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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1921)
10 BEE! OMAHA, FKIDAY, AUGUST 19:21. Governor's Plan Wm Give State $1,000,000 Reserve Treasury to Have Surplus If McKelvie Wins Fight for .'. 10 Per Cent School Con tingent Fund. Lincoln, Aug. 1 1. (Special.) -Gov. S. R. McKelvie will sail out of office with a $1,3.13,29.578 reserve fund in the state treasury to his credit if he gucceeds in sitting pat and winning in his controversy with the university regents and normal school boards over setting aside 10 per cent of certain of their appropria tions as a reserve fund. . Figures compiled today from books in the office of Phil Bross, secretary of finance and revenue, show that, with the 10 per cent of the university and normal appropriations included, the reserve fund at the end of the biennium ' will equal the above amount. The amount available for the bien nium and the amount of reserve which the governor is attempting to keep on hand follow: TtMcrvea for. Appropriation Contingencies rnlv.Mlty ....I .13.036.41 I 306.000 0i Normal schools . 1.H4.SM.M 137, 631. Hoard ot control 4.S43.720.2S 288,000.00 12. 1 M 1 , i Total! ;9,0J0,8n.U $1, 383,293. 7 s In his attempt to keep these re serves in the treasury and thus avoid the necessity of voting hundreds of thousands of dollars by the legisla ture for deficiency appropriations, which has aroused the ire of Ne braska taxpayers since time imme morable. Governor McKelvie is faced with a fight in courts threatened by P. L. Hall, chairman of the univer sity regents, who objects to the plan so far as it concerns salaries of uni versity teachers. The plan under which Governor McKelvive is operating in compliance with a law passed by the last legis lature is to force all institutions to outline in advance their estimated ex penditures for each quarter and sub mit them to the governor. The govvernor may approve or disapprove the estimates and at the same time, in compliance with the law, force heads of departments to set aside 10 per cent on certain spe cific appropriations for emergencies. Unless emergencies arise and this money must be spent the $1,333,293.78 will be in the state treasury when Governor McKelvie steps out of of fice. An effert to iron out the trouble between the governor and university, regents outside of court is being made by the former, who suggested a series of conferences at his office for that purpose. The first of these conferences will be held next Monday. Romance in Origin Of Superstitions 5 UE E P Y-T I ME T A L E S THE TALE OF GRUNTY PIG W.i w a t a a r. M 4 W ft A i 4" By AKInUKJHAJI I DAILtui CHAPTER VI. Mr. Crow Helps. It was a wonder that Johnnie Green and his father ever found Grunty Pig. Soon after Henrietta Hen left him, Grunty crept out of the lane and wandered into the cornfield. He had an idea that Henrietta might go and tell his mother that she had see. him wallowing in the mud behind the barn. And he did not want tc be dragged back to the pigpen. Grunty had no way of knowing By H. I. KING. ' -Biting Into Snakes. "' Investigations of the American Folklore society show that there is a superstition general throughout the United States that biting into a living snake will insure sound teeth for the one who does the biting. The black snake is generally indicated, but in Vermont and on the Canadian border they prefer a rattlesnake. The same superstition prevails in Canada. The pedigree of this super stition is easily (raced. It is a sur vival, almost unaltered from its original form, from the remotest ages. In the folklore religions, myths, mythologies what you will of the ancients the serpent ap pears prominently. With regard to the superstition under consideration we have to do only with one of the many attributes assigned the snake by men of olden times. He was particularly calculated to transfer his own characteristics to man by the magic of contact. Therefore, those who ate a snake acquired many of the snake's accomplish ments and powers. , Democritus, writing about 2.300 years ago, mentions the fact that one who ate of a snake could under stand the language of birds