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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

middle of everything. fighting first for
the mikado and later for a represen-
tative parliament to which, the minis
tiers should be responsible. The gov
eminent in 1881 promised to summon
national diet, grant constitution
and limit the imperial prerogatiye in
1890. Okuma then formed the Pro-
gressive party, forerunner of the pres
ent National party, and was for many
years its president
Aside from his constant political ac-
tivities. he founded Waseda univer-
sity in Tokyo in 1882 and was for
many years It's president. He saw 1t
grow to house $500 students, with a
first-class baseball team.
It was not until Japan had settled
her domestic troubles and put her
house In order that the foreign policy
developed. In this line progress has
been perhaps faster than in importing
western ways of manufacture and liv-
ing.
And 1t was after the great victory
over Russia, following the easy hum
bling of China, that Okuma's really
truculent utterances began to appear.
In 1908. when Japan was troubled
by the United States sending the
American fleet into the Pacific, he said
to an American newspaper man:
Nothing can be more dreaded than
crazy people, and the Japanese are a
crazy nation. In fighting they will go
on like mad, as was we'll illustrated in
the late war. The Japanese are al
ways ready to throw away their lives
for the glory of the state; they regard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

are fundamentally different-should
come to fighting. The final result will
be easily foretold."
Although not SO truculent just at
present Count Okuma for several
years in the caucuses of his party. in
his newspaper organs, and in the IA
miliar conversations which he wa J
wont to hold with the former pupils of
his great school, had habit of speak
as he spoke of Russia In the years
before the war. as a great power
which will have to be humbled to Sc
cure the salvation of Japan.
Even before the Russian war the
count said: "A Japanese must be re-
spected wherever he goes. We yield
to no one, not even to the Romans, in
pride In citizens and citizenship
The British probably have not for
gotten Okuma's famous outburst in
which he said:
Being oppressed by the Europeans,
the three hundred million people of
India are looking for Japanese protec-
ton. The Japanese ought to go to
India, the South ocean and the other
parts of the world"
Nor will anyone who knows Japan's
history doubt that she intends to hold
Kiauchau. the Carolines. Marianne and
Marshall islands in the South Pacific.
She took these from Germany and al
ready some capital Is being invested
and experts have been sent from the
ministries of agriculture and COM
MERGE to study the question of the ex-
ploitation of these islands.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
BOY MUST PUT ON HIS SHOES
Scientists Warn Thal All Kinds of
Disease Germs Lurk in Ground
Many Dangers involved.

1t seems pity to lay a destroying
hand on such delightful recollection
as centers around the barefoot boy
but, verify, the joys of going barefoot
are overbalanced by the risks and dan
gers involved.
In recent years scientists have dis
covered facts which show that nearly
one-quarter of our deadliest diseases
are known tc attack,us through breaks
or scratches in the skin and by the
bites of certain insects.
In fact, there are two great classes
of infectious diseases-those given
directly by man and those given by
insects.
Going barefooted means that the
feet will have bruises and scratches
and cuts, and when we know, as we
do now, that most, if not all, our bac-
terra, disease germs and parasites live
in the ground, the inference is easily
to be drawn.
The soil of cities swarms with germs
of all kinds, and lockjaw (tetanus),
tuberculosis, cholera, bubonic plague,
hookworm and yellow fever all come
to US through tiny animals attacking
us through the skin. Hcokworm is
found in the state and countries
around IS degrees north and south of
the equator, and is supposed to have
been brought to this country by Afri-
can slaves, as the American species is
identical with the African
The hookworm of the South bores
its way through the skin, and bores
until 1t breaks into some tiny blood
vessel. Taken up in the circulation, it
is carried through the system, and, in
time. reaches. the intestines, where 1t
anchors itself by its hooks, and there
lays its eggs,
The risk Of going barefoot extends
to all parts of the world. In barnyards
and fields is the germ of lockjaw.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
PIRATES IN CHINESE WATERS
Freepooters Extend Their Operations
70 Land Expeditions, and Fro
quentiy Loot Villages

