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Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

CattIe-Early estimates called FOR 1900
head of cattle or 116 cars. Trading was
very duh on beef steers in spite OF the
light supply sales were 10915c lower than
than week ago on all desirable kinds.
Good weighty kinds this morning sold up
to $500, bulk of the offerings ranging
anywhere from $15.00@16.50 Butcher
stock was still uneven and trading rs q SOC
lower than yesterday morning with all of
the early weeks advance taken off on the
good COWS and Gamers selling from 25@
soc lower than yesterday at a spread of
$6.5006.75. Feeders were steady to lower
and closing lower for the week.
Quotations on Cattle-Good to choice
beeves, s1650@1s.50; fair to good beeves,
iA00@16.00; common to fair beeves,
s12.75@14.00; good to choice yearlings,
s15.50@17.50; fair to good yearllngs, 1890
015.50; common to fair yearlings, $1,000
013.00; choice to prime grass heeves,
s15.00@16.00; fair to good grass heeves.
s13.00@15.00; common to fair grass beeves,
S9.00@12.50; Mexican beeves, 5000 IL. 90
good to choice helfers, $11.00@14.0O; prime
cows, s13.00@14.00; good to choice COWS,
s10.00@13.00; fair to good cows. $s.25 o
$50; common to fair cows s7.OO@s.25;
choice to prime feeders. s1s.75@15.5o;
good to choice feeders, $12.O061S.50: good
to choice stocEers. s9.50@12.50; fair to
good stockers, s.5O@1O.o0: common to fair
grades, S7.50@8.50; stock heifers, $1,000
$50; stock cows, s6.25975O; stock calves,
s700095O; veal calves. s7.5061S.75; bulls.
stays etc, ss.75@11.50.
Hogs-The hog yards are full to over
flowing with q fresh supply Of 1880 head
and a carry over Of fully $4,000 there was
at the very least estimate 81, 900 head on
sale. While there was no change In the
bulk, today's tops did not reach as high
40 yesterday and the market was con-
fined almost wholly to heavy hogs OF good
quality. With these selling from $4,000
1710, packers secured these hogs at less
money than yesterday, probably Sc lower
on heavy hogs covering the trade. Light
hogs were unstable and there Is no hope
Of them moving. estimate OF the carryoyer
until tomorrow being placed at fully $4,000
head Tops went to S1z35.
Sheep-Receipts today were light, IL
loads, estimated at $500 head. There was
very little change IL any from yesterday
trade. Fat lambs selling from $4,000
1915, fully steady with anytime yesterday.
Sheep receipts are neglible and quotable
steady
Quotations on sheep: Lambs, good to
choice, $15,25@15.s5; lambs, fair to good,
s15.00@15.25; lamb feeders, s13.00@16.75;
yearlings, good to choice, s12.0O@13.00;
yearlings, fair to good. ss,O06950; year.
ling feeders, s9.50@10.OO; wethers, fat,
s105O@11.50; wether feeders, Ss.50@10.50;
ewes good to choice. s9.50810.0O; ewes,
fair to good, ss.O0@10.OO; eve feeders.
ga o. n g0
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
Kansaa r1Itr T.Ira stnnIr

Kansas city, Jan. 4.--Cattle-AReceIpts
$500 head market dull, no southerns;
prime fed steers. $500 $4,000; dressed
beef steers, S12.0031s.00; western steers,
s12.O0@1750; southern steers nominally,
S7.00@13.00; COWS, s7.00@1450; heifers
ss.00@14.50; stockers and feeders, $500
1900; bulls, s7.50911.5o; calves, $1,000
l4.00
Hogs-Receipts. $4,000 head; market
steady: bulk. s16.50@17.40; heavy, s17.25
@1750; packers and butchers, s17.10@
17.45; lights, $16.90Q1E0O; pigs. $4,000
14.50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1000 head +;
market steady; lambs. S15.00@16.S5;
yearlings s10.O0@14.OO; wethers, s9.00@
1850; ewes, ss.00@i0.25; stoekers and
feeders Ss.O0@I6.OO
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slnnr nitu Live stnnlr.

