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Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

circus walls and set old Rover free. And
how good the old dog did wag his tail In
rejoicing at his freedoml He at once ran
off homeward to enjoy bone which he
had secretly buried behind the woodshed.
Then the other circus performers came In
turn. Johnny Brion evidently taking the
blue ribbon, SO to speak by his clever feats'
ON the back of his fine little pony. And
Pony was so well behaved, too, for once
when his masters foot slipped and he slid
from Pony's back to the ground. the ami
NAL stood perfectly still till his rider
had mounted again.
After the regular circus was over a con
cert followed. IL was then that several
of the town girls were called to the stage
to participate in the singing OF many ma
tional hymns Lilly Everts sister TO win
and Tom, led the chorus, for she had a
fine strong voice. Maine Cruthers and
Agnes Hay lent their voices, and the CON
cert was no less success than was the cir
Gus proper An the mothers were there
and as they left the Enclosure they could
be heard congratulating each others chill
dren on their talent.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Ada Morris 3424 Franklin street Omaha
Myrtle Jensen, 200 lizard street Onsaaha
Orrin Fisher 1910 s. Eleventh st, Chhha'
Mildred Erickson 2709 Howard St. Omaha
Oscar ETickson, 1901 Howard St., Omaha
Gail Howard, t722 Capitol avenue n.s.aha
Helen Houck 1928 Lothrop street Oneh9'
Emerson Goodrich, 40l0 Nicholas Olse'
Maurice johnson. 1877 Locust 81, Omaha-
Leon Carson, 1124 North Fornetn, Ci nLae,,.
Wilma Howard, 4722 Capitol avenue, Omeha
Hilah Fisher 1910 South Eleventh, Omaha
Mildred Jensen, 2707 LeavenwOrth, Omaha
Edna Heden, g'Ss Chicago streSL, ,,1etf,
walter alter Johnson, 24o5 North Twentieth
Emma ee' csrrnt I%, ss11 North Twenty-fifth
street, Omaha.
I.eonora Denison, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond, ONeill, Neb.
Madge L. Daniels, Ord, Neb.
lola Beddeo, Orleans, Neo.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans, Neo,
Marie Fleming, Osceola, Neb
Lolita Woods, Pawnee City, Neo.
Earl Perkins, Reddington, Neb.
Edna EMS, Stanton, Neb.
Lena Peterson. 22i1 Locust St., q. Omaha
Ina Carney, sutton, Clay county, Nebraska
Mildred f. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Alta wilken, Waco, Neh-
Leo Beckord, Waco, Neb
Mae Grunke, West Point, Neb.
Elsie Stasny, WILDER, Neb
Frederick Ware, winside, Neb.
Edna Behiins York Neb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie B. Bartlett Fontanehe, Ia
Irene Reynolds. Little sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland, Box Il, Malvern, Ia
Eleanor Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Katherine Mellor, Malvern, la.
Ruth Robertson, Manila la.
Margaret 3. Witherow, Thurman, la.
Bertha MeEvoy, r. r. d. 8, Box %, Mis-
souri, Valley, Ia
Henry L. Workinger, 2O62 w. Huron street.
Chicago.
Adlena sorry, Monarch, Wyo., Box 81.
Fred Sorry, Monarch, Wyo.
Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron, Monarch, Wye
Edith Amend, Sheridan, Wyo.
Pauline Squire. Grand, Ok.
Fred Shelley, 2SO Troup street. kansas
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney, Neb.
Nellie Diedrick, Sidney. Neb,
Eunice Wright Sa2 North Logan street.
Fremont Neb.
Carol Simpson, WILDER, Neb.
Phyllis Haag, 632 West seventeenth street
Maciie Moore, silver City, Ia.
Mabel Houston, SO1s sherman avenue
Dorothy Toileson. 4s4s North Thirty eighth
street, Omaha.
Mabel Baker, Lander, Wyo,
Corinne Allison Robertson, WILDER, Nep;
Elisabeth Wright, 1872 South Thirty-rtth
Marion Marion staples. 1913 South Thirty-first
Francis 4. Dotson. Pueblo. Colo.
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me?" said a sweet little fairy,
yes. indeed" said Sadie
So the fairy touched sadie with her wand
until she became real small
Now we shall go" she said As she
spoke a tiny carriage came up. drawn by
two little while ponies. They rode until they
came to a place where there were many
toys.
This is Toyland,' said the fairy. Come
and i will show you all the toys"
Then they went and looked at the toys.
Sadie was surprised to see them playing
around as IL they were alive. The fairy
told her they were having good times now
because when they were taken from Toy
land they could not play any more. Sadie
saw a nice little boat there and wanted TO
sail in It, So the fairy brought her to a
place where she could sail as much as she
pleased. She was just reaching over to
pick a water lily when the boat upset.
She woke up and found she had fallen
out Of the hammock where she was lying.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

