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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
DEADLY POISON FLY PAPERS
List of Accidents Covering Only a Few
Days Should Show the Danger
in Their Use.

Considering the safe up-to-date
methods of destroying that pest, the
domestic fly, it is remarkable that peo-
pie will persist in using the poison fly
papers. The basic toxic principle Of
all these papers is arsenic, n of the
deadliest and most insidious of poi
ons The danger to children is great,
and the danger to adults is by no
means inconsiderable. The danger in
general is proved by various items in
our exchanges. We present herewith
a partial list of accidents from poison
Gus fly papers which speaks fo- itself.
The list covers only the period be-
tween July l, 1914, to August "a, in
elusive, and cover 80 cases of poison,
ing, five fatal and 80 non-fatal or un.
certain. The list by states: Illinois,
A; Indiana, 6; Iowa, 8; Kentucky, 2;
Minnesota, A; Nebraska, 2; New York
2; North Carolina, 2; Ohio, s; Penn
~sylvania, 5; total, 35.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

living, let go Of the rubbish, the use
less, the foolish, the silly; let go Of
the shams, the shoddy, the false; let
go of the straining to keep up appear
ances, let go of the superficial, let
60 of the vice that cripples, the false
thinking that demoralizes, and you
will be surprised to see how much
lighter and freer and truer you are to
run the race, and how much surer of
the goal.
The American people do not know
how to let go. We keep our muscles
tense and our nerves up to such q
pitch that it is the hardest thing in
the world for us, to drop things.
Why not resolve this coming year
that whatever you do or do not do,
you will not be haunted by skeletons.
that you will not cherish shadows?
Determine that you will have nothing
to do with discords, hat every n of
them must get out of your mind. No
matter how formidable or persistent,
wipe them out. Forget them. Have
nothing to do with them. Do not let
the little enemies-worry and fear,
anxiety and regret-sap your energy,
for this is your capital for future
achievement.
Whatever is disagreeable, whatever
irritates, nags, destroys your balance
of mind, forget it-thrust it out. 1t
has nothing to do with you now. You
have better use for your time than
to waste it in regrets, in worry, in
useless trifles. Make war upon de-
s%pondency, If you are subject to it.
Drive the blues" out of your mind as
you would a thief out of your house.
Shut the door in the face Of all your
enemies and keep 1t shut. Do not
wait for c~heerfulness to come to you.
Go after 1t; entertain it; never let
1t go.
If you have had an unfortunate ex.
%perience forget it. If you have made
a failure in your speech, your song
you book, your article; If you have
been placed in an embarrassing posi-
ton; If you have fallen and hurt your
self by a false step; If you have beer
slandered and abused, do not dwell
upon it. There is not a single redeem
ing feature in these memories, ant
the presence of their ghosts will roll
you of many a happy hour. If vol
have been indlscreet, imprudent; Il
your reputation has been injured Sc
that you fear you can never redeem 1t
do not drag the hideous shadows, the
rafting skeletons about with you
Rub them off the slate of memory
Forget them. Start with a clean SLATE
and spend all your energies in keeping
it clean for the future, and you will b.
surprised at the transformation il
your life and its effect upon thos,
around you.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
SHRUB SHOULD PROVE BOON
Possibility That Plant Long Sought
For Has Been Discovered In
Western Texas.