Sioux City. Ia, Jain. 24.--cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1880 head: market steady 70
weak beef steers, ss0O@16.50; fat cows
and heifers. $500 012.50; Gamers, $3.50 o
SIS; stockers and feeders. 8s.00@14.50;
feeding cows and heifers, s6.00@s.75.
Hogs-Receipts 1900 head market
steady to strong; light, s16.75 617.00;
mixed, s16.s0@17.10; heavy, SlT.0001L20;
bulk Of sales, s16.s5917.1O.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. 500 head;
market steady.
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nhlnnrn T.lra stncIr.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-United States Bureau
OF Markets. l-Cattle-Receipts, 5000
head; beef and butcher cattle unevenly
ESQ TO SOC lower: calves SOC to 75c lower;
good feeders about steady; light stockers,
sharply lower; beef cattle, good, choice
and prime, 1855 $4,000; common and me-
dium. s9.250I5.s5; butcher stock, cows
and helfers. s7.OO@1s.75; Gamers and cut
ters s6.006700; stockers and feeders,
good, choice and fancy. s10.50@1425; in
ferior, common and medium, s7.750l0.5O;
veal calves good and choice, $4,000
1880.
Hogs-Reeslpts. $4,000; market slow
about steady; spots cents lower on
butcher hogs; very slow sales on light and
light mixed. Bulk OF sales, si7,40617.65;
butchers, sI755617.7b; light, 16.75@17.50;
packing, 1s.509l7.25; throwouts. 1900
1850; pigs, good to choice Si1.75014.25.
Sheep-Receipts. 5000; lambs and year
lings, is TO % cents lower than yesterdays
best time; sheep, steady to lower; lambs,
choice and prime, S16.10016.15s medium
and good, s14.T5Q1s.10; culls, s1l.50@
1915. Ewes, choice and prime, $1,000
1855; medium and good, ss.2591040;
culis, 45.O0077b,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
Market and Industrial News Of the Day
TurpentIns and RosIn.

Savannah. Ca. Jan. 24-Turpentine.
quiet. 71Ac; sales, none; receipts, 1870
bills; shipments, Is bbls.; stock, SO,661
bbls.
Rosln-Quiet; sales, none; receipts, 5s1
bbls.; shipments, s17 bbls,; stock, 5s,O41
bbls.
Quote-B $3.50; D. E. s1sl5? r,
1920; G, S1325; H. 1880; /, 1885:
K. Sl5.75; NJ, s16.25; N, WIG, $16.se; WV,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

New York, Jan. MISUNDERSTANDING
and nominal; winter straights, 10000
1856
Wheat-spot, steady; No. 2 red, s2.s4M,
track New York.
Corn-Spot, weak; No. yellow and No.
white, sl.4s, G. I. {. New York.
oats-spot, weak; standard, zoe nomi-
nall lard, easy; middlewent, 92s.406 1850.
Other articles UNCHANGED
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

New York. Jan. 2l.-Butter-1Earlzet
higher; creamery, higher than extras,
56M oslo; extra. 5sh o see; first, SAG
SAKE.
extras, 81 @62e; Others unchanged.
Cheeee-Steady; market, unchanged.
Poultry-Aiive, firm; fowls 27630c:
others and dressed, unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
FINANCIAL

