. He bakes the brand of
Holsum, and a screaming wit has said that
though his name is Burns he never does it to
the bread. He watches it so carefully he's
made a wide renown by bringing it by warm
degrees to just the proper brown.
The ages long have echoed with the praise
of other food, by Romans lofty and refined or
Malays coarse and crude. They've dined on
tongues of nightingale and missionary stew and
many forms of edibles untouched by me and
you; but never has the world produced so trusty
stuff to eat as that which artists can devise
from finely powdered wheat.
But just because we praise the bread Jay
Burns so proudly bakes, don't ever get it in
you head that that is all he makes. The filling
you will find inside of his romantic pies will
thrill you to the most extreme expressions of
surprise; and many other things which cannot
be described in haste have all appealed to
Omaha's refined and gentle taste.
Nex Subject: George E. Mickel. '
1 TODAY
Spain is also having a lot of trouble with
bomb-making uplifters. The breed affects, no
particular clime,' it seems.
Whisky may not cure the flu, but a lot of
folks art willing to try tha experiment.
The Day We Ctlebrae.
Augustus William, fourth son of the former
German emperor, born at Potsdam 33 years
ago.
Frank O. Lowden, governor of Illinois and
prospective candfdate for the republican presi
dential nomination, born at Sunrise City, Minn.,
59 years ago.
Cleveland H. Dodge, New York merchant
and philanthropist, born in New York City 60
years ago. "
Samuel Hopkins Adams, author of numerous
popular stories, born at Dunkirk, N. Y., 49
years ago.
i
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
The new M. E. church in South Omaha at
Twenty-third and R streets was dedicated by
Bishop John P. Newman. Rev. David Mar
quette was the pastor.
Mr. Samuel Orchard, Miss Orchard and Mrs.
E. S. Dundy left for a month's stay in Florida.
The anunal meeting of the Paid Firemen's
Benevolent association was held in Chief Gal
ligan's office. J. J.'Galligan was re-elected
president, and J. J. Barnes, vice president.
Rev. Martin of the First Christian church
had for his subject the Sunday newspaper. He
said the pulpit and the press were tne two
most powerful agencies in our civilization and
progress.
Miss Emma Whitmore.
Omaha. Jan. 23. To the Editor of
ine uee: i notice your editorial in
last night's paper on the death of
Miss Emma Whitmore, who for a
good many years was principal of
Lake school, and as the writer
started in, in the first grade, grad
uating from this school, under the
airect supervision of Miss Whit
more, I hardly think your editorial
.u..j UU llll.lt III. .
Miss Whitmore was one of the
grandest, most competent and thor-
ougniy American women that I have
ever come in contact with. Thirty
years ago she started to teach the
pupus wno were rortunate enough to
live in the Lake school district
Americanism 100 per cent, and
also taught them to be neat and
clean, to be manly and womanly,
and to be thoroughly American.
vvnne Theodore Roosevelt started
to teach Americanism a good many
years ago. I really think that this
Idea originated with Miss Whitmore,
as Bne was the real Peruvian on this
particular subject, as well as a good
many other subjects. . In those days
the boys and girls marched in fours.
not only into the building to their
rooms, but also out of the building,
and it was always done with the
American flag waving from the top
or tne Duuaing and a competent
drummer drumming some lively
tatto. This is oqjy one of a good
many original ideas that Miss Whit
more used in teaching the boys and
girls to be real Americans, as a good
many men and women could testify
who went to the Lake school, which
in my flays was considered about 120
per cent over any other grade school
in Omaha.
I can look back and now fully ap
preciate what a wonderful little
woman she was. I could go on and
elaborate many wonderful charac
teristics of hers, and not only did
she develop a wonderful spirit
among the pupils who attended Lake
school, but she also developed a
wonderful lot of teachers, a good
many of whom are principals of our
Omaha schools today.
It is really too bad that she had
to die away from Omaha, where she
had a host of friends and admirers,
and I only wish that some memorial
could be established where it could
perpetuate the name and character
of ' Emma Whitmore, my principal
and teacher for a good many years.
D. K. ELLINGWOOD.
Pay for Preachers.
Omaha, Jan. 23. To the Editor of
The Bee: I have a brother-in-law
who Is a preacher and I want to tell
the world something it needs very
much to know about my brother-in-law.
preacher in particular and all
preachers in general. This particu
lar preacher spent eight years ac
quiring his education and expended
about $3,000 in university and semi
nary training. As- a return from his
investment he receives the magni
ficent salary of $1,500, which, with
the American dollar worth about 40
cents, makes his "salary" about $650.
