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The Appeal., 1911-08-12

llt1cal game in a quiet, dignifed way,
being finally rewarded with an ap-
pointment as commissioner of pen
siOns.
After two years in Washington he
returned to Kansas and took up his
residence in Kansas City, Kan. firing
of city life, he retired shortly before
his death to Sungold Section, fine
farm he acquired when he first came
to Kansas, and there he told his
friends he hoped TO die in the open"
His plans to die on the farm failed,
for he passed away soon after reach
Ing Colorado, where he had been in
tho habit Of spending the summers at
place he owned on the Cascade.
He was we'll entitled to the appoint
ment Of pension commissioner, for
during the Civil war he had bril-
liant career covering four years and
ending as captain Of a troop In the
Seventh Iowa cavalry
For one brief period Captain Ware
was in the newspaper business. This
was in Burlington, Ia, where for a
time, he was assistant editor of the
Hawkeye and started that paper on
it's road to celebrity as funny paper.
When Captain Ware retired Bob"
Burdette succeeded him and the paper
became much quoted for it's funny say
ings. &t-1 s.s4
Ware was born in 1841 in Hartford.
Conn, and was married in 1874 to
Miss Jeanette B. Huntington. For
many years he was familiar figure
In Topeka during session of the Kan
sas legislature and his wit and humor
made him much beloved, both by poll
cal friends and opponents. He was a
member of the legislature in the early
sos.
When he left the office of pension
commissioner he wanted to show his
appreciation of IL heads of depart
ments under him. He bought IL hand
some. pieces Of silver, exactly alike,
called the II men into his office where
the souvenirs were lined up on table
and said: Gentlemen. You have
been good to me. Help yourselves"
The appointment of Ware to be
commissioner of pensions was due to
Roosevelt's admiration for his poems.
In 1900, when Roosevelt was on his
way to the southwest to attend a re-
union of Rough Riders, he expressed
desire to meet Ironquill' and
message was sent to Ware asking him
TO meet the train and travel with the
president. He did so and the friend
ship between the Rough Rider colonel
and the frontier poet was promptly
evident and sincere. Three years later
Ware was appointed commissioner OF
pensions.
He leaves widow, one son, Eugene
r. Ware, Jr. and three daughters, Mrs.
Abbie Neiss Of New York, Mrs. S. R.
Nelson and Miss Amelia Ware.
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Old Dutch Windmill,

before the war at Lawrence, but this
ago.
The mill was built by Charles
SchWarz. He came from Holland. He
had been miller in his native land
and when he came to Kansas to seek
his fortune on a prairie farm he found
1t was many miles to mill.
Schwarz saw in this an opportunity
for he had been miller in the old
country and the strong winds of Kan.
sas reminded him Of the ocean winds
that sweep across the dikes of Holland
and turn the mills dotted all over that
country, so he conceived the idea of
making the bold, free winds of the
prairie pay toll by turning mill that
should grind the peoples grain.
But there was no machinery in this
country for such a mill, SO with great
care and pains, he drew on paper
drafts of every wheel and = cog and
lever and bolt, and taking them to Lin.
coin, Neb., had the plans worked out
and the parts forged in the foundry
there.
And for nearly forty years the old
mill has been doing duty, working
when the wind blows, resting when
the calm comes; teaching it's genial
master many lesson in patience, fur
nishing food for the public roundabout,
and competence for the man who
saw an opportunity and had the skill
and perseverance to accomplish what
was, in that day, a really great under
taking.
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Superintendent Sheppard Preaching.
if a convert is consc1ent1ously op-
posed to immersion, he does not hesi.
tate to use the sprinkling or pouring
method of baptism.
Because of the long lapses between
the visits of the pastor, q large part OF
the ministerial duties fall upon the
Sunday school superintendent.
The service begins when Supt. Shep-
pard mounts the rostrum- First is roll
call. With the record before him, the
superintendent, by signs, calls off
the name Of each member, and each
person present responds in the same
fashion. " .s,.. ........-
The Apostles Greed is recited in
unison. The uniformity of gestures
is not the result of careful drilling,
but comes as naturally to the worship
pers as speech to the average person.
Supt. Sheppard then delivers short
sermon, taking the Sunday school text
for the day for his subject He is
known as an eloquent man. by the
members of the silent congregation.
His delivery has an earnestness that
tmpresses even those who cannot un,
derstand his signs.
At times he talks rapidly, his
facile fingers, accompanied by full
arm gestures, working with speed
that taxes the attention of his audi
ence. Again. for the sake of greater
emphasis, the words come slowly, lin.
geringly, from his finger tips, and one
may well imagine that he is an adept
in his silent art Of oratory-
The eyes of the members never
wander from the speaker, since,
through their eyes alone, can they re-
ceive his message.
At the close Of the superintendent's
address the congregation "sings" in
signs. Most commonly the hymn Is
ol.e familiar to all the members. as
the singing would be hindered by hold
ing books. Next, the Sunday school
classes take their places. The lesson
goes forward as in the ordinary Sun.
day school, except that the questions
and answers are in the sign language.
The service closes with a benediction.
Often ministers from other churches
In the city preach to the deaf mute
congregation. A young woman, who
married mute, and so acquired q
thorough knowledge OF the sign Ian
guage. stands directly behind the visit.
ing speaker and acts as interpreter.
As fast as the words are spoken, they
are transmitted to the deaf congre.
cation by signs.
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ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. AUGUST r. 1911
DUTCH WINDMILL IN KANSAS
Only Only One In the sunfiower State Still
Grinds When tho Wind
Blows.