New York. Jan. 2t.--stooka derived
much Of their strength and wider scope
today from the action Of the Bethlehem
Steel directors, who yesterday declared
the usual rate Of dividends on the junior
shares, albeit in modified form,
Number Of sales and quotations % lead
Ing stocks;
Bonds retained their recent irreEulArity
domestic issues, including the liberty alvi-
sion, tending lower. while foreign issues
hardened Total sales aggregated a1t,s
6fb,O0o. Ola United States bonds un-
changed on call
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

st. Joseph, Mo-, Jan. 24.--cattIs--Re-
ceipts 1900 head; market slow; steers,
s14.00@1S.50; COWS and heifers $1,000
1900; calves, s6.00@14.50.
Hogs-Receipts. 10000 head: market
lower; top, s17.40; bulk, s16.5061725.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, 500 head
market steady; lambs, 14.0061s.25; ewes,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

Chicago

Chicago Jan. a4.-Bpttsr-Lower;
creamery sl6@sio
Egga--Lower; receipts, 1880 cases;
firsts. 54954he; ordinary firsts, $50
5Shc; at mark, cases included, 53@B4c.
PotatOes--Receipts, so cars; market I'M
changed.
POultry--Alivss. lower; fowls. asc;
springs, csc.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
Liberty Bonds

New York, Jan. 24.-The final prices on
Liberty bonds today were; 3hs, $3.50;
first convertible As, $3.50; second As, $3.50;
first convertible 4hs, $3.50; second con-
vertible Ans sA72; third AIS. s546;
fourth ANS, s456
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

New York, Jan. 24.-cotton goods and
yarns today were quiet with a further cas-
ing tendency. Silks were quiet. Wool
goods were marked lower. Burlaps were
lower and weak.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

St Louis. Jan. MISUNDERSTANDING
2,4oO head; market slow; native beef
steers. s11.50Qis.sO: yearling steers and
heifers. .50616.00; cows, S7.50@12.50;
stoekers and feeders, sS.50@t2.00; fair to
prime southern beef steers, S10.000ls.00i
beef cows and heifers. s7.50@15.00; cam
ners and cutters, s7.250s.00; native
calves, S7.75 @16.50.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head; market
steady; lights, s16.s0817.40; pigs Si0.50
91500; mixed and butchers, s17.20@1I65;
1855
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 200 head I;
market stead; lambs, sl6.00@l6.25: ewes
Ss.508i050; Gamers and choppers, $500
$500
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

Kansas City, No.. Jan. 24.-Butter-
Three cents lower; creamery, sac; firsts
42c; seconds, SOC; packing, 35@37o.
Eggs--Two cents lower; flrsts, SEE
Poultry-Market unchanged.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
New York Cotton Futurs.

New York. Jan. 24.-cotton futures
opened firm; January, 1885 to 90. Csc;
March, 2147e; May. 1880 to 20.75c; July
goose; October. 1S.75c.
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changed.
At LondOn-spot copper. fss los; tin,
f24s; others unchanged.
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New York Money.

New York. Jan. 24-Money-on call.
firm; high, Ak per cent; low. * per
cent ruling rate, AZ per cent; closing
bid, AZ per cent; offered at AZ per cent;
last loan, ~ per cent.
Time Loans-Steady and unchanged.
Prime Mercantile Paper-Unchanged
Sterling Exchange-unchAnged
Francs-Demand, s5.45&; cables,
S5.45h.
Gullders-Demand, 41%c; cables, II
1915
Lire-Unchanged.
Mexican Dollars-Unchanged
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ATlnuenDolIa Grain

Minneapolis, Jan. 24.--Barley-s2@sO c.
Rye-No. 2, 9t.5s,
Bran-S50.O0.
Corn-s1.2S@1.31.
oats-56% @6TMe.
Flax-Ss2s@sSO
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Kanaaa CITY nraln-
New York CsonernI.

