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Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
Millet.

Mlllet.
BY Carl Jones, Age II. Hordville, Neb.
+, Dear Busy Bees: / would like TO
join your Bee hive. | read your
page every Monday.
will tell you story about an
artist. His name was Jean Francois
Jean Francis Millet painted many
pictures. There were two pictures
that he loved the best. One OF the
pictures was named The Cleaners.
The Cleaners is where the French
people are harvesting wheat. The
other picture is named the Angelus.
The Angelus is where a man and
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
A Young Housekeeper

BY Hazel Mary Mace, Age IL, 4o2o Hamil-
ton Street. Omaha. Neb
Dear Busy Bees: l would like TO
Join your hive. go to Holy Name
school. Forty-ffth avenue and Maple
street. have one little brother.
His name IS Johnny. He is years
old. My mother is dead and | have
to keep house for my papa. | will
answer all letters if the Busy Bees
write. Well as my letter is getting
long, | will close.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
First Grade Bee.

First Grade Bee.
BY William Croosley. Jr., Age s, whitman
Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: This is the first
time | have ever written to you. |
so to school and am in the first
grade. Ny teachers name is Helen
Swiggart. like her very much. |
lave little white dog. He goes to
school with me sometimes. | will
close for now. Goodby, Busy Bees.
Bees.
(We wonder if William wrote this
Eimself.-Ed)
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
An Honest Boy.

BY Kenneth johnson. West Point, Neb.
Dear Busy Bees: Can join your
happy bunch? l am goirg to tell
you story about boy and his
mother. They lived in large city
in a little torn-down shack. His
mother was very poor and had to
do washing for a living. One day
Tom (for that was his name) found
a pocket book 1t had ]. Fl. S. on it.
He did not know whose il was. He
took it to the newspaper office A
lew days later he was called in the
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04

x,IJR MONTHS. BY Major
Maurice. Norwood Press.
krice, formerly direc-
y. operations on the
], tells the story OF how
tch became the general
Re alliance. how he beat
Fand drove the Germans
l. He describes the part
kf,American army in the
hHtories from Chateau
i and Mons.
Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-04
bklovers
Fiction.

Fiction.
BY Archibald Marshall.
4 Co.
bf a boy, although from
BIT in seclusion to pre-
:sng contaminated by
ferior rank, yet falls
h the daughter OF a
Mt. The book portrays
4 her than types and
| itself. m
Day. BY Frederick Lands,
| Iprous quips anent the
tion, with appropriate
y Gear Williams.
THE AGES. BY Irving
ibis. Merrill Co.
he Her is first Of all a
but his stories stand
/, mean something, ac-
hcthing. This is his
ii compelling story, the
ltrican democracy in the
{ years OF the last CEN
hat great son of democ-
am Lincoln, as the CEN
HE FOX OF OAK RIDGE.
Wharton Lippincott. Penn
70.
keen, fascinating little
| fox and the shy crea-
woods, written with the
Intensity of appreciation
lof the true ure-lover.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07

with straw and we make our little
ones happy home nest"
eyes, but you steal the nest" said
Miss Fidgety Hen.
''Now, hens" said Miss Goose, ''Id
be careful who called who thief. and
I'd talk carefully about stealing nests.
You aren't perfect yourselves"
THAT'S right" agreed Mrs Duck.
"It's rather foolish for one person or
creature to scold another for. some
thing she does herself"
1--WE lay such dear eggs" said Mrs.
Goose, "and we are SO nice, for we
don't become lazy at night. We sit
on the eggs then"
ooh, WE'LL" said Mrs. Gray Hen.
"you aren't any harder workers than
we are, only you prefer the night
time"
"Ah. you have a terrible enemy"
said Miss Goose. "The hen hawk
tries to get all of you he can"
"Cackle, cackle, don't be cruel and
talk of such things" said Miss Fidgety
Hen. ''It isn't kind. Besides tho
farmer is frightening away all such
creatures and putting up scarecrows,
or rather scare hawk men with make
believe guns"
'It's not nice to speak of such
a thing when we're resting quietly and
comfortably in the barn for the win
ter" said Mrs Gray Hen.
eve don't care whether it is nice
or not" said Miss Goose Were not
very pleasant"
ooh. dear" said Miss Hen, what
an awful thing it would he to be cross
on top of being stupid geese"
"We're not cross on top of being
stupid" said Miss Goose. "YOu speak
of being cross as though it were some
thing like the top layer of a cake.
You can't put being cross on top of
being stupid 1t won't go there"
"Oh. dear, oh. dear" said Miss Gray
Hen. "you are even more stupid than
/ thought"
"That's good" said Miss Goose.
"What is good?' asked Miss Fid-
getty Hen.
"Tm glad I'm better than you
thought
"But you're not better than we
thought" said Miss Fidgety Hen.
"You're even more stupid than we
thought"
"Oh, we'll, what does it matter what
we are more of, as long as we're more
of something" said Miss Goose. "Bet-
ter is something more than good, and
more is more than not at all. so that
is something"
"Stupid, stupid, stupid geese!" said
the hens. "TOo bad that we must live
in the same barnyard with you; too
bad, for you are so stupid that it is
horrible; even hens feel it to be so!'
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07

