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Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
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Catherine in Flowerland

BY Helen johnson, Aged "A Years, 1884
South Seventeenth Street, Lincoln, Neb.
Blue Side.
Catherine was awakened by a gentle tap
on her curly head and saw before her a
funny little elf.
Catherine, how would you like to visit
Flowerland with me?"
30, do you really mean it?" eagerly
asked Catherine. And am l to see the
flowers that l love so weli?"
Yes, the is what l mean II you will fol-
low me-"
Nc sooner said than done, and Catherine
stood before a great wall covered with
climbing ivy. The little elf pushed a but
ton and the door in the wall swung open.
90, how sweet these flowers are!" eN-
claimed Catherine. They are prettier than
any I've ever seem"
The daisy seemed to understand and It's
face was lit up by a smile, so II seemed to
the little girl, The pink rose blushed a
little, which gave It a brighter color, as
she ooked at Il. At last Catherine came TO
the lily. When she saw IL she said: "Ah,
l wish l might be as pure and sweet as
the lily" and she passed her hand over the
velvet-like petals. The tiny violets grew
in clusters, and their purple cheeks glowed
as the sun shone upon them through the
climbing roses.
Catherine followed the little elf over to
a great archway which was covered 18th
morningglories. The flowers, bea ltifully
tinted with the softest shades, could be
seen through the tangled leaves. "Ain't
these beauties
Catherine opened her eyes and looked
about her.
"Only a dream" she II wish
I could go there" and she ran off to meet
her baby brother, who was toddling to her.
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stood laughing, she was so happy to sec
her little brother safe on shore once more.
Say, Buddy" she called across the stream,
how will you ever get back on this side
of the creek? You mustn't try walking
over the footlog. you know. And you cant
swim"
The little Buddy" looked worried. True,
how would he ever get back on his home
side of the water? But Tom came to his
relief. Wen take you over to the street
car, and you can ride round to the other
side. You know the street car bridge is
all right. The high water didn't hurt II. "
So It was decided that Tom, Ada, Pearl
and Buddy should walk over TO -
street car line, take the car to the end Of
the line, which would carry them across
the creek half a mile farther down
stream" The little maid. sister Of Buddy,
said she would hurry home "and tell
mamma all about brothers terrible fall
into the water, and how a brave old doggle
had saved his life"
And as the children walked through the
meadow. the warm sunshine drying both
boy and dog, they talked Of the courage
OF old Hunkey-Dorey. "oh, how lucky
that you brought the old dear" exclaimed
Ada. speaking OF Hunkey-Dorey to her
brother. And Pearl and l didn't want
the darling old fellow along. How mean
of u.s."
Yes, but I'll always want the dear old
Hunkey In future" declared Pearl. II
was the bravest OF the crowd. He never
stopped to think over the possibilities OF
danger to his own life, but only saw that
some one was in distress, and felt that
he could save him. Oh, you dear old fell
low" And Pearl, in her enthusiasm.
stopped and kissed old Hunkey-DoTey on
the forehead, And the old dogEte seemed
to understand, for In his eyes was pleasure
at being so graciously treated, and with a
wag OF his tail he seemed to say: TT
makes me very happy TO be made a COM
rade OF and to have those / love appreciate
so fully any act of kindness l may per-
form"
And you may be sure that "Buddy's'
parents felt most grateful 10 the old Hun
key-Dorey who had saved the life OF their
little son, but felt aggrieved that they
could not better express their gratitude TO
both master and dog. But they pressed
many little gifts on Tom, Ada and Pearl.
and begged them to visit them often dur
ing the summer and fall and said that
Hunkey-Dorey must always
them, for he should be the guest OF
honor"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
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(Second Prize.)
Kindness to Others

BY Hazel Snow, Aged 1S Years. 2sO4 South
Thlrty-second Avenue, Omaha,
Neb., Blue Side.
Her name wal Edith Davis; her parents
were very rich; she had never known
what 1t was to want for a thing.
Now Edith was a rude, naughty little girl,
teasing other little girls because they were
poor and making herself disagreeable to
every one. One day her mother sent her
to the bakers to get some cakes, and as
she came out Of the shop (munching a
cake) she saw a girl sitting on the step
huddled into a little ball, very cold &c
was winter and hungry. As Edith went
by she laughed and jeered at her poverty,
teasing her about having no cakes to eat.
When she got home she found her
mother crying and asked her the cause.
Her mother told her that her father had
lost most OF his money and the doctor said
she must take an ocean voyage, as her
health was very poor. SO they went and
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Some One Man Battles

