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Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
Mars or the Sum-?

Signor Marconi's account in the Daily
Mair' of the mysterious manifestations occur
ring simultane eously at wireless stations 1T df-
ferent, parts of, the earth has caused good deal
of discussion, especially on the point of the pos
sibility of their being extraterrestrial. Profess
sor Bickerton, the author of the Theory of
Cosmio Impact" discussing the matter today,
said the phenomena were most probably due to
solar action.
1t was we'll known that sun spots are asso-
ciated with electric discharges of various kinds,
some of them magnetic, and these produce
magnetic storms which affect the earth and
may have their effect on all kinds of electric
operations On one occasion when very bril-
liant fash was seen in front of the sun-due,
he believed, to the collision of two bodies
there was violent electric storm which seri-
,ousiy disarranged electrical instruments, and
good number of operators received shocks.
Simultaneity had been noticed between the sun
spots attaining their maximum. AS to the re-
currence of manifestations which produced an
effect similar to the three dots -ef Morse code,
it should be remembered that nature was
rhythmical, and there would naturally be a YER
tain rhythm in the pulsations of the electric
force.
When asked whether he thought there was
any possibility OF the disturbance coming from
ton, the professor said that he did not ignore
this possibility. Personally, he thought that
life probably did exist on Mars, and ne dis
cussed his reasons for believing that the Nso-
called canals are cultivated vegetable growth.
Il think a good many astronomers he said,
"are now nclining to the belief that there is
something artificial about those canals OF
course, the whole thing is matter for conjec-
ture. Manchester Guardis-
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
I Cd AZ
The Day We Celebrate.

Or. y. ). Holman born in 1857.
Duchess of Athlone (former Princess Alex
ander of Teck) who may be the next vicerene
of Canada, born at Windsor Castle 81 years
ago.
Enrico Caruso, the worlds most famous
operate tenor, born at Naples AZ years ago.
John Burke, treasurer of the United States,
born in Keokuk county, Iowa, 81 years ago.
DR.. Charles H. Rammelkamp, president of
Illinois college, born in New York City 46
years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Cook & Dillon's minstrel troupe, who were
booked to play at the Eden Musee, serenaded
The Bee
Judge E. M. Stenberg received notice of bis
appointment as consul of Nebraska from, the
governments of Sweden and Norway.
Judge Dundy and other officials of the United
States court were in Lincoln closing the gen
eral session of the court.
The Church of ST.; Matthias was consecrated
at 1880 o'clock with Bishops McLaren, Graves
and Worthington officiating.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

What You WiII-When You
-WiII-Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets Help Digest the
Meal.

Good food in itself is harmless.
The usual reason stomach troubles
arise is due to faulty digestion
brought about by over work, sick
ness, overeating, late hours, etc.
The best way to correct faulty
stomach troubles due to digestive
mistakes is to do what nature
wants. All that nature usually
needs in such cases is little assist
.ance to do this work. This is why
doctors tell you to diet. Nature is
then compelled to aid herself. You
do not then overwork her when she
is already exhausted ....
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets go in
to your stomach just like food. They
help digest food, and thus, when the
next meal is eaten, the system is
better prepared to do its work with
out assistance.
By following this practice many
have corrected their stomach trou-
bles, and have conquered the old
"bugbear" of Indigestion.
Always take a Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablet after meals or just before
bed time. By doing this you will
be acting wisely and playing safe.
Go to your druggist anywhere and
buy box now. Price 50 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
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oil colors. These markers can also
be made plain, and lettered, radish,
tomato, nasturtium, and so on. Ii
you have an eye to art, you will
find these markers readily salable in
the gift shops. ....
The Garden Basket
This starts as the despised grape,
or market basket and it turns out
to be beautiful. Use fairly new,
strong basket; and paint it, as you
did the markers, white, or green.
Then apply a stencil design to the
sides, and color it as gaily as possible
with oil paints. A pattern of flow
ers, yellow chickens, rabbits, or
something else of the garden will
be attractive. Tie a bow of ribbon
to the handle, and be delighted with
the result You may want to make
another for an Easter gift.
(Can you read weather signs?
Well, then learn how tomorrow.)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
See Only Ruin Ahead.


