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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
STUPID VICE OF SWEARING"
Magazine Explains Why 1t Has Prae
ticaily Been Barred From
Its Pages.

For two months I was printers
devil for the proprietor of the Val
paraiso Vidette. l learned to set type
and makeup the paper, but what l
most remember vas learning to swear.
Profanity was then the accepted etl-
quette about a country newspaper Of
fee. The oaths meant nothing. They
were not even ingenious or amusing,
and they were not indicative of strong
feeling. 1t vas simply an ugly habit,
like tobacco chewing-which 1 got to
hate there because the loafers in the
office used to spit on the floor about
the type cases, from which l often
had to pick up type. l soon became
expert in profanity myself, and could
scarcely utter a sentence without an
oath. When l got ove the habit of
swearing, l got over it entirely. Ever
since it has seemed to me a vice as
stupid as it is ugly.
1 have always been against using
profane expressions in McClure's Mag
azine, except where the author could
convince me hat they were absolutely
necessary for the truthful portrayal
of character-and then the author
had to be some one who knew what
he was talking about. McClure's
Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

received the password from the gov
emo general. At last we emerged
into a wilderness of building lots, a
desolate district among the oil fields,
where the rank autumn growth strug-
gled against the black ash from the
reflneries that lay thickly over all.
Nikolai stopped at a small post which
indicated the turn Of the su%bterranean
oil-pipe.
Here is the most suitable place."
he said in a low voice. You have the
battery, Summers?"
/ drew the two dry cells which l had
brought from my overcoat pocket.
Kaulbars looked at them suspiciously.
For generating the current" Mix
OLAF explained. Two cells are suffi-
cient to detonate the arsenal. My
confederate has run the wire into the
center of a heap of loose cordite.
No, these are not bombs, General.
Sect" q
He let them fall into the grass,
then picked them up and stood them
against the post. Now to work." he
| said, and snatched a pick from the
nearest soldier. l took another, and
we began to break up the ground,
while Kaulbars, %buttoning his military
overcoat tightly around him, seated
himself upon the grass and watched
the operations with some interest. At
our command the soldiers fell to
work, and soon a large hole had been
excavated. Then we set to with the
spades, leaped into the excavation,
and shoveled until we could hardly
throw up the earth to the edge of the
pit. At last the picks chinked.
That's the gas MAN," whispered
Nikolai. 1--WE must have missed the
pipe. Widen the hole!" he directed
the soldiers, and the excavation began
to spread out in all directions, until
all at once an immense earthen pipe,
of wide dimensions, appeared above
our heads amidst the crumbling soil.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

to set on any dynamite. There exists
no dynamite, outside the brain of
Kaulbars. What we shall do is this:
Tomorrow night we meet him and his
excavators at the appointed spot and
lead them out to here" He put his
finger down upon a part OF the map.
Here the oil pipeline and the main
gas-pipe cross n another-although
the fact is probably unknown to both
the oil and the gas companies. Here
the oil pipeline swings around for
the ~reineries, and, ten feet immedi-
ately below, is the gas main.
Here we pretend to dig for the cleo
trio wire which supposedly connects
with the dynamite store. Kaulbars
will not get down into the mud, and
his soldiers will obey my orders with
out understanding or questioning.
We take with US some lengths Of rub
Der hose. We cut a hole in either
pipe and switch off the flow. The oil,
diverted from its natural channel,
streams through the gas main. The
gas, choked off by the oil, flows into
the oil pipe, which is temporarily
emptied. The result?"
THE oil pours through all the
branches of the gas main, into every
home, comes into contact with the
light, and sets fire to the CITY," ] cried.
Precisely. But since only the Of
fcers and police have gas in their
homes, the poor will not suffer. And
the gas, rushing through the oil pipe
into the refineries, comes into con
tact with the lights and explodes with
terrific violence; moreover, it passes
straight through the pipeline beneath
the water into the hold Of the Cas-
plan and the work Of the revolution.
airy party is accomplished"
He looked at me triumphantly, and
l saw, not the horror of the scheme,
with it's attendant holocaust of lives,
but only the master-plan of a master
mind. l grasped his hand fervently.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

his term OF exile in the Caucasus.
Whether he suspected Nikolai of this
work or believed that he had merely
failed to Illustrate the revolutionists de.
sign we lever knew. We backed slowly
away; then, seeing that Kaulbars still
made no signal, we strobe off through
the bewildered soldiers. They called
and moved after us; we walked away
faster; while they waited, a wave Of
darkness rushed toward US across the
fields, composed of singing particles
Of ashes and SCOT. 1t enveloped us;
hand in hand we CROPPED our way
through the distracted city to safety.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
CHINESE OF THE occIDENT
Men Of Business Are the Ideal Of Both
United States and New
Republic.

