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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
CHAPTER v.
A Sunday Morning Call.

sunday morning Cali.
AS a boy, Arthur Lanstron had per-
sisted in being an exception to the in
fuences of both heredity and environ
ment. Though his father and both
grandfathers were officers who be-
liered theirs to be the true gentle
mans profession, he had preferred
any kind of mechanical toy to arrang-
ing the most gayly painted tin SOL
diers n formation on the nursery
door; and he would rather read about
the wonders of natural history and
electricity than the campaigns of Ma
poleon and Frederick the Great and
my Lord Nelson. Left to his own
choice, he would miss the parade of
the garrison for inspection by an ex-
csllency in order to ask questions of
a man wiping the oil off his hands with
cotton-waste, who was far more enter
tanning to him than the most spick-and-
span ramrod of a sergeant.
Upon being told one day that he was
70 go to the military school the follow
ing autumn. he broke out in open re-
hellioH.
81 don't want to go to the army" he
eaid.
"Why?" asked his father, thinking
that when the boy had to give his rea-
sons he would soon be argued out of
the heresy.
Its drilling few hours day, then
nothing to do" Arthur replied. "All
your work waits on war and you don't
know that there will ever be any war.
1t waits on something nobody wants
TO happen. Now, II you manufacture
something, why, you see wool come
out cloth, steel come out an automo-
bile. II you build bridge you see it
rising little by little. You're getting
your results every day; you see your
mistakes and your successes. You're
making something, creating some
thing; there's something going on all
the while that isn't guesswork. /
think that's what I want to say. You
won't order me to be soldier, will
your"
The father, loath to do this, called In
the assistance of an able pleader then,
Eugene Partow, lately become chief OF
staff of the Browns, who was an old
friend Of the Lanstron family Partow
turned the balance on the side of filial
affection. He kept watch of the boy,
but without favoring him with infu-
ence. Young LanEtron, who wanted to
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
OVERSIGHT THAT WAS FATAL
Light-Finsered Gentleman Might
Have Got Away With the Coat
But for One Thing.

A fellow stole coat hanging In
front of clothing store the other aft
ternoon. But the proprietor was on
the job, and before the thief was half
block away he had the police and
most of the neighbors on his trail
The poor fellow who had taken the
coat was really coatless before the
crime. And as he ran he struggled
into the distracted article, which fit.
ted him pretty we'll, all things consid.
cred. And when he was apprehended,
about four blocks from the starting
point, he protested his innocence
stoutly.
what dye mean I stole the coat ?"
he said. I've had this coat all sum
mer. Why, amt had it off my back
for a week."
you amt, amt your" sneered the
policeman. can have you wore that
there coat hanger inside it acrost yer
shoulders all that timer"
Saying that the arm Of the law
grasped the iron hook projecting
above the collar. dragged the victim
to the corner and called the wagon.
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CHAPTER lV-Continued.

