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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-05
UNIVERSITY MIssOURIAk
monday, April 5, 1s15)
HEARD IN PASSING.

Il don't like that hat, do you?" was
heard in passing. The answer was
lost behind the swinging door Of Ac-
ademic Hall.
Lets buy a notebook and take
some notes this semester" was the
fragment of good resolution from
the next passer-by. She was much in
earnest; surely the girl at her side
would be induced to take the step by
this enthusiasm. You wanted to hear,
but-"It can't go twenty-five rounds" :"
someone said, and your attention
shifted. There seemed to be doubt
about the meaning Of that, as the
commentators disappeared through
the door.
"Have you got your French verbs,
today?" someone asked. There was a
negative answer, and you knew that
last night had been too full of college
life. "How many cases have you?"
He was talking about his law lesson.
Then baseball vanished lessons from
the field of passing conversation, for
someone mentioned the Braves, who
are always good against French verbs
or legal lessons.
A student came rushing through the
hall at breakneck speed. No, he was
not on the way to class. He wanted
to find Bill you heard him say as he
passed. He was the chairman of
committee that must meet and Bill
must be found. ''They can't beat us
If we work it right" said another.
That was the student politician. He
went of explaining his plot as If it
meant the turning point in his career.
Alyce Maye had her troubles, too.
She had had two bids to that Satur-
day night dance and she had made
mess of it." How shall I manage it."
she asked her chum as they passed.
You didn't hear the answer, but |
surely that would be easy from the
smiles that followed the cloud.
And so on through the chance re-
marks you hear in passing. All in
all they are something of a passing |
show. Step out of the parade some
time and watch it 60 by for little
while. You'll enjoy it.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-05

Experiment Station Issues Bulletin.
The Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton has just published two new bull
letins: Experiments With Farm
Crops in Southwest Missouri" and
Profits From Spraying twenty-five
Missouri Orchards In 1914" Two new
press bulletins have also just been
published. They will be sent to news
papers in each county In the state.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-05
To Speak to St Louis Alumni.

Prof. E. A. Fessenden, associate
professor of mechanical engineering.
spoke to the Alumni Association of
University of Missouri Engineers in
st. Louis at their monthly meeting
Friday night. The meeting was held
at the Maryland Hotel.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-04-05

er. Pessimism is his bread of life.
He sees the ideal, the real and the
struggling only as objects on which
to vent his broodings.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
Secrets and Unravelers.

During the last few months the sub
marine cables have been particularly
busy carrying secret messages be-
tween the various governments. Every
government has it's own particular
forms of cipher specially composed
for it by experts. The cipher is,
however. only a defective method OF
securing secrecy, none having yet been
concocted to battle the cipher un'
raveller. During the Spanish-Ameri-
can war the Americans appeared to
the Spanish to be peculiarly lax in al
lowing a certain cable used by them
to remain unchecked. They poured
cipher messages through and they
were duly received and acknowledged
by their agents. The senders and. re-
cipients little dreamt that every mes
sage sent to the cable passed first
through American hands and was read
by them. The supposed secret mes
sages led to operations that, to the
surprise Of the Spanish. were foiled
in disastrous manner.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
PLAN LIKE BUILDER

hardly was over when they were send
ing their armies south to assault the
Dunajec.
THE Germans, in short" said the
general, never start fighting on the
principle that would make them say
we have so many men, so many guns
let US have shot at the foe and do
him as much harm as we can with
these men and guns. They plan the
shot first, see that they have the. men
and guns to execute the plan, and do
not touch plan which is from the
first plainly beyond their strength.
Thus, they never once tried to
crush our army as whole. That is
beyond them. Even admitting their
technical superiority and good NUM-
ton supply. they would want. in order
to crush us by one operation. at least
as many men as we have. Their way
is to plan relatively small operations,
which attack only one section of our
front, in the hope of destroying this
section before we can strengthen it.
THE battle of the Dunajec shows
that the enemy planned to take
these lines and to reach the San. He
prepared everything for this, and
something over, but did not intend to
march straight to Lemberg. When
he reached the San he had to stop
apart from our attempts to counter
attack .f.t vs.
Then he brought up no doubt
shells, food and men for his next on
Grafton. He treated the next opera
ton as a self.contained thing, AMI
until It succeeded or failed he would
attempt no more, Also he will not
attempt modified plan. II he feels
too weak he will try something new.
which, according to his judgm snt, ia
within his strength"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
treasures of bare necessities. Lit
tie donkeys brought in large sacks of
-four and wheat