speared him from behind, The point of the
spear curled UP against the bone. but next
moment Mr.. Bury's orderly cracked the
skull of the spearman.
Another minute and the surviving ma
tives were running Tor dear life, leaving
five dead and several wounded,
Then the main body of the enemy opened
fire and Mr.. Bury had to take his little
party, every one of them wounded, back
down the gorge for half a mile under a
perfect storm Of bullets,
At last he reached c~over-thick Jungle
and, turning, let the Arabs ave It so hot
that they sheered off. Then he tainted
from loss Of blood. His men tied him on
the back Of a camel. His men tied him on
fashion a terrible four days march back
to the coast.
At Standerton, during the Boer war OF
1881, a large party Of 300 Beers were on
the point of surrounding a force of about
fifty British. A volunteer named He'll.
who was on higher ground. saw the maneu-
yer, but saw, too. that there was no time
to warn his friends. The only thing was
to shoot; but. as he had no cover, to do
so was sheer suicide.
Did he hesitate7 Not for one moment.
Lying down, he began blazing away for
all he was worth, and though the light
was bad as could be, he killed three Beers,
beside warning his comrades. After the
fight was over they found the body Of
the brave fellow simply riddled with bull
let's.
Africa may be the black continent, but
II certainly inspires individual Britons with
that superb courage which makes one man
ready to face an army.
The heroism Of Colonel Longs gunners
at Colenso is a thing not to be forgotten
while Britain is a nation.
1t will be that Colonel Long
was ordered by General Butler TO take up
a certain position and shell Fort wylle
with the naval guns. BY some mlsunder-
standing he pushed on with his W bat
teries far in advance OF the naval guns
and came into action at a range OF only
1900 yards and within 800 yards Of tho
Boer rifle pits.
The gunners fought like heroes, but one
by one they were shot down. At last,
after an hour in face OF the fiercest fusll-
lade a battery ever endured. the order was
given to abandon the guns.
Four men refused. They persisted in
staying on and serving two guns. One OF
each party carried the shell. the other laid
and fired.
Bullets laid two low. The remaining two,
under the fire OF hundreds OF rifles, fired
the emergency rounds OF case, their last
shot. then stood to attention beside their
guns. A moment later they fell, pierced
through and through by Boer bulIets.-
Cassell'E Saturday Magazine.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

- DA, Pearl and Tom were going
a TO the country for the day.
ia They had planned during the
49, whole week on this outing in
&I the woods gathering early
$780, autumn leaves and ferns. They
were to so first to the home OF one Of
Toms school friends, who lived on a farm
about two miles from town, There they
would have a rest. visit q while with the
FAMILY and afterwards go TO a beautiful
woods a mile still further on. jim, Toms
friend, would be their guide and companion,
for he knew every foot of land for miles
and miles about his house.
Let's not take Hunkey-Dorey," said
Ada, abiding to Toms big Newfoundland
dog. Hell be in the way"
oh, no he won't" declared Tom. "And
/ always feel safer when old Hunkey-Dorey
is with us. He's protectiOp against tramps
or any old thing"
But we viii not meet any tramps." said
Pearl. Wen so on the street car nearly
all the way to Jim's home. From the sta
ton wen have only a quarter of a mile
to walk right along a fine, open country
road with farmhouses facing it all the
way. SO we don't need a protector"
We'll, you girls can ride on the street
car II you want to-" said Tom, but |
"@ MN hAaNN hAN ~DoAN1 AQA u
companion. ] get too much street car
riding while in town. and want to stretch
my legs whenever l get the chance to do
So"
"Oh, II brother is determined to take
Hunkey- Dorey along we may as well walk
with him. said Ada. Il don't mind the
two miles"
And l should rather like to walk the
distance, too" confessed Pearl. IT'S great
fun walking this time Of year. And the
roads will be just fine after the heavy
rains OF last week, for the dust will not be
so thick"
SO the three children set out on their
way, old Hunkey-Dorey going with them.
The walk was most refreshing in the
early morning. for they started just as
the clock was striking s For a part of
the way their road led beside the street
car track; but after the first mile 1t turned
across a strip OF meadow, through which
flowed a deep, s~teep-banked stream.
Isn't this better than riding on a street
carr" asked Tom,
Oh, II Is lovely, agreed Ada and Pear
And we're going TO cross that pretty
bridge. ! DO enjoy walking over country
bridges. one can stand in the middle OF
a bridge and look away down into the
water and see the nearby landscapes and
the fleeey clouds reflected there said
Ada
oh. there are two little tots coming
from the opposite side Of the creek" said
Pearl "Ses!-the little girl carries a bas-
ket on her arm and the little boy carries
a bundle, They're going to see their grand
mother. very likely, and are taking fresh
eggs and butter and other good things 10
her."
Il wonder why they don't come TO the
bridge to crossg' said Tom. They are
descending the bank below the bridge.
Say. / do believe the bridge has been swept
away. I'll run ahead and see"
Tom ran on down the road towards the
place where a bridge had heretofore
lpanned the deep stream. but to his aston
Hhment tire remained but g few broken
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
The Flies Feast

