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ment to wait over fifteen minutes on a
long march before throwing their KNAPP
sacks away.
Some soldiers are extremely fastid-
ious about their personal appearance.
no matter what the hardships or dan
gers they are undergoing. I've seen men
shave themselves amid the jeers of
their comrades. I've seen men pay
others to shave them when the man
who did the shaving never cared whether
he was personally shaved or not. And
I've known men when they got an in
timation that they were surely going
into battle fix themselves up both as to
person and uniform the very best that
circumstances would permit. I've seen
some men pray before going into ac-
tion. Some were slouches. some were
dandies, some were scofiers. some were
strangely silent.
I've seen men take a great pride
in their guns and polish and polish the
barrel and bayonet until they glistened
in the sunlight. Others took such poor
care Of their weapon that they were
always putting in a requisit ion for n
new one because Of the lock being caught
o r the barrel fouled. Some had names
for their guns, and ! knew one soldier
who constantly Eemoaned the loss Of
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"Fads among soldiers are common.
Some carry their fads up to the can-I
mons mouth and to death. ! have in.
mind two men Of the lO2d New York;
who will best illustrate. They were
Jimmy Colon and Sammy Mccoy. Their
fad! Why, they never relinquished their
~knapsacks from the time they went
into the war until they were mustered
out. Most soldiers on the march will
shed their knapsacks at the first reason
able opportunity, retaining only their
cartridge boXes-boxcs We're used in
the civil war and their h%aversacks.
This is of course entirely against dis
cipline and duty, but soldiers will do it,
because going into battle knapsacks
are left back of the fighting line and
may never be located again.
But Colon and Mccoy kept their
kn%apsacks. and their knapsacks were
always full of keepsakes. pictures, let
tiers and other stun that made them
heavy. Sometimes they have carried
sixty pounds on their backs, and have
marched with these cumbersome KNAPP
sacks from ten to twenty-five miles at
a time, And here's the wonder Of il:
Both Of them were small in stature-not
only short, but very thin. I've seldom
known the big strappers of the regi-
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his first gun at the battle Of Bull Run.
declaring all the remainder of his en-
listment that he never had had such a
satisfactory bullseye maker.
"One of the noticeable things con-
nected with some soldiers just before
going into battle is their worriment over
the possibility of being badly wounded
and left between the lines. where the
charging hosts may trample on them
as they surge back and forth. Often
have | heard soldiers say they preferred
to be killed outright to being badly
wounded and not at once taken to the
field hospital in the rear. ] believe they
meant what they said. For a wounded
man to lie on his back in a holly con-
tested battle zone and see "a cavalry
brigade sweeping toward him on a
gallop is to face all the terror of death
without dying.
"Other men are fearful that if they
are killed they will not he recognized
but he buried as unknown. Now
adays all soldiers have a metal disk hang
ing about their necks with their COM
pany. regiment and brigaie stamped on
ii. But in those old days there was moth
ing special by which "a soldier might be-
identified. So some Of them went to
great pains to leave something attached
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G M
COMPANY E..iO2n nd NJ.