Most towering shrubs have their
short season of bloom, and though al
that time they are Of great beauty
the flowers last only a short time.
Then we must be content to look at
the green foliage, and attractive,
though that is, we wish for a loDgeH
season of bloom.
The wish is met in the discovery in
the mountains of western Texas, in
the semi-arid regions, of a shrub which
bears the name Saliva Gregii.
We all know the alluring beauty Of
the annual saliva splendens. At a sea
son when flowers are scarce it clothes
itself in a splendor and keeps up the
procession of beauty until arrested by
the frosts. How if we could clothe a
shapely shrub with this radiant pro-
fusion and have it in bloom a long
time, we would have just what we
have been looking for for years.
The Saliva Gregii is a shapely shrub
three or four feet tall, well branched
and often of a globular form. 1t com
mences blooming early. 1t clothes it
sell WIN Il bplenuOT OF glowing Teu
for about two months. Then it Stacks
up a little, but as autumn approaches,
and most other flowers have gone, il
puts on its scarlet robes again, almost
overwhelming the plant with the splen-
did flowers. Probably no shrub ever
discovered is more attractive. The
question comes up as to whether 10
will stand the northern climate. Flor
lists have not been in haste to dis
seminate it. They have sent it to
several of the northern states, where
It has proved hardy. During the aw-
full drought of last year in Kansas it
stood the test bravely and kept right
on blooming. In Massachusetts, and
Pennsylvania it came through the win
ter all right. Because it's habitat is
the high, dry portions of the West, It
will doubtless prove well adapted to
the heat and drought of Kansas and
Nebraska. It certainly has the power
to resist heat and drought and will
withstand the. winter.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Work of Men of HIuhss. Ability

Before the nineteenth century not
only the men who executed, but espe.
cially the men who directed the work
of laying out cities, were possessed of
much broader and more general cul.
ture than today can be found in those
men who hold most influential posi-
tons. The most convincing examples
were the princes of the old regime,
who in SO many cases were the push.
ing force that brought about the great
artistic achievements in city planning
that we admire today. These men, as
a rule, made it their business to keep
in constant touch with the leading Elk.
ponents OF the best and newest ideas.
All over Italy, Germany and France
courts could be found hat were the
continuous meeting places of the best
artists, painters, architects, engineers
and thinkers on every subject.
Only in this atmosphere of perpetu.
ally enlightened discussion and con.
genial criticism could the fine concep
lions in artistic city planning grow,
the realizatlons of which have stood
the test century after century.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
FIRE 1000 BULLETS APIECE
Extraordinary Expenditure Of Car
trldges Required to Kill One
Man In This War.

London.-One of the things frequent
ly noted by soldiers at the front in
writing to relatives and friends is the
extraordinary expenditure of bullets
required to kill a man. A German re-
port says that many German soldiers
fired 1000 cartridges apiece during the
first month of the war. An English
observer estimated that 20 German
shells are wasted for every man killed
by them. In 1870 it was calculated
that the Germans fired $50 bullets and
six shrapnel shells for every wounded
Frenchman. In the Russo-Japanese
war it is said 5000 bullets we're fired
for every life lost.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Artistic Lamn Posts.

Designed to embody beauty as well
as service lamp posts erected on n
of the streets of Los Angeles are
fitted with large flower boxes which
circle the poles just beneath the clus.
ter of lights which they support
These are filled the year around with
ferns and other plants which droop
gracefully over the sides of the bas-
kets, always fresh and green. The
effect is striking, giving the street
Just enough of the artistic to take
away from 1t much of that severely
commercial appearance Characteristic
of most business thoroughfares in
American cities.-Popular Mechanics.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
FOUND THINGS HAD CHANGED
Auto Made It impossible for De Wet
to Repeat Famous Deeds on
the Veldt.

Christian De Wet was the most pic
t%uresque, resourceful and elusive fig
ure on the Boer side Of the South
African war a dozen years ago.. The
efforts of the British forces to round
him up" were futile for many months.
He and his followers were always turn
ing up In the most unexpected ways
and places. His maneuvers, his STRAIT
Ggems, were deemed real additions
to the art of war in the cavalry
branch, or rather in the handling of
mounted infantry" to be technically
correct.
Hence when General De Wet went
into instruction against the Union
of South Africa and on the side of Eng
lands foes there was general expecta-
ton of a gamesome time. Whatever
the effect, if any, on the final outcome
of the wal of his operations, it was ex-
pected that De Wet would supply the
material for a lot of "stories," as
amusing to neutral readers as they
were exasperating to his military OPP
ponents. But the event proved that
De Wet had not reckoned with the
new factor that has come into war
since he ranged the veldt a dozen
years ago.
He and his followers rode and raided
with all his old skill and invention.
The difference was that they never
had a chance to rest. They had
horses in plenty, they knew the coun.
try like the backs of their hands, but
no matter how fast or skillfully they
rode they could never really get away
from their foes. Though their horses
wearied and died, behind them the mo
tor cars of their foes, the horses OF
steel that fed on gasoline, kept re
morselessly chugging on.
The Herald has before suggested
this should be termed The Automo
bile War" The running down of De
Wet, the unequaled horseman of the
veldt, emphasizes the merit of the
suggestion.-Chicago Herald.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
At the Telephone.