Topeka, Kan.--An old Dutch wind.
mill, the kind one sees in pictures of
the canals Of Europe, has been in op.
Grafton in Kansas for 40 years and it
IS still doing duty, making the festive
Kansas zephyr do the work that is
ordinarily required Of water power OF
steam. The mill stands on the high
prairies at Reamsville, a Quaint little
old village in Smith county. It is Is
miles from a railroad. It was one of
the first settlements in the county
and many Dutch live on farms near
there and their meal and flour is
ground as in the old country, by the
Old windmill. 1t is the only mill of
the kind in the state. One was built
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character which would once have been utterly re-
pugnant to us, but which have the dreadful power
of becoming the souls desired aim, that we are
satisfied. The soul can shriyel as well as ex.
pand. And we must beware of those who tell us
that we can go down to anything we wish with.
out fear, that we can throw of the inferior
things whenever we wish and return to our ma
tive place. We cannot The soul adapts itself
to its environment. and we may become SO satis-
lied on the low planes that we shall never wake
to discomfort. Then our birthright will be gone,
and we shall not care to have it back again. The
danger OF all sin and surrender is that they may
stupefy the taste and satisfy it.
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in Stockton, and the morning of July
Fourth, during the Spanish-American
war, started to downtown store to
purchase flag to adorn his home. AS
he was going down the street he hap
pened on the veteran, who was hob
bling along with the flag under his
arm. Mr.. Mobley spoke to the vet
eran, whom he found was trying to
sell the flag. The veteran was going
to be taken to the poor farm that day
and the flag was the only thing he
owned. Mr.. Mobley purchased the
flag. from which the veteran parted
almost tearfnlly. and has preserved it.
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H00SIER HAS VALUABLE RELIC
Iattered BattIeflag Believed to Have
Been In Revolutionary War Owned
by indianapolis Man.