to their persons or uniforms that would
reveal their identity. In certain cases
lockets were sent from loved ones at
home and the information placed within.
Some had their names and commands
tattooed on their arms.
"The varied temperaments of men re-
man tn" same in an army. although in a
general way all must conform to the COM
MOI duties and requirements of the SOL
der. The optimist and the pessimist
are very much in evidence, just the same
AS in times and scenes of peace. Why,I
know soldiers who made first rate
lighters. but they always forecast that
we would be licked. They would shake
their heads and declare we were being
led by a fool General to certain destruc-
ton, They got ready themselves to
night. and they did fight. but they were
defeat prophets. Whenever our army
won they declared il was only by a iuke.
i remember n of the lO2d New York,
Mart Simmons, II dyed in the wool pessi-
mist. We Were on the way to Gettys-
burg when he began to tell lis how We
would get ours. lie kept il up until
Elias Summertield, the best little opti-
mist that ever lived, told him to keep still
or folks would know what a coward he
was. That was enough. They were
over IA fence and into "A field in another
moment. Simmons licked the optimist
very quickly, so that not much time was
lost by either getting back into line. And
he started into grumbling again. But
when the men looked at Summerfield's
eye and nose they held back what they
wanted to say, On Culp's Hill! nobody
fought any harder than Simmons. Little
Summertield lost a leg there, hut was
sunny through it all.
"There is no doubt that first class
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years after the fight; so possibly there
is some excuse for us. We were in a
hurry when We were there first, so that
may account for the impression we
formed of the place.
e Much the same thing happened while
locating the proper spot for the monu-
ment to Gen. Webb at Gettysburg. Be-
fore the Generals death the subject
had been taken up with him, because
it was pretty generally understood
that a stone would be erected in his
honor and memory some time. He made
known whereof one ever should be
erected-he would like to have it stand.
The site he chose was not nearly as far
front as some of his command said he
was stationed. They wanted him nearer
the stone wall. or this he said: I don't
wish to he placed in a spot where | must
have been shot in the back by my own
men had l stood there So his monu-
ment will be placed further back at
a point where, as al officer who had the
responsibilities of a General, his proper
place would have been. But you can't
convince thousands that he was not
stationed in another place"
Faulty memory is not the only oddity
Of the fighting man in uniform. His
idiosyncrasies are as various as the
sands Of the seq. An army may be a
fighting unit, but every part OF the unit
has a regularity OF his own. Every
soldier marches somewhat like his com
rades, but mostly like himself. Every
soldier fires at command the same as
his comrades, but his method of firing
is his own. Every soldier conducts him
self in and out Of battle somewhat in
accordance with the requirements of
drill, hut mainly in accordance with his
own individual makeup, Col, Stegman
points this out Interestingly.
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Universal initials

A n old Harlemite v!s!,c! g.
n Park the other day
gered quite a lcns'a
around the Blockhouse used
War Of 1912, which, as a.
Park ramblers know, faces
avenue neal the 10th stree
Diary, The visitor had play.
the fort" as il was then c..
he was a boy, and he was car
see how It had wlthstood TIE
Of time.
II happened that a park 90
had a key to the big lrua
Blockhouse was in the N.".'
when he had talked a VINE
cid Harlemite he was prey.
to unlock the fort and '''
visit the interior. In the ".'
had been permissible, as ,l'
kept open.
This is where | used
10 the platform" sad
Everything is the SAM
used tn play siege and H
often helped pull the ia
top Of the pole. II VA
tentious a pole then.
"And here's where W ".
and hurl stones thrya-
holes. as we called t.,
masonry for cannon as
here | remember one a.N
my name i'm the stu.,
somewhere right about hu'.
here it is, and | haven't .''
fort for I'VE nifty years
initials: II, l.. w. Isn't
derful? Would YOU h'.''.
chipping would have w.'
wear and tear of all th's,
The park official wlo ''
ously admitted tho Illr.,m
listened to him iGtorrst'..'
turned away ana paid n.
tention. \ park p~ullr'u'lt
formed one of tho party
change, and after IN" VII.
parted asked the reason.
''Oh, they make m" TIRE.
official. In the last ten
unlocked that door to ,,.
Inspect the interior NAM
suppose there's been as
dozen who have claimed
as their own. Clipped ,H,.
hoy. ] think myself it
of the War of l>l2 VINO We.
ping"
And he slammed the old
bang and shook his hcJ. o. "'
rusted way,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
8 POUND HAMMER
BREAKS MANS arm
w. G.. Maier is Struck by Imp
lement Hurled to Bridge
Worker.

William G. Maier, superintendent
Of bridge construction on the c. G. (,
n. Railroad, while overseeing some
work on the Williams Greek Bridge,
eight miles north of this city, yester-
day morning, was struck on the arm
with an eight-pound hammer, and re-
ceived a broken elbow.
Mr.. Maier was standing on top OF
the bridge directing the work, and
when one of the men attempted to
throw heavy hammer from the creek
bank to the top of the bridge, the i'm
plement came in contact with a pro-
jecting timber, and glanced to one
side, striking Mr.. Maier on the elbow
when he threw his arm up to avoid
the blow.
He was struck with such force that
he was knocked clear of the bridge,
and was considerably shaken up by his
fall to the ground below. He became
very sick from the effect of his in
juries, and assistance was summoned
from town by telephone. Conductor
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
DON'T DRINK The
WATER, Is ADVICE
OFNOTEDC CHEMIST
DR.. M. p. Ravenel SAYS
Liquid Pumped Through
City Main is Poison.
SEWAGE CONTANIINATES
1T, ANALYSIS SHOWS
Germs Found in Water are In
festival, Expert Declares
After Examination.

