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I Omaha Will Sec Wee Eclipse of Sua Wednesds ay Shadow Will Cover But Per Cent of Luminacy Middle Reached at 8:26 A. M. 11 By WILLIAM F. RIGGE. rrofrwor of Agronomy, Crelgliton I'nl veraltr. Those Interested in astronomical matters will have an opportunity of observing an eclipse of the sun rex Wednesday morning. The eclipse is i rather small one, only 11 per cent, Inn as such phenomena are rather scarce the next solar eclipse visible in Omaha beintj in 1923, on Septem ber 10 it will" repay our trouble to observe it especially if we do it in a somewhat scientific way. The present eclipse will be visible to a greater or less extent over the northeastern half of the United States, but its magnitude will no '. where exceed 45 per cent Full par , ticulars will be found in the August September number of Popular As tronomy. ' . For us in Omaha the eclipse will l'fgin at 7:59. As the sun will rise ;i'.r 7:07, this will give us ample time ,t" get ready. To observe the c:lipse scientifically with absolutely inexpensive apparatus, th best j thing to do is to punch a hole with ( a lead pencil or a nan through a ' piece of pasteboard, fasten this to an open window or a post, - and catch the image it makes of the sun a white card about 10 (eet avvaj Diagram Explained.- The annexed figure shows this itm with its cardinal points NSEW is it appears in the sky. At the be- Sinnmg of the eclipse the point A iviil be on top, and at the end C will be on top, so that the figure nust be slightly turned. The moon wiil first indent the sun at the point - F, 33 degrees to the left of A and 9 degrees to the right of N. This is jelled First Contact, and as seen from the Creighton university ob servatory will cccur at 7 o'clock, 59 minutes, 21.12 seconds. Holding the liagram up before us with A on !op, and comparing it with the sun, we can readily locate the point F. We must then use a dark glass, un less clouds or smoke dim the sun's Milliahcy sufficiently to enable us to look at it directly-- - -".If we wish to mak !use of our svhite card we may draw a circle on t to represent the sun of any size hat vjvc please, two inches as a tiameter being a very satisfactory lize, and then hold this at such a J'stancc that the sun's image fits .rir circle. We may then copy the figure here given, or even use this very one in the paper, provided we jo two things. First we must turn :he figure half way round with the .same side facing us, so that A is at the bottom. Secondly we must turn the paper over to the other side round the diameter through A. If ww do these things, get our time rorrectly from the whistle, and then it-serve very carefully the point F, locating A if necessary with a El VlAI S plumb line, we may. catch the moJhand no worthy action done." ""ment of First Contact within a few seconds. -The middle of the eclipse will oc cur at 8:26. The sun will then be most darkened, 22 per .cent, and look like the figure, ; -At 9 o'clock, 17 minutes, 34.14 sec cuds the moon will finally leave the sun at the point L, Last Contact, 81 ' degrees to the left of C, and 49 de grees to the left of N. With that ewe must say goodby to solar eclipses for nearly three years. The next lunar eclipse will be a total one on April 2.1, 1921, and will be completely visible in Omaha. Town Hires Woman to Become Pastor of Church f Lenox, Mass., Nov. 6. Ordination of Miss Charlotte Brwn as pastor of the Congregational church of Boston has solved the "pastor prob km" in that isolated Berkshire coun ty town. For several years the town had been able to hold a preach er only a few months. The best sal ary that could be paid was not bigf enough to attract married men. Si-; !gle men came along in prdceSsion', fell in love with New Boston girls v and hurried off to larger places and larger incomes. But -Miss Brown will preach where ministers won't . stay. - Miss Brown is a native of Otis. She was graduated 12 years ago from the Hartford School of Re ligious Pedagogy and for nine years has been director of religious educa tionfor the Lake Avenue Baptist . chutch of Rochester, N. Y. When it was suggested to one of the older members of the New Bos ton congregation that there is no law against a woman pastor taking a ' i husband the veteran said: 4 "We realize that, but we figure ?that if one of our young men mar ines the preacher she'll be all the more likely to settle down with us." Co-eds Are Vamping Profs ' To Get Good Grade Marks Berkley. Cal., Nov. 6. Lip i sticks, mobile eyes and winning ways ' have supplanted the fountain pen, midnight oil Jamp