( THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AflilL 2b, ltfisu. FITCH PEBKIN3 ' jj i Dutch Twins Get Skates. "N'ow is the time to ask," whis pered Kat to Kit, that night, wlfen Father Yedder finished his supper and was lighting his pipe. "You must 3ifk very politely just the very politest way you can." They went and stood before their father. They put their feet together. Kit made a bow, and Kat bobbed a courtesy. "Dear parent," said Kit. "That's a good start," whispered Kat. "Go on."' "Well, well, what- now?" said Father Vedder. "Dear parent, Kat and I are quite big now. I think we. must be nearly four feet and a half High. Don't you think we are big enough to have skates this winter?" "So that's it!" said Father Vedder. Then he smoked his pipe again. "There was ice on the canal this morning," said Kat. "So you think you are big enough WHY?- Do We Get a Bump When We Hit Our Heads? (Copyright J 950; By Hi Wheeler Syn dicate, Inc.) If you would take something not quite as rigid as your head--a soft leather ball, for example and jam it against the corner of a table, a distinct dent or hollow would appear. If you strike a rubber ball or any othet resilient object against the. same projec tion, the dent will appear only for a moment and the ball will then fill out and be as round as formerly. Why, then, don't we get dents in our heads instead of bumps? The answer is that we do, but they till up so rapidly that we do not notice them and are conscious only of the "bump" which ap pears almost immediately there after and remains for some tiine. This bump is caused by the opera tions of the body in repairing the injury resulting from the blow. An increased supply of blood is rushed to the spot and the stir rounding veins become distended in taking care of this oversupply. Other healing fluids are also brought to the injured place to assist in rapid recovery and the presence of these. together with the blood, forces the skin to rise. A blow on the head will cause a larger "bump" than elsewhere on the body because the skin is stretched so tightly over the skull and the intervening space is very narrow. Hence the skin must be pushed up further to make room for the healing agents which (he body dispatches as soon as the brair. telegraphs the injury. Tomorrow's Question Why docs a cold glass crack when hot water is applied? HOW TO RAISE BABYjCHICKS Put Avicol in the drinking water. Most people lose half of every hatch, and seem to expect it. Chick cholera or white diarrhoea is the trouble. The U. S. Government states that- over half the chicks hatched die from this cause. An Avicol tablet, placed in the drinking water, will positively save your little chicks from all such diseases. Inside of 4$ hours the Bick ones will be as lively as crickets. Avicol keeps them healthy and makes them srrow and levplnr. Mrs. Vannlei Thaokery, R. F. D. t, St. Paris, O., writes. "I had 90 chicks and they all died but 32. Then I commenced on Avicol and haven't lost Tany since. They have grown wonderfully." It costs nothing to try Avicol. If you don't find that it prevents and promptly cpres white diarrhoea, chick cholera and all bowel diseases of poultry, tell us and your money will be refunded by return mall. Avicol is gold by most druggists and poultry remedy dealers, or you can end 25c or 50c today for a package mail postpaid. Burrell-Dugger Co., 373 Columbia Bide;., Indianapolis. Ind. AVICOL stops chicks dying to skate, do you?" said Father Ved der. at last. Mother Vedder "was clearing away the supper. "What do you think about it, mother; said Father Vedder. "They have been very good chil dren," said the vrouw. "There are the skates you and I had when we were children. We might try them on and see if they arc big enough to wear them. They are in the bag hanging back of the press." Kit and Kat almost screamed with joy. "Our. feet, are quite large. Ira sure we can wear them," they said. Father Vedder got the bag down and took out two pairs of skates. They had long curling ends on the runners. The Twins sat down on the floor. Father Vedder tried on the skates. . "They are still pretty large;, but you will grew," he told the Twins. "You may have them if you will be very careful and not let them get rusty. By and by we will teach you to skate." The Twins practiced standing in the skates on the kitchen floor; and, when bedtime came, they took the skates to bed with them. "O Kit," said Kat, "I never sup posed we'd get them so soon. Did you?". "Well," said Kit, "you