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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1914-01-15

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the kind Of bird am!
After while that guy came tol
Through an Interpreter who happened to
come in he said I could 'geep the tam
trunk
1.-THE young lady came in and was
I overjoyed. I returned to my hotel
Horace came to an impressive stop.
He seemed willing to let this much OF
the story last for the moment After
while he went on:
Late that night there came knock
at my door. 1 knew full well that the
German army was upon me. l knew
| that the chivalrous blow that had
struck had sealed my fate. Something
| terrible was going to. happen to me"
The Observer leaned forward and begar
GO on" he said, eagerly. What die
they do-hang your
'Tf theyd hanged me-" Horace seemet
annoy ed, how could be here!
"No, SIR" went on Horace. dramau
cally, they told me I must 50 TO ths
| front"
eral, water front?
| 1.-The front! he yel1s ct me. In'
front, you goat-browed idiot!
well, sir, right there was where tot
the German army where 1t got on. They
kept on telling me that I was going Z
the front. The captain pounded the tani'
with his fist l pounded the table VIII
my fist The captain said sometnLnl
about love of the fatherland, and l tols
him I didn't care If it was the father
land. or the grandfatherland. or tn,
mother-in-liaw land, or any other iaho
| 7 said 1 wasn't going to the 'front.'
| II bluffed them cold. They let me 8
after I had made a speech that ias.e'
half an hour. You could see cas-!
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ent marked a new epoch in the con
struction of firearms and the conduct
of war. In the specifications contain
ed in his application for letters patent.
filed March Z. 1907, Hiram Maxim said:
The object of my invention is to
provide a firearm, or like Device in
which the sound usually resulting from
it's discharge shall be eliminated or re-
duced to a minimum, If not practically
prevented; and further object Of the
invention is to provide a device Of this
class that shall be se1f-actuating; and
further object of the invention Is to
so control the passage or passages
from the breech chamber, or that part
in which the explosive charge is ig-
nited, as to stop the flow of gases
therefrom: and a further object OF the
invention is to provide means for SO
controlling such gases resulting from
the ignition of the material from which
the propelling force Is obtained that
their direction and amount Of flow may
be thoroughly controlled"
The silencer Is in use among many
men who shoot firearms and effects a
marked reduction of sound. but armies
have not adopted 1t. It was declared
that such a device would make war a
game Of stealth. but the thunder of bat
tie still rolls over CORY fields.
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-HE horse and the dog are taking
their place with man in the
4 struggle that makes nearly half
the world bleed. The war horse and the
dogs of war are not romantic figures OF
speech. but dread realities.
In the Belgian military service dogs In
pairs are drawing light machine guns
on HIGHT carriages The draft dog has
been familiar in Belgium for ages. The
pulling power Of big dogs Is utilized
there, and now. switched from the work
Of drawing little carts and wagons, the
faithful dog puts on artillery harness
and joys along with man-kirling ma
chimes behind him.
These Belgian dogs Of burden are de-
seconded from the dogs Of Denmark, but
there Il In their veins not only the blood
Of The Great Dane but the blood Of the
German boarhound and the English mas
tn, II IL . combination that has pro
duced large. strong. brave and hardy
dog. He IL patient under his load. but
uses evry stop either to lie down in the
shafts Of his cart and take nap OF
70 hold converse with other dogs by
means Of the bark language or the tail.
wag code. He has a very responsive
and faithful disposition. but in the pres
ence OF strangers or persons unknown te
him he u insistent on maintaining all
the rights of dog and Is particularly
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DOGS in EUROPEAN WAR

jealous Of his masters rights in the
property over which he stands guard.
X X
While the moblot dogs, those dogs
that have never been subjected to mill
tary training. are rather noisy. being
much given to barking greetings to
friends and also barking challenges to
enemies. the soldier dogs are disciplined
to restrain these manifestations of glee
or the reverse and to attend to their
military duties silently and orderly. A
barking dog Is as much anathema in the
military service as q neighing horse.