I"N circus Of their own giving.
There were five prominent
performers among the Town
b6IHtiNI Boys, namely. Ted Peters, aero
- bat. Jimmy Cruthers. lion tanner;
Frank Hay, trapese performer: Johnny
Brion bareback equestrian, and Paul
Adams. rinEmaster
The Town Boys had not a tent. They
preferred a canvas wall. some five feet
high, stretched about the circus arena.
This idea was gotten from a wild west
show which had visited the town early I'm
the summer. And from that same wild
west show, the Town Boys had learned
many things. OF course. they had seen
many q circus. but no circus could hope
to attain the popularity with the boys
that the wild west show had enjoyed.
And so the Town Boys had seen fiS 10
Wall In their arena instead Of tenting il
over. And this saved them much time
and money. for a big tent is not to be
obtained for nothing. once these same
boys tried making circus tent. and they
had worked for month before one was
completed. And then II was found to be
20 small that the circus performers had
TO do their turns" out OF doors. And the
tent had no less than half. dozen old
SUetth AuohANeQ Nv the BOYS nOluefSl. a
dozen old "gunny'' sacks as many odd
bits of cloth OF one kind and another and
lastly worn strips OF carpet. All these had
been carefully sewed together with Irvine.
and shaped according TO intended use But
when the tent was duly erected on the
many poles IL was not one-half large enough
10 admit OF ring. and too low-even in the
very center-to admit az a trapeze OF 81
~ -
and canvas wall made from the same
sort OF materials that had comprised the
tent. was prepared. And Row much better
st was, too. 1t allowed OF trapeEe and
horseback performers.
The Boys advertised the coming crcu,
by distributing handprnted bills Davey
Jackson did the printing, for he coulc
letter as we'll as regular printing press
So thought the Boys. The hsndbuls wer,
SNOWY in color for DaVey possessed grea
Ingenuity. and used colored inks remnant,
OF house paint some water colors begzet
nom his artist sister, grape Juice and bee
Juice. with which TO print the bold lettcr'
setting forth the many attractions Of IN,
coming circus.
The Younger boys scattered these BIN
about the town, leaving one al every
dwelling house door. some were paste,
with gum against fences aud on the sides
n trees Thus was the circus heralde,
IN the proper fashion.
The day OF the great event arrived cleGl
and warm. 1t was the last Of July. an
the very best time fo' giving an open ali
performance. parade was given in a..
morning, the principal street being choser
a. the line OF march. First On the parade
came Johnny Brion. riding his fine littl'
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