see," we're pretty big and very good. That makes a difference." "It's very nice to be good when peopla notice it, isn't it?" said Kat. "Yah," said Kit. "I'm going to be good now right along, all the time; for very soon St. Nicholas will come, and he 'leaves only a rod in the shoes of bad children. And if you've been bad. you have to tell him aliaut it." "Oh I Oh!" said Kat. "I'm going to be good all the time, too. I'm going to be good until after the feast of St. Nicholas, anyway. (All rights reserved byNloughton Mifflin Company.) - Tomorrow Dutch Twins Go Skating. For Boys and Girls Study problems Solved What Do You Know? (Here's a chance to make your wits north money. Each day The Bee will wibltdh a serteH of Questions, nreoared liv Superintendent J. H. lieverldge of the public schools. They cover thing which you should know. The flrot complete list of correct answer received from an Oma ha reader of The Bee will be rewarded by SI ; the first from nvtslde of Omaha will win the same. The answer and the names of the winners will lie published on the day indicated below. Be sure to Rive your views and address in Tun. Address "Question Editor," Omaha Bee.) 1. ' What famous republican states man was known as "The plumed Knight r 2. When did the first ship cross the Atlantic ocean under the power of steam i 3. What president was called the Great Magician? 4. What political rival of Abra ham Lincoln held his hat when he w?s inaugurated in 1861? 5. For how many years was the first United States bank chartered? (Answers Published Thursday). THURSDAY'S ANSWERS. 1. What is the highest point of land in .Nebraska? How high is it? Niobrara Summit, 5,323 feet. 2. How many counties has Ne braska? 93. 3. Where is the Nebraska insti tution for feebleminded youth? Beatrice. 4. Why does Arbor Day come on April 22? Commemorates the birth day of J. Sterling Morton. 5. Who was the first governor of Nebraska? David Butler. No correct answers received. Wood Files in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C, April 23. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, candidate for the republican presidential nomina tion, filed his name here Saturday with the state board of elections, to be . submitted to the state-wie pri mary June 5. UPDIKE SERVICE We Specialize in the Careful Handling of Orders for Grain and Provisions FOR FUTURE DELIVERY IN All Important Markets . WE ARE MEMBERS OF- Chkago Board of Trad St. Louis Merchants fcxehang Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce Kansas City Board of Trad Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce Sioux City Board of Trad " Omaha Grain Exchange 1WE OPERATE OFFICES AT . OMAHA. NEB. ' CHICAGO, ILL. MILWAUKEE. WIS LINCOLN, NEB. SIOUX CITY, IA. GENEVA, NEB. HASTINGS, NEB. HOLDREGE. NEB. DES MOINES, IA. ATLANTIC, I A. HAMBURG, IA. All of the offices are connected with each other by private wires. We are operationg large up-to-date terminal elevators in the Omaha and Milwaukee markets and are in position to handle your shipments in the best possible manner i. e., Cleaning, Transfering, Storing, etc. It will pay you to get in touch with one of our offices 4 when wanting to BUY or SELL any kind of train. WE SOLICIT YOUR s Consignments of All Kinds of Grain .. to OMAHA, CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE and SIOUX CITY -Every Car Receives Careful Personal Attention The Updike Grain Company THE RELIABLE CONSIGNMENT HOUSE J Card Index Your Memory. HELEN M. JOHNSON Francis W. Tarker School. , Many school students spend a great deal of time in reading but not learning, in droning over books but not memorizing them. The boy or girl who is at the foot of the class, or who has difficulty in passing ex animations is not necessarily lazy or stupid, but, often, the cause is lack of system. A memory card index is . the trick. Just what is a card index? It is, in most cases, alphabetical. Why? Because most of us know the alpha bet. Names and addresses are gen erally kept in an alphabetical card index. Other systems are numeral. Again why? Because everyone knows the figures 1 to 100. Others work by a code, which each employe has to learn. Whatever be the sys tem, the main point is that, with it, you can find anything quickly. Adopt the same plan for studies. Take history for example. Pick out the most important event that hap pened in 1770, 1780, 1790, 1800, 1810, etc., and memorize those. That is the key. Ihen, as you hnd some thing else worth remembering, stick it