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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12

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Quotation. on Cattle-choice to prime
beeves. $l75o@ls.4o; good to choice
beeves, $15.7591725: fair to good beeves.
$l400@15.50; common to fair beeves,
s11.00@14.00: e10ice to prime yearlings,
$l6509ls.00; good to choice yearlings.
$l45o@16.50; fair to good yearlings,
s125O@l4.O0; common to fair yearlings.
slO0O412.5O: good to choice heifers.
sl00o@13.o0; good to choice cows, $3.50
l2OO; fair to good cows, $7.504900; COM
mon to fair cows. S5.75@7.5O; good to choice
stockers, s12.OO@140O; medium to good
feeders, $10.00@l1.50; good to choice
stockers, ss:O0911.00: fair to good stock
ers s7.50@900; common to fair stockers,
s6.50@7.50 stock heifers, s650Q8.5o:
stock cows. $6.00@750; stock calves, $3.50
$1,000: veal calves, $S.00Q13.00; bulls.
stays. etc. s7.OO@12.o0; choice to prime
grass beeves s14.00@15.25; good to choice
grass beeves, s12.OO@13.50; fair to good
grass beeves, s1000@11.50; common to
fair grass beeves. $800Q9.50; Mexican
beeves. s7.50@9O0.
Hogs-Receipts today amounted to IS
loads estimated at $500 head. The week
opened with vigorous demand. the
market being active and mostly 25@4Oc
higher than Saturday. A large proper
tion Of the hogs sold from s20.75@21.00.
while a few sales were reported below
this early the strength shown on the
market was evidenced by sales appearing
above the later. Top for the day was
S21.5o.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
NAxy York nry GOOda.

New York Dry Goods.
New York, Aug. 11.-Print cloths were
easier today. Yarns were steady, and
comoed yarns higher. Dress goods were
in steady demand but jobbers reported
quieter trade. Raw silk was unchanged.
and burlaps steady.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City, Aug. l1.-Corn: Septem-
Der, SISSY; December. s1.63A { y.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
New York Sugar.

New York Sugar.
New York, Aug 11.-Raw sugar, steady:
centrifugal, 7.2Sc: refined. steady: cut
loaf 1050c: crushed. 10.25c; mould A.
$500; cubes. s.75c: powdered. e20c; stand
ard powdered. else: fine graduated and
diamond A. 5000; confectioners' A, $500:
No. l soft sugar, 885c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
(From Ell Psso Times.l
HOG CREEK COMPANY REFUSES
$4,000, 900 BID

Waxahachie, Tex, Aug. Sat a
meeting of the Directors of the Hog
Creek Oil Company at Midlothian
this afternoon, a bid Of $8,000,000
for the property was rejected. A
number of bids are on file, but the
identity of the 100000 bidder
was not disclosed. Had the bid been
accepted, each 500 share would
have Melted it's owner figures $751;
1888. A large number of oil
men attended the meeting from
many parts of the country.
The Hog Creek Company's wells
are in the famous Desdemona field.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
BEST ON / II Z MA hAEl'
2-in-1 Vulcanizing Co.
NEW TIRES ~ PRICE
ANOTHER GOOD ONE.
IMPROVED QUARTER

Fir-s;ons. Congress. Lee Pullman. Fisk
Tri:- for lr:tes Mention sizes
EAi.AN TIRE JoBBERS. 20ls Farnam-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12
Short Tern, Notes
Chicago Grain and Proyi.ions.

Omaha, CITY OF, various .....462 pct.
I'm. stk. Yds. ON. LIST IS, 1881 s6 81
Wilson Cow. IS, 1928 ....... 98h 99i
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-12

EEF STEERS.
The Press., 1919-01-02
INNER MAN WELL FORTIFIED
American Soldier, Ordered to the Front, at Least Did Not Set out
 on Mission Hungry.

An American doughboy entered restaurant in the Rue Richelieu and after carefully studying the menu, or dered dejeuner.
 The waitress brought him bacon and eggs, cheese and a pint of beer. When he had finished eating he paid his bill and called the waitress.
 'Now I want some lunch
 This time she brought him plate of roast beef, vegetables and chicken, which he washed down with half dozen cups of tea; then he paid his bill and called the wondering waitress back again.
 "Now, my dear, I want dinner"
 He ate some beef. vegetables, ap- ples and drank a bottle of wine.
 At l 80. after having taken all three meals at once, the soldier left the res- taurant, and little while later set out on a mission to the front.-Stars and Stripes.
The Press., 1919-01-02
IN SPANISH HALL OF FAME
The Name of Espartero, Duke of Vit- toria, Has Been Properly Ac-
 corded HiQh Position.