A favorite form of freebooting In
Chinese waters takes the form of
river piracies. The pirates themselves
are, unlike their deep-water outlaw
brethren, more of the jackal type,
sinking, cowardly. but still murder
GUS and deadly whenever they fall in
with unarmed parties. They infest the
shallow rivers. creeks and canals
which cut In from the China coast.
The big junks, In use by the deep
sea freebooters, are of no earthly good
in shallow waters, and SO the river
robbers make use of light-draft craft
known locally as fast crabs" and
''scrambling dragons" The West river
near Canton is favorite ground for
these shallow-water freebooters. al
though the great Yangtse-Kiang river
is also infested with them.
In their little craft they navigate
without trouble over the shadows and
rapids inland as far as Chungking,
which Is more than 1000 miles from
the coast. and instead OF preying upon
the merchant ships and steamers OF
the deep, they loot villages. murder
travellers. massacre white concession
aires, and cause untold trouble to the
missionaries, OF whom there are many
hundreds in this part of inland China.
And it is against these river pirates
particularly that the activities Of the
little Palos and Monocacy will be di-
rectsd.
For several years England. Germany
and Japan maintained light-draft river
boats for use against the pirates and
now the United States follows their
example. China, too. will soon add sew
eral vessels of similar type to her
service.
During the last four years several
citizens of the United States have been
murdered by Chinese pirates.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
BARRED FROM HALL OF FAME
Painters of Humorous Pictures Tn.
Justly Treated, Is the Assertion
Made by Writer.

In literature a man has every
chance, if he can, to be as hilariously
unbridled as Mark Twain and still
take his place unchallenged on the
shelf with the greatest; on the stage
he may be as essentially a humorist
as Joseph Jefferson, and yet go down
In history with halo around his mem.
DRY; even in the uncorporeal sphere
of music he may be as light and bi.
zarre and impish as fancy will permit,
without in any way jeopardizing his
artistic dignity.
But let him attempt any such gala.
hearted display in terms of paint and
the most staid academician and the
most perfervid Futurist bang their door
with equal vigor in his face, writes
Louis Barry in the Bookman. Which
in this day, when there Is more talk
than ever before of the development
of really national art, seems just
trifie rash.
That brilliant spirit that without
mission or message or school Graves
only the privilege of making holiday
with facts and pelting impartially with
their own gay inimitable, irreverent
confetti every head that hobs up in
the carnival of civilization seems too
thoroughly American to be consigned
always to the lighter, more ephemeral
pictorial avenues.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
WHERE MEN LIVE AND FIGHT
Visitor TO the German Trenches De
serlbse Their Construetson and
Arrangements.

Three hours later was In the Ger
man trench at La Bassee When had
accustomed myself to the steady
cracking of rifles in the firing pits,
which / could not see. but which /
knew must be close by; when l had
nervously counted the bursting of 20
shells, all in an appalling few min
utes, yet had heard no plop Of frag-
ments burying themselves into the
mud above. l began to be able to look
about me- | was standing in a pit
about seven feet deep and barely wide
enough for two passing men to
squeeze by. BY turning my indispen-
sable electric torch this way and that
l could see in the rear wall Of the
trench series of caves dug In the
earth, their entrances so low that a
man would have to enter them on
hands and knees In some / saw the
faint yellowish gutter Of candles and
others were pitch dark. But In the
front wall Of the trench there were
cut at intervals so short that the place
seemed cataoomb. narrow passages
that led to the shooting pits, recesses
not more than five feet wide, re-en-
forced at the level of the ground with
sandbags and armor; and on either
side of these approach passages / saw
the holes in the earth in which men
slept. and lived. and ate when they
weren't in the pits. their guns toward
the enemy. At the lieutenant's sug-
gestion ! went down into one of the
caves
Later" he said, you won't want to
be moving around much. TIN get hot
ter then. and you'll want to remain in
one place where you're sure the shell
ter is good. The Christian Herald.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
JosEPHiNE's SACRIFICE.