Randolph, Neb., Feb. 9.-To the
Editor of The Bee: l have been a
reader Of The Bee for years. have
noticed for the last year how the
high cost of~living has been cussed
and discussed, and for one can't see
any signs of the prices coming down.
About once a week we see where
congress has donated a few millions
to investigate some trust. Has any
one ever heard Of one of the probes
ever convicting any one? I can't see
how they can have the nerve to use
the peoples money in this way. We
can't even buy cigar without pay
ing tax on it, yet they are allowed
to throw our dollars away in that
way.
1 want to say right here that un.
less these men that are pulling off
these deals are not checked that we
need not be surprised If the laboring
class Of people rise up and take this
government over. 1t has got to
come. The rich say we must keep
!tlTem down, but let me say right
here that the masses have a right
here just as we'll as the swivel-chair
millionaire. If the farmer would do
with his crops as the manufacturers
do, hold their wheat end corn and
beef and pork, and say, "you can't
have it unless you give me a certain
price," then you would see congress
throw up it's hand and call them
away to compel them to sell. r.
But the sugar trust, the meat
trut, coffee trust, and a hundred
others does the very thing and con.
gress says, 1--WE can't help our
selves" M. L. MAY.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

the cord at F to hold the bend. The
bend should be enough to bring the
string six inches away from~H.
The flying string (A) should be
attached to H. Another cord, or
belly band, should run from ] and
be attached to the flying string at
B, about eight inches away from the
kite. After the belly band is in
Place cut it in two in the middle and
tie in heavy rubber band CO., as
s1own.
Tomorrow, Hunting Eye visits
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
MzAeeSIzs>
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Endorses THE Bee,s Stand

North Platte. Nep., Feb. 2O.-To
the Editor Of The Bee: want to
express my appreciation to you for
this editorial (referring to Nebfas-
ka's paying bonus to ex-service
men)-believe you are on the right
track. travel the state Of Nebraska
and Colorado and have had chats
with hundreds Of ex-service men
soldier to >s6ldier talks-and 1 want
to say that the ex-service man is
doing a lot of thinking and the aver
age citizen I notice in political dis
cussion closes up like a clam when
the doughboy opens up with com.
mon sense quick fire" arguments.
Personally I believe that a mill.
tary man, such as Wood or'Pershing,
will run awful strong for president.
especially among the service men.
l also believe that the paper that
gives the ex-soldier and his prob
lens the space you have given them
in this issue will profit politically
as we'll as in financial way.
EX-DUTY SERGEANT.
~ France 1917-1S-19.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
ADVERTISEMENT
What causes


An excess of acid in the stomach
sours the food and starts fermenta-
ton. Distressing gases form. Your
meals don't digest but lay like Jumps
of lead. Then you have heartburn,
fiatulence, fullness, belching, head
ache, and real misery in the stomach
and intestines.
A few tablets of "Pape's Diapep-
sin" bring relief almost as soon as
they reach the stomach. "Pape's
Diapepsin" costs little at drug
stores,
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
7or Boys to Make
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= Hendicrar Y
A Tailless Bow Kite.

BY u, NJ. III DE!
March winds will soon be blowing
and kite-hying time will be here
again. If we are going to have some
new kites now is the time to begin
work on them.
A novel kind of>kite that will dis
tinguish itself among ordinary kites
is a "tailless bow kite" since it is a
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
a ADVERTISEMENT
GRANDMOTHER KNEW
There Was Nothing So Good
for Congestion and Colds
as Mustard

But the old.fashioned mustard.
plaster burned and blistered while it
acted. Get the relief and help shat
mustard plasters gave, without the
piaster and without the blister.
Musterole does it. II is clean,
white ointment, made with oil Of mus.
tard. It is scientifically prepared, SC
that it works wonders, and yet does
not blister the tenderest skin.
Gently massage Musterole in with the
finger.tips. See how quickly it bringsre.
lef-how speedily the pain disappears
Use Musterole for sore throat bron.
chitis tonsilitis. Group, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges.
ton, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago.
pains and aches of the back or joints.
sprains. sore muscles, bruises, chill.
blains, frosted feet, colds Of the chest
lit often prevents pneumonia).
Soc and 60c jars; hospital size $3.50
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
f. Z22hzze cTohks Co7zzew 3
For Girls to Make
S3 Homecraft ",
For Early Gardening.

