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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
NO LEGS, BUT THEY WALK
British Cripples Deceive Onlookers by
Brisk Observation-Disclosures
Of Modern Science.

LOndOn.-When a wounded soldier
or sailor is sent to hospital nowadays
the amount of patching up made
possible by modern Science is so Won
derful that by the very nature of its
success it escapes full appreciation.
Thus, If you see a fine-looking young
man walking round briskly with no
more support than walking stick you
are not likely to realize that short
time ago he had no legs at ALL An
impressive number of marvels of this
kind is to be found at the Queen Mary
hospital at Roehampton, where the
fitting of artificial limbs is being &C.
complished on a scale that has never
been known before.
Less than five months ago Sergeant
Kent Of the Fifth Wits lost his legs
in his country's service at the OAR
danelles. Yesterday, consciously
proud of his facility, he took an after
noon stroll round the grounds of the
hospital. with only two walking sticks
to help him. For six days he has
been relearning how to walk-a JOY
Gus experience for man who had
contemplated life with crutches.
In one of the limb shops yesterday
disabled heroes were finding their feet
with the aid of parallel bars. In or
der that the legs may suit them as
nearly perfectly as possible, it is
usual for the men to take their first
steps in the practicing room before
the limbs are finished.
A one-armed man strobe along q
corridor swinging the one arm-his
left-as he walked. His hand was
gloved, and when the fingers gripped
those of the visitor they were found
to be unnaturally hard. The lower
part of the one arm was artificial, and
the opening and shutting of the hand
and the deceiving swing of the limb
were operated by shoulder move
ments. Private Chaplin of the Welsh
Fusileers is the owner Of this Won
derful hand, with which, among other
accomplishments, he can write re-
markably we'll.
1T was a bit Of job at first" he
admitted "You see, it's left arm. "
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
ODD METHODS EMPLOYED TO
OBTAIN BLOOMS
BY LIMA r. ROSE,

To grow flowers successfully nova
Gus, delicate babies and trained with
the patience and attention needed to
| produce a prima donna.
For modern methods of flower cul-
ture closely resemble the treatment
melted out to fragile human beings.
Thousands Of such plants may be
seen in the different parks of the big
cities whose greenhouses are regular
| experiment stations.
The advice which some scientific
gardeners follow with regard to their
| flowers is as follows:
! The plant bulbs are wrapped in cot
ton WOOL When they begin to flower
they chloroform them. They are sur
rounded with ice one day and steam
the next, and occasional electric
shocks are administered.
One exhibitor Of fuchsias recently
told how the modern scientific gar
dener attempts to improve on nature
and hasten the natural growth Of
plants.
"A novel system has been adopted
by some horticulturists for making
fuchsias bloom quickly and luxuri.
antly.
H. when the plant is about to flower
it is placed in an inclosed space filled
with chloroform vapor. The immedi-
ate result is that the plant is retarded
or paralyzed in it's growth.
when the fuchsia is placed in the
fresh air again 1t is said to start grow
ing again with redoubled energy, and
flowers much quicker than it would do
In the ordinary way.
Another method of stimulating
plants is by submitting them to high
frequency electric currents.
"Growing flowers nowadays is even
more difficult than bringing up ba-
bies-that is, If one wants to produce
the finest possible blossoms,
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
PLANT SHADE TREES.

