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Omaha daily bee., 1917-05-18
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Church Holds May Breakfast.

SnufCn f1Olus May DIcdkldst.
In the press of Red Cross work we
are apt to forget that this is the
glorious month of May, when the
flowers that April showers and snow
encouraged are peeping out of the
ground. Women of St. Mary's Av-
enue Congregational church are wont
to celebrate this season each year
with a purely social function, the May
breakfast. For the last ten years or
so this has been one of the delightful
social events of the May-time for
members OF this church and women
of other churches whom they invite in
large numbers to be their guests. One
year the church brides were the host
esses, another year the young girls
received and this year the matrons
of the church preside at the tables.
Miss Ida Smith, chairman Of the
young woman's auxiliary, had in
charge the breakfast which was
served in the church parlors at !
o'clock. Miss Naomi Towle heads
the Junior auxiliary, which had charge
of the flowers. Small tables for eight
were set and these were decorated
with real spring blossoms, purple Ii
laos just coming out in all their frag-
rance, and dainty pink tinted apple
blossoms. Mrs. Harry Steele sang
charming spring songs. About l7O
guests were present
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-05

A HOME WILL MAKE he
WHOLE FAMILY HAPPY AND
PERRY-KIRKPATRICK
TIE QUALITY HOME BUILDERS
WILL SELL YOU A HOME ON
EASY TERMS TO SUIT YOUR
POCKETBOOK. PHONE 9O3-904
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT A
HONE
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
Free Flower Seed
Hastings Catalogue
Tells You About 1t

No matter whether you farm on a
large scale or oTl" Plant vegetables
or flowers in 4 SMaI, way, sou need
hastings 1911 Seed Cata2og. It's
ready now and ve reve . coDy for
you alb olutc.y iyao, j. Yea ask for it.
meme. So. t.a aga.5 q this paper.
IT, gGt..i5n 10 el.CWi7s you about all
me varieties of y..ctables. farm
grass, clover and flower seeds, this
catal5g tells how you ca get free five
splendid varieties Of easily grown, yet
beautiful flowers, with which to beau
lily your home surroundings.
Good seeds o. almost every kind
IRE sygrto this seasor and you can't
a,'c.G 20 take che co5 in your seed
sarrly. TIastiaaj Seeds are depend
able seeds, the kind you can always
deaC"d Oh having good luck" with.
You are going to garden or farm
this spring. Why not insure success
so far as possible By starting with
the right seed? Don't take chances
hat you do not have to.
Write today for Hastings 1917
/ catal0-. It's free and will both inter-
est a. help you to succeed in 1917.
ii. c. HASTINGS CO., seedsmen,
Atlanta, Ga.-Adyt.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
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MORE SOCIAL


Mrs. Ben 7. Morris, who has beer
confined to her bed for about sis
weeks with rheumatism, is slowly i'm.
proving.
Mrs. NJ. f. Taliaferro, who has been
sick at the home of Miss Matte Jones
is improving, we are glad to report.
Mrs. ]. q. Pittman returned last
week after twO-weeks stay in Mem
phis where she underwent an opera
tion at the Baptist hospital. Her
friends will be delighted to know that
she is fast regaining her strength and
health.
Ohio Pittman spent the week end
with home folk.
All Ford parts are cash from this
date on. ]. G. Pittman.
Don't forget, from this date on, all
Ford parts are for CASH. J. G. Pitt
man.
John 0. Bonner returned home We'd
nesday from business trip to Vernon,
Texas.
Miss lla Voltermann of this city has
been elected third assistant at the
Woodland consolidated school, She be-
gan work last Monday.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.