and text books, ; and California girls, noted for their ' beauty, are winning their class marks " tt the University of California With ' these substitutes. . Thus charges the Daily Califor r.ia, the student paper . at the big echool. The paper declares that "cer tain of our unbearded instructors are still susceptible to feminine charms," and adds that the co-eds. .a the sorority sisters, are aware of this fact. And because of their famed JV beauty the California girls are easily i . i. ,i The student Banker Who Borrowed Money to Get Married Entertains Whole Town on Golden Anniversary , : - v:r sawyer am fvi SpJl -' xfSri1' - J s MARTHA LOEilA SAWER 3y JOHN H. KEARNES. Just as if every person in the com munity were kinfolk-which they were in spirit if not in flesh and blood, George F. Sawyer, the village banker, of Western, Saline county, and his good wife, entertained them all, as guests, at their golden wed ding anniversary, last Friday. Besides the population of Western and of North Fork precinct, there, were scores of persons present from" all parts of Nebraska, many of the visitors being among the most prominent men and women of the state, to pay their tributes of re spect to Mr. 'and Mrs. Sawver, whose 50 years of married life, rounded out on that day, is ah epic of achievement and usefulness, in the history of the state. 'Their house, while large, was not big enough and they hired the opera house, which afternoon and evening, was filled to overflowing with their guests. The program was an un usual one. Thcie were old-time songs and there was old-time feast ing; a wonderful story of pioneer experience was told, and there were eloquent speeches of felicitation by orators of more than local fame. It was a great big family gather ing, in honor of -an' ideal country banker, a community big brother. and his lovely Quaker wife, both of whom confessed they had started housekeeping half a century before with nothing more substantial than the motto which hns cuided their livesrTet no day pass whose low descending sun, views trom tny Love and Courage, And as this celebration was unusu al, so, too, have been the lives and the fortunes of Mr. and Mrs. Saw yer -for they -started with, norther assets than love, and courage and perseverance, "and a high sense of duty, and lofty ideals of integrity. Today they have wealth and honor, an unbroken family circle and the whole-hearted affection of their neighbors, as well as health and strength, good appetites and diges tion, and a still youthful outlook on life. The story of their careers' leads like a romance. George F. Sawyer was born a cripple. His birthplace was a log cabin in an Indiana wilder ness, where he entered upon life in an enviornment of absolute poverty. His '.father, who came to this coun try from Ireland, was a country doctor, in a. sparsely settled locality. Mr. Sawyer, who is now 73 years of Bge, lost his mother when he was 4 years vold. He was the oldest pf three children. Their home was the typical log cabin of the wilder ness, with puncheon floor aiid with weighted poles for a roof.' There were no roads, only blazed trails through .the forest, and the neigh bors were miles apart. His father remained a widower, but kept the little family a child a year old, ihe other 3 years old, and George, the oldest, together. ' As he crew older the country set- Kled and he went to school. When he had attained 17 years he had studied so industriously that he felt competent to take up the school-, master's profession. 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' '. , Teaches School in Iowa.., Soon afterward Mr. Sawyer emi grated to Jasper county, Iowa, where he procured a school and taught, in the neighborhood of Fella. ' Two years before Mr. Sawyer was born in Indiana, or, to be exact, on October 18, 1845, an olive branch ap peared in a Quaker home, near La Porte, in Sullivan county, Pennsyl vania. She was Martha Luella Kilmer and, her parents were members of the So ciety of Friends. They were God fearing folk and in their speech they used the "thee" aifd "thou" that marked them as a peculiar people. Gentle in speech, they were also gen Select Your Columbia Tomorrow Tlie Japanese Sandman .......Nora Bayesl Ton're Jnst as Beautiful at Sixty 4 ,Nora Bayes j" THE OMAHA SUNDAY tle in act to dumb animals and to man. In a home environment of simplicity and virtue, plain living and high thinking, peace and quiet ude she passed her girlhood. She received an education in letters and in goodness in a neighboring school taught by denominational "Friend." In the early '60s her parents moved to