THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY .10, 1921.
Big Increase in
Condensed Milk
Trade Reported
United States Makes Big Gain
In Supplying World Dur
ing Past Seven
Years. v
An enormous increase in interna
tional trade in condensed and evapo
rated milk since the prewar period
is shown in a study of world condi
tions recently made by the United
States Bureau of Markets. This in
crease is in striking contrast to the
decreased world trade in butter and
cheese as reviewed in the Market
Reporter for February 26 and March
12, respectively. The total volume
of international trade in ,1919 was at
least six times as great as in 1913.
In 1920 the world trade, although
diminishing, was still far in excess
of what it was in 1913.
The outstanding feature in the
world situation during -the war period
was the growth of the condensed
milk industry in the United States,
both as to manufacture and trade,
and with this, if not wholly explana
tory of it, the unprecedented con
sumption and lower production of
Europe. Since 1919, because of a
more restricted demand, a radical re
adjustment has been forced upon the
entire condensed milk industry and
trade of the world. European sup
ply and demand are recovering their
balance and more normal sources of
demand in the far east and the tropi
cal regions are developing.
Changes During War.
The European countries taken as a
unit were in 1913 more than self
sustaining, with an importation for
consumption of 97,000,000 pounds
and an exportable surplus of 136,000,
000 pounds. In 1919 the exporting
countries of Europe furnished but
47,000,000 pounds for export, less
than 10 per cent of Europe's total
imports for consumption for that
yeaj. The United Kingdom in 1919
imported 421,000,000 pounds from the
United States alone, or three times
as much as the total imports of that
country in 1913. In Switzerland pro
duction fell off, consumption in
creased, and exports decreased
markedly. In 1913 that country had
an exportable surplus exactly equal
to the imports for consumption by
the United Kingdom.
The demand from the Orient and
the tropics contributed compara
tively little to the expansion of the
world's trade between 1913 and 1919,
notwithstanding the peculiar suita
bility of this dairy product in with
standing heat and supplementing the
native food supplies. Compared with
the total volume of trade the quan
tity taken in 1919 by these regions
was apparently unimportant. That
this trade was more nearly normal
and of more permanent significance
than that of some of the countries
that loomed largest in the wartime
trade is indicated by a comparison
of the exports to those countries
shown in table three.
Surplus in Australia.
In the southern hemisphere, Aus
tralia was the only country in 1913
the excess of exports of that coun
try was negligible, an item of only
a few hundred thousand pounds. In
1919, with an exportable surplus
amounting to 27,000,000 pounds, it
was still the only exporting country
of consequence in this group. New
Zealand had an exportable surplus
of about 1,000,000 pounds. In Ar
gentina there are no condenseries of
importance as yet. While increasing
its exportation of butter and becom
ing an exporter instead of an im
porter of cheese, Argentina remained
an importer of condensed milk, tak
ing somewhat more for consumption
in 1919 than in 1913. The import
for consumption by this group of
countries have decreased, although
not to any significant degree. It Is
evident, therefore, that southern
countries, which were such an im
portant factor in the world's supply
of butter and cheese, did not con
tribute very materially to the ex
pansion of the condensed milk indus
try during the period under review.
Canada in 1919 was exporting six
times as much as in 1913. Less than
9.000,000 pounds wereexported in
1913. Canada was thus just keep
ing pace with the increase in the
world's trade.
Exports Increase.
It was in the trade of the United
States that a spectacular change was
made in this period. 'From an ex
portable surplus of 15,000,000 pounds
m 1913 this country's excess of ex
ports expanded to the enormous
quantity of 836,000,000 pound?. This
increase of more than 800,000,000
pounds is the equivalent of at least
2.000,000,000 pounds of whole milk.
During thef single month ot June,
835,626 pounds, a quantity of several
times greater than the total exports
for any entire year prior to the war.
