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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
GETS SCARE OF HIS LIFE
Thoueht 10 Skeleton Rafting. ous
II Was Only Two Screen
Owls

Falmouth, KY T. AcNfy OF
Short Creek had the scare OF his life
recently about 1880 O'Clock at night.
He thought his time had come when
he was awakened by what he thought
was the rafting Of skeleton at the
head of his bed
When he collected his wits he found
that it was two screech owls sitting on
the head OF his bed cracking their
laws and making lot Of noise with
their claws. When Mr.. McNay raised
I'd out Of bed to answer the call o.
old st. Peter, as he thought 1t was, the
two owls few against the window.
Then 1t was that Mr.. McNay took .
new lease on life. as he knew what
1t was.
Mr.. McNay says the owls were black
with SCOT and he supposed that they
were sitting on top OF the chimney
and got to fussing and fell down the
chimney and into the room.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
IS SHAVED BY AUTO LIGHT
Son Puts Machine Where Barber Can
Work on Father Who Is in
q Hurry.

Clayton, Mo.-Heroic measures were
resorted to in order that Frank Tege.
thoff, a real estate dealer, could be
shaved in time to catch a train one
night recently. Tegethon had but
short time in which to make the train
and rushed into one of Clayton's bar
Der shops and demanded a hasty
''once over"
While the barber was engaged in
daubing Tegethoff's face with lather
the electric lights failed and the proc.
ess had to be stopped. 1t was up to
Tegethoff's son, Leo, to supply the
light.
He drove his fathers automobile on
to the sidewalk in front of the sirop
and stopped in a position which threw
the rays of the headlight on the elder
Tegethoff's face and the shaving op-
Grafton was completed. Tegethoff
caught the train.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

An Eye Placed at the Observing End
Of Submarines Periseope Sees q
Rine-shaped Image Of the Horizon
With Direct Image Of One Part in
the Center.
and bears at its summit glass bulb
containing a rejecting prism mount
ed on base that may be turned with
a handle. There Is compromising
prism that turns at half the speed
and keeps the image straight
ITO observe successfully all points
of the horizon it sufices to turn the
crank, without its being necessary
for either observer or eyepiece to
change place.
Nevertheless, however rapid the
operation, !. does not enable the OBJ
server to &,e the whole horizon at
once. This is realized in the peri
scope with r:ng-shaped eyepiece. At
the top of the tube is a ring-shaped
lens which refracts toward the base
of the tube rays that reach it from
all sides. A panoramic image is thus
obtained that includes all surround
ing objects. although they appear
smaller and more distant than with
the naked eye. The observer also
sees, in the center of the panoramic
image, portion of the field or q
larger SCALE"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Mistakes Soldier for "D,ddv

Tho following sic Tight on war WAS
seen on London street. A British
ofacer, carrying his arm in q sling,
was preparing t. step OF a street car
whom young woman, dressed in deep
mourning. . baby In her arms. stepped
on tho platform. The child cried Dad,
dy" with embarrassing enthusiasm on
se ling the otiicer. The passengers gig
gled, the onlcer blushed, but tears
rushed into the eyes of the young
widow. In an instant the tragedy q
war was revealed to everybody. The
wounded officer drew himself up stif1ly
AMI saluted tho baby. THIS tribute
to the dead father froze any further
merriment and the incident was
closed. /. y "lJet.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
EYE OF SUBMARINE START FIERCE FIRE
How German lncendiary Bombs
Are Constructed.
Intended to Generate Sudden and In
tense Heat at thy Point Where
They Are Dropped-koxious
Gas Also Liberated.

The incendiary bombs which have
been dropped from Zeppelins upon
parts of France and England are
among the most ingenious and perfect.
ly devised destructive contrivances
that the war has brought out.
In the scores that have been dropped
from Germany's gigantic airships only
one so far has failed to explode and
this has been seized upon eagerly by
the English war officials for examina.
ton.
1t differs from an ordinary explo-
sive bomb inasmuch as it is intended
not to scatter fragments over a wide
area, but to produce sudden and in.
tense heat at a given point. thus start.
ing fierce conf1agration.
The bomb. as rule, is conical. OF
ten-inch diameter at the base. corded
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Wee Wait Is Adopted by British
Soldiers.
Little Girl Found In Firing Line Plays
In Safety on Parapet-Sleeps
r. Peacefully ARID Bursting
Bombs.

