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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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There was great rejoicing throughout Japan when the nows of the fall of Tsing Tao was recolved. lbe
photograph showB a lantern procession In Tokyo, and Incidentally glvos a good Idea of tho strango mixture of
costumes to bo seen In any Japanese city.
WAR ffiJiBHIESS
Impressions of Visitor to German
Great Headquarters.
Campaign Conducted With the Effi
ciency of a Great American Cor
poration New Steel Hospital
Trains Perfectly Appointed.
London. A newspaper correspond
ent writing from Luxembourg says:
I havo Just returned from tho Gor
man great headquarters In France, tho
visit terminating abruptly on the
fourth day, when ono of the kaiser's
secret field police woke mo up at sev
en o'clock In tho morning and regret
fully said that his Instructions woro
to boo that I dld not oversleep' tho
first train out. The roturn Journey
along one of tho Gorman main lines of
communication through Eaatorn
Franco, across a corner of Delgtum,
and through Luxembourg was full of
interest, and confirmed tho Impression
gathered at tho center of things, tho
great headquarters, that this twentieth
century warfare Is in tho last analysis
a gigantic business proposition which
tho board of directors (tho great gen
eral staff) and tho 3C department
heads are conducting with tho effi
ciency of i groat American business
corporation.
Tho west-bound track Is a continu
ous procession of freight trains
fresh consignments of raw material,
mon and ammunition, being rushed to
tho firing lino to bo ground out Into
victories.
Our fast train stops at tho mouth of
a tunnel, then crawls ahead charily,
for the French, boforo rotreatlng, dy
namited tho tunnol. One track has
been cleared, but tho going is still
bad. To keep it from being blocked
again by falling debris, the Germans
havo dug clean through tho top of tho
hill, opening up a deop woll of light
into the tunnel. Looking up, you seo
a pioneer company In onco cream-colored,
now dirty-colored, fatigue uni
forms still digging away and torraclng
tho sides of tho big nolo to prevent
filldos. Half an hour later wo go slow
again in crossing a now woodon brldgo
MRS. WHITMAN AND DAUGHTER
over tho Mouse only one track as
yet. It took tho Gorman pioneers
nearly a week to build tho substltuto
for the old steel -rllway brldgo, dyna
mited by the French, whoso four spano
He buckled up In tho rlvor.
Further on a variety of Interest Is
furnished by a squad of French pris
oners being marched along tho road.
Then a spot of anthlll-llko activity
whore a German railway company Is
at work building a now branch line,
hundreds of them having pickax en and
making the dirt fly. It looks llko
homo all except tho lnovltablo offl
cor (distinguished by rovolvor and
fleldglaBs) shouting commands.
Tho Intonso activity of tho Gormans
in rebuilding tho torn-up railroads and
pushing ahead new stratcglo lines is
ono of tho most interesting features of
a tour now In Franco. I was told that
they had pushed the railroad work so
far that they woro able to ship men
and ammunition almost up to tho for
tified trenches. Tho Germanlzatlon of
tho rallroadB hore has beon comploted
by the Importation of station superin
tendents, station hands, track-walkors,
etc., from tho Fathorland.
Now wo creep pnst a long hospital
train, full this time, which has turnod
out on a siding to give us tho right of
way perhaps thirty all-stool, cars,
each fitted with two tiers of berths,
eight to a side, 1C to a car. Every
berth Is takon. Ono car is fitted up as
an operating roombut fortunately no
ono Is on tho oporating table as wo
crawl past. Another enr Is tho prlvato
office of. tho surgoon in chargo of tho
train. Ho Is sitting at n big desk re
ceiving reports from tho ordorlles.
During tho day wo pass six of theso
splendidly-appointed now nil-steel hos
pital trains, all full of wounded, Somd
STYLE SHOW FOR RED CROSS
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BUNGALOW STYLE
Advantages Added to Design
That Has Always Been of
First Consideration.
