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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
rimiditv Ralks ralent-

A great deal of talent is lost to the
world for the want of a little courage.
Every day sends to their graves a
number of obscure men who have only
remained obscure because their timid-
ity has prevented them from making
a first effort, and who, if they could
only have been induced to begin,
would in all probability have gone
great length in the career Of fame.
The fact is that In order to do any
thing in this world worth doing. we
must not stand shivering on the bank.
and thinking OF the cold and danger,
but jump in and scramble through as
well as we can.-Sidney Smith.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Instantly an Inferno Of Fire Was
Opened Upon the Advancing Legion.

as if the whole face of the earth was
being blown away.
Nov, boys!" came down the line.
Jimmy waited. The whistle sounded,
and instantly he was upon his feet
and running like mad against the
enemy.
A line of men, extending as far as
the eye could reach, hurled themselves
upon the devastated rifle pits. At first,
while their own shells continued to
shrek over them, they seemed unop-
posed. Then, when they were with
in a hundred yards, the Smelling
ceased.
Instantly an inferno of fire was
opened upon the advancing legion.
Men dropped by scores. To take the
hostile lines was futile. The high shell
explosives had failed to shake the mo-
rale of the German forces, though II
had knocked their in%trenchments
about their ears.
They would not retreat-it is not
the tradition of the Foreign legion to
retire. But, riddled and confused, the
whole line doubled upon itself and dis
solved into little groups and clusters
1t edged sidewise along the German
front and sought the shelter of one
or two unchanged houses that had
escaped the hostile artillery.
From among these a hundred Ger,
mans leaped forward to meet the ap.
preaching l%egionaries. A hand-to-hand
fight followed. Jimmy found himself
engaged with a huge fellow, wearing
a tattered helmet whose spike
emerged through its khaki covering
The fellow disappeared suddenly, anc
he found himself iabbing viciously al
the air
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

of congress of March II, 1862, authorizing the secretary to prescribe the
method of destroying notes unfit for circulation. Although changes in the
treasury departments business have resulted in modification of practically
every procedure established by the original equations, Secretary Chases
order had never been abrogated or formally revised. There have been mar
changes in practice, however, during the Intervening years., and many of
them are not matters of record.
By Secretary McAdoos orders these changes are now compiled and
brought up ito date, with additional notifications as safeguards to meet the
conditions of the present day.
In Secretary Chases time paper money and securities we're destroyed
by burning. Experience showed that this a not the safestpl plan in connec
ton with the destruction Of distinctive paper, because it is difficult tt burn
bundles of money, and undestroyed pieces nay Escape through the chimney
For this reason the act of June 20, 1874, authorized the destruction by
maceraton.
The destruction Oft these ono valuable bits of paper has always beer
witnessed by joint commttees. This policy is continued in Secretary Nc
Adoos order
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
As Other Americans.

Hiram Jones had just returned
from a personally conducted tour of
Europe. Il suppose" commented a
friend. that when you were in England
you did as the English do and dropped
your his" NO" moodily responded
the returned traveller; Il didn't, ! did
as the Americans do. | dropped the
VS. and KS" Then he slowly mean
dered down to the bank to see II he
couldn't getNthe mortgage extended.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
White House Has Mo Coda.

The White House, c~uriously enough,
has no private code. A copy OF each
departmental code is issued Officially
to the secretary to the president. and
on the rare occasions when a govern.
ment telegram is sent directly by the
president, it is coded in the depart
mental code best adapted to it's nature
and the addressee. Most of the presi.
dents official kilograms are SEN in the
name of the department concerned,
the recent Lusitania notes, for in.
stance, being signed Lansing, Act
ing" and coded in the state depart
ment code.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
sources Of Rivers.

The great majority of the 1rst-class
rivers commence from chains of noun
tains. because springs are there most
abundant. p%erpetually fed by the melt
ing of the SHOWS and glaciers. They
have almost invariably an easterly d.
rection, the westward-boun streams
being few in number, and of very sub
ordinate rank. OF rivers flowing east.
we have grand examples in the St.
Lawrence. orinoco, Amazon, Danube,
Ganges. Amour. YangtseKi ang and
Hoang Ho.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULtNCS

Exhibits of the handiwork of 2,000,-
600 colored school children in all
parts of America form part Of the
Lincoln jubilee exhibit in the Coli
scum, Chicago.
One of the leading exhibits is that
Of Wilberforce university, the Oldest
colored institution in America, and
a school where students are taught
everything from Latin to making
plowshares. Another school which
has a well-arranged exhibit 10 Howard
university of Washington, d. c., while
the instruction given to Negro stu
dents in medicine, pharmacy, den
tistry and nursing is well displayed in
the exhibit of Meharry Medical col
lege Of Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago is not neglected, for there
are Is boys and a like number of girls,
about sixteen years old, who are dem
onstrating the training in the manual
arts and domestic science courses
which is given in the local public
schools.
The Chicago display is under the
direction of A. ]. Brinkinan of the
Hendricks school and Miss Eileen
Gerty of the Mitchell school.
Wherefore university is near
Xenia, o., and is in the direct line
taken in the middle of the last cen
fury by slaves escaping from their
southern bondage. The archives of
the school are filed with thrilling in
cidents of the escape Of slaves, some
Of whom had the temerity to stop and
attempt to secure an education at
Wilberforce.
The university was founded by the
Methodist Episcopal church, and DR..
Rust of the Freedmen's Aid was its
first president. When the war broke
out, communication with the South
was cut off and the Methodist church
wished to sell the property.
A brewery offered to buy it, but the
offer was turned down and finally il
was bought by DR.. Daniel A. Paine
a prominent colored man, and con,
troll of the institution passed to the
African NJ. e. church. Now the school
is well established financially and an.
nual sums are appropriated by the
Ohio legislature for its support. Last
year the appropriation was $55, 900
There are now 500 students, ranging
in age from fourteen years upward.
The exhibit includes a plow which
was made by a student, examples ot
cabinet work in the line of bookcases
chairs and other furniture.
Howard university at Washington
D. c., is represented through a mum
Der of photographs showing the stu
dents in various phases of their col
legiate work. Howard university was
founded by Gen. o. o. Howard, wbc
was supported by Harriet Beechel
Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Stepher
A. Douglas and other noted American.
of the Civil war days.
The work of the Catholic church 1,
shown through the exhibit of five CT
ders of nuns, the OLlate Sisters O.
Providence, the Sisters of the HOLY
Family, the Sisters of the Blessed Sac
rament, the Techney Sisters and The
Sisters of the Good Shepherd. The
first two sisterhoods named are exclu
sively for colored women.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

has already made up his mind that Washington society is o such al I'M
pleasant habitat Beauty is nourished fom the bottle" just s any other
baby would be, and if he does not grow up to be a decent, respectable Ameri-
can citizen he al blame his W jungle forbears-and what's more, he has
been made to understand that If he displays any of his vicious traits in the
presence of company" his education will cease his fair companion will
desert him, and he will be hurried off to the where less consideration
will be shown him.
At his owners home in the Thomas, Beauty is given the utmost freedom,
even to reclining in his mistress arms to receive the daily manicure and
BATH and when he is real nice he is allowed to accompany his benefacress
d Ter morning walks and drives. He showed the greatest delight ne day
when the movie man arrived to chronicle his funny little antics.
At first in true savage fashion, he tried to inhmidate his audience, but
when he as told it was quite the proper thing or weI[bred Americans to be
exploited in the movies" he growled his appreciation and blnked and
purred and somersaulted until the amera film was exhausted.
Beauty a captured in the wilds of Brazil before his eyes we're open
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

change the method of construction. so
several pipelike bags were made and
placed side by side in the form Of a
raft, and that raft finally modified to
a craft something like a boat in shape.
The result is a life-saving craft al
most immune to wreck. for even II
one or two of the pipes are punctured
or broken, the boat is still buoyant
enough to be seaworthy.
Owing to its strength and lightness.
and its waterproof qualities. the hashi-
kirazu paper is evidently adapted 10
a wide range of uses, among which are
the making of coverings for ~aeroplane
wings and for dirigible balloons
Youths Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Naluahla Erult.

Grapes are a wholesome and delight
full food. They are in the class of de-
mulcents and are highly beneficial to
those suffering from various illnesses.
Apples are ~correctives, and are very
useful In overcoming nausea from sea-
sickness and other causes. They are
also very cooling as stomach sedatives.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

OF the total number of 7,317,922 Ne
groes ten years of age and over, emu
merated in 1910, 5~,192,535, or II per
cent, we're reported as gainfully en-
ployed, the percentages for males and
females being S7.4 and SAT respective
ly. The corresponding percentages for
native whites were 77.9 and 1872. OF
the g%ainfully employed Negro males,
800 per cent-almost one-third-were
farm laborers, and 25 per cent were
farmers. The other leading occupation
groups for Negro males, with the per
centage of the total represented by
each, we're as follows: Laborers, build.
ing and hand trades, So; laborers, saw
and planning mills, 20; laborers, steam
railroad, 81; porters, except in stores,
1.6; draymen, teamsters and express,
men, 1.6; coal mine operatives, IL;
laborers, porters and helpers in stores,
1,2; walters, IL; laborers, road and
street building and repairing, IL;
cooks, 10; deliverymen, stores. 10;
carpenters, 10.
For females, the leading capacities
in which employed. with the percent
age represented by each. we're as fol
lows: Farm laborers, 4S.1; laundressef
mot in laundry, 17.9; cooks, 1922
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Cement from beets-this is one of
the latest discoveries of science. 1t
is said that a French firm is making
an excellent quality of this product
from the scum which forms when the
beets are boiled, and which hitherto
has been thrown away.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