A convenient telephone index is
made to slip over the mouthpiece-or
rather under it, for the mouthpiece
must be unscrewed to put the index
on. 1t is circular in form, and the
little index flaps, of green leather let
tered in gold, radiate from the center.
They push in and out, behind and in
front of each other, to expose the little
wedge-shaped sections on which the
numbers are written. There is one
division headed Emergencies" on
which the police and fire numbers, the
doctors number and any frequently
called numbers may be written.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
TRENCH PAPERS IN BELGIUM
Journals Publish Special Editions for
Soldiers at the Front.

Washington.-The Belgian legation
has received copies of trench edi-
tions" of Belgian newspapers in which
the main feature is columns of per-
sonal paragraphs addressed to SOL
diers in the Belgian army by regimen
tai and company designations telling
them of the whereabouts of their fami-
lies. Many of these paragraphs con-
clude, Send news"
These trench editions" are ~circulat-
ed in an effort to r~e-establish commu-
nicatlon between the men at the front
and their scattered families, many of
whom are now in France, England or
Holland.
Besides the personal paragraphs the
papers carry news of the wal and lam
poems against the enemy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Race Track on salt.

What is undoubtedly the most novel
motor race course in the world is
found at Salduro, Utah, where natural
salt beds furnish the roadway. The
beds are on the line of the Western
Pacific railroad and are 65 miles in
length and eight miles in width. fur
nishing a smooth, unbroken surface,
level as a table, and are from two to
twenty feet in depth. The salt is
crystalized, 98 per cent pure, and
white as snow. The surface is hard
and dry.-Kansas City Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

wounded especially difficult. but since
the ambulance parties began using
dogs in their search few wounded
men have been overlooked. The dogs
carry a red cross on both sides of the
collar. AS soon as night comes, gen
orally the only time in which the
wounded can be searched for. the
leashes are slipped and the dogs are
sent across the b~attlefelds, Instead
of barking when they find a wounded
soldier. they bring back some article
of the victims equipment. as a cap,
helmet or glove. They are then put
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

Of luxury and who doubtless would
have been stupe6ed If he had been
told six months age that presently he
would be dwelling gayly a month and
a half in a ditch without even taking
off his shoes; from the workmen and
from the small shopkeepers, to the
sergeant who was a genuine count OF
the old Breton nobility-all in their
several ways expressed their joy at
being able to sleep in a good barn on
thick straw, wash themselves and
stroll restfully about.
Worried About Their Trenches.
They did not seem to realize that
they exemplifed truly astonishing
courage and hardihood. The only thing
that really worried them was their
trenches, which would be occupied
these four days by young recruits,
who might, because of their mex
perience, let the rain get in.
The lieutenant told me smilingly
that he had a luxurious room back
there, the fitting of which cost HIN rs
francs (s5), and he was afraid that
during his absence the rain might
pierce the ceiling and wen reach his
library. He reproached himself for
having left behind some books which.
on returning, he might find in bad
condition.
Meanwhile the entire company
sought to make the best of these four
precious days of repose, cleaning
themselves and their clothes. ~greasing
their rifles and eating and drinking. ]
am sure they returned to their ardu,
Gus vigils in the icy trenches in better
spirits than ever. Their orders are
simply to hold, and hold they will
you may be sure, to the very last man
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Yellowstone Park.

The Yellowstone park has an area
of 2,142,72O acres. The park is in
Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, and
was established in 1872. The only
park IN earth that car compare with
the Yellowstone in size is the one In
New British Columbia Jasper park,
recently taken over by the authorities
Of the new northwestern territory.
which covers 5000. 900 acres-about
the size 81 the state Of Connecticut.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Fog Signals.