STORAGE ROOM IN CELLAR
Floor Supports a Most Important Part
of Construction Easy to Give
House tho Proper Appearance
of Attractiveness and
Home Likeness.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. William A. Xtadford will nnswer
questions nnd lvo nilvlco FUKB OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to tho
subject of building, for tho readers of tlila
paper. On account of his wldo expcrloncc
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, ho
la, without doubt, tho highest authority
on all theso subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Iladford, No. 1827 Pralrlo
avenue, Chlcngo, 111., and only encloso
two-cent stamp for reply.
A stylo of houso that is becoming
qulto common in suburban towns is
shown in this plan. It Is designed
after tho bungalow stylo with tho ad
dition of dormer windows In the roof,
a stairway and bedrooms on tho sec
ond floor.
Tho plan of tho first floor Is a llttlo
unusual from the fact that thoro are
six rooms. It is difficult to get six
rooms in a bungalow. Ordinarily thoro
aro flvo in a largo bungalow and from
ono to four rooms in a smaller bunga
low. Tho ono floor with a low roof
Is tho original bungalow, but the in
ventive gtonlufl of tho Americans Is
never content to stop If there Is any
possible room for Improvement, and
it docs seem a wasto of material to
put a big, wldo roof over a one-story
houso, becauso tho samo foundation
wall and tho same roof will cover two
floors. To get rooms above, It is only
necessary to raise tho caves a foot or
two higher and to make tho roof a
llttlo bit steopor, neither of which
cost very much at tho time of build
ing, and tho room gained In this way
1b considerable. ,
This story-and-a-balf houso is not
a small affair, by any means. It is
3G feet wldo by 45 feet in length, and
contains six rooms downstairs with a
chanco to finish up two or threo rooms
In tho attic and in that way make a
ten-room houso. The plan Is a good
and the family Keep on year after
year putting up with Utile annoyances
that should havo been corrected in
tho first place.
In building a houso as wldo an this
considerable nttentton should bo given
to tho floor supports, and I know of no
better way than to put In division
walls In the cellar and to mnko these
walls right glvo them sufficient foot
ing to prevent any Bottling, then ar
rnngo the Joists carefully so as to
proporly distribute tho load and placo
the doors 'and upper partitions where
they havo tho right kind of foundation
support; then If tho door frames aro
properly shored up there will bo no
troublo from settling or badly fitting
doors as long as tho houso Is properly
cared for.
Doors are made of kiln-dried stuff.
They aro Intended to bo properly pro
tected from unrensonablo dampness or
chnngo In tomperaturo. Such lumber
will not remain rigid nnd unchange
able if a houso Is shut up and allowed
to freczo In the winter time. A good
door is a great comfort, but must bo
well cared for to keep It in good con
dition. Besides being a very comfortable
and roomy houso this plan looks well.
Thoro Is something homelike about a
bungalow design when it is nicely fin
ished up outside and the front veranda
partially screened In with vines. Then
If you havo a few flowerB growing
along ono side of the houso tho ap
pearance Is especially attractive.
I think It is easier to glvo an air
of refinement to a house of this build
thnn almost any other stylo. Of course
we all recognize the fact that a houso
Is not a homo until Intelligent, thought
ful people take It in hand and add the
right kind of finish. The window
shades and curtains show at a glanco
whether tho people living in tho house
are educnted and refined or whether
they are careless and Indifferent. The
way the grass is kept on tho lawn is
almost a sure indication of the char
acter of tho family, but a good deal
depends on the houso Itself. Some
houses are easily fixed up whllo other
are almost hopeless
REPELLED THE EVIL SPIRITS
Shinto Priests Have Successfully Bat
tled With the Powerful Forces
of Darkness.
A brldgo of Ill-omen in Japan ban
now been oxorciBed of its evil spirit,
and no longer is It known as the
"Bridge of Strange Disappearances."
Hitherto no bride would cross it, for
it was tho firm belief that if Bho did
so sho would surely be divorced. Re
cently tho Shinto priests came In pro
cession to do battle with the forces of
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THE CATHEDRAL op BORDEAUX
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Mrs. Christian D. Hemmlck, socloty
woman and artist of Washington and
Paris, was ono of the patronesses of
tho stylo show recently hold In Wash
ington for tho benefit of tho Ked GroRS.
