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Meade County news., 1915-09-02
WILL AEROPLANES STOP WAR
orrvilIe Wright Is Moved to Say He
Likes to Think So,
Anyhow.

Did you ever stop to think that
there is a very definite reason why the
present war in Europe has dragged
along for year with neither side
gaining much advantage over the
other? The reason, as l figure it out,
is aeroplanes, Orville Wright writes
in Golfers. In consequence of the
scouting work done by the flying ma
chimes, each side knows exactly what
the opposition forces are doing.
There is little chance for one army
to take another by surprise. Napoleon
won wars by massing his troops at un-
expected places. The aeroplane has
made that impossible. 1t has equal
lied information. Each side has such
complete knowledge of the others
movements that both sides are obliged
to crawl into trenches and fight by
means of slow, tedious routine rather
than by quick, spectacular dashes.
My impression is that before the
present war started the army experts
expected 1t to be a matter of few
weeks or, at most, few months. Today
1t looks as If it might run into years
before one side can dictate terms
Now, nation that may be willing to
undertake war lasting a few months
may we'll hesitate after engaging in
one that will occupy years.
The daily cost of a great war is of
course stupendous. When this cost
runs on for years the total is likely to
be so great that the side which wins
nevertheless loses. War will become
prohibitively expensive. And the
scouting work in flying machines will
be the predominating factor, as it
seems to me, in bringing this about
l like to think so, anyhow.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
COLDS SIREN LURE FOR MEN
Hardship and Death Dared by Thou
sands That They May Gain
Riches Quickly.

1t was in 1898 that the rush of gold
seekers to the Klondike reached its
Hood. The ninety-eighters probably
never will know the fame of the forty
miners, but they have a place in the
long history of the gold hunters, the
men of all nations, ancient, medieval
and modern. The book has hundred
chapters telling Of failure and of death
to every one lightened with the story
Of success.
H. M. Cadell recently visited the
Klondike, and there made a study of
present conditions He describes them
and adds an interesting account of the
early day rush to the Northwest terri
tory. The Smithsonian institution has
put Mr.. Cadell's report into print. It
is an interesting document. Some of
the happenings In the Klondike were
duplicates of like happenings In Cali
fornia and Australia during the first
years of the surface washing in those
fields. These Implications show that
human nature Is unchanging.
Men went to the Klondike daring
hardship and death that they might
get rich quick. Some of the gold
seekers were quickly successful A
large percentage Of the successful
ones almost literally threw their mon
ey away. Easy come, easy go. This
sort Of thing has marked gold min.
ing in all ages. The Klondike is not
what 1t was, but human nature stays
the same. The discovery of gold at
the North pole would start north
ern migration that would take no ac-
count of the insuperable obstacles of
distance and cold. The lure is ire
sistible.-Chicago Post.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
The Invitation,

Hello, Mabel"
"Oh, hello, George!"
How are you, MabelT
Just fine! How're you, George"
Same. Say, Mabel, let's go through
the park this afternoon. What say!
We'll - ah-ah ahem-I-I-ah-I'm
kind of-well, I'm kind Of tired,
George"
Then you won't go?"
I'm so sorry, but, George, you un-
derstand just how it is, don't you,
George, dear?"
Eyes, l guess so. suppose I'll have
to ride with someone else, then"
ride"
Yes; my new eight-cylinder road
ster came this morning."
"Oh, George! Did 1t really! Isn't
that Just splendid? Say-ah--George,
! guess I'm not as tired as l thought
was"
We'll, wouldn't take any chances
II were you, Mabel. It doesn't pay.
III take someone else"
But, really, dear, I'm not tired a
bit. Honestly"
ITS sweet of you to say that. but
don't want to take advantage OF your
kindness. Good-by. Mabel"
Mabel slammed the receiver vicious
ly on the hoop. Darn IT," she NUT
tered. why didn't he say 80 in the
first place?'-Michigan Gargoyle.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
Magic Washing Stick

