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against him. failed 20 provide eFoSs
nails for the cavalry and ruined THAI
arm for the time.
But when Waterloo came the En-
peror had managed TO restore his 0ui-
rassiers to their old state Of strength
and proficiency. He relied on them
in the struggle that broke his career,
and they did not prove amiss, but the
odds against which they were pitted
were too overwhelming for any bra
very.
The crafty wellington. knowing the
prowess of the French cuirassiers. oD-
posed them with the pick OF his fight
ing force, the cavalry under General
Ponsonby. This consisted OF the Royal
Dragons, Scots Grays and Inniskillin
Dragons
These latter were early drawn into
the action, for D'Erlon. after overcom-
ing Bylandt, was chased from a strong
position by the Grays-
Between and o'clock IN the after
noon, under the personal direction o.
Ney, a movement OF the French cut
rassiers was ordered. The grand oi3
veterans-Kellerman Milhaud and
Guyot-took charge OF the men "a
whom Napoleon always awarded thS
honor Of being thrown at the enemy
in the crisis of battle
Straight at the center OF the British
supported by artillery. and did terri
BE execution among the Britishers
Had they likewise been supported by
infantry, Waterloo might have had a
different outcome, but the wonderful
valor OF the Scots Grays, formed In
squares to resist the attack, and COM
PEELED to support the frightful struggle
for hours, finally prevailed. and the
cuirassiers. shot 20 pieces finally had
to retreat to avoid complete extermi-
nation When Napoleon saw them
come back he conceded the end.
1t is. curious fact that at the same
time that the cuirassiers are to pass
out of existence there is also talk In
England Of abolishing the Scots Grays,
the heroes who beat chem-
The suggestion has been made IN
England and enthusiastically received
that before the two, cuIrassiers and
Grays. pass out of existence. II would
be hitting and beautiful sentiment "A
-letsthem meet in reunion IN Paris
The date proposed IS July IA. tba
French national holiday.
AS a final reunion OF brave man
whose predecessors in the same reQf-
ments Opposed each other in one ~
the greatest battlehelds OF history. this
would seem the most appropriate 81
all last acts in the warlike drama a.
cuirassiers and Grayg
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siers.' They had a great history In
every war OF the patrie they cut a su-
perb figure. and--until they lowered
their colore at Waterloo to the vaIor, OF
the Scots Grays the world had come TO
believe them invincibie
There are not many cuirassiers left
ia the worlds armies. The abolition OF
the thirteen French regiments Will
leave three countries with this arm
Of the service-Russia, Germany and
Italy. AtA
Germany has twelve regiments and
Russia four, hut 1t is altogether epossi-
bic that the Kaiser and Car viii fol-
low the -lead-of the French.
Yet only few hundred years ago
the man in the cuirass was the ideal
fighter
Before the deadly quick-nring rife
and machine gun had come to deal out
death as sr-irll.- - -. - -.
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rel organ grfnds out tune the cuirass
was sufnciently effective to turn aside
bullete. ,.F-S
Gustavus Adoiphus, the greatest war
rior. Of Sweden. first taught the world
what a wonderful fighting possibility
there could be in a well-drilled COM
pany OF expert horsemen, able to ma
neuver with lightning swiftness. so
well protected as to be comparatively
immune from danger. and having in
their pixies. lances or sabers- and the
Irresistible onrush OF tfaeir mounts the
force TO wipe any ordinary antagonist
out OF the way Only an equally pow
erful' body OF cuirassiers could resist
such force, and the military experts
OF Europe, pronting by the lessons by
Gustavus, directed their attention to
perfecting this feature OF offensive war;
fare.
Daelana then. had its cuirassiers.
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though they have long since been
abandoned in the service of the British
King.
France early took up the subject and
under Louis XIII developed several ex-
cellent regiments. Louis XIV num-
bered among his military advisers such
eminent tacticians' as Luxembourg,
Turenne and Conde, and these pushed
the cuirassiers to a still finer point of
perfection.
The cuirassier of this period was
heavily accoutered. carrying. besides
sabre and pistol, a lance or a pike.
Then came the famous Marshal SAKE
: to carry along still further the work Of
preparation that was to give Napoleon
the finest cuiraSsiers in Europe.
1t was Marshal Sake who laid down
the code that for many a hard engage
sment wassthe law of the cuirassier.
..All eyolutions must be made at the
greatest speed" ordered SAKE. "Cui-
rassiers must be as handy and expert
/ons horseback as, hussar, and well ex-
ercised in the use of the sword. Every
squadron must attack the enemy sword
i'm hand, and no commander shall be
allowed to fire, save under penalty OF
the most infamous cashiering."
Until Frederick the Great came
there was no cuirassier to rival those
of Marshal SAKE. but the warlike
German developed body that did
most remarkable lighting.
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GzSA5oENo

