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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12


ters. They lived In the country
far from a town or city and
three miles from a little vilase
AklES3ln Their father kept a garden and
- raised vegetables for the village
market. Their mother kept a COW and sorle
chickens and sold butter, cheese ana eggs
20 the Villagers. So between them. Papa
and Mamma Justin, parents Of the twins
Rosey and Posey, made quite a good llv-
ing
And often Rosey and Posey were sent to
the village on errands, when papa and
mamma We're too busy TO so themselves
In the garden-at the very farthest cor
ner from the house and cowbarn-thsre
stood a great. gaunt, hlack-cIad scarecrow.
Papa Justin had put him there to keep the
crows from his garden And when the
wind blew-as II always did in March and
April tthe months when Papa Justin was
planting seed)-the scarecrow's arms would
ny out Wildly ana hls head would
bob and bob in a most comical fashion.
And as Rosey and Posey went along tho
road past the garden they would laugh and
laugh at the old scarecrow, who was bob
bling about Hike a jumplng-jac
One very cloudy day Papa Justin called
20 Rosey and Posey: Daughters, you Will
la
want some for nay hotbcds. Thought
had plenty, but the mice got into the seed
tags and ate all the salad seed, So jumr
into your Jackets and hoods and so % ths
seodkeeper's shop In the village"
IAN right, papa" obcyed Rosey and
Posey, wen be off directly" And they
hurried into the house and put on their
thick shoes and jackets and hoods Then
their mother being told that they were
making the journey 20 the village. decided
70 send a basket OF eggs 20 the market
keeper.
so off the twins went laughing and
singing first one and then the other larry.
ing the basket OF eggs. They had then
landmarks beside the road, and Il3sey
would carry It to one point and then hand
Il 10 Poscy who would carry II TO the next
point And so they shared the burden
evenly.
After the little girls had finished theiI
business IN the village, and were stlrtia,
homewards. great drops OF rain began d
descend from the clouds. And the d9r-nes,
OF late afternoon thickened TN IL seemed
nisht would overtako them before thcy
could reach their home They hastour,
their footsteps, and we're soon well out %
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Pennies.

BY Margaret white Aged Il Years, 5i3
NJ St. Northwest, Washington,
d. c. Red Side.
divers father had bought him a new
savings bank 1t looked exactly like a
little school house and in it's roof there
was a narrow slit where pennies could
be dropped through. Already one Of these
bright, new coins lay on the bottom.
divers father had dropped 1t in when he
brought the bank home.
Day after day went by and strange to
say no other pennies found their way
into the bank. One night after the even
ing meal was finished his father picked
up the bank and shook It, Only the sin
gle shining penny ratified Oliver like lots
OF us girls and boys, was too fond OF
candy.
why, / thought there would be whole
lot more by this time" he said, in dis
appointed voice, as our fathers and moth
ers generally do. oliver felt very much
ashamed
AS he placed the bank back upon the
mantle, his father asked him why he
didn't give the pennies a chance?
What do you mean?" asked Oliver, a
little bit dazed.
Then his father told him something he
had never heard before. You see, pennies
like to work. They get tired Of being
pennies all the time. They just love tc
grow TO be something larger and better
In order to do this they must have the
help of girls and boys. There is no limit
to how big they can grow il only they
have this help. Is It not better TO help
the pennies grow than to exchange them
for candy? You'd be surprised to see
how fast they can grow.
THE best part is" said his father III
you help the pennies when you are little
boy they will help you when you get older
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
(Flrst Prize)
A Bird Story.

BY Gertrude Norris. Aged 8 Years, 70S Main
Avenue, McCook, Neb Red Side
once a bird was finding food for her
bubbles and some one hurt her little
girl saw her and put her in the tree with
her babies
The birds were robins.
1t was almost winter and time to fly
south again. The mother bird taught her
baby birds to fly, and then they went
south.
When they came back again one Of the
birds that was Just born lately fell from
the tree. When the mother bird came home
the other birds told her and she got it. 1t
did not hurt 1t very badly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

brought By the heayy clouds. All crows
and other birds are in their nests though
it Is only 5 O'Clock But-good- bye my
little ladies' say nothing OF this 70 any
one, for we're IL known that the fairies had
been good to me / would be watched. and
then 1 would become llfeless again. And
do love TO become animated every night,
for then / get little exercise"
Then the scarecrOw sat Rosey and Posey
on the ground. while he ran to his place
In the garden, and as the little girls went
on 20 the house they turned about TO see
him waving his long arms about his head.
And the rain had ceased and there was no
Wind.
And when Rosey looked for the umbrella
il was gone How strange" she said.
But fairies always do such strange
things"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Second Prize)
My Trip to Holt County,

