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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-02

streets of Hixon as a stranger. And,
after leaving Hixon, there was a mis-
sion to be performed at Jesse Purvy's
store. AS he thought of that mission
a grim CLINT came to his pupils.
All journeys end. and as Samson
passed through the rawdry cars of the
local train near Hixon he saw several
faces which he recognized, but they
either eyed him In inexpensive silence
or gave him the greeting of the "fur-
riner."
AS Samson crossed the toll bridge
to the town proper he passed two
brown-shirted militiamen. lounging on
the rail of the middle span. They
grinned at him, and, recognizing the
outsider from his clothes, one -of them
commented:
Amt this the hell OF a town."
Its going to be-" replied Samson,
systematically, as he went on.
Still unrecognized, he hired horse
at the livery stable. and for two hours
rode In silence, save for the easy
creaking of his stirrup feathers and
the soft thud of hoofs.
The silence soothed him. The brood
Ing hills lulled his spirit as grooming
song lulls fretful child. Mile after
mile unrolled forgotten vistas. Some.
thing deep in himself murmured:
"Homei"
1t was late afternoon when he saw
ahead of him the orchard of PIrvy's
place. and read on the store wall. a
little more weather stained, but other
wise unchanged:
Jesse Purvy, General Merchandise. >
The porch of the store was empty,
and as Samson flung himself from his
saddle there was no one to greet him
This was surprising, since. ordinarily
two or three of Purvy's personal
guardsmen loafed at the front to watch
the road. Just now the guard should
logically be doubled. Samson still
wore his eastern clothes-for he want
ed to go through that door unknown
AS Samson South he could not cross
it's threshold either way. But wher
he stepped up on to the rough porch
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-02
Wood Alcohol Dangerous.

The danger connected with tho
handling OF wood alcohol and with
working where even small quantities
OF the fumes OF this liquid may be in
hailed have been brought out promi-
nently as the result OF recent scientific
Investigations, which demonstrated
that quantities OF wood alcohol as
small as 2 OF per cent In the in
spired air may lead to the absorption
of the product into the body to an in
furious extent. With such quantities
as this the absorption Is slow. but
eventually the body becomes sat
urated" with it. The greatest danger
in inhaling the fumes of wood alcohol
is their effect on the optic nerve, which
often results in total and incurable
blindness,--Popular Mechanics.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-02
WAR TERMS NOT UNDERSTOOD
"ForIorn Hope" for instance. Hat Not
the Meaning With Which II
Is Credited.

In the course of every war one
hears a great deal about 'forlorn
hopes" The term is one of the most
misused in the vocabulary of war II
is commonly misunderstood to mean
lost tToop"-that is detached
troop" The word hope" in the
phrase is not an English but Dutch
word, hoop" meaning literally
heap" and secondarlly body Of
troops. The word "forlorn" represents
the Dutch "verloren A yer
loren hoop" was a detached body OF
troops thrown out in front of the main
line of battle to find the enemy
and engage them first. This was the
regular sixteenth and seventeenth
century practice, and though II was
one of the more dangerous kinds OF
service it was not desperate or. In
the English sense, forlorn. Nowadays
much the same work is done by the
detached bodies of cavalry which are
thrown out before the main line to find
the enemy.
"Capitulation" is another term OF
war, which is very loosely used. 1t
does not mean surrender, but sur
render on terms; in fact. it means the
terms, not the surrender. 1t is from
the Latin "capitulum" or heading
from which is derived our word
"chapter"). and a capitulation is .
formal treaty of surrender drawn up
under a series of headings or chap
ters, embodying the terms on each
point.
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HAPPINESS FOUND IN WORK
Labor Also Is Great Builder of Char
acter as Well as of
Fortune.

One day we happened along where
there was a woodworking bee, says
the Breeders Gazette. Neighbors
had turned out to improve the high
way and to make safe some danger
Gus stretches of much-trayeled road.
Among the workers one was especial
ly notable for his energy and enthusi-
asm. He worked as though he en-
joyed it.; his heart was in the en-
deavor and he shoveled earth, rolled
rocks and laid on gravel with cheerful
enthusiasm.
Another man was a laggard, who
sat often watching the workers, offer
ing them advice more in raillery than
in spirit of desire to aid. Here is
what we were told:
See that man who works so hard?
He does not need to work. He start
ed thirty years ago with his two
hands, his head, an old gray mare and
fifty acres of poor land. Today he
owns numbers of farms, besides inter
est in all sorts of enterprises He is
good citizen. always public-spirited
and ready to help. That fellow sit
ting on the fence? Well, he has never
yet been on the township as public
burden, but that is the best ! can say
of him. Work and he fell out many
long day ago."
1t is not so hard to guess which
of these two men spent that day the
happier hours, who spends year after
year the happier hours. Work builds
men as we'll as fortunes.
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STRENGTH OF FLY.