Of Them All the Hickory Is Easily
the. Best Known, and Grows
Nowhere EIse..

OF the nut-bearing American trees,
hickOries are perhaps the best known,
being strictly North American trees.
none now growing in any other part
of the world. OF the II known spe-
cies one is Mexican, the other 13 grow,
ing east of the Rocky mountains. I'M
diana boasts of six species, of which
the shagbark, or shellbark, is the most
noted because of its nuts and Pc
culiar bark.
The wood of most of these species
is tough strong and flexible, but be-
cause of it's value for implements and
fuel the finest trees Of our forests
have been sacrificed, the crop of wild
nuts decreasing as consequence.
Tire pecan is the largest of our
hickories, being a native of the south
ern and southwestern counties of In
diana and growing to perfection in
the rich, moist soils of river bottoms.
The black walnut grows west from
western Massachusetts to Minnesota.
It's branches are stout and spreading,
forming round-topped tree when
grown in the open.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Red Cross Report Gives a Graphic
Story of Rescues During Fierce
Fighting at Russian Port
in November.

Washington.-A graphic account OF
the part played by Major Samuel l.
Johnson of Honolulu, assistant COM
mandant of the allied forces in Vladi-
vostok, during the revolutionary fight
ing in that city ON November II and
18, has been received by the Red
Cross headquarters here. The Red
Cross report says that Major Johnson
has been recommended to the AN-Rus-
sian government for decoration with
the Officers Cross of st. George for
the services he rendered to the people
of VladivOstok during tn" tghting.
AS a recommendation is considered
the equivalent to bestOwal, this makes
the sixth award received by Major
johnson during his service in Siberia
with the American forces, the others
being the Russian medal of st. Anne
and japanese, CzechO-SlOvak, Italian
and Chinese decorations.
Governor NJ M. Eversman of Pri-
morsky province, in letter to Major
General w. S. Graves, commanding the
American forces in Siberia. said:
II cannot leave unmentioned the
fact that Major Johnson, having splen-
didly fulfilled his plan in guarding the
town and the peaceful population,
though exposing his own life to danger
under furious fire, succeeded four times
in getting through to the passenger
trains that were in the center of the
fighting zone and from there brought
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Wealthy New Yorker Said to
Have Cleaned Up an I'm
menSe Sum.
PLAYED WITH MARKED CARDS
Victims Finally "Got WISE" and
Evened Things Up Slightly by Ad-
nninistering a Beating After Ex-
posing His Game.