On this princely sum h is expected
to live decently and raise a family.
After all his effort and investment to
append a handle to his name he gets
in return legs than a hog-killer,
Every church board which be
lieves in a square deal and that the
laborer is worthy of his hire should
jret busy-and inquire diligently into
the living conditions of its ministry.
Every bishop and superintendent
should make it their business to
know everything possible regarding
how the men under them are living
and if they are able to make ends
meet. The faithful minister must be
the most all-around man in the com
munity. He must be every man's
friend, as well as every man's "goat."
Unless he is a man of independence
and has a will of his own. he soon
finds himself the slave of every old
woman's whims in the community
where he ministers.
It is easy for people to sit" Idly on
the back fence of their imaginations
and pick the preacher to death, but
it is a different thing to get into the
frame and help him fight it out to a
finish. No men can work on earth
and board lii heaven these days, and
no self-respecting church will expect
him to do so. P. V. J.
StudyProblems
13 Solved
Henry's Memory Notebook.
By FLORA J. COOKB,
Francis W. Parkar School.
Everyone wants to have a good
memory. Henry, who is now a junior
in college, thought he strengthened
his memory greatly by using the fol
lowing device: when he was 10
years old he made, at the suggestion
ot a teacher, what was canea a
Literature Notebook." . In it he re
corded his analyses and comments
upon the stories studied in his lit
erature class. He found this book
so useful for reference that in high
school he developed and enlarged
the plan to suit his needs and gave
it a more comprehensive title. He
Nature, Study
Outdoor
Life
divided his book, which was merely
a leather-covered, loose-leaf note
book, into 10 compartments, using
cardboard leaves to separate the di
visions. Because the leaves were
loose each division could be made as
full or meager as he desired, and if
his taste changed at any time pages
could be discarded without spoiling
the book. His headings were:
SHORT STORIES I LIKE, AND WHERE
, I t'OUKD THEM.
Then folio-wed a Hat of storloa, aoma
tlmaa with comments, sometimea a quota
tion, aometlmea merely a title or a note
namlna- other storlea by the same author
lor luturo reaavng.
DISCOVERIES. WHEN MADE AND BT
WHOM.
Usually he noted the magazine fvear
and month or volume and page) In which
an article appeared, so that be could re
fer to It without difficulty.
THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE READ THIS
YEAR AND WHT I LIKE THEM.
Udder this heading I found euch notes
i follows: (a) "Good arcument to use in
aetiate, vn. 4. p. 9." (b) "A good de
scrlptlon of French airplanes,' p. 25," (c)
uooa map or tne rtnamt canal zone,
i. 131."
x A FEW POEMS I LIKE.
In some cases, under this heading. Henry
had copied a poem In full, particularly If
ii nappenea to te modern verse wnicn
might prove difficult to find.
The other six divisions show fur
ther the boy's particular interest in
ines ot study. You may not like
Henry's topics, but perhaps you may
ike his idea and want to start a
book using the plan.
Writing and classifying your
knewledge is an excellent way of im
pressing it upon your mind. If
memory depends upon deep irnpres
sions Henry's experiment may prove
worth trying. Certainly such a ref
erence book would prove valuable
to a student, even if it did not im
prove his memory.
(iomorrow urant M. Hyde will
tell the boys how to make a "Home-
Made Call Buzzer. )
(Copyright, 1920. by J. H. Millar.)
DO YOU KNOW THAT
A Boost for "Bugs."
Jan. 24. To the Editor of The
Bee: Just a word to let you know
how I enjoy hearing the "dope"
dished out by "Bugs" Baer on The
Bee's sport sheet. It Is immense,
bully, great, mangiflque!!! Here are
a few samples:
"Ruth slams the pill so hard that
some knock-knee outfielders have
become bowlegged chasing it."
"Will Rogers can make a rope
chirp like a canary, but Bill Crutch
field is the first baby to teach a rope
to spell. If that ain't some hemp
shooting, we'll buy the next round
of wood alcohol."
The Bee sport page will be eagerly
sought for as long as "Bugs" con
tributes his really original "stuff."
Putting the next one over is a sure
cure for the blues.
OSCAR KATLEMAN.
Put It In the Treaty.