The draught dogs of Belgium have
good feet. They need to have good feet
for the work demanded Of them over
hard roads in all weather. The pads Of
their feet are as tough and yet as elias
tic as the pads Of the wolf-related
sledge dogs Of the arctic. The dog mar
ket in the Hotel de Vile square is one
of the sights for all the tourists in
Brussels. Sunday Is the dog day, or the
day when the dog market Is held. You
can buy a dog team, dog cart and a
dog harness. In times Of peace there are
always dog teams for sale, and the way
prospective purchasers examine dogs,
put them through their PAGES, ask Ques-
| lions about their age. pedigree and dis
position, and examine their points may
we'll remind one of scenes in a horse
bazaar in the United States.
There is in Belgium an organization
called the Society for the Betterment
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of the Belgium Draught Dog. Just as
in this country there are associations
for the Improvement Of the breeding OF
the draught horse and OF other KINDS OF
horses In Belgium there are re-. one one.oos
Dogs are in use in the Russian army
for sentry duty on outposts Every Rus
sian regiment has thirty of these dogs:
whose service has been found to be OF
extraordinary value in outpost work at
night. An outpost. its own sentinels
doing their regular tours of duty and
their watchfulness supplemented by that
of these dogs. is as nearly s secure
ed" as is possible The march Of an
army by day and Its rest by night de-
pend on security against surprise, and
these Russian soldier dogs are alert
sentinels They may not De aiW thss
post in a military manner, but II they
sleep 1t is a light and watchful sleep.
No strange sound escapes them NO
strange. footstep can approach Iss Nv Their ar
warning Of the approach Of foe before
his stealthy footsteps may be heard.
The British force in France has its
complement Of war dogs. Most of
news it has been reported that they
were gifts to the British government
by private owners and that they were
trained for the service they are to
perform by Maj. Richardson Of Har-
row. England. Some of these British
are real bloodhounds. not the dog
which figures to SO large a degree in
the news of the sherins posses that
chase train robbers in the United
States. for those dogs are nearly al
or deerhound SO common around the
old farms In the south. These British
army oioodhounds are the old fellows
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ting ready to get out. A beeyoutiful girl
came to me in deepest distress. She said:
"A great brute of German soldier is
upstairs sitting on my trunk.
What's he doing that for? I asked.
Does he think he's a customs inspector z
"I can't get at my things she walled
to me.
IT drew in my belt took a long breath
| and marched up them stairs. Sure
helmet on. I walked up to him and
fixed my eye on him. You know whatta
eye I've got"'
Ion that trunk says I.
| HE just grunted at me-
! up I yelled at him. Up, F4do!
| He shook his head. Possibly he meant
he didn't understand the language. l
headed.
| ".Up,s roared again.
Horace was really roaring. Precipitation
| stood out on his fattened countenance.
He shook his first Several other occu-
pants of nearby tables looked up IN as
constituent. They seemed to think he
was urging them to rise.
yours in a more conservative key" urged
| the Observer.
Il gotta tell this story in my own way
| replied Horace Grossly.
He continued:
THAT spike-hatted brute still sat there.
1 thought of Ameriman womanhood
thought Of the trunk. thought OF
Jaw Of that German brute and he hit
the floor with a flop like an overturned
derrick. He started to get up. I hit him
again. Even If the whole German army
4 attacked me was prepared to resist.
would give armed resistance. You know
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the highest military virtue and capacity
among dogs. which not only indicates
that he has a high grade OF intelligence
that he ia hardy and can endure pr1va-
ton. He can 60 for long periods With
out food, water or sleep.
These dogs are very doggish dogs One
might be permitted to say that they are
very canine dogs. There is nothing OF
the lap-uoodle in their constitution or
their makeup. They would laugh II .
King Charles spaniel were to cross their
path and they would bark most disdain-
fully at a Pekngese. They have often
aeen the Brussels Eriffon dogs and the
Brabacons. but they hold themselves very
much superior to those small and PAM
pered creatures. So strong Is the sense
Of military caste in these war dogs that
they probably would not Wag their taiis
at The petted toy terriers, feminized by
fond mistresses, and which ever dance
attendance on the ladies'.
