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Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
A Puzzle in Eggs.

Some of the grocer's baskets con-
tain duck eggs and the remainder
contain hen eggs, so his meaning is
clear when he says:
when sell all of the eggs i'll one
of those baskets | shall have left
four times as many hen eggs as
duck eggs"
The number of eggs in each bas-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Stories by Our Little Folks
Honorable Mention.)
The New Sl,ate Str1p.

Bonnie Fisher. Age II, Fullerton, Neb.
Mother, where is my new skate
strap" called loud voice from the
hall. II don't know, am sure,
Robert" answered his mother.
Just then, little Jessie, sitting on
the floor by her mother. sad. i
know, brother. Helcu went SEATING
just little whilc ago and took it
with her.
Well, 1t is pity she cant ask
Inc when she wants TO use my
things
Never MUD, Robert, get yonr
old strap and use it today" said his
mother.
Robert went unwilingly and got
his cid strap aud soen was of to the
river. for skate with his friends.
He sat down and put on his skates
and used the, old strap.
After an hour of real fun, Rob
ert heard some one calling for help.
He recognized the voice and was
soon where the cries came from.
die lie ped his sister ttcm tire icy
water which she had skated into.
not knowing it was where they had
been cutting ice the day before. as,
they had not put tip daTrer sign.
They soon got her out, but she
was chilled to the bone. and drip
ping with the icy water. One Of the
boys offered to take her home on
his sled, but Robert said, 10 she
must run and get warm or she will
freeze to death" SO Robert and
one of his frierds took hold of each
CT her hands and made he run as
fast as she could. After they had
gone a short distance, Robert asked
her il she was cold, and she said.
No | am hot"
When they got home, gHelen's
mother put dry clothing on her,
and sat her on an easy chair by the
fire.
&Aftcr time, Helen asked Rob
ert If he needed his skate strap.
Robert. who was sitting by the ia
Bile. looked ZIP somewhat surprised,
as he had forgotten entirely about
it. mo | didn't need it, my old
strap did just as we'll"
So the next time Helen used his
strap. he didn't scold about it.
The Greedy Welt. x
y Retha Elliott, Age s. Fairbury. Neb
Dear Busy Bees:-This is my first
letter to you. enjoy your poems
and stories. ] am in the third A.
NV teachers name is Mrs. Leager.
! like her. Butt will write you al
story ssS+ ps.et@4 slSssve0f ~ r
~Once there w VAS tWSsos,lfss He was
going to two parties He.Was study
ing how to eat both dinners, While
he was studying he saw his friends
coming along. They asked him #
he went to the parties. He said
not yet. They said 1t Is over with.
And that served him right for want
ing to be greedy.
My Pet Bird.
BY Frances May vanstrom. Age II. Ed
gar. Neb.
Dear Busy Bees:
This is my first letter TO the Busy
Bees page. | read the page every
Sunday and enjoy it very much !
am gong to tell you about my pet
bird
One day when my sisters and I
were on our way TO school we saw
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09

dates that have already passed this
month and subtract that total from
the sum total of the dates to come
this month, the difference will be
the date of the day after the day
after to morrow"
What was the date upon which
Bobby made his speech?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09

fences taken from doughboy's let
terri
There is a southern negro here
who calls me Marsc Daniel.
On the Company street, ours is
the end tent.
| am rapidly learning French.
Street means Rue, entire means be-
tween.
An ex-naval ensign says this life
is more entertaining than sea serv-
ice.
To manage our experition is big,
able mans task.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09

