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UST boforo the breaking of the great war
a brochuro calling attention to Us dan
gers to European civilization was on tho
point of appearing simultaneously In all
the capitals.
A wealthy penco-socloty, which lias tho
work In charge, counts on making Its
general publication Immediately If still possible
It Is entitled "Guldo to tho Itulns of Europe," and
Is supposed to bo compiled In America a hundred
years from now for tho uso of American, Austra
lian and Oriental explorers In tho stylo of Macau
ley's Now Zedlandor, desirous "to visit tho piles of
ruins that wore onco proud capitals and cities
blessed with art, Industry and commerce boforo tho
groat war destroyed allko tho populations and their
centers and left Europo a wasto, sparsely inhabited
by scattered communities of survivors without
strength or ambition to restoro civilization."
Wo glvo herewith selections from the chapter
entitled "Paris."
PARIS (ruins of), ancient capital of Franco.
Undor no pretext should the explorer neglect these
ruins. They nro moro accesslblo than tlo ruins
of Berlin or Vlonna, and hotter preserved than
thoso of London. The natives still hold pathetic
protonslons to constitute a city of light for the
vast and desolato territory, dotted by the Ialr3 of
savage shophcrds and tho strongholds of primltlvo
cultivators, that strotchos from the ruins of St.
Petersburg to tho ruins of Uomo and Madrid and
called tho wastes of Europo. (See "Vlllo Lu
mloro" In tho historical chapter.)
A printing press ovea exists In tho Challlot
Catacombs connected with tho anclcut subway,
which Is tho winter habitation of tho bettor por
tion of tho PariBlait natives. "Parls-Apres-MIdl"
two pfonlgs-culr, sold In tho Bosquets of tho
Opera and tho Pantheon cockpit (soo "Pantheon,
ruins of") by tho slavos of Monsieur Bnlao, nn
thropoplthccus of Java and ross of Challlot, Is
not a newspaper, but a mero weekly program of
tho so-called plcasuro of Paris. ("Pfonlg-culr,"
seo leather monoy and barter Bystom. "Slaves,"
boo hungry mouths. Tho slavory Is voluntary.)
Tho fact that four books havo boon published
In Paris In tho past decado discloses an Intellec
tual effort uhequaled elsowhoro on tho Dark Con
tinent They aro "Our Fathers' Culturo" (words
of ono or two syllables), 100 reproductions of pen
drawings processed in Now York and gratuitous
ly distributed In all tho rosoyts of pleaBuro, by
MonBlour Isaac Dlumchen, Prosldont of the Re
public; "Hair GrowitiR as Good as Clothing"
(brochuro )t pp.), by Monsieur Samuol Rico
hondatato of Bucharest, Mlnlstor of Football;
"Tho Paris Song Hook and Now Dancos," by VI
comto Raoul do Sancy (now odltlon preparing);
and "My Pots," by MIbs Annlo Dloomfontaln, tho
.beautiful young South African dancer, who has
had tho concession of the Opera slnco tho year
2001. (Explorers regularly purchase theso unlnuo
works In quantity, to encourage tho natives. Soo
Pfonlg-culr and Barter System. Any useful oh
Joct, such as a flno-tooth comb or cako of soap,
or artlclo of adornment, llko a single oyoglnss,
string of boadB or pair of eight-ounce boxing
glovos, will provide tho visitor with abundant sup
plies of Leather Money.)
Great Hunts. Mouslour von Ilundspfoto, Mln
lstor of War. Marquis do Montmorroncy, Trap
por and Peltor; guides, porters, dog trains. Tho
Casoar-Blaup, Bobb of tho Northern Shepherds, Is
a useful person to foe.
Places of Interest. Tho Opera This grnndloBO
monument of tho past, destroyed along with tho
Church of tho Madololno and tho entire Opera
Quarter (boo Avonuo do l'Opora) In tho socond
bombardment by tho Germans In 1014-15, Is undor
the controT of MIbs Annlo Bloomfontaln and hor
Troupe of Blondes. Variety show on tho Grand
Stairway ovory afternoon, from Juno to Octobor.
Tho crumbling Interior, overgrown with wild vege
tation, Is unsafe. (Tho Wild Dogs of tho Opera,
which formorly mode It their lair, 'wore extermi
nated by Roosovolt Expedition of 1903.)
Mnrkot of tho Madololno. Chief placo of bartor
of the natives, among tho broken columns. (Soo
Bombardmont of Paris In tho Historical Chapter.)