Kansas City. Jan. 4.-corn--January,
l.34h; February, S1.27B; March, S126;
May, sl.2sh; July. sl,19% @i1s%.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
OMAHA GRAIN MovEMENT.


oats--No. white: 1 car CSC. No 3
white: / car. 651sc; cars, SIC. No 4
white: 2 cars, 61%ci 2 cars 61hc. Sam
pie white: / car. Sic.
Rye-No. 2; 1 car, s1.ss. No. 8;
car. $1.s7.
Barley-No. 8; cars, sac. No. 4: 1
car, 94ci cars, csc. No. feed: cars.
91c. Rejected: car, 9Oc. Sample: 3
cars. SOC.
wheat--No. hard: car, S227; car,
$2.2s. No 2 hard: cars, S2.2l. No. 3
hard: / car, s2.22; cars, S2.21; 1 car.
1870. No hard: 2 cars, $2.2O; car;
$2.l5. No 1 spring; / car, s2.1s. No.
spring; / car, $2.12. No. mixed: / car,
$500; s cars, SAL; car, s2.05; 1 car,
S2.04; cars, s2.0s. eNo. mixed: cars,
$2.07; / car, $2.00.
Corn-No. white: cars, S1s5. No.
white: cars. 91.sB. No. yellow: 1
car, S1.36; 2 cars, st.s5. No. yellow:
2 cars, $3.50; / car. 1923. No. yellow;
car, 1926; cars. 81 "a; cars, 81 30;
cars, 81 ri; cars, 81 90 No. s yellow:
car, S1.1s. No. 4 mixed; car, s1.25.
No. mixed: 1 car. 81 %; cars, 81 20;
car, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
LIVE STOCK

Receipts and disposition Of live stock
at the Union Stock Yards. Omaha, Neb.,
for "a hours endinging at 8 o'clock p. m,
January "a 1913:
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

Chicago closing prices, furnished The
Bee by Logan Bryan. stock and grain
brokers, sl5 South Sixteenth street.
Omaha:
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
New York Bonds,

U. s. Is reg. s7hGt N. LIST AIS ssh
U. s. 2s, coupon 97hL C. ref. d.. san
~. S. 80. reg. 80 Int. M. NJ. 6s... s9M
~. s. IS, coupon SO X. c. s. ref. So SAX
U. s. Lib. shs 1891. & N. un. ~ IS
~. s. 49, reg. ..104A IN X & T LIST 10 IS
U. s. 40, coup. .I04hM. Pac. gen. 10 60M
Am. F. Sec. IS 9s% Mont. Power IS 92R
Am. T. g. 7. c IS 92%N. Y. C. deb. 6s 90
Anglo French SIS 97hN. Pacific As. 50
Arm. g. Co. ANS s7MN. Pacific S.. so
Atchison gen. Is S3h'O. 8. L. ref 10 ssh
B. & o. CIV. AVS rs "Pac. 7. & T. IS 94h
Beth Steel Sc SO Pen. gen. AIS SIX
Cen. Leather 50 SEX Reading gen. % 8b%
Cen Pac. LIST. e. 77AS l. & 8 F SIS 90
G. & o. CIV. IS s5hS Pac. CIV. So 1929
C & @ joint Is 95MS Railway S.. 9B
c M q P ~ n T. G. p. 1st.... 81
c R & P ref Is TAN Union Pacific ls 81
c g. S ref ANS 7S%U. S. Rubber 81 S6M
ID R G ref IS 52bU. S. Steel S.. 100
D Of C IS (1931) 97M Wabash ist.... s6h
Erie gen. As. So French SIS. ..i04&
PGen. Elec S.. 9s sBid.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
RARGAIN NO q

consider this the best section In
Kimball county. Entire section lays prae-
tically level. 10 miles out. 400 acres In
winter wheat on land broken last spring.
seeded last week In August. This is
the finest piece Of wheat In Rimball
county, No other improvements. One
half OF crop delivered IN town goes with
the land. Price. $1,000 per acre. $1,000
cash. $4,000 March /. $4,000 October
/, or will take the crop for this payment
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

New York Jan. 2i.-cotton closed very
steady net unchanged to 50 points
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
cULBERTsoN. NnB.