a little bird which was sparrow
We caught it aud took it home We
discovered that its wing was broken
50 bandaged it up. We put il in a
little box and fed and W. stored il.
One morning when we went to
feed i; we found it dead, which
made all very sad.
Finding Horrine-s.
Frances Tomjack. Age IL, Ewing. Ncb,
n. X. Nc :.
Miriam was sitting in her moth
er's big, easy chair, by the large
French window looking out upon
the snow-clfd Garth, She So, with
4 frown OH her forehead and pout
Oh her iips.ia fact. Miriam was very
dull. She had harh invited to a
ChristtnGs party given by one sof
her friends on the other side 1of
town. but as the weather was so
bad she could not go Her thoughts
wee very bitter and size did not
see haw beautiful the world was
vi, It's soft white mantle.
Hiram got up ard wet into the
library to get a book. The title of
it vas Oh: ist,naJ Carols She went
back to her scat by the window
and been to read She lad hecn
re, .dirg Tor sor,e> 'ine whenfall Of
a sudden her book fell in her IN
ard there she sat staring out of the
V rdrw. but not with bitter thoughts
tits time.
She vas Timing about the poor
children she had often seen playing
il tie street. She h"d not thought
about them at til1f tine.
oH she was thinking about their
Christmas rartv Did thew ever
have well-filcd stoc':ine on Christ
mas mcrnA Did they sever have
parties with I'll the goodies they
could eato These were some OF
the thoughts that filled her mind,
Why not give a party for them?
That was the question tl,at arose in
her mind. In answer to it she ran
TO her room. took out her purse and
counted her money. 1t amounted to
qui'e sum. She fled to her moth
err ard said eagerly. Mamma. |
don't-w"'t to go to that old party
I'm sic' q srch things as acting
just exactly prorer just to please
some horrid old dame. who calls her
self aristocratic. Mamma, why can't
we have party for the children in
our bloc'.9" Her mother anav'ercd.
why CT course. dear, why d'dn't
YOU think of it sooner" Miriam
flew off to make preparations. She
was happier now than she had been
for many an hour. The party was
7, be from 4 until 8 p. IN. III due
time all the guests arrived. What
fun they had in playing jokes and
tricks. They had peanut hunt too.
But the most fun was when good
old St. Nick came and gave them
all myterious looking packages.
These were accompanied by little
shrieks of delight They had
very good time and all went home
with happy hearts. Miram's Gas you
a''rcly could guess) was the hap,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09

Henry Dombey into the firm upon
the payment OF | 200 sterling. which
sum was to be divided between
senior and junior, so that the inter
ests OF three partners in the con-
Germ would then be alike. How
should that LOO be divided between
Senior and Junior?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Missing Consonants.

Add one consonant, a sufficient
number of times to the following
line of letters to make it a readable
sentence:
E u S Z A RE DIEV H
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Guess This Date.

Whats the
date, Bobby
inquired his
m o t h er one
day last Sep
TENDER. Bob
by, who was
studying the
calendar, re-
piled: Il OBJ
serve that if
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Taking a Partner.

In the old
firm Of DOM
hey & Son,
seniors inter
est was one
and one fourth
times as much
as JUNIORS.
Then il was
d e c d e d to
IA he Uncle
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Making Friends.

BY Betty Furtll, Age II, 2o2 South Thirty
seventh Street, Omaha, Neb.
There was once girl who went
to college. Her name was Sue Jane
Saunders and she was from Saun-
ders Ridge farm, which was owned
by her Woodworking father.
This girl was very different from
the other girls. she was very mucl,
younger. Sue Jane wore plain short
clothes. with tiny frills around her
neck. The other girls wore longer
and fancier clothes.
They all thought Sue Jane very
funny girl, and always teased her.
This made her very lonesome and
very unhappy and very sad.
But after she had been at college
few months. she won their friend
ships by being good and kind. and
even the teachers thought her the
best girl Of all
Later in the year scholarship
was offered by the state and Sue
Jane won it and was able to come
back the next year At the end of
the first year. Sue Jane took all OF
the girls home to the farm with her
for long and happy vacation.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09

Boy in Blue.
Mary Johnson, Age II. Fordyce. Neb.
The boy in blue is minding his sheep
Ally through the night, without a
wink of sleep,
But when comes the dawn of day,
His sheep are let go astray.
Then the boy in blue
Is asleep, quite true@
Then comes his father to see where
he is,
And asks him where are the sheep
of his.
The New Rug.
Hey, Ma! There's a big cat in
the parlor and somebody's stepped
on him and squashed him."
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
A Doughboy's Puzzle.

Can you find a French city or
town in each of the following SEN
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
Counting Out Puzzle.

Frank Jones is, not only smart
kid" at figures, but is gallant boy
as well. In his new counting out
game. he has arranged the boys and
girls in such manner that i'll count
ing round and round the girls shall
all be counted out and the boys get
left"
Frank has selected IS as count
ing-out number. Counting round
and round to the right, the 18th boy
or girl steps out and counting is
continued to l3
Franks puzzle consists in finding
the boy or girl with whom he must
have started the count, in order to
count out all The girls and leave the
boys. For instance, had he COM
menced counting from himself, May
would have been the first out, then
Harry. Bessie, and SO on.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
How Old Are the Bows.