The democratic platform of the
Third Missouri district pledges that
"with the league of nations adopted
It will not be necessary to again send
our boys across the seas to suffer
and die." We would feel better
about It, however, if that pledge
were in the treaty instead of in the
platform. Kansas City Times.
Talking and Voting.
Pershing refuses to say anything
about the presidency, but his silence
doesn't keep his host of friends
from talking. Knoxville Journal
and Tribune.
Ijeap Year and Politics.
The ladies promise to make the
most of leap year by Jumping into
politics. Boston Transcript.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
M COT m NUn&tR Rib RIGHT
THtNUTTIf1Ll5tlTULPlNCIltlin!
0&
AND lit DID
The earth's population doubles
every J 60 years.
The -oceans of the world measure
about 324,000,000 cubic miles.
Bees Buck over 3,000,000 flowers to
gather one -pound of honey.
There has been a, tax on been in
England since the twelfth century.
It requires about four pounds of
fresh leaves to make one pound of
dried tea. ,
. AU the black and white plumes
come from the male ostrich, the gray
from the female.
The first fire engine used In the
United States was brought from
England to New York in 1731.
Iceland still clings to the old
barter system, little trading being
done In the island with cash.
More than 1,000,000 people spent
their vacations in the national forests
of Colorado last summer.
In the south of China silk worms
have been reared and silk manufac
tured for over 3,600 years.
The modern battleship has an
board an electric plant capable of
lighting a town of 10,000 inhabitants.
Portugal is the most illiterate
country in Europe more than 60
per cent of its population cannot
wrife.
With the exception of the British
Parliament, the Swedish Riksdag is
the oldest legislative body in the
world. ,
The Dead sea is so called because
its water is so thoroughly Impreg
nated with salt that no animal can
live in it.
In normal times Spain has a
smaller foreign population than any
other country in Europe, Norway
being second in this respect.
Published statistics show that the
average number of children in each
family in Ireland exceeds that of any
other European country.
Of the 40 sultans who have ruled
the Ottoman empire since the con
quest of Constantinople by the Turks,
34 have died violent deaths.
The grand total of all the gold ore
produced in the United States since
1792 is but about half of the amount
of the last United States Victory
bond issue.
Libcral-Mlmlcd Candidate.
Mr. Gerard is not the strongest
candidate for president before the
people, perhaps, but he will lose
nothing in public esteem by his lib
erality. He doesn't mind saying that
the're are other good men available
besides himself. Chattanooga News.
Red-Tailed Hawk.
By ADELIA BELLE BEARD.
It was not until a red-tailed hawk
came into the family as a pet that I
realized what the term hawk-eyed
really meant. I had thought that
to be "hawk-eyed" was to see and
observe everything, even the minut
est object, but when our untamed
pet turned his wonderful, clear, far
seeing eyes in my direction I felt
that he did not look at me, but that
his piercing gaze passed through
and beyond my humble self.
Chained to his perch though he
was he made a haughty captive and
never lost his aloofness and dig
nity except when, attempting to
escape, he would fly to the nearby
high, board fence and topple into
our neighbor's garden where he
hung suspended by one leg and
screamed his indignant protest.
The rescue always fell to my lot,
but not until I had secured my
brother's heavy, fur gloves would I
answer his call for help. For well I
knew that Sir Hawk had a sharp
beak and strong talons and might
use them, for he resented being,
handled even for his own comfort.
Hawks have been trained, but it
is doubtful if they ever become real
ly tame; their nature seems too ab
solutely wild to allow of compan
ionship even with a boy.
Of the several species in the
United States and Canada the red
tailed hawk is the most common.
It is a fine looking bird with a wide
spread of wings on which it circles
the upper air. Its color is dark
brown, reddish on the tail, throat
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white and breast light streaked with
darker color. Its length is about
21 inches.
Though often called chicken and
hen hawk it seldom troubles the
poultry yard, instead the red-tailed
hawk is the greatest of all destroy
ers of the small four-footed and
insect pests of the farmer. It has
been proved that rtiost of its food
Consists of these enemies to grow
ing crops. There are blood-thirstv
villains in the hawk family but red-
tail is not among them. Remember
this and protect the big bird with
rust-colored tail as yon would a
friend.
(Girls! Learn how to make use
ful things of cretonne, tomorrow.)
Copyrlghl. 12, by J. H. Millar.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
"Bsfora marriage
susceptible to flaU(
my husband was aa
tery.
Yes?"
