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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Manuel Lisa
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NfAtkl ONE,l
Manuel Lisa was the founder Of old
Nebraska old Nebraska was the Mo-
braska OF 100 years ago. II was, first
Of all. a narrow strip OF country along
the Missouri river where the white men
came to srade with the Indians and
where they built log cabins In which TO
live and store their goods, Back of this
narrow strip were the great plains and
valleys OF Nebraska. with herds OF but
falo, elk. deer and antelope. whose skins
the Indians brought In from their aum.
mer and winter hunting trips. In the
streams and lakes were plenty Of beaver,
mink and otter. and their pelts were
taken by the Indians and eagerly bought
by the trader. All the traders IN old
Nebraska came up the river from st.
Louis in open boats Sometimes these
boats wero canoes followed out Of a
great tree. and sometimes they were
made out OF plank. These boats had oars
and sometimes a mast ana small sail
IL was easy to SO down the river In
them. but TO come up against the swim
current was very hard and slow. Each
boat was pulled up the river by q long
rope called a cordclle, the men walking
along the bank or sploshing across tho
sand bars and shadows with the rope
over their shoulders. II took then fifty
days to drag a boat from ct, Louis TO
the mouth of the Platte. The trip down
was made In eight days.
The men who pulled these boats and
those who traded with the Nebraska In.
dians In those days were nearly all
Frcnchmen. but tho greatest leader
among them was Manuel Lisa. a Span
lard. He was born In New orleans.
came to ST. Louis when a very young
man and az once began trading with In
dams. When the exploring party Of
Lewis and Clark came back In 1909 from
It's two years trip 20 the Pacific ocean
with news Of the rich fur country Il had
seen. Manuel Lisa was the first man to
act Early in 1907 he went far UP the
Missouri river and established trading
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16

lists, the great cathedrals and see the gay
sights on the canal. We will wonder at
the clean houses OF the Dutch house
wives. The people are very religious and
on Sunday many people so In at the
churches. Education is regarded by the
people as q very good thing and all the
children attend school. We will look at
the man pulling in their fishing nets.
and see the much-beloved Queen Wilhelm
ina go riding up the street After seeing
all the sights we will sound only words
of praise for Holland.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Sammy's Bible.

BY Noreen Mccoy. Aged .. Papillion
Neb Blue Side.
Little Sammy was a newsboy. He
could read quite well In the papers he
carried-and oh. how he did love to read.
But he longed for a little Bible of his
very own. He had seen the boys and
girls on their way to Sunday school,
proudly carrying their Bibles. There was
a place for all he earned. and he did not
sec how he could spare one penny. But
he was not the kind Of boy 20 sit down
and wish and not do anything, so he
asked a neighbor to let him weed the
garden. For this he received Is cents a
month. He priced the Bibles and found
that no could get very nice one for a
dollar. What a happy day 1t was when
he had earned enough to get IL. II was
on Saturday that he made himself the
proud owner OF a nice. new Bible. He
soon learned TO read in II quite az well
as he did in his papers. and every Sun
day he Is among the happy boys and
girls on their way to Sunday school.
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From Cook to Officer.

BY Marie Thomas. Aged u Years, Corn
Ing, Ia. p. o. Box 90. Rcd Side.
When Harry Smith was a little boy he
lonsed to be a soldier So he marched
proudly TO tho field in his new blue suit
He fought with might and main. After
long year OF fighting he led an attack
against a fort and captured e. He was
now homo with old friends. He decided
10 remain with his mother.
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Rescues Meadow Lark.

BY Hunter Bruce Crosby, Aged 10 Years.
Sutherland. Neb. Blue Side
Once ] saw little meadow lark lying
in the road I ran and picked II up and
made a nest in the hay stack and put her
in. Later I came back TO see my bird.
1t was fluttering about.
We had eight watermelons with US. My
brother. Edgar. was raking at the other
end OF the field. My father called Edgar
several times. but no did not seem 10
hear Papa cut open a melon and Edgar
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Story of Nickel.

