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birth of His balloon idea.

A. the siege OF Paris as he lay the trenches the
counts imagination qulckened by the sight OF
French mall balloons leaving the beleaguered city
passing safely over the German lines Right then his
mind began working the possibilities
cation. BY 1890 his inventions well planned. But
in this year, the count-now a major general--was
too much attention to the closet study OF
What had airships to do with msjor-general OF
cavalry?
Zeppelin greatly chagrined. but he de-
voted his entire time to study OF the airshp And his
brother. Eberhard, became much part of the
counts dream and work Wilbur Wright was OF his
brother, orvlles At So years. in the face OF gen.
eral establishment that general OF cavalry should
take up work apart from military humdem, Count
Zeppelin embarked his inventive boldly
as he had undertaken his great cavalry ride
Zeppelin built a ions, thin, light aluminium sheath,
rigid steel that could be driven against ar-cur
rents-instead OF the unruly balloon that says and
buges when Il Is driven at anything like high speed
against gtsty wind But. nevertheless he used the
balloon to lift and support him-he slowed many in
fated balloons inside his aerial submarine" where
they arranged like peas in a pod There they dis
ships skin and cargo. and each bag is maintained
dependent OF the others. like vessels water-tgnt
compartments. II compartment bursts. or IL it Is
perforated by missile, tho others prevent sud-
den descent until ballast be thrown overheard
restore the crafts buoyaney Hidden away In the hull,
safe from sun, cold and wind these bags - chambers
retain for long periods thus insuring the crafts
endurance for great distances.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Hon. Rachel Berry. the lsne woman member
OF the Arizona Legislature. has been overthrow
and routed by the smoking majority. Her asso-
eiAtes abstained during sessions for eight weary
weeks. They survived by the expedient OF dry
smoke But dry smoke in dry state proved
too great strain on Arizona gaIlantry and
Mira Berry was beaten 10 20 /.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03
HI. Ramon. Cavalry Raia..

Next he found himself the southern side" in
the conflict between the north and south German
states While scouting Aschaffenburg he was
suddenly off from the southern shore
OF the swollen Main river Instead of finding ford
which he could easily have done, he swan his horse
through the torrent-and almost drowned But he
got immediate information Of the enemy TO his COM
mandor.
Now an incident even more characteristic: During
the army maneuvers preparatory to the Franco-Ger-
war. Zeppelin riding with kinsman from
Mecklenburg. when they were halted by wide ditch
OF mre In spite OF protests the count out Of sheer
devtrY jumped the bog. missed the bank. and might
have persisted IL he had not vauted the horse
head dragging the reins In his hand Then he got a
firm foothold and held up the horse by the bride until
aid arrived.
When the war actually broke out. Zeppelin per-
formed feat that made his name famous with every
German schooboy. General Won Obernitz picked the
young daredevil to command a desperate scouting
ride to get vital of the French mobilization dur
ing the slow massing of the independent German
states. with q handful OF officers and mon, young
Zeppelin invaded tho heart OF Alsace.
Two regiments of French cavary-a troop for
every man in zeppen's commandment after him, and
surprised his patrol In lonely fortress the edge OF
dense forest. The count alone escaped His two Of
fcers and lost in the hopeless defense, but
the count stole out at the rear and snatching a
French officers horse from the hands OF an old
| woman he rode fun tilt into the forest.
He concealed the animal in thicket and, climb
lng tree hid there while the pursuit was on
lie tracked days through the forest A French
officer accidentally surprised him, Zeppelin tough,
with him and killed him. Then the pursuit not find
ing him, he made his way enduring many hardships
back to the frontier. with invaluable information for
| his general
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03
MAKE. . Flrlnr NLon.ter..