BY George Coos, Aged II Years, Plain
view, Neb. Red Side.
The moon is very large though it looks
small TO us. Have you ever noticed the
moon? Next time there is a full moon look
at 1t good. The white spots are to repre-
sent land and where they are thickest It is
mountainous; and the clear places are
water. The sun reflects on the moon and
that makes 1t shine
The stars are its sisters, brothers neigh
bors, friends and enemies. The MiIky Way
Is the moons great grandson. l suppose
we are a moon or a sun to some other
earth. 1 do not know whether the moon is
inhabited or not. ! think you all have
seen the ecnpses OF the moon.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

sNITTLE PINK BLOSSOM sat on
the window sill Just outside the
stuffy apartment of a most dis
- agreeable. pevish old lady, Little
Ikl&N1lI Pink Blossom had been sent to
- the old lady by a granddaughter,
and was growing happily in a deep flower
pot fun of rich food. When / say food
for flowers | mean soil, OF course for from
the soil the tender plants get their nour-
ishment.
Well the day little Pink Blossom was
sent to the peevish. irritable old lady
Who by the way. might have been happier
and more contented had she found some
charitable employment to keep her idle
hands, brain and tongue busy-the dear mt
tie thing began to feel lonely. All day
she was allowed to sit on the window
Sill, even while the cold spring winds swept
round the corner of the house, And she
noticed the GOODNESS Of night. too. more
particularly as she as on the sill of a sec
ond-story window, which lifted her very
nigh above the ground, as, Of course, you
know.
But little Pink Blossom was of such a
happy disposition that she never COM
planned, even when trembling from chilli
ness. And she put up her face to the sun.
smiling at him, for he smiled so benigniy
on her nearly every day till noon. After
that time little Pink Blossom sat in shadow
ana then 1t was-on cool days-thst she
would have liked being inside the house in
stead OF outside it.. But, OF course, that
was only on cool days. On the warm days
she loved to reman in the open and breathe
INTO her leaves quantities Of good, healthy
fresh air.
But as the days went by little Pink
niossom was allowed to grow very thirsty
Indeed, two days at a time passed with:
out the peevish old lady giving her q
drink. And no dew or rain fell from
heaven-the very best beverage little PINK
Blossom could drink.
one day while suffering for water little
PINK Blossom was made happy by some.
one opening the window outside of which
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
(First Prise.)
Sunny Idaho.

BY Laiia Hinemeyer Aged Il Years, Twin
Falls, Idaho.
arrived at Twin Falls the 18th day OF
April. / came from Clarks Neb.. where
had lived for eleven years. -
Twin Falls is 6 nice city of 5000 popula-
ton. The first Sunday was here visl
tied the Blue lakes. which is three miles
from Twin Falls. I did not go clear down,
as It is two miles by the road. The bank
is 700 feet high aud the farms In the can
yon look like small Fairgrounds from the
top Of It.
expect 20 spend some Sunday at the
Blue lakes soon. l visited the Shoshone
falls last Sunday II IL the most beautiful
sight ever saw. They fall 2l2 feet. The
falls are in the Snake river, flowing over
solid bed OF rock.
walked down the foot path, which is
very steep and hard to climb. Once there
was an Indian that Jumped from the top
OF the bank and went over the falls. but
1t did not hurt him. l live five miles from
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Jean De Long. AinswOrth, Neb.
Irene Mccoy, Barnston, Neb.
Lillian Mervin, Beaver City, Neb
Mabel Witt, Bennington, Neb.
Anna Gottsch Bennington, Neb.
Minnie Gottsch, Bennington, Neb.
Agnes Dampke Benson Neb.
Marie Gallagher, Benkeman. Neb. CBox ~.
Ida May, Central City. Neb
Vera Cheney, Creighton. Neb.
Louis Hahn, David City. Neb.
Rhea Freidell, Dorchester, Neb
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb.
Eunice Bode Falls City, Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont, Neb.
Marion Caps Gibson, Nee. h,,-, Noh
Anna Yoss, 4O7 West Charles street Grand
Lydia Roth COS West KOenig street Grand
Ella Woss, 4G West Charles street. Grand
Irene Costello. ne West Eighth street.
Jessie Crawford, 40B West Charles street,
Grand Island Neb
Pauline Schultz, Deadwood, s. d;
Martha Murphy, 923 East Ninth street.
Grand lslaPi, Neb.
Hugh Rutt Leshara, Neb.
Hester r. Rutt, Leshaia, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Men
Anna Nelson, Lexington, Neb
Edytho Kreitz, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Alice GrassmsYer, 1545 G street, Lincoln.
Marian Hamilton, 12s l. street Lincoln lincoln
Irene Disher, 209o l. street, Lincoln.
Hughie Disher, 390 l. street, Lincoln.
Charlotte Boggs. 2a south Fifteenth street.
Mildred Jensen 7@ East Second street,
Fremont, Neb.
Helen Johnson. ss4 south Seventeenth
AIthea Myers, 224 North Sixteenth street.
Lincoln.
Louise stiles, Lyons Nep.
Esteile Mcdonald, Lyons, Neb.
Milton SEEKER, Nebraska City, Neb.
Harry Crawford, Nebraska city, Neb.
Harvey Crawford, Nebraska City, Neb.
Lucille Hazen, Norfolk, Neb.
Helen Reynolds, Norfolk, Neb.
Letha Larkin, South Sixth street, Nor
folk, Neb.
son avenue, Norfolk. Neb
GeneIieve NJ. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
william Davis, 221 West Third street
North Platte, keb.
Louise Raabe. 269 North Nineteenth ave-
nue.. Omaha.
Frances johnson, 9SS North Twonty-fifth
avenue, Omaha.
marguerite johnson. g33 North Twenty
fifth avAnue, Omaha
Emile Brown 1929 Boulevard, Omaha
Helen Goodrich, 4010 Nicholas street
MARY Brown. 2ses Boulevard, Omaha
Eva Hendse 4402 Dodge street. Omaha.
Lillian Writ, 4l5s Cass street, Omaha:
Lewis Poff, 315 Franklin street, Omaha.
Juanita lines, 276e Fort street, Omaha.
Bassett Ruff, 1914 Binnev street. Omaha.
Meyer Cohn, s46 Georgia avenue. Omaha
Helen Il, Douglas, 1881 G street, Lincoln
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
RULES FOR YOUNG WRITERS

paper only and number thu pages.
q. use Pen and ink, not pencil
.. Short ana pointed articles win
be given psofsxUnce. no not use over
AGO words.
4 Original sssStsa OF 1stAsrs only
VIII be used.
8. write your nAme, age ana al,
dress ~ the TOP % the Arst pagA
FIRST ana second prizes Of books
VIII be Riv1n Ter the best two con.
tributtons 70 thia page each week.
Address all oommrnicAtaong TO
CNxID8HN'g DEPAHT1kHMx,
Omaha Nee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
NV Little Pet Puppies.

BY Ronald Otis Wyckoff, ex- King. Aged IL
Years WILDER, Neb.
/ hae five little pet puppies. They are
about a month old and are small. When
you sit down any place they viii come and
bite with their little pearl teeth. Then one
viii get hold Of your shoestring and pull at
it. Another pup win come up 10 you and
try to get the shoestrinE too and it will
push the other one over. Then they get
into a scrap. They will even get hold of
big weed ana try to pull II out of the
ground
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

the falls and on a cloudy morning l can
see the vapor rise from them 1t looks
like large cloud On a nice clear morn
ing can hear the falls roar.
live seven miles from the Twin falls.
They fall 1877 feet. l expect to go there
some Sunday and spend the day.
certainly enjoy living in sunny Idaho.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
NSSSViiO EiiNc.(
Arapahoe Indians.

BY Blanche Twiss. Aged II Years, ShOshoni,
Wyo. Blue Side.
The Arapahoet Indians dress differently
from the white people. but they are learn
ing to dress more like them every day
Most OF them wear their hair long and in
two braids, enc on each side. The hair is
coarse and coal black. The men braid their
hair with a yellow or green ribbon braided
in IL. The squaws wear shawl with
which they hold the papooses on their
backs. Underneath the shawl is belt in
which they carry their knives, guns and
a tomahawk.
One day three sQuaws, with two pa
pooses, came to a little girls home and
asked for something to eat The little
girls mother fixed them up a nice lunch
and asked them to come in. One OF the
papooses name was Lucy Sroads. She
Yves about a year and a half old The
other was about four months old and had
not been named yet, so the little girl asked
her mother to see If they couldn't name
him. When the souaws were asked, they
said Yes" They named him Clyde Oscar
Rabbit Then the squaw showed them a
pair of small moccasins that were worth "a
cents SO she bought them for her doll.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

7 TITLE Tommy Peter-kin
Said he thought II was a sin
For boys to throw a baited hool
Into pretty running brook,
So that fishes swimming there
Might be caught thus by the snare.
He said the fishes should be told
That hook the bait did hold;
And that II they cared 10 bite
After that, they had the right!
But he did not know that they
Can't understand what people say.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
Dandelion.

BY Helen Winkelman, Aged Years, SIS
North Forty-third Street. Blue Side.
1 have a dear little yellow kitten named
Dandellon. She sleeps on my dolls cradle.
She plays with her mothers tail. When
play with her she likes to hide from me.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Of Idaho
OF
description
OF the
possibly
described and think II there
isn't something home that
would be other
OF
the about
Of them had much luck
shing? Theyh nave M
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

their for the queen ana KIN
ready to send with IN
waiting to have
letter telling what kind or soe
like send that with your vote
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
honorable Mention. }
Sadie's Dream.

BY Alice Davey, Davey, Eeb., Aged 10
Years. Blue Side.
Would You like to go to ToylAnd with
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

TILE PINK BLOSSOM sat on
the window sill Just outside the
stuffy apartment of a most dis
agreeable. pevish old lady. Little
Pink Blossom had been sent to
the old Indy hN a granddaughter.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

Of Twin Fails aho;
blanche Twiss OF shoshon of Neb
whose name on the
Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17

HE Town Boys had arranged fol
circus OF their own giving
There were five prominent
performers among the Town
Boys, namely. Ted Peters, aero
bat, Jimmy Cruthers. lion tanner
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24

1t was the servants day out. and
the young bride was doing her best to
hurry along the dinner she was trying
to cook. The husband. tired Of wait
ing. hustled into the kitchen and said
impatiently:
"You know, we'll be late for the the.
alter If you don't hurry dinner"
We'll" sighed the bride, II can't
tell what's the matter, but these cof.
fee grains simply won't boil soft. and
as for the eggs, they've been boiling
at least two hours, and they're still as
hard as ever"
But the dinner was concluded at
last, and then the young husband de.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24
Hairs Upon Horses Lips.

The fine hairs about the mouth of
the horse are organs of touch of ex-
treme delicacy. They serve to a GER
tain extent the same purpose as our
finger ends. the whiskers Of the cat or
the trunk of the elephant. Sensitive
ness Is due to specially developed end.
ings of nerves in the skin, which are
continually sending messages to the
brain. The lip hairs of the horse first
receive the stimulus, which is commu-
nicated to the end organs and so pass
es on to the brain. They come into
play when the horse samples new
article Of food. He first smells it and,
having so far satisfied himself. touch
es 1t delicately with those sensitive
hairs. The upper lip moves softly in
quick sympathy and confirms the opin-
lon suggested by the hairs. The
tongue judges finally as to the fitness
Of the food. When the horse wishes
to drink these hairs assure him that
the water is free from foreign matter
on the surface, for he drinks from the
surface only. They detect the smallest
particle Of dirt and guide him to the
purest place.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24
Reptiles That Walk Erect.

