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The Holbrook news., 1911-04-14

Leap itl" she challenged distinct ly. with a tinge of earnestness. as she glided down the room on Had don's arm.
 And John Elmers did leap 1t. It proved to be leap into luck as well as love.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-14
Novelty in Toques.

A toque bonnet recently seen is a delightful model. It fits down on the head most comfortably and the shape is almost universally becoming. The model I have sketched had a brim of
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
How Army Customs Started
Name and Address.

Captain James A. Moss, Twenty-fourth
United States infantry, read an interesting
paper before the annual convention Of the
National Guard association Of New York
at Albany recently on Customs Of the
Service" Captain Moss is a graduate OF
West Point Of the class of 1891 and al
though a native OF Louisiana, has spent all
Of his service with negro regiments with
the exception OF two months when he re-
ceived his captaincy in the Twenty
infantry, being transferred shortly after
20 the Twenty-fourth infantry. Captain
Moss is known as the pioneer American
military bicychst and made an SOo-mile trip
on his wheel from Fort Missouls, Mont,
TO Yellowstone park In the summer snd
fall of 1895, and then trip Of 1900 miles
from Fort Missoula 20 St Louis in the
summer Of 1897.
Captain Moss said he had given consid-
cradle attention to the practices OF the
army in the last few years. and that since
the spanish-Amercan war many Of the ira
ditions and customs OF the old army
have entirely or partially passed away,
owing TO the general reorganization n The
army and the passing out Of so many OF
the older officers and the influx Of a large
number OF young officers from civil life
ana from the voluntcers-men whS~knew
nothing about the customs OF the service
/ and who seemed 10 care less. Captain
Moss cited a number Of the various Gus
toms in the army. several OF which are
I given below.
| The expression How" used by army
men IN giving a toast, is equivalent 10 the
! expression. Here's 70 your health" Some
I think IL IL merely the Indian corruption
Of How dye do?" abbreviated by the
Indian TO How" ami taken up and used
BY officers and soldiers who in the early
days OF frontier service were thrown in
constant contact with Indians. However,
on the other hand there are others who
believe the expression IL derived from the
Indian language direct
| AZ parade and at guard mount when
the adjutant gives the command. Sound
off" Il IL customary for the band 10 play
three chords or rourishes. called The
three cheers" before beginning 20 play th'
march and marching up and down IN from
OF the command After The oand has 70
turned 20 is place and finished TlayinE the
march the three cheers are AGAR
sounded This practice comes from the FOL
LOWING custom that obtained during I'M
crusades:
Soldiers that had been sEslectsd 20 50 OF
the crusades were often formed IA I'm
with troops not 20 selected The BAN
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

Alexander Haslett, builder, at work on
the steel frames of modern building in
Philadelphia, as he was adjusting a rope
on an elevator, slipped and fell eight
stories through a shaft
Death was as certain as it can be for
any man. There was nothing between him
and the brick pavement below, some
seventy feet distant Did he give up?
Not he. He was one OF the men who daily
tempt life on the slender frames Of a
great structure, who face death every hour
Of their work, who look down and see II
stories below and look up and see it In
swinging iron beams above, whose minds
are keen, whose will is quick and whose
acts are swift as thought. He did not
surrender himself to his fate He did
not give up and trust to happy ending
He was wholly unwilling TO accept the
sdispensation of death while breath gave
some chance of the dispensation Of life.
He had but two or three seconds from
the time he fell until two stories down
there was a board projecting. He grabbed
for the board and caught it. He could not
hold II. but he broke the strength OF mis-
fan for two stories. The swing and i'm
petus threw him into a somersauit, and
ne went down turning, but as he turned
fate brought him near another board, at
the fourth story, and. on the instant he
grabbed that as he passed and again oroAe
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

