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nothing to do. for we shall act inde-
pendently."
The captain saluted.
1t was Friday night, and the Span
ish dusk had just fallen. leaving the
moon to light up the world, as little
cavalcade wound into the mountains.
This cavalcade consisted of the con-
! sui and a single attendant. The cor
sui rode one mule and the attendant
! led another, across the back Of which
were slung two panniers, which
groaned and creaked with the weight
that was in them.
Needless to say. the consul had no
! idea whatever of the plans which
/ were entertained by Col. Sueno. He
had hoped to arrive at the appointed
place at an earlier hour. but he mad
met with several delays on his up
ward way into the mountains. Still,
all was well, for he had until -
O'Clock midnight, and he was now
only some three or four miles on the
lower side of the village of Endierro.
! He was jogging along peacefully,
when, at a turn in the path, he saw
that tree had fallen across it. AS
he approached this tree he was aware
that there was movement in the shad-
ows, and a moment later he and his
servant. who was leading the mule,
found themselves surrounded
There was no chance of escape or
resistance, for they had half-a dozen
men against them, and all were armed
with weapons which they seemed ex-
ceedingly ready to use.
who are yor?" demanded the con-
sui.
At this a figure clad in the garb of
monk stepped up to him, letting
| the cowl slip back from his face
Don O." calculated the consul,
for the brigand's features were well
| known throughout Spain, and the
consul had in the past seen him face
to-face on an occasion he was never
llkely to forget. But this is not the
spot Where you arranged to meet me -
NO" replied Don O., NOR shall we
go there tonight. Senor, you are my
prisoner"
| On the contrary" said the consul,
Il am an envoy, who has come into
| the mountains. as l had understood.
| under your own safe-conduct. Do
you mean to break that"
side" v" 'oo'
What do you mean?"
| mat you have not acted the part
OF an honorable man. That you know
that the place where 1 was to meet
of soldiers"
consul '"e
"As you wish. senior, but IL Won
kno" nothing of this treachery you
Will, no doubt, have the ransom with
you" Win
| Certainly" replied the consul. Il
SAID j.! would bring it, and l have
brought it. 1t is there upon the mule. .
| Come. said Don G.. I'VE will go
among those thickets on the hillside
ana there arrange the matter"
| IN quarter of an hour Don O. had
assured himself that the ransom was
| in order.
Senor." said he to the consul. "I
must lay before you my very humble
| apologies and regrets 1t is very
| clear to me that those who are sur
rounding the tree with the three
ncsts nave nothing whatever to do
| with you. / trust you will forgive
4 me my unworthy suspicious"
Il will forgive anything" said the
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and consecrated for tree planting in
the state of Nebraska, and the state
board of agriculture hereby name it
Arbor day, and urge upon people OF
the state the vital Importance of
tree planting. hereby Offering special
society of that county in Nebraska
which shall, upon that day. plant
properly the largest number of trees:
and a farm library of $25 worth Of
books to that person who, on that
day, shall plant properly, in Nebraska
the greatest number of trees"
The result was that over 100000
trees were planted in Nebraska on
that first Arbor day. Three years
later the day had attained such FAVOR
with the people that the governor, by
public proclamation. set apart the
third Wednesday of April as Arbor
day, and recommended that the peo-
ple observe it as a day of tree plant
ing, Annually thereafter other gov
ernors of the state followed this ex-
ample, until at the session of the
in 1885 an act was passed
designating April %, the birthday OF
Mr.. Morton, as the date Of Arbor day.
days o. the state. Ten years later
the following was adopted oy the
sResoived by the legislature of the
state of Nebraska, That Nebraska
shall hereafter, in a popular sense.
be known and referred to as the
Tree Planters State"
Thus Nebraska. which was in the
beginning treeless. is no longer tree
less, From her, other states have tax
en- example until Arbor day Is known
and observed the country over. It ls
exceedingly fitting that an Arpor DAY
tree should have come from Nebraska,
and that it should have been planted
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the sage brush country. 1t is pretty
near A wks. journey on a tricycle.
from there to Rock Island, where my
Trend has uncle that has got a
The scenery is o. K. the 1st. few
days but when you been peddleing
tricycle. that long you get tired of
nothing but cactus, palo verde, yucca.
mesquite and etc. and when you call
it day and lay down for the night
you can't hardly sleep on acct. of
worrying about prairie dogs. coyotes
and even rattlers, as most Of the
windows is without screens.
a dozen yrs. ago people lveing in
Des Moines shot down all that was
left of the Indians that had madc
| their life miserable.
North of Iowa lays Minnesota which
is as far as Admiral Peary says Doc
Cook got whereas Peary himself
claims to of reached Rat Portage and
seen the Pole but all he could think
of when he seen it was what d sucker
he had been not to take the old lady's
advice and wear his winter under
wear They say that up there the ice
gets so thick that you half to break
it up to get it in a high ball and
when theys heavy snow fall the snow
lays there the rest of the winter the
same as 5th. ave. in New York
Between Des Moines and Pittsburgh
is or other states named after bat
tie ships in the L. s. navy like Indi
ana. where our national parks is
located, and Wisconsin, famous for
its grand canyon to say nothing about
Michigan where the troops was sent
in 1916 to scare the Mexicans., Some
of these states is pretty near a 100
miles acrost and they's places in Wis
consin and Indiana where you can
board a train early in the morning
and ride all day and get nowheres.
So it will be seen that New Workers
is kind of balled up on their geog-
raphy and they's a whole lot of this
country west of Pittsburgh and when
Horace NJ. Greeley told that younr
man to go west it was Cedar Rapids
OR Fort Wayne he was referring to,
not Altoona. RING w. LARDNER.
Great Neck. Nov L
Evening star., 1921-11-13
"Invented" the Year.

