iMcxican Problem
Still Far From
Being Adjusted
Incidence of Hughes on
Treaty of Amity and Com.
merce Well Founded as
Evcuu Have Shown.
By HOLLAND.
In May of thi year, the secretary
oi Malt, J unite Hutches had been in
authority at the State department
only two months, but among the
first of the importnt matter, .which
was called to his attention wa the
situation in Mexico. He became
thoroughly informed respecting: that
situation and as a result made his
first diplomatic move by proposing to
the Obrcgou government that it en
ter into a treaty of amity and com
merce with the United State, in
which Mexico would bind herself to
protect life and property in accord
ance with the established principles of
international law.
The secretary of state especially
emphasized the necessity of an agree
ment that article 27 of the constitu
tion should not be interpreted as re
troactive in its application to oil, min
ing and other property of Americans'
and other foreigners, which had been
legally acquired under laws of Mex
ico, as those were prior to May 1,
1917.
Not any treaty of this kind or of
any kind did Prescient Obrcgon
favor. In fact he intimated that a
treaty of that kind would be an in
vasion of Mexico's dignity as' a sov
ereign nation. Secretary Hughes
thought it worth while to make pub
lic statement that if the Mexican gov
ernment would not enter into an obli
gation in the form of a treaty such
as the United States government sug
gested, then it would be necessary
for this; government to wait until a
new government came into power in
Mexico and one which would bind
itself by treaty with the United States
to fulfill its primary international ob
ligations. A New Watchful Walling-.
Ther. followed a period of watchful
waiting. And this Involved Ions main
tained silence. Representative Americana
who were leudera in the American oil In
dimtry broke this sllenc-e when they vis
ited Mexico to discuss the tax 'which had
been imposed upon oil exports from Mex
ico. This tax was so excessive as to cause
an' Immediate stoppage of the export, of
oil from Mexico. Tho Obregon government
was in need of a large income and soma
part of this could have been obtained by
a reasonable tax upon the exports of Mex
ican oil, but it was all lost when that tax
became excessive.
At that time the announcement was
made that the supreme court of Mexico
had decided that Article 27 was not retro
active In Itself. This decision seemed to
remove the chief barrier to the restora
tion of amicable relations between the
United States and MexleYi. But opinion
of that kind was not wholly Justified, be
cause the decision of the supreme court
meant Ilia. Article 27 was not retroactive
excepting In the particular case which
was brought before it, and therefore the
decision cannot be held to apply to any
other case. The rules. of civil proceedings'
which are enforced In Mexican courts
state that a decision in a certain case
shall not be cited or Invoked as precedent
for a decision In the trial of a slmitai
case. .
Court Power limited.
Now It is beginning tfl. be understood
that a Mexican court has not the power to
' rule that Article 27 Is not retroactive.
President Obrcgon. as our own State de
partment well knows. Is advised by some
of the ablest lawyers in Mexico. There
fore, he must know that the effect of the
decision in the' Texas oil case was wholly
limited to that case, and that with the
" exception of the Texan oil case, Article
"i 27 stands as it has always been Interpret
ed by President Obregon.
It looks as though ObregoQ and his ad
visors have' been struggling with a sort of
diplomatic strategy to overmatch or
checkmate the diplomacy of Secretary
Hughes. But there is beginning to be
good understanding in Mexico of the abil
, ity of the secretary of state and his ca
pacity always to find a 'firm foundation
for any stand that he may take. He
knew what he wanted when he asked for
a treaty as a preliminary to tho recogni
tion by the United States of- the Obregon
government. He knew that a treaty be
comes the supreme law of the land and
cannot be changed, and he knew well the
pecullnr diplomacy of Mexico as well as
the influence of the German propaganda
Oil Not Only Question.
Secretary Hughes also knows that the
oil question is not the only one pending
between the United States and Mexico
It may be the most conspicuous but is
not the only important one. It is one
of many which are involved In the Oer-
man-insplred bolshevlsts constitution of
1917. Ail these might be answered satis
factory wre the United States and Mexico
to draw up and to ratify a treaty of
amity and commerce based upon the obli
gations of international law.
Secretary Hughes Is not exclusively In
terested In the oil situation In Mexico.