would march past and eountermarch only
in front of the soldiers designed for cru
sade service, thus signalling out and dedi-
eating to the cause these particular men.
1t is very probable that the assembled
populace did considerable cheering during
this part Of the ceremony, and it is quite
likely that the three cheers are sym
bolical Of that cheering.
The following versions are given Of the
derivation OF the expression dough boy
as meaning. "infantryman." In oldsn
times, when infsntTymen used to clean
their white trimmings with pipe clay, II
caught in the rain the whiting would run
forming a kind Of dough. Hence the
sobriquet dough boy" The tramp Of in
fantry marching in mud sounds as II
their shoes were being worked and pressed
In dough From adobe, then "dobie"-the
idea being that infantrymen are the soldiers
who have TO march In the mud; hence the
expressions used In the sixties and early
seventies In referring to infantrymen as
"dobie crushers" 'dohie maEefs'' ana
mud crushers" However some infantry
men think they are called dough boys
because then are always ''xneaded''
needed; whileN, other infantrymen think
they are the flower lflour) OF the army
The custom OF saluting with the hand is
supposed by some 70 have come from a
Roman practice dating back to the Borgias
or even earlier. In those days assassina-
ton was so common by the dagger that
interiors coming into the presence. OF su-
periors were required 10 raise the hand
palm 70 the front thus showing there was
no dagger concealed In n. Time and Gus
tom have modified the requirement 20 the
present method OF saluting,
There are others who are inclined N tbfs
view From the beginning OF time in
feriors have been required 70 uncover be-
fore their superioTs, and equals 70 acknowl-
edge each others presence by some
courtesy. In the British army during the
revolution a sentinel saluted not only
with gun but taking off his hat also.
Complicated headgear like the bearsSin
and the helmet could not be readily re-
moved, and the act OF removing the hat
degenerated Into the movement Of the
hand 70 the vizor a. II the hat were Eoins
70 be removed, and finally became oonvsn-
tionaliEed as ~ present
The practice also comes from the Gus
tom during the erusades OF knlEhts when
reoeiYinE orders always 70 cali upon GOD
10 witness their assumption Of the duty
imposed. by raising the sword 70 the Mo-
and kissing the cross formed By the guard
and body Of the weapon. The dlDpihE Of
the sAher point In saiutinE signifies sub
mission--New York Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

This didn't even have toad on 1t. but
he did seem to have a frog in the throat"
she reminisced.
+ Did he say that 'Hark, the bugle was
sounding" 1 began.
Even though 1 had a terrible cold, he
was too much Of a gentleman to mention
IT," she retorted, coldly.
81 mean did he say that soldiers we're
marching away, this being the right
month for a March, / continued. And
that like other heroes he was frittering
away his time singing ballads instead OF
catching the transport"
He seemed to be in a transporter
bliss" she giggled, blushing bit
He looked it," / replied.
How do you known she countered.
Il saw him at the club about midnight
and he was quite chesty,' ! said.
Wei. he had right" she affirmed.
Sure. Being the first man TO show signs
OF war" I added.
What do you mean?' she questioned.
We'll. when he came into the light" 1
enlightened. "and threw off his army over
coat 1 asked him II he was serving In a
flour mill or a magazine. because one
shoulder of his uniform coat was white
with powder!
IL DON'T" she declared. after the red
had mounted to her temples. Then with a
mischievous light in her eyes she asked:
"Don't-don't you-ever do anger
magazine work."
/ CCurtaln)
! Copyright. 1871. by the N. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Dottie Dialogues Our Voices Drown .1 Out Our ooun
BY WAITER A. SINCLAIR uys JAIL
BY WAITER A. SIN

Come 70 say goodbyg asked Dottie,
hopefully.
Not for several hours. hope" re-
piled Why
Il thought that maybe you had heard
your country calling she unused, touching
a bigle cali on the piano keys
I'm a little hard Of hearing" l ex-
planned.
'suppose@you will say that in case Of
draft" she observed, critically.
Keep those windows closed" / warned.
Drafts are, dangerous in the springtime.
@. Annie
How about sight drafts7" she queried.
IN get an oculists certificate" 1 re-
sponded -
Il don't believe you're patriotic at an"
she accused.
Il never eould smoke those brown paper
cigarettes, Il apologized, meekly.
Count Apponyi!' she derided.
yes. count upon me" / agreed.
wouldn't you seek glory where the
chill concarne flies thickest7" she de-
handed -t-- r#.. 4e..
Nor where the fever mosquitoes and
bbzzsrds NY thickest.' I added.
IN times of peace prepare for maneu-
vets,' she paraphfased.
NOV. II rhey were only womsneuvers, 1
hesitateds Isr.f- - ss4r
The Home Guard for yours, she de-
cided
zone paFticular home al time" ] cor
rected -. s-tr
To thihi. you have no martial spirit"
she mourned,
Not even a deputy marshsrs spook.' !
admitted,
While brave heroes-and regulars-are
daily departing for the front-or frontier
as the case may be. to maneuver, sunburn
and eat hot tamaies for their country"
she unused.
aha, has some brave he-roe been floss
ing around heraT', inquired.
Certainly - she announced. Lieutenant
Dunicker Of the gallant Steeth, babe me
a regular sentimental song farewell last
night He wore his uniform. too
And had uniform success, I'll bet" I
gritted, obviously.
'TH admit he looked just like the de-
parting lover in a lcolored picture. song
slide" 'she AVerred, rogulshly.
WAS It his fatigue uniform" I inter-
{ roeated.
TASK mel He didn't look fatigued," she
responded.
You'd know his dress uniform by the
gold lace and frogs on IT, I suggested.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