indianapolis, Ind.-D. L. Mobley, a
travelling salesman Of this city, pos
sesses flag which is believed to have
seen service during the revolutionary
war;. The flag is tattered, stained and
falling to pieces and was obtained in
Stockton, CAL, by Mr.. Mob1ey, who
purchased it from Mexican war vet
eran. The flag bears 13 stars on a
field of blue.
The flag came into Mr.. Mobley's
possession under rather striking cir
cumstances. The salesman was living
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national Field Meet For thing tho American
"eu CROSS Is going to cooperate,
mo" the Red Cross has been coled m very
frequently OF late years to lend hand after
some great mine disaster, and it is TODAY instru-
mental in supporting and educating many chill.
osen whose 1asners were killed in the disasters
or the past few years. Thus the Red Cross off.
c1als have had brought home to them the need
or doing everything possible to save lives in
mines and to reduce the number and seriousness
OF nine accidents. And anyway the Red Cross
has become deeply interested of late years in
Observation-Disclosures work of all kinds,-so much
so that 1t is now distributing first aid cabinets"
all over the country and has on the road all the
While special car with instructors who travel
from town to town enrolling workmen as volun.
teer Red Cross workers instructing them in
'hrst aid' work So that, in view Of all this. It
is but natural that the Red Cross should want to
have hand in the first field meet to stimulate
interest in the cause And finally the coal opera
tors, who have much at stake. have through their
general organization volunteered to help make
the tournament success.
1t Is expected that from 10000 to 30 900 miners
viii attend the Field Day near Pittsburg on Sep
tember 16. number Of them will merely
as spectators or because they have been urged to
come and profit by the "object lessons" that will
be enacted before their eyes, but "a very large
proportion will be entered as contestants in the
various events. 1t would surprise the average
1OouOi, Az OouuC, W lCdlu uOW ulduy uGu are
eligible to entry in such contests considering that
organized rescue work on it's present scale was
taken up in the mines of this country only few
years ago.
Some of the most skillful first aid workers de-
vote their entire time to this occupation. These
are the employees stationed another of
the U. S. Governments Mine Rescue Cars. The
Mine Rescue cars, 1t need scarcely be explained,
are Pullman cars which Uncle Sam purchased
year or two ago, turned over to the newly-created
Bureau OF Mines, and had transformed into COM
bnation school rooms and hospitals wheels.
Each car has crew of several experts who eat
and sleep aboard, like fremen ever ready to re
spond to an alarm. They and their car have
dual functions. When mine disaster occurs. the
cars in that district are hurried to the scene and
the men on board take the lead in the rescue
work. At other times when no such emergencies
demand their attention the cars traverse regular
routes, visiting one mining town after another
Just as a travelling circus might do and tarrying
for two or three days at each camp while the ex-
perts. by means Of demonstrations and might
school lectures in the car, give instructions to
rne community as to how to prevent accidents and
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how to carry on rescue
and relief work if a
disaster does occur.
The result of this
plan Of Uncle Sam for
having these mission
aries" Of the First. Aid
crussde co b s t a d { ~
travelling up and down
the mining gi ons
showing the once-ignor-
ant miners what to do
In an emergency and
how to do it, has been
that a considerable pro-
portion Of the under
ground workers are
coming to have some
knowledge Of what to
do to relieve the suf-
fering Of one another
in time of accident
when doctors and nur-
ses are not at hand.
Better still, a feature Of
the government plan
and the Red Cross
plan to organize at
each mine a volunteer
corps of first aid"
workers. These vOlun-
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Sun Hatches an Egg.

Junction City, Kan.-Ed Houston, a
Geary county farmer, says that while
walking in his pasture he heard
something chirp. He investigated and
found a young chick just coming out
Of a shell, having been hatched out
by the heat Of the sun. The chick
was placed with brood and is thriv-
ing.
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HUMAN HANDIcAPs.

We do not require the same attainments from
all Some are well taught, some are i'll taught.
some are not taught at all. Some have naturally
good dispositions. Not one has had power to full
fill the law completely. Therefore 1t is no crime
in him il he fails We reckon as faults those only
which arise from idleness; wilfulness, selfshness
and deliberate preference Of evil to good Each
Is judged according to what he has received
James Anthony Froude.
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Teeth and Badness.

Paris, France.According to Or.
Lucien Jacquet. there is close con-
nection between bad teeth and bald
ness. He declared about one-fourth Of
the cases Of premature badness are
Of dental origin.
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auct1ng contests In mine rescue work
ander approximately the same condi-
lions that would prevail after an act
ual mine disaster.
in1s inaugural tournament is to be
conducted, by the U. S. Bureau Of
Mlnes,-the newest branch Of our na-
tlonal government and an institution
which congress recently established
under the interior department. espe-
claliy Tor the purpose Of studying and
nno'ns remedies for the mine disas-
ters which have been giving the Unit.
ed States a bad name all over the
world for these many years past. How.
ever, the Bureau of Mines Is going
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after the fashion Of the average field day. On
the contrary its aim and object is the saving Of
human life and the relief of suffering. It is be-
cause of its high purpose, combined with the fact
that 1t Is under government auspices, that Pres
tdent Taft the secretary of the INTERIOR and other
high officials and prominent men will be present
This innovation which promises to win per-
manent place our calendar Of public events has
a rather long name. It is designated officially as
National irst-Aid-tothe-In Injured Field Meet and
1t Is to concern itself primarily with first aid"
work and relief work conducted in coal mines
where, as every reader knows, there Is most ur-
gent need for such humanitarian measures owing
to the frghtful disasters which occur all too fire.
quently in our coal mines due to explosions, fres
and cave-ins Of rock and earth. The field meet
will be held at a place known Arsenal Park
near Pittsburg, Pa. This site has been chosen
because it will be convenient of access for the
miners and mine rescue workers who will COM
pete in the contests, and because. furthermore,
the United States government has at this place
an experimental station with all the facilities and
equipment at hand for giving exhibitions and con-
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08