BY CAROLYN sHERwIN BAILEY
The successful gardener nova
days is the one who starts early, and
who knows how to get results from
the back yard. So get busy and
make some gardening helps that you
will find very useful when the frost
is out OF the ground.
Box for Forcing Seedlings.
A strong soap box will do very
well. Draw diagonal line on each
end so that you can saw it down to
one half its height on one side. When
you finish, you will have sloping
sides, and box that is half as high
in front as in the, back. Get an old
window pane with the glass in to
fit over this box, and screw it on
with pair of hinges fastened to the
taller side of the box. Filled with
rich earth, this will force seedlings
like magic.
Garden Markers. !
Holly wood, or some other soft
wood is best for making markers.
If you can't get this wood, use strips
of smooth, thin lath.
Make the markers/at least eight
inches long; ten will be better. Point
one end with your jack Knife.
Draw a design on the other end,
quaint little head, a flower or four
simple petals, leaf, or any other
conventional design, carving this
with your knife.
Paint the marker white or green
with regular house paint. When it is
dry, color the design at the top witt.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

"Sam" Gompers knows hawk from hand
saw, and his estimate of the new tabor" party
is based on many years of sapient observation.
Workissfnen will find their political aspirations
better met in other ways than through class
government
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
Science AnticiDated.

The Einste | theory of reIativity
declares (among other things) that
bar of steel travelling at the veloc-
ity of light would have its length re-
duced to zero. This is not SO hard to
believe since prohibition worked an
experiment with bar with much
the same result-Philadelph Pub
lie Ledger.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
Grand Old Document.

So knowledge of our system Of
government in detail is to be made a
necessary qualification for a univer-
sity degree. The youth Of the nation
will find the constitutions the al
derman did the Bible-full of inter.
esting things. - New York Sun.
Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
Winter Sports in Noya Scotia.

Winter Sports in NOva Scotia.
''In our last weeks paper, we re-
ferred to the excellent showing being
made in the Nova Scotia egg laying
contest by Mr.. j. w. Williams. We
have since been informed that Mr..
e. c. Griffin Of Port Williams has
made an even better showing."-
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Arcadian.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Herbert Hoover sticks to his original propo-
siton that Europe should go to work, and that
the United States shdud not interfere too far
10. affairs over there. We have plenty to do in
solving our home problems, according to his
view
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Clerical opposition to woman suffrage is I'm
terfering with world-gathering of women in
Spain, but the meeting will be held, just the
same When woman makes up her mind to &c
ahead, it will take more than the church to
stop her.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

A bunch of enthusiastic returned soldiers at
Los Angeles have formed won't marry" club,
and intend to maintain celibacy until the COIN
try goes wet again. They will never get in
come tax exemptions allowed family heads
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Tammany has been stuck up" by robber
4 second time. This is getting serious.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Omaha meat dealers say they do not fear
Mitch" Palmer's inquisition. Why should
they? They have passed through the fire many
times, and ever came out without even the
smell of burnt wool" attached.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Governor Allen likes to come to Omaha,
just to see what the metropolis of great agri
cultural state really can be.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Our amiable contemporary must not be
misled as to The Bees intentions. We concede
Senator Hitchcock the democratic preferential
vote in Nebraska, but plan to carry the state for
Pershng both in April and November
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Pressure is being brought to induce the Brit
ish government to recognize soviet Russia
Might as we'll, for there is no longer any oppo-
sition to the reds, and if the Russians want thai
form of government, who is to say them nay?
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Our constitutional convention is going in fo'
the finishing touches now, and its report prom
ises to be most notable for what it has left out
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

A British battleship squadron is anchored
at Constantinople, which ought to give Turkey
notion as to who won the war.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
ADVERTISEMENT
No More Thin Folks
How Thin, Weak, Nervous People Can
Put on Flesh and Gain Strength.


Put on Flesh and Gain Strength.
If you are weak. thin and emaciated
and can't put on flesh or get strong. no
matter how much you eat, go to Sher-
man & Mcconnell Drug Co.. and get
enough Blood-Ircn Phosphate for q three
weeks treatment and take it as directed.
If at the end of three weeks you don't
feel stronger and better than you have
for months; if your eyes aren't brighter
and your nerves steadier; if you don't
sleep better. and your vim, vigor and
vitality aren't more than doubled, or if
you haven't put on several pounds of
good stay-there flesh. you can have your
money back for the asking and Blood
Iron Phosphate will cost you nothing.
Observation-Disclosures Phos-
phate is sold only in original pack
ages, containing enough for three
weeks treatment, at $3.50 per
package-only SOC a week.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

tention finally. Most folks had never heard {
the bailiwick before.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

One thing that may account for certain re-
luctance to accept the Lodge reservations is
that the presidents autocrtic war powers end
with the declaration Of peace
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Lenine's army is to spend week shaving,
thereby providing stufing for many mattresses.
The commander won't know the darned thing
at the end of the week.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

General Wood never need worry about his
welcome in Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Being gallant soldier, General Wood knows
how to say some very nice things to the ladies'
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

Give Kansas credit for knowing how to picl
governors.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

This March wind is about a week early.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
English and American.