London.-The story of hey a little
girl, found in the firing line. was adopt
ed by British regiment has been
told by a soldier back from the front
to a traveller who relates his expert
ences in the Northampton Daily Echo.
About eight months ago." he said.
the company was trudging along for
the first line of trenches when one OF
the men-his name was Philip Impey
found the child in a ditch by the
roadside. No one could 60 back, and
the soldiers took the girl into the
trench and made her as comfortable
as possible. In few days she had re-
covered from the i'll effects Of the wet
and exposure and was running up and
down the trench, the pet of all the Off.
GERS and men.
One day bomb nearly filled in part
of the trench. When the men had re-
covered from the shock the sergeant
major asked a man to go and see that
the child was safe. They had left her
asleep in snug corner, and there they
found her. still sleeping.
1.-THE German trenches we're about
$50 yards off. and the level, open space
between the two lines wasn't healthy.
No man who valued his life would go
there unnecessarily, or recklessly put
his head above the parapet- One morn
ing, to their horror. the men, through
the periscope, saw the child standing
above the trench on the German side.
Cries came from the enemy, but they
were not hostile. The sight of the girl,
little more than an infant, had touched
their sentimental side, and she had
offers of chocolates and invitations to
go and see them.
After that the girl went over the
parapet quite, often. She was as safe
in that danger zone as If she had been
behind the lines. No German would
harm her, and once she went close up
to their first line trench"
The eight days trench duty ended,
the little daughter Of the company was
taken back and was not allowed to get
between the lines again. She was
taken charge of by the company store
keeper. who had children Of his own
and was nightly proud of his skill in
dressing and undressing the child and
his strictness about the morning bath.
All the men middle fuss Of her. and
she Of them. The boys in khaki are
her playmates and she goes up to
any Tommy with a smile Of complete
trust.
A month after she was found the
men thought that she ought to have
name. Philip 1mpey, who found her,
was now dead and they gave her his
surname, with Phyllis as the nearest
approach to Philip. After she had been
six months with the company the ser
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

John Driscoll Of Hampton, Va, is
the last survivor of the old U. S. s.
Monitor, conqueror OF the Merrimac
in the Civil war After the famous
naval battle President Lincoln sum-
moned the Monitors crew to Washing
ton and told them if anyone ever want
ed a favor it would only be necessary
to ask it. Driscoll. now seventy-six,
never asked anything of the United
States until recently, when he told the
navy department a trip through the
Panama canal on warship before he
died would make him happy. The
promise will be made good and he will
sail on the next ship to make the pas
sage.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Finds Coin Mlnted In 1890,

Fredericksburg, Tex.-Arthur Kue-
neuann found q silver coin on bis lot
here which was found to have been
minted In 1890 under Francis II. en-.
peror Of Germany, king of Bohemia
and Hungary. The coin Is the size OF
! silver dollar and II. Z fair state of
preservation. ,... ....~ / e.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Louis Merriman, . Negro. who Was
born when George Washington was
nresident OF the United States. died
1 e his homo in Kansas City, Kan. q
mort time ago. Merriman was, the
Oldest man on the United States pen
sion rolls, and claimed to have sub
stantiated the fact that he was born
121 years ago on the Sopher planta'
ton. IN Virginia, in 1875. H..
Il 4 4 cutter which can be kept strung
a I ball Of twine, ready for; use. has
been patented BY MARYLAND inventor.
!. 4Tha boctblack business u nov fol-
loved 81 the blind. When you taks .
49, II the chair II a only necessary
fo tall the attendant whether your
shoes are black Or tan.
For use In pisces where acids IN ~
80 would quickly corrode metals
numu Has been invented that y COM
nosed simost entirely Of wood.
@ Military photographs Of the ensmy's
;,sosition - now made BY means oe u
..smsra carried aloft on { hugs ~.
EM vs. vi NJ s
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Frame !, Mind.

Now. Why deliberately irritate the
cook, my dear" u .5g ~
1T Il necessary, John. Sir has 70
whip some cream. H Ell y 81.
What Of that r.
She viii make . much setter joh3
Of 20 II che Il MAJ = 81 &
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

found the apartment locked. They no
tilted her father. who found his daugh.
ter dead. The husband. Bertram B.
Bellows, to whom she was married ten
months ago, was on a train en- route
home from q business trip. Mrs. Bel
lows was Miss jobephine Clapp, dauEh.
tor Of q retired merchant, and was
popular socially. y AZ
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
saved by Snow In We'll.