All of the airshp's other features followed so
naturally that today II SENS incredible that any in
telligent engineer should have overlooked them the
sides OF the hull. all propeers rudders and fins
rigdly attached They point the hull so down.
guide It right left gondolas each equipped
placed 10 balance the weight All these arrange
ments give a wonderfully steady arship.
Yet this practical ship was. 10 most en- neers and
other sensible people like the red flag TO bull They
might have listened Il the count had offered a small
craft-a type proven entirely impractieable Bnt
his conoeptionths colossus, suggestive OF the half
flying, half-swmming monsters OF prehistoric age
entirely outside OF the conventional that en-
cheering societies and called the scheme insane
private commission assembled in Berlin and
ridiculed the monsrous, eontrvRnee Then for three
years Zeppelin worked without a ray OF encour-
agement begging various societies for aid In demon
sraiing his project At last the German government
persuaded 20 appoint commission to examine
Zeppelins plans Engineers who have since inspected
these drawings and data say that they are won
derfuy clear and simple Yet the commission only
partly approved and refused to by the
state Al this crisis. after insistent pleading the
German Society OF Engineers finally endorsed the
scheme. The count enabled to form 9 stock com
psny. with OF $4,000 he himself eontrlbut-
ing one-hah
So the first airship was built-in floating house
Lake Constance The craft rested on a pontOon
floor that could be towed the house. thus pre-
venting collision with its walls This first Zeppelin was
crude and weak its motors and it's sleerng devices
quite experimental Naturally enough II was smashed
And after the makeshft rudders had been repaired.
its gas-oells leaked away all the costly buoyancy.
which had transported 10 the bottles
Het-at the last minute-the airship had risen and
been steered perfectly Count Zeppen's scientific
principle indicated
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Free speech is a glorious institution. the
cornerstone OF the temple of liberty, 1t is the
ealoric darling OF democracy. and every live
democrat will sacrifice in its defense the last
puff in his lungs. On one condition. however.
that party opponents are excluded from the
conversation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Colorado politicians are queer lot. They
hate reformers 80 cordially that they threaten
to legislate Judge Lindsey out OF job and hand
him crown Of martyrdom. Martyrdom is the
judges speciality.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Several eastern cities are trying to devise
ways and means TO fire-proof themselves
against fire losses We in Omaha could also do
something in this direction with advantage to
ourselves
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

With the entry fee so low. and the states
men-out-of-a-job so hungry. the three-years-ago
record Of eighty-six city commissionership can
didates ought to be easily broken.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

II should be remembered that these ex-
changes OF diplomatic notes do not foreshadow
an agreement. Usually they are merely feelers
for basis for further negotiations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Remember Lanigan7 Noble champion of
free speech. who pats the constitution with one
hand and muzzles party opponents with the
other Be the powers. he's a peach!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03
CHEEKY CHAFF.

Patience-I see a doctor has come out
and stated that the tango produces in
sanity.
Patrice-Well, know a lot of girls
who are crazy about it-Yonkers States
man
Here's Jack taking Maude out for
automobile rides, and Will always in
wiling her to supper, and she accepts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

still. II is no part of the short ballot pro-
gram to extend by legislative enactment the
terms OF present office incumbents afraid to
chance popular election.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Bread is the staff Of life required by one and
also no shortening weight there
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

No extra session OF congress" is word from
Washington. A growing national deficit. though
voiceless threatens to disturb
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

In a word, the decision of the school board
is that II will play ball only on the home
grounds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

What's the law commanding lobbyists to reg
lister between friends, anyway?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Hitherto Mr.. Breitung's Daca led the con-
versation in plain United States. Now she must
vocalze in French or hire an interpreter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

One thing is fairly certain, The population
on the European battlefronts insures a busy
spring season for hospitals and cemeteries.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03
Thought for the Day
SeIecf.d bv IngI,,fIo Var,

The March lion is evidently holding back
for more pressing invitation.
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GtBBoN. Neb., March Ito the Editor
Of The Bee: 1 see in The Bee American
Legion 70 be Organized I heartily APP
prove of this move and would suggest
that all convicts in our penitentiaries be
drilled IN the manual OF arms and In case
OF urgent need that they be sent TO the
front, giving them a chance to redeem
themselves on the field OF battle. There is
a vast army OF good fighters held pris-
oners who would be glad of this oppor-
tunity 90 make good. w. l.. RANDALL.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. Adj
dress will DO changed as often as requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-03-03

Some little boy or girl
will be happy next week
riding this Bicycle. Are
you the lucky one? You
have until 4 p. m,
March 6 to try for it.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10
Short Ballots Mean Good
Government