"And now ha is susceptible to nothing
but fresh cold." Florida Times-Union.
"Be my wife and you will make a new
man of me."
"Yes. and as soon as you'd become a
new man you would probably think you
were good enough for some other woman.'
Boston Transcript.
Mother Tou have kept the baby out
so long you've made him miss his dtn
ner. Percy I was running home so fsst with
him tha cop arrested me for speeding.
Houston Post
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
A single grain of gold, after hav
ing been converted into gold leaf,
will cover 46 square inches.
There are fewer suicides in pro
portion to population in Ireland than
in any other country in the world.
It is just i 00 years since the White
House saw its first wedding that of
the daughter of President Monroe.
It is estimated that as a rule mar
ried men live seven years longer
than bachelors, and wives five years
longer than spinsters.
A medical authority declares that
hearty sneezing is a sign of a robust
constitution. People in feeble health
seldom sneeze.
It is said that cypress and walnut.
or cypress and cedar, cause each
other to rot when used In contact.
One of the choicest delicacies in
Jamaica Is a huge white worm found
In the heart of the cabbage palm.
When cooked it tastes like almonds.
So fast has been the improvement
in engine boilers and fireboxes that
the power derived from a pound of
coal today is nearly three times as
great as it was 60 years ago.
To artist has ever seen one of his
own paintings on the walls of the
Louvre, in Paris. It Is the rule that
no picture shall be there displayed
until the artist has been dead at least
10 years.
When Chinese parents arrive at
about the age of 55 their affectionate
sons and daughters club together
and give them each a coffin, and
wish them many happ returns of
the day. Coffins are to b seen in
many houses in China, some of them
being utilized as wardrobe
The Lyon branch of the Bank of
France reports its enormous increase
in its gross operations for 1918 over
those of 1917, the figures in the pant
year being in excess of 23,000,000.-
000 francs ($4,489,000,000 at par),
"I never heard you complaining about
these dry times?"
"I've been getting along all right se
far. Used to have to pay for my drinks,
but now atmost every one of my friends
keeps a bottle In his desk." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
"What's yonr Idea of a free govern
ment?" "A frea government," said the bolehe
vlat, "Is one that offera lio opposition to
our efforts to kick It to pieces and atsrt
something under our exclusive control."
Washington Star.
RoverI haven't seen a bone '.n a dog'a
age, brother. I wonder what Is up?
. Nero Meat, you poor bob! Why. I
became a vegetarian more thau( two
months ago.3uffalo Express.
ROAD SONG.
Give In song your happy breath;
March along the road to death.
Head erect and heart aet high.
They have shown us how to die.
They have sent their boylah loughter
Ringing back along the way;
All who walk this road hereafter
Must, like them, be gay.
Shall men fear to follow on
Where their sons, have gone?
Not alone the enemy
There in front where all may see.
They went out to meet;
They have Htormed the shadowy towers;
Death Is rifled of his powers.
Harmless In defeat.
Youth has overrun his kingdom.
Brought the mystic borders near,
Made the land familiar, dear;
Every highway, every atreet.
Echoes now to trampling feet,
Whletled signals, noisy cheer.
Sudden greetings: "Brother! Brotherl
I am here!",
Shout and sing and march ahead!
Who fears death now tbey are dead?
Clara Pratt Meadowcroft, in Contem
porary Verse.
ASPIRIN FOR COLDS .
Name "Bayer" is on GenuiM
Aspirin say Bayer
Insist on "Baver Tablets of
Aspirin" in a "Bayer package," con
taining proper directions for Colds,
Pain, Headache, Neuralgia, Lum
bago and Rheumatism. Name
"Bayer" means genuine Aspirin pre
scribed by physicians for nineteen
years. Haijdy tin boxes of 12 tab
lets cost few cents. Aspirin is tradj
mark for Bayer Manufacture of
while those for 1917 were some 12,- Monoaceticacidester of Salicylica
000,000,000 francs ($2.316,000,000). ' c;.
"BUSINESS IS GOOD THANK YOtf
IV. Nicholas Oil Company
rpHE little flower that came to
- brighten the home has with
ered and blown away to a per
petual shore, leaving behind but
the treasure troves of babyhood,
and bleeding hearts and numbed
minds. It is then that we give the
same loving care to the little one
that it had in life; striving to
make the time less sorrowful for
those who remain behind.
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DOUG 525 CUMING 5T. AT NHfCTECNTH