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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
Plan Memorial to aMad Anthony.

Plan Memorial to mad Anthony"
The Chester County (Pa.) Historical
society is planning to place a mark.
err upon the old homestead OF Gen.
Anthony Wayne Of Paoli, and hold
commemorative exercises there some
time in early fall.
Tho Chester County society win
seek the aid Of the Pennsylvania state
historical commission. recently APP
pointed, TO suitably mark many places
of historic interest In Chester county,
and the state commission will be
asked to take are Of the old Friends
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
raIlIbIe Judament Of RIch Men.

Wealthy men are credited with so
Keen a perception that average mortals
Aedieve them infallible in matter OF in
vestments- No human Is infallible; the
.@0Draisals Of property Of those wealthy
aaen whose deaths occurred in recent
years have shown every one to have
made injudicious Investments. e. H.
Harriman's account was Uttered with
cats and dogs" So ven was that OF
Russell Sage. Schedules of the prop
-erty owned by the late Darius Ogden
Miis. published recently. show thou
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25

sands of shares Of worthless stun. OF
one concern alone, the Holy Terror
Mining company, there were 10000
shares. The estate had 1000 shares
of Rock Island common. which were
bought at a much higher price than
that Of 3h. now quoted OF the stock
exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25

late Emperor Mutsuhito. She ad-
vanced in step with her husband, real
izing that one must either advance
or go backward, al there is no stand
ing still in an age of progress. Since
her time Japanese women have taken
a larger part in the affairs of the life
Of that country.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25

meeting house at Birmingham. near
the Brandywine battlefield.
1t is proposed to erect a tablet near
that old Goshen meeting house, near
which there came near being a battle
between the American army and the
British troops In the fall of 1777, There
came a heavy rainstorm as the firing
began, and the forces withdrew from
the neighborhood-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25

nacles and in possession of three tur-
ties was sighted of the Pacific coast
recently by the captain OF a San Frau
cisco steamer. The tree was 40 feet
long and had been floating 80 long
that its limbs appeared to be perfectly
petrified.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
Economic EpIqram.

A truth has never yet been protested
at the Bank Of Good citizenship; while
a lie, which is only a counterfeit of
the truth. will some day return to the
maker ~dishonored.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
speech Of LIttla Vain.

Nine-tenths of the things that have
been said might as we'll have been left
unsaid for all the benefit they are to
humanity.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25
Advanced Japanese Woman.

The Empress Haruko. who died a
short time ago, is said to have done
much to make possible the many re
forms credited to her husband, the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-07-25

Drifting slowly with the equatorial
current, q huge tree covered with bar.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

the speech and noise os fazaway
Abyssynia as they came over the
wireless telephone. People aren't
paying any attention to business or
the other things that concern them.
They're fairly consumed by this in
applicable excitement. Abyssynia has
gone mad"
Captain MacManus leaned back and
chuckled heartily.
What are you laughing .at?" de-
manded the operator. II tell o It's
no laughing matter to sit still and
watch a whole nation go crazy this
way"
II laugh. my lad, because you TAX
me back to the days of my youth
chuckled the captain. You make me
remember the days when most peo-
pie lived on the ground. You take
me back to the days when railroads
and steamships were trying to carry
people and goods around on the
Earth. That's why I laugh. But don't
worry. The uncivilized nation of Abys-
synia has not gone crazy-not per-
manently, at least. It's Just suffering
from an old disease, a disease that
now afficts only the few nations that
are still barbaric enough to follow
the old, discarded customs. b lame
of the disease is-iet me see; 1 be-
lieve I've forgotten. All! I have it:
Politics. That's what's the matter
with Abyssynia; it's suffering from an
attack of Observation-Disclosures"
Whats that?" asked the operator.
"a joke" said Captain MacManus.
is it dangerous"
"Only to the bystander. He's likely
to get kicked in the ~fracas. as the
ancients used to say"
What is the cause of it?"
Imagination"
''Imagination?"
Yes" said the captain, "imagina-
ton. You see, politicalcampaignitis
Isn't a real disease. 1t really isn't
anything. 1t never was, not ever
back in the old days of 1912 when it
used to be so prevalent-before the
people got INTO the joke of it. Polit-
icaLcampaignitis really is nothing
more. than a state of mind, a halluci-
nation. The victim imagines that he
must get excited over a name printed
on banners, must quarrel with his
best friend about the merits of the
men whose names are on the ban
ners, and otherwise behave like a
mailman. 1t is inspired by the agi-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
NEW STORIES OF BISMARCK
Painter Who Was Intimate With Iron
Chancellor Throws More Lioht
on His Character.