BY Zillah Whlted, Aged 3 Years, 2l5
North Twenty-Sixth Street, Omaha,
Neb., Blue Side.
once upon a time, when flies could talk,
there was a great feast. 1t was to be
held at King Fly's palace. The palace
was decorated with tiny bits of flag,
which they had found. They were no big
ger than a pinhead. The flies danced and
sang. They danced until the bell rang for
supper. Then they went to the table,
The table was one inch high and one foot
long. They had sugar and other things
that were sweet. When they were through
and we're dancing they heard a knock at
the door. A fly went to the door and
opened 1t. There stood a wicked witch.
Sne took all Of their voices away from
them. Ever after no fly was able to
talk.
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bits Of badly-wrecked framework showing
where the Wagon bridge had been. The
high waters which had been caused by the
recent heavy rains had swept the bridge
from its foundations. demolishing it com
pleteIy.
Tom beckoned to his sisters to come on,
calling out to them: Were in a pretty
pickle, kids, for the bridge is gone" But
at the same moment he turned his eyes in
the direction OF the opposite bank and
saw the two little children descending to a
foot log which had undoubtedly been placed
there to accommodate the farmers of the
neighborhood until the bridge should be
built.
Say, can't We cross on the Logo" asked
Ada, as she and Pearl took in the situa-
tion. w cannot afford to 60 away back
to the street car line in order to cross this
stream. You see, Jim's house Is just around
that hill yonder-not a quarter Of a mile
distant"
Wen try II you say So" said Tom.
But let's watch those little klddies first.
II they get over safely we ought to do as
well. See what a fat club the little boy is.
Isn't he a cunning one?'
Yes, but he seems 10 be growing un-
certain about his footing hes getting
dizzy, See, he Is"
But Ada did not finish ner sentence, for
at that moment the little boy, who had
started to walk over the footiog. lost his
balance and fell into the raging and swoI-
len stream below. Three shrleks went up
from three little girls, Ada, Pearl and the
little maid who was in company with the
little boy, and who was standing close to
the end OF the foOtlog, preparatory to step
Dinu uDpn ~ a & zoon ne bar ,p,ott ,b,-bhr,
companion Should reach the opposite bank.
Tom, the only eool-headed child, ran with
all possible speed down the steep bank to-
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brother started out and looked for some
horses, They were gone most all day and
when they came home were very tired and
hungry, and he said to his wife, Rose, it's
no use. l can't find any" So ne went out
on the road again for another week and
all the time wondering how he could find
time to look for horses. But when he came
home Saturday night his little boy, Louis,
said: Papa, lets look in the paper and
they found this ad:
'McCrary buys and sells all kinds OF
horses"
And now two beautiful horses are in a
car at the Webster Street railway station,
ready to be shipped to Dallas, S. D., and
the jolly salesman says 1t pays to read the
papers.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