and Saxo Grammaticus, the Dane, writ ing as late as the 13th century, men tions the ability to understand the language of animals as one of the many powers obtained by human beings by eating snakes. This' belief lingers today in parts of Germany and Bohemia and down to the 19th century it was a common belief in Scandinavia that wisdom was obtained by eating snakes. In short, from the Red sea to the Arctic the belief in the efficacy of snake-eating prevailed in remote an tiquity and lingers today in the form of popular superstitions, seme of which have found their way to these ahores. ' Now, snakes have remarkably good and effective teeth, and if they are broken off, or fall out, they re new themselves. So, naturally, if you chew a snake along his back the process recommended by the super stition in question you obtain, by that branch of sympathetic magic known as the magic of contact, firm and lasting teeth yourself. Copyrlght, 1M1, by, the McClure News paper Syndicate.) Short Session of Court Alliance, Neb., Aug. 11. (Special Telegram.) A short session of dis trict court was held at Alliance by Judge W. H. Westover, who stopped over here while on his way from Rushville to Sidney, where he has been holding court. Whu don't you answer me?" he Bawled. that Henrietta Hen forgot all about him before she had crossed the farm yard. She fell into a loud dispute with a neighbor. And she never thought of Grunty again. Grunty Pig enjoyed his ramble into the field of waving corn. The corn was sweet; and the dirt was loose just the finest sort of root in that a body could possibly want. He had the place all to himself until at last a blaclt gentleman came flying up in a great hurry and ordered him in a hoarse voice to "get out of the corn and be quick about it!" On him Grunty Pig tried the same trick that he had used on Henrietta Hen. He looked up with a stupid stare at the newcomer and said never a word. Old Mr. Crow for it was he that had commanded Grunty to leave old Mr. Crow abused him roundly. Mr. Crow was not empty-headed, like Henrietta Hen. He was not to be deceived so easily. "Why don't you answer me?" he bawled. "You make noise enough when you're at home. I've heard you often, way across the cornfield." Mr Crow rawed so anerilv that a dozen of his cronies flew over from the woods to see what was going on. AnU the whole 13 made such an uproar lhat Farmer Green couldn't help noticing them. He and John nie were in the orchard, hunting for Ortinty J'ig. "Thrtsp rmws are nn to some mis chief," Farmer Green declared. "You don't suppose do you? that they're teasing that pig?" Well, Johnnie Green was willing to go and find out. And sure enough! he found Grunty in the cornfield. Johnnie Green picked him up, tucked him under his arm plastered with dried mud as he was and brought him in triumph to the barn. Farmer Green laughed when he saw Grunty Pig. "He looks as if he had been enjoy ing himself, he remarked as he dropped Grunty into the pen with the rest of Mrs. Pig's children. "Are you going to feed him?" Johnnie Green inquired. "No!" he replied. "That pig has stuffed himself so full that he can scarcely waddle." As for Mrs. Pig, she didn't know whether to laugh or to weep. She was glad to have Grunty safe at home again; but he was a sad sight. At first Mrs. Pig thought Farmer Green had made a mistake. She thought he had fou..d somebody else's child. For Grunty was so daubed with black mud that she ac tually didn't know him until she heard him grunt. "Where have you been?" she asked him in her sternest voice. "I've been out in the world," he answered. "And I've had a fine time. "It's easy to see," said Mrs. Pig, "that you're a born wallower. It's a pity that you haven't your brother Blackie's all dark complexion. The dirt does show so dreadfully on sil ver markings!" (Copyright, 1921, Metropolitan Newspaper Service.) Do You Know the Bible? (Cover up the answers, read tha qnea- tlona anfl see If you can answer them. Then look at the anawera to aee If you are right.) Follow these question and answers as arranged by J. WILSON ROY. 1. What was the name of King Josiah's mother? , 2. What four women appealed to Moses for. an inheritance from their father's estate?. 