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Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
RUSSIAN WOMEN GET
 HIGHER EDUCATION

Strange as 1t may Seem we are told that European interest in the higher education of woman had it's begin ming in Russia With the opening of the reign of the liberal Alexander II, in 1855. and the emancipation of the serfs, the need of popular education and of trained intelligence in public service increased greatly. The universities were reformed and students floclled to them in large numbers.
 From 1860 to 1863 Russian univer- sities were not legally closed to wo- men, and certain professors willing lv admitted them to lectures. By the legislation of 1863, however. this right was withdrawn, although a ma jority of the universities themselves weres in favor of interpreting the term auditor" as applying to either sex. In 1887 leading Russian women petitioned for university instruction and since 1869 courses for women have been given by university pro fessors in Petrograd and some of the other university towns, subject, however, to governmental interrup- tions and interferences. Russian uni versailles as such are not open to women and the history of higher education for Russian women is to be sought in the foreign universities which they have attended in such large numbers as to be the pre- vailing type of women student in many of them.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
THE ROADSIDE BEAUTIFUL

Suppose that all the merchants in some city, say J place from five thousand to twenty-five thou sand inhabitants should meet and that they would discontinue all billboard fence and roadside advertising generally, confinng their advertising to newspapers what would the result be? Imagine ev- ry approach the city free of all hideous, out of place signs: the roadsides free from such as Buy if at Blanks" or Sims for Saws;' no gar1nG signs on beautiful forest trees; no burles1ue street cars wooden motor cars standing in some pasture and labeled We the way to the Wonder" No big signs save one out each road and that merely giving the name of the city. What impression would all this have upon the cross-coun- try traveller local farmer folk? Then if to this we add the name of each road would it not be worth while?
 Would the merchants lose trade because of such a change would country people, appreclatlVe pr it feel loyalty the hofne town, such as they had never felt Doubtless under such eondl- tions boxcar letters would disappear from barn roofs and instead neatly ettered signs bearing the farm name would appear Tn this day Of much talk about farmer -nerchapt co-ooeraton, 1t may De thae some city will yet try snck an experiment one re- sult of which will be to give back to the public the beauty of the rural roadsde-Breeder sGazette
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
TO DEAL WITH BAD HUSBANDS

The need of a domestic relations court, especially in large cities, is strkingly shown than when a wife and mother attempts to obtain justice against recalcitrant husband and father.
 In domestic relations court, if a wife complained that her husband failed to support her and her chi- dren; if he permitted her to be sued out of house and home repeatedly because he did not the and subjected her other hardships, the hls bafnd speedily would be brought tme
 The Pittsburg desertion is such court. Recently. PittsbGrg paper says husrand was shown have annoyed his mOneyless wife by hiring bugges and taking good looking girls driving where his wife would be him. The court de cided e could afford indulge in that pas time. he could pay his wife SC week, if he could not live with her He is now in the work house.
 In St. Louis, such wife, having, as the law per mts her, mad her husband arrested under warrant charging vagrancy, finds that he gets bail. Her next surprise when the comes Tn court is to discover that he has been granted continu When she asks the court officials what she children do during the continuance they starve?-the reply is that it cant be helped. Every is entitled to a continuance
 appears that, under this mechanical legal system husbands rights. if he desires tc exercise them, include the right to starve his wife and chil- dren while the magic continuance holds.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
THE BLACK WITCH

Ye have driven me out from your
 court and your kirk,
 From your market square and your
 mill Ye have branded my name, ye have
 wasted my work,
 Ye have done me a deadly ill. Ye have chased me to crags where
 the eagles cry,
 And the sharp sun swallows the
 dew A Witch and a Devils Wife am I? Then why should I come to you? The Black Plague walks in your
 shuddering street;
 Your dead lie herring thick. With mantles over your mouths ye Ye take the dead for tine quick. Gods Faith. My witchcraft could
 help you now:
 My devils could daunt your deathl But I will stand under your rowan
 bough However ye waste your breath. I, will not come down, I will not
 come down, Nor weave you one wizardry. Though all the roofs of the little red town Go tufTlbling into the sea. Though all the cracks of the craggy Rock Cape wide as the mouths O Doom, I will stand at the crest and make you a mock Till ye long for the graves gray gloom. Black Plague, Black Plague! push l open their doors! Lie down in their beds this day! Heavy and hard are my ancient | scores. Black Plague. But we make them payi 1 oh, up and up, in the face of the sun My voice like a flame shall flee, 1 With Curse on you, Curse on you,
 every one, ] Who wrought such a curse on me! 1 Fannie Stearns Davis.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
Vest Pocket Essays
 By George Fitch
SEE AMERICA FIRST-LiNCOLN'
 TOMB