An Englishman has made many ex-
periments with various insects. such
as caterpillars, feas, butterflies and
flies. which show how extraordinarily
strong these insects are.
A bluebottle fly weighing 1928 OF an
ounce was hitched by thread to a
tiny wagon and drew a total weight
of little over six ounces, or practic-
ally 10 times its own weight. A
caterpillar harnessed in a similar man.
ner pulled 25 times its own weight.
A strong man with a like equip
ment of large size can at most move
but ten times his own weight.
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flooring no one challenged his advance.
The yard and orchard were quiet from
their front fence to the grisly stock
ade at the rear, and, wondering at
these things, the young man stood for
a moment looking about at the after
noon peace before he announced him
self.
Yet Samson had not come to the
stronghold of his enemy for the pur-
pose of assassination. There had been
another object in his mind-an utterly
mad idea, it is true, yet so bold of
conception that 1t held a ghost Of
promise. He had meant to go into
Jesse Purvy's store and chat artlessly,
like some inquisitive 'furriner." He
would ask questions which by their
very impertinence might be forgiven
on the score of a strangers folly. But,
most of all. he wanted to drop the cas-
Ial information, which he should as
sumo to have heard on the train. that
Samson South was returning, and to
mark, on the assassin leader, the effect
of the news. In his new code it was
necessary to give at least the rattlers
warning before he struck, and he
meant to strike. If he were recog-
nized, welI-he shrugged his shoulders
But as he stood on the outside, wip.
ing the perspiration from his forehead.
for the ride had been warm, he heard
voices within. They were loud and
angry voices II occurred to him that
by remaining where he was he might
gain more information than by hur-
rying in.
I've done been your execut!oner for
twenty years." complained voice.
which Samson at once recognized as
that of Aaron Hollis, the most trusted
of Purvy's personal guards. Il hain't
never laid down on We yet. Me an Jim
Asberry killed old Henry South. We
laid fer his boy, ar would "a got him
eff you'd only said Their word. ! went
inter Hixon an killed Tam'rack Spicer,
with soldiers all round me. There
hain't no other damn fool in these
mountings would "a took such long
chance es tibet. I'm tired of It.
They're a-goin' ter git me, an wants
ter leave, an you won't come clean
with the price of a railroad ticket to
Oklahoma. Now, damn yore stingy
soul, gifts that ticket or / gifts you!"
Aaron, you can't scare me into doin'
nothin' l amt amin to do" The old
baron of the vendetta spoke in cold,
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(copyrisht. Isss. by w. j. Watt q Coz
CHAPTER xlII-coEtinued.

Dear Samson: The war is on again.
Tamarack Spicer killed Jim Asberry.
and the Hollmans have killed Tama-
rack. Uncle Spicer is shot, but he
may get well There is nobody to lead
the Souths. am trying to hold them
down until hear from you. Don't
come If you don't want to-but the
gun is ready. With love,
SALLY"
Slowly Samson South came to his
feet. His voice was in the dead-level
pitch which W;lfred had once before
heard. His eyes were as clear and
hard as transparent flint.
I'm sorry to be of trouble, George,
he said, quietly. But you must get
me to New York at once-by motor
! must take train south tonight"
"No bad news. hope" suggested
Lescott.
For an instant Samson forgot his
four years of veneer. The century OF
prenatal barbarism broke out fiercely
He was seeing things far away-and
forgetting things near by. His eyes
blazed and his fingers twitched.
Hell, mol" he exclaimed. 1.-THE
wars on, and my hands are freedi"
For an instant. as no one spoke, he
stood breathing heavily, then, wheel
ing, rushed toward the house al
though just across its threshold lay
the fight into which he was aching
to hurl himself.
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Iapansse a Patient People.