Then impulse broke through the
restraint that seemed to characterize
the Lanstron of thirty-five. The Lam
stron Of twenty-five, who had met
catastrophe because he was wool
gathering" asserted himself. He put
his hand on Stransky's shoulder. 1t
was a strong though slim hand that
looked as IL it had been trained to do
the work OF two hands in the process
OF It's owners own transformation.
Thus the old sergeant had seen gen.
erai demonstrate with brave veteran
who had been guilty of bad conduct in
Africa. The old colonel gasped at such
q subVersion of the dignity of rank.
He saw the army going to the devil.
But young Dellarme. watching with
eager curiosity, was sensible of no
familiarity In the act. 1t all depended
on how such thing was done, he was
thinking.
We all have minutes when we are
more or less anarchists" said Lam
gtron In the human appeal of one man
to another. But we don't want to be
judged by one of those minutes. l got
a hand mashed up for mistake that
took emily a second. Think this over
tonight before you act. Then, if you
are of che same opinion, go to the col
onei and tell him so. Come, why not?"
IAN right sir, you're so decent
about it," grumbled Stransky, taking
his place In the ranks.
Hep-hep-hep! The regiment started
on it's way, with Grandfather Fragini
keeping at his grandson's side.
Makes nae feel young again, but it's
darned solemn beside the Hussars,
with their horses bits a-jingling. Times
have certainly changed-oficers'
hands In their pockets, saying If you
don't mind to a man that's insulted
the fagl Kicking amt good enough
for that traitor! Ought to hang him
yes, sir, hang and draw him!"
Lanstron watched the marching col
umn sor time.
"Aaphep-hep! It's the brown of the
infantry that counts in the end" he
unused. II liked that Tall-eyed giant.
He's ell mani"
Thea his iivening glance swept the
heavens inquiringly. A speck in the
blue, far away in the realms of atmos-
pheTic ininity. kept growing in size
until 1t took the form of the wings
with which man flies. The plane vol
planned down with steady swiftness,
till its racing shadow lay large over
the landscape for few seconds before
1t rose again with beautiful ease and
precision.
Bully for you, Etzel!" Lanstron
thought, as he started back to the
aeropIane station. You belong in the
corps. We shall not let you return to
your regiment for while. You've a
cool head and you'd charge church
tower If that were the orders
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the pocket which concealed his hand
gave a nervous witch as II it held
something alive and distinct from his
own being. "The trial wears on you!
Do you want to go?"
mol" Feller shot back irritably.
MOI he repeated resolutely. II don't
want to go! I mean to be game-I-"
He shifted his gaze from the bush
which he still pretended to examine
and suddenly broke off with: Miss
Galland is coming!"
Lanstron started toward the steps
that Marta was ascending. She moved
leisurely, yet with a certain springy
energy that suggested that she might
have come on the run without being
out of breath or seeming to have made
an effort.
Hello, stranger!" she called as she
saw him, and quickened her pace.
Hello, pedagogue!" he responded.
AS they shook hands they swung
their arms back and forth like a pair
of romping children for moment.
I'VE had a grand session of the
school this morning, the largest class
ever!" she said. "And the points we
scored off you soldiers! You'll find
disarmament already in progress when
you return to headquarters. We're ir-
resistible, or at least" she added, with
fash Of intensity, "we're going to be
some day."
so you put on your war-paint!"
ut must be the pollen from the by.
drangeas!" She fiicked her handker-
chief from her belt and passed it to
him. "Show that you know how to be
useful"
He performed the task with DELHI
crate care.
Heavens! You even have some on
your ear and some on your hair; but
I'll leave it on your hair: it's rather be-
coming. There you are!" he concluded.
"Off my hair, tool"
Very well. always obey orders"
II oughtn't to have asked you to do
it at ALL" she exclaimed with a sud
den change of manner as they started
up to the house. But a habit of
friendship, habit OF liking to believe
in ones friends, was uppermost. 1
forgot. oughtn't even to have shaken
hands with you'll"
Marta! What now. Marta?" he
asked.
He had known her In raproacs, IN
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The Last Shot
FREDERICK PALMER
(CoDyright. 1914. by Charles Scribner's son~
SYNOPSIS.