The combined ages oil Jimmie's
two sbrotbers just equal his IA LIZ
years, and it is also a peculiar fact
that the respective years that the
two younger have lived. when null
tiplied together, will also just equal
Jimmie's years.
What are the ages of the two
younger boys?
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
A Yovng Farmer.


Henry Henricksen, Age "a, Blair, Neb
Dear Busy Bees:-The riddle
looks easy so | will try and answer
it. The difference between cat
and a match is, when you throw
them UP a cat will light on its feet
and match will light on its head.
| read the children's page every
Sunday. ! am IA years old. Am
too old to write to the chldren's
page?
Our school let out Thursday, so
we could go to the fair at Arlington.
! did not go. Some people who
live near our place took some Of
my cucumbcrs to the fair. They
took second premium. | would have
gotten first premium, but we were
to have six and | never knew that.
They were the biggest.
| put up two wren houses last
sprinr and got renters in them both,
! took MY vacation in the hospital
last summer. | will close and leave
room for others.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
A Two Days Trip.


BY Ctlestine Dvorak. Age IS, HowelIs
Neb
My Dear Busy Bees: This is my
first letter to your page. ! read the
stories every Monday. am IS
years old and am going to be in the
ninth grade. am going to tell YOU
about my vacation trip to Karin.
Mo. ! and my sister went TO Mis-
souri, in June. 1t took us two DAYS
to get there by the train and | was
very tired before we got there. We
went to our uncle's place and we
surprised them very much as they
did not know that we were coming
! stayed there two weeks and one
day uncle and | went to Springfield,
Mo. There ] saw negroes, gypsies
and Indians. Well | must stop as
my letter is getting long. | wish
some OF the Busy Bees would write
to me.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-09
The G-rcdv Welt.

y Retha Elliott, Age s. Fairbury, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees:-This is my first
letter to you. | enjoy your poems
and stories. ] am in the third A.
My teachers name is Mrs. Leager.
/ like her. Buts.l will write you a.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-17
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
SHERIFt"S SALE.

G. W. DdIympIc Us. W. T. Q. FH'nisS.
No. f1O2. In Second District Court.
BUssicr Parish. Louisiana.
BY VIRTUE of il writ of seizure and
sale. issued in the above entitled suit.
and to me directed. have seized, and
will proceed to sell ut public auction,
to the last and highest bidder, ut the
front door Of the Court House. in the
town Of Benton. La. on Saturday. May
10, 1919, the following described prop
erty. towit:
Tie west half of northwest quarter
and southeast quarter Of northwest
quarter. less % acres in square
form in the southeast corner of south
east quarter of northwest quarter. all
in section - township 20, north. range
II. west. situated in Bossier Parish,
Louisiana. and containing 113 1-3
acres. more or less. together with all
buildings and improvements thereon.
Terms of Sale - For cash, without
the benefit of appraisement. to Pay and
satisfy Il note in the sum Of $50. due
February Z. 1919 together with : per
cent interest thereon from January |.
1918. until paid: and OH terms Of credit
to pay and satisfy two other notes.
each for the sum Of $3.50 due. respec-
lively. February Z. 1920. and February
/ {, 1921, together with : per cent inter
est thereon from January ]. 1913. until
paid. }. +. EDWARDS.
Sheriff. Rossier Parish, Louisiana.
Benton. La. April 3, 1919 imaySl
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-17
School Board Proceedings.

On this day. April 10, 1919. the Bos-
Sier Parish School Board met in Ben
ton. in special session. at the request
of State Superintendent L. H. Harris.
As Superintendent Harris was pres
ent at the opening of the meeting. the
reading of the minutes and roll call
were dispensed with.
Mr.. Harris was then called upon to
state the object of the meeting. which
he did by first inqtliring into the finan-
cial condition of the Board. the Sched-
ule Of salaries fer the ensuing year,
salary paid the Superintendent and
amount Of office help. supply and quail
ification of negro teachers in the par
iSh, and the adviSability of employing
a trained supervisor for the country
schools.
In reply to the first question. ;is to
the financial condition Of the parish.
Superintendent FortsOn informed him
that the Board would close the present
school year with about $1,000 to the
Boards credit. and that the revenues
from state and parish would amount
to about S72.ON during the enSuin.
year. Whereupon Mr.. Harris declared
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-17
WRITER AND STlIESM4N.