By Mildred Domer. Aged II Years, Bris-
tow, Neb. Blue Side.
little boy was holding me in hand.
The little boy did not know what 10 do
with me. He thought he would buy a
top then marbles and finally. he thought
he would buy some peanuts with me.
But on his way 10 the store he dropped
me. l had not lain there long when a
tramp picked me up. Here I found my
self In bad company. The tramp went
from place TO place begging for food
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Little Stories by Little Folk
(First Prize.)
Planning for Mothers Day.
BY Lucille sonnelapd, Aged z Years

BY Lucille SonnelRnd, Aged II Years,
Kearney, Neb. Blue Side.
We are planning to have a nice surprise
for mother on Mothers day. There are
four children in our family and we are
going to get beautiful bunch of roses
for mothers happiness. We children
have saved up 81 for we want to get one
dozen Of them.
am going to write to a friend In
Hastings, Neb, who owns a greenhouse
TO send up one dozen roses. Every Busy
Bee who has a mother should do some
thing kind to cheer her up, as I think
every mother loves flowers and II WIFI
make her happy.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Swing on Cupboard Doors.

BY Julia Hruby, Aged IL Years, Fender,
Neb. Red Side.
When was 6 years old. and my sister
Sylvia I years, we would always swing
ourselves on the doors. We would take
hold of both doorknobs and swing back
and forth. Then mother forbid us 10
swing on the door again. One day mother
went out. So we thought we would
swing on the bottom cupboard doors.
There were no knobs to take hold OF.
so We just put our hands together over
the door, each on one door. While we
hung to the doors, over came the cup
board ana all of mothers dishes. Oh.
It sounded like hailstorin. But as our
6ining-room table stood little ways off.
the cupboard fell on top OF It. Other
wise we would not have come out so
lucky. We were both hurt pretty badly.
The broken dishes out us quite bit
over our heads and hands. One of my
knees was cut quite deep. We crawled
out and cried 30 loudly that mother
came running to the house to see what
was the matter. and she was glad that
we came out safe enough. Had II not
been for the table It surely would have
been worse. We were afraid to go near
the cupboard for long time after that
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16

and was loosened from my harness, and
with much difficulty I rose 20 my feet.
Then 1 was led slowly up a driveway
into large, airy barn. Here 1 was wa
tered and fed. and then 1 was taken into
a large box stall. where a soft bed of
straw was fixed for me.
The kind people who now owned mo
did what they could to make my night
a comfortable one.
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One day he was trying TO escape from
something bad he had done. and was
running very fast when rolled right
out Of his pocket and dropped In a hole
In tho sidewalk. / was found by a little
boy who was hunting for a top he had
lost. He picked me M and ran home
with me. and now am in his bank with
many other nickels.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
The Robins Nest.

BY Kermit Sonneland. Aged 10 Years,
Kearney Neb. Blue Side.
There Is a robin. First II took up some
straw and then It took some ground up
in it's bill, and then put mud in the straw
to hold II like the plaster we use. Then
II weaved sticks and straw together and
so II is done with its nest
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Honorable Mention.0
Snippy.

BY Pearl Johnson, Box 49,. Missouri VAL
ley, Ia Blue Side.
About two years ago we had a little
pet dog. We called him Simply.
He was very smart. My papa got HIM
for me when he was a wee little puppy.
He was brown and white. with two black
spots on his nose. I became very at
tached to him. He would follow me
everywhere went and was always ready
for play. One hot summer night we put
him in the wood house TO sleep and he
was so fat I think he got too hot and
died. was very sorry We buried him
under the old maple tree in our yard.
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or course was tiokled. jumped up
and dressed as quickly as possible. About
Ii o'clock a man came after mo and we
started in an auto. We rode for long
way. All OF sudden 1t seemed as II
the auto had turned over But when
l came TO. mother was pulling me out OF
ted and 1t was all dream.
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Dreams Auto Upset.

BY Ruth Davidson. Aged II Years, North
Platte. Neb. Blue Side.
One night last summer was very
sleepy. so I went TO bed very early and
was soon fast asleep. But before I
knew II my mother was calling me and
told me I was going to see my sister
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16

tBy special permission OF the author,
Tho Bee will publish chapters from the
History Of Nebraska, by A. t. Sheldon,
from Meek 20 weekl
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
New Busy Bee.

BY Leona Walter, Aged 2 Years. Wahoo.
Neb., Blue Side.
wish to join the Busy Bees am 8
years old and am in the fourth grade.
My teacher il Miss Hilda Foigolstrom.
like her very much. My favorite color
is blue, SO I will join the Blue side.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16
Signs Of Spring.

BY Margaret l.. Crosby. Aged II Years,
Sutherland. Neb Blue Side.
Mr.. and Mrs, Robin Red Breast were
the first to see the plum blossoms Just
after they had come from their winter
home. They hoped from limb to limb
twittering and chattering to each other.
why. my" exclaimed Mrs. Robin
What beautiful flowers. the first fruit
flowers of spring"
Later in the season Mrs. Red Breast
said. This Is Just about the week for
our eggs 70 hatch" While Mrs. Red
Breast sat on the eggs Mr. Red Breast
chatted gaily and always sat near her
only when he had to bring food to her.
Soon after the eggs began TO hatch one
by one. There were three OF the fluffiest
and prettiest little birds. When they
were older they were just the color OF
their mother and father. The color was
dark crimson red with light brown and
grey on their back. The plums were ripe
soon and the birds enjoyed themselves.
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She was little Madeline Kenyon whom all the
many stories she contributes
n Madeline president of the Star club fourteen little
girls who meet Tuesday different
The Star club
walk into the their
Their dues meeting little bring
her week. she brings pennies to the From
these
of 50 discussion
should enued Then decided that the
The editor declined the offered little
president chdens
institutions
babies Visiting
association help milk which associ
alton hopes to establish in the foreign settlement
The members of the Madeline Edith Kenyon
wesne
Airline Bancroft Edith Gk Juliet oma
KOCH Josephine Drapier and Frances Gafford.
his
olphan Red Mem
Pearl johnson Of the Blue Side.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16

CHILDREN SAVED FROM THE LUSITANIA-
picture shows the children of Major and Mrs F. Warren
Pearl who with their parents were the Lustana when
it torpedoed All believed to have been saved
cept the infant Susan, in the foreground.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-16

came then. That was the best melon VIZ
had eaten that year.
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A & e:
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chief Justice Marshall.

IT order is the essence of morality
ions EDWARD OsTER's book ON 1hc PO-
Hticdl ana Economic DOctriHcs Of JOhn
NdrshGH tNeale) is an immoral book.
The collection OF letters by and to the
great Chief Justice and of extracts from
his speeches and decisions is eXasperat-
ingly inchoate, with no integral scheme
Of chronology or classification that we
can detect The authors initial as
sumption, that John Marshall; Is I'M
known to Americans as a personality, is
so far from the fact that we believe
Mr.. Osters readers will derive from
the perusal of his scattered items
the pleasure of renewing a profit
able acquaintance, and indeed Cas
it must be said to the credit Of
the compiler) Of adding to it sonnet hing
of detail. The facts of Marshalrs mill
Ttary service, his command of the re-
spect and esteem Of his contemporaries
his rapid rise to eminence in the law
his patriotic performance in diplomatic
and administrative office and above all
his service in establishing the judiciary
in fact as well as In constitutional
theory as coordinate part of the la IL
anccd scheme of government in this
republic, these things are ahundantly
known and are, we dare say, accom-
panied in the common knowledge with
sound realization u the fact that this
man was big not only in his officia
deeds hut In his personal nature. 1t is
the lesser lawmen that are austere
distant, solemnly judicial always. Mar
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BEGINNING with

