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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-04

mander would find an excellent position for
depot and base o. after perations, ample build
Ings for hospital and other uses. and with
other obstacles between that and the city,
lying ten miles to the north, that were much
stronger than those which would be met after
the Penon had fallen
San Augustin was taken in the manner de-
scribed though the Mexicans surprised at this
avoidance of the Penon. which evidently they
had thought impossible, made frantic efforts to
save the place. Thus. presently. The Amer
leans found themselves confronted with the
strongly entrenched camp of the Mexican Gen
eral Valencia at Contreras
Between the two forces was broad field OF
broken lava. a thorny growth of bushes spring
ing up among the assures Of the rocks. This
stretched up to the mound which Valencia rad
strengthened by a succession Of rough field
works. Magruder slowly picking his way
forward to a point from which he could open.
when the Mexicans commenced a fire from no
less than twenty-five pieces OF artillery. many
of them Of the heaviest calibre. The round
shot, as they came crashing through the Jagged
lava, threw fragments in every direction. Cal
lender joined with his mountain howltzsr and
rocket battery. They could not hold their
position. but by drawing the weight Of the
heavy fire from Valencia's guns they pro-
tected the infantry as it struggled up through
the rocks.
Officers and all were on foot, their horses
being unable to move over such uneven
surface and as they spread themselves over
the field in increasing numbers Velencas fire
steadily increased. General Scott himself.
alarmed at the heavy and unexpected can
nonade. came upon the ground Fastening up
Shields brigade From an elevated position
the American commander could plainly see
Seavy reinforcements streaming up under Santa
Anna. In the distance the City Of Mexico was
plainly visible. the glass turned in that
direction. the higher housetops alive with anx.
Ious spectators
Cadwaliader aud Riley had persevered to
the orchards and cultivated grounds only TO be
met by Santa Anna. But Smith arriving with
his brigade made the situation slightly more
favorable, though the sudden coming Of dark
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Flank and Rear, Have Reached Observation-Disclosures and

left dead on the field, the ravine OF tho Mag
dalena was choked with the dying and wounded
who had attempted TO escape over the bridge
In every other direction the slain were found
while Of the infantry who escaped few carried
of their arms. The spirits Of the entire army
under General Scott were raised, while the
Mexicans were disheartened for the stand they
we're yet to make for the defense Of their
capital.
To the Americans this victory had been OBJ
tanned at loss absolutely trining when com
pared with the important results The entire
list of killed and wounded fell short of one hun
dred, although many were severely bruised by
falling among the rough and Jagged rocks or
else were thrown upon the sick list in con-
sequence Of excessive fatigue ana exposure on
q night remarkable for its inclemency
detail which caused wild delight among
the victOrs was the recapturo D. -hc three
pieces of artillery which accid.r. al thrown
into the hands OF Santa Anna The battle
OF Buena Vista-and which h. lat displayed
in Mexico City as trophies ,. victory he
proclaimed. They were Amos thf only guns
captured By the Mexicans du-i g t'ie war. and
the entire army Tejoiced tha tl.. BAD been
rstaken by Drums men. the sam. roament 70
which they had belonged before th- breaking
ont OF hostilt-ies.
Undoubtedly Santa Annals political schen
ing had much to do with the Mexican defeat
at ContrerRs. II was evident that this leader.
caring little for the welfare OF honor Of hl5
country unless his own selfish ends could be
turtEered at the same time, really feared that
Valencia would gain a victory at COntreras and
hence held alOOf when he might have given him
powerful air. Had he succeeded in defeating
Smith on the morning or the Goth. Valencia
would have been for the time the leading man
IN Mexico; the tickle inhabitants would have
kicked Santa Anna at once from office and
power. and would have hailed and ,rowned
Valencia as their delverer. Salas has second
In command, in his report OF the battle written
while he prisoner. thus refers to his CON.
mander:
His EXceilency Don Gabriel Valencia dis
appeared from among US at the commencement
OF the engagement, and l am ignorant Of his
wherea bouts" OF the conduct OF Torrejon he
wrote: AS soon as I observed the dispersion
OF our forces endeavOred 10 check H. Crying.
Victory for Mexico, and sounding the signal OF
attack / succeeded for a moment In rallying
our troops. and ordered General Don Anastasio
TorreJon to make charge with his cavalry:
but this chief, far from Obeying my orders fed
like coward, and the cavalry following his
example, trampled down the infantry IN their
digit. and thus completed our defeat"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-04