The NiSeSt mortal man who ever
lived upon earth gained most CT his
fame by modestly hoaSting that he did
not know anything.
Mr.. SimondS. the farfamed writer
uron the World War and Peace Con-
ference is best known for the inaccu-
racies of his prophesies. lut most
widely esteemed for the pleasing liter
AIRY style in which he writes them. He
is. in truth. Il most pleasing writer;
not only because of his easy flow of
language and delightful elegance Of
prose expression. but also because his
gloomy propheSies never come true.
Glorious solutions are found by IreSi-
dent Wilson and his associates for the
desperate situations which Mr.. 81
monds is always setting forth.
Lately Mr.. SimoldS has been most
Utterly attacking President Wilson,
lut as ali the difficulties which Mr..
SimondS lately enumerated have since
heen solved by Mr.. Wilson. it is hard
to see how the great writer can now
withhold admiration from the greater
statesman and diplomat
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-17
Farm Loan Banks Are
Ready to Advance Aid

Now that the crisis of war has
resume operations on sound eco
nOmic basis with due regard to soil
building, to the distribution of their
crop risks by Investigation, to eco
nomical equipment, and especially to
finance, according to an announcement
received by the Extension Division,
Louisiana State University, from the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. To
this end leaders generally are asked
to direct their attention anew to the
accommodation of the Federal Farm
Loan System SO that they may be
in position to advise individual far
mers and to encourage the utilization
OF the Farm Loan Bank for cheap
credit for investment, equipment and
operation
Some of the features of the sys-
tenn may be enumerated as follows:
l. Where the farmer is handi-
capped by load OF debt. either per-
sonal or secured by mortgage, and is
paving high interest, he can place
himself in a position of security and
comparative ease by taking Federal
Farm Loan mortgage on which, at
the present time, he would pay IL
per cent interest per annum, payable
semi-annually, plus one per cent If
the debt per year in the way of amor
tization, which will pay off the debt.
| principal and interest, in about this'
| ty-five years.
| 2 Where he owns farm which
is too small to be economically prof
liable he can borrow money on these
terms through the Federal Farm
Loan System for the purpose of in
creasing his holdings.
3. The tenant farmer who has ac
cumulated equipment and properly
for the operation of rented farms IS
often able under this system to buy s
farm of his own, using the money
obtained through Federal farm loar
for the purpose of paying so Pc
cent Of the purchase price.
| 4. Where iE any community there
are tenant farmers who, by sellins
off a part of their equipment and US
ing their accumulated savings, Cal
obtain the money to buy lands in re
eions where land is cheaper. 1t is en-
tirely possible, through the Fedora
Farm Loan System and Federal Ian,
banks, to give such tenant reliabi
information as to prices, quality Q
lands and conditions of settlement Il
other parts of the country, under cor
ditions which will cable the Fedora
laid banks to extend aid to the ter
ant on his removal
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-04-17
The Sweet Potato Is
Now Good Money Crop

With the rapid extension Of the
modern methods of storage, the sweet
potato can and should be made one
OF Louisiana's biggest money crops,
Our state has thousands OF acres
ideally adapted to the growing OF this
crop, and our seasons and climatic
conditions are unequaled in any otn.
er section of the country.
The sweet potato is growing in
greater demand each year. Carloads
are now being shipped to sections OF
the United States where only few
years ago it was almost unknown ex-
cept for period of a few weeks dur
ing the autumn. The increase ol III
terest in the sweet potato as all ar.
ticle of food is both a cause anG, re-
suit Of the modern methods Of stor.
ing and curing. The farmer is no
longer forced to rush his crop or tn :
market at the time of digging, there
by Cutting same and suffering from
the resulting low prices, but can
store the crop and place it on the
market when the prices are attrac-
tive.
Illustrative of what can be done
with sweet potatoes, the success Of
several growers, this past season, is
given: Several employees of lum
Der company purchased from the
company twenty acres of cut-ove,
pine land and planted it to potatoes
The proceeds from the crop paid fol
the land, and clearing of the stumps
fencing, and all expenses incident tC
the growing of the crop and left 4
good interest on the investment Ono
grower was paid by the owner of :
commercial storage house $4,000 fol
a sixteen-acre patch rs it stood i,
the field and besides was paid To-
the harvesting of the crop. Another
grower harvested ten acres. sold par
of his crop for $1,000 and is holding
the rest, 500 bushels. for $500 pei
bushel-M. Hull. Extension Division
Louisiana State University.
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The two United States senators rep
reSenting the State of Utah gave ut
terance Tuesday latter they got home)
to the fact that they expected to vote
for the ratification of the League of
Nations = as amended. Twenty years
ago the people thought that. as IL gen-
eral thing. what their representatives
did in Congress must he all right or
they would not have done so. Now
they use the congressman as agents !:
it being rather inconvenient for the
people to travel all the way to Wash
inston to vote on every question that
comes up. And you can depend upon
the agents, too. congressman can NOW
change their positions on public uueS-
tons 80 swiftly that their heels and
toes look IL lot alike in times of WAIVER
in. public sentiment and general 20
iitica uncertainty. Only the President
always sueS<eS right as t" what the
American people are finally going to
conclude to think.
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EASTER SUNDAY.