THE calendar which we use for
marking time came to US from
the Romans, but the people of old
Rome were not the authors or in
ventors of the plan by which the
year was divided into twelve parts
That distinction belongs to the Egyp-
tians, if old Herodotus is to be cred
tied, and it is not likely that tho
venerable Gree historian would have
given to the people of the Nile EN-
pire any honor which he could claim
for the people of Hellas. Herodotus
wrote nearly 500 years before Christ
that '"The Egyptians were the first
to discover the year. which they di-
vided into twelve parts, and they.
made this discovery from the stars.
and so far I think they acted more
wisely than the Grecians, in that the
Grecians insert an intercalary month
every third year, on account OF the.
seasons: whereas the Egyptians .cek-t
oning twelve months of thirty days
each add five days each year above
that number. and SO with them the
circle of the seasons comes round to
the same point"
That seems to have been a pretty
good calculation to be made by people
who lived $500 years ago, and who
had no such thing as a telescope.
And it is likely that when Hero6otus
wrote that the people of the land OF
the Nile. pyramids. lotus and the
mummy had been observing that kind
Of a year for thousands Of years, di-
viding 1t into twelve months. di-
viding the month into thirty days. and
adding five days each year so that the
months of spring would always come
in the spring and the months of win
ter would fall in winter. In naming
the months Herodotus says that the
Egyptians were the first who intro
duced the names of the twelve gods,
and that the Greeks borrowed those
names from them. They claimed to
be the first to assign altars, images
and temples to the gods and to carve
the figures of animals on stone. - 4
Evening star., 1921-11-13
Edwards Sapphire.

THE big sapphire on the top of the
cross on the state crown Of the
King of England once had the power
Of curing rheumatism, sciatica and
various other diseases which afflicted
men a thousand or SO years ago. 1t
is not believed that this stone has
lost any of the powers with which
it began life, perhaps million years
ago, but a large part of the British
public seems to have lost faith in its
curative properties. This sapphire
was once the setting of the corona
tion ring of Edward the Confessor
and was buried with that English
monarch in Westminster Abbey and
was taken out of his casket in the
year 1101, since which time IT has
been one of the English crown jewels.
To whom it belonged before it be-
came the property Of the pious Ed
ward historians do not tell *
Evening star., 1921-11-13
Where Is Where in the i. S.
By Ring W. Lardner.