New York.-A group Of screen mag
mates and music publishers along
Broadway has been fleeced out Of
$35O,OOO by a wealthy manufacturer
with @ deck of marked cards, whom
they admitted to their private games.
He was finally detected and thrown
out of the house of the man who
caught him. The World prints the
story, calling the fleecer Mr.. Trimmer
and the other man Mr.. Screen. 1t as
Serts it has their real names.
For a considerable time group of
twelve or fourteen men, all of ample
means, have been playing stud poker.
There were Mr.. Screen, big picture
promoter and the husband of one of
/. the prettiest and most talented stars
Mr. Flickers, of equal rank in cellu-
loid productions Mr.. Circuit, who
owns a flock of theaters; Mr.. Ragg,
who receives immense royalties from
his song compositions, and others quite
as we'll known in their respective
fields.
Last summer, at Far Rockaway and
Arverne, their ranks were augmented
by Mr.. Trimmer. He is manufac-
turer on an immense scale of certain
article Of wOmen's wear, and is gen
orally known as a millionaire.
They Thought 1t Was Luck.
Mr.. Trimmer's "uncanny luck" as
the other players called it, was notice
able from the very start. In one ses-
sion, for instance, which began on
a Saturday night and continued into
Sunday, he cleaned up more than $4O,-
600.
The daring of Mr.. Trimmer's play
was what interested the others more
than anything else. He would make
bets against seemingly impossible
Odds-and win them.
Mr.. Trimmer always knew what the
other fellows secret card was, when
he was the dealer, and he always won.
Also he always knew, when he held
the deck, what card his opponent
would get next, and what card he
(Trimmer) was going to get next, for
his cards were what is known to gam
blers as readers"
The design on the back of them
which meant nothing to others-told
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
DADDYJ EVENING
8> FAIRY DALE / r
RA@NAlW @AHAMT>D1 J
g%sss!na RoSsER ENJ
BARNARD STORY.

"Cackle, cackle." said Miss Fidgety
Hen.
"Cackle. cackle," said Mrs. Gray
Hen, when we sit on the eggs we do
so for about three weeks, and we sit
on no small number of eggs no. not
bit of it. We sit on from twelve to
fifteen eggs
swell. why are you talking about
1t now?" asked Miss Goose. "It's the
winter time. 1t isn't your time or the
time you usually choose" she added.
"Oh, DEAR" said Mrs. Gray Hen,
"there is no use talking to a goose"
"Of course not" said Miss Gray
Hen. "WhO ever cares what goose
says?"
Il know someone who does-in fact
several who do; in fact good many
who do" said Miss Goose.
'Who?" asked Miss Fidgety Hen.
"a goose" said Miss Goose, "dnd
also more than one goose-a number
of geese!"
"HOw absurd" said Miss Gray Hen.
Here, Mrs. Gray Hen, | will smooth
your feathers, for we need to be COM
forted after such nonsense" And so
the hens smoothed each others feath-
erS.
"Poor silly creatures" said Miss
Goose. 81 wouldn't bother to notice
the way they're acting"
'But you do notice it," said Miss
Fidgety Hen.
Scarcely at ALL" said Miss Goose.
"Ah," said Mrs. Duck, Miss Goose's
family and my family cover our eggs
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07

ticular flower was accentuated, it was
a king; if the shading was on the left
hand petal it was queen.
There were four flowers, each with
three petals. The shadingS, therefore,
stood for II different cards, according
to where they were placed. these cards
ranging down from the ace to the
deuce. If no petal was shaded the
card was the deuce.
An exposure was planned at
Screens house. There were eight
players. Trimmer on a few hands off
square cards, lost $780, Then he
produced deck of his sort AS soon
as Screen saw the marked cards he
exposed the cheat to his guests and
proceeded to beat Trimmer up, winding
up by throwing him out of the house.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Statue of Liberty at New York Is Not
Fulfilling Original Purpose
Of Designer.

The statue of Liberty, in New York
harbOr, is electrically Illuminated
that is, so flooded with light as to be
rendered brightly visible at night.
Originally. however, the idea was
to make it serve as a beacon, and for
this purpose the flame" of the lady's
torch was cut at the sides, the open
ings fitted with glass, and nine duplex
arc lamps placed inside.
Thus was obtained a light which.
upheld at height Of 30J feet above
the water, was visible "a miles out
at sea, or ten miles beyond the anchor
age of the outside lightship. It's main
tenance was assigned to the govern
ment lighthouse board.
But the lighthouse board declared
that it had little or no usefulness as
an aid to navigation, its value being
purely sentimental, and in 1902 the
light was extinguished, the business
of Illuminating the statue being hand
ed over to the war department.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Did Good Work
at VladiVOStOk