Twlco a week this plcturesquo spot Is tho scono
of tho greatest animation of tho Dark Contlnont,
tho native women horo exchanging finery which
nets tho fashion among tho slmplo populations In
far distant Dorlln, Antwerp, Marseilles and Bu
charest. Tho groat Fur Mart Is hold In August,
tradors by dog-toam carrying hack with them tho
(Parisian products. (See Artlclos-do-Parls and
Recrudescence of Big Gnmo In Europo.)
Avonuo do l'Opora (Tho Junglo ot Paris). Un
pafo for any but armed parties of explorers, but
Tlsltors can buy protection from Boss Balao, Mon
sieur Salomon Uobownlkoff, Syndic of tho Bour
geois Trlbos, or Miss Annlo Bloomfontaln. (Seo
Tiout Fishing.) Inhabited by tho Bourgeois
Trlbos and Hungry Mouths. (Seo Ethnographical
JNoto.) Tho Avonuo do l'Opora Is considered tho
,moBt grand(oao example of Twontloth Century
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destruction, in which tho Gorman artillery mnrked
Us zonlth. In no ono section of tho Ruins of Ber
lin or Vienna aro tho ravages of French or Rus
sian artillery so complete. Unter den Linden, it
is to bo noted, crumbled ns a mass only after the
great thaw of 1030.
Eiffel Towor. Originally It stood upright. Over
thrown in tho first Gorman Bombardmont of 1914.
It is constructed entirely of stool, nnd contains
2,543,650 separate ploces and 9,4GG,821 rivets. Be
neath It flows the Seine, with tho Trocndoro
Marshea, inhabited by Ashing tribes, 60 per cent
of whoso catches aro clulmod by tho Republic.
(Soo Dried Fish.)
Salmon began coming up tho Seino in the year
1978, shad A. D. 2003. It was feared at first that
thoy might, mutually and roclprocally, extermi
nate each other, but tho shoals of fish proved to
be of too high an order of intelligence to oommit
such a suicidal net.
So run certain pages of tho chapter "Purls" of
tho "Guide to tho Ruins of Europe," which was
prepared to warn tho nations against tho great
war. It was not issued, in time. Tho great war
broko out too soon. Thp brochuro foresees a
timo when gold Itself will be worthless In Europo.
"All fnctoiles will bo closed," Its preface runs,
"all railroads will stop, all commerce will bo par
alyzed, nnd tho countrysides, ravaged by war and
neglect, will no longer havo food for their. own
populations. In tho cities piles of ruins decimat
ed by bombardments, old mon, women and chil
dren will riot in famine All provisions will bo
finally with tho armleB, and tho armies will con
tinue fighting to kill each other off and get pos
session of tho predouB foodstuffs!
Such Is tho black picture of tho brochuro. It
quotes freely from "Tho War in tho Air," by II. G.
Wells, published ns long ago as 1908-9. In it tho
English philosopher brings America Into tho uni
versal mlxup, as a result of which "tho fine ordor
nnd welfare of society crumpled llko an exploded
bladder, In five short years tho world and tho
scope of human llfo underwent a retrogressive
chango as great as that between the ago of tho
Antonlnes nnd tho Europo of the ninth century."
Wells remarkable book makes passionately in
teresting reading at this moment. It shows how,
up to tho very beginning of the great war, tho
movement of the world seemed wholly bonoflclal
to mankind. "Sustaining and constructive forces
seemed to moro than balance the malign drift of
chanco and tho natural Ignorance of prejudice,
blind passion nnd wicked self-seeking of mankind.
Men snid, Indeed, that moral organization was not
keeping pace with physical progress, but few at
tached any meaning to tne
phrases. Few realized that
tho accidental balnnce on tho
sldo of progress was far
slighter and Infinitely moro
complex nnd delicate in its
adjustments thnn the masses
suspected.
"They say their armies
and navies grew larger and
moro portentous; some of
their Ironclads, at tho least,
coat as much as their whole
annual expenditure upon ad
vanced education. They ac
cumulated explosives and
machinery of destruction;
they allowed their national
traditions and Jealousies to
pile up; thoy , contemplated
a steady enhancement of
race hostility as the races
drew closer together without
concern or understanding,
n,i thev permitted tho
growth In their midst of evil
spirited war propaganda and propaganda of con
quest. Tho precedents of history were all ono
tnlo of the collapse of civilizations aud tho dan
gers of tho tlmo wero manifest."
Tho swiftness of tho collapse is represented as
its most terrible feature.