Josephine Peters was little girl
who had about everything little girl
ten years old could wish for. Her
father was a rich man and she was an
only child and while she was not sell
fish she had very little chance to
think of others, she was so well cared
for herself.
Her uncle John was very fond of
her and sent for her birthday the
money for a pony and a cart. Joseph
inc lived in large city and he wanted
her to select just the cart she
wanted.
The day after she received the
money she was riding in her fathers
auto through street where the very
poor children lived, as it was a short
way to the. place her mother was
going.
Mother" she said, looking at the
children on the steps and on the
street, why do these children stay in
the city this warm weather? They
should be in the country"
1ACJ AdfC AOL buC AhOhCys ASA
mother told her, "and there are thou
sands of them who never saw the
country"
When they reached home that night
Josephine asked if they could not give
the poor children the money to go
away to the country.
Her mother laughed. my DEAR" she
said, sit would be impossible to help
all of them, but if you care to help
anyone, cook has little granddaugh-
ter who is cripple and her family
is very poor. have sent them many
things, but there is much you can do
for the little girl"
What can 1 do?" asked Josephine.
That is for you to find out" said her
mother. Cook goes to see her to-
morrow; you can have John take you
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
The Next Day Josephine Visited the
Little Cripple Girl.

In the auto if cook is willing to take
you with her.
The next Josephine visited the little
cripple girl whose name was Nellie.
She could not walk and had to sit in
rocking chair all day in a barely
furnished room. Josephine had not
supposed anyone in the world could be
so poor, and she came home with
tears in her eyes and sorrow in her
heart.
"Oh, mother" she sobbed, she has
to sit in that horrid room and there
are no books or games to play with
and her dress was so old 1t was
clean, but it was worse than cook
wears on wash day. l want some of
my clothes to give her and cant
give her comfortable chair and fix
her room pretty? We have so many
pretty things we could furnish her
room and not miss thing from here
THAT is quite true" said her
mother; but you would not be giving
It If let you take these things. Why
don't you buy her chair with your
own money? You have saved some
from your allowance" Josephine did
not answer. and her mother waited
rather anxiously, for this was the first
opportunity she had ever had for test
ing Josephine's generosity. After a
few minutes Josephine said: Il think
have five dollars all my own. Gould
do much with fhafo
"You could not get the wheel chair. .
said her mother land that is what
Nellie needs most of ali; then she
could get around the house and not
have to sit in one place all day"
There was another pause.
Mother. is that money Uncle John
sent my very own?'
Eyes, dear" her mother replied. at
is yours to do as you please with.
Uncle John said it was for a pony
and cart or anything you wanted"
II think" said Josephine very slow
ly. that it would be better to get the
chair for Nellie and make her room
comfortable. can run about and /
ride in the auto, and really do not
need the pony and cart"
She swallowed very hard as she
said 1t, and her mother knew 1t was a
sacrifice as we'll as a victory. She
kissed her and told her that some day
she would explain to her how happy
she made her by deciding to do this
I'm get her the pony and cart said
her father when he heard of Joseph.
ines sacrifice.
NO" said her mother: you must
not do that. You will spoil every
thing. This is the turning point of
her life: do not let us spoil it."
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
LEcTURING. ADAM AND rVr
Somewhat Humorous PaintIro T.,
man Church, Work of Artist ~ S'F'
the Middle Ages.

In the Church of Saint sebo,a.
Nuremberg there is a delightful mo-. AZ
painting which makes one merrv -, o.i. d
to recall it. The subject is the Ga Ven
OF Eden Adam and Eve arc b -aen
lectured by an elderly man in ao Tr'.ls
robes with a long white beard tI,s
beard alone would more than srn .tlS
Adam and Eve with the COVERING ibo'
lack. 'ney
In as easy attitude, with ne;tb..
haste nor anxiety, he is pointing on.
to them the error of their wave Nv
is as detached in manner as tbougb ~
were professor featuring at Teinso
on the fourth dimension of spaca
Adam is somewhat detected ana
clines upon the ground. Eve nm
abashed, with nothing on but the an
pie she is munching, is evidently in .
reckless mood. She looks like q cbils
of fifteen, with her hair down bo.
back; the defiance of her attitude 10
that of a naughty little girl.
The world-old problem is under az,
cussion, but with an air of good bn.
NOR and cheerfulness on the part ~
the lecturer, as though there were stn
time in the world, as though hurry
were an undiscovered human attrih.
ute, as though possibly the world
would still go on even if the problem
were left unsolved, and this first leafv
parliament adjourned sine die.-New
York Telegraph.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
Exercise and Health.