Because Abraham Lincoln lies buried in the cemetery at Springfield, H., sev-
 eral thousand people visit that city
 each year to gaze respectfully at his
 tomb.
 This pilgrimage is an act of great
 devotion, because Springfield is not
 readily reached by the population of
 America. Nine-tenths of the pOpula-
 tion live more than 500 miles away and
 the tourist routes pass far to the north.
 But it will pay the real American far
 greater dividends than a long and bill
 lowy trip to Shakespeares tomb or
 Gocthe's house or Samuel Johnson's
 tavern. Lincoln was buried in the
 town where he grew great and soma of
 his honesty and kindness may be con
 tagious.
 The tomb of Lincoln is located in one
 of the most beautiful cemeteries in the
 country and the state of Illinois has built vast and soaring monument over his tomb. It is a granite shaft on a pedestal around which are bronze groups of the army, navy, artillery and cavalry-four institutions upon which Lincoln relied at time when certain earnest gentlemen were urging the country to settle it's troubles and era MltnE under the DeQ. Tn Iuc vault beneath this monument are the remains of Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln, two sons and | a grandson.
 In a room in the pedestal are many relics Of Lincoln. In the Lincoln home in Springfield. which is carefully pre- served, are many more. In the Si | House are still others. We may read l in many of Lincoln's letters, which are preserved here. that he was shy, tim | i'd man when he first came to Spring | field and that the carriages of the rich which spashed mud on him as they dashed haughtily by made him hcsi- | tate to bring his young bride theme | for he couldn't afford carriage and | the walking was very poor in muddy, l unpaved central Illinois.
 1 We should be perpetually thankful 1 that Lincoln did not save up his money 1 and buy a carriage, instead of spend | ing it on law books and a belated edu- | cation Sometimes it almost seems as l if nothing in the world is so worthless as the things for lack of which the | young man grieves and is disconsolate.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
The Average Man

American pacifists slowly awaking from their dream of universal perpetual peace But they are awaking so gradually that they find them selves in ridiculous positions. A year or two ago they were opposed any further increase of the navy Appropriations for the army were pure waste The era of past. At any rate, there could be no war in which the United States would be en- gagged Now, there pacifists outside the in- sane asylums who advocate total unpreparedness
 It may be of them still think that there is really need of preparation but out or deference to the great and overwhelming majority of their countrymen they concede that there should be some preparation.
 one of lightly treats the war scare anu purports to forth the views of the average man." The majority, of course, is made up Of the average man. This pacifist tells us that the aver age man. would bitterly resent overburdening the co,r,r1- with defensive measures He would not care. however, if the country would add couple of battIeships and other craft within reason, to the navy annually he would with forbearance see our regular army increased to 2oo,oOO men, That
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
GURKHAS RARE SET
 OF FIGHTING MEN

"Blood brother to our Highland CTS" says Tit-Bits, and a soldier who becomes a fighting fanatic when the bullets are flying and the steel is flashing, the Germans will find the gallant Gurkhas. who form part of the Indian contingent at the front, "a rare handful
 Five feet nothing, as a rule. what the Gurkha lacks in inches he makes
 up for by his wiriness. agility, ;he
 deadliness of his aim with a rifle and the much dreaded kukri, his
 favorite weapon.
 The Gurkha is never so happy as when yielding the kukri, large heavy knife, with a peculiar shaped curving blade, at close quarters With it he can easily cut q man Tn two, and, incredible though it may seem a favorite feat at his native festivals is to du. eff the read or t bullock with one blow of the kukrl. Close quarter fighting is his forte and his impetuosity to cross steel with the foe will undoubtedly draw him into many a hot corner. The
 C;uUkha is the Japanese of India hard as nails, the best of scouts an1 a fearless fighter He carmel !Ingland's undying gratitude in the dark days of the Indian mutinI'
 wnen that empire seemed likely to be overwhelmed by the mutinouS
 Sepoys 10000 Gurkhas crossing over l from NepaI to assist the govern
 ment. And many stirring story
 is told of how the little brown men
 of the hills" flung themselves at the treacherous Sepoys and avenged the i ghastly crime of Cawnpore. Fighting is second nature to Gurkha. and great was his diSap- pointment when he was not allowed
 to take part in the Boer war He has always been loyal to the British and the Gurkhas are the only troops
 in the world of whom it can be said i that they have never shown panic in warfare.
 | Hire little salesman at The Re- publican office. A want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
ONE WAY OUT