BY Mary Eleanor Macdonald Aged 3
Years, Spencer, Neb. Blue Side.
My friend Agnes and | started with
Cousin Pat to Holt county for a two weeks
visit We stopped at a farm house and
stayed over night. They had some children
and We had lots of fun.
There was a platform and down below it
was some hay. We would roll, jump and
somersaut off II.
Next morning we started on our way
again. We crossed the Niobrara river
When we got to Holt county l cried be-
cause / was lonesome. When Agnes saw
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

Mabel shelfe't, 4Oli North Iwenty-nfth
Waiter Johnson, 2lo5 North Twentieth
Emma CarrTthers. 32l1 North Twcnty-nfth
street, Omaha.
Leonora Denison, The Albion, Tenth and
Pacific streets, Omaha.
Mae Hammond O'Neill, Neb.
Madge l.. Daniels. Ord. Neb.
lola Bcddeo, Orleans, Neb.
Agnes Richmond, Orleans. Neb.
Marie Fleming Osceola Neb.
Lotta Woods, Pawnee city, Neb.
Earl Perkins Reddington. Neb.
Edna Ennis Stanton, Neb.
Lena Peterson, 2211 Locust ST.. +. Omaha.
Ina Carney, sutton, Clay county. Nebraska.
Clara Miller, Utica, Neb.
Mildred Il. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
Alta Wilken, Waco, Neb
Leo Beckord Waco, Neb
Mae Grunke, West Point Neb
Elsie Stasnay, WILDER, Neb.
Frederick Ware, Winside, Neh,
Pauline Parks, York Neb.
Edna Benling, York, Ncb.
Mary Frederick, York, Neb.
Carrie b Bartlett, Fontanelle, la.
Irene Reynolds, Little Sioux, la.
Ethel Mulholland, Box II, Malvern, la.
Eleanor Mellor. Malvern, la.
katherine Mellor, Malvern, Ia
Ruth Robertson. Manila, la
Bertha McEvoy, r. f. d. 3, Box %, Mis-
Henry L. Workinger, 2o52 w. Huron street,
Adlena Sorry. Monarch. wyo., Box 49,
Fred Sorry, Monarch, WyO.
Pearl Barron, Monarch, Wyo.
John Barron Monarch, Wyo
Edith Amend Sheridan. Wyo.
Pauline Squire, Grand, Ok.
Fred Shelley $50 Troup street, Kansas
City, Mo.
Mary Mcintosh, Sidney. Neb
Nellie Diedrick. sidney, Neb.
Eunice Wright, jS2 North Logan street,
Fremont, Neb.
Carol Simpson, WILDER. Neb
Phyllis Haag, 632 West SeV enteenth street,
York, Neb.
Macle Moore, silver City, la.
Mabel Houston, S0lS Sherman avenue,
Omaha.
Dorothy roleson, 4346 North Thirty eighth
street, Omaha.
Mabel Baker, Lander, Wyo
Corinne Allison Robertson, WILDER Neb
Elizabeth Wright. 1922 South Thirty-fifth
Marion staples, 1913 South Thlrty-first
Francis a. Dotson, Pueblo, Colo.
Phyllis Corbett, Sidney, Neb.
Edward BeckaTd. Waco, Neb.
Ellen Peterson, Fifty-first and C. streets,
South Omaha.
Harry Reutlng l2s East First street, Grand
jeanette Mcbride, Elgin, Neb.
Elizabeth Wright 1922 South Thirty-fifth
Esniee Wright, 5a2 North Logan street.
Sadie Finch, 2Ol5 Fourth avenue, Kearney,
Neb
Minnie schlchting Cedar Bluffs. Neb.
Fay Calhoun, Elm Creek, Neb.
Nellie l.. Olson, Vail, la.
Il. Weiss, care Miller 196 East Third
street New York City.
Edith Matthews, 20S2 Ohio street. Omaha.
Madelyn Schumacher East Dubuque, III.
Carol Atkinson, $40 West one Hundred
and Twenty-third street. New York City
Margaret Holland David City Neb.
Mildred Whitehead Mitchell, Neb
Esther McNeal Wayne, Neb,
Katie Wendt, g0S North seventeenth street
Omaha.
Helen Bartos 22l4 South Fourteenth street
Christina stephan, COLI South Central
Boulevard.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Springtime.