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Silent Firearms.

@NE of the inventions which 1t was
~ prophesied would make war more
terrible, but which has not risen or
descended to expectations is the silent
flrearm. smokeless powder has long
been a fact and flashless powder Is in
use in American artillery, and presum-
ably in European artillery, but the
noiseless gun is not yet. Cannon still
roar and boom when fired and small
arms still crack and rip.
Letters patent for a silent firearm
were granted by the United States gov
eminent February 25, 1908. The gen.
eral comment then was that this pat
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X X
The especial work cut out in the army
for these dogs is, after a battle, to aid
the ambulance companies and others
in making a complete search Of the
battlefield and territory adjacent for
wounded men. Badly wounded men
often crawl away or stagger of and
drop under something. or in clumps
of bushes, thickets or something which
seems to them to offer cover. 1t is
believed that these Intelligent and well
trained dogs will aid their masters.
and that many wounded may hereafter
owe their lives to these brave animals.
These dogs have been trained to hunt
men, Stimulating wounded men. In
rough and wooded parts of England
and Scotland.
The German army is reported to have
in its service 1000 dogs. Airedales and
German shepherds, trained for search
ing for the wounded, and also of great
use on outposts and picket posts at
night.
In the French and Belgian armies are
many dogs trained to give notice Of
skulking men by day or night. Some of
these dogs have been trained primarily
to search for wounded men and many Of
them to be alert in the detection Of sus-
picious persons. Before the outbreak Of
the war these dogs were In use by GUS
toms officers of France and Belgium on
the frontier, and 1t was by these officers
that the dogs were trained.
The military men after much expert
| mentation and many tests seem to have
settled on the Airedale terrier as having
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Griggs' Wife.
leveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two young Clevelanders met on the
street Tuesday. One Of them said:
well. understand that our old friend
Griggs has gone and married wife"
TITS not true. I understand nothing of
the sort"
What? Well, what did you hear about
itr'
"I understand that a widow has gone
and married our friend Griggs."
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that they were going'to shoot him.
They wouldn't have been polite to him
IL they hadn't intended to shoot him.
It's all my cussed impetuousness.'
bedstead. Now I've got the whole
German army down on me Just because
hit a soldier. This Is terrible.
don't care for myself. but 1t will be
such a blow to my. friends II I am
shipped home all full of bullets He
became clammy and soggy.
They told me about him when 1 got
back to the hotel. So looked up a cou-
pie Of friends OF mine who are pretty
well known. and we dropped around to
When We arrived Horace was tn limo
at an army recruiting ONCE and getting
ready to take the oath. Tho policemen
were waiting.
What in thunder are you dotnsr W
asked him.
shut up. you FOOLS beloved Hoe-
ace. I am a Germanp
"'You are either full.' we told him, os
you need to be locked UP before you de-
eide to quit being a German and decide
plug hat
Cant you keep quietr asked Horaos
| in an agonised voice II they think
am not German they are going to shoot
me as sure as shooting. Something ter
rible will happen to me-
I'VE ignored Horace then and there.
We went to the officer in charge OF the
|, place and explained to him that Horace
| was an American citizen temporarily
| suffering from the delusion that he was q
German.
THE officer was most sympathetic and
accommodating. He urged US to tie
Horace up. He said that Horace's actions
had struck him as strange from the be-
ginning. He had been served with q
| summons for assault on the porter. and
! he had rabidly insisted on being sworn
| into the army before going to the police
station.
I'VE went back and got Horace. We
| had an awful time with him. He insist
ed frantically that he was q German citi-
| zen. The officers commiserated with US
| for having to take care Of lunatc
Jones again paused.
Even after we had fixed up matters
| and told Horace that everything was al
right he retained his nervousness. II
| wasn't until we were three days out enee
4 he discovered abe had been a hero.
without a goodbye Jones turned ana
| walked away. The Observer departed IN
! the opposite direction.
| Horace's lecture would have been
| good one But the great event expired.
| The Observer was afraid there might DC
| other people who would know the true
story Of how Horace Quelled. the German
army.