Our world is governed by v1olence-thaI
is. by hatred. Therefore the majority or
those who constitute society, its dependent
weakly em0ers-women. children and the
unintelligent-are reared by malignity and
join the ranks OF hatred But II the world
were governed by Reason and Love, then
this majority would be reared in Love and
would join its ranks To this end Reason
and Love must persistently assert their
existence.
"Non-re sistance to evil is important not
only because man ought 10 act in this way
for his own sake TO realize the perfection
OF Love- but also because IL is nonreslst-
ance alone which can put an end TO evil.
absorbing Il. neutralizing II. putting an end
10 its continuance-which is like the con-
tinuance Of motion in a rebounding ball, II
there be no force TO absorb It. Christianity
does not consist In actively creating Chris
tianity but in absorbing evil"
In another passage he draws distinction
between strength and force;
"The most general opinion OF Christian
fly. especially among those new followers
OF Nietzsche is that II involves the re-
nunciation OF ones dignity. is meanness.
subserviency Quite the contrary. First OF
all. true Christianity demands the highest
consciousness OF ones dignity; a tremen-
dous strength and resolution. Quite the
contrary The worshippers OF strength
must cringe before strength itself"
IN December. 1895, during visit 70 Moscow
he wrote:
1T is worth while to give great con-
sideration 10 education that one may cor
rect ohe's own lapses Self-reformation Is
also the best means Of educating ones
children and those OF others and grown-up
people themselves; and further on he de-
clares that In breathing a spark OF Gods
love in the heart OF another lies the whole
art OF education. but to be able to kindls
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kindly, godly relations with all those beings
in every given minute"
To the three questions: What time ie the
most important, what person, and what work.
he sets down the answers. The tims-this
moment The person-him with whom you
are concernedi and the work-the work OF
love"
He has recourse TO his diary Ike q penitent
70 the confessional that he may unburden
himsek Df his bsckslidings his failure 70 en-
dure with patience the whips and scorns OF life.
There is something strangely lovable in his
unfinchiRg candpr and humility Some
times he owns he cannot reconcile himself 10
the will Of Cod; sometimes in bitterness OF
spirit, he realizes that the laborers Of Satan.
convinced OF the presence Of evil In man, al
tain great results, supersttions executions and
wars. The laborers OF God would arrive al
greater results Il they would believe In the
possibility OF good in man
Day by day ard year By year he breaches
70 himself the doctrines OF long-sufferipg
patience Of tortitude and sympathy with
others. no matter how alien to himself:
"One of the greatest deusions In forming
an opinion Of a man is that we describe
him as being clever or stupid. good OF bad
strong or weak while the man is really
all things: be is all possibilities: he il IN
a state Of huidity."
Upon one subject alone this breadth of view
occasionally forsook him. He found 1t difficult
10 forgive the charm Of womanhood for the
empire it had once exercised over him. In a
moment of violent evaporation he wrote:
'Woman-as also all the legends-is an
instrument OF the Devil In general she Is
stupid, but where she is working for the
Devil he lends her bis own mind for the
time being Observe her! She does won
ders OF clevern ess foresight and persist
ency that she may accomplish some abomi-
nation, bat when abomination Ia not In
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-05-04

