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Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-02
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

through patient and careful methods Of
that the average human
being uses about 10 per cent of the brain
power with which he Is endowed by
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-02
By Stella Flores
The AMUSING Adventuros. Of Shy Young Man
9-He Finds That the Green Eyed Monster Is No Myth
CopyTiEht, 1914 BY Intern national
News Service.

The Cupid his
svories He chucksd eontentedy
passing bird The blare a
made jump wildly safety
the machine Bob such
breaneek speed clearly
Omaha daily bee., 1914-06-02
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

There's safety in Numbers.
Dear Miss Fairfax; We are q couple
OF young women working together in an
office and every day a young man comes
In and spends a good share OF the day
here Thia young man 10 tall ana light
with a very lovable disposition, and we
are both very fond OF him, lie IL very
attentive TO both OF us, but We cannot
endure Il any longer. Each OF us wants
to know which one he prefers. Wnat
As Ions as this young man continues
70 be attentive to both OF you ne Is com
nittIng himself 10 neither. Perhaps he
realizes this and is avoiding complica-
tions until he has made up his mind.
Perhaps he Is merely flirting. and enjoys
the evident admiration OF two girls. Try
indifference and see whose good graces
he makes the greater effort to regain.
Don't Marry Him.
Dear Miss Fairfax; am a girl OF
eighteen, but I am much oldor In my
Wsys I have promised to marry a man
OF seventy four years whom care for.
and | am sure he loves me. He also has
plenty Of money. My parents object 10
his age. Kindly advise me soon. uN-
CERTAIN FLORA.
Don't do H. Just stop to think that
this man is four times your age, old
enough to be your granfather. How can
you have any thoughts or feelings In
comment Life is beginning for you and
ending for him-don't try to link your
lives,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

Since, however the moon Is always near
the "eeleptic," the line which Joins the
norns Is nearly always at right angles
TO the "ecleptic." Since this anela
changes. so the position of the line which
reaches to the horizon varies. With re-
gard TO the moon more than half fun,
these changes are not noticeable. With
new or crescent moon, however, Il is per-
rectly plain and attracts attention.
the line which joins the horns cannoa
be ever actually upright when the sun is
below the horizon, for line must always
be square to the great circle which passes
through the sun and moon. When, there
fore, the moon is above the horizon and
the sun is below. this great circle Is in-
cIned to the horizon and a line perpen.
dicular 70 ii is eorrespondingly inclined
from the Verticle. The same explanation
nts the waning crescent Of the old moon
Detore sunrise soon after Spring begins.
when the horns are turned In the OPPOSITE
direction
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27
Why the Moons Horns Have Nothing to Do with the Weather

TVHEHE is firmly ingrained supersti-
ton which connects the rainfall
with the moons cusps. Many peo-
pie believe that on the position of the cres-
cent moon changes Of the weather depend
and can be easily foretold
Professor A. X. Bartlett, the noted
astronomer, has called attention both to
the superstition and to the phenomena He
says that at the time Of the new moon the
eusps. or horns, OF the crescent sometimes
lie in line which is nearly perpendicular
with the horizon and at other times IN a
line nearly parallel with the horizon. In
the former instances the moon Is common
Iy described as a wet moon, and In the
latter as dry moon. Owing to the chang
Ing position OF the crescent. seen In the
western sky after sunset. such expressions
as III the moon lies 50 the water cannot
run out we will have a draught" are 10 be
heard. Or "A wet moon is one upon Which
the hunter can hang his powder horn"
Copyright 1914. by the Star compan
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

Yet 1t is fact which everybody VINO
vent to school should know, that the cres-
cent moon always appears upon fits back
in the Spring and upon its end in the
Autumn. These positions occur regularly
every year. rain or dry. A little thought
makes this plain even to a boy
The change OF direction In the moons
horns is caused by the altered position Of
the moon when she is at the new. II has
relation to the sun and the earth and de-
Ponds upon the difference In the declina-
ton OF the sun and the moon. II the moon
Is farther north than the sun soon after It
Is new" the sunlight strikes upon her and
she appears with her horns upturned
II the moon Is farther south, the light
reaches around her disc to the northward
and her horns are nearly Verticle. as II
the crescent moon rested upon one of
them.
You see the moon in varying positions
In the sky. At frst sight there appears to
Great Britain E;EN.- Reserved.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