Mary Shulz, Aged ~ Years. 1927 South
Thirteenth Street, Omaha, Neb.
Springtime is the name Of beautiful
fairy. who visits us only once a year She
is a beautiful loving creature, and I am
sure beloved by all. Her footsteps are Of
magic; everywhere she steps flowers grass
and happiness spring up.
Many Of her companions are the birds,
bees. butterflies and other pretty cRatures.
She is now on her Journey to visit us
again. / hope all boys and girls will gladly
welcome her,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Boating.

BY Carol Atkinson, Aged II Years; il9
West one Hundred TWenty-third Street.
New York City Blue Side.
Two summers ago / went with my mother
10 a little town In the Adirondack noun
talns. Al that time / had craving Tor
boating.
OF the twenty boys in the village two be-
sides myself came from the same city,
The thing that attracted me most was
a small lake near the town. One OF the
boys owned a rowboat There WAS no other
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

When you help the pennies you are really
helping yourself"
When his father finished talking he said 4:
I'm going to start to help them right off "
lie really did and it didn't seem any time
before the bank was almost fun and, OH
what a proud boy he was.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

Jean De Long. Ainsworth Neb
Irene Mccoy, Barnston. Neb.
Lillian Mervin Beaver City, Neb.
Mabel Witt Bennington, Neb.
Anna GottsCh Bennington. Ncb.
Mimic Gottsch. Bennington. Neb
Agnes Dampke, Benson, Neb.
Mario Gallaghe-, Benkleman. Neb. (Box l2l
Ida May, Central City. Neb.
Vera Cheney, Creighton. Neb.
Louis Hahn, David City. Neb.
Rhea Freidol. Dorchester, Neb.
Aleda Bennett, Elgin, Neb
Eunice Bode. Falls CITY. Neb.
Ethel Reed, Fremont, Neb.
Hulda Lundburg, Fremont, Neb
Marion Cnpps Gibson, NcD.
Marguerite Bartholomew, Gothenburg Neb.
Anna Noss, 4O1 West Charles street. Grand
Island Neb.
Lydia Roth, sos West Koenig street, Grand
Ella Voss, l0i West Charles street, Grand
Island Neb.
Irene Costello, ll5 West Eighth street,
Jessie Crawford, 406 West Charles street,
Grand Island Neb.
Pauline Schultz, Deadwood, 5. D.
Martina Murphy, 523 East Ninth street,
Grand Island, Neb
Hugh Rutt. Leshara. Neb
Hester f. Rutt Leshara, Neb.
Alice Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Ruth Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Anna Nelson, Lexington, Neb.
Edythe kreitz, Lexington, Neb.
Marjorie Temple, Lexington, Neb.
Marian Hamilton. 2029 l. street, Lincoln.
Elsie Hamilton, 1929 1. street, Lincoln.
Irene Disher, 2O30 l. street, Lincoln.
hughie Disher, 203O l. street, Lincoln.
Charlotte Boggs, ~ South Fifteenth street.
Lincoln.
Mildred Jensen, 7OS East second street,
Helen Johnson, soa South Seventeenth
street, Lincoln.
Aitnea Myers. pa North Sixteenth street,
Lincoln.
otusa ZsiI,o yons
Estelle Mcdonald Lyons, Neb.
Milton Seller, Nebraska Cit, Neb.
harry Crawford, Nebress.G City, Neb.
Lucille dazen, Norroik, Neb.
Letha Larkln, south SIKH street, Norfolk,
Emma Marquardt, Fifth street and Madi-
son avenue, Norfolk, Neb.
Genevieve M. Jones, North Loup, Neb.
William Davis, 23l West Third street North
Louise Raabc. 26Oo North Nineteenth avenue.
omaha.
FRANCES johnson, sa3 North Twenty fifth
Marguerite Johnson 9S3 North Twenty
tttn avenue, Omaha.
Emile Brown, a322 Boulevard, Omaha.
Helen Goodrich, iOlO Nicholas street,
Mary Brown. 1872 South Central boulevard,
Omaha.
Eva IIendee, llO2 Dodge street, Omaha
Lillian Writ, Abs Cass street, Omaha
Lewis PQtr. 3li5 Franklin street, Omaha.
Juanita lnnes, 2l69 Fort street, Omaha,
Bassett huf, lSl4 Binney street. Omaha
Meyer Cohn S4B Georgia avenue, Omaha.
Helen Il, Douglas, 1881 q street, Lincoln.
Ada Morris, 3l24 Franklin street, Omaha
Myrtle Jensen, 29O9 lizard street, Omaha.
Ulrin Fisher, 1910 5. Eleventh St, Oms4a
Mudred Erickson, 200 Howard 81 Omaha
oscar Ericsson, 2tJJ Howard St, Omaha
Gall Howard, 4t22 capitol avenue, Omaha.
Helen Houck' 1888 Lothrop street, Omaha
Emerson Goodrich, 40l0 Nicholas, Omaha.
Maurice Johnson, 1927 Locust St, Omaha
Leon Carson, 1924 North Fortieth, Omaha
Wilma Howard, 41a2 Capitol avenue, Omaha
lillian Fisher 1910 south Eleventh. Omaha
Mildred Jensen, 2iO7 Leavenworth, Omaha
Edna Hedon, 21S9 Chicago street, Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