The imports of condensed milk by
the United States have never been
important, amounting generally to
less than 2 per cent of the domestic
Production. The tendency during
913 and 1914, however, suggests the
probability that if the war had not
affected foreign production and
trade, foreign competition in the
home market as elsewhere would
have been a factor with which manu
facturers in the United States would
have had to reckon. There was al
ready a tendency toward over-production
in this country.
Nebraska Corn Planting
Practically Finished
Corn planting in Nebraska has
progressed rapidly the last 10 days
and in some localities is practically
finished, according to the weekly
crop and weather bulletin issued at
Lincoln. The past week as a whole
was favorable to all crops. Winter
wheat is generally growing well, but
has deteriorated somewhat in some
localities.
Corn is reported to be germinating
quickly and coming up well. Oats
have grown well, while alfalfa is
nearly ready to cut in southern
counties, with a fair crop in pro-
Temperatures last week averasred
12 degrees above normal in the
eastern counties and seven degrees
above in the western . part of the
state.
The get-together medium Bee
Want Ads.
South Dakota Spud
Growers Want Name
The state Potato Growers' CO'
Operative Exchange of South Da
kota is looking for a good name for
potatoes. They want a real peppy
name, but preferably one that is ex
pressive of "mellowness, quality, uni
formity and good keeping charac
teristics." And the exchange is willing to pay
tor a suitable name with a prize
just what sort of a prize is not
designated. The contest is open to
everyone in the state from kids to
grandparents, and names should be
sent to. rrank E. McCall, general
manager of Watertown, S. D.
Four States Produce
37 Per Cent of Sugar
. Made in United States
Four states in the Tenth federal
reserve district Colorado, Nebraska,
Wyoming and Kansas produced ap
proximately 3,231,000 tons of sugar
beets on 310,850 acres harvested last
year. Growers received, under con
tract with stiear corporations, a total
of $38,456,000, an average of $11.90
per ton, for their beets. From this
tonnage, 25 factories in the four
states made 407,550 tons ot sugar,
this being 37.4 per cent of the total
production of beet sugar in the
United States in 1920.
Contracting of acreage of sugar
beets by the refineries continued this
season, almost to the middle of May,
and while full reports have not been
received to this date, it is known that
approximately 300,000 acres, or some
thing like 3.4 per cent less than last
year's acreage has been contracted
for. A few of the factories are ex
ceeding the contracted acreage of
1920, while others are reporting a
slightly reduced acreage.
North Dakota Farmers
Plan to Take Over
Co-Operative Stores
Farmers of North Dakota will
take over most of the 37 co-onera-tive
owned stores of the I Vited
States Consumers Stores company 1
, . . i i jt n
ana operate mem as lnuepenueni co
operative units, according to C. W.
Reichert, receiver. The company
went into the hands of a receiver
this spring. One of the reasons given
was that crop failures prevented
farmer stockholders from p:iying for
their stock.
Farmers in 31 of the communities
in which these stores are located
have already organized local co-operative
companies and have ar
ranged to take them over. Only
three 'stores have been definitely
abandoned, according to Mr. Reich
ert. Milk producers near Minot hope
to continue the United Stores cream
ery there as a co-operative project
as that creamery has been paying
4 to 5 cents a pound more than pri
vately owned creameries.
Farm News Notes
v South Dakota farmers are plan
ning to support the state wool pool
loyally this year, according to J.
C. Holmes, secretary of the State
Sheep Growers' association.
The new state law relating to
county fairs will be of material ben
efit to fairs, and particularly to those
wishing to make improvements this
season. The law provides for a one
fourth mill levy in each county, but
in no county outside of Douglas and
Lancaster is the fair to receive more
than $2,000, which must be used for
no other purpose than the payment
of premiums and permanent improve
ments. "There are still some old-fashioned
folk in southern Nebraska who
believe in the efficiency of the light
ning rod," an exchange remarks.
Weill Well.
Just a little bad news along with
the good. Reports from southern
Nebraska say that the prospects for
watermelons in that county are rath
er gloomy. The cold weather early
in the spring caused the seed to rot
in the ground. That's tough, es
pecially on the kids.