Fifty years ago Queen Isabella was yoke of the Bourbons and inaugurated new order of things, looking at least to the establishment of constitutional government if not government of the people.
 Espartero, duke of Vittoria. was placed at the head of the state. He had occupied that position on two for mer occasions. He aided in securing the succession of Isabella, and success fully ted her armies in putting down the CarlistS. In the insurrectiOn of 1S4O, caused by the law suppressing the freedom of speech in the town cOun- cilS. ESnartero became head of ihe government and was confirmed in that position by the cortes, and was ap- pointed regent during the minority of the queen. He was depOSed in 1S43 H.'h had to fly to London for safety. In lS41 he was recalled to Spain and the Queen Mother Christinia and Mar vnez from the country, he was again placed at the head of the government, a position which he resigned in lS5G. E>partero was born in 1792. He was tn" son of a wheelwright, commenced life as common soldier in the Span tsh army and gained his hOnors and tii les hy his own ability as a soldier land statesman
The Press., 1919-01-02
TWO Ex-PREMIERS IN CABINET
Situation in British Politics That Has Never Before Occurred Is Ar1ong
 the Possibilities.

Herbert H. Asquith, former premier, Is often mentioned as possible addi| ton to the present cabinet. The Man happens Lloyd George will have two former prime ministers among his sub ordinates. There is no former instance of this state of things in modern his- tory, and it is long time now since an English government contained in secondary place even one former pre- mier.
 The classical case occurred about the middle of last century, and is furnish ed by the game of see-saw which was played by Lord John Russell and Lord PalmerstOn. In the government of 1S46-52 Lord John Russell was prime minister and Lord PalmerstOn foreign secretary, and in the government or 1S59-65 their two positions were ex- actly reversed.
 It was Lord John Russell's excep- tiOnal fate to be prime minister from the age of fifty-four till that of sixty. to be in and out of subordinate office. under Lord Aberdeen and then under Lord PalmerstOn. from sixty to seven- ty-three, and at that age to be prime minister again.
 If Lloyd George gets Mr. AsQuith as we'll as Mir. BalfOur he will have all the living former premierS except one. the exception being Lord ROseberY. whose period of Office-15 mOnthS--was so short as to compare with the mete- oric premiership of the age of Can' ming.
The Press., 1919-01-02
ICELAND PROUD OF CULTURE
Little Nation, Long Isolated From the Rest of the World, Has Maintained
 Its Spiritual Life.

There are few nations that can point to a brighter record of culture than this little nation of one hundred thousand people Uceland), practically isolated on their arctic island for nearly one thousand years. Why did they not revert to barharism. as has been the fate of many white groups out of touch with outside civilization? There is but one answer: The Prone thean flame which kindled the genius of the old. now nameless, mOnks-the saga authOrS-haS never died in Ice land. It could not die so long as the sagas lived, firing the spiritual life of the nation.
 Each period of national prosperity since the saga age has seen a revival of literary activity. Now Iceland is more prosperous in material way than eyer in it's history. and behold there is a pen scratching in every cot tage; there is poet apostrophizine every waterfall, dedicating the sum- mer crop of poppies and daffodlls, and charming, or at least trying to charm the innumerable host of fays and ligh5 elves, trolls and water sprltes ana "landvaettir" which have endowed the bleak hills and mountains of Iceland with an immortal soul.---From the Dial
The Press., 1919-01-02
ALMOST WILLING TO GIVE UP
Mir. Gap Johnson Is Beginning to Fear He Never Will Really Under
 stand Women.

"WOmen is funny folks, most any way you take 'em," philosophicaly ad- mitted Mir. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "The oldest man in Americ:, can't tell what lady will do next. and if he could, she wouldn't do it. Day before yesterday while we was setting around the dinner table wife slapped few of the children into shape and then sOrter casually asked me if I knowed what day it was. T,
 "Why, Wednesday or Thursday, reckon says I. I hain't paid much attention lately, but it's some'rs along there
 "It is Tuesday, the 10th says she, kind O sternly. Do y0u know what happened 15 years ago today?
 "'Hum, now! Lez see,' says I. Oh, yes !-that was the day tree fell on me and busted me up considerable. forgot
 "'No, it wasn'tr she snapped we were married 15 years ago today
 "Is that SOP says l. "Well, 1 knowed something happened to me, but sorter disrecollected what. Aw-hum. r.
 And then I'll be switched if wife mighty nigh every dish on the place at my head-dishes that cost me good money, too! The longer I live with women, the less I know about 'em !''- fudge.
The Press., 1919-01-02
FLASH LIGHTS IN UNISON
Firef,ies Seem to Have an Understand. ing as to When to Begin
 an illumination.