"Tho older civilization rotted and crumbled
down, but this civilization of modern Europe wa3,
as It wero, blown up. Within tho space of Ave
years it was altogether disintegrated and de
stroyed. Up to tho very eve of the explosion ono
sees a spacious spectacle of Incessant advance,
a world-wide security, enormous areas of highly
organized Industry and settled populations, gigan
tic cities spreading gigantically, tho seas and
oceans dottoC with shipping, tho land netted with
rails and open ways. Then, suddenly, the German
cannons aro henid and wo are in tho beginning
of tho end!
"Already tho financial fabric staggered with
thoso first sounds. With the destruction of the
American fleet in the North Atlantic and tho
smashing conflict which ended tho naval existence
of Germany in tho North sea, with the burning
nnd wreckage of billions of pounds worth of prop
erty In tho four cardinal cities of Europo, tho
hopeless costliness of war came home for tho
first tlmo to the consclpusness of mankind. Credit
went down In a whirl of selling. Money vanished,
and, at Its disappearance, trade and Industry
camo to an end. Tho economic world fell dead.
"Wherever thoro wore great populations, great
masses found themselves without work, without
monoy and unnble to get food. Famine was in
ovory working class quarter within three weeks
of the beginning of the war. Within a month
thoro was not a city in which ordinary law and
social procoduro had not been replaced by somo
form of emergency control. And, swiftly, tho
famine sprend to tho rich."
"Tho great nations and empires becamo but
names."
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
TURKISH ARMY RANKS NINETEENTH
Turkey's army and navy aro both ranked nine
teenth among tho armies and navies of tho world,
tho Boston Globo remarks. While her army Is
fnlrly well organized nnd has, a war strength of
700,000, which Is only 30,000 behind that of Gieat
Britain, her floet Is practically non-existent. In
fact, until 1010 tho sultan had systematically dis
mantled tho navy, for fear that It would turn
against him as it had turned against Uts predeces
sor, Abd-ul-Azlz. ,
Tho ponco strength of Turkoy's army Is 100,000
men She Is ablo to draw upon 300,000 reserves,
bilnglng her war strength up to 700,000. Tho
population of Turkoy Is a llttlo moro than 25,000,
000. and of this number fully 2,000,000 could bo
drawn In enso of necessity.
Boforo tho new regime was Inaugurated In 1910,
nillltniy sorvlco had been obligatory on all Mus
sulmans, Christians being excluded, but undor
obligations to pay a military exoneration tax of
$2G0 for uory 135 males botween tho ages of
fifteen nnd se onty-flvo. Under tho now regime,
howovor. nil "Ottomans" are subject to military
service, although under certnln conditions exemp
tion is purchasable
Actho Borvico In tho Turkish army lasts nine
years. Of this tho soldiers are threo or four
yearB with tho colors and the rest of tho tlmo
thoy are rosorves. In cases of necessity nil males
up to tho ago of seventy can bo called upon to
Join tho colors.
Tho navy has boon on tho decline over Blnco
tho cntastropho of SInopo In 1853, when a Rus
sian fleet practically annihilated tho Turkish
woodon vessels. Tho sultan, Abd-ul-Azlz, with
the aid of British officers, succeeded in creating
nn imposing fleet of ironclads constructed in Eng
llsh and French yards, but his successor, Abd-ul-Uamld,
pursued a settled policy of reducing the
fleet to Impotency. Most of the ships that woie
ndded wero built In Amorlcan, British or Kalian
yards.
In 1010 it was voted to spend $15,000,000 In
rehabilitating tho navy. Tho result Is that Tur
key now has two modern battleships of the first
class, tho Roshnd-I-Hamlss and the RcBhnd V,
both with a 23,000-ton displacement. Besides
theso sho alBO has ono battleship of tho cruiser
type and threo battleships of tho older typo. She
has two flrst-clnss cruisers, two second-class cruls
ers and ono third-class crulsor. Tho rest of tho
llcot is mndo up by two gunboats, two monitors,
ton destroyers nnd eight torpedo boats.
Tho personnel of tho navy was formerly drawn
from tho army, from 2,000 to 3,000 Joining tho
navy each year. But under tho present regime,
during tho reorganization nnd reconstruction ot
the navy, tho draft of mon Is mndo direct. Brit
ish officers woro engaged to train tho men and to
assist in tho reorganization. Tho naval forco
numbers, officers nnd mon. about thirty thousand.
Whllo tho navy Is small, Its potency Is grently
increased by tho strategic position ot Turkey's
naval base, Constantinople,
Lincoln banks will send $50,000 In
gold to New York.
Tho Hessian fly Is damaging whoat
crop In Richardson county.
