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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
THE TROOPER OF THE TENTH.
Louis n. orlee.

LouIs m. orlee.
Though dark his skin. and 1owly Il his
His hero heart = tried and true as
\ His Drawn IL bravsly given to the nation.
His life devoted to the common veal;
Where danger turks e try the e0'de't
There he With heart and hand is sure
8 to be
. TO meet the Hydra headed brute and scar
A trooper 81 the nshtins Tenth is he
4 He finched not whsn the treacherous foe
@ assailed him,
Red-hot on hanks and front with hidden
His treat. courageous spirit never failed
him
Though trapped ~ Montesuma's muir
derous sons;
A He fought with yalor lsd by Boyd and
Norey.
IA won iis way into the ranks Of glory
The trooper 81 the Tenth at Carrizal'
(. Es .-- ~ -
The Fushun coal fields in Manchuria,
q sghich are being operated by the Jap
anese, are said to be the richest In the
world. a. *,
II violet light Ii being used by French
scientists to test precious stones, espe-
B cially rubies, as It distinguishes the
4 more valuable Burmese gems from
Il 8iamese ones Of less worth.
The Jack pines planted in Nebraska's
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Teach us delight in simple things,
And mirth that has no bitter springs;
Forgiveness free Of evil done,
And love to all men meath the sun!
-Kipling.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

+. r :
Act" the Chattanooga Times invites
the attention Of ths Negroes of Chat
tanooga to dangerous and deplorable
seonditions existing In that city. II
points to the terrific death rate among
the Negroes, the increase Of tuhercu.
aosis and other deadly diseases and to
the shriveling Of the Negro population,
due to fewer births than deaths. not.
withstanding the heavy birth rate.
Chattanooga u not exceptional
among Southern cities in this respect,
but typical. In all the larger cities
there is heavy Negro population, and
the same insanitary living conditions
prevail.
1t is true the Negroes must act in
Chattanooga, and they must act in all
Southern cities, but the Post must re-
mind the Times that the problem can
never be solved BY the Negroes alone.
1t is a problem which the white people
must help to solve: II will require CO.
operation Of the intelligent people Of
both races. fortified By strong and
purposeful municipal policy to bring
about better results.
AZ The Negroes Of the Southern cities
for the most part live In the miserable
shacks which white landlords provide
for them, and amid such distressful
conditions as white municipal govern
ments permit to exist. And the inev-
liable consequences Of such housing
conditions and such disease-breeding
conditions as are common are not only
disease and death among the Negroes,
but such conditions are introduced by
Negroes into white homes.
When the Times fully appraises the
danger to white people of having
large Negro population existing under
the appalling conditions prevalent in
Southern cities, It win see that 1t is
white mans problem and that the So
luton must come a. 4 result Of unre-
hitting effort OF the whites in co-opera-
tion with the enlightened element Of
the Negroes.
There II scarcely q white home in
Chattanooga that does not employ Ne
gro servants. They come from jnsan-
itary and disease-breeding sections Of
the city into their white employers
kitchen. they nurse the white babies,
they launder the clothing and house
hold linen. They serve In many capaci-
ties. How many Of these employers
are careful to know under what condi-
lions their Negro servants live? Is 1t
A. -. n go 49, t. >ok
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The government Of Chile has author
ised the erection q Z technical indus
trial School.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Philosophy teaches us to take thine1
as they come-but the trouble Is that
they frequently fail to come.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The countless gold Of a merry heart,
The rubies and pearls Of loving life
The idle man never can bring to the
mart
Nor the cunning hoard up in his
treasury.
William Blake,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
DINNER IN THE WOODS.

When the family loses it's appetite,
take well-filled basket, and after a
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Many q wife would be glad to sex-
change her husband Tor 4 bunch Of all
mony. ss55 III y.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
FISH SALADS.

As there is large variety to choose
rom among so many fish, one is sure
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
sAvoRY SALAD.

A salad is suitable to- serve at any
meal, upon any occasion to any peo-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

RI The people 81 Holland hold tho ~
Iord ID coffee drinkers N e I,2:4 u
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
APPETIZING LEFToVERs.