HAVE a 2.4OO-acre ranch, ali irrigated,
near Sheridan, Wyo. The water tav Of
$50 per acre 10 all paid up, 1900 acres
under cultivation, the balance In hay
meadows Three good sets Of Improves
ments and the land is all fenced and
head Of young cattle, mostly 2-year-old
steers. All farming implements neces-
sary TO operate this ranch, including
three tractors 80 with the place. Thirty
head Of horses and mules. some hogs
and other live stock. The owner now
lives IN Omaha and does not care to
operate the ranch any longer. Price,
$3.50. 0O0 Clear Omaha real estate or a
farm near Omaha Will be accepted as
part payment
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
For TuftheF Information, write
R. E. HOLMES, Owner,
BUSHNELL. NEB.
BUY THESE BARGAINS AND
GET POSSESSION MARCH l.

GGI EQHHEooAON MARCH 1.
500 acres. only ~ miles from Gull
bertson; 1850 acres Republican valley
land; no waste land; ESQ acres culti-
waited; Is acres In alfalfa; 10 acres Of
timber; SO acres Of fine winter wheat.
The balance % the cultivated lands are
Ia excellent shape for spring work. This
ranch Is improved with a nine-ro0m
house, roomy barn, silo, two wells and
mills. and grass Is fenced IN two pas
tureH. Price only sS5 per acre. Half
cash, balance at per cent.
720 acres, only A. miles from Hayes
Center; good five-room house, barn,
sheds and 2 wells all fenced and cross
fenced; 40 acres cultivated, balance is
rolling to rough. but fine pasture and
hay ground. Price SIS per acre; $1,000
cash. balance at per cent.
100 acres, out miles; well improved ;
50 acres cultivated, balance pasture.
Price $40.
$50 acres, 8 miles from town; wen
improved level road. Price $40.
400 acres. out 10 miles; 500 level, ITO
cultivated; r. +. ID. and telephone.
poor house. large barn and granary.
Price $4,000.
900 acres, out IL miles; poor improve
ments; lots Of timber, some win raise
alfalfai $50 acres cultivated, 100 In
wheat. Price s2s per acre.
Liberty bonds accepted as cash.
A. R. SMITH,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
GEORGE F. JONES,
REALToR.

Doug. 1876. s2s City Nat. Blk. Bldg.
$4,000 BUYS $50 acres. So miles from
town $500 population. 400 acres titled,
acres splendid pasture. IS acres
valuable timber good s-room house.
concrete basement, barn, 4Ox13s, springs
and creek, abundance fruits including
80 head OF cattle. 4 horses, all crops,
sugar tools. potato digger. potato
planter. disk harrow, land rollers, grain
drills. weeder, sulky cultivators. sullky
piow, horse rake. manure spreadeF
sea IS. cream separator. moving ma
chine, grain binder, corn harvester, hay
tedder. disk harrow. wagons. sleighs
cutter, harnesses hay racks, engine
ensllage cutter. many small tools; $4,000
cash. free list; per cent milk SSSI
per 100. eggs SIC doz. Ellis BrOA.
Springville. NJ Y.
100 Acres very choice gentle rolling land,
3 miles from Ashland. 4 Is miles Green
wood Neb.; all In cultivation; very best
soil price $3.50 per acre; very easy
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
BARGAIN NO. /.

If you want quick returns on your
money buy this FARM 4ai.54 acres 10
miles due south OF Bushnell, on tels-
phone and mail route, near school, and
IN a good neighborhood. This place Is
IN winter wheat, 1856 acres in winter rye.
All put IN at the right time and looks
fine, covered with about a foot OF snow
81 present, which absolutely insures a
good crop. Improvements consist Of
good granary on cement foundation. good
well and windmill, house and barn fair.
There Is not over 10 acres OF this farm
that is not Al wheat land. Price.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
HELD LAND CO.,
664 Brandeis Bldg,
OMAHA, NEB.
If YOU wish to sen, list your farm with

BUSHNELL. western Kimball county. Me-
brassa. a nicely improved grain and
stock section close to town; 100 acres
cultivated 200 acres more tillable land.
laying level to rolling; good house, nice
barn. well, windmill and tank, and oil
fenced. Immediate possession. Ask for
the price Il interested. Terms: $1,000
cash. balance $1,000 each year at 6 per
cent This beats renting. J. r. Carter.
Bushnell Neb
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
BARGAIN NO. 4.