This is something new TO housewives
something they have wanted all their lives,
pnt never could get before. 1t makes II pos.
sible to do the eaviest, hardest washing in
less than one-half the time 1t took by old
methods, and II eliminates all rubbing and mus
cular effort. No washing machine is needed
Nothing but this simple little preparation.
which is absolutely harmless 10 the finest fabeS-
whlte, colored or wOolen. II makes the
hardest task Of the week pleasant pastime~
aehgntlui occupation. You will be de-
lighted at the clean, spotleas. Gno1.Uhita
clothes that come out Of the rinsinR water:
and AL without any effort on your part. The
magic washing Stick does h al-and remember,
without injury to the most delicate goods,
colored or white, woOlens, blanketa, lace chr.
tains, etc. Contains no acids, no alkalies, no
poisonous ingredients to make ita use dan.
gerous. IS WasAings rs cents
Sold BY all Druggists and Grocers eyery
where. II yours doesn't handle II, show him
this ad--he'll get IL for you. Or send 25c in
stamps to 3. RICHARDS co. Sherman, TeIss.-AdV.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
The Bonnie Conductor LassIe.

Edinburgh, Scotland, has two dozen
women street car conductors who are
a thorough success In the new line Of
work. Other tramways are already
recruiting girls and training them to
be conductors. 1t Is said that girls
working in the English cartridge fac
tories are 30 fred with patriotism
that some Of them work thirty hours
in stretch without any rest. Miss
Elizabeth Lister has been appointed a
stationmaster In South Wales, the first
woman to act in that capacity. In
the north of England and in Scotland
and Wales the men workers are being
supplanted in the fields by women,
who can be seen following the bar
row or digging and hoeing.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
A Matter Of surprlae,

Don't you think women ought to
voter" asked Mr.. Meekton's wife.
well, Henrietta, there's no doubt
In my mind that you ought to vote.
But II your opinion of some of the
other women is correct, don't see
why you should want to intrust them
with such a responsibility"
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
eaby,s Eyes.

Do sound a warning to mothers
about letting tiny babies lie fiat, gar
ing straight at the sky. Unless q
baby is sitting up in its carriage, the
top should always be over its face.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
Transportation In Calcutta.

To compete with Calcutta's present
street railway system a company has
been formed which will place 100 mo-
tor buses and 400 cars for freight in
service within a year.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Red Cross Ball Blue, made in America,
therefore the best, delights the housewife
All good grocers. Adv.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
WILL FIGHT HOG CHOLERA
State to Establish Experimental
Plants in cowIey and Saline coun.
ties-To Follow Federal Plan.

The state of Kansas is going to do
hog cholera experimental work in
Cowley and Saline counties. For some
time the government has been main
tanning an experimental plant in Mar
shall county. ]. H. Mercer, state live
stock sanitary commissioner, went to
Marysville recently to inspect the plan
of operation and will go to Saline and
Cowley counties and organize similar
associations as quickly as possible.
The farmers in Marshall county are or
ganized into hog cholera eradication
association. They handle their hogs
under the direction of government
veterinarian, who sees to the inocula-
tion Of each animal and the condition
of the pens. Similar Organizations will
be offered to the farmers in the two
counties under the supervision of state
veterinarians. If the plan is success
full the work will be extended to the
entire state. 1t has been estimated
that not less than two million dollars
worth Of hogs die in Kansas each year
from the cholera. The cholera serum
has greatly reduced the losses of for
mer years and it is believed that pre-
ventive measures properly followed by
the farmers will entirely eradicate the
disease from the state.
X X X
Towns to Light Up.-Attica, Ar
gonia, Milan and Mayfeld small
towns along the Panhandle division
of the Santa Fe, west of Wellington,
are going to have electric lights. At
tica voted $4,000 bonds for muni-
cipal light and water plant recently,
and Argonia, Milan and Mayfield city
councils accepted a proposition from
the Wellington Light Plant to take
electricity from it for their white
Ways"
X x X
Queer Light In Sky.-Excited tele-
phone inquiries from radius of fifty
miles were received at Junction City
recently, demanding to know the
source of the strange light that was
visible in the eastern sky. Queries
from Abilene and numerous smaller
towns nearby wished to know if the
light was caused by a military aero
plane from Fort Riley on a night man
euver. There is no aeroplane at the
post, however, and the strange light
which appeared to be in constant mo-
tion over limited radius is mystery
X X X
OIathe Voted Bond lssue.-By vote
OF five to one a bond issue of $4,000
was authorized at a special election
at Olathe the other day. The proceeds
of the bond sale will be devoted to
the erection of building to replace
ward school structure which has
become unfit for use.
X X 4
Stole Hogs From Train.-Charles B.
Fink, who says his home is at Ottawa,
was arrested at Manhattan recently
on a charge of stealing hogs from
freight train. He confessed.
X X +
Child Drowned In Ditch.-Agnes, |
the three-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Schauble, was drowned |
near her home in Manhattan when she
fell into ditch. Rain had filled the |
ditch with four feet Of water. A pull |
motor failed to restore her.
X X
Found Bodies of Drowned Boys
The body Of orville Matheriey, who,
with Cecil Boyer, was drowned in
the Marais des Cygnes River at Osa-
watomie, was found after searchers
had been dragging and dynamiting the
river all night
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