treasures of bare necessities. Lit
tie donkeys brought in large sacks of
-four and wheat.
Hay Obtained for the Cattle.
Most Of the horses in the city had
already been seized by the govern
ment, but few were found to bring
hay for the cows. which had to be
put in the basement of our old school
building as our small stable was full.
We have had such a rainy spring that
the ground was too wet to store goods
outside SO we packed the easements
of our new school buildings from floor
to ceiling with boxes, bedding and
bags Of wheat and flour, reserving all
rooms above for the people we knew
would need them.
Before we had dressed Monday we
had had applications for rooms from
half a dozen families and by night
we In our houses had a regular hotel
Of more than seventy people, while
attic, wood room and halls were piled
with goods of every description.
Our family are all together in the
middle bedroom, which Is barricaded
by a wall of large oil cans filled with
earth. This shuts out most of the
sunlight, but the windows are down
from the top, and with three open
doors we can get good ventilation
The sitting room windows are pro-
tected by bags of -four piled up on the
wide stills and triple hanging of
heavy blankets across the bay win
dows to keep out the stray bullets.
Bullet Holes in the Walls.
The need of such protection is evil
denced by the many broken tiles on
our roof, and forty or more bullet
holes in the walls and the broken
windows through which four balls
have entered our living rooms. Some.
times the air huns with the constant
flying of bullets over and through the
premises, and it is a miracle that so
few have been hurt. 1t was an ex.
citing moment when an unexpected
cannon ball sstruck the wall of our
house only ten inches above the head
Of the mayors wife, who was outside
the study door, and fell harmless at
her feet The same morning another
cannon ball fell into the stable yard
a few feet from where Neville (Dr.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
Germans Prepare for Battle
With Great Precision. a.
Decide on Certain Plan, Provide Nee.
essary Soldiers and Equipment
With Margin for MiscaIcuIation,
but No More, Never Less.

Petrograd,-In an interview with a
correspondent Russian general who
fought in the Galician battles has just
explained the German plan Of cam
paign which has resulted so success
fully this summer.
He said the Germans plan battles
as builders plan houses. A builder
gets together his blue prints and his
estimates, engages sufficient number
OF workmen and a certain quantity Of
material and sets to work. He ,esn't
try to build bigger house than he
has materials or labor for. OF course,
accidents or bankruptcy may prevent
the execution of the plan.
Similarly the Germans plan that a
certain thing shall be done; they
bring up the necessary soldiers and
the necessary guns, shells and bullets,
with a margin. for miscalculation, but
no more and never less.
They may, through accident or mis-
calculation, fail. But they never start
fighting on the principle OF doing the
UcSI Will Luc uSu dllu SIAcllo Lucy
have. 49, ,''.'5I ,r.. '.,' So
To revert to the house parallel:
The house may collapse during con-
struction. owing to mistake. But
the builders will not decide suddenly
that they have not enough material
and dock the house off one story,
nor will they abandon the house
half built, because of lack Of work
men or material. They know what
they want to do. The battle planned
and prepared for months in advance
is q precise work. -"
The whole eastern campaign shows
this. When the Germans won at Tan.
nenberg they planned the march on
the Lower Vistula which ended near
Warsaw. Hardly had they retreated
when they tried new vast and clear
cut operation from Thorn. When that
stagnated on the Bzura they were
preparing the battle Of the Masurian
lakes, which was q great victory, and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