Withrow, Wash.-Falling IS feet In
a we'll, q valuable 1,300-pound horse
belonging to Walter Nollmeyer was
saved by heavy pack Of snow at the
bottom. Eight men with ropes and
tackle rescued the animal. The horse
was uninjured. = .'..,,.e. IL
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
AFRO-AM|ER|CAN CU[L|NCS

Z u gt IL
A few days before he died Booker
T. Washington wrote to the editor Of
the Forum magazine suggesting the
printing of an article dealing with
the definite. fndisputable facts relat-
Ing to the Negroes progress as race"
He inclosed what he called a rough
outline Of such an article, which. OF
course. was never completed. What
he wrote is presented in its unfinished
state in the current issue of the mag
azina.
rirst he presented striking figures
to show Negro progress toward lit
eracy- On emerging from slavery, he
wrote, the Negro was not more Tran
per cent literate. The census Of
1910 shows that the Negro has re-
duced his flliteracy from s. per cent
to 30A. Contrasting the percentage
OF iiliteracy among Negroes with that
of other people, Mr.. Washington wrote
that II the Negro had done no more
good than lead Greece and Italy in tie
matter Of literAcy his showing would
have been profoundly significant" His
figures show the comparative per-
centage OF iiliteracy as follows: Ne
groes, 30.4: Bulgaria, S55; Greece,
57.2; Hungary. 400; Italy, 49,; Po-
land 53-S: Portugal. 1874: Russia, 10;
Serbia. 7s-9: Spain, 5s.7: Chile, 4s.s:
Cuba. 5s.s; Mexico. 75.3: Porto Rico.
1876: India, 92.5; Philippine islands.
SIS: Cape Of Good Hope. s5-S: Egypt.
92.7.
Figures were not available for all
Of the Negro's wealth, but the census
bureau gave the value of the Negro's
! farm property alone as $l.142 900. 900.
or $116.20 for each Negro in the Unit
ed States. Comparing this with the
statistics of the wealth of nations, Mr..
Washington said that. with the excep-
ton Of Argentina, whose money
wealth is $135 per capita. the Negroes
per capita wealth is more than twice
that Of any nation on earth. Negroes,
he wrote, operated S93.37O farms in
1910. having an acreage Of 1928. $40.
and the value OF these farms increased
1884 per cent during the period OF
1900-191O alone.
AS against an estimated value of
about 100000 of the $50 Negro
churches owned In 1863 he set the
value OF $50, 636,15o OF buildings alone
OF the 36.421 churches and halls owned
IN 1906. This, he held, indicated not
only economic progress but continu-
ing and increasing devotion to reli-
gious life. Starting in 1853 with about
1000 business enterprises. the Negro
has developed In some fifty years
over $4,000 business concerns with am
annual volume Of business of about
100. egg y. :ooo. Fity.seven Dansa are
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Freak Chicken Dies.

New York.-A chicken equipped
with four legs. four wings and two
backs, was Matched by hen belong
ing to Fred Mohrmann. Brooklyn. The
freak chicken died shortly after leav-
ing its shell.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
His TRAINING,

why don't you dress that north
Window" asked the department store
manager. IA ii ~ 5.5
II have, dressed It with swomen's
wear" replied the window dresser. \;
But there's hardly thing Ii it,.,
Y "Well, you SEQ, ! used TO be "a usher
&C the opera and I'm used to that lind
Of dressing. II
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

& IA bathroom novelty Is spring wire
bracket to be clamped to q faucet 90
shaped q to held either . tumbler 81
= cake Of soap kecurely.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
Pays Mourners.

Yonkers, N. William sGernhardt,
~ Wholesale grocer, willed 50 to each
Of the $50 members Of his lodge who
attended his funeral 70 reimburse fbr
the loss Of their days pa
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

A recent invention provides IN um.
brella frame or skeleton and any suit
abls number OF interchangeable Gov
ers therefor, whereby . nsw cover
may be substituted for IN cid. worn
or damaged one. or . cover Of ono
color or figure may be substituted for
another, according to the COSTUME of .
LADY carrying the same. .,,s,. ....~.sa >,
A dinner table rssahing around the
earth 16 times would be required II
the inhabitants Of the world sst down
at meal together. 8$ ~ p %"-
The charts or the coast and goo
detic survey will be publicly displayed
1t tho leading post Offices Of the oounr
try to get persons familiar With their
use. sd ss ;.s ~. Il = /, ~
Several German chemists an e.
deavoring to ind economical proc
esses for the recovery u combrstihas
material from coal 'aGhes s
To incresse the. volume u s01nd
fros y pAo1ogralDDl = i - -
ysated q 1T Il TT o. -
49, gfoot II q nul1n1eo1.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07
BOY Eaiia -Four Stories.