about 100000 worth was destroyed
each day.
In 1865 only 700 900 pieces of
paper money with a nominal value of
S144,219,920 were destroyed. Regula-
tons for the destruction of paper
money have recently been codified
and revised by the treasury depart
ment.
The government first issued paper
money in connection with the Civil
war finances. and Secretary Chase's
rePnlatinnS were based nnnn the act
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
InereasIna the Distance.

We have an anti-cigarette league
in our town. All the girls who Joined
have pledged themselves never to
marry cigarette smokers" How are
the men taking itY Some of the
younger one are worried. but a num-
Der of confirmed woman haters have
recently acquired the cigarette habit
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Submarines.

1t is almost impos sible to fix the
precise date of the origin of the idea
of the submarine boat. 1t is hundreds
OF years old. to say the least. The
practical submarine is. of course. quite
modern, dating back not more than If
teen or twenty years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

smart set" to possess a real, live.
undomesticated baby jaguar for a
chum and companion. To be sure, it
is only two months old, and no larger
than a big house cat, but it has a
formidable array of long, white, sharp
teeth encircling it's jaws, small, pierre
ing, yellow eyes and a very short tenn
per.
Although Mrs. Wilson and Beauty
have been friends only a few weeks
the little wild pet seems to take his
captivity as a matter of course, and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

found that a 11cent stamp would nee a widespread need and demand.
Postmasters desiring a supply o the new stamp may now make requiation
for it.
Ordinary stamp issues now embrace denominations from cent to 10
cents. inclusive. and five addnional-15 cents, 20 cents, 80 cents 81 cents md
81 The 1lcent stamp bears the head of Franklin in profile, from Houdons
pust, and is printed in dark green ink. 1t is of the anne shape and size a
the other ordinary stamps
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

preparing postage on parcels and
postage and insurance fee on insured
parcels amounting to IL cents.
The local postage rate upon parcel
post is IL cents upon parcels weighing
~ and IS pounds. In the first and
second zones packages weighing seyen
pounds take IL cents.
In the fourth zone. II cents is re-
quired for two-pound parcels. and in
the seventh zone for one-pound par
cells. The rate in the seventh ION for
IL pounds is Sill. Hence II was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
The Exaet Locally.

81 don't want one OF these mind
improving or uplift tours. | want to
enjoy a real foolish vacation time"
Then why not 90 to the Sicily is
lands"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
A praotloabla suaaestIon.

Chief Forester Cox of Minnesota,
has suggested the use Of a~eroplahes
for rangers on the lookout for fires.
Wisconsin has one man 30 equipped
The idea seems startlingly practi
cable.-Springheld Republican.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
For a sunburned Baby.

Battle the intiamed skin with a So
luton consisting of one teaspoonful
of bichloride of soda 70 a pint of wa.
ter. Cold real is also helpful In
taking out the burning sensation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Wants Am There Ia.

He-Now that we are soon to be
married. dear. how much money shall
you want to spend?
Sho-Oh, Freddie, how much money
Is there In the worldt
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

People generally speak well of Hobe
Fisher, who is a hopeless inefficient
and who has been a burden on his
wife's people ever since he was mar
ried. But they bitterly attack Samuel
Plympton, who is rich and influential
and one of the fairest men in town.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

In response to the advertisement Of
the United States navy department
for 1900, 900 teak decking logs, a Ma
nilla lumber firm has submitted an
offer of 100000 feet of yacal, a Phil
ippine wood resembling teak, which is
regarded as the equal Of teak for con-
struction purposes. This is the first
time that such offers of Philippine
woods have been made to the navy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Hla Looks Boiled Him.

Gentleman tengaging butIer)-Are
you married2
Applicant-No, sir. was thrown
against a barbed wire fence and got
my lace scratched.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Medical men say that persons who
attain their thirtieth year without suf-
fering from any serious disease are
likely-all things being equal-to live
till they are at least seventy-eight
years Of age.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Much has been said of what Booker
T. Washington is doing for the Ne
gro. So much has been said that was
good of his influence, and so much that
was bsd, that We have hesitated be-
tween the right and the wrong Of it,
writes Mrs. ]. B. Reid in the Birming-
ham (Ala.) Age-Herald.
We have sometimes come in contact
through our domestic service with an
element of arrogance, impudence and
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
EIeven-Cent Stamp Is Now Sold by Uncle Sam

