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Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
Peter the Hermit
FULLY DESCRIBED

these things with his own eyes, and he
resolved to put an end TO them. Il will
arouse the nations OF Europe against
them" cried the little man.
Straight as u bullet from a gun he
went to the pope. stated his purpose. and
asked for the papal benediction upon it.
He got it-and the result was the Cru
sades.
The little dwarf of a man who had
been laughed out of the ranks of the
mailed chivalry was suddenly trans
formed into one of the most powerful
orators that the race has ever known.
Almost too thin to cast a shadow, hol-
low-cheeked and sunken-eyed, Peter
famed over Europe like conflagration.
His whole being was afre with fanatical
zeal, and what he felt himself he was
able to make others feel From the
Grampians to the Dardanelles the
throngs who listened to him sprang to
arms. and for 300 years the armies
created by the little mans eloquence kept
two continents a-shaking with their
tread.
Very foolish were those Crusades. but
they resulted in great good to all man.
kinda good that Crusaders themselves
never dreamed of.
When Peter began his wonderful preach
ing Europe was sound asleep. The her
mt's clarion voice woke il up. raised It
from the dead level 10 the living per-
pendicular, and set 1t a-moving. No
matter about the initial direction Sof the
movement, since movement of any sort
is better than death-like stagnation.
As result OF the Crusades the various
European peoples were brought together
and made to know one another better.
Common desires and sentiments came
into being. International trade was en-
hanced. The European isolation was a
thing of the past.
knowledge was wonderfully promoted
As compared with the Greeks and Sara
Gems the Europeans were deplorably ig-
norant. BY contact with the people OF
the east, whose civilization was so SUI
perior to that OF the west, Europe got
its start along the way of scientific en-
lightenment and progress.
World commerce received a big boost.
New commodities were made known, new
markets opened, fresh demands awak-
ened. and a better system OF transpOrta-
tion created.
Best or all came about as a conse-
Quence Of the Crusades. pronounced re-
vival of democracy. The domineering
''old families were killed off or re-
dueed to bankruptcy. and their loss was
the plain peoples gain.
With the oppressive barons either dead
OF dead broke" the common man had a
chance 10 better his condition. both
socially and politically
And 30 it turned out that Peter the
fanatic became a much greater success
than he could possibly have been me.ely
as a soldier.
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scending ice and snow was 80 broad and
deep that the air could not, so to speak,
get out of its way fast enough, and was
therefore packed and driven straight
ahead. The elasticity of the compressed
air was so great that It hurled about
everything that lay in its path with the
most caprcious exhibitions of energy.
The avalanche shown in the photograph
was a small affair compared with that
which produced the Gemmi catastrophe,
but yet, as we have seen, II gave rise to
a wind of terrific power.
Incredible as It may seem, men have
sometimes ridden down a mountain side
on an avalanche and escaped with their
lives. This happened, for instance. once
on the Matterhorn. when two Austrian
climbers, Herren Lorria and Lammer,
unwittingly stepped upon an avalanche
that was about TO start. Down they went
with 1t, now buried In the snow and now
tossed upon Its surface At every change
of slope they were shot up in the air.
They got tangled up In the climbers rope
by which they were tied together. and
one of them was nearly choked to death
by II. One of them lost consciousness
and did not recover his senses until TWEEN.
ty-one days afterward; the other kept his
senses throughout the whole dreadful ex-
perience, Roth were terribly injured but
both eventually recovered. The perpendl.
cular height OF their fall. which. Of
course, was a sloping one, was about SOl
feet.
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Of Snow Dust from the wctterhorn 21so Feet)