into the mental pigeon hole where it belongs. It will stay there, easy to be found. In science, take the main classifications for a key. In mathematics invent your own code. In making up this ou'.line, or code, to be used as a card index, often it is best to make up your own, pick ing out subjects that interest you. They'll stick better in the memory. If you do that, then, no matter what the subject may be, there will be a certain number of things you will never forget. Each of these will bring back to mind some fact as sociated with it. This is a good thing, not because it takes less trouble that's never a reason but because all your study isof direct profit. As an engineer would sav, there is no waste motion; as an effi ciency expert would say, there is no lost time. (Tomorrovv April Tableaux.) I'M THE . GUY 1 1 By R. H. ALLIE. I'M THE GUY, the bread sales man, who clatters past your house before dawn each morning, blowing his steel whistle. Why shouldn't I? It's my wagon. It's my whistle. I'm working. I can't help it if the wagon's clat ter awakens you. Nor, if that fails, at the whistle docs. What do you think I'm out there for? My health? I'm on the job. The wagon I use to peddle bread. The whistle to notify you I'm in the neighborhood.; I Can't bother about how you like it. Just because you object is no rea son I shouldn't blow that whistle. That's what I've got it for, to drum up trade. I'm not to blame if you're asleep, or that I wake you up. That's your worry. Do like I do. Get up early If you don't like it that's up to you. I'm peddling bread, I need the wagon to carry it, the whistle to call customer's. If you object that's your concern, not mine. Don't pay at tention, cover your head, or be awake when I come around. That's how I feel about it. tWild life! 01 Forest The Long-Distance Champion. FRANCIS ROLT-WHEELER. Hats off to the Arctic Tern ! When it comes to covering dis tance no creature on earth can be gin to compare with this gull-like bird with two long feathers in his tail. It spends about 14 weeks of each year in the North Polar region,, during our summer, and then decides to go south during our winter. And, go south it docs, clear down to the South Polar region, covering 22,000 mites a year of straight-away flight. The first nest of the Arctic Tern that was ever found was onby eight degrees away from the north pole and the little baby Tern, a good real like a small gray chicken, was sur rounded by a wall of new-fallen snow, which had been scooped out Financial of the nest by the mother. Chickie looked just as comfortable in the snow as a well-fed cat purring in front of a fire. -Within a few weeks of hatching, a baby Arctic Tern can fly in right lively fashion, and, 'by the time it is two months old, the big 11,000-mile flight to the Antarc tic has begun. The Arctic lern rests on the wa ter sometimes, so, maybe for a single flight, its performance is not as wonderful as that of the Golden Plover, a land bird, which flies from Nova Scotia to South America a stretch of 2,400 miles without a single halt. Right about now, these big flights, from south to north are coining to the winning post. The Arctic Tern is nesting on the Polar ice, and the Golden Plover is ncaring the shores of Labrador, Even the tiny hum ming bird is beginning to build his nest in North America, after flying from South America. Although the Norsmen disovered Greenland and the North American continent lone before Columbus, it is good to remember that the birds discovered North America long be fore any human explorer Indian or white put foot on our shores, and that, when the time came for the discovery of North America, it was the birds who showed the way. (Tomorrow Hunting Eye in a hatchery.) Italy Ready to Negotiate For Peace With Soviets London, April 25. Captain De Mafini. in command of an Italian cruiser has arrived at Novorossisk, on the Black sea coast of Russia, and, according to a wireless mes sage .from Moscow, informed the soviet authorities that he was ready to open preliminary negotiations concerning a renewal of official re lations between Italy and Soviet Russia. He said authority to do this had been given him by Premier Nitti. A 12-cylinder automobile engine of Italian invention is so compact it is said to be the smallest 12-horse- power motor yet produced. Lighting Fixtures. Burgess-Gran den. Adv. NEW' YORK TIMES. Chicago Tribune-Omaha Be Leased Wire. New York, April 25. Looking back at developments in the se curity and commodity markets