Sho Is here shown standing beside ono
of tho exhibits at tho show.
of thom are nble to sit up in tholr
bunks nnd tako a mild Interest in us.
Onco, by a queer coincidence, we si
multaneously pass tho wounded going
ono way and cheering fresh troops go
ing tho other.
COOKS REAL HEROES
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URDIGALA, better known by
its everyday name of Bordeaux,
tho now capital of my country,
a patch of Franco upon which
the sun and Dionysus havo
smiled tho land of palatable red wlno
and pleasant, dark women. To most
newspaper-reading people Bordeaux is
interesting Just now because of tho
chango that has happened to it; for
me Bordeaux is Interesting because it
does not change. So writes Martbe
Troly-Curtln, in the London Sketch.
Bordeaux does not want to change
It is a lazy, happy, bourgeois, woll
fed town; it is snug and contented,
warmod for nlno months of the year
by a very clement climate, and all tho
year round by the rutilant glow of Its
clarot. Bordeaux has a few large and
fine streetB, and many old-fashioned
nnd insanitary ones, the improvement
of which nobody really cares about,
least of all the dwellers of those par
ticular streets, tho bad air of which
seems to agree with them to an ex
traordinary degree. The Bond street
of Bordeaux is tho Rue Salnto Cath
erine, n narrow, dark, cobbled street,
principles. In tho heart of tho city
there Is a large open space called Les
Qulnconces, where twice a year a big
fair 1b hold, a real fair with a real
giantess, a dwarf no less real and a
real glass-spinner, gingerbread shops,
booths of all sorts and mournfully
real morry-go-rounds. Everyone In
Bordeaux and the Bordelais district
goes to tho fair the somebodies to
show their Paris frocks, made in Bor
deaux (and very woll made, tool), tho
nobodlos to eat gingerbread and havo
their teeth pulled out, not by the gin
gerbread, but by a gorgeous being In
a red-and-gold drees with a big drum,
a mighty wrist, and a monstrous pair
of pincers!
Bordeaux has no motor omnibuses
and very few taxlcabs, even In tlmo
of peace, as nobody In Bordeaux Is
really ever in n hurry; they know
there that one should always post
pone until tomorrow what ono could
have done today, thanks to which
principle one uchieves fewer follies.
It is not so clean as Lyon, but how
much more smiling a town! and it
gives an impression of greater cleanll-
Many Decorated With Iron Cross
by the Kaiser.
Carry Food to tho Trenches While
Enemy Rains Bullets on Them, but
They .Never Fall In
Their Duties.
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This is a specially posed phqtograph
of the wife and daughtor of Oov.-olect
Charles S. Whitman of Now York.
Mrs. Whitman was formerly Miss 01
ire Hltohcock. Sho was married to
Mr. Whitman in 1908. Little Olive
la their only child.
By HERBERT COREY.
London. Thoro Isn't anything ho
rolo about a cook. Ono eimply can
not imagine a cook in a soiled apron
and a mussed whlto cap doing a deed
of valor. Out tho German army Is
full of cookB upon whoso breasts dan
gles tho iron croos. And tho iron cross
is conferred for ono thing only for
100 por cont courage
"Thoy'vo earned it," said tho man
who had peon them. "They are tho
bravest moa In tho kaiser's 4,000,000.
I'vo soon gonerals saluto greasy,
paunohy, sour-looking army cooks."
Tho cook's Job Is to food the men
of hlB company. Each Gorman com
pany 1b followed or precedod by a Hold
kitchen on wheels. Sometimes tho
llros nro kopt golug Whllo the do
vlco trundloB along. Tho cook stands
on tho footboard and thumps his
bread. Ho Is always tho first man up
In tho morning, and tho last to sloop
at night. Ho 1b hold to tho strictest
accountability. Tho Teuton believes
In plenty of food. A woll-fed soldlor
will fight. A hungry ono may not
"When tho company gots into camp
at night," said tho man who knows,
"tho cook Is there beforo it, Bwoarlng
at hla fires and tho second cook and
turning out quantities of veal stow,
whtch Is very good to eat"
When tho company goea Into tho
trenches tho coo stays behind. There
is no placo for a field kitchen in a
four-foot trench. But those men in
the trench must bo fed. The Teuton
Insists that all soldlors must bo fed
but especially the mon in tho tronch.