Unlmproved go acres nine miles out.
500 acres OF the section lays level 10
rolling and can all be plowed IN one
field, balance Of 40 acres rough but ex-
oellent pasture. This section OF land IL
located in one Of the best farming com.
munities In the county. Improved farms
adjoining on every side. A bargain for
the Spectator or the man with the large
tractor. ! consider this section when II
is broke out 70 be worth $50 per acre.
! offer this for quick sale at $4,000 per
acre. 100000 cash. Balance easy
farrlsa
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

New York Sugar.
New York, Jan. 24--SuEar, unchanged,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

Tlinseed.
Duluth, MINI, Jan. ai.--LinSead-sa.aa.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
BARGAIN NO. 8.

$50 acres 10 miles from Bushnell. On
Rural Route and telephone line. This
ls almost n perfect half section, ell level
except few acres, soil the very best.
heavily grassed. good hay land This
class Of land will produce IS to 40 BUSH
els OF wheat TO the acre Il put in prop
erly, II Is the kind 10 buy and improve
70 suit yourself. Price, $500 per acre.
Tonrg tar,,4v
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
POULTRY AND BIRDS.
MONEY TO LOAN.

Organized BY the Business Men Of Omaha
FURNITURE. pianos and notes as scout.
ity, $50. mo-, Fl. goods, total, $3.50
PRoVIDENT LOAN SOCIETY.
4s2 Security Bldg. 18th q Farnam. ~. sse
LOANS ON DIAMONDS, JEWELRY AMI
~ o. LIBERTY BONDS OO1
4z2 10 W. c. FLATAU. EST. 1899. = 70
9Th FIR. SECURITY BLDG, TY. $50
Lowest rates. Private loan booths. Harry
Maleshock, 1914 rodge, D. 5619. Est 1891
DIAMOND AND JEWELRY LOANS
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25
49, ANp RANcH LANps.
Nebraska Lands.
KIMBALL COUNTY
WHEAT LANDS.

What Is land worth that win produces
20 20 40 bushels OF wheat 20 tbs acre
az the present price Of s2.0o per buEhel9
An opportunity for you to make in-
meuHs profits One man had over St,-
600 bushels % wheat from 1000 acres.
Farm lands Of the same quality can still
Be purchased here from $500 to 5000
per acre Present values can not last.
No better Investment can be had for the
SPECTATOR or farmer. Get into the
wheat growing business while lands are
cheap and prices high. ! offer only my
own land for sale. / buy absolutely tho
best 70 be had. pay the cash. sell on
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

FOR sAhE-seo acres all in wheat; To-
Gated near Sidney. Neb.; good chocolate
loan and best OF clay suhsoll; priced at
1910 per acre II sold during January;
fenced: no other improvements; one
third OF wheat crop delivered TO mar
kat goes to buyer, Address Box B-82,
Omaha Bee.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-01-25

IMPROVED and unimproved wheat farms.
kimhall Co, Nebraska. r. e Holmes
Bushnell Neb
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08

the country, II rs said. The Indian
tribes now living in the vicinity de-
clare they are the work of the Indians
Of North America and that they ante
date all aboriginal lore.
Some who have examined the
strange markings in the f1inty bowl
ders say the heiroglyphics closely re-
semble those of earliest Egypt and
may replace the latter as the first
written language Of humanity.
They are found always in the vicin-
ity of water supplies, the same mark
fngs discovered near Bishop appearing
also on rocks extending through the
Canadian border, down through Wash
ington, Oregon and California to the
Mexican line and beyond. This fact,
1t Is argued, indicates that prehistoric
tribes marked a highway for their mi
grating members or for their armies,
giving specific directions as to the best
water supplies along the way.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
COMPLETE CHAOS IN RUSSIA
Inevitable Anarchy as the Result Of
insufficient Supplies Of Food
for the People.