examine an aerie and found the whole
family. father and mother eagle and
two eaglets. at home. After shooting
and killing the male In self-protection,
Thomas Joined forces with Bancroft
against the beak and talon attack Of
the infuriated mother bird. S3
V After an exhausting conflict they
managed to grab her BY the neck and
pull her talons from the flesh Of Bar
croft I arms. which are very much cut
and scratched. N SSis5
Fearing 70 release the bird ana Srisk
another encounter, the men brought
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
L00Ks|NTOsT0MACH
"Periscope" Is Latest Aid to the
Surgeon.
Ingenious Continuance by Which Man..
interior May Be Viewed Wlthou,
the Risk and Delay Of
Serious Operation. ..

Nowadays when the physician 4.
called to examine a person who has
something seriously wrong with the
stomach he takes look at the inside
of that organ before. deciding whether
it is necessary to perform an operation
or not. To see the inside of the
stomach he makes use of a miniature
periscope, similar in everything but
size to that through which the com.
mander of a submarine gets his bear.
ings. -E'
This instrument in its perfected
form is described and illustrated BY
the Electrical Experimehter. 1t is a
metal tube of small caliber containing
an arrangement of mirrors and lenses
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
ii .EPtIse 90
Startino. Trouble,

Mrs. Flatbush-Do you know, Johns
sometimes you remind me OF Napo
leon? .-'', d 's''
Mr.. Flatbush- Oh, thank you, DEAR
you're quite complimentary this morn
ing. "- 49,. A22' I. .'''
1T is when you are away from home
that you remind me of Napoleon
John" ,~, ....': d -. -
-. Why then, dearr"1l%1
Because it Is said that Napoleons
handwriting was so bad that often ~
could not decipher it himself
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
To Translate Old Book on Texas.


The only existing copy of Texas In
the Year of 1S4S,' written in German,
by Victor Bracht, one of the early Ger
man settlers, who came. to Texas IN
lS45, was loaned to r. P. Bracht. son
of the author of the book by the state
library. Mr.. Bracht, says the San An
tonic Light, wishes to have transla'
ton made w., '.r
Victor Bracht came to Texas in 1S45
with the Prince ms-Braunfels COL
ony to New Braunfels, and it is OF this
early period that the book, is written
1t tells of the life among the colonlsts
and the opinion Of the new land. Mr.
Bracht was living in Mexico when
Macmillan was emperor and kne"
that unfortunate ruler and his unhappy
wife. .v...,. 49,.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Band Leader NJ Sevsn