be no definite relation between her posi-.
tion and the position OF her cusps or
horns. In fine, this feature OF her aspect
seems so changeful and eapricious that It
has been regarded as a weather gauge.
In reality there Is a simple connection
always present The line which Joins
them Is always at right angles, or perpen-
dicular TO line drawn from the sun TO
the moon, so that the horns are forever
turned directly away from the sun
The precise position In which they will
stand at any time ms, consequently, easily
foretold, and has as much 10 do with the
weather as mud with milk. The logic in
supeKtitions is the same as the logic In
patent medicines and ignorance generally.
Sailors consider the appearance OF the
new moon In November as an unfailing
sign OF weather" Farmers also preTict
a mild or severe Winter from Il. II the
moon, they say, comes standing up there
will be a pleasant Winter "Stand up
moon, lay down farmer"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27
London, Dec. IS.

90 $500 : London, Dec. 1S.
T HE Belgian authorities at Antwerp
have buried the most precious Of
- their art treasures secretly and Sc
curely beneath the River Scheldt in order
that the German invaders may not lay
hands on them.
Alarmed by the loss of pictures and
precious objects at Liege, Louvain and
other cities, the Belgians determined to
take effective precautions to prevent an
even greater calamity at Antwerp.
It is estimated that the art treasures OF
Antwerp are worth $1,000, 100000. 1t need
hardly be added that to preserve them for
unhappy and ruined Belgium is really
great national service.
Photographs have already been published
showing the Belgians removing Rubens's
Descent from the Cross" and other famous
masterpieces from the Cathedral of Ant
werp. But it was not known what had
been done with them.
They were placed on trucks specially
constructed for this purpose and carried
away to the military headquarters, where
they disappeared behind closed doors.
"The Descent from the Cross is the chief
Of the series of colossal works by Rubens
That decorated the Cathedral. This work,
withits wonderful representation of human
figures, its pathos and its tragedy, is by
many considered the greatest picture ever
painted.
thrill went through the world at the
thought that this great picture might be
destroyed by bombs dropped from an aero
plane or shot to pieces by bullets or even
taken away from the country where it
had been since it's authors lifetime.
1t is now known how "The Descent from
the Cross and the other pictures were
safeguarded Inside the military head
quarters they were removed from their
'rames and rolled up, at the same time
icing carefully preserved from injury and
tracking by quantities of burlap and soft
packing. Each roll was then inserted in
heavy watertight metal container and
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27
HolO Millions of Dollars
Worth of Art Treasures
Haze Beer, Securely and
Secretly Sunk Beneath the
Waters of the War Torn
Little Kingdom to SaUe
Them from the Germans

schools are represented in large numbers
Great anxiety and uncertainty are fell
concerning the fate Of other masterpieces
of early art that were in the Belgium cities
now in the hands of the Germans. Brus
sells, Client and Bruges, which possess the
chief art treasures after Antwerp, are, of
course, in the power of the Germans. In
some cases It is known that pictures have
been destroyed; in other cases there Is
reason to believe that they have been
taken to Germany, but in the great major.
ity of instances complete uncertainty pre-
walls.
The most admirable works of the
Flemish school in the opinion OF many
critics are those of the Brothers Hubert
and Jan Van Eyck. who lived in the four
teenth century, at the dawn of the painting
art. Their most beautiful work is the
triptych called "The Alteration Of the
Lamb" which has long been an ornament
of the great church of st. Bavon, at Client.
1t is reported that this work already
reposes in the Berlin Museum under the
care Of the celebrated DR.. Bode, who once
bought the alleged bust Of Flora"
The fate of the wonderful series OF paint
ings by Hans Memling in the Hospital of
st. John, at Bruges, is also in doubt
At Louvain many famous old masters
were undoubtedly destroyed by bullets and
fire. Among them was the triptych by
Dierck Bouts, representing "The Martyr
dom Of St. Erasmus"
Bouts was the great early artist at Lou.
vain as Memling was at Bruges
The finest work of Bouts is said to have
been hts Last Supper" This was
originally the centre Of large altarpiece,
of which only this part was in the Church
OF st. Pierre at Louvain. The wings were
separated from 1t many years ago, and in
recent years they became the property of
the museum at Berlin, in which the Kaiser
takes SO great an interest. q
Shortly after the sack of Louvain by
the Germans it was stated positively that
this centrepiece had been destroyed. but
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