At their home on the frontier between
the Browns and Grays Marta Galland ana
her mother. entertaining Colonel Wester-
ling OF the Grays. see Captain Lanstron'
stan Intelligence officer of the Browns,
injured by q fall in his aeroplane Ten
years later. Westerling, nominal vice but
real chief OF staff. reinforces South La
Tir. me<sitates on war, and speculates on
the comparative ages of himself and Mar
Ia. wiso In visiting in the Gray capital.
Westeriing calls on Marta. She tells him
OF her teaching children the follies OF war
and martial patriotism, begs him to pre-,
Ve1at war while he Is chief or stan. anu
predicts that il he makes war against the
Broyxss he will not win. On the march
with tte SD Of the Browns Private Stran-
sky. anarchist. decries war and played
out pRtriotiSm and is placed under arrest.
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that the world thinks she ought to be
called Maggie"
Proceeding leisurely along the main
path of the first terrace, Lanstron fol-
lowed it past the rear of the house to
the old tower. Long ago the moat that
surrounded the castle had been filled
in. The green of rows of grape vines
lay against the background of mat
of ivy on the ancient stone walls, which
had been cut away from the loopholes
set with window glass. The door was
open, showing a room that had been
Chased in by a ceiling of boards from
the walls to the circular stairway that
ran aloft from the dungeons. On the
floor of flags were cheap rugs. A num-
Der of seed and nursery catalogues
were piled on round table covered
with a brown cloth.
"Hello!" Lanstron called softly.
"Hello!" he called louder and yet
louder.
Receiving no answer, he retraced his
steps and seated himself on the second
terrace in secluded spot in the
shadow of the first terrace wall, where
he could see anyone coming up the
main fight of steps from the road.
When Marta walked she usually came
from town by that way. At length the
sound Of slow step from another di-
rection broke on his ear. Some one
was approaching along the path that
ran at his feet. Around the corner of
the wall, in his workman's Sunday
clothes of black, but wearing his old
straw hat, appeared Teller, the gar
dener. He paused to examine o rose
bush and Lanstron regarded him
thoughtfully.
AS he turned away he looked up,
and a glance of definite and unfalter-
ing recognition was exchanged be-
tween the two men. They had the
garden to themselves.
"Gustave!" Lanstron exclaimed un-
der his breath.
"Lanny!" exclaimed the gardener.
turning over branch of the rose bush.
He seemed unwilling to risk talking
openly with Lanstron.
You look the good workman in his
Sunday best to tt" said Lanstron.
"Being stone-deaf," returned Teller,
with a trace of drollery in his voice.
Il hear very well-at times. Tell me"
his whisper was quivering with
eagerness-"shall we fight? Shall we
fight"
I'VE are nearer to it than we have
ever been in our time." Lanstron re-
piled.
The hat still shaded Feller's face,
his stoop was unchanged, but the
branch in his hand shook.
"Honest?" he exclaimed. "Oh. the
chance of it! The chance Of It'll"
"Gustave!" Lanstron's voice, still
low, came in gust of sympathy, and
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
KEEP LAYING HENS
MOVING IN WINTER
Throw Their Feed in Litter OF
Some Kind and Make Them
Scratch for It.

Make your hens work for all they
get to eat. Keep them moving about
during the day as much as possible by
throwing their feed in chaff, cut straw,
shredded cornstalk or other material.
Give them as much of a variety OF
grain as you possibly can.
Wheat, oats, cracked corn, barley
and buckwheat are all good, but
should be mixed together when fed.
Never feed all of one kind of grain at
one time. They like variety. For
green food, second cutting of clover
is one CT the best. Cabbage, carrots
and mangel-wurzels can also be fed
to advantage. They should be fed at
least three times week meat of some
kind.
Beef scraps soaked and mixed with
bran, enough to take up the moisture.
answers this purpose. Skim milk add
ed to the mash will give good results.
Plenty of fresh water and grit should
be where they can have access to it at
all times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
GOOD REMEDY FOR
PARALYSIS In HOGS
Colorado Expert Recommends
Treatment for AiIment-
Cause of Trouble.
(By GEORGE III. GLOVER, Colorado Ag-
ricultural COllege.)

(By GEORGE H. GLOVER, Colorado Ag-
ricultural College)
Partial or complete paralysis Of the
hind legs of hogs is seen SO often in
swine herds that common cause
has been suspected but not definitely,
determined.
Inbreeding, parasites, and an unbal-,
anced ration, have each in turn been.
assigned as the probable cause of this
particular form of paralysis, and now
it is quite generally attributed to
lack of phosphate of lime. This salt
in a form that can be appropriated
may be deficient in the ration or not
properly appropriated by the tissues
of the body, or again, it may be be-
cause of a drain on the system for
phosphates to nourish the growing
fetus or the young after birth.
1t is a well-known fact that there
is a deficiency of phosphate of lime in
the bones and other tissue of preg-
nant animals and in those that are
sucking their young. This is especial
ly true of the SOW. But this condition
is not confined to pregnant animals.
In one instance herd of "A hogs, OF
both sexes, and ages ranging from ten
months to two years, nearly all OF
them were affected with partial or COM
plete paralysis of the hind legs. The
ration had been largely raw potatoes.
They appeared to suffer no pain, the
appetite was quite normal A balanced
ration would probably have prevented
this condition. The following treat
ment has been recommended and
should be helpful in these cases. One
tablespoonful of cod liver oil, 10 grains
phosphate of lime and three drops of
fluid extract of nux vomica mixed with
the food twice day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
Deceptive Weiahts.