The memoirs Of M. Antoine de Wer-
nar contain many interesting recol-
lections OF eminent persons with
whom the famous painter came into
contact. During the Franco-Prussian
wal he was on the staff of the crown
prince, and when installed n h
headquarters of Versailles came into
close contact with Bismarck. who had
a fund OF jovial, If somewhat brutal,
conversation. After an interview with
Jules Favre, the iron chancellor was
asked what he thought of the French
advocate-minister. I'VE got on cry
WELL said Bismarck, from the very
start, because he has such big feet
he looks mof like a German
than a Frenchman."
In 1887 the painter accompanied the
crown prince on his journey to Italy.
When leaving the stan at Darmstadt
L~as With the following
message to the prince of BatteDberg
by the crown princess: Tell him
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
~Concerninq Advice.

In a magazine for ONE appears
this choice bit of advice: Don't go
out to dinner unless o are willing
to talk" Sounds rather needless,
don't it? Persons of the gentle sex
generally do talk when out to dinner
or elsewhere. One is reminded OF
that old saying about carrying Goals
to Newcastle" and all that sort of
thing. And it thrusts itself on ones
attention that a large percentage of
the advice so generously bestowed on
both sexes is rather on the %nneces
sary order. Yet we read it n hunger
and thirst after it, don't we? And
why? Isn't It because we want to be
advised to do the things we want to
do, like to do and will do anyway?
The kind of advice we don't care much
about Is that which runs counter to
our personal wishes and intentions.
Givers of such advice are sometimes
regarded as malicious, meddling, per-
nicious persons, even though it Is ac-
knowledged that their advice Is wholly
sound and reliable. Really, come to
think Of it, the situation is enough to
discourage any but the most willing
advisor, isn't it?-Detroit Free Press.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

c~ampaignitis getting in its worst
ticks. The minute the average cit1-
zen entered a convention hall the
plague hit him behind the ear and
he was bereft of all sense and reason.
"A man would get up on the plat
form, take a drink of water. and begin
TO speak, Then the victims of the
disease would think that they had to
do something queer. Most OF them
would keep On talking, and ever so
often the plague would sweep over
his audience and they'd go into con-
vulsions. When the speech was fin
ished the people would think they
had to get up on chairs, throw their
hats and canes into the air and burr
up a years energy cheering thelr
heads off. Then somebody would get
nominated and the people would go
back to their jobs and find that the
boss had got somebody in their place
while they were away.
1T was a great game. 1t reached
its climax in 1912. All! well, | remem-
Der how the people of this country
were running around that summer
actually worrying because there were
three parties III luS Ielu, dhu Iho
election of one was supposed to be
important. Hah, IT'S queer to look
back on it now. There was Teddy
at one corner, Wilson at another, and
Taft at the other. And the people
actually excited about It. You'd think
it was something important, like the
invention of Tonnesen's Sun Ray
Storage battery, or Mikaroff's Agri-
cultural Accelerator. Now you and |,
lad, we know that the real trouble in
those days was because it was so
hard for a lot of the people to keep
warm in winter and get enough foo
the year around. That's why they
had those obsolete words, want and
Suffering And you and I, lad, W.
know that when that Norwegian pro-
store them for use in winter, and
when the old Russian inally hit upon
the ray that made five crops grow in
the time one had grown before, then
was when something important hap
pened. But in those days they had
queer notions. Politics! Politics! How
strange it Is to look back at it ALL"
"Who got elected in that terrible
campaign of 1922" asked the oper-
atOr.
Captain MacManus looked down at
the city below and shook his head.
g" don't remember" said he.
Copyright. by w. G.. Chaprnan)
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