church plate, AMONG them a chalIce and
monstrances OF the Twelfth and Four
teenth centuries vessels and ornaments
used at the coronations OF different kings
OF France and the sainte Ampoule. The
last is the successor Of the Ampulla Re.
mensis, which dove is said to have
brought from heaven. With the holy oil
which this flask contained all the kings OF
France were anointed down to Louis XIV.
The Antwerp authorities knew OF these
many catastrophes before their city was
attacked, and, taking warning in time, they
hid their treasures effectively under the
river. There is little doubt that Belgian
municipal officers in other cities also saved
many Of their most precious possessions
by hiding them, but in the state OF chaos
and ruin that prevails 1t is impossible TO
know just what has happened. For years,
perhaps for centuries to come. the patient
deliver will unearth hidden art treasures
from the soil and the rivers OF Belgium.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

a most disgusting odors are rising
and envelopins everything"
Elsewhere in the path of the battling
armies irretrievable damage has been
done TO priceless art treasures. It is now
realized that much OF this might have
been avoided, II the authorities had hid
den the various objects.
There is another Descent from the
Cross" by Rubens. at Arras, and this is
said to have been destroyed by shell fire.
Another work that suffered there was
Van Dyck's "Christ in the Tomb"
Many art works in the Cathedral at
Rheims were damaged or destroyed.
Among the pictures thought to have been
lost are Nativity" by Tlntoretto; Christ
Appearing to Mary Magdalen," by Titan;
Christ and Angels" by Zucchero, and the
'Cructnxion," by German.
The treasury Of the Cathedral contained
many costly reliquaries and priceless
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27


Until they return to Antwerp these ART
treasures must be lost to the world. For
the Germans TO hunt for them In the
muddy bottom of the scheldt would be
worse than looking for needle IN nay
stack They can only be found with the
aid of the charts made by the Belgians.
II the Belgians never regain their city,
il seems probable that these works VIII be
permanently lost They may become one
of the mysteries of history. like the ira
ditional burial place Of Alraic the Goth.
Many works of less value we're removed
to London, and it is probable that most of
these win come to our market. Negotia-
tions for their sale have already been
opened with some American collectors.
Antwerp was the birthplace and the
home of the greatest masters OF the old
Flemish school. In its museums and gal
leries are many works OF Quintin Matsys,
RogieI Van der Weyden. Bernard Van
orley, Anthony Van Dyek, David Teniers
and Jacob Jordaens. Besides these F1em-
ISL masters, the Dutch, Italian and other
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27
sealed up.

sealed up. .,r
The rolls were then
dropped from q steam
boat in various parts
of the broad and deep
River Scheldt. The
position of each roll
was taken by exact
mathematical measure
ments of various OBJ
jects on shore.
The reasons for
keeping the final dis
position OF the pictures
secret are obvious.
Only the highest Of
icers of the Belgian
army know where the
objects are hidden.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

beAglanS carrying hOlle0 up Ol0
Master to the Place Where II Is
Put Into the Metal Tube That
Protects II During Its Secret Sub
mersiOn.
a correspondent now declares that Il has
rejoined the wings in the museum at
Berlin.
Describing the destruction Of the art
treasures of Louvain, Professor q. ellison,
OF the University of Louvain, who has now
come to London, writes:
an the centre stand the walls Of
st. Peter, now a grinning silhouette,
" roof and belfry gone, the walls black
ened and caved in. In front stands
the Hotel de VILE, dominating every
thing and almost intact. Further on,
the remains of Les Halles, entirely de-
stroyed. except for the arcade of big pill
lars of the Sale des Pas Perdus. The
library and its treasures are entirely
gone.
Entering st. Peters by the Rue de
Malines 1 find what was the big bell
among the ruins. The vaults are for the
most part caved in; there is a continuous
stream Of stones falling, so that we could
not enter It without danger. Everything
is burned. If the paintings by Bouts and
van der Weyden have not been saved in
time they must have persisted. The jubilee
in the choir Is standing.
Il walk all over the open space where
the city used to stand. At the Sept Coins
everything is lying on the ground. The
Rue des Ecumeurs is burned; to the right
the Audience is burned. the upper part OF
the Rue du Canal Is burned. including the
house Of the dean and the students house.
The Rue de Diest up TO st. Peters Is a
heap OF ruins. bricks, scrap iron and
charred beams. No trace Of sidewalk is
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