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Surprises never come sing1y. II q man
who owes you money suddenly relents
and pays you, another man to whom you
owe a larger amount is sure to call ana
hold you up. Whenever the star soprano
in a country church manages to sing her
solo in the same key that the organ1st Is
playing some old walrus invariably sWaI-
lows his moustache the wrong way and pc
on a steep grade. Instances OF this KIND
are innumerable.
destination when he ran into Jones.
Seen Horace?" asked Jones, unemo,
tionally, as though he had only pa1eeo
from the Observer.
why. Jonesy," said the Observer, eff
fusively, where have you been? It has
been years and years since I have seen
you you; ,,s So you know that Horace has come
Jones ignored all but the last question.
II ought to know he's come back" he
said, laconically. II was with him through
this European rumpus."
Something in Jones tone was discour-
aging. Jones generally Is discouraging.
He is sour, embittered. taciturn man.
He is an atheist who looks the part. A
peculiar hump to his shoulders, his great
beak Of a nose and his marrow Sits OF
eyes give him a general resemblance to
Indigestion.
Let me tell you the great pan"
chuckled the Observer: Horace is go,
ing on the lecture platform. He has had
wonderful experiences"
He has," agreed Jones. sourly.
"Jonesy," said the Observer. II don't
like the way you made that remark
Something is on your mind"
what did Horace tell your" asked
HE descri6sd,s said the Observer, i'm.
pressively, "a beautiful American girl
an heiress, I think-whose trunk had beer
| conf1scated by brutal German soldier
It was better than a melodrama to heal
him tell how he pasted the flower Of
the German army on the chin"
-.
At last Jones showed slight emotion
His mouth opened WIDE
Gosh" said Jones.
"And afterward," went on the Observ
en- they tried to conscript him and
send him to the front. BY his owl
| bravery and ingenuity"
| For the love Of Mike!' exploded Jones
| Something in the sheer force Of thi!
expostulation subdued the Observer
| Without being questioned, Jones explain
ed:
THAT girl wasn't a rich American
heiress. She was one Of those chuckle
| headed young marms from the English
provinces. One Of Cooks best types
She was leaving her hotel. She went up
stairs and saw a fat. kind-faced individ
ual in a dressy uniform sitting on he
| trunk. That was enough for her"
i Il should think it would be-" rejoined
the Observer indignantly. How woult
| you feel If you had a trunk load o
i clothes and German soldier came III
| and sat on the trunk?'
Jones ignored the interruption. H
| hunched his shoulders forward AM
thrust out his American eagle beak.
Horace" he continued. was mellow
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Goa 8 10 NALLY
an event just es-
d1sn Ill

Facts, Non-rebutable Testimony and
the Ike, comes along and kicks the
svent on tho third button OF its vest
and the event, with . faint moan, quits
tYansp1ring and expires instead.
One Of those events. ono which the
Observer may say Was a pet idea Of his.
has tust expired. It was a splendid plan.
II would have been successful. only
Hard luck had been trailing the OBJ
server for several days People had been
coming back from Europe. Quiet, steady
eyed. drm-1awed Americans who had
done things-who had looked out for
women and saved children-were reach
ing homo again.
But they would not talk in movie"
fashion-that was the trouble, they
would not talk. They refused to give
thrilling accounts of themselves They
had done things-anybody with common
sense knew that. But beyond giving a
general outline Of the European situa-
ton they would say nothing.
There was the schoolmaster, for IN
stance. who had piloted a party Of help
less women to safety. There should have
been book on that man. even II 1t was
only an argument to show how an Amer
lean school teacher can. on occasion.
transform himself into q masterful
strateg1st.
When the Observer approached him he
talked fully on the general conditions.
And when the Observer urged him.
warmly, to become enthusiastic about
himself he merely said oh. In about
the syllable That was enough for the
Observer. This schoolmaster is an ex-
foot ball player. and If he will not lis
ten to peaceable arguments there IS no
use trying to talk to him.
That was the way they all were. The
Observer was searching-how earnestly
no one but himself will know-for some
one who would dilate upon himself.