~ HE diaries OF Count Leo Tolstoi. in which
for years he set down his most intimate
thoughts on all subjects and which
really reveal the true TOlstoi. are preserved
In the Historical Museum at Moscow. V. @.
Chertkov. the great Russians friend. disciple
and fellow worker. has copied portions Of the
diaries. which reveal unfamiliar aspects Of
TolstoFs philosophy. Particularly interesting
are his views on life. on women and love. and
art.
Here IS summary ~ Tolstois philosophy
Sno1g the pages:
7 had this thought. That the life we
s,a around US is the movement OF matter
by recognized and invariable laws, where
as within Us we feel there exists law
which hSs 20 affinity with them. One may
say that 70 this inward law we owe our
comDrehe en- sion OF the outer laws. Those
external laws compel our submission. but
this law within us-more than within-is
our real self. Hence We are drawn towards
the fulhlment OF this law and sooner or
later We do inevitably fulfil II. Precisely
ia this lies the freedom OF the WILL witch
consists in realizing that the inner law 10
the true ego II Is that which We 6all
reason conscience. love. goodness-God
In the conflict between these laws
and the gradual victory OF the higher over
the lower law lies the life OF humanity"
These words, written when the soul-storms
OF middle-sge were past, express what life still
meant 10 him; a striving against physical de-
sires not yet wholly conquered, against the
allurements OF art. against the claims OF in
dividual attachments as inimical 10 the higher
claims OF universal brotherhood The same
thought frequently recurs In various forms:
nd while engaged in this amending contest
letween the spirit and the flesh be dwels
upon the doctrine OF non-resistance to force:
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the spark in others one must nrst klnole
# in oneself"
Under the same date occurs a vehement de
nunciatiOn OF a system which tends TO make
children superstitious and materialisto:
Dreadful is the corruption OF mind TO
which those in authority for their own ends
subject children during their education II
is by this only that the sway OF aVoweu
materialism can be explained Into the
child such absurdites insuiled that
when. later, their falsehood becomes mani
fest, this discovery appears as an enormous
accession OF reasoning power"
The subject of art occupied much OF his
thoughts at this period, when he was engaged
on the final revision OF "What is AFt?" Again
and again he sets himself TO define it's ten.
denotes and it's relation TO life. In February
1895, he wrote:
ok nothing does conservatism do so
much harm as IN art Art - one OF the
manifestations OF spiritual life IN man;
therefore as when an animal lives II
breathes. II gives out the constituents OF
breath so also II humanity is alive il dis
PLAYS the activity Of art, and so a. each
given moment art must be contempt
raneous-L e. the art OF our own time. One
must know where TO find II mot in the
decadents OF music. poetry and romance).
but one ought not to look for # In the past
but IN the present People who wish to
snow of "a connoisseurs OF art, and for
this purpose praise only the classical art
of the past and revile that OF to-day, simply
prove that they are not sensitive to art"
His preoccupation with the essentially
divine nature Of Love" became the more in
tense and persistent as his spiritual isolation
from his surroundings increased
The business of life is to love. But OF set
purpose 10 love people who are unworthy
OF love Is impossible But II is possible 20
refrain frora loyS's opposite, and TO have
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hat T0lstoi Really Thought of Life, Women and Art

question she cannot understand the sim
plest thing cannot see beyond the present
moment, and has neither endurance nor
patience (saVe in the bearing and rearing
Of children"
None tAe less, he showed affection TO bis
daughters and kindness and sympathy to
women who appealed to him for guidance.
though ne was ever averse from dogmatizing
upon his views. Nothing more repellent
10 him than the coinage OF such a word az
TolstoianIsm: ct the same time his philosophy
OF life was but slightly modified by outside In
euence.
In glanctng backward across the tract OF
years upon which these diaries shed a htful
light one discerns the gradual evolution d
puted the dictum OF the illusion OF corporsal
ity"; later, be appears 20 assent 10 H. When be
writes: "One can only understand and fee
God when one has clearly understood the IN
realty OF all that is material one accepts .
as the spitome OF his personal experience upon
that path OF spiritual progress which violence
can neither weaken nor strengthen; and II
the following passage one recognizes he has
reached the eliminating point OF bis LIES
tourney towards reality
Under my feet is the hrm frozen earth
Around are gigantic trees. Above my head
sOmbre sky. ! feel my body. ] feel the
pain IN my head. ] am occupied with
thoughts about resurrection, and mean.
while know and realize with al my being
that the firm. frozen earth, the trees the
sky. and my body and my thoughts are al
only a product Of my Eve senses nay repre-
sentation a world built up By me. because
nv separation from the world 70 what 1t Is
No sooner am ] dead and all this viii not
disappear. but win change rs aspect as DO
the transformation scenes Ia the theatre
Death Is something Ike such
transformation scene"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
FROG HOLLOW.

Sept. 22.-Mr. and Mrs. John Roth
and daughters Helen and Anna were
Aztalan callers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward hasten and
daughter Grila visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Englebrecht on Sunday.
Helena and Anna Roth attended the
surprise party Sunday evening given
in honor of Miss Leona Steindorf at
the home of her father, Louis Stein
dorf on route 6, the occasion being
her eighteenth birthday.
Henry Appenfelt of Grellton visited
with Louis Appenfelt and family Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs John Roth called on
Mr.. and Mrs Edward Heitz, Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Schempf OF
WatertOwn were callers in this vicin-
ity Friday.
Edward Hasten was a caller at
Hubbleton Thursday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cobb and
daughter Evylin visited at Milford
Sunday
Helena and Anna Roth attended the
birthday party at the Raatz home
Thursday evening Miss Della Raatz
acted as hostess.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
True Economy.