boys got the fever themselfs and
broke up their home and went out
there in search of gold ard as thc-
wasn't no prairie schooners TN them
days they had to mako the trip on the
B. & o. Some of them struck gold
but the most of them was Pittsburgh
ers and struck out.
That was how il come to be dis
covered that they was land west of
the Ohio and of course now days you
can't travel a 100 miles out there
without running acrost signs of hu-
man habitation and even as far west
as Indiana a person will find settle
ments with more people in them than
you could put in a Ford and some of
them has got their own water plants
and has running water and makes
their own gin.
X X X X
A FRIEND of mine made an inter-
esting trip last. summer and took
in pretty near the whole Pacific slop
going as far west as Des Moines. This
is 60 miles from a r. r. and lays
right in the middle of what they call
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page of one of them had little arG-
Gle about football and he had clipped
out a paragraph from the article and
here is the paragraph he had clipped
out:
1.-The West scored in another of her
intersectional struggles. for Pitts
burgh beat Syracuse, 35 to o."
Tell them N. Y. editors" wrote my
friend, that Pittsburgh amt in the
West, but is right in the middle of
the U. S. as they could see for them
self by looking in their geography
WELL, some of my best friends is
w N. Y. editors and / feel like they
won't take it amiss if 1 point out
their mistake in nice way and 1 will
say at the start that my friends letter
amt the only reason I have got to be-
lieve that maybe they is some slight
misconception around here as to
where is where in America, as have
heard New Workers make remarks
from time to time that almost proved
they was kind of hazy in regards to
the strip of country laying west of
18th Avenue.
So again asking pardon from my
yokel readers for writeing few dry
details which is old stuff to them and
also asking my N. Y. friends to for
give me presuming to correct them, 1
will set down a few facts about the
map of this continent as l learnt them
in school and also found out from
people that has travelled.
Well, in the 1st place Pittsburgh in
stead of being in the exact middle of
u S. lays a few miles east of the mid
die. Little was known of what layed
beyond till 1S49 when some boy scouts
got back from their summer hike and
reported that they was people liveing
in rude huts as far west as Akron
and that they had the gold fever and
gold had actually been found out
there and some OF the prospectors had
showed them nuggets as big as a
bucket.
So the parents of some of these
Evening star., 1921-11-13
Continued from Third Page)

like monuments on the. plot where
Kearny and Stevens were killed.
ZEN. POPE in his account of the
~ second Bull Run campaign. writ
ten many years ago for the Century,
tells the story of Chantiily. He said:
"On the morning of the 1st OF Sep
tember I directed Gen. Sumner to
push a reconnaissance toward Little
River pike, which enters the Warren
ton turnpike at Fairfax, with two
brigades to ascertain If the enemy
was making any movement toward
our right by that ROAD. me .enemy
was found moving slowly again TO-
ward the right, heavy columns mov-
ing along the Little River pike IN
the direction of Fairfax. This move
ment had become SO developed by the
afternoon of that day and was evi-
IDENTIFY directed to turn our right thas
I made the necessary disposition OF
troops to fight battle between the
little River pike and the road from
Fairfax to Centerville. Gen. Hooker
was sent early in the afternoon to
Fairfax Court House and directed to
vicinity and to push forward to Ger
mantown (Jermantown) with his ad-
vance,
his disposition of troops, and then
saws: lust before sunset the enemy
attacked US toward our right, but
were met by Hooker, Mcdowell and
Reno and by kearny's division OF
Heintzelman's corps. A very severe
action was fought in 'the midst of 4
terrific thunderstorm and was only
ended by darkness: The enemy was
driven back entirely from our front
tack upon US.
"In this short but severe action the
Army lost two officers of the highest
capacity and distinction, whose death
caused general lamentation in the
Army and country. The first was
Mai, Gen. Philip Kearny, killed In
advance of his division and while
commanding it. There were few such
offlcers as Kearny in our own or any
other army. In war he was an en-
thusiast, and he never seemed SO
much at home and SO cheerful and
confident as in battle. Tall and 1.-THE
in figure, with q most expressive and
mobile countenance and q manner
which inspired confidence and zeal In.
all under his command, no one could
fail to admire his chivalric bearing
and supreme courage.
Gen Isaac /. Stevens, who was
killed at the same time and nearly on
the same ground, was an officer in
many respects contrasted by kearny.
He was short and rather stout, with
a swarthy complexion and very bright
dark eyes. He was a man OF very
superior abilities and of marked skill
and courage. His extreme political
Evening star., 1921-11-13
Famous Trees of WASHINGTON

by J. Sterling Morton, at that time
Secretary of Agriculture, on his
birthday
This tree is unique in that it is
marked A marble slab SET fat in
the ground states where the tree came
from and when it was planted, but it
doe not say why, nor by whom. Per-
maps MIR. Morton was too modest to
nator Of Arbor day
The position chosen for it's plant
ing was unfortunate. 1t is crowded
by other trees and has grown tall and
splhoilng. AS 1t stands at present it
is rather an ugly tree, Handsome rcd
OAKS line 18th street and keep the sun
SHINE from reaching 1t on the east, An
expert has recently inspected it and
MS verdict is that the street trees
even If they do shade this tree. ought
not to be disturbed. Other unimpor-
tant trees which are too close on
other sides should be taken out. If
Evening star., 1921-11-13
The Rambler at Chantillv