He has equally In mind the claims of
miners whoso property has been taken
from them and also the claims of thou
sands of American farmers whose property
has ben confiscated. He also knows that
under the constitution of 1917 an Ameri
can rannot acquire property In Mexico
excepting in certain districts. If he does
acquire property he must expatriate him
self, so fur as the property U concerned,
by giving his pledge not to appeal to his
home government for protection in tns
event of dispute over title or taxes. This
is all outside ot the oil situation in Mex
ico.
Problem Still Vnsettlrd.
All that has really been done in the past
three months means no mors than that
the Mexican problem remains as much of
a problem today as It was last May, when
Secretary Hughes demanded of Mexico a
treaty which would place Amertcans in
situation where perfect protection to life
-,nd property could bo maintained.
There appears to be little hope that
formal amicable relations between the
United States and Mexico can soon be
established, because Secretary Hughes will
not depart from his original purpose of
securing ft treaty of amity and commerce
prior to this government's recognition of
Mexico, while en tne other nana tnere is
little hone that Obregon will yield to the
secretary of state, so that a treaty may
be written and ratified. Therefore, it
looks as though a period of watchful wait
ing will characterize the relations between
the United States and Mexico, or rather
the lack of relations. If there were a
treaty and If the United States should
recognise Mexico after a treaty had been
ratified, trade relations with Mexico would
Increase enormously and Mexico would
be all the better prepared to meet its
long delayed international financial. odii
cations.
Jewel, Flower, Color
Symbols for Today
, P -MTT n-RFn MABRHALL.
The diamond, which might also be
caller a victory stone, is toaay s tai
ismanic gem. Those "who wear it
will never suffer defeat.- according to
ancient superstition. Nor will they
know regret As one old legend ad
monishes.
"... diamonds should wear,
lest bitter tears for vain- repentance
flow, this stone emblem of innocence
V tiorm nil VipfaH those whose
- . . -
birth anniversary this is if they wear
their natal stone, the topar. This
em, which is believed to imprison
the rays of the sun, is an antidote
for worry and anxiety. To wear it,
is to dispel ail fear.
Pink is today's fortunate color. It
Is a symbol of happiness and bodily
Tne lavender chrysanthemum is a
s-en-r-carit rower toaay.
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My Marriage Problems
Adcle Garrison's New Phase of -
"REVELATIONS OF A WIFE"
(Coprrtiht 1911. tn Newipipet Futurs Berries, loci
The Way the Wounded Trooper
Reached the Hospital,
Across Capt. Hasting's face swept
the look of amazed deference which
the sight of Lillian's badge denot
ing her rank in the secret diploma
tic 'service always brings to the in
itiated. There followed instantly an
other look, that of relief, which told
me how much the threat of bmith to
communicate with a higher troop of
ficer at Kingston had aitectcd the
youth. 1
If you know whats good for you,
Smith," he called out cavalierly,
"you'll look at this before you start
anything."
I noticed the loungers eye each
other in amazement that any one
should dare to treat the great man of
the region with anything else but
awed respect. But their astonish
ment must have been deepened when
Smith stalked toward the car, craned
his neck around Hastings, and looked
at the badge. I. was watching him
closely, and I saw that he not only
recognized its meaning, but that it
carried an especially alarming mes
sage to him. He gazed up at me with
eye's like those of an animal which
sees some unexpected danger.
Where did what he stammer
ed. With a sudden impulse indeed,
it was as if I were impelled by some
thing outside myself I leaned
across Capt. Hastings, speaking
slowly, incisively:
Never mind where I obtained
this." Simply remembei that I have
it, and that I never forget faces or
voices."
I sent the car forward as I spoke
the last word, but not too soon to
see the pasty pallor, which had re
placed his high flush. I knew that
Capt. Hastings was looking at me
curiously, although I did not turn
my eyes toward him. And we had
gone two miles-down the road be-
for he spoke.
"Air is Discovered."
"I wonder if you would be willing
to tell me what you meant by that
last speech to Smith?" he asked a
bit diffidently.
Sorry, I returned dubiously, but
as 1 don t really know: what 1
meant myself, I couldn't. It just oc
curred to me that he was altogether
too interested in fastemncr this at
tack on us, and the fantastic notion
Romance in Origin
Of Superstitions
By H. IRVING KING. ;
Pearls.
