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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26

Which means most TO Oklahoma city, the
the whistle of a factory that gives employment to
scores of good, honest, home owning ]citizensi OF
course,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26

The Vermont man who collided with the prcsi
automobile isn't the first man to run agains.
the Wilson machine.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26

Over ON the east side the papers are running
short Of things to print. They still refer to Carl
Morris ms a prize fighter.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26

who are rich enough to buy a foreign
title have q different standard OF mat
Timonial values, that Is all.
will admit, | have lost a good
deal Of my hair, but | get some com.
fort out " the fact that / still have
my vermlform appendix.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26
aSn!,apShotS
Jeg House 80.

Secretly, every man believes his
funeral procession win be the longest
ever seen In his town.
Despite what tn dnlrs say, N only
Despite what the dealers say. the
way to save $500 on q piano ls not to
There n some discussion as to the
proper way TO serve grapefruit Eph
Wiley says II should be served with
an a%naesthetlG
It develops that Lon Wi'lourhhy.
who was believed to be ON Gwendo
line Harplntton's reserve list has
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-26

been playing In an outlaw league FOL
more than Il yeur,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
SNOW ON AFRICA.
No. Not the White Flakes. but q To-
pekan Talks on That Subject.

The European war has practically
demoraIized business in South Africa,
according to Frank l. Snow. a State
Journal reporter, who addressed
Of the Y. NJ c.. A. at the Monday
evening meeting Life on the South
African Weld" was the subject of Mr..
Shows address.
The agricultural possibilities OF
RhodeSia are great said the re-
porter. Mr. Snow spent six years in
South Africa as foreman on a ranch
| While on the dark continent he was
also connected with Newspaper work
'Rhodesia is Great Britain'S South
African frontier colony. 1t was set
| tied in 1889 by a corps of $50 pio-
neers who cut a road through the
wilderness en- route from Cape Col
ony- he said TT is a broad stretch
of territory although it is but small
spot on the map OF the dark con-
/ tinent-' 1t is more than nine times as
| large of Kansas, ard more than two
and ore-half times as large as the
state of Texas.
1.-The province is governed by the
British South Africa company. The
charter will expire this year. but the
government was deemed SO satisfac-
! tory under company rule that no
change will be made. Rhodesia is the
only British possession which is not
/ in the South African union
1.-THE European war has partially
demoralized business in South Africa
There is no new capital being invested
t by spectators in the home country.
There is a white population in
i Rhodesia of 10000, and the native
population is estimated at $4,000.
The largest town is Bualawayo with
/ 5000 inhabitants; Salisbury has 5000.
THE Kafirs-gencral term used for
all natives in South Africa-do not
! live in the towns except as servants.
AS a matter of fact a native is not per-
mitted to enter a town unless he car
ries pass issued by one of a number
of commissioners who look after ma
tive affairs in the respective districts.
And what is more the natives are not
allowed to walk on the sidewalks
they stick to the middle of the road.
This precaution is taken in order to
avoid a second native rebellion. In
go the Kafirs broke out and killed
men, women and children in the min
/ ing districts without discrimination
Cold mining is the main industry.
The agricultural possibilities in
RhOdesia are great. Up to this time
the industry has been in the expert
mental stage. There are those who
are so enthusiastic over the country
that they have offered the theory that
this was the site of the Garden OF
Eden. There were lemons growing
wild along one of the streams when
the whites settled the country-and ii
has been suggested that Eve got hers!
"A large portion of Rhodesia is or
a high plateau, and consequently the
+ thermometer seldom registers above
+ 80 in the shade. There are light frosts
i along the streams in the winter sea-
son-May, June and July-but forage
crops do well in the meadows in these
months Practically all of the rain
comes between October and April
Normally the precipitation is the same
as in eastern Kansas
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
CITY BEAUTY SHOW
Nature Staged . Picture Of IA
dance in Topeka Today.
Snow Bridal Wells ON Trees
Outlines of Humility.