tators who used to be known as pol
iticians. OF curse there isn't Il or
1t left now in the civilized countries,
but what you've been seeing and hear
ing from down in A~byssynia, where
they still refuse to TURF their gov
eminent over to an efficient General
Manager, Is a pretty good imitation
of what that same disease used to
do to this United States of America,
in the days of my youth, around the
year 1912"
The operator laughed easily. Dc
you mean to tell me that this en-
iightened country eve went into con-
v~ulsions like that?'
Il mean to tell you that, and It's
the truth" %retOrted the captain. you
must remember, my lad, that back
in 1912 this country was still in the
ground and water age. 1t was not
until many years after, when Came
rot's self-sustaining and self-balanclng
float helped people to learn that 1t
was easier and cheaper to live in the
air than on land or water, that the
country really became enlightened.
Then, when living became easier, and
o~ver-crowded cities became a thing of
the past, people began to take them
selves less seriously. They laughed
the politicians out Of business, and
a sorry day il was for the latter.
too, because they couldn't do any
thing useful in the world, and most
of them had to take up posing for
the moving pictures to earn a bare
living. They were good at that
posing. They'd been at it all their
lives.
But before these things came to
pass this country vas the worst eX-
ample of what the imaginary disease
of politicaLcampaignitis could do to
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
Tree-Bark Blankets.

They have trees for blankets in
Ecuador. and they like them. too.
They are fond of the firm touch of
the bark against them as they
sleep.
We would probably think they
were zero in covering" and we
would doubtless wake up in a much
bestiffened condition if we slept under
a wood covering
But the native Indians are most
enthusiastic, according to j. Jane
son, a traveller and lecturer, who
has recently returned from those
parts.
The blankets are made from the
bark Of a tree which is u particular
~ thin. 1t is pounded and moistened
and then pounded some more and put
put into the sun to dry. And a most
desirable and economical blanket it is,
lasting anywheres from two to five
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

q country that ever was known in the
history of the world. Every foul
years the plague came down. You
ave e how they're behaving in
A~byssynia today. Well, hat is a
picture Of this country as it was, say
in the summer Of 1912"
The operator unused, shaking his
head ~incredulously..
What caused these oubreaks?" he
asked.
THAT, my lad, is something that
none of the great scientists who stud
died it ever was able to discover.
But this is the way it could begin:
a bunch of usually sane citizens would
be sitting together, and all of a sud-
den one of them would happen to
look up at the calendar. 'Whoops,
my dear!' he'd yell. BY the calen-
dar l see that next year is going to
be the year when we've got to elect
another president. Who shall it be?'
Roosevelt one would say. None Of
IT, would come from a second. Taft
is the boy Taft your eye!' the third
would yell. 'Wilson! Wilson forever!'
Then all Of a sudden they'd be yelling
back at one another, and from words
they'd come to blows, and from blows
to chairs, and then the man who ran
the place would AVE to come in and
tell them to get out and fight in the
street or ed lose his license.
why they did it nobody ever was
able to tell. 1t wasn't anything that
concerned the average man. He had
to scramble just as hard to support
his family no matter what happened.
But they'd go at it just as if it was
some of their business. After they'd
got thoroughly warmed up some one
of the tribe of agitators called pol
iticians, who had been waiting for
the right moment for some time,
would signal his calcium operator and
suddenly stand forth in the spot
light. I hate to sacrifice myself, fell
low citizens he'd say, but If you
insist upon ft-Here, boys, bring out
those hundred thousand Autographs
I've had made of myself these last
six months
Then the common people, as they
were called then, would be touched
by the noble conduct Of the man.
Hooray!' they'd say. Then the no
BILE gent would get some of his rich
friends to hire q hall and they'd have
what they called a convention. Then
was when you could see political
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
"WheeI"

What is known as the wheel baro-
meter is an ingenious variation of
Torricelli's idea. This barometer was
invented by Robert Hooke, probably
the greatest philosophical mechanic"
of his day. It is intended to indicate
the weather without observing the
mercury itself. There is the usual
tube, but it Is bent at the bottom into
a short leg. In this leg a little glass
float rests upon the surface of the mer-
curry. A cord attached to the float
passes over the pulley. The pulley Is
furnished with a pointer hat moves
around the dial, the moving agency be-
ing the rising or falling mercury,
which lifts or lowers the noat
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
WHIRLPOOL SUGGESTED SiIencer.