The soldier is. relatively speaking,
unimportant in American life. AS
compared to other countries and other
times, even our statesmen, with the
possible exception of our presidents,
are not held first in our estimation. In
spite of all convictions under the Sher-
man law and the many disclosures of
business Hobbies, a successful bust
ness man" m near to being our
national ideal.
We are beginning even to utilize
business in fiction in a way that pre-
vious generations have not done. Al
ways there have been business men"
in literature. Shakespeare wrote Of
Antonio and Shylock, but it was not
the technique of their business that he
chose to portray. To glorify merchan-
dising and to put in a novel the science
of craftsmanship is a thing that is prob
ably peculiar to this age. Neither sol
der, sailor, poet nor politician is
looked upon with such regard as the
American business man.
And this should have its good effect.
AZ WV OpNOSbiSN q SpiiAh5 ShS y
ter its standards. A nation that looks
up to it's industrial leader puts a pre-
MUM upon making business a high
calling. Already at least two colleges,
Harvard and Dartmouth, have bust
ness schools, not so much to teach the
student business practice as to give
him a broad business vision and a
high business standard, such an atti-
tude toward his calling as is common
among the professions that require
special training.
In a way we are becoming the Chi
nese Of the occidental world, says the
Worlds Work. We are doing now
what they have done for centuries,
clarifying the merchant and neglect
ing the soldier who with us for cen
turtles past in fact and in fiction has
been the dominant man of our national
| ideals.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

What are you doing1" cried Kaul-
bars in alarm.
Burned out a carbon fuse" called
Nikolai. Now for the oil-pipe line,
Summers"
We chung TO the sides Of the pit and
renewed u toll. This pipe was
stronger, however, and II required a
violent effort to break It. A large,
irregular hole suddenly appeared, and
a sudden rush Of oil drenched us
to the skin.
The fluid was squirting under the
force Of the pumps. For a moment
we could make no Roadway. 1t
bathed us, running down our clothes,
twisting is round; we chung to the
hose, which writhed and spun in our
hands like a enormous snake. At
last, with a final effort, we thrust it
into the orif1ce. A little Jet of oil
spurted beside 1t, but meager in COM
parison with what we had damned
back.
How long," cried Kaulbars in an
agitated voice. He was becoming
nervous. / saw the revolver tremble
in his hand as it was turned, now
upon Nikolai, now upon myself. Mix
OLAF scrambled out of the pit, l fol-
lowed, and we stood, dripping with oil,
two hardly human figures, in front of
the governor general.
1T is finished" said Nikolai slow
ly.
A cry came from one of the soldiers.
1 spun round and followed the line
Of his outstretched finger. Batoum
had suddenly grown dark. The pal
ace, twinkling with its thousand
lights upon the hill, the brilliantly
illumined quarters Of the officers, the
light upon the sea, the lights of the
harbor front, the red glare from the
reineries-all had vanished, leaving
us alone among a world of shadows.
Kaulbars uttered a terrible cry and
leveled his pistol at Nikolai's head. l
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
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TAKE INTEREST IN GARDENS
American Estate Owners Are Awake
enlng to the Advantage Of Beau
tlfyInp Grounds.