With a little attention to detail on
may make very dainty and elegant
Jfehoo %vov,o t>f&o ~ 1o4<
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The first of the Bogoslof group of the
Aleutian islands was born 12O years
ago. There was great CONFUSION
in the Behring sea, about % miles
north of Unalaska, and an Island ap-
peared above the surface of the stormy
waters. This islet, which rose to q
height of nearly 5000 feet above sea
level, was christened Bogoslof by the
Russians, who then owned Alaska. It
remained solitary until 1882, when an
other volcanic eruption in the sea was
followed by the birth Of another island
near the first.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The light Of the sun is 100000 times
greater than the full moon.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The South has relics Of extinct man.
mails which were. practically real sea
serpents. ~
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

A fre-fghting car for use In coal
mines is built much like the chemical
engine of a fire department.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Dreamland is the only land where
we all enjoy equal rights. g55
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

No wonder the fair sex is clamoring
for equal rights. As it now. stands,
when a man dies his better half is en-
titled to only third Of his estate.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04
AERO.AMER|cAN CUL[NCS

I the Utica Normal and Industrial insti-
tuition, Utica, Miss. In recent ad-
dress. This being the case. how can
1t be expected that the Negro OF the
South would progress along with his
more fortunate brother In the North
1t is enlightening and encouraging,
however, that you have had the fore
sight to compare the Negro with the
Negro. 1t is the first time that I
have ever seen such n thing done. The
Negro Is always compared with the
proud, fortunate Anglo-Saxon, and, OF
course, to his detriment. Give the
Negro of Mississippi the same educa-
tional opportunity that the Negro OF
Connecticut has and during the next
five decades they will write new
chapter in the history Of the American
nation.
l do not share in any sense your
seeming pessimism in regard to the
future of the Negro race, for when we
take under consideration the tremen-
dous progress that he has made dur
ing his freedom there Is little to dis
courage US. In the language Of Fred
erick Douglass, the greatest Negro
your State has produced, would say:
Judge us not by the heights to which
we have attained, but by the depths
from which we came" Fifty years
ago we were "only in the land OF the
living" Now we own $9,OOO,OOO,OOO
worth of property and have 10000
business concerns. The value of farm
property alone owned by the Negroes,
principally in the South, is, according
to the United States census, LAO
600, 600, and this Is increasing at the
rate Of more than 125 per cent each
decade.
So much for that. feel that you
are right in your contentious that 1t
was in full recognition of the SEN
timents Of the white race that Booker
T. Washington conceived his work,
but you seem to overlook the fact
that there are at least two distinct
classes Of white people in the South.
one class that has the secure convic-
ton of which you speak (that the
Negro cannot really be helped) and
another whose eyes have seen and
whose ears have heard and whose
hearts have been awakened to the
fact that Negroes are simply human
beings and need human opportunities
to make them useful citizens that the
country needs. 1t seems a broad
statement to say that Booker 7. Wash
ington did not have the backing OF
the South, unless you mean as whole.
One of these classes Of which ! have
lust spoken did back Booker T. Wash
ington to the best Of its ability under
the circumstances. The other class
did him no harm and often wished
him well, though they doubted his abil-
ity to bring about the changes he
sought. But none of them provided
him with the ammunition with which
to fight his tremendous battles.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

heg VIII n firmnessl I strong
4 sfnacy.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

violet light - being used by French
scientists to test precious stones, espe-
cially rubies, az It distinguishes the
more valuable Burmese gems from
Niamese ones OF less worth. Z
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

.rhe forthc coming revised edition Of
ne United States pharmacopedia
VIII make use Of the metric system Of
weights and measures exclusively.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

A milestone and an az, said to be
more than 100 years old, were found
Embedded in the trunk of tree which
is known to be 115 years old, by Ed
ward Smith of Sandusky, Mich, while
cutting the tree down. 1t is believed
that the tree once was hollow near the
ground and the articles were placed
in the hollow part for safe-keeping,
and that the tree grew together.
All Austrian and Hungarian news
papers now arrive In Switzerland with
out their advertisement sections, which
are said to have been removed by or
der of the censors.
The worlds largest stone statue, q
figure Of a patron saint that will be
24O feet long, Is being carved from 4
rock on an island in Japan.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

Bronze hose, II which there ID no
Syubbsr, canvas or leather has been In
vented ID Great Britain for handling
fuel OIL.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

ybsty psr csnt o. the estimated
available watsr power Of the United
states n located n the Pacific coast
y tatoG. En- HI d. II "a. if.ii
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The lack pines planted in Nebraska's
sand hills ~ the government forest
service some ten years ago. are now
more than Is feet In height.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

The Fushun coal fields in Manchuria,
which are being operated by the Jap
anese, are said to be the richest in the
world. S$t
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-04

q Wiz. according to the language pf
e6w9es ~ locks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
MACADAM TOO
EXPENSIVE FOR
ROAD BUILDING
Was First Introduced in Eng
land 100 Years Ago.
Lately BituminOus Binders
Greatly Improve Surface.
COSTS $1,000 TO $1,000 MILE
Surface Should Not Be Over SIX
Inches Thick.
Trap Rock Found Best for Fill
Ter, by Experiments.