The city water is still polluted and
not safe for cooking or drinking Tha
is the verdict of DR.. NJ. P. Ravenel,
who holds the chair in Preventative
Medicine at the State University, Co.
lumbia, Mo.
His letter, which was written Feb.
1, was received by Councilman Blacl,
yesterday. 1t says:
"The sample of water sent jan
uary u shows an average of 1000
bacteria for each cubic centime-
ter. It also shows a consid rablc
fermentation of the sugars. The
germs which bring this about are
ordinarily intestinal and indicate
sewage contamination. We, there
fore, feel that this water is not
SAFE"
The city water has not been normal
since before Christmas. Although the
river has been gradually rising foT
more than a week, the water has
been growing more Objectionable. For
the past three days, it has been cloudy
and has possessed an Objectionable
odor. 1t is not known whether the
water is still approved by the local
Board of Health or not, but as this
body did not condemn it one month
ago until an outsider notified the
Board that the water was poison, it
is hardly likely that the Board of
Health will report for sometime yet.
Users of the city water have been
making daily pilgrimages to the Cape
Brewery & Ice Company for water
since the liquid forced through the
city mains was pronounced poison
Christmas Eve. Residents who own
cisterns and wells have been swamped
with requests for water.
Since the recent rains, Sloan's creek
has been carrying away more sewage
than usual, and it is supposed that the
extra amount of garbage and other
refuse has been pumped into the water
works basin. AS the analysis made by
the University expert calls attention
to the sewage in the water, the gen.
eral supposition is that a great
amount of the creek water is being
picked up by the city pump.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
Girl tied TO CHAIR
ADMITSENCACEMENT
Miss Anna Heise at Birthday
Party, Forced to Tell
Secret.

While commemorating her goth
birthday yesterday with luncheon,
Miss Anna Heise was overpowered
and tied to a chair by her friends in
an effort to compel her to announce
her engagement. She was securely
tied with a strong cloth, and when her
entreaties failed 10 win her release,
she announced that she was to become
the wife of J. ". Cone.
She was then liberated ana an I'M
usual celebration followed. After the
feast was over and her friends were
preparing to depart for their homes,
she informed them confidentially that
she was to become an Easter bride.
1t had been whispered among her
friends for several weeks that Miss
Heise was soon to announce her en-
gagemcnt, but efforts to get a con-
firmation of the report were futile.
When invitations were issued for Ter
III tlIoN ljdi~Sr SOIilC VI 1tCI 1iiSllItS
planned to force her to confess the
engagement.
Just before the guests sat down to
lunch yesterday afternoon, she was
surrounded and a demand was made
that she divulge the young mans
name. She .persistently refused, and
then she was seized by the ladies and
tied to a chair. For several minutes
she struggled desperately to free her
self, but when she realized that she
was securely tied, she divulged the
secret.
Those present were: Mesdames P.
H. Ingles, f. Greer, A. Marks, Frank
Lawler, c. Davidson, A. Suedekum,
William Zapf, +. Neimier, +. Huescho-
Der, G. T. Heise and Miss Grace Van
Glider
J. w. Cope, Miss Heise's fiancee, is
a we'll known young business man of
this city He was at one time asso-
ciated with Garrett Glenn and later
was an employee of Buckner-Ragsdale.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

Perkey and Charles Hall responded TO
the call for help and hurried to the
scene of the accident with the motor
car.
The injured man was brought TO the
city, and was met at the depot by Or.
Rosenthal, the company physician.
who administered emergency treat
ment, after which he accompanied the
patient to MS home at 532 William
street, where a close examination was
made to determine the extent of the
injuries.
Joseph Amstead, assistant foreman
Of the bridgemen, was placed in
charge CT the work during the enforc-
ed absence Of Mr.. Maier.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
H. |. JONES, PIONEER
DRUGGIST, IS DEAD
Jackson Man Had Been Resident
of County Seat Almost Half
Century.