Take exercise. Take daily exercise.
Have hobby that gets you out %
doors. Walk to your business "
your dressmaker's, walk for the saAs
of walking. Join a walking CLUB an-
keep your weekly score of miles. he ,p
chickens, make gardens wheel In9
baby or play golf or any either game game
but take two hours outdoor exercise =
every day. Gymnasium work SEQ
for those who like it and ca afoFa
It. but avoid heavy athleticsA Dont
trv to be a sstrong man. the 'cha an
pion athlete often dies young 70.
a moderate, persistent, daily eT.o
Tan+ 80 axercise You may nc. oaI'
the family carriage, as Be
suggested, but at least as ne a.
walk, walk, walk.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
Swimmer Merely Pedals.

end is screw propeller of the type
used on motorboats and driven by
means of pedals The swimmer lies
fat on this plank and pedals, as IL
he was riding a bicycle. He uses his
arms chiefly to direct his course and
to maintain his balance on the plank.
The revolving propeller provides all
the impetus necessary. An advantage
of the apparatus is that the user need
not necessarily know how to swim
without it.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

created archbishop by Richard l on
the field of Acre. always interests
tourists, for as chancellor he raised
the ransom for his king.
In the warriors chapel is the tomb
Of Archbishop Stephen Langton, who
led the barcus In their struggle
against King John. compelling him to
grant the Magma Charta-
When Henry VIII separated the
English church from Rome he emptied
the wealth of the cathedral into the
kings treasury; otherwise the tourist
would be permitted to view a vast
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
Easv for Him.

Now, suppose, children, one of your
schoolmates should strike you, and the
next day you should bring him an
apple, that would be one way of re-
turning good for evil" said the Sun
day-school teacher.
A little girl raised her hand.
Well, Elizabeth" said the teacher,
what is it?"
Then" said Elizabeth firmly. che
would strike you again to get another
apple"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
SWIMS 10 MILES IN AN HOUR
Frenchman Uses Apparatus With
Screw Propeller That Goes Through
Water With Him on II.

A Frenchman has been interesting
his compatriots lately by swimming
at the speed of Is miles an hour in
one Of the waterways near Paris. To
be strictly accurate, however, he does
not swim at all, but merely operates a
screw-propelled apparatus that goes
through the water with him lying upon
1t. A plank about six feet long has
metal floats at each end. At the rear
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

amount of priceless gifts left at the
shrine.
Cromwell once stabbed the horses Of
his army in the church. and the marks
OF the hoofs are plainly discernible in
the nave.
When visiting England make pill
grimage to Canterbury. for this old
cathedral, begun in 1910, is rich with
historical interest, and in its archi-
tectural features can be traced the
building of the English empire. Her
archbishops welded a mighty infu-
ence to the time of the Reformation.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
FAMOUS IN ENGLISH HISTORY
Canterbury Cathedral a Point OF In
teresa That Has Few Equals In
the World.

The only king buried in Canterbury
cathedral is Henry ", and his tomb
io on one side of the place of the
shrine On the other is the tomb of
Edward the Black Prince. Above him
hangs the armor which he wore. The
ncient ptone coffin of Hubert Walter,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
Something on Account.

Small Johnny = Say, papa, how
much am / worth?
Papa-You are worth a million dol
lars 10 me. my son.
Small Johnny-Well. would Won
mind advancing me a quarter on ac-
count?
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

Yorkshire has $4,000 looms weaving
khaki.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09

their lives as light
as the weather. On
the other hand,
Americans and Eu-
ropeans attach too
much Importance to
money; those who
love money love
their lives. Sup
pose the Americans
and apane s e.
whose ideas of death
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-09
OKONA; TIE PRESIDENT
MONROE oe JAPAN II

lis is the year of triumph
for Japan. 1t is especially
the year of triumph for Pre-
mier Shigenobu Okuma,
leader of the party of the
people, and for his war cry,
Asia for the Asiatics."
There has been a little
discomfort at the "compro-
miseu with China This
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-04
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub.
Monday, May 8, 1915.