-HE glory Of the French army
the cuirassier-has fought his
last battle
What the armies OF the world
could not accomplish in the wars OF
three centuries is TO be achieved in
stroke Of the pen by French military
official. and in few months the cuiras-
sier will be only a tradition.
The shov-y soldier on horseback.
wearing his flashing breastpiate OF
steel. with brsss piece in the cen
ter, has ever been the idol Of the show
loving French nation. and The winner
Of some OF its greatest battles, but
modern methods OF warfare have put
out Of commission the equipment that
comes down from the Middle Ages
No cuirass. no matter how craftily
wrought. could resist the bullet Of to-
day, and so General DC. Ncgrier, French
Minister OF War. has sdecreed that the
thirteen regiments OF cbirsssiers must
be mustered out, their horses used for
the batteries Of field artillery, which
the department is rapidly organizing.
and the men themselves either turned
adrift or given places in other branches
OF the artillery.
The fact is the cuirass sllas passed its
usefulness. Evergs recent war mas
shown that. F'iftyryears OF battle show
not war in which the armored soldier
has been successfuls IN our own Civil
War neither OF the contestants made
use of armored warriors
Gallant Fight at Waterloo
Napoleon III did turn the cuirassiors
loose in the Franco -Prussian war. but
though they fought with uDeoualed
bravery at Gravelotte, where they bore
tho brunt Of the most spectacular
charge of the struggle. their courag
could not make up for their somewhat
outworn equipment Moreover. they
were lighting against better men. bet
ter guns and better horses.
In the frightful carnage OF Grave
iotte the cuirassiers sustained the
greater part OF the damage and whole
companies were wiped out At the
end OF the struggle. when the reorgani-
zation OF the French army began, some
OF the experts. who were farsighted,
were for abolishing the cuirassiers
then, but the sentiment OF the nation
was so much against Il that the project
was postponed.
NO wonder France loved its cuiras-
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Matchless Work at Jena

Napoleon, with customary sagacity,
adopted all that was best of every .sys-
tenn, and the finer points Of the knowi-
edge of SAKE and Frederick he. applied
to his own cuirassiers. In 1906 against
the .Prussiars at Jena and Auerstadt,
they did matchless work, and were re-
sponslb1e for these successes.
That command of cuirassiers under
sKellerman at MaFepgo numbered only
two hundred but 1t turned a srout' into
a victory. and by a rush Of natchless
valor put the Austrian army TO flight
after what seemed a. certain victory.
The 200 .cuirassiers. were directly re-
sponsible for the taking of 1000 pris-
oners and the saving of Napoleon from
the threat OF a serious defeat
Z Napoleon. violated the law of SAKE
and permitted his cuirassters to use
their firearms when they could be en-
ployed to good advantage. They did
this at Eylau.
At Austerlitz and Wagram the cui-
rassiers brought victory to the legions
OF the Emperor.
The Russian campaign dealt hardly
with the cuirassiers. for Napoleon, by
one OF the few oversights charged
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
MIR. REEDER,s POSITION.