Nashville, January %, 1917.
My Dear Superintendent:
The next state examination fol-
teaches will be held March 80 and 81
! The weather was so inclement when
the December examination was held
that but comparatively few took it. In
order to give the graders an opportu-
nifty to care for the papers for the next
examinatin, which will be very heavy
we have decided to hold the next ex-
animation sooner than was at first
planned. The desire to have certif-
Gates from this examination in the
hands Of teachers in time for them to
tepch summer terms of school.
As this is the last examination until
the middle of July, it will be necessa-
ry to have all teaches who expect to
begin teaching before September list,
take it.
No teacher can legally receive pay
Tor teaching who has no contract with
the board. No board can sign a con-
tract with teacher who has no GER
tifcate. The law fixes fine for the
violation Of these regulations.
All applicants taking the examina-
ton to receive a certificate must take
theentire examination. This includes
the reading circle Holders of five year
or permanent certificates, in lieu of
the examination in the reading circle
may attend term at some accredited
school. In this work, at least one
course in education must be accrsdit-
ably done. st3 "
Please give this examination wide
fi,,s,J .,-Ss.si1ss,g y;
will not ho-;.s --..s.ssS-ss. All
your teachers to qualify at the next
examination, 1t is very unsatisfactory
to wait until the July examination.
Very respectfully,
S. ~. SHERRILL,
State Superintendent.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

A SEVENTY aE.a.R. 81 n clF
:, anu ,,mI i %pt did u and ~ tSs
suffered from kidney troubles He
says: my wife and suffered from
kidney troubles and had rheumatic
pains all through the body. The first
few doses of Foley's Kidney Pills re-
lieved us, and five bottles entirely cur
ed us. Although we are both in the
seventies, we are as vigorous as we
were thirty years ago" Foley's Kid
ney Pills stop slcep-distrubing bladder
weakness, backache rheumatism.
swollen joints. J. D. Curtis Drug
Co. feb
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
FELT LIKE 80: NOW LIKE Fl

Many persons complain about feel
ing old before they should Like a
weak link in chain, weak organ en-
feebles the whole body. 0yerworked,
weak, or disardered kidneys lower VII
tally. A. w, Morgan, Angola, La,
writes: i suffered with pains in the
back. / am 43 years old, but | felt
like a man of 80 years old. Since /
took Foley's Kidney Pills l feel like
| did when | was 81" In SOC and~$1
sizes. I'D. Curtis Drug Co. feb
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

The next time you take an unkinc
fling at your neighbor just stop and
ask yourself how you would feel if he
were to say the same thing about you
Then you will not repeat it and the rest
of the community will think more of
you and you will have a great deal
more respect for yourself.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

In Gods great economy of worlC
movement, nations, like individuals
have their entrances and their exits
each one may play its part--peradven.
ture great part. But Providence
----l---s,,...-s.ss----.-s.,IIiG-s Eu1n enntws
. gardens to be used ffsg By th51s'9Ro ina ma
ton to assume supreme authority
When one essays such a role, its exit
comes. So it will soon be Goodbye,
Germany"
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

We have known some warm hearted
and kindly people in whom taciturnity
was carried to an extreme. And too,
we have known a few whose cordiality
was but a mark for their cold blooded
calculations and personal gain.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
A Woman's Experience with Crime.

A NOmans Experience with Grippe.
When a cough or cold "hangs on
and you have aches and pains in your
joints and muscles, it is likely that
grippe is taking hold Of your system.
Mrs, J. A. Rodgers, Switzer S. c.,
says: Il am susceptible to colds, Of
ten ending in grippe. In this case ]
have found Foley's Honey and Tar to
prevent Doctors bills" This sterling
family remedy loosens the phlegm,
stops irritation, allays soreness and
Inflammation and frees the air passa-
ges. Good for children. ]. d. Curtis
Drug Co. feb
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

OF course it isn't necessary to re-
mind you to provide that little nip for
the old folks before the first of March,
and then, too, remember, it's a pow
erfully good flavoring for the sauce
once in a while.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Rev. A. c. Bell was a welcome visit
or in town last week.
Mrs. Crowder Chapman is expected
home today, after months stay in
New York, where DR., Chapman is TAX
ing a special course in ear, nose and
throat.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

The king of Greece may be pardon.
ed now for thinking anything.-Com-
mercial Appeal Yes, for thinking
nothing.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
Brownsville, Tenn, Feb. /, 1917.