Here is gentle hint for the chronic
borrower of newspapers, taken from
one of our exchanges:
I'm these days when time is so val
uabe you ought to be careful that nc
time is wasted. If you borrow THE
LEADER from your neighbOr we wish
to inform you that it is costing you
more than it should
'At low estimate you spent 20 min
utes each week going for it and re-
turning it providing you are thought
full enough to return it,. This is II Ia
hours each year Even at ordinary
laborers' wages of % cents per hour
it cost you $4.S5 per year. Now listen
we will have it delivered to you by
mail for $3.50 per year which repre-
sents saving to you in time value
of $3.35, and you will also have the
thanks of your neighbor. Now is the
time to subscribe Look for our special
offer in this issue.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Must Safeguard Pupils.

Madison, Wis.,-With nearly 500 ,OOC
children entering school in Wisconsin
this month, and infantile PARALYSIS
diphtheria and other dangerous malad-
les prevalent in many sections, school
authorities are by law made respon-
sible for safeguarding pupils from COM
municable diseases, the Wisconsin
state board of health announced on
Thursday.
According to the law, teachers.
school authorities and health officers
must not permit the attendance at
school of any child afflicted with a
severe cough, a severe cold, verniin or
any contagious skin disease, or of any
one who has any of the dangerous con-
tagious Or infectious disease. Teachers
are required to send home all pupils
who are obviously sick even if the all
ment is unknown, and the parents and
local health officers must be promptly
notified.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27

| by General Pershing in the face OF
CarranZa's protests were acts Of war
1t was a case of a strong power at
lacking a weak nation, torn by inter
nal strife, and unable to defend her
self
Wilson's acts relative to the Euro
pean powers would easily have
brought us into serious war, if Eu-
rope had not been too busy with her
own affairs. From the start Wilson's
vacilating stand has kept us on the
brink of trouble, prevented only by
conditions in the countries concerned.
As Mr.. Hughes says: mo one but
an inexcusable blunderer could get
this nation into war 1t is weakness
and vacillatiOn and permitting others
to misunderstood us which brings us
dangerously near such an outbreak
of resentment as may lead to serious
trouble. The path of peace is the path
of selfrespect. We must be prepared.
We must be firm. We must be for
America first
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
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FELLOW WORKINGMEN.

You and | and most other men and
women who work do so to make a liv-
i ing for ourselves and our families.
| When we get beyond the earnings
which buy the food, fuel, clothes and a
weather proof house, we continue for
the purpose of obtaining few COM
| forts and luxuries that will make life
fuller and broader.
| We continue to work to accumulate a
savings fund in one form or another
| to safeguard our possessions and COM
| calamities in the way of sickness or
accident which might prevent our
daily work of providing daily necess-
tiles and luxuries for our families and
ourselves Every worth while husband
and father, furthermore, is spurred on
| by a desire to give his children bet
| ter start in the worka-day world than
he had. Its great and glorious strug-
| gle.
: But in the struggle for the great pur-
| chacing power that dollars in banks,
| stocks, bonds, lands, etc. represents
la man is likely to neglect another
great investment that is not as yet
fully appreciated, and that is freedom
] from preventable disease and reduced
| liability to premature death. And yet
| there is no heritage that a parent can
leave his children equal in value to a
sturdy and competent physique. Your
| boy and mine will be able to meet ev-
| cry ordinary requirement of living pro-
vided he has a sterling physical equip
ment and a reasonably we'll trained
mind. Doubtless you've thought and
said the same thing dozens and doz-
ems of times, but what have you done
about it?
Have you ever attempted to organize
the parents of your neighborhood
to demand of the school board, the
county supervisors and the Common
Council that sufficient money be ap-
prOpriated to buy the health assurance
that a small amount of public money
will provide? Or have you been among
the citizens who are feared by office
holders whenever they appropriate
money to the health department. In a
word, have you dreamed of health,
been Indifferent about efforts to secure
it, or actively fought for it as you have
to for the money that goes into meat,
vegetables, or that new automobile?
You and l may succeed in making a
fair living on our own individual en-
ergies and abilities. But you and I can
succeed in checking the ravages Of
| tuberculosis, pneumonia, infantile par
alysis, and many other contagious di-
seases only by cooperation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO Do
ABOUT 1T?