Impatience among the Japanese 10 a
thing you will rarely observe as you
travel through their strange and beau
tiful country. If, on the other hand.
you yourself, in touring Japan. might
upon occasion grow somewhat inn
patient, you will only become the
quiet laughing stock-behind your
back-of the little Japs themselves
An hour, or even day, mors or less
in this oriental country is of little ae.
count, and matters cannot be made to
move any the quicker because OF ans
ryitability.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-02

dead" She stopped there. Yet, her
sign completed the sentence as though
she had added. ''but he was only one Of
several. Your vow went farther"
After moments pause. Samson
added:
Jesse Purvy's dead"
The girl drew back, with a fright
ened gasp. She knew what this meant.
or thought she did.
Jesse Puryy!" she repeated. "oh.
Samson, did ye-?" She broke of, and
covered her face with her hands.
mo, Sally" he told her. 81 didn't
have to-" He recited the days occur
rences, and they sat together on the
stile. until the moon had sunk to the
ridge top
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-04-02
woman,s logic.

You sometimes wonder about the
logic of the feminist mind.
A man was to meet his wife at her
office at one o'clock to take luncheon
with her He was 20 minutes late. She
had gone out.
He sat down and waited. At 1880
she arrived
What are you doing here?" she
asked.
I'm waiting for you
Didn't you know / wouldn't come
back after I'd given you up and gone
out?"
"But you did come back, didn't you?
You are back now, aren't your"
Yves, but you might have known
that when | did come back | would
have had my lunch, and there would
be no use in waiting to have 1t with
me-"
We'll, have you had it?"
"No."-Denver News.
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1T will grow again." he laughed
But he wished that he had not had 10
rake that excuse Then, being non
est, he told her all about Adrienne Les
cott-even about how, after he De-
lieved that he had been outcast by MS
uncle and herself, he had had his mo-
ments of doubt. Now that II was all so
clear. now that there could never he
doubt. he wanted the woman who had
been so true a friend to know the girl
whom he loved. He loved them botn,
but was in love with only one he
wanted to present to Sally the friend
who had made him, and to the friend
who had made him the Sally of whom
he was proud He wanted to tell
Adrienne that now he could answer
her ouestion-that each of them meant
to the other exactly the same thing;
they were friends of the rarer sort,
who had for a little time been in DAN
ger of mistaking their comradeship for
passion.
AS they talked, sitting on the stile,
Sally held the rife across her knees.
Except for their own voices and the
soft chorus of night sounds, the hills
were wrapped in silence-a silence as
soft as velvet.
Il learned some things down there
at school, Samson" said the girl, slow
~, land wish-I wish you didn't have
to use this"
@Jim Asberry is dead" said the man
gravely.
eyes," she echoed. Jim Asberry's
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Restricts Sale of Weapons.

A Greek law of July 80. 1914, pro-
hibits the importation, manufacture
ami sale Of certain weapons. includ-
ing stilettcs. daggers and spring or
double-edged pocket knives. The i'm
portation of firearms of all kinds with
out government permission is likewise
prohibited.
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It's an Exciting Trip in These Days
When England Sees a Spy
in Every Stranger.