Brownsville, Tenn, Feb. /, 1917.
Mr., H. j. Smith, General Agent,
Brownsville, Tenn,
Dear Sir:-My late husband, A.
J. Byars, had policy No 3SOO32 for
1000, 20-payment life in the Union
Central Life Insurance Company, date
Of policy May 81, 1910. Mr.. Byars
had paid the company three premiums
and half. The company held his
notes for two premiums and half
of premium, and there was
past-due premium for which no set
Element had been made. THIS was the
status Of my husbands policy at the
time of his death on January q, 1917.
4 am today in receipt of check of the
Union Central Life Insurance Co for
Sl,OOll7, in payment of the full face
of this policy with interest from the
date of death of my husband to the
date of the payment of the claim under
the policy, There was no deduction
whatever from the claim under this
policy for any of the outstanding in
debtedness above set out, as due for
premiums You may give this such
publication as you see fit.
Very truly,
Mrs, SUSIE f. BYARS,
ns sg Beneficiary.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

If you see an editor who pleases ev-
erybody, there will be glass plate
over his face and he viii not be stand
ing up.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Few of us want to fight except in
self-defense, but we are all true Amer
leans and ready to stand by our pres
ident.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Most every fellow you see now will
tell you how his wife is planning to
make a little camphor before the first
of March,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

This is a funny world any way you
take it. Preachers keep right on tie
ing matrimonial knots and the judges
just as promptly unite them.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

If the nations of the earth want a
lasting peace, they'll get it, for they
can have just what they want.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Success is trotting right along be-
side you, but you viii have to crook
your arm before you can embrace it.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Yes, it certainly has been cold, and
our water pipes froze up Just like
yours did.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Bob Fitzsimmons has enlisted in
the war against the devil Here's
hoping he lands knockout blow.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

For three weeks now the junketing
committee will go a picnieing.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

The spirit of inquiry is the progress
i've spirit.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09
TO GERMANY.

A sonnet ITO Germany" (writtel
by Charles H. Sorley, a British poe
who was killed in action on the 18th o.
October, 1915, at the age of 49, shows
that even in the midst of the conflict
he could see over it to the light Of
some far morning when nations should
have grown as "loving-kind" brothers;
To Germany:
You are blind like US. Your hurt no
man designed,
And no man claimed the conquest Of
your land.
But gropers both through fields of
thought confined
We stumble and we do not understand.
You only saw your future bigly
planned
And we the tapering paths of our own
mind,
And in each others dearest ways we
stand,
And hiss and hate, And the blind
fight the blind,
When it is peace, then we may view
again
With new won eyes each others truer
form
And wonder Grown more loving-kind
and warm
Wen grasp firm hands and laugh at
the old pain,
When it is peace. But until peace the
storm,
The darkness, and the thunder and the
rain.
"Breathes there a man with soul so
dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land p"
The shortest poem in the English
language:
pa,.,,,+ o,fFttt
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

The shortest poem in the English
language;
Bernstorff
He's off.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land 90
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1917-02-09

'Breathes there a man with soul so
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
Gy0ANOALL 0A0RlSf3 - '
SYNOPSIS.

Adventurous Jerry Carson embarks in search Of hidden treasure with the promise Of Ieontine Wa1eott to be his wife on his return Her father fayors Sebastian Navarro. Jerry's ship is burn ed, he IS reported lost Sebastian presses ms attshIlons Jerry suddenly turns up to confront charges of the Navarres agalnstl nm. In struggle for a forged paper Diego Navarro is killed and Jerry IS convieted of the murder He escapes, and nrds the treasure and a wonderful chem1GHI pellet. 1eontine is forced to marryI Sebastian. On the honeymoon. ne atthcks her in a rage. Suddenly he is eonlr1hted ny weird apparition. Ray Sngarl forces confession from Louie. SebaStlan attempts to get it. An earth quakd occurs; in the excitement, Red tlhn steals the confession and fees. He appears Tn New York as Romanoff and enhsts the aid of Madame Blanca. LeoItine confronts her husband in the gambling house. The Shadow battles
 for finer and she escapes with the con fessfon. One-Damp Louie follows her and takfs the paper from her. The Shadow Savfs Navarro from robbery. Romanoff attempts to kidnap Sebastian and Leon tine, but Ravengar appears to thwart them Blanca and her thugs are puzzled pyl RaNengar's repeated escapes and re- turns 10 his cellar prison. Leontine con- sents to accompany Hamilton on a bal loon ascension. Sebastian drugs Hamilton and arranges to have Ieontine set adrift Tn the balloon. The balloon bursts into flame and Leontine finds that her com panion is Ravengar They are rescued, but One-Lamp Louie reports that they ranges to marry Blanca. Louie prevents 1t to save himself and is thrown to death
 by Sebastian who changes his marriage plans. He sees Leontine alive and well.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13