H. L. Jones, one of the oldest resi-
dents of Cape Girardeau County, died
ct his home in Jackson last night at II
o'clock.
Mr.. Jones had been sick for long
time and his death was due to kidney
trouble.
He was about 20 years old and had
been engaged in the drug business in
the county seat for more than forty
years.
While he had been in poor health for
a long time, his decline has been rapid
since the sudden death of his wife,
who died of heart failure while walk
ing among her flowers in the yard sew
eral months ago.
He is survived by four children, two
girls, Nellie and Winnie, who lived at
home with him, and two boys, Duree,
who has for several years engaged in
the drug business in Jackson, in part
nership with his father, and Harvey
Jones, who lives in this city, and *
also engaged in the drug business.
Duree and his two sisters were at
their fathers bedside when he died,
but Harvey was at his home in this
city when word was received that the
veteran druggist had passed away.
Mr.. Jones came from Kentucky to
this state, and was an admirer of fine
stock, and was exceedingly fond of out
door sports. He always kept blood
ed driving horse for his own pleasure,
and was an ardent sportsman as long
as his health would permit him to in
dulge in hunting and fishing.
His acquaintance extended to every
section of the county, and he was held
in high regard by all who knew him.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
TOOTH PASTE CAPTURED IN
WAR REACHES THE CAPE

DR.. Z. c. Kimbro has Just received
small quantity of tooth paste, as a
souvenir, it being included in a large
shipment that was seized by the En-
glish last August while in transporta-
ton from New York to Berlin
The shipment was made on the
steamer Kronprinzessin Cecilie, which
was captured by British cruisers and
taken to Southampton and adjudgcd a
prize of war.
The goods were finally proved to be
of American origin and We're released
and ordered returned to New Haven.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
AUTOMOBILES MEET AT CORNER

In an automobile collision at the
corner of Themis and Sprigg streets
yesterday afternoon at about 1 o'clock,
one of the cars was considerably dam
aged, but the occupants of both ma
chimes escaped uninjured. The damag-
ed car was driven by DR.. R. E. Cum
ringham and the one with which
collided belonged to Bowman Bros.
The Cunningham car was taken to til
Hope-Cotner garage for repairs.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

The baggage car is also resting dag
Onally across the track, and one end
appears to be lying across the side of
the mail car. The smoking ca ap-
pears 20 have been partially telescOp-
ed and left standing in almost a per-
pendicular position half way between
the dump and the edge of the right Of
way.
THE chair car in which | was Sleep
ing was thrown clear of the track and
left leaning at a dangerous slant 1T
the edge of the track.
"The dining car and Pullmans were
left standing on the track, and | was
told that in the sleeper the shock
so slight that many of the passengers
did not awaken at the time.
81 am unable to understand how
such a wreck could occur without a
great loss of life. The train was crOwa-
ed with passengers, and the position
in which the cars were left would in
dictate the danger to which those
aboard had been subjected.
at will require many hours to re-
move the wreckage and place the
track in condition fo- the resumption
of traffic"
The wreching train was sent to the
scene of the disaster, and it is believed
that traffic will be suspended for at
least "a hours pending the clearing OF
the wreck and rebuilding the track.
North bound trains are forced to de-
tour, going by way of the Cotton Belt
from Rock View to St. Louis.
Passenger train No. SOC. bound for
St. Louis arrived here at 3 o'clock this
morning, and in order to continue her
trip was compelled to go back as far
as Rock View, and switch to the Cot
ton Belt, cross the river at Thebes, and
proceed into st. LO,is on the Cotton
Belt track through Illinois.
DIR. Hope returned to the scene of
the accident with the wrecking train,
and will make further examinations,
and if he discovers any cases warrant
ing such action, he will accompany
them to the hospital where they will
receive treatment.
In referring to the open switch, that
caused the wreck, DIR. Hope said that
he did not know who was responsible
for the apparent negligence and had
no idea upon whom the blame could be
placed.
The train does not stop at Bain-
bridge and was estimated TO be GO
ing more than thirty miles an hour
when the emergency brakes were ap-
piled.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05
ENGINEER ONLY PERSON HURT,
SAYS DR.. HOPE, A PASSENGER
Women Faint From Fright and
Many Sleepers Are Hurled From
Beds-Train Narrowly Averts
Plunge Into the Mississippi.