A woman is apt to envy a parrot II
It can talk faster than she can.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

A dentist may not be able to fll a
iongfelt want, but he can fill an aching
void.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

A friendly interest" is often but an
other name for impudent curiosity.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Even after a man swears of he is
apt to keep right on swearing.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02
Probable.

PA, who started the saying that
Q mans wife is his better half?'
Some mans wife, / reckon"
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

A man is basso when he talks to
women. But he often is a tenor when
he converses with men.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Found Bodies of Drowned Boys
The body. of orville Matheriey, who,
with Cecil Boyer, was drowned in
the Marais des Cygnes River at Osa-
watomie, was found after searchers
had been dragging and dynamiting the
river all night
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Child Drowned In Ditch.-Agnes,
the three-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore Schauble, was drowned
near her home in Manhattan when she
fell into ditch. Rain had filled the
ditch with four feet Of water. A pull
motor failed to restore her.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Dead at e7.-Wesley J. Jones, 81
years old, who had lived in Atchison
county since 1858, is dead at the home
of his son, William J. Jones, three
miles south of Atchison. He was
born in Ohio and settled on farm in
Atchison county fifty-seVen years ago.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Stole Hogs From Train.-Charles B.
Fink, who says his home is at Ottawa,
was arrested at Manhattan recently
on a charge of stealing hogs from
freight train. He confessed.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Shocked "HeIIo GirIs."-A severe
electrical storm struck Pratt recently
and several persons were shocked BY
lightning. At the central telephone
office all of the girls were knocked
from the board and one of them was
made unconscious several hours.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Miner Killed at FrankIin.-Robert
Austin, shotfirer. was killed In an
explosion in Mine No. Is of the West.
ern Coal and Mining Company at
Franklin the other night.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

Boy Dies Of Rabies.-The 9-year-olt
son of Elder B. B. Jewels died o
rabies at Melvern recently. Six othe
persons were bitten by the dog at tn,
same time, about a month ago.
Meade County news., 1915-09-02

oIathe Voted Bond lssue.-By a vote
OF five to one bond issue of $4,000
was authorized at a special election
at Olathe the other day. The proceeds
of the bond sale will be devoted to
the erection of building to replace
a ward school structure which has
become unfit for use.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29

now must be watching for her, and
wondering. and praying, of the dreary
years of exile. made bright only on
those blessed Thursdays when for an
hour, at the Home" she had been al.
lowed to hold her baby in her arms;
and of how now, at last, all the light
had gone out
Mis- Winthrop" she began. in a
little, trembling voice, Mis- Winthrop,
l."
BE sure not to broil the steak too
long this time, Hilma," interrupted
Mrs. Winthrop; "the last one was not
fit to eat. What were you saying?"
81 yust like to ask" replied Hilma,
colorlessly, will Mis- Winthrop have
mayonnaisce vid de tomatoes"
Copyright, 1915. by w. G. Chapman)
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29
MARKED END OF BITTERNESS
Pathetic Incident in Southern Gene
terry Showed a Lessening of
Wartime Grief.