All the up-to-date light statnions
possess fog signals for warning
the mariner OF the presence of rocks
and other dangers in foggy weather.
The larger one are so powerful that
their blasts a be heard 25 to 80 miles
out at sea. Most of them are worked by
compressed air. a gas engine Of per
maps 20 or rs horsepower being
brought into requisition for this pur-
pose. The siren is blown periodical
ty every 70. so or 30 seconds or so.
the actual blast lasting perhaps about
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Gray Horses Handicap.

The dark horses are the ones that go
to the war, The only objection to the
gray horse is that to keep his coat
spick and span he needs twice as
much grooming as a dark horse. Cur
rying is not enough. He must have
soap and water mo end" as an Eng
fish groom would say.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
ONE DOG SAVES LIVES OF 20
Black Collie With the German Ambu-
lance Corps Makes Remarkable
Record.

Berlin.-More than twenty lives
have been saved by a black collie dog
belonging to an ambulance corps on
the East Prussian battlefield. In
peace times the animal Is a watchdog
in the railway station al Halle.
The dark winter nights and the
now make the work of finding the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

two OF three seconds. 1t means that
while the siren is running, in the case
OF the larger apparatus, something
like 500 horsepower is being expend-
ed in the production of sound.--Scien-
tiic American.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Not Forgotten.

Bix-You may depend upon 1t that
your friends won't forget you as long
as you have money.
Dix-That's right especially II you
have borrowed It from them.-Boston
Transcript.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

on the leash and they lead the am
bulance men to the spot where the
wounded soldier lies. In this man
ner hundreds have been saved on the
different battleields.
At first some Of the animals led
the searchers to men already dead,
but they learn with surprising rapid
ity to confne their attentions to the
living.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

You've read The Heavenly
Twlns?'" asked an Englishman of an
Irishman. Yes, ! have" "And have
you read Looking Backwards"
How the divil could ] do THAR" said
Pat.-London Evening Standard.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
Natural Inclination.

What u Cholly so indignant
aboutf" He was about to offer a
girl a platonic regard" "Wen?" She
spoke nrst, and told him that was all
she could Offer h;m."-Kansas City
Journal.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

The Russo-Japanese war lasted SIC
days and S b55. 800 lives and s2.260.
100000 in money
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02
No Word of RebeIIion.

During the entire two days I lived
with these men l did not hear a single
word of anger or revolt. They ques-
toned me eagerly for war news, about
what the people we're saying in the
cities and what the opinion was in
the allied and neutral countries. They
expressed the hope that the wal would
not last much longer, and some sighed
when thinking of their wives and chill
dren, photographs Of whom they
showed me. But always they we're
good humored. 1t was as if new and
simplifled souls had formed within
them adapted to the present extraor-
binary circumstances.
From the lieutenant and the captain,
whom the men treated respectfully, as
both were leaders as we'll as com.
rades; from the thoughtful young civil
engineer, now a common soldier, who,
one realized, was accustomed to a life
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-01-02

forth under cover of the darkness and
remove his overooat and shoes, as
several men of this company had
done.
Rain is more serious here in Pr
cardy, where the clay holds water on
the surface. Despite cutters and roofs
rain always gets into the trenches
somehow.
when it rains" said a soldier with
heroic carelessness, you get wet.
That is all there is to It."
l learned that several men, i'll from
dampness, had been sent to the hospi-
tai.
Death Loses Its Terrors.
The following story illustrates how
little preoccupied with death these
men are:
One day the men in the rear guard
trench decided to send a soldier to
fetch water from a village two kilo-
meters (1.2 miles) away. 1t was a
fine, warm day and they wanted to
wash themselves. An hour later the
soldier returned with two pals of wa
ter, which all were eager to use, but
they lacked towels.
One soldier said he would get some
from the advance trenches, where
there were several. He went ducking
down the zigzag passage which con
meets the trenches, and which, because
of its length, is named Rue Lafayette
after the longest street in Paris. AL
the trenches are named. There is a
Rue de la PaiX, an Avenue de IOpera
and the grand boulevards.
Killed, But Towels Are Saved.
They waited, but the soldier did no
return and another went to hunt fol
him. Finally he saw the soldier with
the towels in his hand and his heat
bent to the earth. A call brought nc
answer. The mar had rashly lifted
his head above the ground and was in
stantly shot through both temples
The soldier who told this story tool
the towels from his dead comrade ant
calmly returned to wash himself.
What would you expect?" he asked
1T might have been my turn half al
hour later. There was no use in wor
rying."
That night two men went and go
the body of their comrade and buried
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-08