Here is good trick to play upon
the fellow who knows it all" He will
be surprised when shown that he ia
wrong. Initiate a large empty paper
bag and tie it up alright. Place the
bag on the palm of one hand, and into
the palm of the other hand take such
a quantity of coin or other metal as
will seem to equal the bag in weight.
If the observer does not know Of the
illusion or suspect it, the paper bag
will be found to weigh ten to twenty
times as much as the metal with
which it was matched
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
PoI,ceman's Badge Of Authority.

In equipment the policeman varies
from walking arsenal. such as the
Jericho policemen, to the clubless pa
trolman of one or two American cities.
The club, however, is recognized as
the policemans badge of authority. In
Darjeeling the policeman carries a
reed pole about six feet long. in
Seville the night police are armed
with long spears, such as the knights
OF old uEsd.
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CHAPTER vi.
A Crisis Within a Crisis.

Following the path to the tower
leisurely, they had reached the tower.
Feller's door was open. Marta looked
into the room, finding in the neat ar
rangement of its furniture new sig
nifcance. He was absent, for 1t was
the dinner hour s' 81
"On my recommendation you took
him." Lanstron said.
Yes, on yours, Lanny, on friends!
You"-she put cold emphasis on the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28

Pigs make the heaviest and cheap
est gains in live weight during the
first two months of their existence.
Changes in the character or guam
tity of the ration should always be
made very gradually.
Do not judge brood SOW alone by
the number of pigs she raises. Quail
ity must always be considered. Six
or seven good even pigs are often
worth more than nine or ten uneven
ones.
When you get a business SOW keep
her as long as she does well.
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Need Some Meat.

Meat in some form should be sup
piled to the fowls. They need protein.
and in beef scraps this is found in
good quantities. Good beef scraps
contain from so to 60 per cent. 1t
should be we'll aired and clean.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
Value of Rutterfat.

The value of milk or butterfat or
butter is very largely determined by
the quality and the quality is some
thing that the producer can control
by the right kind of care or by care
leSsness.
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Keen Poultry Houses Dry.

Keep the poultry houses dry and
clean. Visit them at night, and make
sure that the sir is good, and that the
chickens are not being poisoned ~
their own exhalations.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
Successful Stock Feeding.

Regular feeding and painstaking at
tention to the details that add to the
comfort and health of the stock are
the essentials of successful stock feed
Ing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-01-28
Senarate the Hoos.

Separate the breeding stock from
the fattening hogs, also separate the
larger from the smaller ones.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-17
CAPTURES ESCAPED NEGRO.

Summit, Miss, May II. - Deputy
Sheriff E. e. Blount has captured an
other one of the nine negroes convicts
escaped from the county farm recent
ly, at which time Guards Jones was
seriously wounded and sent to the Nc
Comb Hospital, where he is rapidly
recovering. This time it is Will Moi
felt that Pixies Sherlock has landed
safely behind the Jail bars. Receiv-
ing information that a negro answer
ing Moffett's description was in Kinds
county, Blount Immediately went to
jackson Friday and soon located and
arrested his man, returning him to
the county Jail. This makes four of
the nine who escaped that Blount has
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-17
HISTORIC PAGEANT
AT SAVANNAH

Savannah, Ca, May II. - The May
Week Festival, which opened today
in Savannah, promises to surpass III
scope and magnitude all previous
municipal celebrations OF the South.
The big event of the week is the his
torical pageant, depicting the landing
from the good ship annie of Gen
eral Oglethrope, Tomochichi and John
Wesley, under the glare of big search
lights. After the landing of these
figures, dear to Georgians, big pa
rade of the Forest City's civic organ
izations will take place. On Wednes-
day the children's parade in 800 an.
tomobiles will be another spectacular
event Friday a military parade and
big dance is scheduled and on Satur.
day athletic contests will be held.
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CHARGED WITH GIRLS DEATH.