to safety officers, their families and
civilians"
Major Graves, son of General Graves,
was another officer, according to the
Red Cross account, who with utter
fearlessness walked into the danger
zone to aid women and children ex-
posed to fire. Major Johnson has paid
tribute to the part also played by the
international military police, whom he
commanded.
Il want those men to get the recog-
nitiOn due them," he said. "They rem
dered the greatest assistance, showed
absolute steadiness and coOlness and
ran the same risks" The Red Cross
account says that the International
military police and allied detachments
held control of Vladivostok, enforcing
the policy Of neutrality adopted by the
allies, and that, thanks to this, Vladi-
vOstok was unswept by battle except
in the vicinity of the railway station.
"For men who entered the area Of
fighting and the path of flying bullets
entered at deadly peril and every man
knew it," says the report.
among those saved by Major John
son and his men were General Roman
ovsky and family. ROmanovsky is
chief of the Russian generals staff.
He was living with his family in the
railway yards in his special train and
was a noncombatant. Soldiers Of
both sides fired upon the train. It was
utterly dark and a storming, showing
November morning when Major John
son found the car and escorted the
family to safety.
Hide in Black Cellars.
"SOme of those he rescued that
night were found in the railway sta
tion where the most sanguinary fight
ing took place. They had sought ref
uge in cellars, or secluded little Offices
and crouched in the darkness, afraid
to move, afraid to whisper. In most
cases, when the rescue party arrived
it took repeated calls and reassur-
ances to locate the frightened, sus-
picious men and women.
"The first rescue trip was made
about 10 o'clock on the night of No
vember II and the last at 5 80 O'Clock
on the morning of November 1S.
major Johnson's command of Rus
sian, for he is a Russian born, was a
big asset in this emergency work at
tho railway station, as it has been
throughout his service in Siberia.
General Romanovsky expressed to
the Red Cross representative CRATE
full appreciation for what Major John
son did.
"I do not know how any man could
60 into that hell of fire, find our train
and bring us out he said, but this
man did it,
Gle even saved the cat. Getting the
party out of the train Major Johnson
heard the howl of the lonely. mortally
frightened cat somewhere in the dark
car, lit only by the lurid flashes of
guns and the reflection of burning
buildings.
zone of the women asked them to
take the cat, and the rescue party
halted there in the shattered train
found the cat hiding in a mass of
broken berths and took her to safety
with the family"
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
What Soldiers Do.

Four-year-old Martha could remeIn-
Der that her birthday was on the 22d,
but had difficulty in remembering that
the month was March. Thinking to
impress it on her, her mother said !:
March, march, march What do the
soldiers do?"
A few days later on being asked
when her birthday was, Martha looked
appealingly at her mother and then
she said in triumphant voice,
"Shoot. twenty-five"
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Had Sure Thing
at Stud Poker

him exactly what denomination each
pastebOard was.
At last, suspicion intruded, and one
of the other men at a party which
Trimmer had arranged pocketed a
deck of Trimmer's cards and took
them to professional gambler for eX-
animation.
They're readers" said the profess
sional. At the corner of each card, on
the back, was design composed of
four fleur-de-lis-the three leafed
flower of France.
If the right hand petal of the flower
at the upper right hand of the group
was heavily shaded the card was an
ace. If the center petal Of that par
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
The Reason

The Reason.
"They say England is crazy over
spirits"
mo wonder with a lot of our
stock probably going over there"
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07

Mistakes of the past should be made
over into guidebOards of the future.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07

a mans second love is apt to be
worth more money than the first.
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Too Bright.

II thought you said th&> new boy
was very bright?"
"That SOP"
Eyes. He hadn't been here month
before he wanted to tell me how to
run the business"
The Benson signal., 1920-02-07
Cut Heart Out of Patient.

Omaha, Neb.-Physicians cut the
heart out of Steve Zakich, an Aus
trian, then placed it back in his body.
Zakich, who had shot himself, is ex-
pected to live.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-10-08
PERSONAL MENTION.