gether, when they expected to tread the path of life, hand in hand, until its close.
 Then again she began thinking of Ravengar, the mysterious man who seemed to come so Opportuneiy into her life In many ways he .S-minded her of Jerry. She .knew that if it had not been. for the memory of her dead lover, she could have cared for Ravengar. But when she turned to Jerry's letters Ravengar faded into phantom.
 No, it was Jerry who possessed her heart, and soul, and memory. and must until life ended. But she thought ten derly of the ether, too. He had saved her life when the lighthouse was struck, and that established bond be- tween them. If she could keep that bond one of friendship only
 And she began living over again those awful hours in Pilot Light, and the scene rose up wildly before her again.
 The flash which had shaken the structure from its base and buried the lighthouse keeper and his wife deep in the ruins had passed them by owing to an extraordinary chance. While Le- ontine adi Ravengar were seated in their rooIt the lamps began to go out. Ravengar Axent down into the cellar to get more VlA-,
 Reaching up for a. can, he had inad- vertently knocked down another can, and this brought down a third and a fourth. They fell into his arms, and he was caught like man in the story with an armful of eggs. He could neither replace them nor set them down.
 Laughingly, he shouted up to Leon tine to come and assist him. She heard him, and went down to his aid, took the cans from him and placed them upon the shelf. As they turned to go up the stairs the lighthouse was struck.
 As they crouched under the shock, Ravengar shielding Leontine with his arms, a huge piece of masonry came ddwn, blocking the exit. The whole lifhthouse was going to pieces. Then followed final rending, and they were thrown to their knees and pinned under the wooden snoring.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-09-13
NINTH EPISODE
The IncorrigibIe Captive.

In the attic of Sebastian's house Le- pntine kneeled beside an open trunk, q package of letters by her side.
 They were Jerry's letters, written to her in the old days, years before, when they were lovers and their lives seemed destined to run smoothly to-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29
Relief for Prisoners of War

1t will be relief to many whose rela-
tives or friends are prisoners of war to
learn that the recent conference of Brit
ish and German delegates at The Hague
was not held in vain. Considerable i'm
provement in the treatment of civil and
military prisoners seems at last to have
been secured. Direct repatriation is to
be resumed, with greater leniency in the
medical qualifications; it is agreed, more
over, that many of the more seriously dis
abled in Switzerland are to be sent home
TO make room for others and that all
commissioned and non-commissioned off
GERS who have been held for more than
year and a half are eligible for intern
ment in neutral countries. Holland has
consented to take $500 of these, besides
1000 civilian prisoners. The punishment
of prisoners for various offences has also
been regulated and reprisals against in
dividuals have been abandoned.
This news will be welcomed with great
Joy in Great Britain, where the anxiety
felt on account of prisoners in German
hands has increased greatly since we broke
eff relations with Berlin. The presence
of Mr.. Gerard had wholesome influence
On the German authorities, and, according
to information received in England, there
is no doubt that the treatment of British
prisoners of war has grown worse during
the last few months.
There were many complaints at what
seemed to the friends of those unhappy
captives to be a certain indifference on
the part of the British government TO
their welfare, and many wild proposals
were made by way of compelling the Ger
mans to be more merciful. 1t was sug-
gested, for instance, that an end might at
once be put to the scandal "if the houses
Of Parliament were 10 pass resolution
that no peace terms would be entertained
until the persons known TO be implicated
giving their names) were handed over
and that they and any others found TO
have acted in a similar manner would be
tried by court martial, and If found guilty
would be hanged
Similar suggestions, 1t will be recalled,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29


