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THE JEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1921.
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-THE TALE OF
CHIRPY
CRICKET
.BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
CHATTER XXIII.
A Wail in the Dark.
There was n odd cry that often
interrupted the nightly concerts of
the Cricket family. Chirpy Cricket
had never heard it in the daytime.
But when twilight began - to wrap
Pleasant Valley in its shadows, the
strange, wailing call was almost sure
More Truth Than Poetry
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE .
BATTLING
teia
'fHlUPlOHWlr
,rtAT
"What's the matte nowf"
lie inquired.
to conic quavering through the air.
Somehow it always sent a shiver
over Chirpy. And sometimes it made
him lose a few notes if he happen
ed to be fiddling when he heard it.
He learned that it was a danger
ous bird known as Simon Screechcr
a cousin of Solomon. Owl that
made this uncanny call. If he had
lived, like Solomon, across the mead
ow in the hemlock woods, Chirpy
Cricket would have paid less heed
to the noise he made. But Simon
Screechcr had his home in a hollow
apple tree in Farmer Green's or
chard. It was said by those that claimed
to know that Simon Screechcr slept
in the daytime. But every tiny
night creature the Katydids and
the Crickets and all the rest knew
that after sunset Simon Screechcr
was as yvide awake as anybody.
4 It was no wonder that Chirpy
Cricket was always uneasy when Si
mon screeched his warning that he
was awake and looking for his sup
per. Chirpy knew that he could not
depend on Simon to stay long in
one place. Though you heard his
screech in the orchard one moment,
you might see him in the farmyard
oon afterward. He never ate a
whole meal in just one spot, but
preferred to move about wherever
his fancy took him. Simon hiniseJf
said that lie could eat off and on all
night long, if he kept moving.
Somehow Mr. Meadow Mouse had
heard of this saying of Simon
Scrcecher's. "You ought to crawl
into your hole under the straw
whenever Simon Screccher is about
the neighborhood," he advised
Chirpy one evening, when the two
chanced to meet near the fence.
"But Simon is around here every
night," Chirpy replied, "If I stayed
at home from dusk till dawn I
couldn't take part in another con
cert all summer long."
Mr. Meadow Mouse said that that
would be a great pity.
"Don't you suppose" Chirpy
asked him hopefully "don't you
suppose I could jump out of Simon
Scrcecher's reach if he tried to catch
me?"
"You could find out by trying,"
said Mr. Meadow Mouse.
So Chirpy Cricket began to feel
more cheerful. He even fiddled a
bit, thinking that he had no special
reason to worry. And then all at
once he stopped making music.
Mr. Meadow Mouse had been
searching on the ground for seeds,
while he was enjoying Chirpy's fid
dling. And when the music came
to a sudden end he looked up and
saw that something was troubling the
fiddler.
"What's the matter now?" he In
quired. 1
"An unpleasant itlehas just come
into my head." Chirpy told him. "It
would be very unlucky Tor me if I
found that I wasn't spry enough to
escape Simon Screechcr!"
Mr. Meadow Mouse had to admit
that there was a good deal of truth
in Chirpy's remark. But he said he
was ready with another suggestion.
"It's a good one. too," he declared.
. "What is it?" Chirpy asked him.
"You'll haVe to think of some
other way" said Mr. Meadow
Mouse "some other way of being
safe from Simon Screechcr."
.(Copyright, Grosset & Dunlap.)
Do Yoji Know the Bible?
EXPEDITING LEGISLATION -
At first we were "given a bit of a shock, . '
When a statesman suggested last week,
That he hoped to compose a dispute that arose
By a biff on a senator's beak.
It seemed to us dreadful that men should employ
The uppereut, wallop and swing
And lams to the jaws in the making of laws,
As they do to gain fame in the ring.
And yet when we thought of the days we have spent
In the echoing chambers of state,
And sagged in our chair while the ambient air
Was filled with the noise of debate,
It seemed that a lightning like clip on the ear ,
Would silence much word-burdened din,
And that language expressed by a slam on the chest
Might be better than limitless chin.
Today, when a measure comes up for a vote
The senators all take the floor,
And before there's a chance for the bill to advance
They talk for a fortnight or more.
But if all the members jumped into' a ring
And wallops were savagely plied,
They would rush through the bills and give plenty of thrills
To the eager spectators beside.
Our elderly uncle arises to say
That if statesmen resort to a fight, ,
In settling a cause or in making the .laws,
They'll never be sure they are right.
However, we've found a convincing reply
To this carping rbjection' of his;
And he's bound to admit our contention, to wit:
They seldom are light as it is!
A VAN" &N '
ONE OBJECTION
That proposed duty on leather would shut out a lot of the beef
steaks that are now current in this country.