BY far the most terrible toll Of the
Russian winter will be taken In the
peasant villages, the home Of nine
tenths Of Russia's 1S0,000,000, Oliver
NJ. Sayler writes in the Saturday Eve
ming Post. The sullen and defiant
muzhik, who has planted for himself
and only for himself, hasn't taken in
to account the possibility that superior
force from the city or from his own or
q neighboring village may seize his
grain. When the calamity befalls, an
endless train Of disaster and bloodshed
and starvation will follow in its wake.
Reprisal on some weaker peasant
will be the next step, and from that
the flame will spread to virulent Dor
der warfare with whole villages on
the trail to plumber the grain bins Of
others or ~intrenched to protect their
own. In some districts, even before I
left, this most cruel form Of civil strife
had broken out n
I contemplated returning from Pet
rograd to Moscow by sleigh overland
in case the German advance enveloped
the railroad outlets. Careful investiga-
ton. however, disclosed the fact that
machine guns, brought home from the
front, were mounted or all the roads
leading into many villages and travel
ers approached them at their peril.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
REACH LIMIT IN ABSORPTION
Small Things Like the Turmoil Of .
Great Mar Cannot Disturb
Chess Devotees.

To it's devotees chess is the most
absorbing Of all mental activities, the
game that above all others brings
complete forgetfulness of. the world
to those who play and those who
watch the moves, observes a writer In
the New York Herald.
A striking example of this self-ab-
sorptfon has been shown recently In
the rooms Of q local chess club when
distinguished experts struggled for su.
premacy In the mimic field needless of
the s%tupendous f%our-year struggle that
was fast drawing to a close on Eu-
ropes shell-tOrn, blood-sOaked board.
What was the reckless slaughter Of
thousands Of German soldiers In COM
parison with the sacrifice of q single
ivory pawn standing guard before Its
queen1 Which one of those who
moved the pieces OF Of the greater
nfmber who watched them with fur
rowed brows and fast-beating hearts
thought Of the kaiser's peace offer
while the queens gambit was passing
before their eyes1 The pope may lift
his voice in words Of solemn counsel,
but they heed him not. The only &C.
clesiastical power that they recognize
is that Of the mltred bishop sweeping
into the heart Of the enemy's country
and shifting the rock as it stands.
To read the printed. accounts Of this
tournament is to recall the old Puck
picture Of two chess players carried
In their chairs from a burning build
Ing with the board between them. Nor
do we wonder at the fact that 1t was
only while absorbed In his daily game
that the exiled Napoleon could forget
Sir Hudson Lowe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1919-01-08
A Napoleon HoIouraph,

Few holograph letters in the hand Of
the great Napoleon are outside the
French national archives. In the IA
nous Morrison collection, the second
portion Of which Is being offered at
Sotheby's, London, appeared that mis-
sive which the first consul wrote to the
prince who afterwards became Louis
XVIII. In this he sternly advises him
to remain in sweet and tranquil exile,
for a return to France would mean a
trudge over 100000 corpses can vous
faudrait marcher sur 100000 cadav-
res"). For this vehement warning Mr..
+. Sabin paid f435, and at a convenient
and authorized interval the letter will
60 to New York. A descendant q Jo-
seph Bonanarte, at present incognito
In London, inspected the letter and
was represented in the earlier stages
Of the bidding. Another letter by Ma
poleon addressed to Josephine, saying
that the sun itself may grow cold be-
fore he forgets her, reached $780,
London Mail.