draught OF air so powerful that 1t. tore
out by the roots some of the low bushes
growing in the creviees Of the rocks. The
party was involved in binding. whlrl-
ing storm OF snow, which was so finely
powdered that 1t filled their eyes and
ears and even the pockets OF their coats
II choked their nostrils so that they had
to fight for breath. When the avalanche
ceased, through exhaustion OF the supply
from above, the snow cloud quickly
cleared off, the sun came out, and the
party looked upon one another in amaze
ment, for they were cloaked with gilt
tering snow. while all their baggage was
deep buried and had to be dug out. The
snow had been driven with such force
that It penetrated the texture of their
garments and required long efforts ior
It's removal
This strange power Of an avalanche to
create tempestuous whirl OF wind
around II and TO drive the air ahead Of
II as II II were a solid object has often
been observed in the Alps, and some of
the facts known about II seem absolutely
Incredible. In many cases the wind OF an
avalanche has not only unroofed houses,
but lifted them bodily from their foun-
dations and crushed them by hurting
them against the mountain side. In the
great avalanche that buried the well
known Gemml pass in 1896 men and cattle
were blown before the avalanche mass
like autumn leaves. The front Of the de-
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To photograph a falling avalanche so
close at hand that the photograph mar
rowly escapes being buried under its tons
OF snow is a. feat that requires as much
good luck as steadlness OF nerve We re-
produce here photograph of this kind,
which perhaps has no equal in the world
Il Is an avalanche descending the preci-
pice of the dreaded Wetterhorn. one OF
the most formidable peaks OF the Alps,
we'll known by sight TO all visitors TO
Switzerland
The falling mass, curtained with clouds
Of snow produced by its own plunging
sands Of feet In length, II has broken
away from the overhanging front OF the
Hunnergutz glacier whose white wall of
Ice Is seen in the background at the top.
The wonderful picture was made by a
party OF English climbers making their
way along the foot of the Wetterhorn
up to the Great Scheldegg. Suddenly they
saw an avalanche beginning, almost, as It
seemed. directly over their heads. They
tore open a ruck-sack containing a pho
tographic camera and then ran for the
nearest elevated rocks. They got into a
safe position in time to snapshot the
avalanche before Its roaring head had
quite reached the bottom OF the noun
tain before them.
Then II shot asross the depression and
leaped up the opposite slope. creating a
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whatever else they liked in the line of
honest labor. bat the "high-born" had
to be either warriors or priests-destnoyers
of mems bodies or saviours OF mems
souls
Peter. true to his heredity, decided upon
the military career, leaving the others
to look after the souls" of such as he
might kill. 1t was a strictly martial age
and the young man quite naturally
thought there was no glory like that
gained at the point of the lance
But Peter was doomed to bitter disap-
pointment In these times it makes no
difference whether soldier is big or lit
tie In body. a small man can shoot as
well as a large one-the little Japs, for
instance, as compared with the burly
Russians. And the physically small gem
eral( II he only has brains. courage and
energy, can do as well at tactics and
strategy as though he weighed a ton.
But It was far otherwise in the brave
days of old" Then physical prowess
was the one thing that Peter the Hermit
was distressingly short" on.
Like our little Funston. Peter had lots
OF sense and courage. but because his
diminutive body was unable to hold its
own in the hand-to-hand system of fight
ing that was then the fashion. he had to
quit,
Bitter as the pill was, Peter had TO ad-
mt the fact that as warrior he was a
dismal failure; and with deep chagrin he
took his seat in the Down and Out
Club"
Now. from time immemorisl 1t has hap
pened that
When the devil was sick
The devil a monk would be;
But when the devil was we'll
The devil a monk was he.
Disappointed in his martial aspirations,
and refleoting upon the vanity of earthly
glory, Peter began to turn his mind in
the direction of things religious.
For some years Jerusalem had been in
the hands OF the Turks. who subjected
the pilgrims To the Holy Sepulchre" TO
many insults and huminations. Having
been = pilgrim himself. Peter witnessed
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04

"Win you be willing to approve OF this
letter and TO forward Il with such APP
proval TO the propsc committee or dele
gates that II may come before the gen
eral convention this year,
This appeal was made pust before the
June. 1918. convention took place; and no
report has been made coneerning the re-
suit.
In all probability il was not acted upon.
Yet the letter must have caused many
OF the good men 10 think along new
lines
part as they should In this humane work.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
Teach Ali the Children to Love
All Dumb Animals

In general way all clergymen and all
earnest members OF churches use their
influence to make the world kinder and
more humane.
But there should be a systematized plan
of work for humane education OF Ire
young In every church.
Every church systematizes It's t9reign
mission labors and It's home ission
labors, Children are awakened 10 SYM
pRthy for their heather fellows. ana their
pennies are given freely to Pmeliorate
their condition in consequence. Just SO
should persistent educational scheme
be prepared. TO teach children sympathy
for dumb beasts and fowls OF the air.
once each month every pastor should
introduce into his discourse some strong
plea for better treatment OF animals.
The doing away with the needless and
harmful binder. the ourtailing OF the use
OF the horrible over check rein. which
infliets such pain and discomfort on the
kindest and most unselfish OF animals.
the willing horse; the lighting OF stables,
the blanketing OF the horse In winter,
when left standing In the cold; the pro-
viding of home for domestic animals in
leaving for town or oountry-an these
points shohld be touched upon frequently
enough by the pastors OF all churches to
impress them on the minds of listeners.
Every church should, twice a year. IL
not oftener, obtain leaflets from humane
organizations to scatter in the church
pews.
And sunday school teachers should be
instructed TO be persistent In talking and
reading these things to children once a
month.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04

sad reflection upon our women that a
law is In fun sway forbidding the use of
dead. birds or any decoration which en-
eourages the slaughter Of birds. on hats
OF heads.
The reflection on woman is serious
one.
She should never have made the law a
necessity. --..--
Dead birds or portions OF dead birds in
no way give comfort or health 20 the
wearer, as the advocates Of furs claim is
true of that part Of woman's wearing
apparel Even the foes to furs wear
shoes. and it seems in the clothing OF
our bodies. II not in It's nourishment. that
animals must TO some extent be sacri-
feed.
But our birds can be saved from need
less slaughter since they serve no pur-
pose dead. save to cater to woman's un-
thinking and selfish vanity
And living they serve many beautiful
purposes--they delight the eye, they
please the ear and they protect our splen-
did trees and our orchards and our har-
vest fields from pests.
Church members and mothers Of chill
dTen would do well TO send a accent stamp
to the Humane society. Albany, N. Y,
and ask for leaflets on the subject.
II viii afford them an opportunity to
help the work along in easy and simple
ways and awaken the minds OF their
little ones on this important subject The
child who is taught early 10 think OF his
responsibility to dumb creatures and to
feel sympathy and affection for them
will not grow up a cruel or criminal man
or woman.
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For many years
II has been my sin
oere desire 20 have
some words OF prayer
for kindness TO
d u m b animals in
cluded In the LAtany.
Therefore, | sug-
gest that the clause,
That Il may please
Thee to have mercy
upon all me- be ex-
tended 30 as TO read
That II may please
Thee to have mercy
upon all men and
incline their hearts
TO have mercy upon
all fowls Of the air.
beasts and cattle.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
Photographing an Avalanche

A Wonderful Picture Taken by Climbers in the Alps
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
Mime. Isebell's s
BeautyLessOns
LESSON XI-PART III.
Physical Culture.


Since the days of the Greek civilization
the world has grown backwards in the
ideal and attainment of physical beauty
Two thousand years ago Plato taught
that he who was educated in mind and
moral sense alone, and not in body, was
a cripple. The Greeks had so little liking
fer an ill-favored physique that a child
not perfectly proportioned at birth was
exposed to death. The education of today
teaches us to look first for mental and
moral qualities; this is right, if we do not
forget the importance of the physical,
and its influence on us.
There are some beautiful souls 30 lifted
above all physical aches and discomforts
that their mission on earth seems one Of
clear inspiration; brilliant intellects, like
Elizabeth Browning, whose sole verse.
making life was spent on an invald's
sofa, or Henri Heine whom from his
mattress grave" wrote some of his most
brilliant essays and uttered his most bit,
ing and caustic epigrams. seem abso+
lutely independent of material conditions.
But such examples we must regard aa
sanity natures on which the spiritual life
clearly controls our great geniuses IN
whom the creative power is all dominate
ing With the average man or woman
physical we'll being is a necessary part
of character and mind development, and
he who neglects Il will not do his best
work.
Ii is not personal vanity alone, but the
desire for personal efficiency that should
lie behind the cult for physical culture.
Personally. / have little patience with
people who proclaim 1t matter of indif-
ference whether they grow stout or not,
or whether their figures keep young and
1.-THE. Indifference to ones physical ap-
pearance is either laziness or q certain
form OF egotism, not at all eommendable.
Inertness, disincllnation to exercise, a
little aching in the muscles are apt TO bS
characteristic Of middle age. The man
or woman who does not take systematic
exercise is the first to grow stiff and
heavy and put on an undue amount OF
flesh. One who has always kept in good
condition, whose muscles are firm and
elastic has little TO fear from middle age,
AT this period a woman may have to
work a little longer at her exercises. ie
the disposition TO put on flesh is present,
but her task is nothing compared to tha
woman who has let herself go" all her
life
Lesson NJ to be continued.
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hAdiltu ~
whose chief delight
was in fighting and
whose most precious
{ rop hies consisted
of the laurels won
u pom t h e battle
fields,
In the middle ages
there were but two
occupations open to
the young man of
parts-war and the
ology. The plugs"
might be farmers,
or NJ q a ~ 49, -
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
BY ELLA WHEELER wILoOx.