NOT SO EASY
Now if Mr. Dawes can show congressmen how to save their jobs
as well as how to save $112,000,000 he may be able to persuade them
to save the $112,000,000.
NO TROUBLE AT ALL
If England will only back her next polo team we may be able
to gather in what she owes us without any diplomatic difficulties.
Couyright. 1921. by The Bell Syndicate. Inc.
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. I. KING.
Moon on Its Back.
There are many weather signs re
garded as superstititious which are
not superstitions at all but deductions
from long experience. They are
capable of being as scientifically ex
plained as the forecasts of the
weather bureau.
The common belief that if the new
moon has its lower horn tilted up
it is a sign of dry weather would,
however, appear to come under head
of superstitions. Nearly all our moon
superstitions can be traced back to
the. cult of Isis, the great moon god
dess of the Egyptians. The crescent
moon was her symbzol and "some
tims she represented the earth when
fecundated by the waters of the
Nile." There was a close connection
between lsis and fecundating water,
thus intimately relating her to the
growth of vegatation and the crops,
and a jar of water was always car
ried in the processions attending her
worship. It is not surprising, there
fore, to find the crescent moon con
nected in folk-lore with the idea of
wetness and dryness. Whatever the
esoteric reason know;n the priests of
Isis at Karnak or Memphis why the
tilting up of the lower horn of the
crescent moon indicated a dry month
and the shortening of that horn a
wet month, the reason assigned by
modern superstition has a primitive
flavor which indicated great antiquity.
It is that when the lower horn is
titled up the water cannot run out
and when it is shortened it escapes
easily. ,
This "moon on its back" supersti
tion is often referred to as being of
American Indian origin. The story
goes that the Indians told the first
settlers that when they the Indians
could hang their powders horns on
the lower horn of the crescent it
would be a dry moon and when they
couldn't it wouldn't. A pretty storp;
but the Indians met by the first set
tlers knew not of powdr horns and
the superstition antedates the dis
covery of America, being clearly
from the Isis myth.
Copyright, 1921, McClure Newspaper Syn
dicate, Inc.
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
By MILDRED MARSHALL.
Faithful love is promised those
who wear the lapis lazuli, which is
the talismanic stone for today. The
ancients believed that . this gem
brought domestic felicity, and was
aiso potent against the charms of a
trifler or a flirt.
Where love slumbers, or seem
ingly has succumbed to indifference,
the beryl, today's natal gem, will be
a powerful stimulant. It is believed
to reawaken love, especially of mar
ried people, and for that reason is
generally considered one of the
symbols of Venus. Its power was
especially great on this date, and
histories of ancient superstitions re
cord' many instances where it
brought happiness to households
from 'which sympathy and harmony
seemed forever fled.
The fuchsia is today's special
flower. It brings gayety and light
hearted pleasure to all social affairs,
and its presence in the household is
read to mean that happiness dwells
there.
(Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Parents' Problems
What course should be followed in
the case of a boy of 12 who thinks
it manly to be rude?
A boy's father can best deal with
such a problem as this. He should
be able to show the boy that it is
not manly to be rude, but the ex
act reverse.
H
Covr up the answers, read the ques
tions end see If you can answer them.
Then look at the answers to eee If you
are right.)
Follow these question and answers
as arranged by -
J. WILSON ROY.
1. At the dividing- of Canaan
among the 12 tribes, what was Josh
ua's inheritance?
2. Who succeeded Herod as ruler
in Judea? .
3. What was the name of Haman s
wife?
4. . What king built an ivory
house?
5. What were the names of Lazar
us' two sisters?
6. In what town was their home?
Answers.
1. See Joshua xix. 45-50.
2. Archekaus, Matthew ii. 22.
3. Zeresh. ;
4. Ahab, 1 Kings xxii. 39.
5. Mary and Martha.
6. Bethany.
. v'Copyright. HH. Wheeler Syndicate. lac.)
Where It Started
The Durabell.
The original dumbell was a gym
nastic apparatus, constructed like a
bell-ringing device a shaft and
heavy flywheel, so that the athlete,
holding the shaft, was swung to and
fro, becoming a literal "dumb bell"
a bell that did not ring. Later
the modern weights were substi
tuted to produce the same result,
and the name stuck.
(Copyrish:, 1!1, AVheeler Syncate, Inc.)
COAL SEASON
In six short weeks you will
be lighting your home fires.
ARE YOU READY?
We have in stock a complete line of furnace
and baseburner coal, including the
genuine old-fashioned
Pennsylvania Anthracite
In all sizes.
Petroleum Coke
(The fuel that leaves no ashes)
Economy Lump, Egg, Nut
That real Franklin County Illinois Coal.
Place your orders now while you
can get the kind of coal you want.
Phone Atlantic 2700
Sunderland Bros. Co.
Entire 3d Floor Keeline BIdf.