1t is true the farmers have received
good prices for their products during
the past two years But they know
the reason why. They have been
feeding the armies of Europe. When
Roumania entered the war, the pros
pect of the opening of the Dardanelies
and releasing the Russian wheat sup
ply caused wheat in this country to
drop IL cents a bushel That was a
sample of the effect of the war on
prices. The high prices of the past
should not blind the farmers to the
future. This country believes in pro-
lection. Freen trade would Europe
anize our standard of living. The end
of the war must find us with a protec-
tive tariff law. and President Wilson
is free trader. He is against pro-
tective rates after the war
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Real Estate Report.

observation-disclosures Wendt to Edw
Riedermann, S. u acre in sec. 3, 81 CO.
VIM. H. Rohr to Percy Heinrich, lot
6 in block %, First ward, 1900.
Henrietta Bernhard to Reinhold
Wendt, undiv. u interest lot l, block
65, Eleventh ward, $1,2500.
P. L. Utley to Anton F. Mayer, lot
3, block %, First ward, $1.O0.
Fort Atkinson-Hoard & Curtis In
corp. to Alfred Cory, lot 2 in Hoard
& Curtis sixth add, $3.50.
Oscar H. Mumm to Albert O. Mumm
S. II it. of lot / in block A of Hoard
& Curtis add, $1.00 etc.
Adolph Klement to John Jorgenson
part of block D of M. Jones add, S1.OO
etc.
Alberta G. Emrath to Chas. Hake,
lot in block of Green & Rankin's
add, $1.00 etc.
Jacob Meyer to Geo. ]. Mueller, lot
3, block II of Marston & Pritchard's
add, $500.
Palmyra-Bernhard Rosenthal to
Martha Westbury, lots and and
part of lots and 6, block 6, $1,250.
West Jefferson-Lena Glasford to
William Hamann, lot 4 in block 5,
Wing & Sawyer's add, $500
Milford Dettmann to w. Dett-
mann, parcels in sec. &c, $1.0O etc.
Katie L. Newcomb to Frederick
Hicks, lot in block 1, Green's add,
and other land, $500.
Frederick Hicks to John w. Mans
field, lot in block 1, Green add and
other land, $3.50.
Christian Rupprecht to Edw. H.
Rupprecht, H. u sw "A of Sec 26,
$4,000
Koshkonong-N Hall to Grace
Sexton, parcel in sec. 81, $1.00 etc.
Lake Mills-Jas. l.. Cook 60 Lynn
H. Smith, lot in block of Cook and
Atwood's add, $1.00.
Jefferson-A. F. Gafke to Lizzie Bra
man. lots, 6, 7, and s in block of Riv-
erside add, $50.
Sullivan-Wm. B. Strike to Ernest
Klettke, n. p ne. Il NV. "a of sec 81,
containing 80 acres, $1.O0 etc.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-09-27
Agricultural "DateS to Remember

Wisconsin farmers will doubtless be
interested in checking over this list
of important agricultural events many
Of which will take place in Wisconsin
within the next few weeks.
Vegetables Growers Association OF
America, Chicago, Sept. 1929.
The Dairy Cattle Congress, Water
loo, Iowa, Oct. 2-S.
National Swine Show, Omaha, Oct
81
Wisconsin State Drainage Confer
ence, Racine, Oct 10-11.
Farmers National Congress, Indian
apolis, Ind, Oct 1920
National Dairy Show, Springfield
Mass, Oct. 12-21
Opening Of Wisconsin Dairy Course
Madison, November 8.
National Creamery Buttermakers
Association convention, Minneapolis
November 14-16.
Wisconsin Potato Growers confer
ence, Eau Claire, November 21-24.
Opening Short Course in Agricul-
ture, Madison, begins December /; and
annual conference of Wisconsin but,
termakers, Sparta, December 81.
In addition to these conventions, il
has been ascertained that a large mum
Der Of the important state organiZa-
lions that foster agricultural improve
ment will hold annual meetings at the
time of the Wisconsin Farmers Week
College Of Agriculture, Madison, early
in February. These will be announced
later.