1t is encouraging to note that Con-
gresham Reeder, of the Sixth district
issues a statement that he stands for
the uee of the primary method of nomi-
mating the next congressman in the
Sixth district, as he announced in an
interview in the State Journal some
time ago. This amounts to a denial
of the story that he had "gigged back"
on the primary idea because of the ex-
pense involved.
This means that all the leading cam
didates for congress in the Sixth dis
trict favor a direct primary. Congress
man Reeder, w. B. Ham and Senator
L D. Young have so declared them
selves. A. G. Mead and George w.
Holland may also favor a primary
the State Journal is not Informed on
that point.
1t remains to be seen now whether
the politicians will try to force a con-
vention on the Sixth district in spite
of the wishes of the chief candidates
and in opposition to the sentiment of
the great majority Of the people of the
district. A certain element of the poll
ticians are opposed to a direct primary
on general principles, and especially in
this instance when two delegates to the
Republican national convention are
also to be chosen in each congressional
district. The politicians would much
prefer to hold conventions where they
can safely manipulate the selection of
these delegates, rather than leave their
election to the people in primaries.
But there can be no good excuse for
calling a convention instead of a pri-
mary in the Sixth district. The candi-
dates are willing to stand for the ex-
pense of the primary-which will pro-
baby be little more than they would
spend on a convention ,anyway-and it
is difficult to see what sort of an ex-
cuse the congressional committee could
put up for not holding a primary. Be-
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/ 1t is difficult to see where this boom
tnat someone has started to make Uni
ted States Attorney Bone a special as
slstant attorney general for the govern
ment, to be sent around over the coun-
Try to do whatever odd jobs the gov
eminent has in law enforcement lines.
viii benefit Mr.. Bone.
Sucn position would be no adj
vancement for the Kansas district at
torney. and if he is to be given any
change OF work whatever, Mr.. Bone has
earned considerable advancement by
the victory he has achieved in the pros
ecution of the Colorado mining frauds
Mr.. Bone is already a United States
district attorney. That position pays
him as great a salary as would a Job
as special assistant" 1t allows him to
keep up his private law practice, and
it gives him a chance to live at home
and keep bis identity with his state. An
appointment as a special assistant
sort OF public prosecutor on march
ing orders-would give him no greater
salary. while it would take him away
from home and deprive him of the OPP
portunity to keep up his personal law
practice, which is no inconsiderable
item.
However, Mr.. Bones recent achieve
ment In Colorado merits recognition by
the department Of Justice. Such recog-
milton might be employment on such
special assignments as the prosecution
of some of the big trusts, or some such
difficult task, which now confront the
government. This was the nature of
the task in which Mr.. Bone has just
brilliantly acquitted himself. A posi-
ton as an ordinary special as -istant'
would not, however. be as desirable as
the place Mr.. Bone now holds.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
[From the Chicago News. ]


A woman needs no eulogist; she
speaks for herself.
One way to forget other peoples
faults is to remember your own.
III humor, like chemical prepare
tons. often comes from a retort.
1t Is impossible to drown sorrows; it
has been in the swim too long
The man behind the white apron
NAV be a bartender or bar tough.
A mans narrowness is one of the
things he doesn't want heralded
broadcast.
In this world the hardest knocks
we get are delivered by our supposed
friends.
man should remind his wife oc-
casionally that little credit is a dan
gerous thing.
Beware of the pensive maid, young
man: she is apt to develop into an ex-
pensive wife.
If at the age of 80 girl hasn't met
her ideal man she tries to idealize
some man she has met.
When a man and wife are of one
mind it's doughnuts to fudge that the
wife does nearly all the thinking.
A mixture of emery powder sweet
oil and kerosene is said to be excel
lent for cleaning the teeth-of saw
In accord with the eternal fitness of
things there are times when the milk
man should be whipped instead of the
cream
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suit in Georgia represents no pleasant
outlook for any section of the business.
That state in its Judgment has treated
all alike, and no false notion that beer
is temperance beverage and should
be allowed to hold on has been enter
tanned or brought forward. We dislike
to acknowledge it, but we really believe
the entire business all over has over
stayed its opportunity to protect itself
against the onward march of prohibit
ton, which in some sections of the coun-
try is advancing like a prairie fire with
not hand raised to stop its progress
For years we have sounded the warn
ing of the impending storm. For years
we have argued for organization, and
for years we have, in season and out
of season, pleaded for unity, harmony
and cooperation among all branches OF
the business, but all effort on our part
and on the part of others has resulted IN
no good. Five years ago united in
dustry might have kept back the situa-
ton that now confronts it, but today
it is too late
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