washington. Aug. 12.-''The ma
cadam road" said the United states
office of Public Roads today. sis par
ticuIarly adapted to main highways
connecting centers of population. but Is
not satisfactory for city streets and Is
too expensive for rural roads other
than main highways or pixies. me
department has been investigating
From twelve to fifteen feet is recon-
mended as a suitable width, provided
the road is thanked on each side with
firm shoulders from three to five feet
wide, to prevent shearing of the sizes
by wheels.
The macadam method of road con-
struction was first introduced about
the beginning of the nineteenth CEN
fury in England by a Scotchman
named John Louden MacAdam.
Chief Features of Construction
The chief features of this construc-
ton, which has since become one of
the foremost methods of road building
in every country of the world, are: A
raised, thoroughly drained. and crown
ed earth foundation; a sub-surface of
broken-stone fragments, not larger
than . X inches in diameter and of
stone dust and screenings.
During the last forty years this
method has been modified and the
stone fragments are graduated in size
with the coarser stones at the bottom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
WEDNESDAY.
FORECAST.

things those Tommies tell of doing in
this internal trench warfare. People
in Kansas told me before / left that
l could get better view of the war
in the states than here-a "better
perspective" was the technical term.
But with the exception of the German
comm uniques, which are not always
available here, we in PARKS get every
thing from all the fronts hot off the
bat every day in great detail, illus
trated with good war maps and pic
lures which can't possibly be shown
abundance. Moreover, we constantly
feel the pulse of the fight in the
stories of the returned wounded and
the men and officers here on their
six-day layoff.
AS a matter of fact, this war was
pretty much of an unreality to me out
there in Kansas, but viewed from the
local standpoint, it certainly looks like
business The thing that you can't
is slow moving, but heartlessly me-
thodical. People talk about it ending
soon. 1t is not to end soon, for it
has too much momentum. 1t has be-
come part of the national life over
here, and can't be thrown off in a
day any more than one can dispose
of case of typhoid in a week. The
Germans have had their day. Now
the allies have got started. They are
not going to stop for a long time.
Judging from the resistance the allies
are meeting, should say that neither
are the Germans by any means ready
to quit So don't look for anybody to
climb "out of the trench by Christ
mas"
I have real hopes of getting to the
front before I leave this place. Will
let you hear from me right along.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
REAL CIRCUS TALE.
TOpekans Recall How "Willie"
Sells Made a Wad.
Bright Press Agent Found a
Wild Animal Scare.
ALL TOWN TO CIRCUS GROUNDS
As a Result a Poor Trip Was
Made Most Profitable.
1t Took an Hour to Induce
Lions to Run.

speaking of circuses," said one OF
a group of Topekans the other day,
reminds me of a story the late Willie
Sells of Topeka told me- The little
circus Willie was then running had
struck long spell of bad weather ana
i'll luck, receipts had steadily dwincleo
so that the treasury was almost empty,
and the concern landed il small
western city entirely unheralded-
There was not enough money to pay
salaries and buy animal feed TO say
nothing of doing any advertising.
They had run into fine weather at
last 1t was Saturday and the town
was full of people. But how were
they to be told that a circus was IN
their midst? Sells was in the last ex-
tremity of despair-he called his adj
yertising manager and they had con-
sultation. Suddenly the latter slapped
his knee. L have it, said he. Yen
just leave the whole thing to me and
promise to do just what 1 tell you.
and I'll have a crowd that our tent
won't hold Sells agreed. AT noon
said the ad man, you go to Thomp-
sons restaurant. order good dinner
and wait till you hear from me-.
Waited for Order.
'Thompson's restaurant was well
filled but even that fact did not wholly
account for the tremendously LONG
time Sells had to wait for his order.
The dinner came at last and Sells was
preparing to satisfy the big appetite
occasioned by his long wait, wher
there was big comnotion in the
street outside and the advertising mar
appeared in the doorway. hatless
coastless, collarless, wild-eyed and ges
ticulating, and a big crowd was at hi,
| back. Mr.. Sells he yelled, fol
Gods sake come quick-the lions hav'
i broken loose!'
1.-The two men hurried to the show
| grounds, followed by the ever grow
! ing crowd. The lions had indeed
been loose, but proper precautions had
j been taken that they could not go far
and the closing scenes of the jungle
hunt were being enacted as the thron,
arrived. The last lion was just re-en
tering his cage.
"Rut the trick worked, and that nigh
as Sells was grinning over a goodl.
| pile of gate receipts he said: Blu
why did you keep me waiting so 1ont
for my dinner?' Because said tn
| ad man, 1T took us an hour to Undue
| the limos to break loose"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