There ft an ancient and deeply-
rooted superstition that pearls have
such a sympathetic connection with
their owner that they lose their lus
ter when the owner sickens and
change to a dull and lifeless hue
when the owner dies. ' Madame
Thiers had a famous necklace of
pearls presented to her by her hus
band, the president of France, which
slfe left in her will to the rrench na
tion. The story at once began to go
abroad that these pearls had "sick
ened and ' died," owing to the death
of their owner. This story appeared
at intervals for several years and
came to be accepted by the majority
of people as a "strange fact." Then
Dr. George fredenc Kunz, an au
thority on the history of precious
stones, -went to fhe Louvre, where
the necklace was deposited, and
made an examination. The pearls
were in perfect condition. He had
the director of the Louvre museum
write him a letter on the subject and
the director in the letter stated that
the pearls were then and had always
been in a perfectly "healthy" state.
The story had no foundation what
ever and yet there are thousands to
day who will quote vou Madame
Thier's pearls as a proof of the truth
of the suoerstition.
Dr. Kunz suggests that this idea
of the "sickening and death" of
pearls was invented by unscrupulous
persons to account for the deterio
rated appearance of gems which
were no good in the first place. "But
the antiquity and ubiquity of the
superstition would hardly bear out
that supposition. The origin of the
superstition must be looked for
among those mystic and mythologi
cal conceptions with which the an
cients surrounded the pearl, prin
cipally, it would seem, because of
the (to them) mystery of its origin.
The dews of heaven, according to
Plinv; the tears of the -Naiads, ac
cording to the Greeks; the blood of
a princess, according to tne fon-quinesci-are
among the many origins
ancientlr assigned for the pearL
And always the pearl has been ac
credited with possessing a particu
lar affinity with its owner or wearer.
Some primitive people today wear
them as amulets to bring them
health and luck, while others reject
them as bringing bad luck and sap
ping their vitality. As late as 1692
a German scientist seriously dis
cussed the question as to whether
the mysterious deaths of Popes Leo
IV and Paul II might not have been
largely caused by the great number
of pearls those pontiffs were in the
habit of wearing.
(Copyrixht, 15 Jl. r The WcClors. News
paper Eradicate.)
see it in colo us
IN THE SUNDAY BEE
came to me that he might have had
something to do with it himself.
And oh, you know the old ruse of
sending the telegram with 'All is dis
covered, fly at once,' to a dozen men
selected at random, don't you,"
"And having three of them skip
to parts unknown upon the receipt
of the wire!" he answered with a
laugh in his voice. "But I'm afraid
you are on the wrong track in this
case if you think he had anything
to do with this attack. He's always
been especially chummy with state
troopers, done us many favors, and
I know that otir commander regard
him very highly. There could be
no possible motive. ,1 think his ac
tions tonight towarcf you people
were due to his natural arrogance
in running things, his tendency to
snap judgments. Of course, his
agitation at your little parting speech
probably means that there's an un
savory secret in his life somewhere,
but I can't believe that he had any
thing to do with this attack on Hen!
Why, Hen was one of his favorites
among the boysl" .
What the Colonel Asked.
"No doubt you're right." I an
swered, with almost complete sin
cerity. "Which way do I turn at
the next corner?"
"To the left. How is he. doctor?"
"Still alive." . The physician's
voice startled me. -1 had not real
ized until then that he was in the
car. My cursory glance had mis
taken him for one of the wounded
boy's comrades. ""But don't slacken
your pace if you can help it." -
"I can increase it if you think best,"
I returned. "The road is clear in
the moonlight, and there's no traffic."
"No, this speed is safer," the phy
sician decided, and no one spoke
again until we drew up before the
hospital in Kingston. -
I paid a mental tribute to the effi
ciency of young Hastings when I
saw how completely he had arranged
by telephone for the reception of the
wounded boy, and the presence of .his
superior officer. He must have seen
to these things before we came back
with Dr. Moss, for I had seen his
every movement, almost heard his
every word since. And the young
trooper had been turned over to the
surgeons in waiting and rushed to
the operating table, young Hastings
came to the reception room, where
I sat waiting with Mr. Cosgrove, ac
companied by a soldierly-looking
man of middle-age, whom he intro
duced as Col. Travers.