The others may go hungry, but theso
must have tight belts
So, as tho company cannot go to
tho cook, tho cook goes to the com
pany. When meal hour comes ho puts
a yoke on his shoulders and puts a
bucketful of that veal stow on either
end of tho yoko and goos to his men.
Maybe tho trench is under fire. Be
ing a trench, It most probably Is. No
matter. His men are In that trench
and potztausend they must bo fed.
Somotlmos tho second cook gots
hlB step right thoro. Somotlmes tho
apprentice cook tho dishwasher, the
grub murderer, tho university gradu
ate who has Just learned what to ex
poet when Fahrenheit is applied to
spuds 1b summoned from his Job of
rustling firewood to pick up tho coc k's
yoko and roflll tho spilled buclotB
and tramp steadily forward to tho lino
Somotlmes tho supply of assistant
cooks, even, runB short. But tho raon
In tho trenches always got tholr food.
"That's why so many cookB in tho Ger
man army have iron crosses dangling
from their breasts," said tho man who
knows. "No braver men over lived.
Tho hero of tho Gorman campaign Is
tho cook of tho field kitchen."
Tho man who knows really does
know. Ho has been along tho Ger
man battlo lluo, under protection of
a headquarters pass.
It is this man's belief, based on
whnt ho has heard, that tho commis
sariat of the allies has from tlmo tp
tlmo broken down, but that of tho
Germans never has.
one for a summer cottage, becauso of
tho accommodation It offers for a
largo house party. It is also a good
plan for any location where ground Is
plentiful, becauso there Is a good deal
to it
Tho collar may bo made a very Im
portant part of tho houso. A subur
ban homo should havo plenty of stor
age room for fruit and vegetables, be
causo supplies nro not so easily ob
tained on short notico as they are in
towns and cities. Tho collar under
this houso Bhould be divided into two
main compartments by a stona or con
creto wall; a cross wall under tho
partition which divides tho library
from tho dining room would do tho
business. Tho furnaco pipes or hot
water heating pipes can then bo car
ried to tho library without passing
through the fruit cellar. It Is Impos
sible to hnvo a satisfactory fruit cel
lar unless you can koep it cold.
It la usually much more satisfac
tory to have tho laundry also par
titioned off from tho furnace room.
Make it as carefully ns you may,
there will bo considerable dust, and It
Is Just as well to keep It out of the
laundry If you can. These partitions
WATCH IS OF BIBLICAL AGE
Has Marked the Passing of 613,678
Hour and la Three-Score-
end-Ten.
Shoridan, Wyo. Arnold Tschlrgl,
tho county survoyor, has a watch th,at
has marked tho passing of 613,678
hours. It has been ticking away for
70 years and is still a good tlmekeoper
Tho watch is key-wind. It Is an opon
faco gold caso. Tho dial Is beautifully
ornamontcd in tigured gold
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darkness. Duly robed and equipped
with patent charms, they formed them
selves Into two parties. One recited
prayers whllo tho other passed to and
fro over tho bridge, striking with long
staffs at tho spirits which thoy nlono
were empowered to see. This done,
the bridge was pronounced "open,"
and safe for tho most timid bride.
The Incident to which the bridge
owes Its ovll reputation dates from
the thirteenth century. In the neigh
borhood, says tradition, lived one Na
kano, a wealthy but unpatriotic man,
whoso constant fear was that his
goods would bo seized to swell tho
war chest. So he burled his treasures
In boxos by tho river, slow tho serv
ants who had assisted him, and cast
tho bodies Into tho dark waters. His
sin was visited upon tho daughtor,
who 'thrice married, was thrice left
a widow. Distracted, the unhappy
girl fled from her father's house, but
In crossing tho brldgo Bhe suddenly
disappeared, and was never seen
again.