\ short time back, while a certain general was inspecting a regiment just about to depart for new quarters, he asked young subaltern what would be his next order if he was in command of a regiment passing over a plain in a hostile country and he found his front blocked by artillery; brigade of cavalry on his right flank, and a mo- rass on his left, while his retreat was cut off by a large body of infantry.
 "Halti Order arms, grounds arms, kreel down, say your prayers!" replied the subaltern.-Tit- Bits.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
Awful ate

"If you are not in khaki by the 2Oth shall cut you dead" wrote the pa triotic young Englishwon1an to her lover. The militancy of it lost noth- ing in it's translation by German correspondent of the Cologne Ga- zette:
 If you are not in khaki by the goth I shall hack you to death (hacke ich dich gum Tode) - Springfield Republican,
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
NOT CROWDED

Coasting Skipper (to interviewer)- Yus From your papers you'd think the sea round the coast was full or German submarines. But it aint so. reely. Wy, sometimes we goes Tor as much as a nour without seem praps more than one of 'em.-Car- toon
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04
(Umcems0lsed Sense
 and Nonsense
(By REMLlK

There isn't a question; it's easy to
 tell
 Why the roads of this county
 Are ali shot to-weIl,
 They're asleep at the switch; But they'll wake from the swound Fly time the next lection
 Comes rolling around.
 Then they'll tell us about it And their own praises sing
 When we'll rise in our might
 And put to them-the ping.
 All of which goes to show that We cannot fathom the depths of the great who hold public office. We cant do it; but it LOOKS like .ETHARGY. MOULTNG, LAzI- NESS, INDIFFERENCE, CUSSED- NESS. UNPREPAREDNESS, WHIS- KERS-I don't know WHAT-only it's SOMETHING.
 Of course if anyone takes eXcep- ton to any little hint he finds in tlis column-or is jest natchelly agin this kind of stuff-it will he all right to take the matter up with the Editor, who will name a meeting pIacc-and the time.
 And that isn't all of it. A for hire" driver told me that he brought a passenger in from out of the county yesterday, who exclaimed up on crossing the line: Home at last! Good ole Maricope-tell by the roads, He knew the LANDmarks. When the butcher man, the grocer man, the ice man, the wash lady, the vegetable party and the milk man come a clamoring at your gate and you can't get a cent out of the people who are owing you, don't you sorter feel that you're in a HELOF- APHIX?
 Still on the whole, humanity and everything is all right but in order to make yourself believe it you have to understand the art of concentra- tion-and then do it HARD. England may have put half a | hundred German submarines out of i business. yet the latter named coun- try probably has enough of them left to dub around home with. I heard. two men arguing yester- day when one of them quoted: Now i I lay me down to sleep" and he was man whom never would have suspected of being familiar
 with the Lords prayer. One hears 1 funny things.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04

"Mica bran" is now manufactured bv Nebraska and Texas factories for concrete facing work to- produce rock effects.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04

Still, on the whole, humanity and everything is all right; but in order to make yourself believe it you have to understand the art of concentra- tion-and then do it HARD.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04

Hire a little salesman at The Re- publican office. A want Ad will see more customers than you can.
Arizona republican., 1915-09-04

England may have put half hundred German submarines out Of business. yet the latter named coun- trv probably has enough of them left to dub around home with.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-23
ELkToN