me crying she said: Now, Eleanor, there
is no use in crying for we are twenty
three miles from home" Then she cried,
We stayed only one week.
Pats mother was so kind and felt so
sorry for us because we we're homesick.
Pat is very funny, because he is Irish.
on our way home Pat stopped to trade
mules with everybody we met, when he
knew we were anxious to get home When
got home did not want to go to Holt
county again soon,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

II bAAC eAAAhb gOh nave poAhNCu bhb
to me
Is not a last years birds nest!
Lets fly cross that way and take
peep.
We may find it is just to our
taste;
And if so we'll certainly move
right in
Not a single hour will we
waste,
So into that last years nest they
moved,
And we're sheltered from wind
and cold;
They we're just as snug as bugs in
a rug,
Or as dear little lambs in a fold.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

EvERAL Of which
publication They interesting
stories, them would that several other stories
L crowded out
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possible
his will its full value.
which
OF
included the writer
interest in the mother bird
careo Of the
which she
Blue side.
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12

Honesty Counts.
BY Gladys Cerny, WILDER. Neh.
In far away country there lived a man
whose name was Becka. Becka was a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Finding a Home

TWO spsrrows sat on leafless limb;
The weather bleak and cold;
n And the poor little things did SILVER and S
They we're not very big nor old.
One said to the other in little chirps:
oh, wouldn't a warm nest be
The snuggest thing in all the world?--
nest that would hold you and me?"
Yes yes" the second sparrow replied,
"A nest made of feathers and hay!
But-ssy, what is that so round and dark
That thing in the tree cross the way?"
Then bird number one turned about to look
And gaily chirruped IN be blest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-03-12
Rosey and Posey and the Scarecrow

)SEY and Posey were twin sis
ters, They lived In the country,
far from a town or city. and
three miles from a little villase.
Their father kept a garden and
rnisod NeEotahles Tor the Ailln Ia
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
MYSTERIOUS TREFTS SOLVED.
Arrests Clear Up Fort Smith Robber-
 ies Covering Six Years.


 Fort Smith.-With the arrest of James Brennan. an emploYe Of the Speed Hardware Company. the police believe they have uncovered a series of robberies covering six years at the hardware companys place. For years the company has been missing quan- titles of hardware shotguns, revol- vers, razors. cutlery. porcelainware bath tubs. kitchen utensils and table. ware have mysteriously disappeared
 Brennan. who had been employed by the company for nine years. is said to have confessed, duplicating several other employees of the firm The police arrested Charles Simmons and they say he confessed that he disposed of the loot The goods were found in pawn shops, secondhand stores and saloons. From one bar tender the police secured nine r.volv. CTS. It is charged by the detectives that one man completely furnished a two-story house with stolen loot from the hardware company
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30

assigned HOO years the period of race, after which 1t must be succeeded by another
 The various activities of man, according to frotessor Petrie, are related in the same order Ill each successive period This can be best traced In the mediaeval and classical periods where the stages of sculpture painting. utera- tufe' music, mechanics. science and wealth spread over some seven centuries. These stages were nearer together in earlier ages but the or. der was always the same so far as can be traced
 The starting point of each cvilization-as of each generaton-is mixture of blood With out fusion of race fresh start can be made About six or eight centuries are needed for the rise 10 the sculpture stage. The growth of ciyi hzatlon largely consists In a engthening ont of the subsequent stages of activity, and diminu- uen or the stagnant period before new mix tufe IS started The period seems to belong to the people and not to the country and ia kent by the people when they go to land of diff. ferent phase.
 Though no doubt. climatic periods have precipitating effect in throwing one people on to another. yet the general regularity of interval or the stages of growth of civilization point to a racial determinant This may be the time re quired to promote the maximum mixture of diff ferent strains In two races which are in con. tact.-London Globe
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30