We have got the only governments
in the world of business or cities or
states or nations that are organized
in the unavoidable fashion whereby
the people elect men without COM
petency,or training to one important
office after another, and then even II
they are able and are learning the
business, turn them out in two or
three or four years and put other
green men in.
In all my study OF government in
the United States for twelve years |
have never seen good government
where the people directly have to
elect any officials to do the work OF
government. 1 never saw a good gov
eminent where they had long tickets
the tickets in the European cities
are just one name long. The longest
ticket a man can vote in the govern
ment of Great Britain is three
names. You cannot have long tick
ct where you have the proper gov
eminent. l never saw good govern
ment where they have frequentele ct-
ions. They elect once in five or six
years. 1t is impossible to have perm
anent officials and have them directly
elected by the people
Suppose that in railroad corpora
tion the people should have refer
endum and should vote as to what
kind of a bridge should be con-
structed at some given place, Or what
kind Of locomotives should be bought
to be used in some division, or to
elect the the train dispatchers and
superintendent, and so on. Anyone
owning stock in that road would sell
his stock as fast as he could. 1t
would be impossible for road TO be
managed under that condition. And
that some foolish legislature and |
have known many, should pass "a law
that the people of this town should
elect directly themselves their school
teachers do you think it would i'm
prove your schoOlsP Would you call
that good self governments Would
you expect to get good schools under
that methodP No, you get theschools
you want by securing the appoint
ment of man who has supreme
charge of your schools, and that is
the one department OF American gov.
eminent that is we'll managed, and
in some cases as well managed as in
any country.-S. S. Mcclure
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statesman you please. Let him be
either American or European, let
him have brain the result OF six
generations of culture; let him have
the ripest training of university rou-
tine; let him add to 1t the better ed
ucation of practical life; crown his
temples with the silver locks of
seventy years, and show me the man
of Saxon lineage for whom his most
sanguine admirer will wreathe lau-
ell rich as embittered foes have placed
on the brow Of this negro-rare mill
tary, skill, profound knowledge of hui
man nature, content to blot out all
party distinctions and trust state
to The blood of its anticipating
Sir Robert Peel fifty years andtaking
his station by the side OF Roger Will
Jams before any Englishman or
American had won the right; and
yet this is the record which the his
tory of rival states makes up for this
inspired black of Santo Domingo.
Some doubt the courage of the ne
gro. Go to Haiti and stand on these
fifty thousand graves of the best
soldiers France ever had, and ask
them what they think of the negroes
sword.
| would call him Napoleon, but
Napoleon made his way to empire
over broken oaths and through a sea
OF blood. This man never broke his
word. l would call him Cromwell,
but Cromwell was only a soldier, and
the state he founded went down with
him into his grave. | would call him
Washington, but the great Virginian
held slaves. This man risked his EN-.
pire rather than permit the slave
trade In the humblest village of his
dominions. Wendell Phillips.
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morning, and the hen keep the dung
hill scratched down and lay enough
eggs for the family. We expect more
of her now. She must hustle round
and bring in some dollars in addi-
ton to her former duties. The hen
that doesn't lay 1876 to $50 eggs per
year isn't much of hen. Mr.. Quis-
enberry, over in Missouri, has ca
joled hens into laying 225 eggs per
year, but of course he is some cajoler,
and we don't all expect to operate a
plant and have the expenses paid by
the state. However, we do expect
the hen to pay profit, and she is
willing; also she is capable of doing
1t, If given proper care. Our f. d.
COburn hasn't been much behind 9TH
ers in advocating better poultry, and
plenty of it. Grand old fellow that
he is, he has done no more helpful
thing for Kansas than the articles
he has given us about THE Helpful
Hem" as outlined in the year books
of the state. AS these articles were
read by the people few of the pro-
gressive spirits began to see that
there were greater possibilities in a
flock of hens, for the dollars in
vested, than anything on the farm.
The wiser ones perceived that Coburn
knew what he was advocating, took
the counsel he gave, and Kansas hens
began to be noticed. Formerly it
was supposed that the eastern breed
ers held the magic secret of getting
the best, but Kansas has amply
proven that her breeders are as sue
ccssful as they. Beauty, usefulness,
and the meat type have been brought
to high standards by Kansas breed
ers. The county fair has had very
much to do with this development.
without an incentive to show what
he had accomplished, so the world
might admire it, praise him for his
achievement, and tell him he had
done well, hardly a few would VEN
ture to do the study and planning
that will produce a combination of
beauty and usefulness. And when
these birds are placed upon exhibit
ton, all who desire may come and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10
Keep Fit to Remember

Have you ever noticed, friend, that
there are days when your memory Is
not as brisk as usual-days when you
find it more or less difficult to recall
facts which you ordinarily would
recollect without trouble?
Have you further noticed that these
days of lessened memory power usu-
ally are coincident with feelings OF
fatigue, depression and lessened vi
tally in general?
This is a fact which is not always
appreciated as it ought to be. Many
people, especially if the memory weak
ness becomes very perceptible, fall
into panic, thinking that they are
destined to lose not only their men,
DRY but their mind.
Others when the deficiency Of men,
DRY power is slight, torture them
selves with various kinds of men
tai exercises" hoping thereby to
overcome the occasional weakness of
recollection.
Whereas what they really should dc
is to take certain hygenic precautions
that will render them less liable to
physical weakness and fatigue.
The relationship between fatigue
and memory deficiency is not one of
coincidence merely. IL is a relation
ship of cause and effect.
When we become fatigued there is
a literal poisoning Of the brain, the
organ through which the mind gives
expression to it's memories. This
poisoning necessarily interferes more
or less with the brains action, and
consequently weakens memory power
for the time being
Anything, in fact, which causes
toxic products to get into the blood
circulating through the brain, OF
diminishes the amount Of the blood
supply to the brain, is hurtful to the
memory. - II. Addington Bruce
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10
Toussaint L'Overture