From the Record:
Wednesday, September s, at 6 p. m,
at the home Of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Brown, occurred the
marriage of their daughter, Miss Eta
to Alfred Knuth Of Fl%andreau, Rev.
Cardy officiating, the ring ceremony
being used. Only relatives and a few
friends being present. The bride was
gowned in white crepe de chine and
carried a bouquet of brides roses.
The groom wore a suit Of blue serge.
They were attended by the groom's
sister, Miss Harriet Knuth, of Hol-
stein. Iowa, and Waldo Brown, brother
of the bride. After the ceremony a
bountiful supper was served by the
brides mother. The bride is the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Brown, and a charming young lady and
well known in this community. The
groom is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz
Knuth of Holstein, Iowa, and is an
industrious and Woodworking young
man. The young couple will go to
housekeeping on the groom's fathers
farm near Flandreau, and the best
wishes of friends will follow them
through life.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-23

out on the front porch and seated her
self IN the low rocker that was her
favorite retreat.
Presently the gate changed. Peering
excitedly through the vines, she saw a
middle aged man with rudy cheeks
coming up the path.
John Graham, Of course! And all at
onc she knew she had been secretly
hoping he would come.
Pausing at the steps. he asked o
teously. with uplifted hat:
docs Margaret Burton live hereT'
THAT is my name" she replied and.
flushing. held out his letter. This
came a little while ago. There has
been a mistake. 1t is intended for the
white house on the Dixville road. Our
letters often get mixed. Im-I'm-
sorry"
The man looked at her squarely for
the first time, a twinkle In his fine
gray eyes. He even laughed a little.
81 thought strange Of it when the
hotel porter sent me here. There was
but one Margaret Burton in my day.
One would hardly expect to find two
Of a name In the anne village"
This place was left to me FIVE years
ago by my uncle. Silas Spear"
81 remember him well. i used to
steal apples from that tree In the cor
ner Of the fence" His smiling eyes
held hers for a moment. May l sit
down. please? I've had a hot. dusty
walk"
Margaret set forward a chair and
brought q glass of water from the
spring. She liked his ann 1t had
an ease and cordially foreign to New
England. Soon. greatly to her sur
prise. she found herself talking to him
with the freedom Of an old a%cquaint.
lnce.
mot a word was said about another
Miss Burton" he presently remarked.
A cloud suddenly darkened the blue
Of Margaret's sky. II am SO sorry
about the mistake" she faltered.
His mellow laugh rang out. he was
evidently enjoying the situation.
Are you? Well. I've noticed that
things usually happen just about
right" A queer expression crossed his
face. do you believe In fateY' he
asked abruptly.
"Oh, ! I don't know" Her face famed
again at the strange question. She felt
guilty and ashamed. az II she had done
something wrong. But she did not re-
sent his searching look. There was
something SO sincere. 50 likable. about
the man. Why had he come into her
/ life since he was to 60 Q quickly out
Of It? She owed It to her namesake
and to herself to speed him on bis
way.
"Your Miss Burton's house 10 In plaiu
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-23
TANGLED ROMANCE,
A Letter, a Man and the Two
Margaret BurtonS.
BY FRANCIS A.. COREY.

Copyright, 1909. by Associated Literary
Press.
There were two Margaret Burtons In
Roxboro. OF course John Graham's
letter went to the wrong one. and Of
course 1t was n of those letters that
only one pair Of eyes-the ones for
b delectation 1t had been written
should have looked upon.
Dear old friend IL said. Il have
come back from the west after twenty
years. For a long time | have felt
80 strongly ! could no longer resist. l
shall give myself the pleasure Of call
Ing upon you this afternoon at 4.
JOHN GRAHAM"
Margaret sighed involuntarily as she
refolded the letter-sighed because II
had not been intended for herself. 1t
was Easy to read between the lines.
Why was not she the happy m to
whom an old sweetheart had come
back?
She was comparatively a newcomer
In Roxboro and had never heard Of
John Graham. His straightforward
letter pleased and interested her. She
felt sure he was just the sort Of per.
son she would have liked for a friend.
"Ill take 1t to the Margaret Burton
to whom 1t belongs" she said. swal-
lowing hard. How surprised she will
be! l wonder-if she-cared. Perhaps
that is why she never married"
Margaret took down her nat and
wrap. then suddenly stood still. 1t
was half past 3, and Miss Burton lived
at the other end Of the village. Why
take the long walk in the afternoon
heat? The fact that the letter had
gone astray was no sign that the
writer would do the same. Miss Bur
ton would simply be taken unawares.
A minute later Margaret was in her
bedroom. hurriedly DOMINIC a blue
and white sprigged muslin, her most
becoming gown. Afterward she went
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-23