be no chance.
Many a man has gone to his death with
more chance than had Alexander Haslett
Many more men slipping in other ways
have lost all that makes life worth hav-
ing, because they saw and seized no help
ing thing, though many were near as they
fell
But the real man and the real woman
in. the instant OF fall and in the moment
Of disaster acts, thinks as the lightning
strikes, and seizes the one slender, sway
ing chance that passes, and, selling it.
wins.
1t is in this spirit that all Of life should
be faced Though the slip is irremediable
and the fall seems fatal, though one has
climbed long and stands high, only to fall
at the end, still in the very headlong de-
scent, as one shoots past gil that one has
climbed to win, life is still possible, sue
cess may yet be won and hopeless disaster
may stiu be retrieved. II, like this man
nothing daunts, and with relentless viii
and lightning thought, and instant deter
mination one seizes on anything ana
everything that can save.
And in the beneficent life arranged by
forces higher than our own, no man OF
woman ever slips and falls without som'
chance being given to retrieve all that II
lost and TO save all the future.-Philadei
phia Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
How to Meet Disaster Tersely Set Forth

his fall. This happened twice in the few
seconds in which he shot like bullet,
past story after story, on his headlong
way. He struck the ground, but he had
only a slight injury to his skull. which
fortnight in the hospital will cure. Neither
arms nor legs were broken. His back was
not injured. He had saved his life by
sheer will, quick wit and ainyincible resolu-
ton.
This is the way in which every man and
woman should meet the falls and fates Of
life. 1t comes to all to slip. 1t happens to
many to fall Slip and fall often come at
the very moment when they seem certain
disaster. Hope is gone. There appears to
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

as well as heat radiators, be used to keep
dwellings at a comfortable temperature in
summer as we'll winter. NJ. HenArd
holds that by this means each house might
be provided with one or more health
chambers, closed by double windows and
doors. IN which the family would be
enabled TO reap all the benefits of cool
air, fun Of oxygen. during the most sultry
summer weather.
Another prediction reminds one of Ed
ward Bellamys Looking Backward" II
is that glass verandas OF various shapes
Joined together so as TO afford protectio
TO the sidewalks will ultimately be a
feature OF all cities and towns By such
a device the elusive umbrella. would at
last receive it's Just deserts, for the streets
would be just as dry. and comfortable in
rainy weather as they now are on sunny
days, Also, the city of the future. accord
ing to NJ. Hernard win have buildings ex-
acty as high as the street is wiz e. in
which case New York may achieve within
the century the status of an interesting
relic Of the past The roofs OF these houses
would be platforms ornamented with
shrubbery and flower beds to be used as
roof gardens.
/ The town of the future, as regards it's
] topography, viii offer marked contrast
to the favorite Checkerboard arrangement
Of the average American city in that It
will be trayersed by large radiating thor
oughfares, partly occupied by moving plat
forms, raised above the level Of the side
walk proper, which will afford a means
OF quick communication between the diff
ferent zones. Tho idea 10 TO terminal e
these platforms by large revolving cross
ways. placed At the intersection Of the
main streets. so that the crowds in the
most congested district will be unable tC
block the streets.--The Craftsman
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Secret Of the Everglades

one OF the strange facts about this Ever
slades region Y Florida is that it Is really
a decsyed MOUNTAIN top. The crest is
formed Of massive limestone. usually COW
cred by a mantle Of sand, In this forma-
uon are numbeTiess pot holes, which vary
in size from a few feet TO thousands Of
acres; also countless lakes OF fresh water.
springs and frequent subterranean streams
and pools
A few miles north Of Cape sable is an
'0utcropl Of limestone which projects 20
Lake Okeschobee In this Outcrop Is an
extensive shallow basin extending $50 miles
north and south and about seventy miles
east and west. while the altitude OF It's
rim Is twelve feet sbOye mean low tide in
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