On Monday, on motion of Dis trict Attorney Crossley, the charge against Peter Johnson, who was in dicted for giving liquor to an In dian. was dismissed, there not being sufficient evidence to convict
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08

sey's, has the elephant fad. His of flee and his home are cluttered up with figures of the best in every ma terial that can be carved. nodded. bitten CT chCwed into the form of the circus pachyderm.
 John A. Wilkie. head of the govern ment secret service, ran away from home when he was a small boy and sold matches ill the streets uf New York
 William H. CroCker. leading banker of San Francisco. owns the most ex- tcnaivc collection of postage stamps in the world
 Dorothy Dix, the writer. is native of Tennessee. Her real name is Elizabeth Meriwethcr Gilmer
 Hall Caine, novelist and playwright, Is an expert on architecture
 Jesse R Grant, son of L. s. Grant. Is devoted collector of old coins and medals
 Anna Dickinson, famous woman sui fragist of fifty years ago, is living in retirement in New York City.
 Alan Dale, the dramatic critic. is an fred J Cohen
 Alexander Graham Bell. inventor of the telephone, is also the inventor of a probe for painless detection of bull lets in the human body
 Charles Rohlfs, husband of Anna Katharine Green. the novelist. was an actor for many years and played with Edwin Booth.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08

t' Monday Hdgc O}ericid sen 'sG,,. n,mHi.h Mcintyre to two Wears .n "A, u,ui'ou,iary. Mcintyre va~ a.r.lr-rI ul assault with q dan aorw.- .a..u after the jury had indicted Ii an th. roun. of cutting a.. G',L' -u kill The court took .1., consideration. in imposing a h-.' -"ir,r.o. 'ha ta,' that Meln- 'sr' "a- 8 u.un'er and had hitherto tat.e a' t\.-Iiout record
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08

amongst the workmen as plain citizen
 T crawled into every part of the project I had time to find" said Martin, Cu arriving from New York and Boston today. and l spent two whole days with the working force in Culehra cut. visited the bar racks and ate al the boarding house tables.
 Only those to whom l introduced myself knew that l was a member f congress As a result of my in dustrious personal inspection I can say that the canal is being honestly built
 The work is being done thoroughly and every ounce of utility is being obtained from the machinery and the men. 1 was particularly struck with the loyalty of the employees to the constructing engineers and the off, CerS over them
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08
WAR GHOSTS CRY FOR PEACE

SAN FRANCISCO. April 2.-The usefulness of war, with the conflicts between France and Russia as the particular illustration, was preached here tonight in the First Congrega tional church by Baron 'Estournelles de Constant, the eminent French senator who has been speaking throughout the United States for the cause of International peace
 II was his first address in English in this city and was listened to by a large audience.
 He said in part:
 "Without discussing recent wars, but merely those that have taken place between France and Russia, we may be said to have lived through chapter of history which will be written one of these days under the title that enlightened patriotism would give it, Useless Wars
 In less than century French ar mics twice carried war into Russia, first to Moscow and then to the Crimea Neither of these wars has bee taken to heart and remembered by the Russian people, and they have net held France responsible.
 The past has vanished; liking and affection spring up from the first direct contact between the two peo- ples, and the Franco-Russian alliance seems as if it had always existed
 During visit 1 paid to Moscow it seemed to me as if I were living the trials and sufferings of our un- fortunate grand army all over again. At least 680,0O0 men were mobilized
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08
AMER|CA' RIFLE IS
 DEADL|EST
PRONOUNCED THE MOST EFFEc. TIVE WEAPON EVER PUT INTO
 THE HANDS OF SOLDIER