Tho First Presbytorlan church ot
Sownrd has boon rcdcdlcated.
A suffrago parade was a feature of
tho full festival at Falls City.
Mrs. Arabel McCullough, past (JO, of
Stella, has made 3,300 rose beads this
year.
Miss Sarah Urquahardt was struck
by an automobile In Hastings and in
stantly killed.
Tho attendance at tho Ak-Sar-Ben
at Omaha has surpassed all records ot
previous years.
As a result of a fight at Walthlll,
J H. McCauley received Injuries from
which he died.
Beatrice poultrymen havo complet
ed arrangements for the poultry show
to bo held In Decomber.
Rev. C. W. Hoady has preached his
farewell sermon at the Tecumseh
Baptist church.
Judgo Barr of Ainsworth has receiv
ed word of tho death of his aged fath
er at Boise, Idaho.
Wllltnm Stanley, a farmer living
near Hickman, was seriously injured
when thrown from his wagon.
Tho city of Fremont has contracted
to supply North Bend with electricity
for lighting purposes for ten years.
Tho jewelry storo of August Myor
& Son of Grand Island was robbed
and about $150 in goods was taken.
Prof. J. H. Smith has been re-engaged
as physical director of tho par
ish house gymnasium at Ainsworth.
Pastures in Johnson county aro in.
good condition nnd many farmers
havo cut the fourth crop of alfalfa.
Tho largo barn on tho farm of
Goorgo Sunkln near Soward was de
stroyed by fire. Tho loss is estimated
at $2,000.
Tho water situation at Tecumseh
has been improved although changes
in location of sowers havo not yet
been made
Tho llttlo daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Diotrich Slefken of Columbus was
killed in somo manner unknown to
her parents.
C. F. Schafer of Alliance was
slightly injured when an automobile
which he was driving turned over
near Scottsbulff.
Tho Custer County Republican,
owned by D. M. Amsberry for twenty
five years, has been sold to C. E. Shea
of Brainerd.
Fifteen waifs from New York are
at Tecumseh, and homes will bo
found for th echildren by a local com
mittee of fivo mon.
City Superintendent of Schools
Pate of Alliance and a number of
ministers aro endeavoring to organize
council of boy scouts.
Earl Templar, 14 years old, son of
G. Templar, a farmer living near Bro
ken Bow, was killed by being kicked
over tho heart by a horse.
William Hartman, 70, was attacked
by two burglars at his homo in Beat
rice and received a broken jaw and
several bad cuts on the Wad.
Edmond Simmons of Scotts Bluff
Sugar company says that sugar beat
growers will receive more for their
product this year than in 1913.
A coroner's inquest hold in connec
tion' with tho death of J. H. McAuley
of Walthlll,' found that ho camo to his
death through accidental injury
The now United Brethren church
at Julian has been dedicated. Dr. Car
ter of Chattanooga, Tenn., delivered
the final dedicatory address.
Gage county and state republican
candidates will tour Gage county this
week. The Beatrice military band
will accompany the candidates.
Robert I. Elliott, depty state super
intendent, was elected to tho head of
tho mathematics department of tho
Kearney Normal school, taking the
place of "Mr, Snodgrass.
Ellsort Nutter, 12 years old, of
Kearney, died as a result of a kick
by a horse a few days ago. Hemor
rhage of tho stomach caused death
No effects of tho Injury wero felt un.
til two hours before death.
"Echo Crimson Wonder," champion
boar and first prize winner $t tho last
state fair, died at Tecumsoh two days
beforo a salo at which he was expoct
od to bring $1,500. Moro than $1,000
had been offered for the hog at tho
fair.
Timothy Sullivan suffered a dislo
caed hip when his automobile skidded
and turned over two miles south of
Friend. Mrs. Clark and M. J. Camp
bell who wero in tho car, escaped in
Jury. Fire destroyed the variety storo
conducted by C. II. Trlmborn at
Dodge. Firemen worked heroically
and saved tho adjoining implement
houso of J. B. Miller. The loss Is al
most total and no insurance was car
ried. At tho end of eight months' exist
ence, tho Havolock Y. M. C. A. has
a membership of 165, with the num
ber increasing almost daily. Tno as
sociation is prospering in every way,
and thero is llttlo doubt now felt Uut
that it will contlnuo to grow.
Farmers in tho vicinity of Blair
havo organized a society of Equity
with a charter membership of about
fifty. Tho object of this society is for
the farmers to control the marketing
of farm products.