Omaha, Feb. 19.-To the Editor
of The Bee: Without reference to
Mr.. Hoover's candidacy for presi.
dent, I would like to inform Mr..
Harris that residence in London
does not have the effect of angiiciz-
ing Americans that he assumes it
does. I had the mixed pleasure of
a few months there since the armi-
stice and met a number of Amer
leans who had lived there from a
few months to several years. / trust
Mr.. Harris will credit the statement
that d period Of living with the Eng
lish makes an American a better
American than any American who
has only lived in America can possi-
bly, be. Ask some of the A. z. F..
who tried 1t. As for our next presi-
dept, the more thoroughly he un.
derstands European modes Of
thought and procedure, the better
for the United States and the world.
"AMERICAN."
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

1t is Salt river that is raging now Salt
creek will not be up until November
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
Railroad Man Objects.


North Platte, Neb., Feb. 1S.-To
the Editor of The Bee: Do you
suppose it would be asking too much
Of the farmers to request them to
stop knocking us railroad men and
give us a rest for while?
Really, it Is getting monotonous
! to pick up the paper and see where
| this or that farmers organization
has been calling us pirates and high
! waymen. 1t seems to be the sole pur-
pose of farmers conventions to
knock us in our struggle for fair
| living wage and decent working con-
ditions. OF course they never men,
| ton their agreements to hoard their
crops and force us to pay an exor-
bitant price for them, making high
wages necessity.
They talk about their long hours
of work when it is a fact that very
few farmers average eight hours
work a day the year round, as there
| is very little for them to dol in win
| ter, and it Is certain that his COM
pensation for time worked is much
greater than ours, as it Is common
thing to see a farmer retire after Is
| or 20 years, while the average rail
roader slaves along until he is 20
and retlres on aoa a neasy llttie PEN
sion OF ABOUT gov itlon.n. .,~
A1ter an guess the FARMERS pIs
gest KICK is tnat ne can no ionset
hire a man 1or $l.oo d oay anu wqrh W
MN 10 hours. L. W.
c.v,. =, Enr,,sb
ooh, Esh 9n NJ the Ed;tor ~
r,, o' nan. All at+.n,nts ct Gaining
i;tnror inv 49, -, no,;sh MIST bepin with iu-
aio;a,S roading r and The learner
u,u u,,,st ne,,er casa to hold this nhase
,innarmoSt ,,uoe rr1r Tn nanv cases the usage
uppei nioa. t,, - ~. .i, Iii he fo,,nd n,nre
1850 oa soEu u'1ida +han snv an,onnt of
ure nreoen+ NO 90 of addison or of
frvine will +each more of stvle than
sns U.s." W., n,on,a1 ns r,,1es while a
60, m,'o oF pna;s vii, i'm nrass' 'unon the
ai,s ,,ora vivid nntion of nower-
tiiiu sa,, 80 q iuo.o aonr,ot dasnrint;or and mar.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24

ADVERTISEMENT
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
MESS CALL GOT HIM.

D. The lieutenant was decidedly
sleepy and settled down deep in his
chair in one of the Indianapolis
vaudeville theaters. The summer
vaudeville program chugged its
weary way onward.
At last the audience was released
and soon had left the theater, all ex-
cept the lieutenant, who was sleep
ing soundly in the vacant parquet.
The leader of the orchestra turned
on the cornetist, who played retreat
call. Still Morpheus held sway. He
blew an Nth power jazz note, still
with no effect. Then the cheering
notes of mess call sounded forth.
On the first of the culinary eta
ta-ta-ta-ra-ra" notes, the weary SOL
der jumped from the chair, took a
look about the theater and proceed
ed double time to the exit.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
PRESS AGENTS CRUELTY.