I scrutinized this man furtively
bu,t closely as he entered. I could
not believe that the man Smith had
spoken the truth when he claimed
any influence over this splendid
specimen of military American, and
the result of my scrutiny only
strengthened my opinion. That he
had been the guest of the other man,
in sojne sense the comrade, I did
not doubt, but the confidant never!
... "And now," Col. Travers said to
me after his introduction, "if you are
not too tired will you please give
your version of this thing from the
beginning?" '
WHY-
Are Certain Kinds of Stews Called
"Hash?"
Comedians and others who profess
to obtain amusement from the con
templation of the various ingredients
which enter into the dish now known
as "hash" a form of food which
runs a close second to prunes in its
mirth-provokinp; propensities owe a
debt of gratitude to the French lan
guage, for "hash" is obtained directly
from the French by the elimination
of the finaly syllable of "hashis" pro
nounced "hashee."
The hashed-up or cut-up food in
question did not begin to be known
as "hash" until our forefathers tired
of calling it "hashee" in close imita
tion of the French noun derived from
the verb "hasher," to cut, chop or
shred, which, in turn, came from the
same Tuetonic source as our own
verb "to hack." Being famous for
their cooking, the French early
recognized the tasty appetizing qual
ities df cooked meats cut into small
bits and highly seasoned with various
kinds of sauces and condiments. This
"hachis" made its appearance in Eng
land many years ago, but it did not
take long for the word to be short
ened by the elimination of the final
"ee" sound and, now, speaking liter
ally, "hash" is a synonym for a little
of everything. There is no founda
tion, however, for the legend that the
name of the dish came from the fact
that the cook who originated it con
ceived the idea while under the in
fluence of "hashish" or hemp.
from which the word "assassin" is
directly derived.
(Copyright, 1SS1, Wlieeler Syndicate, lac)
Parents' Problems
Is a girl's camp a good place for
a girl of 12 to spend the summer?
An excellent place, if a good
camp. But the best place for such a
girl is in a camp made up of her own
sisters, and brothers and parents.
The best camp is the family camp.
THK BEE; OMAHA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 23. 1921.
TURN OVER YOUR ON 'YOUR BACK
CHAPTER XXIV.
Winning FirBt Prize.
Henrietta Hen was waiting as
patiently as she could for, the fair
to come to an end. She tried to
close her cars to the boasts of her
As for Henrietta she didrrt quite
know bow to act.
neighbors on either side of her, that
they, were going to win the first
prize. She had heard too many un
pleasant remarks about herself to
have even the slightest hope of win-
The Bee
Book Shelf
Andrew Tallente married for
money.
His wife married for social posi
tion. T ... ,
And so, as it' should be, they
couldn't get along.
Tallente lost his seat m Parlia
ment, and returning to his country
estate, struck his secretary. Anthony
Palliser, who had conspired with An
drew's wife and stolen precious po
litical papers from him.
Palliser crashed through the rail
ing at the cliff edge and went
sprawling into the mists below.
Andrew and his wife agreed to
separate;' his political party turned
h;m loose, and he became "Nobody's
Man" until he met Lady Jane Parth-
inston- , , . ..
Ignoring the shadow of his wife
in the background, she succeeded in
restoring partially his lost confidence
in himself and he took a prominent
place in the councils of the new
democratic party.
Then the missing political papers
turned up in dangerous hands. '
There is plenty of excitement in
"Nobodv's Man," a story of Eng
lish poh'tics by E. Phillips Oppen
heim. His portrayal of the modern
English woman of the post-war un
conventional type, is intensely inter
esting. ' Of course, his plot is full
of surprises handled after the fash
ion of the Oppenheim inventive geni
us. Lady Jane is worth knowing.
"Nobody's Man" is published by
Little, Brown & Co., of Boston.
" 'Beau' Rand." .
That's a rootin', tootin', scootin'
son-of-a-gun-of-a wild west story by
Charles Alden Seltzer.
Beau's a two-gun fcuy; good look
in', son of an old outlaw from whom
he inherited the passion to kill, which,
however, in curbed continually by the
memory of his sweet, old-fashioned
mother.
He's rearm the young son of his
neighbor, Seddon, who refused to
recognize the boy, Bud, as his il
legitimate son by a dance hall girl,
now dead.