dur ing thu last few days, the fact of sudden and drastic price declines is of less moment than what they may portend. Last February the great fall of the foreign exchanges -auscd reactions of stocks, cotton, grain and provisions, but then it was the ex pectation of a shrinkage in our for eign trade which provided the cause of unsettlement. In November last . year stocks slumped with much severity, due to indications that increases of federal reserve bank discount rates implied a contraction of credit for specula tive use. On these occasions there were ex planations for price recessions which the man in the street could grasp. When quotation recovered. It was felt tnat fear had been overdono, that fac--tors causing liquidation in the sensitive market had been overemphasized. A renewal of confidence over Great Brttlan's handling of her foreign debt proKram carried starling up In a few weeks from 13.19 to 4.0S; and coincident with thu gain there wan a forward movement of stocks and staples. I'Oexpei'ted Read ion. But last week's reaction came unex pectedly, except in those In close touch with the Underlying phenomena of credit. To the outsider it appeared as though business was Koing along pretty much as usual, save that the railroad strikes had supplied an addition to the handicaps to which manufacturers had become resigned. Manufacturer reported so great a pres sure of orders that little attention was paid to sign here and thnr that buyers were becoming out or patience with tim persistent rise of prices. Altogether, there deemed to be few surface indications of reaction. Yet it came, and wlth.a power which showed clearly that somefhlng more than th undoing of speculative operations was underneath. Stocks reached levels 15 to mere than 30 points under their maximum quotations of the month. I.ibertv bonds scld 2 to 3 points lower than in the pre ceding week. The average price of groups of representative railroad and In dustrial bond slipped , back day by day. Lack of Trecedent. Unfortunately for the present market situation, there is a lack of precedent to use for guidance. True, it may well be argued that ure sighted speculators prepare the way for stock prices upward at. a time of tight credit. But that 1 only on phase of the matter. The larger aspect of the relation be tween credit and business activities dur ing the remainder of the year Is not out lined through a collapse of a "pool" stock. Nor does a reaction of cotton or grain during one week show that the market are definitely headed toward lower ground. The necessities of an un appeased world demand may-absorb ex traordinarily high costs. The experiences of the past fail to measure the length of time which intervenes between the end of a destructive war and the inevitably compensating period when the reaction from replacement work arrives. But last week's occurrences., while the immediate outcome Is impossible to fore cast, certainly showed that the cost of doing business is going to increase and a deduction from that is that some busi ness lines must contract. Shortage of Credit. Where there is not enough credit to go around, whether it Is in the foim of bank loans or in capital acquired from the public, the highest bidder will get It, and rates are already so high as to cause dif ficulty for many borrowers. Corporations are moved to convert their government securities into cash because they find this the easiest and cheapest way of raising capital. The banks, mem bers of the reserve system, are urged by the higher powers to contract instead of expand their accommodation to clients. So the scramble for capital and labor is approaching the stage where the ad vantages Ilea with those borrowers who can en.foy good markets for their goods, even under great cost. The consumer supplies the yard stick when such a situation arrives and indica tions are not lacking in the primary mar kets that he Is beginning to discriminate In his purchases. South Side Chicago Packers Dispel Alarm Over Hog Shortage Among the visitors at the stock yards Saturday were H. A. Craig of the Allied Packers of Chicago and L. V. Terry of St. Paul. They stop ped off to look over the local hog market. According to Mr. Craig there promises to be a big corn crop in Minnesota and ether states where he has visited. He said there was no cause for alarm over a shortage this year as his firm has received re ports of increasing receipts of hogs as the summer advances. Story-Telling Session. Approximately nOO pupils of