The late Tody Hamilton, famous
as circus press agent, once planned
a special performance at the winter
headquarters of his show. He ar
ranged to feed beer to the animals
in their cages and notified the New
York newspapers.
Among the reporters was bibu-
lous veteran known as "Billy." The
night before his assignment he had
been engaged in a severe bout with
John Barleycorn and the next day
felt greatly in need of a pick-me-up.
AS the keepers, under Hamilton's
direction, poured gallons of beer into
the receptacles for the animals sniff
ing at it indifferently, Billy became
more and more incensed at the
waste.
81 can't stand this any longer,
Tody," he exclaimed. "For the love
of Mike, haven't you got an empty
cage for me?'-Everybody's Maya
zine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
PEDESTRIAN RECORD.

How far can a man travel on his
feet in one day? So far as known,
a record made in 1882 has never
been equaled. In Madison Square
Garden, New York, on February ~,
1882, the Englishman, Charles
Rowell, starting at midnight,
walked and ran $50 miles during
that day, OF, to be specific, in %
hours % minutes 25 seconds. An
extraordinary thing about this rec
ord is that it was intended to repre-
sent merely the first day in a six
days "go-as-you-please." By Wednes-
day night he had covered more than
half of 700 miles, but on the next
day he left the contest. His first
days record remains, however, as
worlds distance for "a hours. a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
Party For Dauuhter

Mrs. Daniel W. Scott entertained
with beautiful party on Saturday
afternoon I'm honor Of her young
daughter, Miss Francis Scott. Flow
ers and plants lent beauty to the
house and the games of rock and 500
were enjoyed. The first prize at 500
was French bouquet, and was won
by Miss Mary Stofer; at rock a satin
Vanity box, by Miss Virginia Clark.
For fewest progressions the prizes
were presented to Miss Elizabeth
Holiday, of Mt. Sterling, and Miss
Martha Butner. A delicious supper
was a feature of the party. Mrs.
Scott was assisted in entertaining by
Mrs. Leroy Land and Mrs. Roy Nell
son. The guests were: Misses Mary
Stofer, Virginia Clark, Martha But
ner, Elizabeth Holiday, of Mt. 'Ster-
ling; Lucille Harp, Ruth Bolts, Helen
Van Derveer, Nancy Combs, Willie
Coleman, Reba Estill, Katherine
Clarkson, Helen Brewer, Ida May
Smiley, Roberta, Barkley.--Lexing-
ton Herald. III II
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
sTMULRNfs CT MANY KINDS
Almost All Nations Have a Peculiar
irtoxicant to Which They Are
Unduly Partial

The betel nut is chcyed by at
least 50,000,000; an uncleanly habit
which is not likely ever to gain much
vogue in this country. The leaves Of
cocoa are chewed by many millions,
to whom our more refined and in
comparably more deadly indulgence
in their alkaloid cocaine, is unknown
or inaccessible. Stramonium, often
sive as it is to most of us, is used as
an intoxicant by millions. The
South Sea islanders get bowling
drunk on kava, which is a fiery
liquor brewed from a species Of pep
per. The big red seeds Of the goora,
more commonly known in this coun-
try as kola nuts, are a favorite in
texicant of the African natives. The
amanita muscaria. or fly mushroom,
which here is deadly poison and is
the cause. every year of numerous
cases of serious illness and death to
those who mistake it for the edible
mushroom, is. in Siberia and espe-
cially in Kamchatka commonly
eaten as an intoxicant, without
worse results than those which at
tend the drinking of whisky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-01-20
THE SICK

Mr.. John English is very sick
man and his friends have cause for
their uneasiness concerning his con
dition.
We are Informed by Mr.. S. G.
Barnard that his wife, who was OPP
Grated on in Lexington for a serious
trouble, is very much improved and
her attending physician thinks 1T will
not be long until she is able to come
home.
The injuries sustained by Hon.
John W. Williams, of Stanton, were
not as serious as reported, and UNI
less some unforeseen trouble develops
he viii soon be a well man again.
Mike Maher is critically i'll at the
home of his brother, John Maher, on
East Main street. ,ssg.
The condition of Mr.. Lucien b.
Greene, who has been i'll for some
weeks past, remains unchanged.
Reports from Col. s. M. Newmeyer
who is under treatment in the Jew
ish Hospital in Louisville, indicate
improvement in his condition. " -,