3. Who counselled against legal action? 4. Where do we find "Boast not thvsclf of tomorrow?" 5. After whom were the days of Purim named? 6. What was the name of Reho boam's mother? ' Answers. 1. Jedidah. See 2 Kings xxii. 1. 2. See Numbers xxvii. 1-4. 3. See 1 Corinthians vi. 7. . 4 Proverbs xxvii. 1. , 5. Pur. See Esther ix. 26. 6. Naamah See 1 Kings xv. 31. (Copyright, 1921, Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) More Truth Than Poetry -By JAMES J. MONTAGUE- THE IMPORTED DRAMA Whenever a Petrograd plumber indites A drama whose theme is so raw That it's pihehed, when it's run for a couple of nights For breaking the soviet law, The plumber, as soon as he's let out of jail, Gets someone to publish his play And s$nds it along by the earliest mail For production on dear old Broadway And the first-nighter says to his scandalized wife: "Those Russians: They certainly understand life!" When Norwegian bricklayers fill up their scenes With language divorce courts would bar, The law, as they well might expect, intervenes And tells them they're going too far. .. And then, if their shows are unpleasant enough They arrange for productions and dates, And make no delay in despatching their stuff To show to the folks in the states. And the first-nighter cries, in ecstatic delight: "Those Norwegian geniuses: How they can write!" When Austrians, BulgatV or Servian cooks And waiters and tapsters and maids Find out that their plays, e'en though printed in books, Are apt to be subject to raids, They have them translated by grocery clerks . f Who've been given a grade school degree I And, when they are typewritten, ship the who! works For American high-brows to see. And the critics exclaim as they see them: "Dear, dear! Why can't we write dramas like these over here?" f SAME ADVICE, HOWEVER. Our medical advisors used to tell us not to drink booze in hot weather. Now the counsel is given by our financial advisers. MORE CONGENIAL CLIMATE. William J. Bryan is going to live in Florida. Lemons do not seem to flourish in Nebraska. HE'S A BIT ROUGH, YOU KNOW. Jack Dempsey expresses surprise that no one wants to fight him. If he'd seen that Jersey City battle as we did he might understand the reason. Copyright, 1921. by The Bell Syndicate, Inc. common Sense A Wisconsin man is the inventor of a screw driver with a blade that expands and fits tightly in the slot of a screw. By J. J. MUNDY. Be a Real Friend. Sometimes you have been sur prised when a friend or an acquaint ance has done something indiscreet and the violation has been such that it has been recorded in a newspaper. .Usually the frst step is to avoid meeting, that one, because you fear that association with that person may lead others to think that you are of the same sort. Quite likely you will be open in your expression of surprise and censure. But this course is unkind, and is certainly not helpful. You would not have to search your mind very far back to call to memory a number of things you have done which, if they had been found out in a way to gain news paper notoriety, would not look any better in print than these stories of your friend. , , Then why persecute the person more than has been done already? Why not do some nice thing some small courtesy to show your good will? You need not act if you approved of wrongdoing far from it. But a kind -word, a handshake, to show that you, too, are human, may be tbe means of sincere efforte at reform which would be lost oth erwise. (Copyright, 1921. International Feature Service, Inc.) I Dog Hill Paragrafs ' r r, 1 oy ucorgc Diimiiam When he was over at Luke Ma thewsla's house last Sunday Raz Barlow found an old almanac in the attic, and he is now regaling his friends with a lot of brand-new jokes. As soon as he got through with his sermon last Sunday the Dog Hill preacher went back to the door and smiled at the people so that they would tell him how well they liked his sermon, as they went out. Sile Kildew ran out from under mnnu his derby while crossing the street at Tickville Tuesday. Copyright, 1121, George Matthew Adams. Flood in Elmwood Park The stoppage of a 