clamor for peace and would go on Bonded
knees to Germany to have peace lest Ger
many should ultimately destroy them.
What sort of peace would this be? How
long would it be before Germany would
strike again if all that she suffered had
been already repaid in the harm and injury
done to her enemies? How long would
Germany refrain from new assault after
she had been convinced by craven world
that it lacked the spirit the courage, the
strength to resist her?
We have passed through three years of
terrible war. We are nearer to victory at
this moment than at any time since the
war began. We shall lose the war now, if
we lose it at all, not upon the battlefelds,
but around the green table. There never
was time in human history when it was
more necessary TO fight and more futile to
talk, and there never was a war since the
beginning of strife in which the issue was
more clearly written, more unmistakable.
1t is good thing and hopeful thing to
see the nations which have long fought
Germany united in a rededication of all they
have to the common cause of civilization.
The United States should set its hand and
seal to the latest Paris document. The
American people should join the French,
the British, the Italian, the Russian, in
resolution to have no peace which does not
establish the right of every race, big and
little, to live its own life; of every human
being-man, woman and child--to live,
even when a German purpose is served by
numbering them.
The German sought to conquer the
world by arms and failed He sought to
conquer it by terror, and he has failed
There are German agents all over the
world now seeking to disorganize the
armies of the nations which have fought
Germany and to accomplish within the ma
tons at war what German arms have been
unable to accomplish on the field. Let us
not mistake their purpose or serve their
ends.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29
A Champion of Truth

Some weeks ago The Tribune had occa-
sion to warn unsuspecting readers against
some counterfeit news and figures pub
lshed by Mr.. Ridder in his "New Yorker
Staats-Z eitung" by way of enabling Amer
leans definitely to determine the success
of the submarine campaign" Remarking
that the truth was dad enough" and that
it was difficult indeed to eXaggerate the
gravity of the submarine menace" we pro-
tested against Mr.. Riders disingenuous
endeavor to propagate "gross and delib-
crate falsehoods on the pretence of supply
ing natural reports of facts"
Mr. Ridder did not offer to explain his
duplicity, for no explanation was possible.
The rebuke ranked, however, and now he
has the effrontery to offer his paper as
model of veracity in these terms: .-.
The "Staats- Zetung" has always believed
that more good will come of publishing the
truth about the submarine menace and rous-
ing the American people to the seriousness
of it than from following the policy of such
papers as The New York Tribune, which
WOulu lull NHeHl " ulSdobtI III tHe SiauiS VI
easy complacency.
AS an illustration of his passion for
truth it may be noted that in the preceding
paragraph he praises Mr.. Grasty for doing
this country "a real service" by publishing
"the truth about the submarine menace, y
while he knows well that the figures at
tributed to Mr.. Grasty were false, that
Mr.. Grasty himself has categorically re-
pudiated them, and that the telegraph COM
pany which transmitted the message has
accepted full responsibility for the error, an
error amounting to exactly million tons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29
There Used To Be

tFrom The London Punch
There used to be fairies In Germany
know, for I've seen them there
In great cool wood where the tall trees
stood
With their heads high up in the air;
They scrambled about in the forest
And nobody seemed to mind
They were dear little things (tho' they didn't
have Wings,
And they smiled and their eyes were kind
What, and oh! what were they doing
To let things happen like this'
How could it be? And didn't they see
That folk were going amiss?
Were they too busy playing,
Or can they perhaps have slept,
That never they heard an ominous word
That stsalthily crept and crept?
There used to be fairies in Germany
The children will look for them still;
They will search all about till the sunlight
slips out
And the trees stand frowning and chill.
THE flowers" they will say, "have all
vanished
And where can the fairies be Aed
That played in the fern ?"-The flowers will
return,
But fear that the fairies are dead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-29

were made in the early days of the SUD-
marine war on passenger ships. IL is
very doubtful, however, whether the
slightest attention would have been paid
to such threats, whereas the conference
at The Hague has at least in some meas.
ure improved the lot Of proportion OF
the prisoners. The French have already
come to an understanding with the Ger
mans along the same lines, and so Tor
some of those who have suffered longest
there will at last be measure OF relel'