Boy Falls Four Stories.
New York.-Falling from the fourth
story window OF his home. Samuel
Zacher, four. landed on crate OF eggs
and only fractured his Jaw.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

Pacific island OF Midway is import
ing shiploads OF soil in order to pro
duce land capable Of feeding cattle.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

The late DR.. Booker T. Washington
graduated from Hampton. and his
work Was the direct result OF Hamp
toms influence Maj. Robert r. No
ton, successor TO Doctor Washington
as head of Tuskegee, who spoke IN
Carnegie hall, Pittsburgh, on the &C.
caston OF the Hampton singers Visit
March q, is another product OF hamp
ton.
.ae hearty Endorsement CT well
known public men and educators mas
been given to the work done there
PRESIDENT Woodrow Wilson, William
H. Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, Edward
Everett Hale, Charles w. Eliot and
many others have enthusiastically IN
dorsed the work.
The Hampton quartet, known from
coast to coast as the best Afro-A
can quartet In America, famous loi
singing Of the plantation melodies or
spirituals OF the South, are the picked
musicians from the big choral OF Soo
voices at Hampton institute. virginia
UNIQUE and inimitab!e it is the only
music of this country, except mat Oh
the Indians, which can claim TO De
folk music. These singers make
tours to all parts OF the country In
the interest OF the school, and during
the past summer won the gold medal
at the Panama Pacific exposition in
San Francisco.
Hampton is neither a state nor
government school. and must depend
largely upon voluntary contributions
for its support. 1t was founded pJ
Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong in
1858. and was designed to instruct
Afro-American youth in morality, In
dustry and thrift, as well as in earnest
and practical Christianity. Ten years
la,er indians were admitted to the
Hampton school. which from humble
beginning. with two teachers and 10
students, has gradually developed into
an industrial village. with over l.3eo
students, 200 teachers and other work
ers, more than l40 buildings. and an
instruction farm of 600 acres.
Hampton has sent forth over eight
thousand young men and women.
equipped to earn honorable iivings as
teachers, farmers and skilled trades
men. II has imbued in its students
a desire to be OF service. and by their
own homes. their work and their daily
life, to act as examples and teachers
to the less fortunate among whom
they live. Many of its graduates have
bean tremendous forces in the strug'
gle for advancement.
The New Orleans public school
board has arranged for a summer nor
NAL school for Negro teachers to be
held at Straight university, June IL
to July 81. Superintendent Gwinn has
appointed Prof. A. Lawless director
with the following advisory commit.
tee: Mrs. Sylvina Williams, Prof. J.
w. Hoffman. Prof. A. Priestly, Mrs.
Hattie v. Feger, Florence Lewis and
Rev. H. II. Dunn, registrar.
An unusually strong faculty will be
secured Many applications are COM
ing In from rural teachers and from
all indications the attendance will be
much larger this year than last. Now
Orleans enjoyed the distinction of
having the largest summer normal in
the state In 1915. New Orleans Of
fers many superior facilities and ad.
vantages in it's public and private
libraries and the splendid lectures
given by some OF the finest educators
in the country, who are instructors in
the Tulane summer normal.
Pacific island OF Midway is import.
ing shiploads OF soil In order to pro-
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

bers as industriously as the men,
though not as sturdily perhaps; and
after grubbing we plowed, narrowed
and burned the remaining brush. Our
sufferings were intense, as we had
scarcely any wood to burn. Three Of
our horses died from starvation and
the other three were too weak to pull
an empty wagon. Now we have 20
teams, % COWS and calves, 80 breed
ing hogs, 100 chickens, and all kinds
of farming implements and tools. We
have sos acres planted to crops and
300 acres in native hay. Conditions
point to very favorable season and
we hope to prove our worth to the
soil and the community in which we
live by raising a bumper crop. 80 that
our success may be an incsptive to
thousands OF others of our race to
como back to the land in some part
Of this great divide region"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-07

With loss than half her available
farming Land utilized, the United
States produces one-si1th Of the
worlds wheat. four-ainths Of it, corn.
one-fourth OF it, oats. oneetghth Of
its cattle. one-third of rs hogs, and
on>-tWslfth Of its sheep.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
At the Queen.