Rubens'
descent
from the
Cross"
Being
Prepared
for It's
Journey
Through
the Streets of
Antwerp.
This
Famous
Painting
Is Now
Resting
in a
Metal Tube
Somewhere
Under the
Scheldt.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-27

Copyright 1914. BY tho Star c0mpan,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
PRECEDENT HAD BEEN SET
Youthful Logician Could Not See
Why He Should Not Follow His
Fathers Course.

Who can tell the working of chill
dren's minds, OF how. all unwillingly.
we may make ourselves appear un-
Just in our dealings toward them?
This was brought home to Mr.. Hee-
wit the other day as he took his young
hopeful, aged six, for constitutional.
the youngster was evidently thinking
hard, for he was silent-which was
unusual.
Daddy" he said, looking up sudden
ly, Il think ! want to get married!"
do you, my son?' And who to,
may ask?" answered the proud par
ent, looking at him.
u want to marry granny"
do you, indeed? And do you think
I would let you marry my mother
ehr'
We'll, why shouldn't II" retorted
the tender logician. "You married
mine. didn't you!"-Dallas News.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
skunk, Yleld sa,ooo,ooo . Ye,r.

The skunk brings annually to the
trappers Of the United States about
three million dollars. It stands sec
ond in Importance only to the musk
rat among our fur-bearing animals.
The value Of q skunk In the raw
for market averaged from about TWEEN.
ty-five cents to $3.50 in December.
1918, and usually runs higher.
In 1911 100000 skins were export
ed to London alone. Although this
fur is not very popular in America.
Europeans favor 1t. because It wears
well and has luster which makes II
rival the Russian sable in appearance.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
Getting Double Value.

Senator Sniffensnuff likes to get dou-
BILE value out of his cigar. After snip
ping of the pointed end he generally
inserts two-thirds Of the weed into his
mouth and munches it until all but
the lighted end looks like salad.
One afternoon while Sniffensnuff
was sitting in front of his hotel a
small boy tugged at the corner of his
coat.
What is 1t, song" asked the sena-
tor, good-naturedly.
Pointing with a small, brown finger,
the lad replied:
III you please, sir, your chew is 60
ing out."-Youngstown Telegram.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

ANOu 1AO UOoAA0 IVA f'SAO OulA0yp Suok
the money is being spent for objects
of;which they approve. and that 1t is
being applied with good business
sense and management.
Governments grow, piecemeal, both
in their tasks and in the means by
which those tasks are to be per-
formed. and very few governments are
organized. / venture to say, as wise
and experienced business men would
organize them If they had clean
sheet Of paper to write upon. Certain.
ly the government Of the United
States is not. think that it is gen.
orally agreed that there should be
systematic reorganization and reas.
sembling of its parts 80 as to secure
greater efficiency and effect consider.
able savings in expense. But the
amount Of money saved in that way
would. believe. though no doubt
considerable in itself. running. 1t may
be. into the millions. be relatively
small-small, mean, in proportion to
the total necessary outlays Of the
government. It would be thoroughly
worth effecting, as every saving would
great or small.
Our duty is not altered by the scale
Of the savings. But my point is that
the people of the United States do
not wish to curtail the activities Of
this government; they wish, rather,
to enlarge them; and with every en-.
'aryement with the mere growth, in.
deed. Of the country Itself. there must
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
The Mexlcan states,

Mexico consists of 50 states and tor
ritories and Is politically q federated
republic, it's constitution being pat.
termed after that Of the United States
Of America. The population Of the
country In 1900 was 13.e97.00O. On
account of the strenuous life Of Mexico
for several years past It 10 likely that
its present population is not much IL
excess Of that Of II years ago.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
Somewhat chanoed.