3VS-foot culvert at the west side of Elmwood park, during heavy rain Wednesday, caused a near-flood in the park ravine. The water was almost to the level of the public spring. ADVERTISEMENT. There is Strength in Every Tablet ONE DOSE OFTEN HELPS COMMENCE TO ENRICH YOUR BLOOD AND REVITALIZE your wornout exhausted nerves Nuxated Iron ia organic iron like the iron in your blood and like the iron in spinach. It is ao prepared that it will not injur the teeth nor disturb the stomach. It may even be eaten. It is ready for almost im mediate absorption and assimilation by the blood while some physicians claim metallic iron which - people usually take is not ab sorbed at all. If you are not strong or well you owe it to yourself to make the following; test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk without becoming tired. Next take two five-irrain tablets of Nux ated Iron three times per day, after meals for two weeks. Then test your strength again and see how much you have gained. Your money will be refunded by the manufacturers if you do not obtain per fectly satisfactory results. For sale by all druggists. for Rod BlooAStrtntHh and Endurance Misses' and Children's Play Oxfords Elkskin stitchdown play ox fords ; all sizes, from 5 to 2, $1.50 values; QQ A at ... OOC Jlaln Floor Rear. WEEKLY fi FrencK Mirrors 8x10 French Plate Mirr"- in imitation Circassian Wal nut frame, $1.50 OO value, special, at. . . OO C Third Flow Furniture. i FRIDAY SENSATION IN THE ANNEX AND ALL OVER THE STORE Moweris .Value-Giving Store Living Room Furniture 20 to 60 Discount l During BOWEN'S August Sale This It Your Opportunity 88c Sale of Cotton t Batting High Grade Bleached Cotton Batting, stitched, 3-lb. rolls; opens in one piece; comfort size. This sale only.... 88 St. Gall Dress Swiss, All the remaining colors of our Embroidered Pot Foreign Swiss, the $1.95 quality. This Mt. per yard 886 Look What SSC Will Buy 10 dozen little tots' and girls' Wash Dresses made up in lawns, voiles, ging hams and chambrays, that are worth $1.50 to $2.00. Little tots' sizes, 2 to 6; girls', 7 to 12. Special Second Floor 88c 300 Baby Garments, con sisting of dresses, slips, sweaters, shirts, kimonos and many other baby's wear garments that are worth up to QQ $2.50. Special ..OOC Second Floor 10 dozen Gingham and Percale Aprons; light and dark colors, worth $1.50, special, QQs v at Second Floor 20 dozen Baby Bonnets in lawn, voiles, organdies and silks that are worth $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50; soma slightly mussed from handling but elegant values. Qfl Special OOC Second Floor 88c Corset Sale Elastic top, pink coutil corsets, rust-proof boning, double stitch, real "live values ; 19 to 30 sizes, S8t Girls' corset waist, button and clasp fronts, straps over shoulder; white only, $2.00 values, at 880 Second Floor 88c Annex Sales r Gingham and Per cale House Dresses 75 dozen House Dresses , in plaid, checked and striped ginghams, fancy per cales, in light and medium colors; all sizes; regular values to $1.69. In the Annex. 88c $2.00 Wash Skirts 88c Fine gaberdine and tricotine Wash Skirts, bought to sell at $2.00. In the Annex. 88c Children's "Rough and Tumble" play suits, ages 3 to 8 years, in genuine Stiefel blue, plain and striped denim; also heavy quality khaki, made with double seat and knees; patent fas tened buttons; worth $1.25. 88c Get Your New Fall Petticoat Now New plain and flow ered sateen Petti coats in black and colors; an elegant $1.49 quality. 88c Infants' Soft Sole Shoes All leather soles, fine kid uppers; sizes 0 to 3; values to $1.00. In the Annex. Two pair for 88c Women's, Misses' and Children's Middies The new Balkan and Cuff Bottom Middies with three-button cuff at bottom; ages 6 to 12 years, 14 to 20 and 34 to 40; reg ular $1.50 quality. In the Annex. 88c Grocery Sale 8 cans Fancy Sweet Sugar corn.... 88 8 cans Fancy Solid Packed Toma toes 88S 20 cans Oil Sardines 88S 8 packages Jello, assorted flavors. -88 25 bars eat 'Em All Soap...-. 88 20 bars Borax Naphtha Soap 88 15 lbs. Fancy Japan Rice 88 15 lbs. Best No. 1 Hand Picked Navy Beans ..' 88 3 dozen Large Juicy Lemons 88 2 lbs. Meadow Gold Butter 88 12V4 lbs. Pure Granulated Sugar.... 