Various observers testify to the fact that myriads of glow worms very oc- caSionally indulge in synchronOus fash ing with very beautiful effect. It is thought by some that this phenom- enon is accidental, although in this light some cases would seem incred- ible.
 John V. Purcell of Washington, D. C., records that in the town of Co., tabato. island of Mindanao, P. l.. few years ago there were two trees about the size of apple trees and perhaps hundred yards apart, and every eve ming these were filled with fireflies which flashed in unison, first one tree iigfAting una and then the other. There must have been several thousand in- sects in each tree, yet the sypchrOnism was so perfect that rarely or never did a single firefiy flash at the wrong time.
 "To the best Of my Recollection the Illumination period lasted about two or three seconds and the dark periods perhaps twice that long. I can posi- lively vouch for the accuracy of the foregoing, for it seemed so strange and produced so beautiful an effect that I thought it one of the most remarkable things in the Philippines, and it made a deep impression on me-"
The Press., 1919-01-02
WOOL WILL LONG BE SCARCE
Life of a Pound of Valuable Product Has Been Shortened on Account
 of the War.

Even with peace 1t is doubtful If our clothes will return to normal, in price or otherwise. until long after the war;" writes Douglas Jaspersen in Everybody's. "The necessity of re- habilitating the millions of men in khaki is already problem. This vast army to be reclothed will be a heavy drain upon the worlds already ex- hausted wool and shOddy markets. Then. too. the need of depleted Ger many for wool and shoddy should fur over the world.
 "Ever since the beginning of the war shoddy has been disappearing from our midst at an alarming rate. while the production of wool has been en- tireIy inadequate to the worlds needs.
 "In normal times the life of pound of wool in it's various incarnatlons ex- tends over a period of years.
 But war, the most wasteful Of all businesses, has changed the old order of things. Both the virgin wool and the shOddy that went to make up that khaki coat for some soldier are buried, with it's wearer, somewhere over there and will never return to do duty for us again. And so, in a great many cases. the life of a pound of wool has been suddenly reduced from some where around six years to as many months. Wool alone can never clothe the world. It has been shOddy that kept the worlds clothing bill down for many year, and until the shoddy sup ply Is normal again we can all expect to have more or less trouble with our clothes"
The Press., 1919-01-02
Twice Cited for RraXerx

To have been cited by the French for bravery twice since his arrival in France in January Is the record of Professor Stephen H. Bush of the University of Iowa. In the wake of the first official announcement came a lengthy cablegram with the details of his second citation. Courage and ten- acity in bringing in wounded over ex- posed places" were Conspicuous on the part of Professor Bush, who Is work ing for the Y. M. c. A. with the Mo- rOccan divisions.
 The cablegram further declares that the French are devoted to Professor Bush and the other Y. M. c. A. work CTS in his division and are gaining a high opinion of Americans through con- tact with them" Professor Bush is head of the department of romance languages at the university.-Iowa University News Letter.
The Press., 1919-01-02
FiSh.Skin Shoes.

At the recent exposition of the chemical industries at New York there was an interesting exhibit of leather made from the skin of fishes, shark, porpo!se and tuna fish, which showed 1t to be as full of good qualities as leather made from the skins of ani mals.
 Scientists of the Pratt institute and the United States bureau of fisheries have been experimenting with fish skin as substitute for leather, and the raw hide of sharks and porpoises al ready is in commercial use. PorpOtse skin razor strops have been used for years, and other kinds of fish leather would have been on the market long ago, the scientists say, had it not been that there was an abundance of real leather,
The Press., 1919-01-02
War Brinas Peace to New York.