l am aware that the estate owners
abroad are more attracted to their
gardens than we find the American
n to be, but l am also awake to
the fact hat Americans are mani
Testing a keener interest in gardening
in this present 6 than they yer did
before. Long before many of our
American estates attain the age Of
most of the English estates they will
compare most favorably in their
natural beauty, which is being devel-
oped, but which only time can finish.
American landscapes should not be
compared with English landscapes. An
American landscaper who knows his
business can get more beautiful eff
fects in the fall from the coloring of
the leaves than Europe ever dreamed
Of. This is due to different, climatic
conditions. On the other hand, Eu-
rope surpasses us in its winter land
scape effects on account of the holly,
hews and many varieties of laurel
that are ever green in Europe, and
which we, owing to our climate, can
not grow successfully, becuase they
are not hardy with us. But the posi-
bilities for beautiful effects are just
as great here as in Europe or in any
other part of the world. 1t sumply re-
mains for the skill of the gardener to
develop them.
Up to now, much of our trouble has
been due to lavishly trying to follow
European models and ideas. America
presents opportunities for horticulture
which are ~unequaled in any other por-
ton Of the globe. California and
Florida can produce wonderful tropi-
cal effects; the east, while 1t may
miss some of the hardy e~vergreens,
still can grow enough varieties to
make evergreens a feature, and,
as stated above, our beautiful fall eff
fects are u%nequaled in any part of the
world.-M. c. Ebel, secretary National
Association of Gardeners, in Letter to
New York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
CITY PLANNERS WILL MEET
Those interested In Advance Move"
ment to Gather at London, Eng
land, Probably In July.

The International Garden Cities and
Town Planning association was for
mally launched at a large meeting of
representatives from different coun-
tries recently held in London to n
slider various proposals put forward
with the idea of promoting unity of
action between workers for the same
object in different countries.
Cecil Harmsworth, M. p, presided,
and there were~Also present Ekanezer
Howard (the founder of the Smove-
ment), Doctor D~obrzynski (Warsaw),
Prof. Augustin Rey (Paris), City Arch
itect Tonnessen (Bergen), Doctor
Monckeberg (Hamburg), Richard B.
Watrous (secretary. American Civic
association), Masao Ito OSAKA, ia
PAM, Baron con Strantz (Berlin), Doc
tor Ludwig (Stuttgart), Adolf Otto
(secretary, German Garden City asso-
ciation), Alderman Thompson (chair-
man, National Housing and Town
Planning Council), Prof. S. d. Ads
head, H. v. Manchester. NJ. Montagu
Harris, DR.. R. o. Moon. ". R. Dayidge
and Ewart G. Culpin.
Meetings of the committee have
since been held. and a framework Of
a constitution has been submitted to
the constituent bodies. The first con-
gress was decided upon for 1914, to
take place, If possible, at Letchwork,
during the month of July. All propa-
gandist bodies will be invited to join.
and societies and companies, having
for their object the proper layout of
land and the building of houses with
a limited dividend, will be invited to
become members.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

struck up his arm; there was a report,
and the bullet went high above our
heads. The governor general stood
irresolute and trembling; his soldiers,
their leader having issued no com
mand, wavered also.
Look" shouted Nikolai.
A stream Of light sprang into the
sky; another, and another. From
every refinery chimney came a leap
ing tongue of ruddy flame; the palace
glowed again; the quarters of the
officers hung out broad banners of
ire. 1t rose into the air, this univer-
sal light, in twisting spirals that
locked and interlaced, like streamers
Of the Northern Lights. And all
along the harbor front the fires sprang
into life, passing from dock to dock.
Only upon the waters the shadows
brooded. Then, as we watched, we
heard a muffed, distant roar, and a
volcano Of fame seemed to spring
from the bed of the sea; columns of
fire shot upward, and a dense pail
of smoke, following them, hid every
thing from view, In a blackness
deeper than that of night, though rent
here and there by the red streamers
that quivered at Its heart.
The Caspian had been strewn,
smaller than shingles, on the breast
Of the waters. And with it, two parts
Of the city of Batoum had disap-
peared.
Nikolai touched me on the sleeve.
Kaulbars had dropped his weapon and
stood nodding and smiling at the
flames. Fear seemed to have unhinged
his mind, and he regarded the de.
| ~struction of his palace as the end of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
soant Praise to the "eood Losers.

Scant Praise to the "Good Losers.
Maj. M. M. Beck thinks too much
credit is given to a good loser" "A
man." he says, fighting for a princi-
pie should never be a good loser
The men who for years unsuccessful
ly fought slavery in this country, in
congress and on the rostrum, were
not good losers They suffered de-
feat after defeat and yet always came
back. The same may be said of the
men and women who have been fight
ing the liquor traffic. Defeat has only
made them more Jealous and deter
mined. General Grant was not a
good loser At Pittsburgh Landing
and in the battles against Lee on the
way to Richmond reverses and seem
ing defeat only nerved him for more
determined efforts. General Thomas
would never have won or deserved
the cognomen of the Rock of Chick
amauga II he had been a good loser
Colonel Roosevelt has none of the ear
marks of a good loser in the fight he
has %espoused for equal opportunities
and better conditions for the COM
mon people of this land of the free"
Kansas City Star.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
PLANNING Landscape Gardens.