When you are planning to plant
trees around the house it will be we'll
to give a thought to the Japanese
walnut and the Downing mulberry.
The Japanese walnut was first i'm
ported from the Orient about twenty
years ago and is rapidly growing in
popularity wherever it has been
tested.
1t does not bear much resemblance
to our native kind, differing in leaf
and manner of growth. 1t does not
start many limbs, and they are thick,
stubby and blunt. When bare of leaves
it's appearance is not very progresses
ing or graceful, but. when in leaf it
will compare in beauty with any of
our shade trees, and is sure to attract
the admiration Of every observer of
tree life.
It's leaves are large and tropical in
outline and make dense shade. To
all these qualities of fine shade tree
1t adds the value of a nut tree. 1t
bears nut something like our native
butternut in shape, but not SO large.
These nuts are borne in clusters and
in great abundance and one of the
best features Of these trees is the very
early age they come into bearing.
They begin at three or four years.
They are vigorous and hardy growers.
The Downing mulberry, or perhaps
one of the several other so-called ever.
bearing varieties, makes good sec.
ond choice. There is not a great deal
of difference between any of the null.
berries, though it is said the Downing
is not hardy in the North.
It is a very rapid growing tree
which in itself is a very valuable
quality in shade tree. It's leaves are
large and make a fine shade and from
every point of view it is beautiful
tree except, perhaps, that some might
object to the fact that it bears fruit
in abundance.
This quality, however, should make
it priced all the more by the farmer
For number of weeks it produces
delicious berries that are the delight
Of the children and of the birds and
fowls.
Birds of all kinds may be seen in
it's branches feasting on the berries
and making the yard cheerful with
their presence and their song. The
catbird and thrush, jay and mockine
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
STRANGE BATTLE
IN AISNE WOOD
Germans Come Out of Shelters
After French Pass and
Attack Rear.
FIND THEMSELVES IN A TRAP
Search Of Captured Wood Reveals Nu-
merous Hiding Places Where Ger
mans Still Held Out-Marvels
Of Field Fortifications.

Behind the French Front in Cham.
pagne.-The French troops that made
a big dent in the German line just
west of Berry-au-Bac and not far from
Rheims more than year ago, and
who had chafed under the necessity
of marking time there ever since, espe.
cially since the battle of Verdun be.
gan, were allowed the satisfaction re.
Gently of attacking little wood the
Germans still held there between the
Aisne and the little town of Ville-au.
Bots. This diversion developed an &C.
ton of considerable importance that
did not get into official communicate
1t has been described in the press by
staff officer.
Wood Strongly Fortified.
The wood, strongly fortified by the
Germans, made it impossible, 50 long
as the Teutons held it, for the French
to rectify and properly to consolidate
their front at that point. When the
attack upon Verdun developed great
proportions it was decided to prepare
this operation, both as a desirable i'm
provement of the French position and
as diversion. What would have been
considered an unprecedented concen
tration of artillery, both heavy guns
and field pieces, before the Verdun op
erations was effected Immediately be
hind the front, while the infantry bur
rowed deeper and deeper into theil
underground shelters. Orders were
given for the opening of fire at seven
o'clock on the morning of April rs
and the fire increased in rapidity and
intensity until four o'clock in the aft
ernoon, the Germans replying feebly
until the entire wood was being swept
and symptoms of an approaching at
tack became apparent. Then theil
heavy pieces from the heights of era
onne began heavy Smelling o.
the trenches from which an attack
might have been supposed to orig
mate. -
The French infantry, well protected
from this shelter In their deepenet
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

tered eight meters, then nine meters.
and quickly mounted to IA meters.
We were safe. What a feeling of re-
lief to know that an impenetrable
wall of water protected US now from
the destroyer. Our hearts, that had
almost stopped beating, began to send
the. warm blood again through our
veins. Our boat sank deeper and
deeper, responding to every move.
ment of the rudder as faithful horse
does to the rein. We were now 80
meters under the surface.
1--WE could still hear the crash of
the shells overhead. l looked at the
man at the wheel and pointed upward
with my thumb, smiling all the while.
He smiled back at me.
Suddenly we were thrown head
long in all directions. The subma.
rine trembled like wounded animal.
For a few seconds we were uncon-
scious and our heads and shoulders
and all our bones ached.
What has happened? Is 1t all over
with US? Did we hit a mine?
Then the men reported that every.
thing was in excellent shape. No
leaks were found.
1.-The submarine, however. was at
almost right angles.
Captain, there's something
wrong said the lieutenant. We are
caught in a net, and attached to the
upper part of the net are mines. This
is enough to drive man crazy
Bored Right Through.
Don't lose your nerve, l shouted.
Wen get out of this. Keep the sub.
marine submerged. Back up and then
with all the power of Our engines,
go ahead. But don't rise an inch.
Remember the mines above u.s..
THE engines worked perfectly. The
submarine, when she moved forward,
bored right into the net and tore it
into bits. and as our splendid little
craft responded again to the helm we
gave a shout of joy. for we knew that
we had extricated ourselves.
"'Go DEEPER l cried. Go down to
thirty meters
Il sat down and held my aching
head in my hands. My brain seemed
to be whirling like windmill.
Needles seemed to be sticking in my
forehead and there was roaring in
my ears which tried to stop by plac-
ing my hands over them.
1T was some time before l was
able to think clearly and then l rec
ognized the fact that we had gone
deep enough just in time. The en-
envy had no doubt figured that we
would alight right into the net, which
would explode the mines and ami
hilate us. AS it was we passed d.
rectly under the net, SO that the
mines exploded in the direction of
least resistance, doing no more dam
age than to knock us uncon scious mo-
mentarily.
II am willing to let the enemy
think he got us, but / pray that we
will never have another such expe-
rience. Once was enough. 1t was a
nerve-racking ordeal. which we never
can forget"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
SUBMARINE HAS
. :. EXCITING time
Adventure of the German U.202
Is Described by Its Com
mander. i
CAUGHT IN net; ESCAPES
Fleea British Destroyer and Sub.
merses, Only to Be Hooked in
Meshes, Which She Breaks
at Full Speed.