Will either be placed in rollers or in
books and will be in sections
Contract which the city has had for
years with the Rock Island Turner
society was terminated by the COM
mission. The council paid the or
ganization S1O0 for the annual rent
for the ambulance shed on the prop
erty in the rear of the Turner hall
and on ground adjoining the city hall
The shed was built by the city and
has been used as place to keep the
ambulance and patrol when separate
hcrse-drawn vehicles were used. Since
the motor combination patrol-ambu-
lance is in service the shed is no
longer needed Commissioner Rud-
gren was authorized to serve notice
On the society that the city had va
Gated the shed and that the contract
is terminated
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-08

Washington. D. C., Dec. S.--If Wash
ington has any misgivings as to the
effect Of the ballot upon American
womanhood, the National American
Woman Suffrage association is deter
mined to give the community some
comfort and reinsurance.
To this end it has put a full-1edged
woman voter" In charge of the Joint
headquarters which have been estab-
lished in advance of the annual con-
vention OF the association which takes
places Dec. Ia to 10. She is Mrs. Es-
ther c. Nielsen of Denver, Colo. Those
who are greeted by Mrs. Nielsen will
be hard put to it--so the suffragists
say-to find any evidence that the con-
tact with the ballot has done anything
dlsagreeable to Mrs. Nielsen.
Ri ( fy-LtSW Ike, o4hrd hrdlhrdr
The latter has not only voted re-
peatedly but has actually done politi-
cal work. Her father, Colonel John 7.
Weese. al one time represented various
Indian tribes before the United States
court of claims, Her husband was
well known in Denver newspaper cir
cles.
The headquarters to which Mrs.
Nielsen has been appointed executive
secretary occupy a three-story build
ing at 1907 F street, and are being
maintained by the Washington Woman
Suffrage council, the College Equal
Suffrage league, and the District of
Columbia Equal Suffrage association.
Mrs Winston Churchill is chairman of
the committee in charge, Mrs. Raymond
B. Morgan of Nebraska is executive
vice chairman and Mrs. G. A. Mosshart
Of Nebraska treasurer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-08

mann's It'll addition, Rock Island, 81.
Paul Brown to Raymond Dhnyvett,
lot 4, G. L. Cox's LIST addition, Moline,
5000
William P. Carothers to Frank
Crompton, tract In section Stew.
$11,097.
r. s. WOODBURY. to Alfred p. Beck,
Tot 2, block 8. John Hits addition.
Moline. $4,000.
Charles ". and Rose v Peterson to
kirl l.. and Helen B. Adams, lot 1s3.
Emma .. velie's addition, Moline,
$4,000.
Frederick L. Sherman to Claude e.
Carlson, outint 10. Sherman Heights,
Moline, 31.00.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-08
ON COUNTY RECORDS.
Warranty Deeds.

George H. Owen to H. Alfred Ander-
son. LOT Ia. block 1872, East Moline, 81.
George H. Owen to Alfred Anderson.
lots II and 2S, block 100, lots 23-26-29,
block 121, lots 1T-21-31. block I22, lots
as-sa. block l23, lot 81, block 1T, lots
3-s-11-a4 and 80, lock 12S, lot Il. block
$50, lot 2, block 1873, lots 1923, block
1874 and lot 7, block 1876. New Shops
addition, East Moline, S1.00,
George H, Owen to H. Alfred Ander-
son. lot 2, block lS2. East Moline, 81.