Seddon's daughter, Eleanor, returns
from "gettin' eddicated" at Denver, is
warned by her father against Beau,
who he fears will tell of Bud, meets
the two-gun rancher, and promptly
falls in love with him.
Then Seltzer, in his fast, bristling,
wooliest manner, piles up troubles ga
lore for Beau to cause him to lose
favor in the eyes of Eleanor.
Beau's rival, in love with Eleanor,
too. "frames" with the sheriff and a
"killer" to "get" Beau. Eleanor is
led to believe Bud is Beau's son by
a dance hall girl who visits her un
der cover of night to tell the story,
and then Eleanor stumbles across the
gang robbing the stage. The leader
is riding Midnight, Beau's favorite
horse. t
A posse sets out to hang Beau be
cause of this evidence. A drunken
Mexican attacks Eleanor. Beau's
range boss protects her from him,
only to be shot down, as is also her
lather, by the bandit leader and his
hired killer.
And just then, in the "nick of
time," Beau appears in the doorway,
a pistol in each hand.
For lovers of wild west tales,
" 'Beau Rand" has the goods action,
thrills, suspense, intrigue, gun fights.
range riding, stage robbery and th
love theme. Seltzer s way of bring
ing in the love element th" ime is
different. The book is published by
A. C McClurg & Co. ,
4.
HEM ROTA
SiMARTHUR jCOltABAIILE
ring any prize at all let alone the
first.
"Anyhow, we'll be going home to
night," Henrietta said to herself.
And 1 11. never, never, never come to
another fair. I'll go and hide way
up high in the haymow where they
cant find me before III spend an
other week in a place like this."
While he was muttering under
ber breath like that some men came
up to her pen. And Henrietta Hen
promptly squatted down in the fur
thest corner of it, hoping they would
not say anything disagreeable about
her. bhe didn t even look at her
callers. And soon they moved away.
I hen Henrietta lanced up. the
noticed something blue dangling
from the front of her pen. And there
was a greater commotion than ever
on all sides of her.
"What is it?" she cried. "What
has happened?"
Neighbor Number 1, on her right.
shot a spiteful look at her.
Those stupid judges! she splut
tered. "They've made a terrible
blunder. They've gone and given
you and your chicks the first prize.
And of course it was meant for me
and mine!"
It wasn t" screamed Neighbor
Number 2v(0n Henrietta's left.)
"That prize was intended for me
and my children!"
Who won second and third?
cried a noisy hen from across the
way. - i
They re both at the other end or
the hall!" somebody shrieked.
Its an outrage! It isntfair!
We've been cheated!" Henrietta
Hen's nearest neighbors clamored.
But nobody paid any attention to
them.
As for Henrietta, she didn't quite
know 'how to act. She had intend
ed, when' she left home, to do a
good deal of strutting back and forth
in her pen, with now and then a
pause to preen herself, to make sure
that she looked her best. But
somehow she no longer cared to put
on grand airs, as of old. She re
membered that some of the other
hens at the fair had been haughty
and proud and had smoothed their
feathers, declaring boldly that they
expected to win the first prize.
Henrietta had heard it said that tine
feathers don't make fine birds. And
she knew at last what that meant.
It meant that gay clothes and lofty
ways and boastful talk were of no
account at all.
So Henrietta tried to behave as if
nothing unusual had happened. She
told her chicks that they were going
home that evening, and that she
would be clad to be back on the
farm again, among plain homefolks.
At last Tohnnie Oreen and his
father came to load Henrietta and
her family into the wagon.
"Well." said old horse Ebenezer
to Henrietta. "Did you enjoy the
ces?"
"I didn't have a chance to see
them," she replied.
"That s a oitv. he told her. And
then he asked her. "What's that blue
tag hanging from your pen?"
"That said Henrietta "mat
means that my chicks won the first
prize.
"She helped win it nerseitr criea
old dog Spot, who was yelping
about the wagon. "Our little
speckled hen was the best hen at
the fair."
"Nonsense i" Henrietta exclaimed.
But all the same, she couldn't help
being pleased.
' THE END.
(Copyright, 1321. by Metropolitan News
paper Service.)
American Masons to Open
Child Hospital in Mexico
Mexico City, Mex., Nov. 24.