Berlin.-A sensational episode o.
submarine warfare is told by Captain
Commandant Freiherr Spiegel in the
"Diary of U-202," which has just beer
published by August Scherl, in Berlin
1t gives some idea of the dangers en-
countered and tells how the U-202 was
caught in a net but managed to ex
tricate herself by clever maneuvering
1T was three minutes after si1
o'clock and in half an hour it would
be SUNRISE" writes Captain Spiegel
'Sky and sea were enveloped in 6
dark, gray mist and no horizon was
visible. Suddenly my glasses dis
ce1ned a dark shadow, which came
like ghost out Of the mist. Gradu
ally the shadow took more definite
form-I saw dark hull. mast, and
then one, two, three and four tunnels
1t was a torpedo boat destroyer.
Il gave the alarm and shouted the or
der 'Submerge at once Quickly the wa
ter began rushing into the tanks, and
then it seemed an almost interminable
interval until the tanks were filled and
the submarine began to sink. Never
in my life did the seconds pass SO
slowly. The destroyer, of course, had
sighted US and came speeding on with
all the power Of her 40,000-horsepower
engines. Her forward guns began fir.
ing at us.
Shells Fall All Around.
Great God! l hope they do not hit
US. One single shot and we are lost
Our tower was now almost submerged
but could still see the dark shadow
drawing nearer. The shells were fall.
ing all around us. and as they dropped
in the water they made a noise like a
hammer coming down with full force
on a steel plate.
"One shot came so near that it lift
ed our boat half way above the sur
face of the water. Another shot and
he will surely strike US.
Slowly we sank, and then the sub
marine responded to the movement
Of the deep-sea rudder and we dived
quickly.
1.-THE red-globed electric lights
showed that our manometer regis
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

II am inclined to think that the
mind OF the Negro has been too long
centered on himself" declared Prof.
!. NJ Terrell in an address delivered at
Houston, Tex. "He has been disposed
to determine the worth or worthiness
OF movement by the direct good he
was to derive from it. We can no
longer afford to measure the value of
things in terms of our own direct bene-
fits. So long as we continue to do
this. we may never hope to be counted
in fact part Of this great country;
nor can we expect to demand and re-
csive equal rights and privileges, An
individual or race that fails in thf per-
formancs ~ duty. ssaEse..s. all cl iIs to
Lail r1Ehfs. 96s.:4a :; amount to
all rights. And you 1MRa ay Y. assured if
you perform your duty, your rights
ana privileges VIII follow. It is our
duty to prepare ourselves to live the
fullest possible lives; to be of the
greatest use to the community in
which we happen to live and to the
state and country at large. 1t is our
duty to take advantage Of every op-
portunity to improve ourselves to the
end that society generally will feel us
less and less burden or liability and
more and more an asset.
"As fast as the white people of
Houston or any other city or town are
convinced that you are responding to
the opportunities and advantages Of
fered, they are willing and are going
to extend them; and so, after all, it
is up to us as to what rights and privi-
leges we shall enjoy. "A wise use of
those granted Ii certain to open up
new ones I know that in every in
stance where wisdom has governed the
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
PAY for Civil War Mules.