Somewhat Changed.
A co1ored man called at Mrs. Bax-
ley's, looking for work. s'5.r-
What is your name?" she asked,
after hiring him.
"Mah name is Poe, ma am" was the
answer.
Poet" she exclaimed. perhaps
some Of your family worked for Ed
gar Allan Poe; did they?"
The coloredi man opened; his, eyes
wide with amazement.
"Why-why, ma'am," he said as he
pointed dusky finger at himself,
why, All am Edgah Allan Poet"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

The longer the days the shorter the
nights. but many a man shortens his
days by frightening his nights.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

1t is hard for woman to hold her
husbands love when she can't even
hold her tongue.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

Many candidate who imagines the
eyes of the whole world are upon him
isn't even known outside Of his; own
precinct.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11
Modern Dancers

Modern Dangers.
Hitch your wagon to q star"
"Then some aviator will run you
down."
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

our ancient principles of action.
Ready for Defense.
From the first we have had a clear
and settled policy with regard to
military establishments. We never
have had, and while we retain our
present principles and ideals we never
shall have, large standing army.
| II asked, are you ready to defend
yourselves? We reply, most assured
!ly. to the utmost; and yet we shall
mot turn America into military
camp. We will not ask our young
men to spend the best years of their
lives making soldiers Of themselves.
There is another sort of energy in us.
It will know how to declare itself and
make itself effective should occasion
arise. And especially when half the
world Is on fire we shall be careful
to make our moral insurance against
the spread of the confagration very
definite and certain and adequate in
deed.
Let US remind ourselves. therefore,
Of the only thing we can do or will
do. We must depend in every time
OF national peril. in the future az in
the past. not upon standing army.
nor yet upon a reserve army. but upon
q citizenry trained and accustomed
to arms. 1t will be right enough, right
American policy. based upon our &C.
customed principles and practices, to
provide q system by which every
citizen who will volunteer for
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-12-11

The case is not unlike that which
confronted US when our own CONT
nent was to be opened up to settle,
ment and industry, and we needed
long lines of railway, extended means
of transportation prepared beforehand,
II development was not to lag intoler-
ably and wait unfortunately. We Law
ishly subsidized the building Of trans
continental railroads. We look back
upon that with regret now, because
the subsidies led to many scandals
of which we are ashamed; but we
know that the railroads had to be
built, and If we had it to do over again
we should of course build them. but
in another way Therefore propose
another way of providing the means
of transportation which must precede.
not tardily follow, the development
of our trade with our neighbor states
of America 1t may seem reversal
Of the natural order Of things. but 1t
is true. that the routes of trade must
be actually opened-by many ships
and regular sailings and moderate
charges-before streams of merchan-
disc will flow freely and probably
through them.
Must Open Gates Of Trade.
Hence the pending shipping bill.
discussed at the last session. but as
yet passed by neither house. In my
judgment such legislation is 'impera-
| lively needed and can not wisely be
postponed. The government must
open these gates Of trade. and open
them wide: open them before It 10
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-11-01
RICHMOND. VA, SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1914

Church here. VIII" attended the sessions of
the Virginia synod last week. remained
over with friends until Tuesday. returning
that day to .hia. church In Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c: II. Isert. who were
Visiting friends here. have returned TO New
Brunswick. y. j.
Miss Agnes. Mae. AEnew has returned TO
her home ia S'ashinetolo after visit with
her aunt. AIRS, T.. il. Doherty. here.
Mr.. and Sirs. Robert l. a.aase, who were
married hero some tiinc agV. returned from
their bridal trip. spent few days here
WITH 'friem';s and left during the week for
their future homo mt ryro. Nelson County.
Mrs. William Bcasiey and Mrs. Don r.
Hnlscy attended the state conference of
the (. D. 4. H. in tAicNandria this week.
Mrs. r. J.. Jackson is visiting at Glenn
Ridge. y. i. ''
y; \. aIcLaushliu is in New York OH
business.
Mrs. R. 1. owen and Miss Helen owen
have zone to Baltimore for n visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Jones left on Thurs
day for their home In Houston, Tex, after
"a rislt TN Lynchhurg.
Mira. Houston Walker has returned to
her home here. after a visit with relatives
Vi AT Grottoes.
Miss Marguerite Schubert. or Roanoke