ceiling party lines. Beginning with
that case, in which the Supreme Court
ruled that delivery is not essential to
the validity Of letters patent, and so
sentenced President Jefferson to the
humiliation his arrogance had earned,
jefferson ree--dcd Marshalrs decisions
as hostile to him. In that decision,
precious because ut was the first au-
thoritative announcement by the Su-
premc Court that it had the right Us
wei as the power to declare null and
void an act Of Congress in violation OF
the Constitution occurs that passage
which i'm American esteem should he.
If any uttered words are to he, minor
tai: ct is "A proposition too plain to
be contested that teithorl the Consti-
tuition controls any legislative act re-
pugnant to &c. or the Leg stature may
alter the Constitution by an ordinary
act Between these alternatives there
is no middle Eruuud. The Constitution
Is either a superior, paramount law,
Interchangeable bv ordinary means, or it
Is on Level with ordinary legislative
acts, and like other acts is alterable
when the legislature shall please to
alter &c. If the former part of the
alternative he true. then a legislative
act contrary To- the Constitution is not
law; If the latter part be true, then
written constitutions are absurd at
tcmpts ON the part of the people to
Limit a power iu it's own nature IL
limitable.'
In Mr.. Ostcr's book the same hand
that wrote those powerful sentences IS
seen inditing thanks to Il Northern
friend for a box Of fish and notifying
him Of the shipping Of a reciprocal pack
age of hams, apulogiz.ng for the finan-
cial impetuosity of son sent north to
college, and expressing regret for tho
omission from I'ni Eetta Kappa dis
course" On 'thr fair son" Of Miss AUS
ten. whose flights are not lofty. she
does not soar ON eagles wings hut
who is pleasing interesting, equabe
and yet amusing
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SOME NEW BOOKS.


hhN VI Nhe lNhhs
A condition against which all biol
ogjsts must contend, with varying de-
sr~as " success. Is the error OF study
ing the mind of the lower animal in
terms Of human intelligence. Avoiding
this logical error certain other students
Of the lower animated nature have be-
gun to amass data whereby 1T may he
possible to construc a psychology OF
the predecessors of humanity. We note
IN introducing this theme, and promptly
dlsmissing 1t as not wholly germane,
the views of Garner as to the Ian
guage possibilities of certain Of the
more advanced simians, the various
experiments tending 10 establish the
reasoning power of rats in selecting
food containers by color, the rauocina-
ton through which cats and dogs learn
in tedious experiments to operate sim
ple mechanism Of the latch which bars
he door to liberty.
In the general hypothesis Of advance
in the scale of life through continuity
Of process IL may properly be postu-
lated that, assuming selectiVe differ
entiation under directive conditions of
environment and nutrition leading from
the simpler to the more specialized
variation set upon the way to become
generic. there must he stage In
which the mind of the beginning man
is but a single slight step in advance
~ the intelligence Of the most ad-
yanced anthrcpoid. This cradle psy-
chology Of man has been little studied
IN detail. for We have had little intelli-
gent record of the soul and thought
" the mog elemental races Of man
kind /, is because Of he clarity e the
observation. the strict impersonulity OF
the record that such value has at
tached to the series NJ volumes by
Spencer and Gillen on the Australian
backfellows. These qualities are con-
,inued hy he survivor Of this brilliant
pair Of anthropulogsts, Prof. BALDWIN
SPENCER. in his Ndurc Trtbcs Of the
Northern TERRITORY of Australia MAC
milan and CO. London).
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The mind Of the savage is a chapter
Of psychology which remains to be
written. At present the data are scant,
buried widely in obscure reports OF the
explorer and the missionary, frequently
warped by prejudice and misconception
\ beginning has been made by the Uni
versity Of Cambridge in its expedition
to Torres Straits, for some of the more
simple tests Of experimental psychology
have been made upon the islanders OF
Miriam and Mabuiag, The record is
however, too brief to serve as more
than a suggestion TO he carried ont by
other anthropologists in later research
The work of Spencer and Gillen among
the Australians is one of the best con.
trbutlons to our knowledge of the MIND
Of the savage, and the sum Of the recOr,
IL contained in this volume wherein
Spencer has ~ last carried his investi
CATION through the heart Of the cont.
nent to the northern sea
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lluNtl In 1850.