But the realities Of life caused these
quiet-eyed men and women to readjust
their perspective. They seemed to be ut
terly without egotism- Strol1ing down
the Avenue the Observer was bordering
the hollowness Of life;
'fs a great idea going to pot. Why
should camp on the trail Of great ideas
II can't put them through
Have you got a quarter" asked
hearty voice.
The Observer turned quickly. There.
standing before him In the flesh, was
Horace! Those who do not know Hor-
ace are missing something. Horace Is a
man Of the youngish-oldish type who. as
far as the Observer has been able to
learn, has never done lick of work since
the crime Of '78. Sartorially he has the
attributes Of the aurora borealis. Horace
can play poker. auction bridge or any
thing else that has betting possibilities.
This Is not hearsay. The Observer once
paid his salary to Horace for three con-
eecutive weeks while laboring under the
delusion that he knew enough about stud
poker to give Horace a run for his
money. Those were hard weeks.
At the moment Horace was dressed in
Q plaid suit, at the sight Of which a
slightly inebriated gentleman. who was
passing, rushed into a saloon and bought
himself a long drink. Horace had on q
tie that whooped like a hyena with bron-
chitis. Horace took OF a green fedora
hat with a feather in 1t and mopped his
head with a blue silk handkerchief trim.
med with yellow.
81 thought you were in Europe" said
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enough, they were impressed with me
They knew better than to fool with ar
American citizen"
Again the Observer reached over ane
shook Horace's hand.
Did you have other experiencesf
asked the Observer.
did II" repeated Horace. Why, say
when I was crossing the border
"Save them" said the Observer. breath.
lessly. write them down. Horace. you
are going to be famous and we are going
to be rich"
An appointment was made for the mex,
day. The Observer went away treadins
on air. At last he had found an Amen-
can who would talk about himself; aers
was Horace, good old Horace. who hao
slugged . German soldier in the best
qraustarkian style. who had saved
beautiful maiden in distress and had 70
fused to be forced into the army.
II Horace was telling the truth .,
course Horace was telling the truth: the
Observer wiped these base Suspicion
from his mind. There was tho lecture
tour.
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ed by the German Interpretation Of the
American cocktail. II you have tasted
them you know what I mean. In Ger
many they assume that a cocktail is a
connection the function of which is to
drive you insane before killing you. Hor-
ace was mellowed. He heard the cry
Of distress. He went upstairs. And he
hit the poor mani
1T seems to me that that was gallantry
personified. Here he took his life in
his hands"
Life in his-not for a minuter' croak-
ed Jones: The poor fellow he hit was
the hotel porter. They had an awful
enced."
Jones'. irr.tapiy. :1hs. every hotel porter
in Germany looks nke . field marshal on
Somehow tho Observer did recan that,
vaguely.
again" remarked he Observer senti-
mentally. He wanted, oh. 80 earnestly.
to find something on which to hang that
Il did," said Jones. emphasizing the
pronoun, and I can tell you 1t was
blame lucky for Horace that he did not
see the poor girl again. After Horace
punched the unoffending porter the
baggage went astray. The last the
poor girl heard of it 1t was headed
| for Asia Minor. The poor girl told me
that she would fill Horaces eye II she
could Just find him once
-
The Observer clutched at the last
straw.
The arrest" he pleaded, surely that
was bona fide."
Jones meditated.
I'VE never did get that all straight
ened out" he said. Personally.
think it was hitting the porter that did
it. Nobody ever dared to punch any
body in Germany, you know. unless
he-the puncher-belongs to the army.
Naturally they assumed that Horace
was subject to CONSUMPTION or he
| wouldn't have dared to hit the porter"
Jones was silent for a moment. The
Observers agitation was painfully ap-
parent.
Anyhow" continued Jones, "a couple
of policemen dropped in for Horace.
! They asked him to step. around to one
of the offices a moment. Horace
clutched at the bedstead and declared
| that this was an outrage. They asked
him, politely enough. to follow them
said II he didn't want to go right away
they'd wait a few minutes SO he could
change his mind.
That convinced Horace. He knew