Nature staged a beauty show in
Topeka last night and this morning.
BY way of contrast. she first made
things about as disagreeable as possi-
bic. Topekans went to their homes
last night over stopping streets in a
drizzle Of rain. and after they had
.'denned up for the night. the shift
ing of scenery began. All night she
worked in the dark. Just what was
taking place could only be guessed
displays resulting from the contact of
snow-laden electrical wires.
The morning revealed in all its
splendor what had been done in a
-siSht. Washburn campus and the
city parks were more beautiful than
ness of summer foliage and brilliance
of flowers. for every limb and twig.
from a background of pure white.
was shimmering forth in myriad rays
all the colors of the rainbow.
The cedars on Washburn campus
were draped in bridal wells of white,
the weight OF which dropped them in
outlines of bridal humility. and every
little twig was bedecked with pristine
Jewels of unrivaled brilliance- me
more sturdy elms. standing upright
and unbending. but equally respiend-
ent, among the dropping cedars, re-
minded one that natures knighthood
was in flower.
But enough of this. Topeka's
silver thaw" has thawed- The silent.
feathey. iridescent elegance of the
morning has slipped away The tele-
graph wires are no longer bridal rib
bons of white. The snow is no longer
an alabastine floor. The cedar bride
jewels were baubleS of the moment.
They have melted away. The gay raj
ment of the elm knights has fallen
from them. Likewise the ice which
broke down the telegraph wires. All
that was beauty has been reduced to
slush- Consequently there is slush
enough. without more of this And
besides, the A. p. wire is working
again at it's old job of newspaper
SpaCe-eatiuC
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
PLAN FOR CoLLEeE
Force Of SEQ Workers Here to
Lay Out Efforts in Topeka.

The Topeka Commercial club APP
pEeciAtea the value of Washburn col
lege as an asset to the capital city and
will get back Of the campaign next
spring with a view of raising at least
$500. 900 ~ q part of the proposed
100000 endowment fund
In speaking of the campaign the
Commercial Club Bulletin. off the
press today. has the following to say:
The Topeka Commercial club will
take an aggressive part in a ten or
twelve day campaign next April that
will be waged to make possible a
100000 endowment fund for Wash
burn college to insure the permancy
of the Institution and to keep it in the
front rank among other institutions OF
the kind
Crowded that 100000 of the half
million dollars Is raised by Washburn
and her friends. the Rockefeller Foun-
dalton will make up the balance OF
the half million dollars. There is also
a deficit of $4,000 which must be
raised.
dents liz attendance at Washburn COL
lege are from Topeka 1t is natural
that the college authorities should
look to the capital city for at least
100000 OF the necessary amount.
Washburn has an excellent name
among institutions of learning, and is
no small asset to Topeka.
mot only has the board OF direc-
tors of the Commercial club declared
in favor of backing the Washburn Of
ficials in the approaching campaign,
but the chairmen of 1915 committees
at recent meeting agreed to lend a
hand to the proposition
Dean McEachron told the Bulletin
representative it is the plan to bring
an expert to Topeka to conduct the
financial campaign A force of be-
| tween 200 and 500 workers will be
organized. and daily meetings will be
held-probably at noon-when re-
ports Of progress will be made. Prior
to the start a dinner will be held for
the purpose of arousing enthusiasm in
the campaign. 1t is probable that a
huge clock or a thermometer will be
placed to keep the general public in
formed at all times of the amount of
| money procured.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
THREW HIM OUT.


E. F. Maxwell. manager of the
Novelty theater. was peevish Monday
afternoon. That is rare for the gen.
ial theatrical manager.
Maxwell was sitting in his box en-
joying the show. At a particularly
quiet violin solo, he noticed a young
fellow on the first row creating quite
a disturbance. Mr.. Maxwell watched
him and his eye became more and
more wrathful- So he just rambled
around and ousted the disturber and
gave him back q dime.
Never show your face around here
again" he said. You were disturbing
a score of people. Your kind is not
wanted here
Then with a complacent smile on
his face. Mr.. Maxwell returned to his
box and witnessed the rest Of the
show.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23

Reserve your tickets for the Gill
berg benefit early and get good seats.
reservations at Guild's Music store
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
A PREHISTORIC RACE.


Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 23.-Ruins, left
by some prehistoric race. in the vicin-
ity of Howe, Neb., have recently been
inspected and studied by Prof. Gerard
Fowke. the st. Louis geologist, who is
curator of the st. Louis museum.
Fowke has been gathering scientific
data on the primitive Inhabitants Of
the Missouri valley. and he investfgat-
ed the remains of their civilization.
He began with the ancient log ruins
north OF Kansas City and followed the
west bank of the river northward.
tracing the northern retreat of these
ancient farmers and gardeners.
After an exhaustive examination of
the ruins found at Howe. Neb.. the
professor 10 OF the opinion that the
ancient remains recently discovered
near White Cloud, Kan, were of
works made by the same race. Con-
siderable work has been done at Howe
under the direction of c. l. Meek,
and q large number of the hone and
horn gardening instruments have
been unearthed- The tools, for the
most part, were found cached beneath
what had once been the floors Of the
dwellings, where they were buried in
beds of ashes.
Scientists are now of the belief that
number of the remains found along
the Missouri river and the neighbor-
ing country were those of a civiliza-
ton which preceded that of the In
dams.
Skeletons discovered by Robert H.
Glider of Omaha, and now in the Uni
versity of Nebraska museum are de-
clared by scientists to greatly ante
date the Indian. The skulls show
much less brain capacity than those
of the Indian, and have the very re-
ceding forehead characteristic of the
early members of the race and but lit
tie higher than the ape or gorilla
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23

Rose Gilberg's concert. Sis o'clock
prompt, Friday night.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23

shepherds and market-folk. to spend
the greater part Of their lives on stilts.
These men ON sttlts are called
tchangues Oong-lepl In the Gascon
dialect. The poetmen often carry q
long staff and . narrow piece of
board. which they mt together and sit
on in case Of fatigue. The stilts are
strapped to the leg below the knee,
the foot resting on . block Of wood.
held in place with . leather stirrup.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
HEAD AND NOSE
STOPPED FROM. A
COLD? TRY THIS!
.ePapc's Cold Compound ends sever
colds or grippe in few hours

misery end after taking a dose of
sPape's Cold Compound" every two
hours until three doses are taken
1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head. stops
nasty discharge o~ nose running, re-
Heves sick headache, dullness. fever
ishness, sore -hroat. sneexsng. soreness
and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up. Quit blowing
and snuffling! Ease your throbbing
head-nothing else In the world gives
such prompt rel1er as Pxpe's Cold
Compound" which costs only Is cents
at any drug store II acts without as
siEtance, tastes nice, and causes no
Inconvenience. Accept NO substitute.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
Postn,en ON Stills.

Postmen travel on stills in the De-
partment of Landes. Gascony, France.
says a writer in the February Wide
World Magazine This region. owing
TO the nature of the soil, is frequently
converted into a series of marshes,
compelling people who have to do
much travelling, such as the postmen,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23
ssTIZ'' for -ore, tired. puded-up, ach-
ing, caIl0used feet or corns.

You can be happy-footed just like
me- Use "TIZr' end never suffer with
tender, raw, burning. blistered. swol-
len. tired. smelly feet. TIZ" and
only "TIZ" takes the pain and sore
ness out. of corns, callouses and bum
ions.
AS soon as you put your feet in. a
.TIZ" bath, you just feel the happi-
ness soaking in How good your poor
old feet feel They want to dance for
10y. "TTZ' is grand. ''TIZ'' instantly
draws out all the poisonous exuda-
lions which pun up your feet and
cause sore, infamed, aching, sweaty,
smelly feet
Get a s5-cent box of 'NTIZ'' at any
drug store or department store. Get
instant foot relief. Laugh at foot suf-
ferers who complain Because your
feet are never, never going to bother
or make you limp any more.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23