If | we're to tell you the story of
Napoleon, should take it from the
lips of Frenchmen, who find no Ian
guage rich enough to paint the great
captain OF the Nineteenth Century.
Were to tell the story of Washing
ton, should take 1t from your hearts
you who think no marble white
enough to carve the name of the
father of his country. But | am to
tell you the story of negro, Tous-
saint L'Overture, who has left
hardly one written line. | am to
CLEAN 1t from the reluctant testimony
Of his enemies, men who despised
him because he was negro and a
slave, hated him because he had beat
en- them in battle.
Cromwell manufactured his own
army, Napoleon, at the age or q,
was placed at the head of the best
troops Europe ever saw. Cromwell
never saw an army till he was 40: this
man never saw a soldier till he was 80.
Cromwell manufactured his own army
out of what? Englishmen-the
best blood of Europe. Out of the
middle class of Englishmen-t the best
blood of the island. And with it he
conqured what? Englishmen-t their
equals. This man manufactured his
army out of what2 Out Of what you
call the despicable race of negroes,
debased, demoralized by two hun
dred years of slavery, one hundred
Thousand of them imported into the
island within four years, unable to
speak dialect Ineligible even to
each other. Yet out OF this mixed
and as you say, despicable mass, he
forged thunderbolt and hurled it at
whatY At the proudest blood In
Europe, the Spaniard, and sent him
home conquered; at the most warlike
blood in Europe, the French, and
put them under his feet; at the
pluckiest blood in Europe, the Eng
lish, and they skulked home to ia
maica. Now II Cromwell was gen.
eral, at least this man was soldier.
Now, blue eyed Saxon, proud of his
race, go back with me to the begin
ing of the century, and select what
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10

Last week the Paul Light Grain
Company and the Bolin-Hall
Grain Company Of Liberal, Kansas,
subscribed $l250 toward the bonus
funds necessary to rush completion
of our railroad. These subscpip-
tions are contingent upon the same
conditions as are all other subscrip-
tions in. that they are not payable
unless the railroad is in operation
from the north bank of the river be-
fore October 25th, 1915, when one
half becomes payable, and the re-
mlnder is due when the road Is In OPP
GRAFTON from the depot north of the
Thompson hotel. These firms each
have purchased elevator sites just
west of the Thompson hotel aud lex
pect to have their elevators COM
pied in time to commence shipping
grain on the first train. Beaver Her
aid
know myself" is good. Know
the Southwest Fair" is better.
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study them, get ideas from the breed
er, and learn how to breed up his
own flocks to high standard.
For, say what you will, the thor
oughbred hen and her consort have
been unquestionably proven to lay
more eggs, rear better families, and
a harder race than the dunghill or
crOss-bred. This admits of positively
no dispute. 1t is proved, and can be
proved every time the trial is fairly
beauty of the thoroughbred over the
cross-bred, and you have just as
much superiority in the thorough
bred hen over the cross-bred as the
pure blood white or black man is
superior to the mulatto. Admitting
that the mulatto might breed faster,
yet the progeny is inferior, and
well, who wants to raise mulattos,
anyway?
The poultry exhibition alone Will
be worth the price of admission to
the Southwest Fair. The very finest
specimens of each standard variety
of thoroughbred poultry - hens,
ducks, turkeys, geese. etc.-will be
on exhibition. Even though you
NAV not no an advocate nf thOrouPh-
breds for the farm, you will admire
this display, and Mr.. Coburn says
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10
About the Christian
Service League
Liberal Democrat:

Liberal Democrat:
Professor G. E. Ames of the Cald-
well city schools during the last year
has recently been appointed field sec
rotary of the Christian Service league
for southwest Kansas. This field
was formerly covered by Rev. w.
R. Weaver of Fowler. ReY. Weaver
has not been in our employ since one
year ago last August, Mrs. Eva G.
Samuel having looked after the work
during the intervening time.
Professor Ames is a scholar. a
christian gentleman, a man of high
ideals. We are sure he will be re-
ceived wherever he goes as a man
who lends dignity, gives quality and
noble character to the work which he
represents. He will probably visit
your community in the near future.
G. L. HosFoRD, Gen. Supt.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10

Mrs. W. A. Thompson and children
came down from Plains Tuesday to
spend few days with friends.
A coal oil lamp exploded early
Wednesday morning at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Franz WINNER, which
damaged the furniture considerably,
burned quite little clothing and IN
flicted injuries on Mr.. WINNER that
will lay him up for repairs week or
81. 1t was put out without outside
help, but things looked serious for a
few minutes.
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THE HEN AND HER PARTNER

AS Eve obtained more notoriety
than Adam, so the hen stands out
as the fowl entitled to first consider
alton, because she is a hen. During
the last ten years the interest In
poultry has taken large strides for
ward. We can remember when about
all we asked of our chickens was that
the cock should wake us up in the
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-09-10

you can increase very materially your
profit at no greater cost If you handle
one variety Of poultry ON the farm
and have them as near pure-blood' as
you can afford. Come to the Fair to
see the poultry. You will be pleased.