-
!"
I'm the view # the political writer
Tlayti stands "ut as the most sue
Ccssfu, example Of q state pcoplel
ana governed ON constitutional
model 10y negroes" As the land
of Voodoo, II rooks with hidden crime
and hurrid mystery. as community Of
daIkics more or less FrcnChfcd in their
speech and customs cnwrappng the
African core. % is a comic opera affair
Of generals and admrals. gold braid and
solcmnly ridiculous Insignificant POM
positv As the uurumantiC year hooks
see IT. 1t has an area slightly larger
that that Of Vermont. population of
about ESQ 600 almost entirely negro.
with y dwfndliug French mulatto class;
one city. Fort au Prince. with 100. 600
inhabitants. another. Cape Hayti. with
30 600. and ne. other Of more than r.
500; total debt Of nearly $4,000 0oo;
a Government Guard ~ $50 men with
ten e norals; a navy ~ four small
second hand boats. crops of coffee,
sugar and tobacco potential resources
Of timber and mineral; an impor, trade
Of $4,000 600 exports of $lGO0O.Ooo; a
lurjd past and comfortable enough
future remote from the frlctiuns of in
tcrnatioual diplomatic Intercourse. In
1hC ITCUch RcrOlHiiOH in san Domingo
GlouEhton Miiilm r loTHRup STOp-
uARp explores "A sdcwatcr Of history.
Spanish los discovery and frs set
Element. the lIispduiola of Columbus.
he island remained Spanish lust long
enough to- have its mineral w,alrh
plundered and It's aboriginal population
rNtcrminated, then the ConquistldoreS
sailed away to Peruvian and M"Ni-
can eduradOs, Early In ih" seven
!""nth ""n'"r" "'n" fr'm -" ISLAND
If Tortuga the French ana English
buccaneers. who took nam" from their
subsistence uu the wild huut,I ISLAND
attic ana handed 10 on with altered
,ouuuta,iun to the wild hunting rovers
Of he sea who p1undrr"d treasure laden
galeous. Then the EnglIslr element
drlfted ON. apd the French remained
20 develop thd country n'o a rich col
uuy Of France. spanish settlement
monolmlz"d th" eastern half OF the
island. The French were content with
( the mid.r west
But these men We're not adventures
0l any company nor under any gov
crnment charter They were free
hooters. and if their liberty was license
/ IL still EXPRESSED a free spirit that gave
fro.r scttlemen q character. They
prefcrred 10 regard :hrir little land as
a province Of France rather than as a
dependency. san Domingo had given
( itself to France" And the mother coun-
try could not afford to quarrel with def
ritinns of status 80 long As the reve-
nues continued Ia come in: a source
of income commands privilege in mat
ters alien To its Weld When the inn
ports of France from the American
colonies I'm the latter part Of the eigh-
teenth century ran about 2lSOOO. OOO
hyres, fully threc-fourths Of this came
from san Domingo: and the colony
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to copy the way Of his elder with the
spear and throwing stick, he masters
the puzzling art of the boomerang, his
search for food gives him that marvel
lous facility in reading the track OF
animals and men on the sand and even
o. the rock az which the Australian Is
unriValled.
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in which the aboriginal culture has
maintained a losing though deferred
battle.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1915-11-11
Odd Facts.

Insects will never pass a line of
tar o.
Ireland has no divorce laws as in
England
Lettuce contains a mild opiate-
lettuce opium.
Echoes are sound-waves thrown
back by an obstacle.
Jellies will not break if the mold
is rubbed with a little olive oil.
Milk will not turn sour so quick
ly if lump of sugar be added.
Lemon rubbed on a burnt stove
before black-leading insures a
polish.
Iron will not rdst if immersed
first in a solution of carbonate of
soda.
knife stains disappear if rubbed
with raw potato and then polished
Nuts contain greater nutriment,
bulk for bulk, than any other food
A little eau de cologne lighted in
an old spoon makes refreshing
odor.
India ink stains on the hands
can he removed with diluted by
drochloric acid.
Onions absorb all the poisonous
and noxious smells quicker than
anything else.
Gold chains can be cleaned with
a little sal amoniac dissolved in
wine.
Sponges which are Shiny should
be stepped in vinegar and wafer for
a day.
Salt added to mustard prevents
its drying up.
Fish poison always lies in and
near the backbone.
Mignonette will not grow in soil
deficient in lime.
Sight improves, for distant OBJ
jects, with old age.-Ex.