Hogs "on the Chicago market
reached the lowest mark reported in
five years last Friday, at around $7
a hundred. The average at the
Omaha market on the same day was
between $7.50 and $8.
The bill planned to put the Chi
cago Board of Trade on the shelf
in Illinois seems to have fallen by
the wayside. At last reports it had
been "indefinitely postponed" in the
Sucker state legislature. It passed
the senate by two votes, but never
reached the house.
Live stock receipts continued to
fall at the leading markets last week,
although in some cases prices were
stronger. Dressed lamb prices made
good advances on all markets, while
beef, veal and pork prices slumped,
due largely to the falling off in con
sumptive demand.
Grain prices generally showed
stronger last week than for some
Hm naet Rennrt nf cron damatre
- f r . c? -
from many localities helped to boost
the rates to a great extent.
Officers representing co-operative
elevators at Pleasanton, Miller and
Poole, Neb., held the annual meeting
of the association in Kearney last
weej. C. Vincent stated that the
past year was a hard one on these
elevators, all showing a loss for the
first time in their history. He as
serted that elevators were in good
shape to recuperate from the losses,
however, and are expected to show
steady gains in the future.
The sale of Polled Shorthorn cat
tle held at the Gaudreault sales pa
vilion in Hastings, Neb., last
Wednesday attracted a large crowd
of buyers from all parts of Ne
braska and Iowa, and good prices
were the rule. Cattle were con
signed by the following breeders: C.
A. Bailey, Riverdale, Neb.; Floyd T.
Brown, Stamford, Neb.; A. L.' Lamp,
Inland, Neb.; J. F. Carper, Harvard,
Neb.; F. A. England, Doniphan,
Neb.; J. C. Wisner, Hastings; J. S.
Shaw, York, Neb.; Albert Hultine,
Soronville. The top price -vas paid
for a bull which went to Z. T. Dun
ham & Sons of Dunlap, la.
Grain Marketing
Company Formed
Papers for New $100,000,000
Corporation to Be Filed in
. Delaware Friday.
New York, May 29. Plans for co
operative grain marketing were ad
vanced at a conference by the for
mation of the Farmers' Finance cor
poration, with a capital stock of $100,
000,000. This announcement, made
by the executive committee of the
United States Grain Growers, Inc.,
stated that Bernard Baruch will act
in an advisory capacity for the body.
Incorporation papers will be filed
in Delaware Friday. "
Purposes of the corporation, it was
said, include affording farmers-a
ready market in case of money
stringency: hastening the movement
of grain and elimination of much of
the handling of products by middle
men. The organization does not seek
to wreck the existing marketing sys
tem, it was stated.
The marketing bodv is an offsorine
of committees of the American Farm
bureau, government committees and
other farm organizations.
Members of the grain growers ex
ecutive committee present at today's
conference, included C. H. Gustafson,
Lincoln, and Frank M. -Meyers,
Fort Dodge, la.
Famous Tenor Laments
Aridity of America;
Sails for Native Land
New York, May 29. Enrico Ca
ruso sailed for his native Italy to
day, confident of returning to Ameri
ca next fall with his famous tenor
voice unaffected by his illness of last
winter.
"Mv malady had nothing to do
with my voice," he said just before
departing on the steamship Presi
dente Wilson. "The length of my
stay in Italy will depend on the
weather and the speed with which I
recover."
The tenor, ensconsed aboard ship
in "five luxurious suites, lamented the
alcoholic aridity in America. He told
reporters his only regret in leaving
was that he would not be in New
York on July 4th to take part in
the parade of anti-prohibitionists.
Ihe opera star s quarters were
fragrant with dozens of bouquets
sent by admirers. Telegrams wish
ing him a pleasant vacation and
rapid recovery, were heaped high
on his desk.