Copyright. 1914, by Star Company
Copies OF the following appeal were
sent to all bishops and prominent mem
bers OF churches by Mrs. Daniel Wright
OF Banksmere. Riverton. n j.,
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Dohot OF y InlfnplS-
full Of good. hard
horse sense. This is
particular true OF
the domestic martyr
who is not q pin
feathered angel. az
she is painted, but
just a plain goose.
The thing at
calls forth the above
heartfelt words is
the case Of q young
friend Of mine. This
girl is the oldest Of
a large family, and
W h en- her mother
died four years ago,
she became the little
house mother TO the
family. She was
only sixteen then.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
BY DOROTHY DIX.

The grotesduely thing about martyr
dom is that It is almost always entirely
Unnecessary. Tho martyr need not be a
martyr II he or she had an inch OF back
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04

By REV. THOMAS Il. GREGORY.
The organizer of the Crusades was born
in Amiens, France. in the year 1850.
Peter the Hermit was a blue blood" of
the blue bloods He sprang from the
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-04
MaTtyrdOm WOn'tJibe
with Common Sense

The Domestic variety, IN Par
tioular, Instead Of BeinR
Angelic, So All Too Fre-
quently Just Plain,
Every Day
Foolish
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12
GERMAN ATTACHE
EXPLAINS SIEGE

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. 11.-An attache
of one of the foreign offices in Atlanta.
former German officer, now in priv
ate life pointed out today the reason
why the Kaiser has fought so terribly
against the forts at Liege. He said:
Military experts have long known
that Liege would be the logical point
of attack by the Germans for the reas-
on that Germany cannot carry out a
scheme to hurry the campaign into
France without going into Belgium,
and cannot penetrate Belgium without
first taking Liege. Many are asking
why the Kaiser's forces do not ignore
Liege, pass on to Namur, and shift
their operations to a more favorable
field in Belgium The answer is this:
The Germans dare not cross the
Meuse there without first rendering
harmless the the range of fortifca-
tons they have stormed so unsuocess-
fully the past week or more.
Namur is nearer France than Ger
many, so the French forces can pour
in there in great numbers much quick
er than the Germans unless Liege is
first taken. The important military
question therefore, is whether the
Germans can succeed, even at great
loss, in capturing Liege before it is
too late. Every days delay brings
Russia nearer mobilization and it also
helps the French. The Germans musE
attack rapidly and strike hard if they
would conquer"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12
SENATOR HOKE
STICKS TO POST

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. 11.-Sneator Hoke
Smith is suffering the fate of the man
who goes straight ahead and does
what he thinks is right, in the vicious
attacks being made by agents of his
opponents, both publicly and by Cos
sip. He has ignored the many at
tempts by his enemies to draw him
from his post of duty at Washington
to enter the Georgia campaign, and
his foes are making capital of it.
Those who stop to consider know
that they would be the first to censure
Senator Smith if he should leave the
capital now, when the Souths affairs
are at crisis
There are movements pending in
Washington of tremendous Importance
to the cotton planters and all others
who share in the fortunes. Even be-
fore the European war began there
was pelnty to command a Southern
senator's attention but now-with the
cotton crop so menaced by new condi-
tions--it is imperative that senator
who holds his duty above his pleasure
should stay on the firing line. 1t was
Senator Smith who first started the
movement to put the mighty resources
of the nation behind the cotton plant
ers, that those who had toiled in their
fields might not find themselves ruined
by foreign war. Senator Smith has
consistently refused to be drawn away
from his work by the assaults of his
enemies, and honest and thinking
Georgians have nothing but praise for
him in this stand.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12
SPARTA BANKER CALLS
COTTON MEETING

Atlanta, Ga, Aug. John D.
Walker of Sparta has called a meeting
of all Georgians interested in cotton
marketing for tomorrow at the state
capitol, to talk over immediate plans
for saving the South's cotton crop
from disaster in the face of new con-
ditions. He calls attention to the i'm
portance of the great conference to be
held in Washington on Thursday, but
says it would be better for Georgians
to formulate their plans, send COM
mittee to Washington with definite in
structions, and aid the national work.
ers in finding a new way out of the
crisis.
A special meeting of the directors
of the Atlanta chamber of commerce
was held yesterday afternoon to con-
slider the situation, and a telegram was
received from Hoke Smith sounding
an encouraging note The chamber
had wired Senator Smith asking
whether it would be wise for Southern
boards of trade, ETC., to send ommit-
tees to Washington. The senator's
answer said:
Shipping bill will pass Tuesday
Everybody working here to relieve sit
uation Am not sure committee could
help quite yet. Probably can little
later. in meantime written views
would be appreciated. 1t is most i'm
portant that warehousing facilities be
obtained at minimum cost without de-
lay and accurate information about
this be obtained. United movement on
this would be most helpful"
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
Comptroller Williams and others in
Washington have assured Senator
Smith that they would cooperate to
every extent of their resources. Sem
ators Smith and Owen held long con-
ferences with them yesterday after
noon and took up every phase of the
question. Senator Smith will today
introduce a senate resolution provid-
ing for direct advances from the ma
tional treasury on cotton stored in
bonded warehouses.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12
PimpIes Removed
with our Saxo Salve

Amherst, Ohio. -'T had a pimple on my
face which grew until it was as large as q
silver dollar. Doctors said it would have
to be cut out and when my druggist ask
ed me to try Saxo Salve, made fun OF
him but did so, and it entirely cured me.
I cannot say enough in praise of Saxo
Salve. I'M. r. CRANDALL, Amherst, Q.
If we can't cure your skin trouble
with our Saxo Salve and Saxo SoaD we
will buy back the empty tube.
Hooks Pharmacy, Americas, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12

s1ble way, sought to make their rooms
an exchange for farmers and head
quarters for them when they come ID
town. This is cooperation carried to
ire nth power and will be found the
solution of many problems besides the
enc OF lroviding an exchange for can
ned and preserved goods.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12

For further information apply 20 r.
p. Everett, Local, Agent, Americus,
Ca; G. W. Small, Div. Pass. Agr.,
Savannah, Ca; G. 2 Ryan, G. P. A.,
Norfolk. Va. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12
THOMAS 5. FIELDER
UNITED STATES SENATE
Vote For Him

He stands for justice to he south.
He is against Federal Judges holding office
for life.
He advocates better and cheaper credits for
farmers.
He is heartily in favor of Government aid
in building good roads.
He is opposed to the Northern Pension
Fraud and against negro holding any office
He advocates legislation clearly defining the
Peonage statutes so that the Southern Farmers
will not be subject to Federal prosecutions when
they seek to enforce their rights against shittless
negro farm labor.
Remember he led the fight to abolish Con
vict leasing and fathered the bill to place Con
victs on the public roads, dealing death blow
to convict competition with Free Labor. He has
left behind him on the statute books the record
of a constructive statesman and an honest, cour-
ageous man of great capacity, and as Attorney
General he established precedent by refusing
to accept special fees for work performed fort
state,
Sumter County Fielder Club
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-08-12

Leave Americas for Richland, Co
lumbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
iiate points
1906 a. m.