The Queen theater is showing a
big Essanay feature today, starring
two of the greatest Essanay players,
Francis x Bushman and Bryant
Washburn, in "The Moons Ray" a
fine drama full of romance and one
of the biggest of the late Essanay
releases. Another big attraction at
the Queen today is a Selig produe-
ton starring Otis Harlan, one of the
finest American comedians, in Chas.
Hoyt's funny farce comedy, "A
Stranger in New York" Beginning
next Monday and continuing for iif-
teen Mondays the Queen will start
the greatest of motion picture
achievements, THE Secret OF the
Submarine" This is continued
story produced by the Mutual-Amer-
lean company. Chapter one, to be
shown Monday, shows the great in
vention-then the near-destruction
of the submarine.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
Dixie Theater Tomorrow.

More than score of the wealth
lest patrons of fashionable Palm
Beach, Florida, appear in the early
chapters of "Glorias Romance" the
new motion picture novel from the
pen of Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Hughes,
in which Billie Burke is being fea-
tured. The unusual opportunity
of both appearing in a motion pic
ture production and acting as sup
porting cast for so famous star as
Billie Burke, appealed to the mill
lionaire colony at Palm Beach as a
great lark. The film is the feature
at the Dixie theater tomorrow
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
HAVEN'T
CURED DRINKING In ENGLAND

LONDON, June 22.-High prices
and drastic restrictions have done
little if anything to curb drinking
in England. Some authorities say
there has been an increase.
There has been much controyer-
sy over the question. Advocates OF
rigid regulation or of total prohi-
hilton maintained the new rules has
made the country more sober. Their
opponents denied it.
The United Kingdom Alliance, a
neutral organization devoted to the
compilation of all sorts of social sta
tistics which the country supposedly
ought TO know, has finally submitted
definite figures.
Before the war the pubs '-sa-
loons-were open nineteen and a
half hours daily, from a. M until
1890 a. IN. Today they are open
five hours and a half daily.
No intoxicants may be sold be-
fore noon; none between 2:3o and
Gao .. M; none after $3.50 p. m.
Treating also has been strictly
prohibited.
These regulations are enforced
theoretically. The United Kingdom
Alliance records show that drink
ing was decreased. In 1913, by ,
uer cent. compared with 1914, and
nv 10 per cent. compared with the
last RUN peace year. 1913.
II IS pointed ont, however that
this reduction b. offset. or more than
offset by the fact that fom T5e.oop
n 100000 men--the soldiers
ware our - the country.
The .nefeased percentage Of re-
duction Is attributed To the incfeis-
al number FL men sent abroad.
expenditure FOR drink have m
cr.as,d. osins ca higher prieea.
Is 1918 tbe tofai @as sometbins
sra- fs40ea. see puunas taoolt
ssaa eau 0ept
IS 1915 rt vaa Use .9ae ""H pounds
.,asnf s.fHeHa HHHl
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
At the Dixie.

The leading attraction at the
Dixie theater today is Bison fea-
ture, THE Wedding Guest" featur-
ing Olive Muller Golden and a star
cast. Other pictures are reel
Life, showing the late news hap
penings, great educational picture.
An Imp drama, "a Double Fire De-
ception," featuring Jane Gail and
Matt Moore, and Nestor comedy,
All Over Stocking" featuring
Eddie Lyons and Bette Compson.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
.HEHTHE
At the Tn,pirc.

Al the Empire theater today Pearl
White is playing the fourteenth ep-
ISOLDE of The Iron Claw in the
title OF The Plunge for Life" the
big Pathe serial. produced by an all
star cast Other attractions at the
Empire are a Centaur feature, "The
kaflir's Gratitude" featuring Marga-
ret Gibson and William Clifford,
and a Falstaff comedy. "Sammy's
Semi-Suicide. featuring Walter
Clifford and Frances KEYS.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22
FI.EAs INJuRE DOGS

Fleas not only annoy dogs, but
cause mango, as wen as other dis
eases. Fleas are carried into the
home by dogs Ross Dead Quick
Spray is the one sure remedy Tor
fleas on dogs or IN the home soia
In Waxahaehie by Cgrlin's drug
stores.-( Adv
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-06-22

Bring US your films by two In the
afternoon and you can act the pic
lures by five the next afternoon.
Ii II isn't convenient for you to
come up to the studio leave the films
d. the Craig Carlisle drug store qr
Mcmtosh's drug store. We Will
gather films from these two places
about two o'clock each afternoon.
Remember, we have a nice line or
picture framing. Try us on any
kind of picture work. THE WEBB
STUDIO. over Cheeves. Old phone
2s9. ~