The sorrowful scenes which follow are
wildly shown, but in the final scenes
they are reunited after peace has been
declared. THE Warrens of Virginia"
will long remain the feature of fea-
lures The exhibition consumes one
hour and SIS minutes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-23

Some folks follers de Scripter an tells
ole Satan ter git benin 'um, but ez fer me
1 STAINS a better chance by tellin' him ter
stay right In front er me, k1ze den
knows des whar he's gwine ter light
Atlanta Constitution.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26
MAKES ATTACK ON DESSERT
Ohio Newspaper Classes It Among the
Undesirable superfuitles Of
Human Life.

A man has come to this country
from abroad to advocate vegetarian
ism. He is a hale and hearty fellow
who has never practiced anything
but vegetarianism. 1t is q good thing
and we are in favor Of everybody not
eating any meat who doesn't want 1t.
But there are other reforms Just as
good. We might discard the dessert
and fare better. The reason for re-
sorting to dessert is to enable one to
eat more than he ought to eat. For
instance, after eating roast beef, po-
tatoes and bread, can a man resist
piece Of pie? Morally he ought to,
but physically he couldn't.
Eating too much is materialism in
it's worst form, and 1t does more to
blunt the senses and to squelch noble
aspiration than any of the other
habits, and the dessert is its guardian
angel. So dessert is a superfluity, II
one has had enough of the piece do
resistance ct cetera, and the super.
fuities are the danger points of life.
More than enough is moral, social,
physical i'll. Socrates was against the
dessert when he prayed: 20 God,
grant me what need and no more,"-
Ohio State Journal.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26

He realized he should be mixing
dough, for the men in the trenches
would be hungry. They must be fed
so they could fight again.
But even as he turned back to take
up his work there came shout. Men
were running about among the
wagons. horses were being harnessed:
already some of the vehicles were
moving away.
For a moment Stephen stared be-
wildered; then, after a glance toward
the west, he, too. broke into q run.
Stephens driver was backing the
traces when he arrived, and started
the team with shout and swing of
his whip as his comrade leaped to the
seat of the big oven. The crest of a
hill to the west was swarming with
gray-clad figures. The English were
fleeing before them. The line had
been broken by a force which had
charged up the steep banks along the
Marine.
Whether the Germans could hold
the position under the fire of the Eng
fish batteries and could cut of the
force entrenched on the little plateau
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26

being scared, to analyze his emotions.
The men up on the plateau must have
cartridges or they must surrender
and the loss Of that hill spelled dis
aster!
The pace of the heavy draft horses
was slow-cruelly slow-and the need
of haste was vital. They had not gone
a hundred yards before bullets from
the German infantry we're whining
past. and Stephen stood up to lash
the numbering animals.
Now they were only a quarter of q
mile from the English trenches, but
the bullets were flying thick, and
shrapnel was dotting the slope with
feecy, white balls!
Now they were at the bullet-swept
summit, with only hundred yards to
go!
Could they pass through the storm
Of lead unscathed?
Stephen yelled encouragement to
the laboring horses, swung his whip
In an effort to urge them to greater
speed. The man beside him suddenly
slumped in his seat, and quietly slid
on to the ground.
Stephen felt a shock and his left
shoulder went numb; his cap was
dashed from his head; something
warm was running down his wrists
and making the reins slippery.
One of the horses lurched in its
stride, but he dashed it on to a culver.
ing, last effort. Only a hundred feet
to go-now, then!
One horse went down; the other
was thrown to one side. The twist
overturned the wagon, spilling cases
of cartridges on the ground.
There was q sensation of flying
through space, and blackness swal.
lowed Stephen!
He awoke to find himself lying on
the trampled grass near the trenches,
swathed in bandages, very stiff and
helpless and weak. Tha sound of the
guns had receded. English guns were
slamming shells into the rear ranks
of Won Kluck's army. which was al.
ready beginning its retreat to the
north.
Some one leaned over him-a gray.
haired man who wore the straps of a
colonel.
$50 this is the chap who drove half
mile through hell to bring the car.
tridges," a voice said. well, If he
hadn't it's hard telling what would
have happened today. Holding this
hill is all that saved u.s."
Several days later in a field hos
pital Stephen, with the petulence of a
sorely wounded man, interviewed the
brisk, capable young physician who
was dressing his wounds.
you think they'll take me in one
of the active regiments when get out
Of here?" he asked. "They put me
in the commissary where chap has
no chance to get into the fighting. It's
tough"
The surgeon nodded approval and
understanding. He knew what it was
to remain behind the guns dressing
wounds, when he would have pre-
ferred to be making them.
"Yes," he said, ut is tough to be
tied down where you can't grab a gun
and wade in. AS for your being able
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26