partners are necessary round out the full meas uFe or the entertainment
 very nearly as old the Fourth of July itself ih holiday sense is the custom in the average smaller city, town village of making the aft efhoon or Independence Day the occasion of a
 "Ie meet and athletic carnival. Perhaps this is heiu on the main street of the town if there is no track available. but if there is a fair ground or regular race track in the vicinity that is the mecca Tor the crowds. Some years ago the prime feature or every such meet was found in the ia'ihs hose-laylng and ladder contests of the Narloas volunteer fire companies from all the towns in the vicinity of the one where the
 tournament was held. Lattery as horse urawn hre-hghting apparatus has come into more general use and the motor hose wagons nave been purchased by many of the smaller ciues, the number of volunteer fre-fghting or. ganizations have dwindled somewhat but there are still number in existence and there is noth.
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
MAY CALL OUT
 STATE MILITIA
GOVERNOR HOOPER THREATENS TO USE DRASTIC METHOD OF
 CLOSING SALOONS.
He Says the Prohibition Laws VIII Be Enforced in Both Nashville
 and Memphis.

Nashville, Tenn-The prohibition law in Tennessee may soon De en- forced by the aid of the bayonet and musket, according to Governor Hoop CT, who was elected on a fusion tick ct and prohibition platform. succeed ing Governor Patterson, who had ve- toed the anti-liquo: laws subsequently passed over his head The prGhibi. tion law will be enforced in Nashville and Memphis after the present leg. islature adjourns. The militia will be called on if necessary to force state and county officials to comply with their oaths. taken on accepting ci- flee" declares Governor Hooper.
 The governor admits that there a.a many saloons operating in open de. fiance of the Tennessee law in Nash vile, and that recently more than | thousand saloon men have been charged with doing business in Men,- phis. It is generally conceded taat there is no chance for the present legislature to modify the prohibit law. and the liquor interests are said to be worried over what may hapren when the solons adjourn
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
HE FATE OF EMPIRES


The meaning of life has in all ages been the goal or human thought and the great extension or our Knowledge of the past by the researches or recent years, enables us now to view the course Of human changes with more complete ness than has been the before In place of looking on the fall of the Roman empire as a monstrous and nexplicable fact we now see that civilization is not only intermittent but is a reg ularly recurrent phenomenon"
 This was the theory propounded by Prof FIin. ders Petre in a lecture delivered at the Rova; Institution on The Revolutions of Civilization"
 In Egypt said the lecturer We can trace eight civilizations; the first prehistoric; the second prehistoric, the early dynaste. the pyramid build CTS. the middle kingdom (XIIth dynasty) the Elm pire CHVlllth dynasty), the Greek and the Arab The rise and fall of art in each of these periods can be well illustrated Similar periods are found in Europe, the early. middle and late Gre tan, the classical and the medaeval These De riods are contemporary with those of Egypt so far as We can ascertain. Hence the Medterra. mean civilization seems a distinct unit rising and falling together body The Mesopo- tamian civilization is in different phase 10 that of the Mediterranean but its period Is about the same.
 A similar period of about l500 years has oc- cured In India and Mexico. The Etruscan sages
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
May Appeal Union Pacific Meroer.

Washington.-Whether the govern ment will appeal from its defeat in the Union Pacific merger case will not be decided until Attorney General Wickersham has studied in detail the decision of the court and also that of Judge Hook. who dissented in ia vor of the government. In view of the fact that the decision against the government was not unanimous. an appeal seems likely.
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30

tennis tournaments held on hundreds or
 courts all over the country on this midsummer
 holiday and "sociabiity runs" by automobile
 clubs have added yet another event to those on the calendar for this pre-eminent holiday
 The very warmth of the weather encountered by the greater part of the country the average Fourth of July has always rendered popular aquatic festivals and carnivals Yachting con- tests, rowing and power boat competitions. swim ming and canoe races and other sports the ter have compensatons for the participants and regale the spectators ranged in the shade along shore. In this field there many mirth proyok ing contests productive of fun the ones above mentioned. Log rolling contests. water polo water football, tlting contests in which the op- ponents, armed with lanees. stand up in canoes and walking the greased pole the water, are a few of the tests of skill in which the price of tators.
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
Senator Lea Suffers Relapse

Knoxville, Tenn.-A special dis patch from Washington. D. C., says Senator Luke Lea, who last week sub mitted to a blood transfusion opera- ton to save his wife's life, has had a relapse. Senator Lea has returned to the hospital, and. though not regard ed as dangerously i'll, his physicians are of the opinion that he should not return to work until he has fully re gained his strength. He has been attending and participating in the sessions of the Lorimer investigation committee for several days.
The Forrest City times., 1911-06-30
Say Gompers Will Not Unbend

Washington.-It is reported here that Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor, will not apologize to the supreme court Of the District of Columbia when he appears in company with Secretary Frank Morrison and Vice President John Mitchell July r to show cause why they should not be held in con tempt.