MIR. and Mrs. Erskin Miller, after
pleasant visit at Thornwold, re-
turned to their home in Staunton
the first of the week.
5. II. Lewis came in from his
place of business in Chiacgo last
Friday to visit his father, John
Lewis, near Fort Spring.
). w. Tabscott who failed TO
reach her in time to attend his faith
er's funeral, returned TO his home
i'm Pennsylvania Saturday after
spending several days with his
brother, w. l.. Tabscott. Sam has
a good job UP there bossing a num-
Der of fine farms for Philadclphia
owners who deal largely in pure
bred stock. His home is located on
the old Brandywine battle field.
Mrs. r. +. L. Wood and Miss
Bessie Crawford left the first of the
week for Fort Worth, Texas where
tthey will spend sometime with MIR.
and Mrs. John S. Crawford.
Marshall Burns, of the Meadows
and II. S. Holiday, of Irish Corner
district are attending the Confcdcr-
ate Reunion at Houston, Texas this
week.
Mrs. Chas. q. Mathews is visiting
her people in Kentucky.
Miss Margaret Nelson left Tues
day night to enter school in Bal
timore.
Mrs. II. C.. Williams, of Easton
Pa, who had been visiting her
mother, Mrs. S. b. Mason, returned
TO her home this week accompanied
by her mother who will spend The
fall with her.
James Y. DOtSon. wife and little
daughter, Mcrna, arc here from
Portage. Wis. spending a few day,
with his mother, Mrs. a. J. Dotson.
lie is moving to Morgantown. w. Va.
Says wisconsin is too cold for him.
r. T.. Morris, now Assistant Cash.
Ter of the Bank of Mount HOPE.
came in Tuesday to visit his raiF-
cr. George Morris near Bungcr~.
We acknowledge the compliment OF
Il pleasant call.
Mrs. Claud Carr and daughter,
Miss Mary. have gone to Norfolk.
Va, to visit kin.
Mrs. p. e.. Gohecn. is at home
from Il two weeks stay with her
daughter, Mrs. Freeman. in phila-
delphia.
Mrs. OHIO Alexander. of Mt. Hope
is visiting her father, b. +. Garrett,
al Maxwelton.
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MRS. BROWN TO SPEAK HERE.

Mrs. Izetta Jewel Brown, widow
OF Congressman VIM. G. cJun-
lori Brown deceased, who was
advertised to speak here tomor-
row has been forced, by reason
"i hcr appointment TO accompany
Mr.. Roosevelt III his speaking tour
OF the State, to postpone her APP
pearancc here until T 80 D. M, on
friday, the 18th. She is regarded
Us one Of the best women speak
,SrIS now on the stump, made q
pi3 nit at the San Francisco Con-
v,entlon in seconding the nomina-
uon of Hon. John w. Davis and
VIII draw. we believe, The biggest
crowd that Grccnbricr can give
,i'r at an evening meeting. Mrs.
hfown is a talented woman and
we hope all The men and women
~ ms community will turn ouj
10 near her, as we feel assucrd
'''"y will be well repaid. Remcm-
n2r The hour 1880 Friday, Octob-
CT -.
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READING CIRCLE.

The Lewisburg District Teachers
Reading Circle will hold its first
meeting for the year Saturday after
noon, Oct. 23d. at 2 p. H., in the
Lewisburg Public School Building.
The text selected for study this
year is-"'rhe Classroom Teacher,
by Strayer and Englehart." This
text may be secured of the James
and Law Co., Clarksburg, w. Va,
for 1921 post paid. Approximate
II one-siXth of the text will be
studied for the first meeting. The
success [of this work depends upon
the cooperation and presence OF
every teacher in the district. '...
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1920-10-08
COX-MILLER CLUB.

This Club had large attendance
and most enthusiastic meeting at
the school house at Fort Spring on
Monday evening, Oct. 18th, which
taxed the capacity Of the building.
Hon.. A. s. Johnson, of Union.
was present and made a most pleas
ing and instructive address. con-
ming his remarks principally 10
The League Of Nations with which
subject he showed striking famil-
iarltN and impressed everyone with
MS absolute sincerely. His address
was enthusiastically received and
appreciated by his audience.
n number of new members. a.
mong them several Republicans.
we're enrolled as Club Member:
winch now runs the total member
ship to more than 100.
The Barbecue. to be held OH Sat
urady afternoon. October 10Th. was
discussed and all present evidenced
desire to make it a success and
promised hearty and tangible CO.
operation.
Hon. Thos. y. Read. of Hinton
and Hon. Riley Wilson. candidate
ior Congress. and others will be
present and make addresses. All
Democrats in this section of the
county are urged and Republicans
especially invited and everybody
courteously requested 10 bring
basket dinners that this occasion
may be one Of which We will all
be Justly proud.
While this is Democratic Club
us ooJectS are not Of Il partisan ma
ture and all arc included who he
lieve in the great principles of
right and justice and who desire
TO put an end to the horrible dew
astation of ever recurring wars.
MIR. Garnet and his co-work
are doing things at Fort Spring
which speak volumes for their
patriotic zeal in the great cause OF
the worlds peace.