EoStre. the Anglo-SaXOn goddess OF
sprin.. gave her name to the fourth
month of the year, which Is Al'fli.
When we Anglo SaXonS became Chris
tanned and civilized we allowed the
days of the week to retain the names
of our heather gods. but most of the
names of the month we borrowed from
the Romans. Our month Eostre. there
fore. became April. but Christianity
made use of the old name in the cele-
hration of the resurrection of the Say
ior which became Easter.
And so next Sunday is Easter Sun
day. the anniversary of the day when
Jesus rose from the dead as the nope.
lust as he had died as the redeemer of
mankind. 1t was the life, of Christ
upon earth that taught men how TO
live: it was His death that showed
men that the way of salvation is devo-
ticn to others: and the coming forth
of the Savior from the grave WAS illus
trative of the Immortality of love.
We celebrate Easter with lilies as
SymbOliZing the purity ana beauty OF
the life He lead among a sinful gen
Grafton. We accept Him as God he
cause no one wholly mortal could pass
unSmirched as the lilly through the
contaminaticnS of human associations
The blameleSS life He lead was no less
proof of His divinity than the miracle
of thp Resurrection.
God has condemned the children OF
sin to toll for daily bread in the world
where more than daily SuStenance Is
gathered in vain. but the life. dealt
and Resurrection Of the Son of Goo
has made the life of toll and sorrow
the life of hope: and in commemora
ton Of this hope we 90 about on Eas
ter Sunday greeting our friends will
the salutaticn: He hath risen.
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ment foreigners might take measures
for their own protection.
At the Sim Fein convention held in
Dublin last week the treasurer made
a report showing that of the $4,000
contributed to fight the parliamentary
elections only 100 pence was left. He
appealed for funds. The organization
was urged to support President Will
sons principles. and the leaders de-
clared that the Sim Fem had won its
political battles in Ireland without the
aid of Germany or Of Germany's
money.
While the British House of Com
mons was in session Monday night two
women rose in the strangers gallery
and shouted: You are murderers.
You have not settled the last war ::
You are leading the people and work
ers into another war;" They were
elected from the house. and another
woman rose and cried: We want the
soviet She departed at the request
of the attendants. The labor pension
ILL was under discussion.
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NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING

him an exile from his country. he has
running Il jitney-bus.
Medical and law students of Rio
Janeiro. Brazil. struck last week for
free street car transportation in that
city.
Six trains have been attacked and
rolEed Ly Mexican bandits south of
Tampico since the middle of March.
Pope Benedict has written letter
to Cardinal Gibbons. addressed to the
entire American Catholic clergy. ad-
wishing him and tim of his presentation
to the shrine of the Catholic tniver
Sity in Washington. ID. c.. of Il repro
duction of Murillo's Conception"
made in the mosaic factory in the
vatican.
1t is announced in Berlin that the
German Government will ''re>olutely
refuse to discuss any proposition to
separate the Sarre Valley from the
empire" 1t is proposed that France
have control of the mines of the valley
fer Il number of years-i,nd agreed to
but France. it appears. wishes also
to leave open the proposition to annex
the province.
The Arabian King of the Hedjas.
who aided the Allies in their campaign
against the Turks i'm Palestine, has as
S,lmed the Mahomnedan title of Com
nlander of the Faithful" which has
Ion. been held by the Sultan of Tur-
key and. before the coming of the
Turks into Western Asia. by the re-
nowned Arab conuuerors and rul-
erS from the seventh to the twelfth
century.
The American Consul at Seul. Korea.
has made inquiry of the Korean Gov
eminent as to the object of Japanese
private citizens appearing upon the
streets armed with heavy clubs. Such
arming of private citizens. us such.
might lie dangerous to foreigners. and
the Consul suggests that unless the
practices are prevented by the govern