Biscayne bay and little less above the
Gulf OF Mexico
AS a result OF the weather and flowing
water the rim has been worn into fan
tasuc shapes. The depth OF the basin
varies from one foot al the rim to twelve
feet in Places, but generally the rock floor
is from a depth Of one to six feet And
here is the secret OF the fertility Of the
Everglades. Above the entire rock floor
rises layer OF muck formed Of an al
huvial deposit and OF deeased vegetable
matter. This deposit varies from a feN
inches TO several feet in thickness The
water covering this deposit comes from
springs that in turn have their source IN
the lake.-D. A. Wiley in Casters Maya
zine
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

story.
The youngsters were huddled together
on the kitchen floor before the stove which
apparently had not had fire in It for days.
The baby of nine months was crying, and
the other two. Joe, 5, and George, one
year or so younger were gnawing at chips
OF wood which they had picked up in the
street to kindle a fire. There was not
yestige Of food in the house, and the chill
dren were blue with cold and half starved.
In one OF the upper rooms the officers
found an emacisted boy, Mrs. Gugisa's
brother who recently came from Poland
and who is suffering with tuberculosis
Magistrate Hughes provided enough
money to buy food for the family for a
few days.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Good Thing for WhOOpers

Sufferers from Whooping cough WilI feel
indebted TO DIT Manuel Rodriguez Portilio
OF Madrid Tor finding delightful remedy.
He announces In Clinica Laboratorio that
an the whooping cough patient requires is
20 be taken FOR ride every fine day on
the front seat Of -snotor car and he will
get well very quickly.
The favorable effects OF a change OF air
In the later stages Of whooping cough are
vel known but Or. Portillo says that even
better results than mere change OF air
can he obtained b. motor car rides lie
imposes certain conditions however.
namely. thar a clear mild day be chosen
Tor the excursion. a good level road Sc
lected. speed OF six and a half miles an
hour never exceeded and that the child
be placed on the front seat Of the ear next
TO the chauffeur.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

PHILADELPHIA, March A,-Accordlng
to the story told by Mrs. Mary Gusisa OF
No. 1917 South Lee street, this city TO
Magistrate Hughes she and her three
children were sold by her husband for u
to q man who, she declares, has threat
sned to take her by force.
In broken English she asked that her
husband be found and made to support her
and the three children whom he had left
at home to starve.
Though the alleged transaction took place
some time ago and though the woman re-
pulsed the man who claimed her as his
property, she declared today that she was
stnl in fear that he might come forward
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Husband Sold Three Children for Dollar

low that her husband has disappeared and
force himself into her home
1T was three years age" she said, that
my husband sold me. He wanted money
for more liquor He gave me and the
children for 81, and 1 didn't know any
thing about it, When the man came to
me and said, I will live here, I own you,
and you belong TO me, paid for YOU I
thought he was crazy said, You won't
live here. ana l tried to drive him out OF
the house; then he showed me my mar
rage certificate and said he had bought It
and me for 81. I snatched II from him,
and have II now where he can't get it,
but / am afraid"
Magistrate Hughes sent two OF his Of
ficers to the woman's home TO verify her
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Moves for City Beautif I'll

some OF the possibilities Of the city
OF the future. as it win be remodeled from
existing cities or built from the start in
accordance with modern needs, were out
4insd b. the. town planning experts who
met at the town planning conference
recently held IN London. The most
eminent med in this line, both in Europe
anu .America,- discussed the subject thor
Oughly. their deliberations being aided by
maps drawings and photographs of the
NEST notable work already done In this
country and abroad, and Il is expected
that a fresh impetus will be given 10 the
remodeiing OF towns as a result OF the
broadening OF viewpoint and exchange Of
experiences. A prominent pau was taken
BY b. H. BUruham, president OF the
American National Commission OF Fine
Arts, and Mr.. Burnhams own feeling is
that the conference will make an inn
mediate and deep impression on the lay
ing out Of cities and towns all over the
world.
The most striking prophecy regarding
future cities was made by M Eugene
Henard, municipal architect of Paris.
NJ Henard predicts that IN the near
future light and energy will be conveyed
universally BY electricity while petrol and
oxygen will be depended on to supply heat
n comforting thought in view OF our
diminishing wood and coal supply. Also.
every weu-equipped house viii be supplied
with a private cold storage plant. refri-
gerated by means Of liquid air device
that viii probably have a good effect on
the price OF peTishable provisions By
putting WITHIN the reach Of the people
one Of the jobber's chief sources OF profit
Another suggestion that might we'll b
applied during the dog days in New York
ts the Recommendation that cold radiators
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Taft to Walker