Iowa with other Friends in search of fatter lands than those of the granitic fields of their native state. They located near Pella and there the shy, modest Quaker maid first met the country school teacher from Indiana, a lad who had been made diffident and shy in the pres ence of members of the fair sex by the deformity of his feet. ' But Quaker maid and Hoosier schoolmaster saw in each other beauty of soul and charcter, which, after all. is the magnetic attraction fof true and lasting love. They made a quaint courtship and at last a mu tual understanding. In 1869 Mr. Sawyer, with the girl's father, came to Nebraska literally to spy out the land, and it found favor in their.sight. They moved here and located in North Fork precinct, Sa line county. Arrived there, the first thought of the sweethearts was to establish a home. 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I expected, however, to receive some from Iowa, and in anticipation of this I went to a neighbor and made arrangement to borrow from him what cash I needed. This was in the fall of 1870. He promised me I could have a small sum, but when I went to him a few days before the time we had set for the wedding he turned me down cold. So many per sons had left the country in disgust, forgetting to pay their debts, causing him financial loss, that he was afraid to loan another cent. "He, was the Croesus of that part of the' country and when he refused me my heart sank into my boots. Down in Nemaha comity, nearly 100 miles away, I had 3 true friend and in the bleak weather, afoot, I set out to see him and try to obtain financial help or to shuck corn to relieve my extremity. It was a weary journey, but I never had to make it, for,, on the way, I found a friend. "It was approaching dusk and at a point five miles east of Beatrice, in a field at a bend in a creek, I saw a man pulling turnips. "We accosted each other, as was the custom in pioneer days. After mutual introductions I found that he had known of me in Iowa. Then I told him my story and the object of my journey. He said, after listening All the Newest Columbia Records A3301 $UM) A29D5 UM A2997 UM to it: 'I will let you have half of pulled out two $5 bills and gave me one of them. I next went to a Ger man pccachcr, who wanted $3 to per- C . ,U ...a .1.1 i.i r. ar.nmnn f sill u.a nrrrinn a me and the ha r train ing instinct, born of necetsity, was strong. In three hours I succeeded in talking him down to $1.50. My eloquence was worth 50 cents an hour. "The next day was set for the wedding. Martha and I set out for the preacher's house quite early, and in great state. I owned a pony and corrowed another and a set ot nar n. We hitched the animals to a lumber wagon, and ' sitting on a board seat, we 6tartea out. "When the minister had concluded he ordered us to shake hands, which we did, he joining ours with his hands, and that was our wedding ceremony. His task done, he said. 'Now you are married' and he turned away without a word ot con gratulation. uVm nrncn-rH in a linmhle wav. I can remember when we were afflu ent enough to kill ouf first hog for winter meat. We did like the mod ern packer, used every part ot the hog DUt tne sqnai, vve maac sau coira unrl h-at rVnee. lard and craek- lins, and had side meat, backbones, tenderloins, ham, shoulders and towls. - . "We moved from the log cabin to a dugout. We lived in the latter in 1873 and it sheltered us through the great Easter storm of that year not only us, out tor oo nours.we naa five head of horses in the dugout with us. The greaf'wind which ush ered in the storm blew the root ott our frail barn and we had to take the .n:mi1. In tr eiiTA ttim The wind cJiilfiiais in 0. i v. .- - - - and blizzard raged for a part -ot two horses kept us warm. "It is hard to realize what has taken place in the hjstory of North Fork precinct or Saline county since 1871). Uniy one person, mj uroincr- ! 1 in-law, is living with us in this pre cinct of those who were here in that year. Death or wanderlust has called the rest, la the hard times men moved away in large numbers. One man deserted his 160 acres of land because hecould not pay a debt of $100. Another man left in order to escape a daily diet of the staple and almost only food of the country corn bread. I saw that he got a good feed of it before he departed, for he was a gu:jt at my house. "The lack of courage of one man and the finicky appetite of the other were costly to them, for the lands thev abandoned now sell at from $110 to $200 per acresr." In early days most of the people of the country could not have gotten along without