American Masons have become in
terested in the opening here of a
hospital for crippled children, and it
is probable that a structure costing
about $200,000 will be erected. At
this hospital children will receive
free medical and surgical treatment.
Husband and Wife
My wife bought a Polly ar.d sits
on the back stoop to talk to it
T. J. 4f.
What does your wife do?
Copyrtfht, 1121, Ceorie Matthew A lams.
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WHICH V CTJUEKTX TO HY PtXB.
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Dog Hill Paragrafs
By George Bingham ""
Sidney Hocks ought to have been
a comedy show man. He reports a
strange case from Calf Ribs neigh
borhood. He says a young lady i
few days ago was trying to learn to
sing, and had a piece of music
pinned up on the wall in front of
her, and just as she was about to
make a note, the music fell, and she
sprained her voice.
.
The Depity Constable has been
kept busy here of late with the law
violators, and is out today on a new
case. He wore his new set of whisk
ers and changed his voice so mucn
he didnt look like the same person.
The Postmaster has received his
new pair of specs and they are such
good ones a mouse looks as big as a
rat ten feet away.
Where It Started
Public Drinking Fountains. .
The first use of public drinking
fountains was ' in the -.7th cen
tury, in the reign of King Ethelfryde
of England. He is credited with
constructing "wells" where travelers
might drink, with copper cups for
the use of the thirsty. Human .nature
was much the same then as now!
the chronicle states that the cups
were "faste chaynedl"
Copyright.- 1921, Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.
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Furnished by State of Nebraska, de
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LIVE POULTRY.
Wholesale Wholesale
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Springs I - 1 ,-
Hens, light.. 13 .15 .160
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Cock 10 .12- .12
Ducks .16 .Jf . -22
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Turkeys '.25 .30 .35
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Geese 22 .23 .23
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EGOS.
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Storage, accord
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Lemons: Box, M.607.0O. Pears: Keifer,
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cious, according to grade, box, $3.004.00:
Rome Beauty. J2.253.00; Ortley. $3.60
4.00; Spits, C grade. 2.50. Cranberries:
Per bbl., J18.0020.00. Figs: 24-8 oz.,
2.262.50: 12-10 oz.. J1.S0; 66 oz., 13 50.
Dates: Dromedary, case. 18 lb.. $6.60
8.75.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes: Nebraska Early Ohios, No. 1,
per cwt., $1.75; Nebraska Early Ohios,
No. t. per cwt.. $1.50; Red River Ohios,
$2 00 !. 15. Sweet potatoes: Per bu.. $1.60
1 76: bbl.. $5.oo5.60. Celery: Jumbo,
tl.25el.t0; Michigan. 61if65e. Head let
tuce: $4:50B5.O0. L-af lettuce: 4045e.
Onions: Red Globe. 5"i6c; yellow. c:
Spanish. 2.35. Cabbage: 1 lb.. 23c.
Cucumbers: pox.. $2,0012.60. Cauliflower
Crate. $2.005.25. Tomatoes: I.ug. $3,259
3 6. Radishes: Pox., 2535c. Squash:
U,,kh.rH Ih !Uff?3c. TumlDS! lb.. 1 JC.
Carrots; Per lb., 2c Egg plant: Per
crate, $2.6053.00; Hampers, tJ.sowt.oti,
NUTS. . ..
Wslnnts: Black, lb.. iit; Engllsn. ID.,
33 35c; Brsril washed. 17c: Brazil me
dium. l5c. Pecans. No. 1. 18c Filberts:
sidiv. 20c. Peanuts: Jumbo, roasiea. id..
HIDES AND WOOL.
Beef Hides Green, saltea. No. 1. IM
i.b. nft nr th fiftftc: No. 3. late tak
off. per lb.. 637c: Green. No. 1. lats tak.
off. 4 6c; No. t. lata take off. per lbK
3c; green salted, old stock, per lb.,
2 5c: green salted bull hide., per lb.,
c: green bull hides, per lb., ic
Pm and nines Each. 75cz?tl 6..
Horse Hides Large, each. $2.530;
trodium. each. $2.00; small, -sen. $1.60
Sheep pelts Green salted, as to tin
nd wool. ach. 16ff"c.
Bhesrllngs- Green ..Ited. .. to all n4
wool. each. itfSOc.