Butte, Mont.-"A way settlement
warrant" for 1885, signed by Secretary
of the Treasury w. G. McAdoo, is in
possession now of the heirs OF Samuel
H. Pipes in payment for Is Missouri
mules which the government s>quisi.
toned from him in the Civil war. Fl
forts to collect for the mules had beA>
made by Pipes for 40 years, according
to attorneys for the claimants. Pipes
died here six years ago..
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

DR.. Edwin Heath Of Kansas City,
lightweight years old, and rival of
Colonel Roosevelt in fame as an ex-
plorer, discovered the river in Brazil
which bears his name, and is the only
North American outside of former
President Roosevelt for whom South
American river has been named. Doc
tor Heath is life member Of the
Royal Geographical society and al.
though he has given up explorations in
favor of his practice as a physician
in his home city, he is still known and
honored by geographers everywhere.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
FINDER OF MONEY. KEEPER
Ohio Court Decides Important Case
Between Railway Company
and Employee. 4

Canton.--A decision has been rem.
dered by the common pleas court Of
Stark county that the finder Of money
IL the keeper, providing the loser is
never discovered. The decree was
made ii the case o. q. w. Hupp Of
Alliance. former railway checker.
About ! year $50 HutD found - ten
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
PIow Up Many Bullets.

Hagerstown, Md.-Farmhands, pl0w-
ing near. fWilliamsport this spring,
turned up a. nest Of 100 cartridges that
had been buried by the Thirteenth
Massachusetts regiment when 1t was
encamped during the Civil war In Bow.
cry Woods, on Springfield Farm. Some
Of the caps on the cartridges were pre-
served and the powder 10 still vital.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

dollar bills in freight car. He gave
the money to the company with the
understanding that he was to be the
keeper If the owner was not found.
Recently Hupp brought suit to get the
money. The company asked the court
to decide who should have the money.
Hupp won. A l .s:... \
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

What is believed to be the worlds
smallest aeroplane has been built by
a Californian. having a wing spread
of only eighteen feet and being driv
en- by seven-horsepower motorcycle
engine. ~
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

The last Of that famous band under
John G. Fremont, who in 1916 hauled
down the Mexican flag at Monterey,
CAL, is dead at Spokane, Wash, Arson
A. Pike, aged ninety-six. Mr.. Pike, an
Ohioan, built schoolhouse in Bloom.
ington, O., while Abraham Lincoln wac
superintendent of schools in that city.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
swarmina Bees Broke Up School.

SWaTniTn1 beeS bFoKe Up Scno0I.
Oakland, Cal.-Forty schoolchildren
were held prisoners half day at
Langworth school. near here, by
buzzing swarms of bees which chose a
corner OF the room as their resting
place. They stung Miss Ida Warford,
the teacher, when she went to inves-
tigate and finally forced her to dis.
miss school for the day.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
Flies for Theater Admiration.

BentUnvfile, Ark. - One hundred
dead flies or ten cents is the price OF
admission to the moving picture the
ater here. Indications are that with
in q very short time flies will be an
unknown quantity in the community.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

An Irish author who has recently
published tifth-century romance in
sists that the 20" of his name (O'Sul-
livan) should not be capitalized be-
cause it is a corruption of the Gaelic
word "us," meaning "the descendant
Of" He AYERS that both the apostrophe
and the hyphen are recent intrusions
in the field of human nomenclature
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23
THE ONE WHO STAYED.
The tale 4 bot much.

The tale - not much.
Nor known in the annals Of war: 1t
was told In q breath
BY the tires OF the camp; it was only
devotion and death.
There were many of such.
The hero-I know
You would not have called him hero
--at least, ere he gave
His life for the flag, like freeman:
for he was . slave,
And ignorant, low
In th~ scale Of humanity's worth, as
thu bulk OF his race;
But he filled mans place.
They fed from the foe,
Outc ambered and bleeding, and leaped
to q boat by the shore,
But 1t sank on the shoal; they must
push It away, II It bore
Their number; then 10!
Before they could ask
who does 1T" or soldier could spring
from the sheltering side,
Already q Negro 1as leaping. I'll do
it." he cried.
vi And bent to the task.
"You soldiers can fight for the flag!
You must all get away!
Who cares II / stay?"
All, stalwart to serve,
The arms that had toiled in the cot
ton! He gave, to the last,
The sum OF his strength: for the fugi-
tives' peril was past.
For his soul did not swerve.
Uncomely the clay
Whereof he was fashioned-yet now.
when bullets had rent
4 sevenfold way for the life that he
gave with content,
It seemed. where he lay,
As II honor impartial had claimed him
to- count him apart,
With the sons of her heart!
Grace Agnes Zimmerman.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