Mary Brown, 1872 Boulevard, Omaha.
Eva Hendee, 1907 lodge street, Omaha.
JuUnita :nnes, 1i6S Fort street, OmahA.
JaCk Coad. SI1S karnam street. Omaha.
LiIilsn Writ. Also LASS 1t. eet, Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, S45 Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Ada Morris, 34z4 Franklin street, Omaha
Myrtle Jensen, 29O9 lizard street, Omaha.
Gail Howard, Az Capitol avenue, Omaha.
lle.en Houck. 1875 Lothrop street, Omaha
Emerson Goodrich, 4Ul0 Nicholas, Omaha
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust ST., Omaha.
Leon Carson. llz4 North Fortieth. Omaha.
Gretchen Eastman, 1876 S. SSth st., Omaha.
Pauline COad. YilS tarnam street, Omaha
lima Howard, 4EIS Capitol Ave, Omaha
Hilah Fisher, 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha
Mildred Jensen, Z707 Leavenworth, Omaha
Luna Heuen, 27S9 Chicago street, Omaha
Mabel sheiielt, 1914 North Twenty-fifth
Walter johnson. aO5 North Twentieth
Emma Csrruthers. s2ll North Twenty-fifu
street, Omaha.
Lecnora Denisun, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae hammond, O'Neill, Neb,
MScge l.. Daniels, Ord. Neb.
lola Beddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neb.
Marie Fleming, Oseeole, Nsb.
Lolita Woods, Pswnee City, Neb.
Earl Perkins, R~eddington, EeD.
Edna EMS. Stanton, Neb.
Ethel EMS. Stanton. keb.
Lena Petersen, All Locust street, East
Omaha.
ana GhAnEyt SuRtont AlA1 G0unNgt NGu.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred h. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Alta Wilken. Waco. Nrb.
Mae Grunke West Point, Neb.
Elsie stastny, WILDER. Neb.
Frederick Ware, Winside, Neb.
Pauline Parks, York. Neb.
Edna Bchling YORK., Neb.
Mary Frederick, York. Neb.
Carrie d. Bartlett, Fontanelle, Ia.
irene Reynolds. Little Sioux, 10.
Fthel Mulholland, Box Il, Malvern, Ia
Eleanor Mellor. Malvern, la.
Ksthryne Mellor, Malvern, Ia.
Ruth Robertson, Manila, Ia,
Mildred Robertson. Manila, H.
Margaret h. Witherow, Thurman. Ia
Bertha McEvoy, r. f.. d. 5, Box %, Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia.
Adlena Sorry, Monarch, Wyo. Box SO.
Fred Sorry. Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wye.
Edith Amend, Sheridan. wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, Oki.
Fred Shelley, go Troup street, Kansas
City, Kan.
Henry l.. Workinger. care Sterling Remedy
company, Attica, Ind.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Eeb.
William Davis, 22l West Third street. NORTH
Platte, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Ca.e of CordIaI niaIike.

An Irishman was sitting in a depot
smoking when a woman came and, sitting
down beside him. remarked!
"Sir, II you were a gentleman you would
not smoke here"
Mum" he said, IF ys wuz a lady yea
sit further away"
Pretty soon the woman burst out again;
IF you were my husband ia give you
poison"
well. num- returned the Irishman,
as he pulled away at his pipe, III you
wuE me wife ia take it"-KansAs City
Independent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
The w atermelon

VAT ELL eat our watermelons
w (What is there oil earth bet
terri
In the shadow of the house.
During this hot weather.
Select a big, dark, green one,
And cut IL full lengthwise;
Hear It pop. so red and ripe!
Cut the slices full length size!
See the black seeds shining,
AS In juicy red they're framed?
II anything is better
i have never heard It named.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

rear Barron, Monarch, Myo.
gsah De Long, AihswOItn, Nsb.
irene Mccoy, Barnston, NeD.
Lllnan Merwin, beaver City, Neb.
hlaoei witt, Bennington, Neb.
anna Gottsch, bennington. Neb.
Mlnnie Gottsch, bennington. Ntb.
canes DAhn,kt. Benson. Neb.
HaaTle SaIlAgnsr, Benkelman, Neb. (box ~.
toa May, central Cay. Neb.
YEA Cheney, Creighton, Neb.
Louis Hahn, David City, Neb.
hhea Freioell, Dorchester, heb.
Eunice Booze, Falls Ciy, Neb.
hthel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
hGldA Lundbusg, Fremont, Neb.
MARION Gays, Gibson. Neb.
Marguerite bartholomew. G~othenburE, Eeb.
LYDIA Roth. V0o West koenig street. Grand
Ella Noss, Wi West Charles street. Grand
Island, Neb.
Irene Costello; us West Eighth street.
Jessie Crawford, AO West Charles street.
Grand Island, Neb.
Pauline schul!s, slZ West Fourth street.
Martha Murphy, VS. East Ninth street.
GRAND Island, Neb.
Hugh Rutt, Leshara, Neb.
Hester X. Rutt, Leshare, Noh.
Alice Temple, Lexington. Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington. Neb.
Edythe kreitz, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anee Grassmsyer. l9tJ Z st, Lincoln. Neb.
Elsie hamlltOn, ZO29 u ST, Lincoln, Neb.
Irene Disher, d30 l. street. Lincoln, Neb.
Hughie Disher, 20s0 L ST, Get, Lincoln. Neb.
Charlotte Boggs, ~ South Fifteenth stres IT,
Lincoln, Neb.
Helen johnson, 334 South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln, Neb.
Louise Stiles, Lyons, Neb.
Estells Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton Seller, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska City, Eeb.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska city, Neb.
Lucille Hszen, Norfolk, Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Ietha Larkin, So. Sixth St. Norfolk, Eeb.
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk. Eeb.
Gerevieve M. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Orrin Fisher. 1910 South Eleventh street
Omaha
Mildred Erickson. TO0 Howard street
Omaha.
Oscar Erickson. 17s Howard street
OmahN.
Louis Raabs. 1900 North Nineteenth ave.
nue., Omaha.
Frances johnson. sSs North twenty fifth
avenue. Omaha.
Marguerite Johnson, 933 North Twenty.
nth avenue, Omaha.
Emile Brown, 2322 Boulevard. Omaha.
Helen Goodrich. A10 Nicholas street, OmahS
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left Edith, and a few days later she got
word they were drowned, and she found
herself in the position the girl on the
bakers steps was.
One day a kind lady came along who
turned out to be her aunt, who was quite
we'll off. Her aunt adopted Edith and the
little girl who was on the bakers steps,
and Edith was loved by every one after
that.
every one, no matter what the situation
may be-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Buying the Horses.