opinions before the war, ardently as
serted. as was his habit in all mat
ters which interested him, made it
somewhat difficult for him to secure
such a position in the army as one
of his capacity might well have ex-
pected. The prejudice against him
on this account was soon shown to be
utterly groundless, for a more zeal
Gus and faithful officer never lived
His conduct in the battle in which he
lost his life and in every operation
OF the campaign was marked by high
intelligence and the coolest courage.
and his death in the front of battle
ended too soon a career which would
have placed him among the foremost
officers of the war"
Evening star., 1921-11-13

this is done. the tree will probably
thicken up into a good-looking one
sided tree. An elm seems to have the
ability to grow one-sided and in spite
Of it to look graceful and we'll bal
anced. The well known Cameron elm
in the Capitol grounds is one-sided
tree.
Just because Of it's faulty develop
ment, this Arbor day tree should pre-
sent lesson to tree planters every
where, for usually more trees are put
into the ground than can possibly
thrive if they all grow to be large
If our tree could speak, it might say:
Don't, for my sake, let trees crowd
and hurt each other. Remember that
down as it is to plant them"
Evening star., 1921-11-13
An Exploit of Don 9.

sent as many of the civil guard. But
enough of 1t. These fOllies must
cease, and the next move lies with
you"
what do you wish me to do?"
ITO write letter to Don Tomas
Ingham, the British consul. If you
will take my advice you will tell him
that rescue is impossible-although
indeed. he has lived so long in Spain
that he probably knows that for him
self-and that the ransom must be
paid in gold. The sooner it is paid,
the sooner. senior, you will again be
able to resume your holiday which
regret that~I so rudely interrupted"
But suppose that the government
refuses to permit Ingham to send my
ransom and continues it's present ef-
forts?'
Don Q. shrugged his shoulders. ut
will be very much to your interest to
prevent any such mistaken efforts,
Evening star., 1921-11-13
The Arbor Day Tree,
N the west side of 18th street,
several hundred feet south
of the greenhouses in the

6ioohoo VI tAc DcpaT eUcHl
Of Agriculture, stands this tall, slen-
der elm. which came from Arbor
Lodge. Neb.. and was planted by J..
Sterling Morton on April 90, 1895, in
honor Of Arbor day.
In 1872, when Mr.. Morton was a
member Of Nebraska's state board of
agriculture. he was the originator
Of a resolution which. when passed.
established the first Arbor day in the
United States. 1t read:
Resolved, That Wednesday, the 10th
day of April. 1872, be. and the
same is hereby, especially set apart
Evening star., 1921-11-13

TO the editor: 1 will half to ask
those of my readers that lives
outside of N. Y. City and sub
urbs to excuse me writeing
this article which 1 don't suppose it
will interest non-residence Of N. Y.
as 1t won't tell them nothing they
don't know, but 1 am writeing it in
response to a request from a friend of
mine in Youngstown, O.. who says 1t
looks to him like the people of N. Y.
was laboring under a delusion in re-
CARDS to the gen. lay out of the coun-
try of which they are suppose to be a
citizen and would I oblige him by
takeing the trouble to set them right.
SO the only way l know Of to reach
them is a article like this kind so l
will ask the kind indulgents of my
rural admires before beginning same.
My Ohio correspondent said he was
in N. Y. city 3 wks. ago and he bought
the N. Y. Sunday papers and the front
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-18
"THE TERROR" AT THE REX
THEATER TODAY ONLY

Tom Mix, famous daredevil Of the
screen. who Is to be presented by
William Fox in his latest production,
1.-THE Terror" at the Rex theater
today, was honored recently at
Sonora, Cal. by Melvin Smythe post
of the American Legion. A beauti-
full nugget scarf pin was presented
to Mix, whose war record under the
stars and stripes is we'll known thru
out California-he having served in
the Spanish American war and the
Filipino and Boxer uprising
Mix and his company were at So
nora making scenes for 1.-THE Ter
ror," when the reception was given
in his honor. The pin given to Mix
was made from a nugget taken from
tho famous O'Hara Pocket mine. The
original nugget weighed fourteen
ounces and was one Of the largest
taken from the mine in recent years.
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THE HUMAN FLY" TO CLIMB
GRAND THEATER BUILDING