Mr.. Maxim had been working on
the development of automobile muf-
tierS for some time before he thought
Of a silencer in connection with a
gun. In addition to this was the in
ventor's desire to enjoy target prac-
tice without creating a disturbance.
Experiment ensued, covering a couple
of years and all kinds of valves, vents,
by-passes, expansion chambers, etc,
but without success. One morning
after his bath the inventor noticed
the small whirlpool over the drain
hole, the action of which retards the
egress Of the water 1t does not ST.
lence it las this phenomenon is usu-
ally accompanied by d more or less
pronounced sucking sound), but in
a gun the noise of firing is caused by
the sudden egress Of the gases, and If
these could in the same way be SLOW
ed down the noise would in proportion
be decreased. Acting On this sugges-
ton, a little tube vas then made, con-
structed so as to induce a whirlpool
in the escaping gases from the gun.
This, when tried, al a success
American Machinist.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
THE ANCIENT DISEASE OF pc
LlTlCAL CAMPAIGNITIS.

They're having a great time down
in Abyssynia," said the ~photo-tele-
graph operator on the New York re-
ceiving float of the F. G. & A. Aerial
Line, as he came out of his dark
cabinet and rubbed his eyes, red with
staring at the moving films of the
worlds events that had been flashing
before him. "a fellow would think
this was the year 1912 instead Of
1862"
What are they doing down there?"
asked Captain MacManus, Master
Alligator, retired.
'"Oh, they've zone mad-the whole
nation" said he operator YEARLY.
ITO look at the films you'd think
they were having a war, or a plague,
or a wholesale riot all over the coun-
try. They've just held what they
call a convention. For three days
they've been marching around with
brass bands and banners and shout
ing and talking, and doing everything
but declaring actual war on one an
other. Today about twenty thousand
of them got into a big hall and shouted
their heads off to decide on who they
were going to shout their heads off
for the next four months to ONE
or until election time, as they call it.
You'd think the way they went about
it that an invading feet was hanging
over their heads threatening to spill
the Hertzian rays on them before sun
down. And all in order to decide
on what name is TO go on their CAM
paign banners.
It's a fright" continued the oper-
ator, removing from his ears the wire
less sound-conductors that had caught
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
AS THE CROUCH SEES GROCER
Most Useful Member of Community
unkindIy Dealt With by Ex-
pert Fault Finder.
A grocer is a man who spends his
tina in eYnhanging adnlterated foods

A grocer is a man who spends his
time in exchanging adulterated foods
for unadulterated money.
The best time to visit any grocer is
after you have had a large. qua
meal; the worst time to visit him is in
the afternoon about 5 O'Clock. when
you are half tarved and everything
in his place locks mere or less real
But after you have given him an or
der under these famished conditions,
do not go home to your wife. 1t is
better to give her a few days in which
to recover, and incidentally get ever
with you by ordering two new Paris
hats and rhododendron kimonas.
To be a successful grocer one must
have sand, a rich Oriental vocabulary
that can describe the same tea as IL
1t were in each case really different
and q complete knowledge Of aniline
dyes.
Also, every grocer should be mar
Red. He can then explain to his IL
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