Lizards of several sorts can walk
and run easily on their hind legs. The
Australian water lizard. which is three
or four feet In length, keeps quite
erect when traversing long distances
Oh land. 1t is found in the neighbor-
hood Of river banks and passes much
of its time In shallow water,
The frilled lizard Of Queensland also
travels on its hind legs on level ground.
keeping the frill folded when running
When attacked 1t expands this fold of
skin. which stands out like ruff at
right angles round the neck. giving it
most formidable aspect. so that dogs
that attack and kill larger lizards will
often retreat before frilled lizard at
bay.
There is also tree lizard in Austria
lia that moves In similar way. All
these species walk on all fours when
merely moving about or going short
distances.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24
HANDCUFFS.
Various Devices That Have Been Used
In lettering Prisoners.


In vergil is TO be found the first re-
corded instance of the use Of hand
cuffs, for the poet tells us that Proteus
was thus fettered and rendered pow
erless by Aristaeus. who apparently
knew that even the gods themselves
were not proof against this form Of
persuasion.
In flc fourth century B. G. an army
af Vi ;oriUus Greeks found several
rllariols lull of handouts among the
baggage of the defeated Carthaginlans,
and it Is highly probable that the an
cient Egyptians had some contrivance
of the kind. The word is derived
from the Anglo Saxon "handcop,"
whence comes evidently the slang
term copper"
In earliest Saxon days "handcops''
were used for mobiles and "foot cops"
for kings, but in the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries the word is sup
planted by the terms shack bolt" and
swivel manacle." and the instruments
were as cumbersome as the names by
which they were known.
Up to the middle of the last century
there were two kinds of handcuff In
general use. One, known as the "flexi-
ble." was very like that which is
still used; the other kind. called the
figure eight" was used to restrain
violent prisoners. 1t was so fashioned
that the captive could not move his
hands and was universally dreaded.
for the pain caused by limb immov-
ably confined is almost unbearable
A simple but powerful device for Sc
curing prisoners was the "twister."
now abolished owing to the injuries
1t inflicted. 1t consisted of chain
with handles at each end The chain
was put around the wrists, and the
handles were brought together and
twisted until firm grip was obtained.
The least struggle on the part of the
captive and the chains bit deep into
his wrists. OF the same nature. but
made Of wire, is ia ligote," while in
an emergency whipcord has proved
perfectly satisfactory.
The handcuff used in some parts of
eastern Europe is most primitive. 1t
consists Of V shaped piece of metal,
in which the wrists are inserted. the
open ends being then drawn together
by means of a cross hook. which must
be kept taut the whole time. The
most handy form of cuff, which Is in
general use at present. comes from
America. 1t is lighter and much less
clumsy than the old flexible"
1t is no easy matter TO clap the
bracelets" on a person who is strug-
Cling violently. Inventors should turn
their attention to the subject, for much
remains to be done before the fighting
prisoner can be quickly and strongly
secured without harm to himself or
his captor.-London Globe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24

The great artists, like the great he
roes. have always done whatever came
to hand. Michelangelo grumbled and
said he was sculptor when julius
II. set him TO paint, but he paint
ed the roof of the Sistine chapel.
Shakespeare chafed at the popularity
of the fool in the drama of his time
and then produced the fool in Lear"
If either of them had waited for per-
feet conditions and an inspiration un-
trammeled by circumstances he would
have done nothing. They produced
best of things as they We're. And this
is the business of the artist In life
London Times.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-06-24

In his book on The Picturesque St.
Lawrence" Clifton johnson tells Of
:he curious superstition of Montreal
which explains why the wind Is al
ways blowing at the point where st.
Sulpice and Notre Dame streets meet
close by the towering cathedral
1t seems that one day. while the
church was in process Of building. the
Wind and the Devil were walking
down Notre Dame street. and the
Devil after regarding with a frown
of disapproval the graceful outlines OF
the new edifice rising before him ex-
claimed:
"What is this? | never saw 1t be-
fore"
"Very likely not" responded the
Wind, land dare you to go In there" "
"You dare me to do that. do you ?"
FRIED the Devil. with sneer well.
will go in if you will promise to wait
here until | come out"
Agreed" said the Wind.
So his satanic majesty went In. But
he has not come ont yet. and the Wind
Is still waiting for him at the corner.