Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-07-06

lieutenant down. The rude junior Of
ficer, naturally enough, didn't like the
call in front of his lady friend and got
hot under the collar. He lost his head
and had the impudence to tell the
major that it was none of his business.
One word led to another, both being
proud-spirited American soldiers, and
finally the major called the lieutenant
a liar Major Garrity for that was his
name, may have been a little rough.
but then we must take into considera-
ton the gravity of the thoughtless
lieutenant's offense If we are to be
a world power we must be up to Snuff,
and there is no use trying to have q
real army unless the junior officers can
dance the two-step and dance it right
Some of our older citizens who remem-
Der the dark days of the rebellion will
remember how fortunate it was that
General Grant had learned to dance
the two-step and keep time with the
orchestra They will also recall the
Importance of General Sherman's we'll
known dancing ability on his justly
celebrated march to the sea. AS for
General Sheridan, we all remember
how lucky 1t was at Winchester that
Sheridan knew how to gallop- Had he
tried to waltz that day the battle might
nav DCCh AOSt IuSA VIM nave nut
lived a military life have a dim idea
at best of the advantages of having
army officers who can dance. Any man
with two sound legs can march, but
not all men can master the rhythmical
cadence of the dance. There is a har-
monious twist to the legs and a mus
ical pattering of the feet that not all
men can catch on to. To do the thing
right one must drop his feet on the
waxed floor at just the right jab in
the music or the troops are apt to get
panicky and stampede. The first false
| two-step may prove fatal. History
| tells US that Caesar invariably two
stepped out in front of the infantry just
| before battle and did a few terpsi-
chorean stunts to convince the troops
that he was feeling like a colt and
| hoped they were the same. Marc
Antony in his expurgated memoirs
tells of how he used to waltz Cleopatra
| up and down in front of the troops
! just to show them that he was it. And
| the only battles he ever lost were those
that he butted into without having a
chance to dance. Marcus Aurelius, too.
appreciated the Importance of the two
step on human valor, and history tells
us that he used to get the troops on
tie and do a four-step on horseback.
The effect on the soldiers was magical.
! They Immediately left the giddy ball
room and wanted to fight.
Feat . military Man.
Captain L. T. Brown, military man.
won his partnership because of his re-
markable capacity as a practical op-
orator. He was formerly employed
ot ha
Mills, where his reputation was
made. The Carnegie company made
him a handsome offer and placed
him in charge of the Union Mills. To
the amazement of Mr.. Carnegie, Mr..
Schwab and the others, Mr.. Brown,
without increasing the plant by SO
| much as a smoke-stack, trebled the
| production of these mills, feat with
out a parallel. He was admitted to
partnership in '92. Among the other
| partners who belong to the operating
staff and who won their spurs are Mr..
| E. F. Wood, assistant to the general
| superintendent of the Homestead
works, and who ranks as the finest
| metallurgist in the country; Mr. James
Hunter, the superintendent of the Low
| er Union Mills, who was admitted to
| partnership five years ago; Mr.. A E.
Hunt, VINO Is the SupoEluIeuQSuI Oh Ine
armor-plate mills at Homestead, a
position in which he succeeded Mr..
Corey, now president of the company;
and Mr.. A. C. Dinkey. general superin-
| tendent of the Homestead Works, who
| left the farm at fifteen and struck out
| for himself. These men all came up
| from the ranks. So with the other
members of 1.-The Thirty" None of
them had either money or influence to
help them along. They made their own
way by hard work, by loyalty to their
employers, and by using to the best
| advantage the brains that God gave
| them. Their example is one to inspire
every young American.-Philadelp
| Saturday Post.
Evans Wouldn't Be Hoodooed.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans was
| once in the lighthouse service. In "a
Sailors Log" published by the Apple
tons, he tells of one of his experiences,
as follows: 81 found most of the light
house keepers in Virginia waters were
! colored men, put in Office by General
Malone and his followers. Many of
1 them had to be removed, generally be-
| cause they would go to sleep and neg
/ lect their lights. One of them 1 had
| to remove for a very curious offense.
or rather he removed himself when he
| found l was going to do it. I visited
| the station where he was on watch,
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