rFron the Philadelphia Record
A pair of over-alls-The sun and
moon.
Dumb luck isn't restricted to deaf
mutes.
The best cigar is handicapped by
being matchless.
Many a man makes fool of him
self in good cause.
The railroad brakeman and the
minister are both expert at coupling.
When a man means well, does 1t
prove that the end justifies the
means?
1t isn't necessarily the pugnacious
Individual who is always striking an
attitude.
Love in cottage may be all right.
but it thrives best on three square
meals a day.
OIdbach-"How did the baby show
pan out ?'' Youngpop-"Oh, 1t was
bowling success"
IT have a toothsome morsel for
your majesty's dinner" announced the
chef to the royal household. What
is it p" demanded the cannibal king.
"A dentist, your highness," replied the
chef.
Mrs. Dashaway-"Oh. you naughty
thfnei L hear you have been dabbling
IN stocks" Mrs. Bargainhunter-
Yes, bought some beautiful p D.
O.. and such a bargain. The man told
me 1t was SO marked down from q
dollar
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Ii UNOR or THE Day

The eternal domestic was the topic of
conversation. one of the ladies had just
engaged new. cook Il do hope. said
the other. you've made a change for the
'Oh. yes, think so,' replied lady No.
l. anyway. there's one great advantage
about it, the new cooks club and mine
meet on different nights"
1.-The difference between a woman and a
glass; said the funny fellow, '-is that the
glass reflects without speaking. while a
land the difference between you and a
glass; said the sharp girl, us that the
glass is polished"
II had no idea when I penned this lit
tie child of my brain
ton Post.
Look at him. Hasgard. heartbroken.
and his wife at the bridge table.
yes, it's the old story. He married her
Mrs. De Hitt-The Dobsons at last have
G Er f be R2Pe sf nfeP where is such
girl to be found?
Mrs. De Hitt-she was born to them
yesterday.-Harper' Weekly.
How is the new house you're building
very we'll We've just reached the
second mortgage. Life.
My wire describes her spring nat as
cor eection.''
What does she mean by that?'
Merely her way of saying 1t is all the
candy."-Washington Herald.
s'Norah. don't want to see you kissing
that cousin of yours in the kitchen any
ss'ff yen 4indfy cough BEFORE We open. tn
dure, mum, we won't see me kissing sim.
aither'' Chicago Tribune.
''Was the fishing good down at the
lake"
.'Good? Say, it was bully that no.
body had to lie about it."-Cleveland
Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-04
EROM OTHER PENS
SOME POSTAL REFORMS.

1t is cheerful news that comes from
Postmaster General Meyer. He will
recommend to congress many new fea-
lures, the most important of which are
postal package service and a postal
bank. OF these the first is by far the
most interesting at the present. In the
transmission of packages by mail we
are far behind every other civilized ma
ton on the globe. 1t is an anomalous
situation that we are obliged by treaty
and edicts of the International Postal
union to transmit packages abroad
which cannot be sent through the do
nestle mails. and the foreign service is
cheaper.
For instance, one can mail in this
city package weighing IL pounds and
send it anywhere in the civilized world
except in the United States and it's
dependence. Four pounds is our limit,
except in certain instances, in this coun-
try. The amazing thing is that a man
can go to our postoffice and mail four
pound package to Hankow, in the heart
of China, for much less than he can mail
it to Camden. This is ridiculous.
1t Is we'll known that there are two
sources of opposition to parcels post.
The greatest comes from the few large
express companies who have made enor-
nous sums and who do not wish their
monopoly interfered with by the govern
ment. The express companies have
secured such enormous surplus accounts,
even after paying great dividends for
years, that they have been obliged to
cut melon" for the benefit of the
stockholders. 1t is we'll known that many
railway officials are stockholders in the
express companies and the two kinds
of corporations work with each other to
the enhancement of their wealth and the
unnecessary expense of the public.
The other opposition comes, or is said
to come, from the small storekeepers in
the country districts. But the latter OPP
position seems to be used as q bugaboo
by the express companies, who try to
conceal their hand. The small store
keepers as a rule sell only things which
must be Immediately secured. They al
ready have the opposition of the county
towns and the great city stores 1t is
not likely that their opposition is i'm
portant. When congress considers this
matter next winter 1t should fnvesti-
gate the express companies. The charge
for sending matter through the mails
(under present limitations as to we1ghO
is less than the express companies ordi-
narily charge. The government could
easily accomplish a great good by it's
proposed action.
AS to postal savings banks. the need
for them is in the country districts,
where there are no banking facilities at
present. They would benefit the people
and aid the general financial situation
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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JAYHAWKER JCTS