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17th and .Harney Streets, m.
Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham
Jefferson fetlocks after reading a
medicine book Sunday declared that
tl'.ere are only two things that dis
agree with htm, anil they are boiled
cabbage and his wife.
Cricket Hicks spent Saturday aft
ernoon in Tickville on Main street.
He says there sure is a lot of people
this vear.
Sid 1 locks was among those who
went squirrel hunting this week. He
ssiys if squirrels were larger a great
Fares Lowered
For Market Week
fame
Vh.i
deal of ammunition could be saved,
as he wouldn't have to shoot at them
so much before hititng one of them.
Copyright, 1921, George Matthew Adams.
Man Sues for $25,000
For Loss of Right Eye
For the less of his right eye Wil
liam E. Brown ' asked the district
court to award him $25,000 damages
against the Crown Tire and Rubber
company.
Brown was working at the com
pany's plant in Ralston when, on
July 5, 1921, a knife which he used
in his work slipped and entered his
eye. It is alleged that he was under
the legal age for employment.
Cheyenne County Winter
Wheat Yield Is Heavy
Sidney, Neb.. Aug. 3. (Special.)
George L. Young threshed 4,000
bueshels of winter wheat from 80
acres of summer fallowed land,
northeast of Sidney, in Cheyenne
county, or 50 bushels per acre. Sev
eral farmers have reported yields of
30 to AO bushels per acre.
Special Rates Announced by
Railroads for Seven Days
This Month.
nut hard to see how the term became
lodged in slang phraseology though
it must be admitted that colloquisms
do not usually have an ancestral tree
as sturdy as this one.
Copyright, 191M, ly Tho Wheeler Syndicate
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I'HOIWI.AYS.
Railroads coming into Omaha have
already began to recognize the im
portance of the Merchants' Market
week which opens August 29, at
which time merchants from Iowa
and Nebraska come into the city by
hundreds to purchase their fall and
winter stocks.
Yesterday T. F. Godfrey of the
Missouri Pacific railroad announced
that there would be special rates on
his railroad into Omaha during that
week. The Rock Island made a
similar announcement. All points
requiring a $6 fare to Omaha have
been notified to sell round trip tick
ets for a fare and a half. The mini
mum fare to be $2. There will also
be rates on the Burlington.
The Market week committee had
its first meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce yesterday and outlined
the program of activities for the
week. There will be special enter
tainment for the visiting merchants
throughout the week.
NOW AND ALL WEEK
"The Woman
God Changed'7
WITH
SEENA OWEN & E. K. LINCOLN
WHY
Is "Jag" a Synonym for "Intoxica
tion?"
Since the adoption of the 18th
amendment, the use of the slang
word "jag" as a synonym for a state
U4 IIHUAlVaiJUll UIUllgJ 'IV'VlltY tis
the dead languages at least in
theory but its demise was so recent
as to make its derivation of inter
est if only as a study in the growth
of slang. Cassell's encyclopedia ad
mits that the etymology of the word
is doubttul, but dehnes it as a
"small load, as of ha', grain or
straw," while Stormonth throws ad
ditional light upon the subject by
declaring that " 'Jag' in Gaelic means
a nodding of the head or the sort of
figures traced out by the tremulous
irregular movement of bodies, add
ing that "jaggery" was the Indian
name for a kind of coarse sugar ob
tained from the juice of palms or I
sugar-cane.
Remembering that "load" is a com
mon and even older synonym for a
state of intoxication and adding the
Gaelic and Indian definitions, it is
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Our First Carload of Extra Fancy California Elberta
Peaches Will Go On Sale Tomorrow. This is Extra Fancy
Fruit. Special Sale Price, PER CRATE
Several Hundred Dresses
In a Remarkable Cut Price Sale Thursday
Dresses at $3.95
Dresses at $10
100 Dresses in French Ginghams, Imported Voiles, Taffetas,
Georgettes and Taffeta and Organdie combina- f1A
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Bungalow
Aprons
$1.00
100 ds. Bungalow
Aprons, for one
day only, Thurs
day $1.00
Sale of Corsets at $1.09
Our Fur Buyers Are Back From
the East With Reports of Tre
mrndous Savings in the Cost
of Furs.
Prospective customers contemplating
the purchase of Fur" Pieces or Fur Coats
during the months of August and Sep
tember will profit greatly by -waiting
for our August Fur Sale, the announce
ment of which Avill appear in a few days.
and
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received ; m i g onettes,
georgettes and crepe de
chines; values to 7.50;
Thursday
$2.95
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coats, all .Jerseys,
Satins and Taf
fetas. Values to
$10.00, Thursday,
$3.98
Men's Bath Robes, $5.95
1.800 Men's Bath ttobes Outline Eeacou
Navajo designs. An cntllens variety
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