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VIEW OF THE HARBOR
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Upon their tal Is made of hoavv ennvn pinna Thn
staying power many depend tho Bafoty watch formorly belonged to Mr. Tschlr
of au army. gfB father.
New Patron Saint
Polar explorers now havo their pa
tron saint in tho person of St Chris
topher, whose medallion, piesontcd by
Queen Alexandra of England, Is affixed
to tho Endurance. Not long ago the
equally modern profession of short
hand writers was slmllnrly equipped.
They fixed upon St. Genest, who suf
fered martyrdom for refusing to tran
scribe nn imperial decree. That is
au odd reason, but not moro odd than
many which havo weighed in other
transactions of tho kind. Tho pa
tron saint of skaters is St. Ludwina,
who fell on tho, Ice and sustained in
juries which sho boro with exemplary
patlonco, and St Cyril was long re
garded as tho patron of Slavs on tho
ground that ho was "the apostle of
tho Slavl."
RICHES FOR WORKING WOMAN
Prospective Helren Promlces to "Set
'Em Up" If She Gets
$1,600100.
Savannah, Ga, Mrs. Mary Whlto, a
repair woman employed in a dry goods
utoro here, may bo co-heir with her
sister In Atlanta, ua., to an estate saia
to amount to 11,600,000 This became
known when the woman resigned her
poaJlton tn the department store
whero she had been earning a comfort- j
able living for some years, to prose
cute her claim.
Tho cstato is said to havo been loft
by Washington Ware, .formerly of
Athens, who died some months ago In
Knoxvillo, Tenn. According to Infor
mation which Mrs. Whlto, who is a
widow, has received, It was turned
ovor to an administrator in the ab
sence at tho time of knowledge of any
living relatives of the docoasod
Mrs. Whlto wus Informed that sho
and her sister, who woro married to
brothers, aro the only holra that could
bo located. Thoy are said to bo nlocoa
of tho millionaire.
Mrs. Whlto'a son, Samuel Whlto,
who lives in Oklahoma, came to Sa
vannah to assist hor In establishing
hor claim. From hero ho went to
Athons nnd rotalned an attomoy. In
a lettor to his mother ho says ho be
lieves that sho and his aunt will soon
como Into possession of tho ostato
"Wouldn't it bo good," said Mrs
Whlto, "I'd 'sot 'om up' to all my
friends.'
Floor Plan,
cost but llttlo more than to Bupport
tho floor by piers. The walls aro per
manent, oolld and satisfactory, whllo
piers and posts of any kind aro almost
sure to settle moro or less and require
attention in a year or two. night
horo Is a point to consider whon
building. '
A great many houses sottlo in the
contor bo that every door sticks either
at tho top or at tho bottom. You no
tice this especially In cheap houses,
whore n tow dollars havo boon sklnnod
out of the Job here and thoro, and In
such cases tho floor supports aro euro
to bo doflcient In some way It Is
especially annoying to havo doors that
won't shut or opon properly. It Is an
Indication at onco that tho houso has
been cheaply built In at least ono par
ticular. When doors fall to work prop
orly a carpenter is employed to refit
thom By noxt year thoy nro JubI as
bad, then It is given up as a bad Job,
Modern Improvements.
"You see, grandma, wo perforate an
aperture in tho apex, and a correspond
ing aperture in the base; and, by ap
plying tho egg to the lips and forcibly
inhaling the breath, tho egg is entire
ly discharged of its contents." "Bless
my soul," cried tho old lady, "what
improvements they do make! Now, In
my young days, wo Just mado a hole
In both ends nn sucked."
Diplomacy,
eooms very
fond of
"BllggtnB
horses."
"Ho Isn't Ho Is so much afraid of
a horso that ho wouldn't, for tho
world, let tho animal ouspoct he
wasn't fond of him."
Excitement .
"neen hunting?"
"Yos."
"Kill anything?"