Furs The ressoo fi.s lust opened for
fu-s and they .re bringing good price
Wool Choir. fD and 6 Wood, per
lb.. I'tUSc; choice medium nd H blood,
per lb l?t5c; chol:. low blood.
per lb 10T12&
HAT
Pralrt. No. I unland lll.0912..: No
1 .plsnd. tt.toei No J upland. 17 is
ts.i: No I midland. tl to use. No
3 mtdlsnd. tVei6.. No I mld snd.
$7.tS')- No. 1 lowland. HMtlll;
No. I !owiand. $7,093 0: a.rair. c hoi re,
117.(10 Ji Is !0: Ka 1. sl..v . stand
ard. $U.t!4 0; No. 2. tl.01 -!
No. J. $ oet
Oft Straw. $$
Wheat .traw. $7.oe..
W'holewle price, of beef cut. r SM
foll.ws: No. 1 libs, Hf, No. t, !14,c;
No. 3. 15"c: N-. 1 loins. iJH: No J,
lHc; No. 3. Uc: No. 1 rrvjr.ds. mfcc;
No. 1. 13: No. 3. 104c: N. 1 choral,
Hr; Xo. i. c: No. 1, 7c: No. 1 pistes.
i jc; j z, ic; ro. , sc
Drawn for The Bee by Sidney Smith
C"prighU till Chir.f. TflBUn Camps. $
IN m WUL-
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By J. J. MUNDY.
The Desire to Go.
"There are times with most of us
when we feel like being "devilish"
want to do something out of the
ordinary, regular routine.
vvc want to feel free from the dic
tates of society in general.
Energy, screams for an outlet.
Subdued emotions cry fqr free
dom of expression.
We feel hidebound, hampered, re
strained. We feel tempted to let society "go
to thunder," and we forget that we
have a reputation to maintain.
There is a longing to go some
place where we can run, scream and
be generally unconventional in dress
and manner. '
After one of these mental out
bursts we wonder if there is some
thing radically wrong with us, any
way. We wonder if there is danger of
our doing anything ridiculous.
But if such spells are not too fre
quent there is nothing alarming in
a perfectly natural desire to exhaust
steam.
Allowing oneself to become a
slave to such emotidns is dangerous
and shpuld be overcome.
. (Copyright, 1921, International Feature
Service, Inc.)
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Jack and Jill
Jack was to spend the evening in
town a reunion of bis cullege class
mates. Jill heard htm rummaging in the
hall closet and she knew instantly
just what he sought his cine.
Jack's cane was almost a house
hold jest for he never carried it sive
when he went to college reunions,
and just why, Jill burned with eur
ioisily t know.
"Looking for your cane, hon'f"
she called.
There came only a trunt in reply.
But presently the lord and mas
ter of the menage appeared with tht
thick bamboo slick in his hand.
"Honey," said Jill tentatively.
"Huh?" ,
'Tell me, darling," she said, "why
do you carry your cane to the clus
dinners?"
"Oh, I don't know," said Jack
vaguely.
"Do the other fellows fetch
canes?"
He eyed her sharply,
"Well, some of them do."
"I'm awfully curious to know"
"Yes, you would be," said Jack,
drily.
"But there must be a reason it
seems so mysterious," insisted Jill.
"And you know, dear. I hate mys
teries especially about you."
"Nothing mysterious about Jt"
said Jack "I never go any
where else that a cane seems appro
priate, that's all."
"But we go to the theater," said
Jill.
"Cane's in the way at a theater."
"And then when we go to
church "
"Always fallin over it in church,"
said Jack.
So Jack went off to town to his
classamates' dinner with his precious
and vastly mysterious walking stick.
"Oh, Jack what happened to it?"
demanded Jill when he let himself in
just before midnight.
"What happened to what?" he re
turned blankly.
"Your cane?"
He looked annoyed.
"I er I left it."'
"But where?"
He fidgeted uneasily.
"Aw, never mind," he said a little
fretfully. "I'll get it."
And he searched in the brass bowl
on the bookcase for a cigaret.
He did not tell Jill that he had left
his cane in a taxi and that he was
glad to be rid of it forever the thing
was such a nuisance.
But then, men are like that.
Copyright. 1921, Thompson Festure Service,
Atlantic 0360
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