"A Bible presented to President Lin
coin in 1864 by Negroes in Baltimore
as token Of their appreciation for the
part he took IN the emancipation OF
their race. has been received at Nash.
vile, Tenn. as the gift of Robert T.
Lincoln to Fisk university, the local
educational institution for Negroes.
The gift was announced by the presi'
dent OF the university, DR.. F. A. Nc
Kenzie. Mr.. Lincoln says In his let,
ter to President Mckenzie:
Please express the pleasure that l
have in requesting Fisk university to
accept the permanent custody of the
very interesting Bible presented to my
father by . large number of colored
persons as testimonial of their feel
1ngs upon the issuance Of the Enamel
patton Proclamation. 1t has seemed
to me better that this notable testi'
moniaI should be preserved in some in
stitute where its resting place will be
permanent, and I can think Of no more
lifting selection than the institution
founded BY Gen. Clinton Bowen Fisk.
Immediately upon completing dis
Stinguished military service in the war
which resulted IN the abolition Of hu-
man slavery in our country"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

For timing work the dial Of Swiss
stop watch carries additional marks
to indicate at any point of elapsed time
what the corresponding output per
hour would be.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

River Has Name OF Indian Chief.
The Croton river. which furnishes to
New York the greater part Of tho wa
ter consumed In its limits, was named
for an Indian chief, S3s ss ,sS $f;Si
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

Women can talk more than men.
with less fatigue. according to Ger.
man scientist, because their throats
are smaller and they tax their lungs
and vocal organs less.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

The black opal, which a few years
ago created a furore in the jewelry
world, has practically ceased to exist,
says Albert Ramsey. London. the
worlds largest opal dealer.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

Russians ~ great tea drinkers. Ut
cups md 1aucerS are not used. Thl1
drink thS m 1sages from classes
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

No great war Of our time has ended
during the winter months, nor, with
I the exception Of the Russo Japanese
var. has any begun then. :. For cen
Stury III wars have begun in the spring.
summer or early autumn and ended
SbetWeen March and August.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

The refusal of congress to provide
for additional Negro regiments in the
enlarged army has received rebuke
from Governor Whitman of New York
He has authorized the enlistment OF
colored regiment of the Natiopal
Guard Of the Empire State, and the
heartening part of it is ~, where
as four years ago a simiYE PROPOSE
ton was strongly opposed by the
guardsmen, they supp brt the COVER
nor's action today.
The Negroes, ackording to the New
York Press, progiise that their resi
ment will be recruited with expedition
and that theft soldiery will speedily
prove itself worthy of comparison
with the whites in loyalty. discipline
alertness and endurance"
We pointed out, the other day, that
the folored troops now in Mexico were
demonstrating just that; indeed, that
they were among the best American
fighting stock south Of the Rio Grande
OF course this is nothing new. The
record of the Negro soldiery in the
Civil war, when 100000 fought to pre-
serve the Union. was splendid in ev
cry respect. So was its record in ou1
war with Spain. In short, the Negro
has won the rxht through sacrifice
and efficiency to be considered an
active part of our national defense.
If the great state of New York re-
lies upon it's colored stock to make
satisfactory guardsmen, what a dis
grace for the national congress, If, be-
cause of sectional hatred, it refuses
to consider the ready and willing Ne
gro for the regular army!-Milwaukee
Free Press.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

Lake Erie produces more fish to the
square mile than any other body Ut
water III the world, 4; ss5 5S sis5
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-23

BY systematic reforestation lava ID
canstanfay increasing It's teak forests,
which now cover more than 1.4S0. 900
i acres despite the great amount Of TIM
ber cut evssy year.s