Some people in the village who
have spent time and money in plant
ing attractive fowerbeds borders,
shrubbery, etc, have found them des-
poiled this spring by vandals or
thoughtless children. The offense on
the face of it isn't very serious, but j.
is really an offense against the viii
lage. Every one who lives here
wants the town and village to be
made as attractive as possible. Ev-
cry bed of flowers, every well kept
lawn, every towering shrub, every
bit of landscape gardening, adds to
the attractiveness of the community
and may be enjoyed by all. People
will not plant and maintain these
things if they are to be stolen, destroy
ed or injured 1t is an offense
against Bennington even more than
against the individual property own
err A few picked flowers, a branch OF
some delicate shrub, short cut
across a soft turfed lawn, may give
momentary pleasure or convenience
but ii it initiates or destroys a thins
OF beauty that every passer-by ma.
enjoy it is mighty poor judgement a
well as a petty meanness that ough
to be avoided.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-04

any and every corn or callus without fail.
without fussing with thick bandages, toe
harnesses, corn-sweliing saiYes, Irritating
ointments. It's applied in seconds -
bing, bnF-9 drops. the work Is done, tho
corn shrivels UP, your corn agony ends
and tho corn leaves foreveri Ali the
limplng, the pnins that dart to your
hearts core, the c1ucitSion of having to
wear shoes over screaming corns, tho
dnnger OF blood poison from making them
bleed by using knives, rnzors ana scissors
ARE gone ut lnsti "GEr5-IT"is the new
way, the ssra. simple, painless way Try
IT for corns. cniluses, warts ana bunions.
"GHTS-1Tn is sold by druggists every
where, a5c bottle or sent direct by H.
TNvrcarc q Co. Chicago.
Sold IN Bennington and recommend
ed as the worlds best corn cure. by
Harold w. Cole and W. l.. Gokay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-04

The progress of the European war
for the past nine months indicates
that victory may depend on the de-
yelopment of great general by
some one of the contending parties.
No doubt all the armies are led by
men OF great ability but sooner or
later in every great Struggle a man
appears who can take advantage of
circumstances and resources at hand
and make them serve his purposes.
In the Civil war in America the Tn
ion armies fought nearly three years
without making much real progress.
Then Grant was placed at the head
of the Northern forces and hammer
| ed his way to victory During his
last days President Lincoln describ,
ed his efforts 10 find real leader
Lincoln, half humorously, told how
| he tried general after general as
| ommander-in-chief. The usual thing
was that the newly appointed com
| mander would come 10 Washington
and demand more cavalry, more artil
lery or more something else that lie
could not possibly have Then the
new commander would lay out a plan
of campaign and demand that the
president take the responsibility for
the movement and bear the blame if
it failed. When Grant was placed at
the head of the armies, Lincoln wait
ed as usual for the expected com
plant and demand Finally q mes
sage came but it wasn't what the
president had expected Ii was a
brief notice that at Harpers Ferry
were 10000 cavalrymen for whom it
had been found impossible to get
horses and that General Grant wish
ed to either use these men as infant
ry or send them home--not word of
complaint or any attempt to dodge
responsibility. President Lincoln re-
allied that he had a different kind of
leader at the head OF the army and
history tells the rest. Every country
in the present war is looking and
hoping for great military genius to
come to the front and lead their
cause to victory. He may be already
thare but not recognized In less
err way every man who employs labor
on any considerable scale has a sim
liar problem. 1t is easy to hire an al
legged foreman, superintendent, man
ager or boss. Most of these as soon
as they land want to spend lot of
money putting in new machinery or
remodeling the old, rearranging the
plant and doing the same old thing
in a different way in order to try out
the pet theories of the new man.
Once in a great while "a man grows
up or appears from somewhere who
can take the plant or the shop or the
room or the store and make it 90
ahead, earn its own advance, pay for
its own improvements, buy its own
new machinery and do it without any
fuss or feathers or posing as all
efficiency expert This kind of men
are almost as rare as real generals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-05-04
Man Takes His own Medicine is an
Cptimist.

He has absolute faith in his medi-
cine-he knows when he takes it for
certain ailments he gets relief. Peo-
pie who take Dr. Kings New Dis
covery for an irritating Cold are op-
timists-they know this cough rem
edy will penetrate the Innings of the
throat, kill the germs, and open the
way for Nature to act You cant de-
stroy Cold by supergcial treatment
You must go to the cause of the
trouble. BE an optimist. Get bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery today.