Imports of American
Wool Show Increase
According to statistics published
by the United States department of
commerce, the imports of wool into
the United States during the first
three months of 1921 amounted to
162,158,546 pounds, compared with
101,085,167 pounds during the corre
sponding three months of 1920, an
increase of 60 per cent. On the
other hand, figures recently pub
lished by the British government
show that the imports of wool into
the United Kingdom during the first
three months of the current year
amounted to 192,963,800 pounds,
compared with 208,179,900 pounds
during the same period of 1920, a
decrease of 7 per cent.
Although the imports of wool
into the United States during the
first two months of 1921 were about
3,000,000 pounds less than for the
same period of 1920, the imports dur
ing the month of March were 65.-
071,167 pounds greater than for the
month of March, 1920. -
Crop Prospect Bright
On Farms Near Creston
Creston. Ia.. Mav 29. fSnprinll
The outlook' for a good crop this
year is growing daily in this sec
tion as the warm weather and lit
tle rains have put the ground in ex
cellent condition.
Corn planting is just finished and
the oats, wheat and rye are now
recovering from the setback caused
earlier by the extremely cold spring.
Selling of corn and other grains
has been light this spring as most
farmers, who are financially able,
are still holding their corn and small
grain.
In spite of the late frosts and
freezes there is going to be quite a
good deal of fruit and strawberries.
Doane College.
At a. meeting of Beta Lambda Sigma
the officers for next year were elected:
Dorothy Noyes, president; Beth Mickle,
vice president, and Katharine Kokjer, secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Shoemaker of Lincoln will give a
lecture on "Wild Life in Nebraska," June
1. This lecture will be Illustrated by pic
tures from his own photographs. Mr.
Shoemaker has a national reputation as a
bird photographer. The lecture is under
the auspices of the Beta Lambda Sigma
society.
Professor G. H. Aller ' presented Miss
Olga Sputh in a song recital. Miss Sputa
is from Greeley, Colo., and has studied
under Director Aller for two years. Sho
Is possessed with a naturally rich soprano
voice of great volume and range.
The girls' athletic association held their
track meet Wednesday.
The Doane Players have organized to
promote dramatic Interest in Doane. Regu
lar weekly meetings are to be held next
year with review and study of plays. The
new offiers of the organization are:
President, Helen Shurtleff; vice president,
G. W. Buck; secretary, Hilda Straube;
treasurer, W. H. Campbell.
Yankton College.
Yankton college summer school will
open June 13 and give its students the
opportunity of seeing the Meridian High
way bridge, spanning the Missouri river
at Tankton, In process of construction.
The bridge is over a mile long and will
cost 11.600. 000.
The work in the summer school under
the direction of Vice President G. H. Dur.
and, has been enlarged and strengthened
with! an increased teaching force of reg.
ular faculty members and specialists and
an extended offering of course's. In the
normal department classos will include,
psychology of education, school manage
ment, rural sociology, primary methods,
methods in the common branches, meth
ods in teaching shorthand, methods In
teaching arithmetic, recreation and games,
normal courses In chalk illustration, ap
plied problems In design, as well as nor
mal reviews In all of the common
branches.
Courses in college and high school sub
jects will Include English, history, lan.
guages, mathematics and science In all
their departments. Commercial subjects
are to be given In typewriting, shorthand,
commercial law, bookkeeping office train
ing and salesmanship.
Nebraska Teachers College.
The Iva day exercises were hpld Mon
day. The chief speaker was lla Weeks.
Wednesday the class play "Milestones,"
was given in the auditorium.
Miss Stuff, the school nurse, examined
the children at Riverdale and found that
40 out of 84 need corrective treatment.
The Indications are that the summer
school will enroll a bumper attendance.
The demand for rooms at this date, so
far In advance, has never been so great.
The response from the people ot the town,
however, is very good.
June 11 to Be Hard Day
For Dakota Roosters
Saturday, June 11, is going to be
a hard day on roosters in South
Dakota, if the plans now being car
ried out in that state are followed.