"No. But nenrly every member of
our party had somo narrow escapes."
wheroln you can buy quite smart hats,
and whero flsh-wlvos and their wares
spread themselves on tho threshold
of fashionable modistes.
In Bordeaux life countB more years,
and summers more days than In moBt
other towns. It seldom snow3, but
often rains; Ice on lakes or ponds is a
wondor to be talked about at many
"reeve o'clocks" for many weeks after.
Woll do I remember tho year in Bor
deaux when tho lake of the Jardin
Public did freeze; the Bordeaux pa
pers had leading articles on tho event:
''Ono could almost skato on tho lake,"
they said, "so thick was tho Ice." All
the fashionable people of tho town as-
nembled to view tho wonder; a scoro
of them had even brought skate3 with
them. RaBh people! Tho Ico melted
away undor tho warmth of tholr en
thusiasm, and tho darodovils took
what the Anglophile Bordelais calls a
tob" a short Immersion in cold
water!
Conservative and Comfortable.
Tho population of Bordeaux Is con
servative and comfortable conserva
tive by nature, and comfortablo by
The Reading of Books.
Of ono thing I feel quite certain,
that the reading of good lltoraturo Is
necessary to tho growth of tho mind
and tho strengthening of character,
especially In young people, and that
thoro is no resource for all periods of
life bo helpful, so satisfying, and bo
enduring as a love of good books.
Channlng well says: "God be thanked
(or books. They are the vplces of the
distant and tho dead, and make us
heirs of tho spiritual life of post agea.
BookH are the true lovolers. Thoy
$lvo to all who will faithfully uso them
the Boclety, tne Bpiruuni yruiouuu, u
the best and greatest of our race."
George P. Brett, In tho Atlantic.
Supplanting tho Tallow Candle.
Probably tho first exhibition of In
flammable gas ever glvon in this coun
try wa tho display mado by fireworks
in Philadelphia In 1796. The exhibition
was merely tor entertainment pur
poses. The gas was released through
holoB In iron tubes, for tho burner, aB
wo know it today, had not beon tn
ventod. No one, however, thought tho
lllumlnant would ovor bo goDerally
ness becauso of Its clarity, because of
tho sun, and the space of Its center.
Society Wholesomely Mixed.
Its "society" Is admirably and
wholesomely mixed, for it is a uni
versity, military and business town,
nnd, Bordeaux not being very large,
thoBo diverse elements havo to form a
certain alliance- through tho constant
Jostling, meeting, and living close to
gether. In a certain part of tho province
there is a Strang streak among tho
people, many of them having blue
eyes, blond or glngor hair, and fresh
complexions, quite tho English, type.
Tho Black Prince and his army occu
pied tho Aqultalne, of which he was
governor; his son, Richard II, was
even born there In a cnBtlo, the ruins
of which can still be seen. It Is a
long while ago, I grant you, but until
of late years French people, especial
ly of the provinces, traveled very lit
tle and Intermarried much, which
might Justify tho surmise that tlioso
two facts aro rotated, and that many
among the Medocalns are of English
descent
utilized, and It never dawned upon
those who saw tho exhibition that tho'
tallow candle would, In tho course of
time, be driven from the field by this
peculiar commodity. It was half a
contury after this Philadelphia exhibi
tion boforo gas had takon tho place
of candles and oil lamps in the homoa
of the best people of our American
cltloB. "Niw York Loads the World
in Gas Development," W. C. Jenkins,
in National Magazine.
Japaneu Cage for Singing Bugi.
In the land of the wistaria, the gei
sha girl and tho inlaid ivory knlck
nack, artistic appreciation is all for
the subtle, the dainty and the minia
ture, and so it is that the singing in
sect has come to be an honored In
stitution there. These Carusoa and
GadskU of bugdom aro eagerly sought
affor by the Japanose and everything
Is done for their comfort and muBlcal
education. They pass their tuneful
lives away caroling mournful insect
eleglos upon their lost freedom, and
staring disconsolately at their delicate
Japanese miBtroBsos through tho bara
cf sumptuous llttlo cages.
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