The action of Engineer Rose, Frisco
VII oh this
the
switch at cambridge miles north of this left the rails
Engineer Rose who the only
the The jumped the SWITCH buwed
while the
but remained The
Passengers hurled
of
the
pilgrimage
fol possible
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

J. w. Ellis, Frisco roadmaster of
Ste. Genevieve, is in the city on a
business trip.
c. r. Mitchell, a rubber goods sales
man of Madison, Mo-, is a business
visitor in this city.
H. A. SchInittker of St. Louis, a
coffee salesman is in the city looking
after his trade.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

Mrs. Christ. Wolf, who has been
seriously sick with appendicitis for
several days, is much improved, and
her physician states that she will soon
be entirely recovered.
W. A. Robey, a cracker salesman Of
St. Louis, is business visitor in this
city.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

DIR. Hope, who was asleep in the
chair car when the accident occurred,
came to the Cape on hand car after
/ looking after the injuries of the pas
sengers on the wrecked train. While
waiting for the wrecking train to take
him back to the scene of the accident,
DR.. Hone was interviewed by 4
Tribune preventative, and related his
experience as follows:
81 was awakened by the sudden jar.
and my first impression was that the
car was going to turn completely over
as il continued to settle for some little
time after | was aroused.
"A number of passengers near me
were sent sprawling from their seats
and number were struggling in the
aisle after the car had come to
stop. Screams of frightened women
and children could be heard through
the car.
81 hurried out toward the engine as
quickly as l could extricate myself
from the confused mass of fixtures,
and broken seats that were piled
around ME.
q found the engine lying on her
side, the front end of her damned in
to the dump. The rails had been
showed almost clear of the roadbed.
and the track for many feet back of
the engine seemed to be completely
destroyed.
Il met engineer Rose coming around
his engine toward me. His face was
bleeding but when l examined him
found that his injuries were not seri-
Gus and that he had slight cut over
his eye. His fireman escaped without
a scratch and none Of the crew was
injured.
"Mr. Rose told me that he discover
ed something wrong with the switch
just as the engine passed over it, and
that he applied his emergency air al
once. bringing the train to an abrupt
stop and causing the wreck.
81 feel certain that had he not ap-
piled the emergency brakes, the en-
tire train would have dashed headIOng
down the embankment into the river"
"The track for a distance of several
hundred feet is torn IN completely.
The rails are broken and bent and the
road bed Looks as though it had been
plowed.
THE coaches are in a badly wrecked
condition and two of them turned al
most completely around as result of
of the abrupt stop. The mail coach is
lying on her side across the track and
at almost perfect right angles with ii.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

NORRIS David Miller of Senath,
Dunklin County, Mo-, was yesterday
adjudged bankrupt by Referee Oscar
A. knehans. The matter had been re-
ferred to Mr.. Knehans by Judge Dyer.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Trifney of AL
lance, Neb., are visiting friends in
this city.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-02-05

w. E. Hall, piano salesman of
New York, is business visitor in this
city.
B. Momance of st. Louis, is bust
ness visitor in this city.
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Hair Goods
A. SIMONSON,
so6 Fifth Avenue.

Since the newest way of arranging the HAIR
consists in drawing it back softly from the
face into simple knot low on the neck there
+ ct present demand for pin waves when
NAV be fastened on at each side over one
own hair. They are priced at So up Little
min curls," TO be worn over the temples,
cost &. 60 each. Priced at SIS are the welt
transformations. which produce the ooooeo
effect without dispensing with ones own ha"'
AS they cover only the back OF the head they
are much less expensive than tuli trans
formation. Attractive for evening are wrea'hS
made OF leaves Of me woven wires. Ihey
come in all colors for S2.so. Another new
hair ornament is pin with a large rounded
knob of amber set in rhinestones. Price 3d.