All is peace in New Y0rk's toughest district since the war. A year or so ago any person who wandered through the Gas House" district, on First ave- nue from Seventeenth to Twenty-see- Ond street, at night usually came away minus his watch and roll and with battered countenance. Many were the actual and alleged breaches of the peace laid to the young manhood of this section of the city. It ran the gamut of everything from riot to mur- der. Today all this is changed Since the Gas House" gang has donned the khaki there Is an air of refinement and culture in the district. Men neigh borS meet on friendly terms and clothes-line fights and feuds between the women are only memories. Gone is the old order of things material. Fights have given way to celebrations in honor of the lads from the district now fighting in France. There are Ill of them from this section and the other night service flag was un- furled. It showed five gold stars. Two thousand men, women and chill dren, many of them mothers and fa- thers, lifted their voices in a pean of cOnSecration.
The Press., 1919-01-02
WHEN MAKING ayr A CHECK
Take Time Enough ta Write LeeibI ard Be Sure Amount Is Indicated
 Clearly in Writing.

Do you know how to write chec.s so that il cannot be successfully Iinf pered with: Experts declare thak careiessness in that small matter b responsible for the loss of millions eF dollars annually. the loss falling snEA+ times on the individual and Eometimas on the bank. There are mechanical l devices to prevent the raising of checks. but their use is not generak partly because of the expense. h,E more particularly, probably, because it adds one more to the multitude of things to he done.
 For those who are daily taking chances William G. Pengelly, hand writing expert in recent paper, off 1ers some valuable advice in the draw Ing Of checks. His first suggestion is 10 take enough time for the process to De sure of doing good job. In filling Tn the space for the amount in nu- morals write in legible figures, begin nlng close to the printed dollar mark , dOnt leave space for the insertion Of another figure. Then write the amount Ill words, preferably beginning with q capital, at the left-hand end of the line; don't write it so that the amount stands in the middle of the line; hay. ing written the amount properly, draw a heavy life from the last letter to the word Dollars at the right. Al he says. ''block the words in" so thaG additions cannot be easif.j made eithe" at the beginning or at the end. Whei the words are written clearly and witt all initial of unmistakable identity. The check-raiser has little opportunity for his work.
 Another safeguard Mr. Pengelly sug- gests is the writing of the amount of the check, either in figures or words, ln red ink, above or within the signature at the bottom. In his experience he h;ts found this to be a successful safe guard against fraud. But the all-lm. pOrtant things are legibility of hand writing and proper location of the written amounts. Don't be in hurry ill writing q check. It Is haste thar makes trOuble.-COlumbu Dispatch.
The Press., 1919-01-02
War Coinage In Germany.

Due to metal shortage Germany has instituted iron coinage. The fraction al mark coins are no longer of copper and nickel, but are forgings of Sic. mems Martin steel. The coinage of copper was discontinued in 1917. A!n7 minum had been coined to a small ex7 tent before the war; the smallest coins, one and two pfennig pieces, are now made of aluminium, which Is moro attacked by ordinary water. sod" salts, etc, than by distilled water Zinc coins have recently been intro duced Zine coins had been used iiI French Indo-C China; they are again. more apt to cOrrOde, especially when impure with lead, cadmium and iron in distilled water than in ordinary wa ter; they turn yellOw-brOwn. hut as sun:e a pleasant gray tint in soda and salt. On the whole, the cheapest iron coins have answered best.-Engineer- inp
The Press., 1919-01-02
On M arryinq Aviators.

1t is noticed that the dear girls are marrying aviation lieutenants more 4 than any other class of soldiers. This Ts~ not because so many of them are Billed, but because the service is the most romantic, and if there is any thing well-balanced girl likes more rthan anything else 1t is romance. And to have a husband who sails the blue skies and goes hiding in the clouds makes a girl very proud She has & right to be. He is looked upon as a sunerman who gets beyond the domain of gravitatiOn and wanders in the re- giOns where the angels are supposed to fly. When such a one gets back to earth and sits with his wife before the cordial fireplace and talks to her of stars. sunsets and dreams. could there be more delightful company? Who would not be an aviator and face all the pcrilS of aviation for such an experience? No wonder the govern ment has more aviatOrs than 1t wants Ohio State Journal.
The Press., 1919-01-02
Industrial Exemption.

Conscription boards have their trou1 bes, and occasionally a tragedy, but once in a while they have little joke. too. The local draft board at Scotts- burg thinks it has a good one" on the third district appeal board.
 Recently the Scottsburg board sent up papers of a man who sought ex- emption because of marriage since Au- gust ,, 1918. In due time the papers were returned by the appeal board with the ruling deferred classification re- fused. Place can be filled by another"
 It is presumed that the appeal clerks wrote reason for refusal of an appeal for exemption on industrial grounds on the papers instead of the one intended for case.-Indianapolis News.
The Press., 1919-01-02
Efficiency Can Be overdone.