sight from the gate" she said. rising
hastily. If you are rested you ina!
wish TO go al once"
For a ome John Graham hest
lated. The porch was cool aud invit.
ing. He followed her down the fra.
grant path. so deep in thought he hard
~ heard her simple directions or noted
the house she pointed out.
A sharp exclamation as a smart car
rage turned the street corner sudden
" recalled him TO himself.
There's Miss Burton nowr' Mar
garet caught her breath. You were
asking II ! believed in fate. l know
now. Yes. | do believe In it."
He shot her q quiZzical glance as he
slipped through the gate. The carriage
was now very near. Miss Burton's
sudden appearance on the scene was
not so surprising as one might be led
to think. A flying rumor Of her old
lovers return to his native village had
come to her ears. She had set out for
the sole purpose OF falling In with him.
Emotions smoIdered in her heart that
could easily be famed into flame.
John Graham. Is 1t possibleY' she
exclaimed In well acted establishment.
and the carriage came to an abrupt
halt.
Crumpling into his pocket the letter
which was never to reach its rightful
destination. John strobe forward with
extended hand.
so you have not forgotten me. Mar
garet?"
Forgotten your she echoed re-
%proachfully. "Of course not. This is
a delightful surprise. Won't you get
In with me?" sweeping back the bill
lows Of her ~shimmering gown TO make
room at her side. ~ want to bear all
about you"
He climbed to the vacant place. and
the carriage rolled down the street.
Miss Burton's only recognition OF Mar
garet had been a slight arching OF her
naughty brows. She had been troubled
and puzzled at finding John Graham In
the latter's company. Rumor said he
had come back a rich man.
Margaret watched them out or sight
WIFI IL uulI acne at Z ~ "oo
as II something cheering and hopeful
had gone forever out Of her life. She
crept back to the porch. feeling sudden
~ broken and old.
The sun dropped slowly behind the
purple hills. BY and by Il vesper spar
row began its evening song In the cool
dusk Of the ~overhanging elm. Mar
-o-ox NnI ho rJl, -tJrrnl Tor hn,,rc Che
was seeing a long vista Of lonely years.
Never had she felt so sorely the need
Of human companionship, a strong
arm to lean upon.
Suddenly the gate clicked. She lifted
her head with a startled air. A stall
wart figure doomed big In the dusk
and stiffness. coming up the path. A.
1t resolutely climbed the steps she
swept a shaking hand across her eyes.
you see, ! have come back" John
Graham said. looking earnestly down
at her.
Margaret sat speechless; 1t seemed
so unreal. so like a dream.
Don't be shocked by the impetuous-
ness OF my wooing." he vent on, n
thrilling tenderness In his deep voice.
I'VE never loiter over things In tho
hustling land where I have made my
home. came back to Roxboro TO
marry the other Margaret Burton. But
It's you ! want. Do you think you
could ever love me?'
1t was az II q new note had come
into the sparrow's song, and the leafy
boughs. tossing In the wind. seemed to
laugh for very happiness.
81 know | could" Margaret an
swered softly.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-23
Concerning Nice Things to Eat.

Odd that the things we like are al.
ways bad for US. Why. for instance,
should old bread be more wholesome
than new? The latter's reputation Is
simply shocking. and the excellence Of
the stale loaf is preached In every
household. Yet does bread fresh from
the oven actually possess injurious
qualities which 1t loses In a day or two.
or Is it only our fancy? asks Rosa
line in Black and White. Hard boil.
cd eggs when hot and not included IN
pie or curry are dangerous to tackle.
but when cold and savory titbits on
toast n may eat them with impunlty.
or course plum pudding. salmon. all
nice eatables. have a bad character,
and sometimes m speculates If II
may not be due to their very niceness
and had its origin In bygone puritan
ism.
No doubt good people once believed
1t chastened the spirit to deny the flesh
the d~elicacies 1t desired. Their sense
Of personal virtue waxed stronger aft.
er a meal Of crusts and lentils than
after one Of turtle and fat capon. and
1t is not impossible that In the course
Of time we have confused physical
with moral well being.