To transact the business at a picnic
at Muscotah recently, $500 in nickles
and dimes were required, and the local
bank sent to the sub-treaSury at st.
Louis for them.
After noting the credit given Mr..
Reflector asks if he is not the real
author of the Ten Commandments and
the Sermon on the Mount.
A man near Rice, Cloud county, has
marketed $125 worth of melons from one
acre, and he says the melons are still
so thick on the ground one can scarce
ly tell that they have been disturbed.
Down in southern Kansas they are
talking about the deadly Russian
thistle" Up northwest after they had
the Russian thistle about killed out,
they discovered that it is good for
forage for stock.
More trouble item from the Atchison
Globe: A milk famine threatens in
Atchison. Sixteen quarts are sold for a
dollar, and there is talk of a raise. al
though this is the season when milk is
cheapest. Milk has sold in Atchison at
the rate of twenty-four quarts for a
dollar.
Henry Allen is billed for a SPELL
binding stunt at Arkansas City on Sep
TENDER 10 and one of the advance no.
tees given him says: mo one should
fail to hear him on this occasion. Mr..
Allen led the law enforcement cam
paign in Wichita at the last city cleo
ton there and won an overwhelming
victory" If Henry isn't careful, he will
be doing chautauqua stunt in another
year or two.
Junction City Union: Robert Kier-
nan today brought up town a sunf1ower
which quite exceeds in size, anything
that has ever been grown in this sec
ton of Kansas. The head of the sun
flower is about thirty-five inches in cir
conference and the seed shuck is eight
inches in diameter A rough estimate
of the number of seeds would be about
eight hundred. The stalk was twenty
feet high. Mr.. Herman grew four OF
these large sunfiowers in his yard where
thew have attracted a great deal of at
tention. They were grown with seed
imported from Egypt
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

This department is not surprised
that John Dawson kept the lid on at
Baxter Springs. John is a good deal
of heavy weight himself Still, the
lid at Baxter is mighty frisky along
about reunion time.
4 y
As we understand it, Mr.. Fairbanks
made no reference to cocktails in his
irrigation speech at Sacramento.
= y
The average life of a mosquito, says
a scientist, is about six months. This
department has met a few that have
not lived that long They have died
sudden and violent death by request
when they did not happen to get
away.
K \
We confess that we will have more
faith in the governments sending the
Standard Oil company to Jail when we
see the Standards countenance up
against the inside of the bars. with a
wistful look on its face.
>. y
Uncle YIN" Hill is not quite so
pessimistic as he was a few weeks
ago. Perhaps Uncle Yim's' stocks
are going up little.
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GLOBE SIGHTS.

From the Atchison Globe.
If you can't stand for turn down
don't ask unreasonable things.
When boys voice becomes bass. it
is time he gave up going to Juvenile
parties.
If one man knows a thing. it doesn't
take the other men long to hear
about it.
To say of man. He is bull head
ed is the same thing as saying. He
has no sense"
When man is tired from excessive
work it is needless for him to tell
people about It.
PAY your taxes as cheerfully as
lose turkeys" a farmers wife said to
her husband today.
1t always makes a mother mad il
her daughter-in-law has more influ-
ence than she had.
About the poorest use widow can
make of her insurance money Is to
invest it in another husband.
There is great excitement these days
when a fly gets on the baby, but in the
olden times the flies always ate the
babies up.
1t is related that after an Atchison
woman's husband had been dead two
weeks, she said smilingly to friend;
Time is a great healer. is 1t notY
The meanest man in the world is the
man who will ride free horse 10
death unless it is the man who becomes
impudent when treated kindly.
The farmers wives complain mat
automobiles are killing their chickens
what a pity autos do not kill wolves!
What a pity that wolves do not get
cholera, and die. as hogs do!
Fathers seem to be improving In
Quality as well as pumpkins. horses
etc: never hear any more OF the Iather
- croSs that one of the children
Watches at a window to warn the rest
when he is coming.