Mrs. John B. Henderson, of Wash
ington city has a plan for landscape
gardens that If carried out will be the
finest of their kind in this country
and will rival the Kew gardens Of Lon
don. She has chosen a site on the
Avenue of Presidents which is now
covered with thick woods. She has
been in London for several months
studying the Kew gardens with the
hope of undertaking their reproduc-
ton and expecting If possible to sur
pass them. 1t was Mrs. Henderson
who had the name of Sixteenth street
changed to the Avenue of P~residentsl
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
I'SAW THE REVOLVER NJ
IN HIS HAND. :

Nikolai unfastened his coat and, from
his waist, took a length of rubber
hose, tough but flexible; it was a
marvel to ms how he had worn it.
Kaulbars sprang to his feet.
What is that?" he cried, bending
into the darkness.
"The electric conductor" Nikolai
answered briskly. Now, general. will
you throw down the dry cells to me7"
Rather dis~tastefully, Kaulbars
picked up the cells and dropped them
upon Nikolai's shoulders. They
tumbled dow. into the pit.
In ten minutes, general" said he.
you will see the conspirators' strong
hold leap into the air. 1t may be that
some nearby building will fall"
Let the whole town burn" respond
ed Kaulbars savagely, stamping his
feet to warm them against the frosty
air.
The soldiers, leaning upon their i'm
plements, looked to Nikolai for in
structions.
This is ticklish work." he called
to Kaulbars, Let your men step out
of the. pit"
The general called them and they
clambered up the yielding sides. leav-
ing Nikolai and myself alone.
He drew the rubber hose close, tied
n end, and held the other against
the pipe. Very carefully l chinked
my pick against it. A chip flew, an
other; / struck more strongly and
the pipe split. Instantly a stencil OF
escaping gas filled the air. With all
his force Nikolai thrust the end OF
the hose into the orifice.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

penitentiary and looks oyer the vari-
u prisoners. There is a law in Siam
that any prisoner a obtain his re-
lease by marrying II of this class OF
girls. and naturally enough, any pris-
oner whom the king picks out is not
likely to be backward about consent
ing to the ceremony. Nor does II
make any difference If he Is married,
for the men of that country are not
restricted to n wife.
AS far as can be learned, there Is no
allowance made for the inclination OF
the girl 81 question. She has failed In
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
Signs on Electric Light Posts.

When electric lights posts are placed
on the corners, a good form of street
sign consists of a frame of four sides,
carrying the names of the streets, two
sides of the frame being parallel and
the other two converging inwardly, the
shorter parallel side, about twelve
inches long, bearing the name of the
main street and facing that street,
while the long one, bearing the same
sign, is turned toward the sidewalk
and is clearly visible to one approach
ing along the side street. The name
of the side street is placed on the two
converging sides, and therefore is
more clearly visible from street cars
than II placed at right angles. The
placing of such signs on lighting posts
enables them to be seen readily at
night.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
WHISPERS N RELIGION

Whiskers and religion have ever
been associate Imagine a priest of
any OF the Greek churches without
his flowing beard. Fancy, II you can,
a picture of a British Druid unbeard-
ed. Look back only to the beginnings
Of the primitive Methodists, with their
shaved top lip. but full beard and
whiskers. Look at our own day and
the Jezreelite with his Flying ROLF
OF back hair and hnger-combed chin
growth. And look at the Plymouth
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
GREASE AND WARM

Keeping out the cold--a troublesome
job Just now-is a business which N
cages the attention of all save the ma
tiyes OF the tropics, and some savage
or semi-sivilized races have hit upon
curious methods. The commonest
practice, apart from wearing furs, is
that of greasing the body. All the arc
tic tribes do this, and in Tibet they 20
further and smother themselves IRON
head to foot with q thick black Oily
pigment.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
MAKES OLD MAIDS MARRY