rus the dat" 81 your last visit tu the
Continent He co"- on chatting and
axis 4 Won hav" any more Letters The"
an-N Of course den.nd- on vour-a.f
bat official 40 takes o. for granted
that nobody Who : honest wishes 'p
cross the Channel suddenly you A."
amazed 10 feel a hand - soft, - gentle
stealing INTO your pockets
What this ne says taking a diary
from your inside coat pocket
oh. 80 YOU travel for MAe-r- Bank
he has seen some business cari-
YOU surely do not do much IN that way
now, do you;'
Then follows chat about your bust
ness In the meantime your pocket
are being very thoroughly searched
Before h" has finished your Que-tIoner
casually remarks And when wer. you
over LAST"
Eventually. after some five or ten
minutes, which seems 10 bn an hour
you are released and handed over 10
official No There IL another long
cross-eIanination but fortunately no
searching Your passport j. carefully
scrutinzed and 30 much Of your business
j. discussed that you imaEIn" YOU ar"
having an Introduction 10 yourself
Knowing partly what va, IN store
YOU had Of course taken good care 20
I've AT Victoria station a. least an hour
h"for" tho departure Of tn" tram If
you are lucky your examinations may b"
complete IN twenty m'nu'"- A. any
rate you probably have about half an
hour 70 spare, and naturally tn" first
thing that occurs 70 YOU j. 70 repair to
the buffet, When you reach the barrier
o. the top of the platform, however, YOU
are met 10y official No So declaration
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'lh' 'N1->-ng"r- Who have hHan az
ahmed ar" not permitted 10 leave the
platform
her" ar@ no more Incidents until tho
ram reaches tn.S"-'one Here you re-
r"ra from Official ~ 9 a card upon
NAI'H YOU ar" required 10 write your
nlm". address age and destination
ihi- = taken by peicla. No. at the
-an-"tv u the boat In tho meantime
oH''d' ~. Examines your PASSPORT.
You Iump ~ tho gangwav and board
-r" shin with satisfactory sense Of
security from officials for az Least a crouple
Of hours But YOU DO not know tn, WAYS
of the spy seeker, No sooner have Won
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them understand what IL required II
them without calling spade d spade
He followed mis- Nn,Enatical re-
mark with a q1.ok order 20 up anchor
and steam for K!eI
II could plainly ace that something
had upset the eqgsn.m.ty o; ny sov-
sr",gn.
The mystery, however vas to be
NXp aimed ~ ne title later ny one
~ The Emperor aides -de-c4mp. Who
after dinner whispered IN my ear that
most important telegram rad been
despatched by William ia orders to
Vienna addressed 70 ne Emperor Of
Austria.
What dd that telegram contain
injured
"a hope that Austria would 70 on
insisting Al re grade FOR 4 sgl, salts
faction 10 her demands contained in
her uI; rnatum NJ the other day. vas
the unexpected reply
But hasn't she got it-that salts
fact.on7' I exclaimed. It seems 20
me that Serv.a has gone as far as she
iecentiy could 20. Resides, u IS no
business OF Prussia 10 proffer an op.n-
.on IN this matter, which = entirely
a private one bet wNen the Wen IA and
tn. Belgrade Cabine IS
II stopped short IN my phrase. re-
member!ng suddenly what the FIN
peror had said 70 ne concerning the
nee essity for non-in'erference by the
great Powers in the conflict 70 Uh IN
the murder Of the Archduke Francis
Ferdinand rad furnished a pretext.
How did Il come that after express
ing himself IN that sense when the
question n Russia mixing herself up
the matter had arisen, he himself
ia exactly what he had declared 9TH
ers ought not 70 dn and volunteered
~ his own accord 20 give Francis
Joseph advice which the after had
not sought
"a cold swea' ran down my back.
Decidedly william n. had changed
decidedly. too. Ia mad not told me the
truth; for the first time I had detected
him IN A deliberate l.e.'
Writing in his diary on July ~
Count Axel qu ties MS Emperor ~
pIayfuly remarking.
IF only We we're ten days older wn
might perhaps have taken little busy
n0dy, mcdd.ng Poincare, pr!souer, to-
gether with his man-o'-~ar.
What does your Majesty mean"
said We are not at war with
/ France. and there exists no reason
/ Uhv We should be
/ "Thcre exists no reason why ""
/ should be a. war with anybody re-
| Piled the Emperor and yet who
/ knows whether a few days viii not So"
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called on the Emperor and was In
v!ted 70 stay and lunch with rim.
When. after lunch" Count Axsl
writes n his diary, the Emperor
called me into ME study. had al
most forgotten my fears Of the days
before william r. seemed also In
A buoyan' rnOod
"I am glad m steal away from
state cares and annoyanccs FOR A
few days ne aid 70 me, T a,so
require rest After all human being
"a not a machine. az have found
out 70 my cast
~ am glad m End your Majesty
In such good sp:r''s' T said
Yes. I am In good spirits. friend
Ax~l was the reply. + always foe.
In 9ood spirits when 7 have made
up my mind 20 a great resolution and
overcome the natural m ss'v.ngs
which generally attend such things %
As Count Axel listened 20 the En-
p~ror his worst approximations re-
rurned He felt Just as Moitke had
done, that he was in the presence n
a parsonage ne had not known be-
fors and that william II, was re-
veal,ng himself IN a way hs had never
done until that day
The next entry IN the diary IL made
on board the imperial yacht, July.
1914. They were sitting on deck one
wonderfully mild night. tho Emperor
sat on the captains bridge smoking a
big cigar and lying back In a rocking
chair. His eyes were half closed For
long time he did not speak. Then
80 Id al knb T.
him and at once plunged into the mat
ter which lay uppermost In the
thoughts Of both or hem
$50 Austria Ia moving, friend Axel,"
he said. 'G wonder what the step she
has taken will bring about7"
May 7 venture 10 say that your
Majesty was aware that it was going
70 take place."
81 aware? You are mistaken, my
friend. / knew no.h.ng. and why
should r. The matter does not con-
Germ me. after all, and I purposey did
not go 10 Vienna so that they might
not say was In any way privY 10 IT,"
On July "a. 1914, Count Won Schwer-
ing writes in his diary that his faith
In his beloved Emperor mas been to-
tally shaken, He passed a sIoeplcss
night, but when he saw the Emperor
he seemed 70 h~ as though not hing had
happened TO interfere with his repOse
AS they were talking On general topics
a special messenger handed the En-
peror several kilograms. A courier
from Berlin also came aboard with I'm
portant letters william r. did not
retire 10 his cabin N read them. but
opened them On the deck. As he read
their contents his face changed con
siderably and assumed an earnest ex-
preston. He turned toward Count
Axel and merely said:
Events are hurrylnR, you can sne
now for yourself how they stand One
NJ the kilograms says that Servia has
accepted the Austrian nj matUm save
on a few points which are NJ no i'm
portanCe whatever"
Count AYrl continues:
II signed with Ttl"f Tho ncWs
seemed to be almost too good u hc
! true
The Emperor stood silent for some
| time gazing on the sea. as II ncditat-
| not quite solve 10 his own gatlsfa'tiOn
Then, with gesture Of impotence. hc
threw away the .garette he had been
smoking
| "'People will be fooig'' he said
why ~ It always 50 difficult to make
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who had s0r years r 'de secret 81 ne
thoughts nedi'atHd upon this aafu4
utamy which fear = about 20 De
ptrp~trated can This q possible
! fee cannot stand his anxiety
and suspense any longer. shall 20
20 me castle. T sha. a-sS 20 ace ne
Emperor
Later = have seen the Emperor
T only wish had aad t7e courage 20
<l myself before having listened %
the sovereign 81 whom aad MAJ"
an deal
william n received ne n n.s
study He pa- s.'r.ug At n.s VIZ *
able upon WHICH various plans we're
= .plAyed, and which evidently. b"
had 1een studying v.'H at'An'ion. n =
features were drawn and haggard. but
the eye eas r-solI'e and a. keen as
ever
Re began taking 20 me about The
events - the day. and expressed him
self A. frs' with great cain ard cool
ness on fle war which ne con sidered
inevitable I ven'ured 70 ask MIN MIA,
could have happened 20 Undue aim
with such a conviction and what lad
term ned nm 20 draw the sword In
order TO support rne insdrnissiu.- de-
mands ~ Austria. The Emperor lifted
his shoulders In depreCat.ng man
n"r. saying az he did 80.
Is II possible. my dear Axe, that
you too believe that Il - on account
. ot Austria that am going TO war;
II looked al him with intense sur
Prise. ~ unexpected had been tna,
question.
You are aston she'd a. what /
say hc resumed. Bur viii yog .e'
M speak 10 You with sincerity and
with tho rrankness which ueTp0veS
old friends such a. We have been b?
You have known me mt. his day
as an essentially pa" nc sovereign;
sometimes. even, you have thought
mo too lenient and Welding in qucs-
lions where ought - have pro-
tested against unjust accusations iev-
c.,~d against German politics and Ger
many IN general
We'll. II have been 90 It is not
/ because I wanted peace Al any price
/ or because DID not understand that
/ tho expansion Of Germany vas far
/ from having reached the point Il
could aspire 10 attain. ! kept quiet
| simply .cCaUs" We were not ready.
/ and that when ono engages In a
var. even with ninety chances
[ ~ victory and only one ~ defeat.
/ II is SIN = crime 10 DO 50 II one
! $ unpre pared. Germany, rnv!ed and
| d.testrd a. she is, cannot afford 20
/ he vauuu.shed in anything that she
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not admit, and stormy scenes -rsG-.
which the Empress rad -- !aA.
DOWN. task n which <ha "a ~aa-
4. was sUcCeSscIi Bu' nov = ~
y. re I'm press 30 ALL - -~-
7f' -1asA t.nes-.c -.-n.rcs
f-oJa5ie That "A tine goes or ,-a -
!at!ors 4 William n. and -s
and heir VI. become more ara -
and perhaps end r state = ,-s-
warfare Between them. asr4-,.a v
-HA crow. Prince cor. 80 &c A..
vrcacy u m.l,ar.S-- 4-t --a-a-
Sa.n+ more pop-a-.-g r. Pie con-.
Try
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se-va'.vA house b. : be - ia - .
remarkable documents '-a- -4s 49,.
been PUT no pr'-, T-A N-v We.
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