the Sith, Seventh and Eighth grades of the South Central, Hawthorne, Jungmaii, St. Bridgets and South Lincoln schools were entertained Saturday morning at the Bcssej theater on the South Side by a story hour by Miss Hazel Timernian of the Omaha public library staff, i The affair was held under the su pervision of the Omaha Fine Art$ society in conjunction with the pub he library and Miss limernian de 1 icrti tori thf rhilrlretl Willi llllKtr.ltc. King Arthur stories. I his is thq first of a series of such entertain inents that will be given by the ol ficials of the public library and tlii Fine Arts society this year in va4 nous parts of the city. $1,000 Invested in Each of the Following Securities, Will Give You a Monthly Dividend Check of $1 7. SO KIRKENDALL SHOE COMPANY 7 Cumulative Preferred Stock Will pay you $17.50 on January 1st April 1st July 1st October 1st ORCHARD & WIL. HELM COMPANY 7 Cumulative Preferred Stock Will pay you $17.50 on February 1st May 1st August 1st November 1st BURGESS-NASH COMPANY 7 Cumulative Preferred Stock Will pay you $17.50 on March 11th June 11th September 11th December 11th. THE; ABOVE SECURITIES MAY BE HAD IN AMOUNTS OF $100.00 OR MORE Descriptive Circular on Request B-41 jWlflM TRUST CO The Progressive-Conservative Trust Company PD 1.03 Fistula Pay When Cured A mild system of treatment that eure Piles. fistula and other Rectal Diseases in short time, without a severs suriiical operation. No Chlnrn torm, tther or other general anesthetie used. A cure guaranteed In every case accepted for treatment, and no money to be Daid until cured. Write for book on Rectal Diseases, with names and testimonals of mor than j.vuu prominent people woo nave Deen permanently cured DR.E.R.TARRY Sanatorium, Dr JCS.Johnston, Medical Director, Be BIdg, Omaha, Neb ea, je, o ;d. ta South Side Brevities For Sale Modern and partly modern homes In all parts of South Side. See me first. J. H. Kopietz, 4733 South 24th set. FOR SALE. Two-story house, southeast corner 22d and K street; priced for quick selling at $3,000. See Wlig Bros., 24th and N St. BUY 6 Rrst Mortgage Bonds ! and let us pay your taxes and 6 (Net) Which is equivalent to better than 7 where you pay the taxes These bonds represent a portion of a large mortgage secured by Omaha business property, centrally located. These bonds mature in 4 to 8 years, and may be cashed any time after one year, if desired, upon 30 days' notice. Any one can hold one or more of these bonds issued in denomina tions of $250, $500, $1,000 up to $5,000. The Home Builders owns this mortgage and recommends these bonds to those who have money for a 6 SAFE INVESTMENT pay able semi-annually. 1 . Full descriptive literature sen upon request. A part of your business solicited. American Security Company OMAHA, NEBRASKA C. C. Shimr, See. ' G. A. Rohibough, Pre. "'' LTUM 2 EGG-O-LATUM eggs nine months old cannot be known by the average person from fresh eggs under a week old. And it is so inexpensive. A 50-cent jar treats 50 dozen eggs; a $1.00 jar 200 dozen. There is no other expense. Eggs are kept in ordinary box, carton or egg case in cellar. Quickly applied a dozen per minute. See illustration. May and June Eggs are always the cheapest. No matter what the price then, you can always count on them being at least double that price next winter. That has been the record for twenty years past. Note record below for nine years. EGG-O-LATUM is a soft, white, preservative wax. First apnlied to the nilmi r, f ttil. k.rifl. win. and soften the Egg-o-latum then rubbed on the eggs. A dozen per minute can be handled in this way. Do not wash the tggu If any doubt as to freshness of the eggs, candle them by holding against a strong light. If any air cell, as in illustration below, do not use. ' THISISayo,edg(tror; dry. packed egg. large air cell, yolk on one side and often stuck to the shell. Such an egg rapidly loses weight and freshness and absorbs odors and germs. 1911 Hifh, 44c; Low, 15c; Average, 23c. - 1912 High, 43c; Low, 18c; Average, 28c. 1913 High, 45c; Low, 18c; Average, 27c 1914 High, 44c; Low, 19c; Average, 28c. 1915 High, 45c; Low, 18c; Average, 28c. 1916 High, 52c; Low, 22c; Average, 31c. 1917 High, 64c; Low, 31c; Average, 38c. 1918 High 74c; Low, 34c; Average, 42c . 