Maintaining that the prsent low
prices received for Qggs make it all
the more important that every egg
marketed be a good egg, the state
food commissioner has decided to re
vive "Rooster day," and June 11 has
been set as the day for the drive
On that day farmers are urged to
take every rooster in sight to market
prepare them for the Sunday dinner
or dispose of them in some other
equally effctive way.
South Dakota Farmers
Will Express Wishes
On New Legislation
Farm bureau member; ? Rrmih
Dakota will have a chance to ex
press their wishes on legislation, in
a vote to be held by the Farm Bur
eau in that state in the near future.
Among the questions which will
be passed on are:
Do South Dal.ota farmers want
legislation making short selling of
agricultural products illegal?
Do they favor placing the pack
ing industry under government reg
ulation? "
What do they want in regard to
freight rates?
Other subjects covered in the ref
erendum will be bonded, warehouse
receipts, live stock financing, person
al rural credit system, prohibiting
tax-free securities, continuing excess
profts taix, general sales tax, farm-to-market
roads and legislation for
co-operative marketing.
Receipts of Wheat
Larger Than Usual
Receipts of wheat at the market
centers are unusually heavy for this
season. At Kansas City, Omaha, St.
Joseph and Wichita, the four prin
cipal markets of this district, the re
ceipts in April totaled 10,931,900
bushels. The increase over the cor
responding month last year was
6,307,300 bushels, or 136.4 per cent.
Some increase in milling activity
over "last year is noted in the reports
fro mthese markets. There has also
been some improvement in the ex
port trade via the Gulf.
The increased marketing of wheat
in April, which is continuing through
May, is making a considerable re
duction of the stocks of wheat on
farms. Kansas farmers, according
to correcpondents reporting April
16, were holding 25,850,000 bushels,
or 18.4 per cent of last year's crop,
theirjioldings being 3,900,000 bushels
more than at the same time last year.
The quantity of wheat in' mills and
elevators, however, is much less than
a year ago.
On the other hand the farmers are
apparently holding much of their
corn until a good crop is assured for
this year. The receipts at the four
markets in April were 2,212,850
bushels, or 1,204,550 bushels less
than the receipts in 1920. Receipts
of oats, rye, barley and kaffir in
April also registered large declines
as compared with the receipts of
April of last year.
New Zealand Meat Prices
Show Gradual Decline
A recent report from the American
consul general at Auckland, New
Zealand, concerning live stock and
meat trade conditions in that Do
minion, states that there has been a
gradual decline in meat prices in
New Zealand during the last months
of 1920 and the first months of 1921,
with a special slump during the last
few weeks. Stock raisers, salughter
house owners, and meat exporters
in that dominion are greatly dis
turbed. The meat congestion in Europe is
blamed for much of this marked de
cline. Increased freight charges for
refrigerated space bring the actual
shipping cost, including insurance,
commission, etc., to more than 8
cents pound, while beef has been
quoted at wholesale in London at
18 cents pound for hind quarters and
12 cents pound for fore quarters.
Stock raisers assert that these prices
leave very little margin for them
and that as a consequence they are
facing financial difficulties.
Fifty Men on Way to Fight
Forest Fire in Arizona
Nogales, Ariz., May 29. Fifty
men left here to fight a 'orest fire
which crossed the boundary line from
Mexico into United . States in the
Patagonia range. The fire is gaining
headway and the men expect to battle
flames all night,
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingrfam
The new photograpner at Bound
ing .Billows announces that he is
now prepared to make flash-light
pictures. Until he can get hold of
some of the . regular powder made
for that purpose, he is going to use
large firecrackers instead.
We stop the press to announce
that Miss Peachic Sims has decided
not to go to Bounding Bilk.ws for a
visit, as her sister would not let
her wear her hat.
One of Tobe Moseley's bees got
out of the hive this morning, and he
like to never got it back in.
CoovricbU 1921, George Matthew Adams.