By Helen Hutton, Aged 10 Years, 272S
Charles Street, Omaha.
'Howdy, brother, have you seen any
good horses for sale this week2" SO spoke
a big, jolly looking man to his brother,
Clarke. He was very much worried. He
had drawn a claim in Trip county, South
Dakota. and his time was nearly up to be
on It, and being a travelling salesman for a
cracker firm he did not have much time
to see about things at home. So he and his
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

big trees. But these trees were not OF 50
much Importance as was a great sand pile
in which Freddie and Mabel played every
day, but which was still strange to Babe,
for he was too little to play in sand piles
yet. But on this. his first birthday, he was
to be introduced TO out-of-doors sports.
Mabel prepared some uncheon-little
sandwiches, some jam, some candy and
lemonade. When she went to mamma to
ask her consent to take Babe out for a
backyard picnic mamma said yes, he
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

on the ground for him and to see that he
was all right. Then, putting the fat little
might go; but that he must not be given
anything to eat except some milk pre-
pared for him by nurse.
''Oh. but Brother and / have q nice
luncheon" said Mabel. But we can eat
1t and give Babe some milk. Wen play
he's eating chicken and ice cream
So Freddie and Mabel took Babe out to
the shady yard to a spot close to the sand
pile. Nurse went along to rx a blanket
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

nUsY BEES. II yu cal think Of a good original story, send it now, as it
- is much caster to win a prize during the vacation season, when s % many
of the Busy Bees are away from home and do not have al opportunity
Of writing stories until they return. One little boy sent in a story
which was writer with a lead pencil, and also written on both sides of the
paper. This little Busy Bee is probably wondering why his story vas not
printed. The Busy Bee editor hopes that this little boy will read the rules
and then write another story, or evn the sam story and send it to the Busy
Bee page.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

IERE were 500 of the Wangonis,
while the German force con-
sisted of two white officers,
thirty-two native troopers and
one Englishman. the famous
big-game hunter, Mr.. Suther-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

7 BABES first birthday. Freddie
and Mabel. babes big brother
and sister, decided to have a
party for him. The place e
lected for the party was the
back yard. where grew several
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

The little king Of the Red side seems % be quite IN enthusiastic base ball
player and re yer pleased to hear all about. the games. Most Of the BOYS
who play ball every day do not take the time to write stories for the Busy Bee
page during the ball season and the rest OF the boys should follow in the steps
Of their leader and write about their games, for there are a large number Of
little readers who would be interested % hear about the different sports and
games Of the other Busy Bees
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

Prizes we're awarded this week to Helen johnson of Lincoln and to Hazel
Snow CT Omaha. Honorable mention was given to Znah whled of Omaha
All are on the Blue side.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29

Any of the Busy Bees MAJ send cards to anyone whose name is on the
Postcard Exchange. which now includes:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-29
Old "Hunkey Dorey" Saves a Life
~ william wallace. IT.

DA, Pearl and Tom were going
20 the country for the day.
They had planned during the
whole week on this outing In
the woods gathering early
autumn leaves and far,s Thav
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-12
NEW SULTANIS
AFTER COIN

CONSTANTINOPLE, May 11.-A
difference Of opinion has arisen be-
tween Schefket Pasha, commander of
the Constitutiona.lst Army and the
present Cabinet. Schefkeet Pasha is
OF the opinion that the cash found in
the Imperial Palace OF Yaldiz after
the expulsion OF Abdul Hamid, should
be used to pay the expenses OF his
army, while the ministers want tae
money turned into the National treas
ury. The funds in question now
amount to almost $4,000, 900 in cash
and Immediately marketable securi-
ties. Schefket Pasha has one advan.
tase in the controversy inasmuch as
the money is in possession or the mil
itary and has Deen deposited in the
war Office.