1919 High, 90c; Low, 35c; Average, 50c Below are "X-Ray" illustrations showing why Egg-o-latum keeps eggs so much better than other methods. It seals the egg completely. Nothing can get in and nothing gets out no evaporation. The yolk stays whole in center like a fresh egg. Eggs can be poached or used in any manner just like newly laid. Eggs can be boiled without prick ing the shell. When dropped in boiling water the coating melts off entirely. AN EGG-O-LATUM EGG in all its original freshness, flavor and condition. The yolk of a fresh egg is held in the center of the egg by two thick albuminous cords. By turning the egg carton or case upside down twice a month, the yolk is kept in position just like a fresh egg for any period up to a year. HERE IS rater- gg or wet -packed egg after several montns. xoik floated and stuck to s h e 1 1 no evaporation, but foreign flavor ab sorbed. : . Many poultry raiaera apply Egg-o-latum when gathering the egg and charge 5 cent per dozen extra. Many fanbier use it on all egg sent to market to prevent their purchase by others for hatching purposes. Many town people send a jar of Egg-fe-Utum to a friend in the country and pay a little extra for fixing the eggs right at true farm. Repeat Orders from Many Catholic Institutions. . Enclosed check is for one dozen jars of Kgg-o-1atum. We are well satisfied with the Egg-o-latum we bought from you last year and are going to try to preserve more eggs if possible this year. Yours truly, Little Sisters of the Poor, Brooklyn, N. Y. , Several Crate Thi Year. Last year we used Egg-o-latum on thirty dozen eggs and they kept so well we are putting away sev eral crates this year. We should be glad to be able Ho procure your products in this part of the country, as we find those we have tried very successful. Convent Sacred Heart, Prince St., Rochester, N. Y. From the Editor of Reliable Poultry Journal. . The Egg-o-latum eggs were used at intervals up to the end of eight months and were used exactly as fresh eggs, being fried, scrambled, poached and in making various cakes and puddings. Could detect no foreign taste or odor. Can recommend Egg-o-latum as an egg preservative that is economical and easy to apply and it does the work. Grant M. Curtis. ' From the Head of American School of Poultry Husbandry. I feci that more American housewives should pur chase eggs during the season of low prices, so that they will have a more abundant supply on hand dur ing the season of scarcity and high prices. For that reason, I have tried out and hid tested by others, some of your Egg-o-latum. It is a preserv ative that will keep the eggs for a period of several months. It is easy to apply and I have not only used it myself, but recommended it to hundreds of our students. T. E. Quisenberry, President. Endorsed by National Housewives' League. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Housewives' League held Wednesday, June 19th, 1918, the matter of endorsing Egg-o-latum came up before the Committee. I have been instructed to write and say that we believe Egg-o-latum to b a very good product and same has been passed by th Executive Committee. Mrs. Sara O. West, Record ing Secretary. From th Assistant Manager of Everybody's Poultry Magazin. n We have had occasion to come in contact with those who use it with phenomenal success and in our own home are constantly using eggs both for cooking and (rating purposes that we cannot distinguish the dif ference between those preserved with Egg-o-latum and those purchased direct from the farmers as fresh rgs. An amusing incident, tot ene which should be grati fying to you is best understood by the following ref erence: Sometime ago a city dweller took a meal with us and mentioning their preference for eggs and their knowing of their abundance in York county, we, of course, made eggs a feature of one meal and the' company expressed their pleasure time and time again in being able to eat day 'old eggs. These eggs bad been preserved with Egg-o-latum. Jas. T. Huston FOn.fl.I ATIIM 's old by Drug and Seed Stores in every state in the jvjvj J 1 Uniotli Canada Mex;C0( Cuba and other foreign cout- tries. We mail from Omaha, postpaid, when not obtainable locally. Two sixes; for SO dozen eggs, SO cents; for 200 dozen eggs, $1.00.; Keeps indefi nitely. Book Free. If no dealer, order by card. Postman will collect. No extra charge. Kept Eggs Eleven Month. ' I am delighted with the Egg-o-latum and now us ing eggs that were packed in it eleven months ago -Mrs. I. W. Morgan, Eutaw, Alabama, L.- B. 125. From a Warm Clim. I have tried the Egg-o-latum and found it to tr. serve the eggs in good shape for more than ut months. -P. 1). DePooI. Havana, Cuba. GEORGE- H. LEE COMPANY, OMAHA, NEBRASKA