88 Friday Fish Specials Sliced Cod per lb 220 Dressed Carp per Ibi ....12'2 Fresh Herring per lb 15 Fresh White Perch per lb 15 -J Fresh Catfish per lb 30 Fresh Bullheads per lb 28 Sliced Halibut per lb 23 Sliced Red Salmon per lb 25 88c Annex Sales Childrens' Taped Unions, 2 for 88c Children's Fine Knitted Unions, witn patented taped buttons; s combina tion waist and union suit; all sizes to 13 years; regular 79c value. Boys' Dress Shirts 88c Boys' Shirts with or without collars, in madras, crepe, etc.; sizes 12 to 14; values up to $2.00. 40 Inch Printed Voile, 6 Yds. 88c Printed Voile, 40 Inches wide, small effects; regular 29c quality. Plain Yarn Dyed Chambray, 7 Yds. 88c Yarn Dyed Cham bray, 27 inches wide, in pink, salmon, hello, blue-steel and green; regular 19c value. Childrens' Hose, 7 Pair, 88c Children's Fine Cot ton Hose, in brown or black; wonderful value; Irregulars of 29c quality. Dress Gingham, 6 Yds., 88c Fine Dress Gingham in plaids and stripes, 27 Inches wide; reg ular 23c quality. Children's Black Hose, 4 Pr., 88c Children's Fine Ribbed Black Cotton Hose, regular 39c quality; wonderful value. Comfort Challie, 512 Yds., 88c Beautiful Cotton Comfort Challie, all new patterns for that quilt covering; regular 23c value. Women's Lisle Vests, 3 for 88c Women's Fine Lisle Vests, beaded straps, beautiful quality; special value. 88c Sale Wool Goods $1.25 36-in. Wool Serges White, Wine, Red, Burg, Brown, African, Taupe, Gray, Navy, Midnight, Myrtle, Light Navy, Plum, Tan and -Black. Gown Sale Batiste and Nainsook gowns and chemise, trimmed with lace and embroidery. Windsor crepe bloom ers, reinforced; regular $1.50 value. Main Floor. Sale Rug3 and Linole:ris 25 rolls, 4 yards wide, Linoleum; worth $1.25 square yard; special, sq. yd.. 88 100 Heavy Grass Rugs, 36x72; worth $1.50; special, each 88 Third Floor Overall Sale WThite Overalls for painters and paperhangers in a heavy twill in all sizes ; 32 to 48 waist. Jewel, Flower, Color Symbols for Today By MILDRED MARSHALL. A quaint but lovely gem is to day's talisman against disaster. It is the pink tourmaline, and the su perstition regarding it should be carefully observed, since it is also the natal stone for those whose birth anniversary falls on this day. According ta an ancient belief, those born on this date were destined to end their lives through accidents of some nature. The tourmaline is believed to avert accident, to warn of impend ing disaster through some physic influence, and to protect its wearer against dangers. It is a talisman in every sense of the word, and to bring forth its full powers should be worn on a chain swung around the throat, or in a ring set in such fashion that , the stone is in close contact with the flesh. Pink is today's fortunate color. It . will orotect those who wear it from danger; in fact, it is especially recommended for those who travel by train or motor, .The white hydrangea blossom will bring good luck on this day. Its presence will be attended by pros perity and security in financial as well as personal ma'ters. (Copyright. 1921. WhMiir gvndlctU. Inc.) 45 Policemen Serving Without Surety Bonds City Attorney L. J. Terocl, who recently requested City Clerk C. F. Bossie to notify all members of the police department who have been indemnified by the Lion Bonding company to furnish the city new bonds, estimated yesterday that nearly 50 members of the police de partment are serving without surety bonds. The city clerk stated he had ad vised 45 policemen, as directed by the city legal department, to furnish l'cw. bonds, but that as yet they have not been filed. k Hal That Is Breaking AH Previous Records During our 62 years in the Piano industry, we have launched numerous sales, but never have we launched a sale where such values have been offered as they are right now, during our $50,000 Remodeling Piano Sale. We Need More Room New elevators will be installed, additional floors added and up-to-date demonstration rooms installed. This will require room. These instruments must go. Come now and make your selections. m A. 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