Muncie, 1nd.-At the concert gtyer
IN the town hall at Eaton a few nights
ago by the Garrett. Boys band, which
Is to play at the National G.. A. R.
encampment in Washington. d. c., in
September. the director was Paul Gar.
rett, seven years old. The boy, who ia
a son Of e. w. Garrett, organizer and
general manager Of the band, is an
accomplished musician and direc.
tor Notwithstanding he is in yeara
little more than a baby. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Ussher's SOM was standing he
brought the empty shell in. still warm
to show us.
THE benches from the chWch anu
seats from the school rooms have peeh
removed to make floor space. Many
are huddled In the low dark basement
OF the church; the audience room anu
galleries are crowded. The schools
are filed even to the Railways Inc
hospital Is considered ordinarily to DC
full II It has so patients, now l4V
are under it's roof. There are al
least 5000 refugees on our premises
and as many more in the near Vlclh'
ity. The German compound resem'
bles ours and Sbardone feeds between
thirty and forty at his table.
How Armenians Make Ammunition.
THE Armenians have shown won
derful ingenuity in making gunpow'
der. dynamite bombs and serviceable
bullets. They make mortar to throw
bombs, and now are at work on four
cannon, the only weapons the Turks
have which they have not. visited
their cartridge factory last week. IL
was most interesting to see the proc
ess from the start, when disks OF
copper were cut from plates. to the I'm
ished product Of polished cartridge
with even English lettering on the
end. Everything was handmade, but
between 1000 and 5000 cartridges IS
the daily output.
81 never imagined that l cOul1 be
so Interested in munitions of war. or
hope so fervently that the revolution
lists should win, but it is now ques'
ton of saving the remnant of the peo-
pie from massacre and starvation, or
defending their lives and homes from
tendish cruelty, and we exult over
every advance of the little band and
pray that in some way permanent help
may come to them.
After three weeks of fighting In
the city the Armenians have the adj
vantage. But in the defenseless VII
lagos the story is very different. 1t
is wholesale and systematic massacre
of as many as possible and the taking
of many prisoners and sending them
later to the head of the revolutionsts
to be fed. In this way starvation will
finish the slaughter.
From the first the most of our refu-
gees were villagers, some from many
miles away. When our premises could
hold no more the houses near by and
protected by the positions held by
the revolutionists were filled. 1t is
estimated that at least 10000 fugitives
are being fed in the gardens. 1t Is
impossible to do justice to their con-
dition. Fleeing without time to COL
lect their food, they come to US rag
ged, barefoot, hungry and sick from
exposure and fear.
Many of the regular Turkish SOL
diers are averse to butchery, so the
vail has promised plumber and glory
to the lawless Kurds, who are nothing
loath to do his will. One morning
40 women and children, dying or
wounded from Turkish bullets. were
brought to our hospital. Little ones
crying pitifully for their mothers, who
were killed while fleeing, and moth
ers mourning for their children whom
they had to leave behind on the plains.
Some Of our orphan girls ask US IL
God will forgive them for leaving one
child thus when as they were carry
ing one and leading another they
could not manage the third. l could
tell you stories which would simply
break your hearts, but it is needless
to harrow your feelings
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Jerry Neal. colored, of Cave Spring
Ga, celebrated his one hundred and
twenty-fourth birthday anniversary a
few days ago. He is, so far as is
known, the oldest person in Georgia.
if not in the United States. He has
papers which establish his age beyond
question. and the Oldest inhabitants
of Floyd county remember that Jerry
was a grown-up man when they were
In their kilties. Jerry, the father Of
forty-four sons and daughters, distinct.
ly remembers the war Of 1912, and
many of the Indian wars. He is now
a widower, but has been married three
times. He is well and hearty, but
uses a cane when walking. +,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
EAGLE FIGHTS. FOR YOUNG ii
Superior OsadIiness Of the Female
Of the spscies" u Demonstrated I,
sss In California. II

MERGED, Cal. William Bancroft and
Manuel Thomas returned from Pleas
ant Valley converted to Kiplings
theory Of the superior deadliness of
"the female 81. the species, /" after hay-
ing : terrific fight with ! mother eegls
Tor ~ hour and ! half. q VI
" Tbs Two men scaled "a oak to tc
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

and having a small electric light at
the end. This is pushed down the
throat Of the patient. The light ID
turned on and the instrument is moved
about until every part, Of the inner
surface has been examined. z
The mirrors and lighting arrange
ment leave enough space In the tube
for fine scalpels and forceps and scis-
sors to be passed down through It.
Thus the surgeon is able sometimes to
perform delicate operations through
the tube and without cutting into the
patients abdomen. To the outer emo
of the instrument rubber bulbs are at
tached, and these are used for yarl-
Gus purposes according to the needs
Of the case. F
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
Twelve, He u and. s,o m,,,l :, !.