Kings of Siam apparently do not be-
Iieye in the wisdom Of allowing single
women TO drift unattended about the
country. In certain districts after a
cir. has reached an age where her
securing for herself a husband is con-
sidered doubtful. she becomes a
daughter of the king" That Is. the
king takes upon himself the task Of
settling her suitably In life.
Hts process is quite simple and TO
the point. He proceeds to the Siamese
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
HUMANE ENTERPRISE

A moving picture theater In New.
burg is humanely en~terprising. When
a small child is injured while playing
alone in the street the news is flashed
on the rec so that the child's
mother may, If she desires. go out and
investigate.-New York Press.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

brethren-they have an unwritten law
which NEAR an unrazored face. But
you never get Beelzebub and boards
never see a Mephistopheles with more
than a cocky mustache and perhaps
a chin-fork-never an edition of Mil
ton with illustrations of a flowing
bearded Satan.-London Chronicle.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

There Is no doubt that the climate
of Mexico inclines to both physical
and moral Incidence, and exercise of
either body or mind such as people in
dulge in In the United States or Eu-
rope seems impossible there. The old
fashioned Mexican of culture was
quite content If his daughters went
to church constantly. embroidered.
sang a little and painted a little.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

NV woo ~ Sso'A q UuH9Si SHFlhSs
"a white man was talking, down to
de p~ostofice dis mawnin', bout dat
ar Mis- Pankyhurst, de English suf-
ferer," said old Brother Bulginback.
Nigh as / could make out. sab, de
lady swo' she wouldn't eat nuth'n'
twell dey done emigrated her, or sup
pin like dat. Uh-well, sab, wild all
doc respect to a white lady, if my old
mule was to take dat notion-he.
amt never 'zibited no symptoms like
it yit, but l says, IL he s~hould--Td
dess remark, 'Ah-ho, Brudder Mule,
much obleeged; uh-kaze de less yo'
eats de mo- dar am for de cowi'"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

at is the plan of a genius" l ex-
claimed.
Kaulbars and his men were already
upon the spot when we arrived at the
corner Of Presbykoff street upon the
following evening. The general was
dressed as a captain Of sappers. Be-
hind him his six men stood at atten-
ton.
1T is something of a tramp" said
Nikolai, as he greeted him. IF you
will follow us"
81 shall accompany you" said Kaul-
bars grimly. And if you play us
false, Captain Skobeloff-" He hest
tated and looked back. Two men
sprang forward and grasped me; two
more grasped my companion.
Search them" said the governor
general.
We were neither of Is armed.
When this became patent to Kaulbars,
he ~apologized with some uneasiness.
"The truth is, Captain Skobeloff,"
he said to Nikolai, II am really at
my wits end, surrounded as I am
by spies and traitors. / confess that
| have had suspicious of you. There
are four Captain Skobeloffs in the
army list; but three are stationed in
Moscow and one is upon special duty
in Vienna"
II am he" Nikolai answered, and
began to speak of men at the EN-
peror's court. Kaulbars had been an
attache there. The last vestige OF
suspicion disappeared.
And now let us set out" said Mix.
OLAF; and he led us through the de-
serted streets, with their patrols at
every corner, who challenged us and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07
LARGEST ELECTRIC GARAGE

With room for more than 200 cars.
Denver claims to have the largest K
elusive electric garage in the world.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

A noble aspiration is a deed though
unachieved.-John Kendrick Bangs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-07

her mission in life as far as she herself
is concerned. and she must abide by
the decision of the king.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1914-04-16
MONA FIRST AID TO
SICK STOMACHS

Distress after eating, belching of gas
and undigested food, that lump of lead
feeling in the stomach. sick headache,
and biliousness indicate dyspepsia. Now
at once-is the time to remove the
cause and stop the distress.
Mi-o-na is the remedy. Surely get a
box of these health-restoring tablets
from R. E. McRoberts today. Besides
quickly stopping the distress Mi-o-na
soothes the irritated walls of the stom-
ach and strengthens the gastric glands
so that they pour out their daily supply
of digestive material5-your food is
promptly digested and assimilated, the
entire system is properly nourished-
you feel strong, energetic and perfect
ly well.
Mi-o-na is not an experiments no
-all-it's scientific remedy rec
commended only for Indigestion distress
and out-of-order stomachs. Thes'
health-giving and harmless tablets ar
household remedy-keep them hand.
whether at home or travelling.