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. April l. The mobilization of United States troops on the Mexican boundary may mean the placing of the Springfield armory, temporarily at least. on a wartime basis. Should orders of such import be received from Wash ingtOn, the armory, which now ranks as the finest small arms plant in the world, would be able to give a good account of itself from the outset. In the event of actual hostilities the foes of Uncle Sam would be likely to receive a series of unwelcome sur prises in the actual demonstration of the deadly weapons the Springfield armory produces
 The improved United States army rife has an effective range of five miles At a distance of a mile a bull let from this weapon, after passing through the bodies of half dozen soldiers standing in a row. would still have sufficient penetrability to bury itself beyond recovery in the trunk of an ordinary tree.
 Only smokeless powder is used in this rifle and if Hiram Percy Max III SlltHCtl IS dtldClltu dll tHtulN half mile distant would be abso- lutely at sea as to the course of a whitening fire.
 Deadler than any weapon ever placed in the hands of individual sol diers in actual combat is the new machine gun which is being manufac- tured at the United States armory. The gun is designed for close range work and it's chief characteristics are velocity and rapid fire. For req sons of its own, the ordnance de partment Is becomingly modest con cerning the possibilities of the new weapon the first models of which for actual service have recently been completed
 IL is known. however, that the gun is so light that it can be carried on the march slung over the shoul- ders of the soldiers, the same as the regulation rifle. The gun will dis charge hundreds of bt lets per min ute. and a corporal's guard of sol diers equipped with the new machine gun. at close range, could annihilate an attacking regiment The death dealing machine gun can be loaded with the readiness with which a school boy fills putty blower and with this advantage-the operation of the machine gun requires less skill than the manipulation of a putty blower
 The ordnance department is conf dent that the time-worn statement that it takes a ton of lead to kill soldier will be strictly disproved the next time the United States has occasion do a little fighting. Army officers who have handled every wea- pon in use in the great armies of the world assert that the United States army infantryman is equipped with weapon 100 per cent more effective than the small arms in use in any other country.
The Alaska citizen., 1911-05-08
Obscure Facts About Celebrities

Marie Corelli is a great student of Plato and constant reader of the Bible.
 Clara Barton of the Red Cross laid cut the grounds of the National Gem ctery at Andersonville in 1865.
 Chauncey NJ. Depew was once giv. en the poS' of minister to Japan. but. aiier carrying the commission in his pocket for month. declined the of flee
 Hon. James Bryce is mountain climber and in 1900 was president of the AlIine club He is also a bota- mist
 Henry Watterson. the Louisville journalist. is the author of the phrase "A tariff for revenue Cnly."
 Samuel Untermeyer. New York law yer, Is an art expert and owns one of the most valuable collections of paint ings in America.
 F.. II. Sothern, the actor. is an artist and studied painting in Spain for sev- eral years
 John W. Gates, the capitalist, made his first fortune manufacturing barbed wire fencing
 Oscar Hammerstein, grand opera manager. has invented and patented numerous labor saving devices
 Tom Lawson, the frenzied fnancier. k the author of A History of the Re publican Party"
 Rev. Charles H. Parkhurst is an au- thority on Sanskrit and has translated many Sanskrit documents into Eng fish.
  cier. was formerly in the dry goods business in Baltimore
 John Jacob Astor is the inventor of d bicycle brake, a pneumatic road i'm prover and other useful mechanisms.
 Olga Nethersole the actress is a bOtanist and dog fanCier Frank A Munsie. magazine and newspaper proprietor, is an expert hOrseman.
 James ]. Hill, the railroad magnate. is not d native of the United States. having been born in Canada
 The Honorable Whitelaw Reid is an authority on Talleyrand and has writ ten an introduction to Talleyrand's memoirs
 The Rev. Lyman Abbott Is a law yer. and is still a member of the New York State bar.
 Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of the i New York World is a lawyer and was admitted to practice by the Supreme Court of Missouri Annie Besant, the theosophical lead | CT, married an Epscopalian clergy | man from whom she separated in 1S73 Loie Fuller, the dancer, was former iy a temperance lecturer George W. Cable. the novelist has written under the non de plume of Drop Shot"
 Francis Wilson, the actor, is a cal lcctOr f rare books, prints and manu- scripts His father was a Quaker. Walter Camp, famous athlete and . writer on athletic subjects, is a clock . during business hours. Lilly Langtry. the actress, was made q naturalized citizen of the | United States at San Francisco in | 1SN7.
 Robert H. Davis, editor of Nun