and the horrors OF the evening papers
were dispelled. In their place came
pleasant memories Of the evening at
Mrs. Bowman's, of the music, and Of
their ride and talk together. In his
heart a hope began to rise that her
dark days would pass, and that he
might find her again and know her bet
ter.
His brief nights sleep was cut short
by a sharp knock at his door the next
morning. He awoke with a confused
idea of being on a sleeping car, and
wondered If he had plenty of time to
dress, but his sisters voice quickly
dispeiiedt the illusion.
'Tryon, aren't you almost ready to
come down to breakfast? Do hurry,
please. I've something awfully impor-
tant to consult you about"
His sisters tone told him there was
need for haste if he would keep in her
toilet and went down. to find his house
hold in a state Of subdued excitement.
I'm just as worried as l can be-"
declared his mother. Il want to con-
suit you, Tryon. / have put such i'm
plicit confidence in Norah, and | can
not bear to accuse her unjustly, but
| nave missed a number of little things
lately"
What the matter, mother? Norah
been appropriattng property not her
OWN"
Pm very much afraid she has, Try
on. What would you do about it? 1t
10 CO ! pp1nauon tn rhar0a a nprsnn
with stealing. 1t is such a vulgar thing
to steal. Somehow l thought Nora was
more refined"
why | suppose there's nothing to
do but just charge her with it, is
there? Are you quite sure it is gone?
What is it, any way? A ring, did you
say?"
mo, it's a hat" said Cornelia short
ly. "A sixty-dollar hat. l wish I'd
kept it now, n then she wouldn't
have dared. 1t had two beautiful will
low ostrich plumes on it, but mother
didn't think it was becoming. She
all black. | left it in my room. AND
charged Norah to see that the man
got it when he called, and now the
man comes and says he wants the hat,
and it is gone! Norah insists that
when she last saw 1t, 1t was in my
room. But of course that's absurd, for
there was nobody else to take it but
Thompson, and he's been in the family
for so long"
"Cornelia," interrupted Tryon, quite
beside himself, don't think of such a
thing as speaking to that Door girl
about that hat. | know she hasn't
stolen it: The hat will probably be
found, and hen how will you feel?"
But | tell you the hat canno be
found" said the exasperated sister.
"And | shall just have to pay for a hat
that I can ever wear"
Mother, l appeal to you," said the
son earnestly. Don't allow Cornelia
to speak Of the hat to the girl. l
wouldn't have such an injustice done
in our house. The hat will turn up
soon if you just go about the matter
calmly. You'll find it quite naturally
and Unexpectedly, perhaps. Any way,
if you don't, I'll pay for the hat, rath-
er than have the girl suspected"
The mother rose reluctantly.
We'll, we might let 1t go another
day." she consented. Then, looking
up at the sky, she added: Il wonder If
it is going to rain. l have a reciprocity
meeting on for today, and I'm a dele
gate to some little unheard-of place. 1t
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
WARFARE WAGED BY YOUTH
Youngsters Always in the Front Ranks
When the Dogs of War
Are Loosed.

Our own civil war was fought by
youngsters. gaining the physique of
maturity upon the weary march, com
ing into their manhood upon the field
of battle. The youth of Russia and
Japan was drawn upon to settle the
dispute between the robbers of a third
nations lands. Scarce half the sol
diers Of the Balkan allies, it is said,
had down upon their cheeks, and in
Mexico the guerrilla warfare is car
ried on by boys who in a more ad-
vanced country would be in school.
1t is probably true that since the days
when entire nations made a profession
of fighting, lived by conquest, and
prospered by the loot they took, war
has been a duty assigned always to
striplings.
If youth made war, there would De
less of gross immortality about it. But
youth is only the pawns of the fight
ing, only the creatures to be shot
down, to be exposed to p%rivation and
disease, to be laid open to the sins
and temptations that trail in the wake
of armies. 1t has not always been
realized how little a part the fighters
of any war have with its c~ontriving.
But that realization must come home
to a nation which takes account of the
loss Of it's virility through war, the
sacrifice of its adventurous spirit,
which in other directions might have
wrought quite wonderful things.
Perhaps in this new way we have
of looking at the rising generation as
the best asset of a country the world
will think more of the wastes of war,
more of the damage it does to itself.
Through that might come the univer-
sal peace we pray for.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

usually does rain when one goes into
the country, I've noticed"
She went into the hall, and present
ly returned with a distressed look up
on her face.
"Tryon, I'm afraid you're wrong"
she said. Now my raincoat is miss
ing. My new raincoat! l hung it up
in the hall closet with my own hands,
after it came from the store. 1 really
think something ought to be done!"
THERE! l hope you sect" said Cor
nelia severely. Il think it's high time
something was done. I shall phone for
q detective at once!"
"Cornelia, you'll do nothing Of the
kind" her brother protested, now thor
oughly aroused. I'll agree to pay for
the hat and the raincoat if they are
not forthcoming before a fortnight
passes, but you simply shall not ruin
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02
Taking No Chances

Dinny was taking dinner with Ho-
gan at a brilliant cafe. They weren't
accustomed to eating at such a place,
but they got along fairly well. When
they had finished, the waiter said:
Shall bring you a couple of demi-
t~asses2" Not on yer life exclaimed
Dinny. Our wives might come in
an see us sittin' wild them."-San
Francisco Argonaut,