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More Truth
By JAMES J.
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ANOTHER VERSION
Said Little Bo Peep to Little Boy Blue.
"Wake up, little boy, I have need of you
For the bars are down and the sheep have strayed,
And I'm a disconsolate little maid
Who cannot think of a word to say
To the farmer who's sheep she has lost away.
They are scattering far through the fields of corn;
Wake up, little shepherd, and blow you horn!"
"Don't bother me now," said Little Boy Blue,
"I am sure your sheep will come home to you.
They will all be safe in the fold by night
And my beautiful dream isn't finished, quite."
And he looked so drowsy and heavy-eyed
That the poor little sheperdess cried and cri'd,
While the sheep bells tinkled, faint and dim
Down by the distant river's brim.
Then little Bo Teep dried up her tears
And seized the shepherd by both his ears.
And reaching down in the fragrant hay
She drew him forth to the light of day.
While he gently smiled, did Little Boy Blue,
And said, "This isn't a dream, it's true!"
For he gazed, with eyes that were round and wide
On the prettiest girl in the country side.
Then Little Boy Blue blew loud his horn
But the sheep still strayed through the sunlit corn,
Yet little he cared, and little did she,
For the wind was soft on the grassy lea
And the road that led to the rounded knoll.
Was such a delightful place to stroll.
So thither the children took their way
And the sheep came home by themselves, next day.
SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN. '
Before the Poles start a war with the rest of Europe it will pay them
to go to Holland and take counsel of the only man who ever tried it
THOROUGHLY DOMESTICATED.
Anyway, some of these divorce proceedings have shown that the
Indian has now adopted all the customs of advanced civilization.
VIA THE POSTAL CARDS.
Mr. Hays expects applicants for postmasterships to pass examinations.
They would have more information to pass them with after they had
.been on the job a while.
(Copyright, 1921, by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
HOLDING A HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
The News the Telegram Bore.
As I put out my hand for the
telegram Jerry Ticer had brought,
Lillian moved closer to me and
slipped her arm around me in pro
tecting comradely fashion. I knew
that she meant to be ready for any
service if the message should contain
tragic news.
My hands were shaking as I tore
open the envelope, although I
scored myself for the weakness. But
I never can eradicate my fear of the
yellow envelope, a legacy of my
childhood days, when my little
mother trembled and grew pale at
every wire with the tragedy of her
missing husband ever before her.
But it was something far different
than tragedy which confronted me
when I tore open the envelope, al
though, looking at it from a domestic
standpoint, the term, after all, might
fit. I gasped in dismay as I read
the first words, and my worry deep
ened as I went on down the page.
Dicky, iwith characteristic extrav
agance, had counted no words when
writing the message.
Distressing News.
"Received this wire just now from
mother," the message began:
" 'Getting unbearably hot down
here. Cannot wait any longer on
youP procrastination in getting house.
Should have had something long be
fore this. Will attend to it myself
when I get there. Starting today.
Meet us at Penn Sta.tion tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.'
"Your father, sent this wire,"
Dicky's message went on, but before
I had courage to read it I turned to
Lillian with a gesture of hopeless
dismay.
"Mother Graham's on the way up
north!" I said.
Over Lillian's face flashed a loofc
of relief.
"That's bad enough," she said with
a little smile, "but from the look of
frozen horror on your face I had
guessed that the war was on again,
and Dicky assigned to duty at the
front. But I can't blame you for
being petrified with dismay. When
does shearrive?"
"Tomorrow no today oh, I
can't tell wait till I read the rest of
it Dicky's written three pages" I
turned back nervously to my father's
wire, which Dicky had forwarded.
"Your mother starting north to
day against my protests, for weather
is ideal down here. Junior in won
derful condition. I, of course, ac
companying them. Do not let Mar
garet worry." ' .
I flashed a recognizing, grateful
tribute to my father's never-failing
solicitude for me, then went on to
the rest of the message, an almost
hysterical appeal from Dicky.