Possibly, if not probably, the most
hazardous of all vocations, that re-
quires the utmost in sheer nerve and
skill, is that of Jack Williams who
lis known the world over as 1.-The HUI
man Fly" Going up the face of a
high building, over the window led
ges and cornices, with his life depend
ing on the strength of his fingers,
the maintaining of delicate balance,
and the merest kind of toe-hold, is
all In days work with him, and the
fact that he is alive and performing
daily is the best evidence that he Is
4 success at his strangesprofession.
Friday evening at p. m, Mr.. Will
liams, will climb the! Grand Theater
building, feat, the like which has
never before been attempted in Be-
midi, and after, this task is complet-
ed, he will appear before the audience
in the theater, where he will lecture,
and tell OF some Of his thrilling ex-
periences. AS an added attraction the
six melody maids, will present
song and dance review, consisting Of
solos,, duets, trios,. ETC., on the saxa-
phone, violin, banjos and piano, each
being an artist on more than one of
the Instruments.
Jack Williams and the Six Melody
Maids, will appear at the afternoon
performance at p. IN. and at both
evening shows, at 1880 and at 900
in the evening, on Friday only.
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WHY 1T SUCCEEDS

Because It's for One Thing Only. and
Bemidii People Appreciate This.
Nothing can be good for every
thing.
Doing one thing we'll brings sue
cess.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for one
thing only.
For weak or disordered kidneys.
Ask your neighbors.
Here is Bemidji evidence to prove
their worth.
Mrs. H. Carver, 703 Fourteenth
ST.. says: II have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills several times and they al
ways proved beneficial. Whenever /
find my kidneys are not acting as
they should or my back bothers me,
I resort to Doan's Kidney Pills and
they soon have me feeling all right.
OF late, have had no necessity to
use anything for my kidneys as !
am feeling in the best of health since
my last use Of Doan's Kidney Pills"
Price COO, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Carver had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs. Buffalo, N. Y.
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"EDGAR'S HAMLET" SHOWS
TONIGHT AT THE GRAND

In shis third Of the Edgar" pic
lures which is entitled "Edgar's
Hamlet" Edgar and his chums have
q great time putting on show ant.
dressing up in their mother S best
clothes. The idea Of the show was
suggested to Edgar when he failed in
his recitation at school, but found he
could do wonders hen, it came to de-
claiming up in the hayloft Of the
old red barn. And it was there they
put on the show. This series of child
stories, written b. Booth Harrington
for the Goldwyn Picture Corporation,
each in two parts, IS to the :hotion
picture world what the "Penrcd"
stories were to- fiction. They appeal
to grown-ups and children alike.
"Edgar's Hamlet" will be shown
tonight and Thursday at the Grand
thater r>" "'''.'''' -%''"'T''!%
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-05-18
THE PURPLE CIPHER" AT
THE ELKO THMEATER TONIGHT

THE Purple Cipher which will
again be shown at the Elko theater
tonight, is fast-moving melodrama
of Oriental intrigue and American
nerve and resourcefulness. 1t gives
Earle Williams one of the strongest
holes he has had in some time and in
plot filled with intense situations
and thrilling moments.
There is suspense and mystery in
abundance in 1.-THE Purple Cipher
There are flashes Of industrial and
club life with few shots of golf and
q love interest thrown in. San Fran
cisco at night, a glimpse of the bay
and trip through Chinatown gives
the impression Of a travelogue; while
submarines, explosions, poisoned
cigarettes, uncanny messages, and
terrific electrical storms furnish spec
tacular scenes enough to please the
most eXacting. If a person can at
tend a showing of "The Purple Ci-
pher" without finding something OF
interest that person is hopeless.
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BEYOND THE TRAIL" AT
ELKO tTHEATER TOMORROW
Az the burly, bighearted black
smith Of "Beybnd 1.-the Trail" the
two reel Western drama at the Elko
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''THE M1DLANDERS' AT THE
GRAND THEATER TONIGHT

In the coming appearance Of Bes-
sic Love, the "Pr.nce Charming" of
the screen at the Grand theater to-
night and tomorrow, that popular
little leading lady is cast in role
which affords opportunities which
will particularly appeal to the fem
mime eye.
,Portraying the leading role Of Au-
relic in a ? screen adaptation OF
Charles Tenny jackson popular nov
ell '"The Midlanders", Miss Love is
permitted wide range OF character
izatiqni heginninSnasIa ragged bare
foot orphan who. through quaint de-
termination and All unusual will