Recently various bituminous prepa-
rations have been added to the surface
of binders. Heavy petroleum oils,
asphalts, bituminous cements and tar
mixtures are now used largely for this
purpose. The addition of some such
binding material renders the road i'm
pervious to the damaging action of
water and forms a hard, smooth, re-
silent surface.
Although it formerly was thought
necessary to surface the road with a
LAYER of macadam from eight to twelve
inches in depth, Uncle Sans road ex-
perts declared the surface should be
as thin as is consistent with durability
not over six inches deep in any case
and often only three. This saving of
surfacing material greatly lowers tho
cost of the road, without detractinl
from its wearing qualities in the leas;
they contend
Must Be Porous Roadbed.
The road-bed should be of porou
material, welI-drained, and should r
free from clay or loan.
Grades exceeding SIX feet to ever
100 feet of road are considered exces
sive for heavy traffic. Curves witt
less than 200 feet radius should b,
avoided. Build around the slope of a
Hill, not over it. Build as straight al
possible, always considering GRADING
first A special recommendation is
made by the office of public roads
that the surface crossing of railroad
tracks be eliminated through culverts
or overhead brides.
Trap rock is considered by the gov
ernment experts as the best for road
building purposes, although some
GRANTEES and the harder limestones
give good results. The United States
bureau of public roads tests samples
of rock submitted to it without charge,
and furnishes advice as to the fitness
of any sample for bodybuilding.
Cost Varies Greatly.
The cost is entirely dependent on To-
cal conditions and the availability of
materials. However, an estimate of
the cost of the macadan surface,
foundation and drainage costs elini-
mated, places the average expenditure,
where imported trap rock is used. at
approximately $4,000 to $1,000 per
average depth of five inches. Where
good local stone is Immediately
available the cost of the surface may
be as low as $1,000 to $4,000 per mile.
In Massa chusetts, the actual cost
Of imported trap rock, in place and
rolled, was S1.70 a ton, covering 3.13
square yards of surface at five inches
in depth. Local stone was secured in
this instance at $1.22 ton
Construction of macadam roads, as
CT any other kind, in the opinion of
always be under the direction of an
experienced road engineer, if best re-
suits are to be obtained.
Eighty per cent of the teachers in
this country are women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

Governor Capper and Attorney Gen
eral Brewster started a strenuous CAM
paign against the proposed hike in
gas rates.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12
CIRCUS HURT PAVING
Bricks on Topeka Avenue Ground TO
Pieces by Big Wagons.

Although the street department
saved its new strip of asphalt pave
ment on East Eighth avenue from
demolition by heavy circus wagons,
brick paving on Topeka avenue did not
fare so well. In a number of places
along the street brick were ground so
that they must be replaced.
Under direction of the street depart
ment. repairs are being made today on
strips of pavement ruined by the circus
wagons. Heaviest damage was done
between Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
Cost of repairs will be small.
Policemen stationed along the
asphalt strip between jefferson street
and the Santa Fe tracks on East
Eighth avenue saved the pavement
there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

Eighty per cent of the teachers in
his country are women.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

Clear Skin Comes From Within.
1t is foolish to think you can gain q
good clear complexion by the use CO face
powder. Get at the root of the trouble
and thoroughly cleanse the system with q
treatment of DR.. Kings New Life Pills-
Gentle and mild in action, do not grfpe.
yet they relieve the liver by their action
on the bowels. Good for young adults
and aged Go after clear complexion
today. 25c at your druggist.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

Under normal conditions, France
makes 100000 pairs of gloves per
year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-12

At the Topeka meeting of the good
roads boosters of northeastern Kansas,
plans for LeavenwoNrn-R Riley military
highway were considered.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-20


night train came along, and it proved
to be the case.
81 was clean mad all through. l
swore that I'd retake Big Steve sin
gle-handed, if necessary. l had only
a revolver against his rifle, but the
three guards took with me we're
armed to the teeth. AS it happened,
the most unexpected i'll luck hap
pened to us.
Two. OF my men got begged in
the swamp. They we're up to their
waists, and the rope that we'd
brought with us to bind the prisoner
had to be requisitioned to pull them
out. 1t was near the end of the Jour
ney and every second was precious
to us. You see, there was no tele-
graph in those days. We couldn't
warn the man at the station. We had
to go in person. And it would be the
easiest thing in the world for Big
Steve to hop on one of the cars as
they numbered down the hill and go
on any distance until he chose to
drop off and make his way into some
VI IAC hO64O OCII1CI1OuJO IlfG
track.
'"The third man stayed to pull out
the two who were mired in the
swamp. It was not difficult matter,
for one of them was near the edge,
and when he was freed the two of
them could get Adams free. But it
meant ten minutes, and was so mad
with hate that / didn't even stop to
exchange my revolver for a rifle. On
1 went, in spite of the mems remon-
strances, and, sure enough, reached
the station little ahead of the train.
81 called the man on duty, but he
didn't show up. found afterward
that he was drunk. Dead drunk-and
why not? 1t was lonely life, and
there was no likelihood that anyone
would want him at that hour. You
know what our country types used to