Lincoln, ILL.,, May 17Daniel Hurley,
Jr., charged with the murder of Kath-
crime Roller, aged II, by means of
strichnine poisoning, will probably be
indicted by the Logan county grand
jury, which convenes today Miss
Roller was Hurley's sweetheart and
they were once engaged. The young
girl died on Sunday, April %, after
her return home from buggy ride
with Hurley. The youth admitted Civ
ing poison to the girl, but claimed she
had asked him to get it for her. At
the coroncr's hearing, the report of a
chemist who examined the girls stom-
ach was received, and an envelope
marked 'strichnine poison" found
near the place where Hurley bought
the girl drink, was shown. The cor
cner's jury rendered a verdict that
Hurley gave the girl the poison with
murderous intent.
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FAIRNESS TO GERMAN-AMERICANS

present strong anti
feeling working
and simply the ground that
said that this with
small the
incensed public against Germany
shame
that should let feelings
justice.
the thing is n and
In
the of nation strained to the breaking the people
from
unable their bitterness
their
at war with Germany and we are very
We
and beyond all have
it nhumane throw
he German-to throw him
lie feeling the boiling
other employment.
The thing applies with
German blood industries
Germany severity upon
the small the butcher the chemist the tailor
the newmanhan does the
We afford to be unfair
splendid simply
present
DDS of German lords is of the very in
The German
land and
They have spcnddy
building
citizenship
Let be fe then with the
cause it is the manly thing thing
let
with their feeling for the Faherand
wselet them
citizens of whatever blood that they shall all the while
recognize their allegiance
ideas and ideals
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FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS.

Jackson, Miss, May 17.-Mrs. Rob
PhifeT, Jr., secretary of the MissisSip-
pi anti-tuberculosis committee, made
the interesting statement today that
the sum Of t$3,176 was realized from
the operations of the 1914 Red Cross
Christmas seal campaign. OF this
sum a portion was retained by the
which the sales realized over $50. The
after defraying the eXpen-
ses of the sale, will be used by the
committee for carry
ing on its educational as well as prac-
teal field w9rk. From these proceeds
literature, anti-spit signs and educa-
tional posters will be gotten out, with
q view especially to distribution large
ly among the negro population. Four
out of every five persons dying from
consumption in Mississippi are re-
ported to be negroes, and the spread
of the seeds, not only among that
race, but among the whites, is trace
able to the negroes.
Mrs. Phifer also reports that several
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-17
TO INSPECT TOWNS.

DR.. Willis Valley, state sanitary in
spector, is here today, having return
ed from trip to various parts of the
state, including Magnolia, Fernwood
and Brookhaven. He stated this morn
ing that he will leave in a few days
to be gone two or three weeks in
speeting towns that entered the
"Cleanest Town" contest, and after
that trip announcement of awards will
be made.
DR.. VALLEY is enthusiastic over the
sanitary conditions at Magnolia, say
ing that one of the features there was
the fact that every closet in the city
was a sanitary one. Everything else,
from sanitary standpoint, at Mag
nolia, is in excellent shape" he con
tinued.
At Fernwood DR.. Valley found san
itary conditions very gratifying. ut
is. clean town." said Dr. Valley.
The officials of the Fernwood Lumber
Company, including Mr.. Enochs, have
set an example that he is glad to see.
"The inspection of Brookhaven, "
said Dr. Valley, shows that city to
be in fair sanitary shape, and in all
probability among the highest of its
class"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-17

The News is authorized to announce
the candidates. Of the following state
AID county officers, subject to the SC
ton OF the Democratic primary, to be
held August 8:
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KEMPER LYNCHlNG.

Louisville, Miss, May IA negro
was lynched Saturday in Kemper
county by white men for addressing
an insulting note to a young white
woman.
The young woman, who resides in
northwest Kemper county, received a
scurrilous ncte which she turned over
to relatives An investigation was set
on foot and the negro arrested. After
his arrest he was taken from the
guards by unidentified white men, car
ried a short distance, and shot to
death. His body was left lying on a
small bridge, until taken in charge by
the authorities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-05-17

of the towns and counties in the state
are employing visiting nurses, whose
work is for the most part instruction.
al, in order to teach preventive meth
DDS, not only against consumption, but
other preventive diseases. The work
of the committee, as in previous
years during the remainder of the sea-
son, will be conducted in cooperation
with the federated clubs and the con-
stituted health authorities, and
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through this efficient cooperation

through this efficient cooperation
much good is expected.
After six or seven years of this edu-
cational work, as carried on by the
Mississippi anti-tuberculosis commit
tee, the men and women engaged feel
distinctly encouraged, the interest be-
ing well displayed in the largely in
creased sales of the holiday season
stickers, every penny invested in
which performs its mission for good.