President Taft likes a joke and loves
he liked, When he drops work Tor play De
Is As boyish ABOUT IL as when IN college
Neither does, abe president appear 10 b,
oversensithe about hts weight which 's
rather more than that OF most men
He had gone 20 the Chevy Chase club
outside Washington. Tor an afternoon game
Of goif recently and came swinging out Of
the club house in eolf togs, which, II any
thing add 20 has stature Passing the ten
mis- counts. he saw a Washington friend.
who Is heavy enough 20 have been taken
Tor the president. az a distance, working
hard. The pres ident stopped and smiled
broadly AZ the efforts OF the stout one a.
reduce
SHello. walker" he said. as the game
siaekened. rfar be IL from me to suggest
that you need that exercise. Old man"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22
Daily Health Hint

Water is one Of the most effective means
Of maintaining health. 1t helps to move
the poisonous waste materials and products
In the system.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

The Feminine of IL.
Teacher-Tommy. what is the feminine
Of the masculine "stag?'
Tommy Whose mother is a society
leader)-Afternoon tea, ma am.--Phinx.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

You can generally tell from a mans
neokties WHISTLER he 10 married or not.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-03-22

Lssk = ,hs iss,sr 70 which other people
eve 'thsiE snassss
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-25
ISSUES CARD
IN REGARD TO
BOND ISSUE
SECRETARY WATERMAN OF CON-
MERcIAL ASSOCIATION MAILS
GARD TO EVERY VOTER IN e.
GAMBIA COUNTY - JOURNAL
EDITORIAL Is QUOTED.

The Commercial Association
heartily in favor of the passage Of tn
bond issue, which is to be voted oil
next Tuesday, and the members o
that body are doing some hard worl
to insure the passage of the meas
ure- Not only are the members work
ing as individuals, however, but the as
ISOLATION in a body has taken the mat
ter in hand and Secretary Waterman
yesterday mailed a post card contain
ing a statement of the position Of the
Commercial Association in the matter
and also quoting and endorsing a re-
cent editorial in The Journal on tht
subject of the bond issue.
Secretary Waterman endeavored tC
secure the name and address OF every
voter in the county, and as far as the
records go he has mailed copy OF
this post card to every voter in Es-
Gambia county.
The post card mailed by Secretary
Waterman is about a 5x9, and the fol-
lowing information appears on the
card:
The farmers of Escambia county
know what the Commercial Associa-
ton, which used 70 be called the
Chamber of Commerce, has done for
the farmers in sending boys to Gaines
Vile and in furnishing selected seed
for those doing the Cooperative De-
monstration Work and Offering prizes
for the Boys Corn Clubs. Next year
we are going to have a practical
farmer in the field all the time to give
advice to any farmer who is willing to
accept 1t. From these things, you
know that we are trying to do the
right thing by the farmer.
We want now to say that we believe
the farmers ought to support the pro-
posed bond issue for the county JAIL
It is not making a debt, but merely
providing the easiest way to pay a
debt that has already been made. 1t
has to be paid, why not choose the
easiest way? -
B.. If bonds are not issued, the tax levy
for next year and for several years
will be raised to mills. The county
commissioners tell US that If the bond
issue is authorized they can and viii
reduce the tax rate next year, proba-
bly, down to IN mills.
We call your attention to the fol-
lowing editorial in The Jour/al Of
Friday morning June 23, which we
endorse:
Bond Issue Dies Not Create a New
Debt.
Next Tuesdsy the people of Escam-
bit county will vote on the question of
issuing bonds for $1SO,OOO.OO to pay for
the new criminal court and Jail build
ing.
Many people may imagine that the
bond issue will create a new debt on
the county, This is an error.
THE debt has already been made.
THE difference is simply this: With:
out this bond issue we shall have to
nav this debt in three years. With
The bond issue we can spread the
p nav out over twenty years.
IF the bond issue fails, every man
Who owns $1,000 worth of property will
nav $3.50 more next year in taxes than
he VII pay If the bond issue car
ries.
and Fote for the bond issue next Tues
day
We advise and urge you to vote for
the bond issue.
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION,
By G. A. WATERMAN, Sec.
Approved:
JOS. I. JOHNSON,
Chairman County Commissioners.