For a long time there was a rigid
rule against erecting any but Federal
monuments in Federal battlefield
cemeteries and Confederate monu-
ments in Confederate cemeteries. But
as time passed and the bitterness
healed slabs were placed here and
there denoting that a one-time enemy
slept among the others. When Me-
mortal day came the flowers were
placed ungrudgingly on the aliens
mound.
In one of the southern cemeteries
where a northern soldier rests there
was for long time practice of dec
Grating every Confederate grave with
tiny Confederate tlag-the Stars and
Bars AS the survivors and the wild
ows and orphans of the Confederate
dead came spring after spring to
strew their flowers and plant their
flags they halted at the Yankee sol
dier's grave for second with bitter
thoughts Finally, as time passed and
their grief lessened, they placed flow
ers on their foeman's grave also.
In 1872, as young widow of one of
the dead Confederates went with her
little daughter to decorate the graves,
the girl noticed that no Confederate
flag had been placed on the northern
soldiers mound. So she placed one
there. The chairman of the Memorial
committee, passing by, removed it.
The little girl burst into tears and
it was hard to explain things so as to
satisfy her. Her elders began to think
over the incident.
The next month, when the widow
again went to the cemetery she
brought with her small Stars and
Stripes. which she had procured only
after considerable difficulty.
This she silently handed her little
daughter who placed it lovingly on
the Yankee soldiers grave.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29
Returned to Her Novel.

music. She had never heard of Me-
mortal day; she knew only that she
must reach a remote spot far at the
other side of town, and that if she did
not hurry dinner would be late. Again
and again she changed cars, until,
weary and half-frightened, she came
at last to her destination.
Between the high pickets of the
fence before her she could see tall
elms and naples waving their arms in
the chill air. And the crowds of peo-
pie were in there, too! Could it be
that the whole world knew why she
had come? With sense of giddiness
and sitting pain at her heart she
fastened, half blindly, through the
iron gates and away toward a far off.
lonely corner where the crowds were
not. She saw bright CLEAN of flags
and flowers, heard babel of voices
and music-"The land of the free and
the home of the brave" sang a chorus
of voices as she passed; I'VE here
highly resolve that these dead shall
not have died in vain" acclaimed an
orator close by; but nobody noticed
her as she hurried down the smooth,
winding roadway.
1t was very small grave-scarcely
three feet long, and with the imprint
of the spade still showing in the fresh
ly turned earth. There was neither
grass, nor headstone above it; yet, in
vague way, Hilma felt that it con-
tanned her whole life and soul-all the
joy of her past, all the hope of her
future. Over yonder, young soldiers
in bright uniforms, and old soldiers in
faded ones, paid tribute to their hon
ored dead; while upon this little,
dreary grave lonely girl laid spray
of white lilacs in commemoration of
the great battle which she had fought
and lost.
She was setting the dinner table
when young Mrs. Winthrop swept
into the room, carrying bowl of
white lilacs.
81 suppose you had good time, Hill
MAJ" remarked her mistress, careless
ly. Did you wear those lilacs?"
The girl looked up, startled. Your
little Yon, he give dem to me-" she
explained, quietly. 81 tank you. Dey
vas vera sweet. Year dem? No,
ma'am, not year dem-I give dem to
anodder little boy yust about so big
like your little Yon." Something
gripped Hilma's throat, and quick
rush of tears blinded the wide blue
eyes. For brief moment she felt
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29

she was as silent as an Indian. Now
and again, as she dressed, she looked
at herself closely, almost anxiously, in
her cracked mirror. With the knuckle
of her forefnger she occasionally
brushed away fog of tears which
blinded her. And then she hurried
down the stairs, out the back door and
across the lawn to Mrs. Winthrop's
baby, who was playing under the lilac
hedge.
Bye, Hilma," he called, waving his
fat little hand and holding up a spray
of white lilac.
The girl took him in her arms for a
second, burying her face in his chubby
neck. TANK you, little Yon," she
murmured in her poor, broken Eng
fish. ''Hilma love sweet little boys
yust like you" and putting him gently
from her she took the spray of lilacs
and hurried away.
"Well, did you see that?" remarked
Mrs. Winthrop Indignantly to her hus-
band. IF Hilma had known | was
here at the library window she never
would have dared help herself to our
white lilacs. But Swedes are all
alike; they have no more soul than an
oyster; they're mercenary and unprin-
cipled, through and through. | admit,
though, that Hilma is something of a
mystery Do you know that in all the
two years she has lived here she has
never once gone out in the evening,
or had a single visitor? l suppose her
sweetheart works nights, some place,
so she can see him only on her day
out. l ought never to have taken her
as l did. without reference" Mrs.
Winthrop was young, and lacked both
experience and mentality She had
nothing to do. and great deal of time
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29