r HE issuance of an 11cent stamp has been authorized by the postmaster
/ general and the post office department is now prepared o supply stamps
of this denomination to postmasters. The new stamp will be used chiefly In
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

of the earths Inhabitants found the Paris firms overstocked. AS a precauton
for selfprotecton,. these same merchants nw are focusing their attention
upon the seats of governments in the nations that are not involved in the
conflict In their search they look to Washington, the capital Of the foremost
neutral country, as the logical place from which to dispense the code that Is
to govern the fashions during the years o come.
Restrictions in the matter of passports have served to turn back buyers
from America who have annually made pngrimages to Paris The result is
that there is a more restricted supply of foreign fashionable goods here at
present than at any other time, when the fall fashions are supposed to be
attracting the attention of houses that cater to the elite
While there is no formal acion by which the Capital of Fashion is trans
from city to city If nation to nation, a favorable answe from the
hitherto dctators is all that is considered necessary for Washington to
assume the position in the van.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Money Destroyed at Rate of $5,OOO,OOO a Day

% EDEEMED paper money with a nominal value OF $1541,1S1,111 in S77S64-
N 1888 pieces W s destroyed by the treasury department during the fiscal
year ended June 30. officials estimate the notes weighed $50 tons and that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Not the Same.

Full crew" did not mean today
what the same words meant 2k or 30
years ago.-Dallas News.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

A Springfield (Mo.) man took out
homestead papers the other day on
an S0-acre tract of land 100 miles
from that city. Before applying at the
land office for the papers he walked
the entire distance and back in order
to visit the property. When he got
back he had just enough money to
pay for the land and cover the neces-
sary fees.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Society Woman in Washington Has a Pet Iaguar

G oCIETY has explored some of the remotest corners of the world lin quest
the happy distinction of being the first member of the national capitals
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

Statistics compiled by the National
Negro Business league show that in
the fifteen years of the organizations
existence the value Of farm property
in this country owned by Negroes has
increased from $177,404,6SS to $492..
S92,21S. That is a truly remarkable
record of ace progress in thrift and
in the agricultural pursuits which it
has latterly been the fashion to encour
age. The Negro at least is setting an
excellent example in getting back to
the land."-New York World.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

It all depends. If you are not inter
ested in golf it is a bore. If you are IL
is a disease.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Expandlnu Hls propertx

Jones should possess a consider
able lot of real estate"
Why so2"
He is always making mountains
out OF molehills."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

made by the OF commerce.
through negotiations with the Amer
lean chamber of at the
French capital; the proposition is now
to enlist the united efforts of mer-
chants in the scheme which might re-
suit in magnificent benefits to Wash
ington.
The world war has dealt stun
ming blows to modistes Of France.
Coming with a suddenness that was
startling, the confiagration that was
destined to envelop the greater part
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

You can never tell what a woman
thinks by what she says
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11

farmers, SO; dressmakers and seams
tresses (not in factory, 1.9; school
teachers, IL.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-09-11
Washington May Be Worlds Capital Of Fashion

VIZ AsH1NGToN-Pans for the transferring of the dictatorship of the
w worlds fashions from Paris to Washington are under way. The initial
movement toward making this city the style center II the universe las been
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-04-15
NOTICE OF SALE.

Notice is hereby given. that by virtue
of a judgment and decree in foreclosure,
rendered and given by the District Court
of the Eighth Judicial District, in and
for the County of Ward and State of
North Dakota, and entered and docketed
in the office of the Clerk of said Court
in and for said County on the Bird day Of
ert j. Gowdy, Plaintiff and John M.
Rowland. Anna r. Rowland, August
Harmening, and Dakota Trust Company,
a corporation, Defendants, in favor of
the said Plaintiff and against the said
Defendants John M. Rowland and Anna
r. Rowland for the sum of One ThOus
and Eight Hundred Ninety-one Dollars
and Eighty-nine Cents, which judgment
and decree among other things directed
the sale by me of the real estate here
matter described, to satisfy the amount
and the costs and expenses OF such SALE
or so much thereof as the proceeds of
such sale applicable thereto will satisfy
And by virtue of a writ to me issued out
of the office of the Clerk of said Court
in and for said County of Ward, and un-
der the seal of said Court, directing me
to sell said real property pursuant to
said judgment and decree, I, John j.
Nedreloe Sheriff Of said County, and
person appointed by said Court to make
said sale. will sell the hereinafter de-
scribed real estate to the highest bidder
for cash, at public auction, at the front
door of the Court House in the City Of
Minot, in the County Of Ward and State
of North Dakota, on the 18th day Of May
A. D. 1916, at two o'clock p. M. of that
day, to satisfy said judgment, with in
terest and costs thereon. and the costs
and expenses of such sale. or so much