Couderay. Wis. William Miner.
twelvsyear.old son holds the cha 10, :,
pionship IN Sawyer county for bavin )
caught the largest muskellunra .on
record. The fish weighed &c po,,n A. 4 :
and was landed BY the bow vh,,s
fishing all alone n Miners lake, Ma !, :
the Miner home, near Rad.rson NJ, ~ !
boys father Vim have tie NJ 4 n =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

In the last few years Moscow has
been increasing In population more
rapidly than at any time In the century
and, II the present rate be continued,
It will have more than 100000 resi-.
dents in 1920. III ,t, 4
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
BELT VAULT FOR THE BATHER
Does Away With the Necessity NJ
Leaving Jewe|ry and Other VaIu.
abes in a Locker,

Made large enough so that it NAV
be used to carry cigarettes and
matches, or personal jewelry, includ-
Ing man's-size watch, water-tight
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
Soma Difference.

rude, awakening. '.2'' HF s"1 a
Waverly-What do YOU mean? e43
Marcella-He thought Penelope va.
smiling at him. a f1,>2 -, - "ss
~ Yea sf 4 j. .,.,, + IN. LIZ +. VI. r
the laugh lf,ss 1.i.ss u A'u
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Belt Vault for eathers and Fishers.
case fixed to a canvas belt that
straps about the body has been de.
vised for bathers. Its use precludes
the theft Of money or other things Of
value which otherwise would Be Ieft
in a locker.-Popular Mechanics
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Italian farmhouses need improving,
according to the opinion OF the govern.
ment, which has offered 1855 in pre-
miums to be awarded for encouraging
the construction Of model farm build
ings. ~ rnt5", .t&4s. e "a lkH /
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

II a man can get his own consent to
make an absurd or preposterous state.
ment the probabilities are that the
newspapers will printit. t;t,d RI. .%@
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

When the late Joshua Ellington's
heirs came to. settle up his estate, they
found he had obligated himself to pay
800 for a privilege which would not
have been available to Mr.. Ellington
until he was one hundred and seven
teen years old.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Moved by speeches of men promi-
nent in church and business life of the
South, 300 southern men and women,
delegates to the Worlds Christian En-
deavor convention, in session in Chi
cago, acknowledged brotherhood with
the negro race and determined to ex-
tend. to it the hand of fellowship.
Out OF this idea is to grow the
southern extension committee Of the
Christian Endeayor. which Rev. Ira
Landrith OF Nashville. Tenn, calls tho
BEGINNING OF the Observation-Disclosures
Union Of the Colored People. a
Doctor Landrith said: >,t."'
d eve are going to take the Chris.
tian Endeavor into the Negro
churches, organize new societies and
help millions OF blacks to enlighten.
ment. God has placed at our door the
greatest opportunity for Christian
work that ever came to any missiona-
Hes anywhere" 1za .=& y. r..
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

New York is said to have more
telephones than Belgium. Hungary,
Italy. Holland, Norway and switzer-
land combined. Y.s 5 !ii
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Recent investigations seem n to
prove that Bahia. Brazil, IL the Oldest
city on the American continent. hav.
ing been founded in 1919, or IS
years before st. Augustine. Fla.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06
Natur,.lIv.

SO the catch Of the season ~.
gone Of and got married. X " N
y es.' III 4 s8 M s d, HI !s.l
y daresay there was 4 so,;ind u,
NOV i'liltsE when all 10 bellies werei
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

the eagle and her young ones to town
for exhibition. d@&. 4@-&, .EI,'' 80
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

The so-called death watch. with its
due to nothing more serious than the
mysterious ticking at night time. Is
furniture beetle. The larva of this in.
sect burrows into the furniture, max.
ing the pin-holes which are often seen
in old furniture.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

Tell q woman the truth and she will
not only grow indignant. but probably.
will claim that you have insulted her.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

No man knows what ~ III. to 81
abused until safterN hs has engs ged I'LL
anSargument Sith his Mn 4 II g.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-08-06

THE play Is so DID, said Buck XII.
yby yesterday In discussing one OF
the current attrac tions. that the mag
axines have reviewed it, VI . A..