Omaha daily bee., 1919-05-18
OF Timely Interest

At fair recently held In London
on behalf Of wounded soldiers and
sailors there was shown q pigeon
which had been repeatedly men
toned for its excellent work in the
war. The bird had been wounded
In the eyes, and afterwards became
quite blind from the wound, but II
had bravely fulfilled its duty in car
rying the message entrusted to 1t.
Among the women OF Afghanistan
the strongest superstition attaches to
the potency OF the frog as a love
charm. The mode Of procedure is
as follows: Two frogs are tied back
to back. A black heart is painted
upon the bullfrog, while the head of
the cow frog is similarly ornament
ed. The pair are then baked alive
and the remains reduced to powder,
which, sprinkled upon some dear
friend, is supposed to cause her to
lose the favor of her husband and to
give place to the rival. 44.
The Schleswig- Holstein question,
the settlement Of which has been
left by the peace conference to a
vote Of the people, is thus disposed
of in a more amicable manner than
was the case some half century ago.
when the dispute over the two
northern duchies resulted in two
wars involving three of, the European
powers. In 1854 the attempt of
Prussia to take the duchies led to
the famous Seven Days war. which
resulted in a defeat for Denmark
and a victory for Prussia and Aus
tria. So far as Denmark was con-
cerned, the Schleswig- Holstein ques-
ton was settled then. So far as
Prussia and Austria were concerned.
it was not settled until two years
later, when in the famous seven
weeks campaign ending with Sa-
dowa, Prussia defeated Austria and
secured the spoils of schleswig- Hol-
stein for itself.
The meeting of the 66th congress
in extra session recalls the fact that
the first extra session of the United
States congress was called by Pres
ident John Adams on May Is, 1897.
The congress was the Fifth. The
relations of the United. States with
France were in critical condition
at the time, the French government
having suspended diplomatic inter
course on the ground that the Jay
treaty in relation to French West
Indian possession was a violation of
a solemn compact. Pinckney, the
American minister to France, had
been expelled from that country and
the French government had under
fnI 10 b
tons on American commerce. Pres
ident Adams made numerous recon-
mendations to congress concerning
the organization of the militia and
providing for a naval armament and
his wishes were promptly met. The
session closed on July 10.
For tourists the greatest attrac-
ton in the city of Fiume has al
ways been the famous sanctuary,
known as the Santa Casa Of Loretto.
1t is said that from May 10. 1891,
to December-i0, 1894, the very house
in which the Savior spent his youth
was located on the present site of
the world-renowned church. The
angels, which proposed to remove
the small structure from Palestine
to Italy, lost their way, and from
sheer fatigue and exhaustion were
compelled to deposit it near the
Guarnero gulf. Some persons were
living in Fiume at that time who
had been in Palestine and claimed
to recognize the house. No other
explanation could be given for the
sudden and mysterious looming up
of such building, which appeared
to be uninhabited. Less supersti-
tious individuals spoke of it as re-
sort of bandits and pirates, but the
religious would not hear of such a
thing. 1t was left to their spiritual
father, Archbishop Alexander, to
determine the genuineness of the
hallowed relic. Said he wisely: IF
this be, indeed, the house in which
Jesus lived it can no longer be
standing in Palestine. Let us there
fore go to the Holy Land and see If
1t still be found on the old site"
Messengers were commissioned to
go and investigate and they returned
with the welcome news that the
house was no longer there. The an
gels permitted 1t to remain three
years longer, when it suddenly dis
appeared, and now pilgrims come to
the shrine of Loretto, crying: "Re-
turn unto us; return unto u.s."