Georgo Schleicher, bai tender In
Goorgo Gibson's saloon at Grand Is
land, died as a result of a blow on tho
head, myBterloiiBly given. It is bs
lloved ho was slugged In tile saloon
whllo doing work preparatory to open
ing. Two mon named Kalr and
Thomas, tho former a plumber and
tho latter employed at another bur,
are bolng hold for investigation.
LAND VALUE HIGHER
ASSESSMENTS ARE MUCH MORE
THAN LAST YEAR.
PERSONAL PROPERTY IS LESS
Total Assessments of Nebraska Show
1914 Ahead of Previous
Year.
Lincoln. Tho land assessments foi
1914, as shown in tho office of Secre
tary Seymour of tho slato board of
assessment, show that the valuation
of improved and unimproved lands in
Nebraska has increased, over the 1913
assessment by $1,581,426. Tho valua
tion on unimproved lands has fallen
off considerably. Tho total Bhowing
on the threo items, however, is as fol
lows: In 1913 the valuation was
given as $251,211,310, whilo this year
It was shown as $252,825,772. Tho val
uation of all personal property, In
1913, is'givon nt $118,038,227, whilo the
1014 assessment shows a lesser value,
tho figures being $115,959,044. All
property in 1914 is assessed at $471,
933,972, as against $170,690,411 in 19ia
Want Insurance Liability Cut.
Representatives of two insurance
companies appeared beforo Governor
Morehead and Attorney General Mar
tin of the insurance board on nn ap
plication which affects every country
merchant In Nebraska. Thoy asked
the board to allow insurance com
panies to limit liability on policies
covering merchandise stocks in coun
try towns to three-fourths of tho
faco value. Tho companies want poli
cies to specify that In case of loss,
they will not pay to exceed 75 por
cent of the amount. Commissioner
Brian has refused to sanction the pro
posal. The Insurance companies as
sert that they intend to apply the
three-fourths rider only in towns and
villages where thero is no fire protec
tion. The caluse refers to "country
stores."
Law Blocks Irrigation Project.
Physical, financial and legal difficul
ties stand in the way of the proposed
irrigation project for Kearney, Gos
per and Pholps counties, according to
a report formulated by Engineers
Walters and Pease of tho federal re
clamation service and revealed unoffi
cially to state engineers. It was in
tended to take the water for the pro
ject from the Platte river and storo
It for use when no rain fell to help
out growing crops. Tho experts pay
stress on the following features which
work against the plant Tho water
supply at present 13 not sufficient to.
meet the demands, hence there could
be no added drain. Cancellation, of a
multitude of water rights would havo
to be undertaken and this would in
volvo long and expensive litigation
and possiblo defeat in the courts.
New Building for Peru.
Notwithstanding the building fund
for normal schools is running low,
tho State Normal board has let the
contract for tho erection of a new
building at the Peru Norma which will
bo christened the "Majors" building
in honor of the Junior member of tho
board, Thomas J Majors The con
tract for the erection of the building
was let for $83,508, which does not in
clude anything but the building itself,
and thoro is no monoy for the furnish
ings and only about enough for tho
heating and plumbing. It is expected
that the next legislature will not al
low the building to stand Idle and will
appropriate funds to get it in shape.
It will cost in the aggregate about
$93,000.
Veterinarians to Confer.
State Veterinarian L. C. Kigln is
Bending out letters to members of
state veterinarian associations in tho
different states and those who aro not
connected with state associations and
also to veterinarians in states which
havo no associations or boards, ask
ing that thoy attend a conference of
veterinarians which will moot In
Omaha on Thursday, October 29, for
the purpose of devising somo uniform
method for tho shipment of cattle
from ono state to another and for tho
regulation of the same The meeting
wilj be held In the Live Stock Ex
change building.
Auditor to Sue Counties.
Stato Auditor Howard has decided
to illo civil suits against five counties
of tho stato of Nebraska to compel
them to collect taxes to pay monoy
duo to tho state under nn oldlaw pro
viding for the caro of tho insano at
stato hospitals. Some years ago coun
ties of tho stato owed $90,000 to tho
Btato under tho law, but all but seven
or olght counties have mado tho pay
ments or have mado levies to pay
what they owo under this law.
No Depot Phones for Public.
Tho Burlington railroad objects to
furnibhlng phones for the public. Tho
protest camo up In connection with
an application by tho people of Sene
ca for n phone in tho depot there.
Bryon Claik, counsel for tho company,
said tho road was perfectly willing
to Install phones in its dopots, but
ho wanted tho commission to attach
a provision that the phones would bo
used only on railway business and
tho public bo oxcluded from ualnj
them except for this purpose
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