the railroads, espe cially away from the timber. The corporation ties furnished fuel and most of us had a running acquaint ance with their special agents. "Good year came, however, and they have far outnumbered the had. There were hardships, it is true, in the pioneer days, but we had youth and the strength of youth and the true spirit of adventure, and faith in the country and always ahead of us was a certainty of a rich reward for that faith." Mr. Sawyer, despite his physical infirmity, has alwnys been an active man. - He started in banking at Friend, Neb., in 1882. He has been with the Saline County bank of Western, of which he is president, for the past 35 years. The greatest honor that has vome to him. un solicited, he says', was that of being made president of the Nebraska State, Bankers' association in 1912. He was also a member of the Amer ican Bankers' association. In his community he is regarded at the ideal country banker. He has the sentimentility of a dreamer and the shrewd, common sense of a practical man ,of affairs. His dual nature has mad it possible for him to meet all those with whom he has dealings on a common footing of Old Man Wise says: There are used cars and there are used cars A SHREWD buyer can to day satisfy that desire to buy a quality used car one that has not been "used to death," so to speak. Not only can a shrewd buyer "pick up" a quality car but he , can get it at the kind of price he has dreamed about. ... The past; .few,, months, beV pause of Jhk' uncertain money market and because of the re ductions in the price of some standard -automobiles, has played havoc with the used car market. ' . " However, it will be but a short time now until the mar ket will be. stabilized. Condi tions are now improving and will continue to grow better rapidly. v Quality cars are our stock in trade. We handle the Cad illac, "the Standard of the World," and, generally speak ing, the man who buys a Cad illac has a good car to "trade in.". Cadillac owners are quality buyers even in lower priced cars. Every used car which we take in is pyt in first class shape, both mechanically and in ap pearance before we offer it for sale. We aim only to sell these cars for the "trade in" cost plus the expense of repairs, painting, etc. We expect no profit. Our profit comes from selling new Cadillac automobiles. Grasp this opportunity it is yours today! Tomorrow may be too late. At least come in and look them over. . Good -used cars may never " be so cheap again. :.r: Consider what you get for ;your money. When you buy a used car buy a quality car. ' 'Open Evenings9 9 J. H. Hansen Cadillac Co. "A Safe Place to fiuy , Omaha. 9 A y.iip.uliy and interest.' lie acts as the confidential adviser of the com munity, draws up wills,' administers coates and if needs be, settles fani i'y quarrels. In fTTe 50 years he has lived in the county he has served on culy one jury. His banking motto has "always been: "Let the other fellow make money help him make it and then take the going rate of interest away trom him." Mrs. Sawyer says she has, with all its vicissitudes, had ojilv one "biue day" in her marriea life, and that was when George had to go some distance away to work. The next time Mt took her. The six children who have been borrt to them, because" of the de mocracy of their raising, and the re lationship of the parents to their community, arc held in that peculiar local esteem which, in this country, is found mostly in the old south. These children are living and all have families. They are: Mrs. F. 1). Fager, Lincoln. Neb.; Mrs. C. L. Abbott, Genoa, Neb.; Mrs. J. M. Van Auken, Western, Neb.; Mrs A. J. Storms, Auburn, Neb.; James G. Sawyer, Western, Neb. and Homer B Sawyer, Moorefield, Neb. From the day they started out in 'iie, bound by a mutual contract, Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer have felt they were partners ot their neighbors. They have helped boys become men; they have assisted struggling cou ples, youthful aid iged. to com petency. They have loaned their money, wisdom and experiencev to those less fortunate than them selves. And because they are typical of the pioneer race ' vho blazed the pathway of civilization in Nebraska, the race whose story is an epic, their golden wedding anniversary cele bration in their native town was not only a great event in their honor, but also to the sober, honest. God fearing, clean living, courageous, optimistic contemporaries who laid the foundation of things in this com r'onwealth. ' 1 11 1 f ' .9 Lincoln. t-6Tess used tike cold cream. essors. against the "vamping'' ot ttie ,V