It may be that the new and much vaunted religion of efficiency can be carried too far. A little less of 1t. at times, might work no great harm. Not that we would decry efficiency, mind you Doubtless 1t is fine thing. But look what 1t has done to the Ger mans.
 The idea we are trying to get at Is that if a man follow always and eter- nally the cast iron rules of efficiency, it is apt to make him stale as any other steady diet would do, or to weary him as 1t would weary him to be always prim and sedate and al- ways to wear stiff collars and tight shoes.-Los Angslss TimsA
The Press., 1919-01-02
NOW FISH IN INLAND WATERS
German Submarines Have Driven Hardy Dutch Sailers Frora Their
 Occupation in the North Sea.

In this day of the lurking submarine the waters of the North sea are d marked danger zone for the fisherman of the Netherlands. and consequently the rivers and inner seas of Holland. are thronged with brOwn-sailed fishing Smacks, all eagerly pursuing the elu- sive herring, salmon, pike and carp.
 Until the boats tanks or barrels are filled the determined fisherman sticks at his job. If good haul is soon made he may steer the craft up some canal to an inland town to market his catch. He gets out the sign, Fish for Sale," and fastens it to the mast. draws the boat up to the canals edge, and is soon besieged by house. wives anxious to inspect his wares. The fish, as if conscious of their pend- tank, while thrifty Dutch matrons follow certain ones excitcdIy with forefin@er, and the seller endeavorS to locate the desired fish in the swarm Ing tub.
 On a summer evening when fleet OI tue Spou SliiIbS uuS Iiu'tt poi uitoi hard days work, fishing village is one of the most picturesque sights in Holland. Sails patched or torn and Tapping rise and fall in the harbor with the motion of the waves. The brawny Dutch fisherman. revived by supper and the evening pipe. is curing fish and exchanging stories with neigh hor hn fo S.if ifc, before her cottage mending nets. or perhaps adorning torn sail with vivid red patch.
 There is little rest for these hard working seamen and their wives. Fish have long been to Holland what rice is to China or the potato to America. With it's food supply ebbinS danger ously low. Holland looks more than ever to her fiS'rer folk to feed the people
The Press., 1919-01-02
Junt What to Do.

Commander Capsicum. who looked after the submarine defenses at little Vaudeville. had spent the morning instrueting the mine-swseper's crew in their duties.
 'Now, you see," he said. lingering his models, you ram a sub like this. Do you want to ask me any ques- tionsT"
 "Please, sir" piped some son of . sea cook. what shall I do If I see a submarIney
 The instructor gazed at the man with sparks coming out of his eyes, and the rest of the class thought out all the horrible stories of the punish ments Nero inflicted on those who crossed him.
 Dor roared Capsicum, when he found his voice, "do, man. do! Why follow the - thing home and take its name and address !"-Pearson's Weekly.
The Press., 1919-01-02
Repopulation Problem,

The reichstag is conceIQed with problems which threaten the Gef1rfffaa1i; [; birth rate. IL Is recommends. to get the workers away from the cities, where they can have small detached cottages in which light and country air and nutritious food can he Ob- tained. This course would tend to in- crease the number of births. II has been learned that about half of the muti- lated soldiers are marrying women old CT than themselves. a custom which is prrniniouS for repOpulatIon. To check Infant mortality more children'S clin- les will he established
The Press., 1919-01-02
EASY MONEY FOR YoUNGsTER
And Incidentally Druggist knows More About United States Cur
 reney, So lts Even Break.

The druggist at the corner was pass ing some copper money in change for a broken dime. the big part of which had been spent in chocolate candy, to an eleven-year-old lad. - There's your three pennies change" said the druggist.
 "wotcher givin' us?" said the small boy.
 "Your change, three pennies"
 "No, VT not. Them's not pennies. You ain't got no pennies in the house."
 I've more than & hundred of 'em in the cash register"
 'I1l bet you ain't got one. let alone q hundred" said the boy. 'rll bet you Eve soda waters"
 "Pn take you" said the druggist.
 "Tll prove 1t right now. Read what it says on that money. Don't 1t say One CentT You don't find any pen- nies in our coins. Our teacher told us.'
 The druggist acknowledged his error.
 "Now," said the boy, "come on with your soda water. Gimme two glasses chocolate to begin with"