for the victory at Corinth The result
of this victory was the establishment
of the power of the Union in the West
One week later Memphis fell, as it
were, by its own weight. This gave
the Union forces control of the Missis-
sippi, the only important stronghold
in the Mississippi valley that re-
manned secure to the Confederates.
While the people in the North on
this thirtieth of May were rejoicing
over the victory of their soldiers at
Corinth and over the results which
they felt would inevitably follow, what
about the people in the South? Nearly
a year had now passed since the vic
tory of the Confederate soldiers at
the battle of Bull Run. When the news
of this victory had come to the south
ern people many of them thought the
war was over. So general was this
impression that many of the southern
soldiers had gone back to their
homes, thinking that there would be
no further need of their services.
The evacuation of Corinth cast a
gloom over the whole South, but there
still remained with the southern peo-
pie an implicit confidence in the army
of northern Virginia, which was. on
that day, holding it's own in defense OF
Richmond.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29

Col. David ]. Palmer, now com.
mander in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic. who headed the first
regiment to pass in parade before
President Johnson in 1865 when the
victorious Union troops marched up
Pennsylvania avenue, is to lead an
other review of some of the same men
next September during the national
encampment of the G. A. R. in Wash
ington Colonel Palmer's regiment
was the Twenty Iowa, which he
commanded After the battle of Shiloh
he was left on the field for dead, but
recovered and took part in some of
the bitterest campaigns CT tie war.
This semicentennial will be one of the
events OF the year at Washington.
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29
day OFT OBSERVED
Memorial Ceremonies Over Fallen
Soldiers Really Date Back
to Spring of 1865.

THE readiness with which the sol.
diers of the Civil war became
quiet citizens at the close of the
war greatly puzzled foreigners at that
time. Foreigners do not realize that
it has never been the policy of our
people to maintain a large standing
army. The soldiers of the Union and
the soldiers of the Confederacy were
nearly all volunteers. Both armies
We're composed, in the main, of law
abiding men, who left their homes in
obedience to what they thought was
their duty. The contest was one of
principle; not one of personal revenge.
The matter being settled, they were
ready to return to their accustomed
occupations.
The readiness with which the Union
and Confederate soldiers now unite in
observing Memorial day also puzzles
foreigners. They think that 1t is a
mere matter of expediency which was
brought about in 1898, when some OF
the old Union and Confederate SOL
diers marched side by side under the
Stars and Stripes. But such is not
the case. The Blue and the Gray had
been united in the observance of Me-
mortal day before the war with
Spain.
Memorial day. as it is now formally
observed as legal holiday in a ma
jority of the states, was inaugurated
in 1868. Gen. John B. Logan, who was
at that time commander-in-chie of the
Grand Army of the Republic issued an
order to all surviving Union soldiers
to meet May 80 of that year. at the
cemeteries near their respective
posts, and to decorate the graves of
their fallen comrades. But the cere.
mony. in an informal way, had been
observed since the spring of 1865 ia
the South, where the custom original
ed. The ceremonies at the graves OF
the Confederate dead in Hollywood
cemetery at Richmond. Va, in the
spring of 1867 were being observed at
the time Mrs, John B. Logan happened
to be visiting in that city. She was so
pleased with the simple beauty of
these ceremonies that she urged her
husband to inaugurate similar ceremo-
MES for the Union soldiers. 1t was
these ceremonies that suggested the
idea to General Logan.
The idea of uniting the ceremonies
of the northern and the southern peo-
pie seems to have originated, also, in
the South. for in the spring of 1867
the women of Columbus, Miss, while
decorating the graves of Confederate
soldiers Gt.ewed flowers on the graves
of the Union soldiers who were buried
in the same cemetery. When the news
of this touching tribute reached the
North. the northern newspapers COM
mented favorably on the fact
Since that time the sentiment ex-
pressed in it has been growing among
the American people, The monument
erected at Fitzgerald, Ga. by the Blue
and Gray Memorial association of that
place is one of the best visible express
sions of this sentiment
The Colorado statesman., 1915-05-29

in which to do 1t; hence Hilma's short
comings fretted her considerably Il
suppose the girl will wear those lilacs
to some Swedish picnic" was her final
comment; and she returned to her
novel and her chocolates.
Meanwhile Hilma hurried across
lots toward car. There was need for
haste. She had two hours ride be
fore her, task to accomplish, and
was expected home again in time to
cook dinner. How crowded the cars
were! How often they stopped! What
a lot of people swarmed the streets!-
soldiers, flags, bands playing martial