"You will receive this tonight,
his message ran. "If you take first
train tomorrow morning you will be
in time to meet them. Have you
found house?' Get one at once.
Don't be too particular. No time
for fussiness. If you can't rent, buy.
Do anything. Shall I arrange for
party to stay at hotel, or shall I plan
to bring them out? Please advise
immediately. "DICK."'
Lillian's Interference.
I handed it to Lillian, silently,
after another look at the date line,
and gave myself up to solving the
problem of just what was meant by
his todays and tomorrows. When
Lillian finished the ! message and
looked up at me I was staring at
her in blank dismay.
"They're coming in today!" I said,
"at 2 o'clock. I can't possibly get
there."
"And a good thing you can't,"
Lillian replied briskly. "You've got
all you can manage to swing this
deal and get this house fit to live in,
if you can buy it."
"But my baby will be there!" I
protested hotly. "This telegram
Than Poetry
MONTAGUE
must have been received last night.1
Why wasn't it brought out?" I
turned on Jerry Ticer, I fear, as if
he were personally responsible. At
any rate, Jerry chose to take it that
way.
"It wasn't my fault," he said re
sentfully. "When telegrams come
after closing hours they don't send
them out even if it's a death. And
they don't deliver in the country any
way; just put them in the letter box.
This was in our letter box, marked
'care Ticer,' and I didn't stop to buy
anything; I just hurried down here
as fast as I could make old Prince
gallop."
"I didn't mean that it was your
fault, Jerry," I said placatingly. "You
were wonderful to bring it so quick
ly. But if I only had received it last
night! I wonder if I could make it
in the car. What time is it?"
Lillian put her hand, cool, restrain
ing, on my wrist.
"Prithee, give me just 60 seconds
of your time," she said lightly, but
I knew that something important lay
behind her casual manner, so 1
stepped aside with her, with a mur
mured word of apology to the rest.
Out of hearing of any of the
others, Lillian stopped and looked
at me compellingly.
"I think you'll do me the justice
to say that I don't often interfere
with what is none of my business,"
she began, "but I can't stay silent
and let you half-kill yourself with a.
crazy stunt like this. , Just listen to
a few facts:
"Junior is in wonderful condition.
Your father says so. He is having
just the same care he nas had for the
last two weeks. You didn't expect
to see him for two or three weeks
to come. Why just because he is
600 miles nearer than he was yes
terday risk your own health and
your chances of getting a livable
home for him, by going to New York
at this time?"
Where It Started
Thee American Merchant Marine.
The Popham company of Maine
built the fir,st American ship a ves
sel of 300 tons burden on the Ken
nebec river in 1607. The real found
er of American shipping was Wil
liam Phips. who made his fortune
by recovering $1,500,000 worth of
treasure in 1687. With his share,
some $80,000, he founded a ship
yard and gave the firr irnpett: . to
Yankee enterprise in shipbuilding.
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Today's talismanic stone, the
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They believed that it endowed its
wearer with great charm, and if she
was a women, made her irresistible
to the opposite sex. However, they
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Whiee, symbolic of purity, should
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In the first place this child should
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discipline to require him occasion
ally to wear some garment he had
torn when in a temper. In the sec
ond place, a child subject to such
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needs more sleep, or a simpler diet.
A physician would know just what
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Follow These Questions and Ans
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. WILLSON ROY.
1. Who was Alitalom's mother?
2. Who was Lysanias?
3. Who was Syntyche?
4. Who was Rahab?
5. What idolatrous name did the
people of Lystra give to Paul?
6. What was the scene of John's
banishment?
Answers.
1. Maacah. See 2d Samuel iii:3.
2. The ruler of Abilene when John
the Baptist commenced his ministry.
3. A woman of the Church at
Phillip!. See Philipians iv:2.
4. The wonlan who concealed the
spies whom Joshus sent to Jericho.
5. Mcrcurius. See Acts xiv:12.
6. The island of Fatmos.
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