tell at first whether It was the feet a
men or horses that he heard. He
stood up. tottering little. but still
clutching in his hands his bluets.
Then he saw, rushing Town upon
him. horses, more horses than In all
his life he had ever seen and, mounted
on them, men. different from any men
that he had ever beheld. Did he 'ook
for the tricolor? Did he know that
only under the tricolor might friends
be found? High above his yellow head
he held the bluets.
Perhaps 1t was only fate. perhaps Il
was the God to whom the grandmere's
prayers were rising, but the man who
saw the baby hands and the blue corn
flowers was the man of war; A aud
den word and there was sudden, halt
of all the pounding hoofs. Bending
down from his horse, the man of war
took the blossoms. and on his lips was
a word the childish ears had never
heard spoken in a tongue he could not
understands: "kaiserblumen!"
"Honneur, Patrie, Gloire." The va
liant words rested curiously upon the
baby lips, but in an instant the intel
lect before which the entire world was
trembling understood. Honor-Glory-
Fatherland-the same in every heart
for which every man must lay down
his life, whatever helpless atom be
might leave behind him.
There were orders quick and clear
and then the pounding hoofs passed
on. but around the fields Of Mere
Craquette was double Gordon COM
posed of the flower of the army, the
emperor's personal staff. 1t was theirs
to obey, whether it might be phalanx
of fellow creatures that was To be
moved down, whether it might be a
conflagration lighted by their own
torches that was TO be stayed.
The August moon was we'll past tho
full, only a little crescent of gold that
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26
Squirrel Wisdom.

The squirrel knows better than to
depend on luck from day to day to
bring him his food in the season when
that food is to be found only in stor-
age, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The squirrel has lesson to teach his
proud but shorter-sighted brother Of
the human race. All the fall the bushy-
tailed fellow, what time he could spar.
from eluding the guns of hunters
licensed by law. gathered nuts from
tree and ground and put them away
safely for the winter use. He knew.
somehow. that long season was NJ
hand when nuts could not be found.
when 1t would be impossible to roam
at large in aear-| ,-~,oder
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-03-26
The Bearing Of the Men cheered Him

an opportunity to take hand when
the big battle started. He knew hok
slender his chances were Of ever
reaching the firing line, but a thor.
ough appreciation Of the situation
didn't make It easier to bear-didn't
soothe his resentment against the fate
that kept him mixing dough while
others old the real work of war.
IT I only had q chance!" he
thought. II wouldn't mind walloping
kettles the rest Of my life, IL I could
take just one crack at them. Tomor.
row or next day the boys will be hav-
ing It out with Kaiser Bill-and Ill
be wrestling with camp oven"
For q moment he was silent as he
watched the infantry deploying along
the river; then he nodded his head.
'Yes." he said, they're going to stop
and fight and right here"
His belief was soon justified by the
activities of sappers and engineers.
The infantry was put to work dig
gfng themselves in" along the south
hank Of the river. Battery after bat.
terry wheeled into position on the hills:
the aignal corps was running wire
along the lines for field telephones: