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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
"sPEcTER" SHE FAD IN MIND
Judging From Her Own Experience,
Child Thought That Would
Brighten Anybody.

It was the yearly inspection of the
school, and the inspector, a tall, thin,
wizen-faced gentleman, was questions
ing on the meanings of words con-
tanned in the reading lesson.
The specter from behind him
rose,'" quoted he. Turning his eyes
upon a girl in the front desk, he
asked:
What is the meaning of 'specter?
The little girls face paled as she
rose.
Please. sir, l don't know" she adj
mitted, shamefacedly.
Just think, girl" he said. ''The
man was dreadfully frightened, and
the 'specter rose behind him and
frightened him still more
She was going to say something. but
stopped.
"Come on, girl" said the inspector,
"speak out. Don't be frightened I'm
not going to eat you. Now, what is
this specter that usually frightens
people?s
He waited in silence. Then the lit.
tie girl, suddenly bracing herself up,
answered:
1.-THE school 'spector, sir"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
Artificial Seasoning Of Timber.

HTAiilCfdt 0C1SpttitI9 Vi y ttlDCts
Methods of artificial seasoning of
timber have been devised within re
cent years. Seasoning that would
occupy three or four years by natu-
raj processes can now be accom-
plished in proper kilns in from three
or four days to as many weeks.
The work is done in closed-in
buildings, capable of holding from
10000 to $4,000 cubic feet of timber.
The floor is gently sloping, and the
timber is gradually passed down it.
A fan draws air over the surfaces
of steam-heater, and the air passes
through the piles of boards or planks
which are separated about an inch.
The air enters at the lower end in
order to carry the moisture derived
from the timber that has been long
est in the kiln to that which has just
been introduced at the upper end.
The reason for this is that in sea-
soning the air must be charged with
moisture at the beginning and only
dry at the later stages. Without
this precaution the timber would be
"case-dried," the interior remaining
damp. In the latter instance 1t would
afterwards warp and crack.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

lars Of some ruined temple-and a
closer view shows that there is sue
cession of these forests, one above an
other. In the foothills and several
hundred feet above the valley there is
perpendicular wall of volcanic bFec-
cia, which in some places attains
height of nearly one hundred feet.
The fossil trunks may be seen at this
wall in many places, all of them stand
ing upright in the position in which
they grew. Some of these trunks,
which are two to four feet in diameter
and twenty to forty feet high, are so
far weathered out of the rock as to APP
pear just ready to fall; others are only
slightly exposed; inches mark the
places from which others have already
| fallen; and the foot of the cliff is piled
Fine Examples on Specimen Ridge.
| In many respects the most remark
able of the fossil forests is on the
northwest end of Specimen ridge,
about mile southeast of Junction
Butte and about opposite the mouth OF
Slough creek. So far as known, this
forest was first brought to scientific
attention by Mr.. e. G. Anderson Of
Bozeman, Mont, and the writer, who
! discovered it in August, 1887. 1t i:
found on the higher part of the ridge
and covers several acres. The trees
are exposed at various heights on the
very steep hillsides, and one remark
| able feature of the forest is that mos
} of them project well above the surface
One of the largest and best-pre
serSed frees stands at the very sum
: mix of the slope. This trunk, whicl
i is that of giant redwood, is 2615 fee
: in circumference without the bark ant
: about twelve feet in height. The POI
/ ton of this huge trunk preserved
+ the base, and it exhibits to considel
able degree the swelling or buttressin
d SO We'd known in the living redwood
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
MAKING skyIIaht DrIp-Proof.

A Pennsylvania wire glass company
has evolved q new type of glass that
solves problem of much Importance
to many manufacturing plants-that
of eliminating the drip from the un-
derside Of skylights. In many of the
arts. in silk AID cotton mills. paper
factories or chocolate works. the fall
ing of single drop causes much dam
age. The new glass has an under-surf-
ace with eight webs or channels to
The inch. the webs being of such form
= to give the greatest degree of capil-
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might dodge their heads into second
bullet.
The men were new to fighting, how
ever, and they we're not on the firing
line. They had to sit idly back of the
main firing line while the Southerners
we're attacking their lines.
Just then big cannon shell burst
above their heads. The captain
lodged with the rest, bringing out a
big laugh from the recruits, most of
whom were not very well disciplined
and had little respect for the great
ness of their commanding officer.
Dodge the big ones," the captain
shouted, as he admitted that even the
seasoned men sometimes dodge an I'M
expected shot 1t is the unexpected
ness of the shooting that causes the
men to dodge. When they become
used to the noise of battle they can
sleep right through a bombardment
without being troubled. They fight
and sleep in a sort of daze. Often they
are on duty for so long that they can
not go to sleep when the fighting is
over, but they sit in stupor. not
knowing whatto do.
| Sometimes it requires more heroism
| to stand under fire than at other times.
The real heroes are the recruits; for
/ they stay at the front even though
they get scared. The seasoned SOL
diers jest as they fight Just as gang
of workmen jest and talk with each
other. Fighting is occupation to them
1t is told of hero in the Spanish
American war who was commissioned
major in the American Volunteer
army, although he had no previous
military experience except at a mill
I tary school, that as he was going into
| action at San Juan hill one of the reg
ular army officers noticed the majors
white face and chattering teeth.
Major, you are scared. the regular
said.
i know it." said the major. IF you
were half as scared as am you would
be twenty miles from here"
1t is not only the soldiers who
showed heroism under fire in Europe
Tie civilians were heroes as well. In
Belgium the farmers were in the
midst of harvest when the uhlans
crossed their frontier. The farmers
continued harvesting their crops be
cause they realized the armies would
trample them under foot. Their only
hope was in completing the harvest
before the armies crossed the country
They worked amid shot and shell with
out regard to the enemy. They were
just as safe in the field &C work az
they were running and they brayely
chose the wiser course.
War correspondents tell how they
found French women knitting while
the fighting was going on. There wa,
nothing for them to do but knit. Their
why run? As they knitted they com
mented on the shots which droppet
around them. In Reims it is told how
women near the cathedral counred the
shells as they struck that edificc.
! There is a tale of a soldier in the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

trenches VINO was known to every
body as coward He always would
hug the bottom of the trench. 1t
seemed he never could get over it. But
he was passionately fond of cigarettes.
One day while the bullets were whis-
Ting above his trench a soldier in
neighboring trench held up cigarettes
to him. He jumped up, raced to the
other trench and came back triumph
antly with the cigarettes. He was I'M
hurt
More officers are killed in battle in
proportion to their numbers than any
other class OF men. That is due to the
risks they insist on taking. That is
particularly true in the English army
where the officers risk their lives
needlessly. The Germans would be
court-martialed for risking their lives
as much as the English officers DO.
The English say they do it to steady
their men and show they are not
afraid.
The same is true to considerable
extent in the American army. Inc
losses of officers in the Spanish-Amerl'
can war was surprisingly great VI
course the Spanish-American war was
not ON the proportions of this war ana
the sharpshooters figured extensively
An officer in our regular army who
saw fighting in the Spanish war, polnV
| ed out the other day that most persons
had very wrong conception OF now
soldiers fight in modern battles.
"Skirmish drills in times of peace
have taught the troops how to act To-
| gether, and it is amazing to see no"
quickly the men adapt themselves 10
the conditions of actual battle. 1t Is
the corporals and sergeants who are
the real steadying Influences in 1gn''
They know the characteristics Oh tn0
individual privates in way that lho
commissioned officers can never Ailo"
them and are prepared to give CAIN
ing word to this or that one when lne
| emergency arises In my own eApeIr
/ ence / have known private VINO nau
! served three enlSCHSAto
charge of company in charge anu
the officers and non-coms were very
glad to leave it to him. After the scrap
was over he became private onOo
more, but while that row was on ~
| far as actual influence with the lneI
was concerned, he was of great G n,,l
more Importance than his captain ino
way that man would wriggle InlV
cover was a revelation and he WEN
through three campaigns without
scratch. His example in the regimen
was big asset =,
There has been much discussion "
bravery in battle since the war s'ai'
ed. According to my experience II
very much matter of temperance CIV
Some men are carried along by d 9V.,
of ecstasy, others hold themselves Ella
the work by sheer force oil Will W., -
others, and those are the best %
through a fight with sort OF grim -
terest as if it was highly amu ',aS,
though somewhat dangerous sport M ~
were engaged in, like polo or footDa"'
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08


81 list in Yellowstone park, the
#M most remarkable. it is be-
HA lieved, of the several fossil for
ests which have been discov-
lered-there are others in Egypt, in
california, and in Arizona-because in
the Yellowstone most Of the trees were
entombed in their original upright po-
sition and not found recumbent and
scattered about the ground, writes F.
H Knowlton of the United States geo.
logical survey in American Forestry.
In Arizona, for instance, the fossil
lied trunks have evidently been car
ried a long distance from where they
originally grew In the Yellowstone
the trees now stand where they grew.
and where they we're entombed by the
outpouring of various volcanic na-
terials. Now as the softer rocks -ur
rounding them arc gradually vorn
away they are left standing erect on the.
steep hillsides just IS they stood when
they were living; IN fact, it is difficult
at little distance 10 distinguish some
of these fossil trunks from the Hchen-
covered stumps of kindred living spe-
cies.
Those fossil forests cover an ex-
tensive area in the northern portion
of the park, being especially abundant
along the west side of Lamar river for
about twenty miles above its junction
with the Yellowstone. Here the land
rises rather abruptly to height of ap-
proximately 1000 feet above the valley
floor. 1t is known locally as Specimen
ridge, and forms an approach to
Amethyst mountain. There is also a
small fossil forest containing a num-
Der of standing trunks near Tower
falls, and near the eastern border of
the park along Lamar river in the
vicinity of Cache, Calfee and Miller
creeks, there are many more or less
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

isolated trunks and stumps of fossil
trees, but SO far as known none of
these are equal to the fossil forest on
the slopes of Specimen ridge
Recently another extensive fossil
forest has been found on the divide
between the Gallatin and Yellowstone
rivers in the Gallatin range of noun
tains, in Park and Gallatin counties,
Mont This forest, which lies just out
side the boundary of the Yellowstone
National park, is said to cover $4,000
acres and to contain some wonderfully
well-preserved upright trunks, many
OF them very large, equaling or per-
haps even surprising in size some Of
those within the limits of the park.
One Forest Above Another.
One traversing the valley of the La
mar river may see at many places nu-
merous upright fossil trunks in the
faces of nearly vertical walls. These
trunks are not all at particular level,
but occur at irregular heights; in
fact, a section cut down through these
1000 feet of beds would disclose a
succession Of fossil forests. That is
70 say, after the first forest grew and
was entombed, there was time with
out volcanic outburst-a period long
enough to permit second forest to
grow above the first. This in turn
was covered by volcanic material anC
preserved, to be followed again by G
period Of quiet and these more or less
regular alterations OF volcanism ant
forest growth continued throughoutth,
time the beds were in process of for
mation.
The area within which the fossil FOL
-ests are now found was apparently il
the beginning an irregular but relative
iy fiat basin, on the floor Of which a
ter time there grew the first fores
Then there came from some of the vo
canoes, probably those to the mort
an outpouring Of ashes, mud flows an
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

less or peril One OF these profound
influences is battle It is said that men
in battle viii hug the bottom of the
trenches because they are taught by
military experts to do so, but after
the baptism of fire they care for moth
ing, and viii risk their lives to gain
comfort.
There are stories going the rounds
of fighters in Europe who have left
the trenches and walked through a
hail of bullets and shells after an over
coat or after food. These men knew
nothing about death They did know
lot about discomfort. They knew
when they were thirsty they were ter
ribly uncomfortable. They knew when
they were cold they suffered.
When the German cruiser Koenigs-
berg was driven into river on the
African coast and bottled up there by
a superior force of English ships, it
is reported that the Germans threw
up trenches in the vicinity of the Koe-
nigsherg, from which they fought the
British. From thei. place of security
among the palm trees they kept any
landing force of marines from getting
near them.
Although they were securely in
trenched they could not leave the
trenches without great risk of life
from the bullets of the British ma
rines. Yet when the mosquitoes made
night miserable in the trenches one
la fxAr n
walked coolly through the hail of bull
lets to a neighboring trench, where he
gathered some pennyroyal, with which
to fight the mosquitoes.
Men under fire do not think Of the
consequences any more than men in
+ the cities going to and from work. A
story is told of men high on the top
of a skyscraper. One of the workmen
felicitated with the other on his good
luck in having a safe job on girder
several hundred feet above the street,
while others had to risk their lives in
Europe.
The majority of the soldiers in Eu.
! rope would not have changed places
| with the man on the girder. Men
working in the logging camps, where
danger is constant, due to lack of in.
spection by state authorities, feel sor.
| ry for the men working in the steel
mills amid the molten metal. Men on
! the sea are glad in time of hurricane
/ that they are not on shore For, on
| the sea, they are free to ride on the
| storm. The men on shore pity the
poor devils OF the sea.
The recruit getting the baptism OF
fire is to be pitied. He is probably as
brave as any of the other men, but he
has not gotten accustomed to the stu
alton, and in horror he hugs the bot
tom of the trench while the shells
scream overhead. But the recruit il
time learns not to fear. He becomes
hardened to conditions, just as other
men, and laughs with them as he
fights.
There was a captain in a certain
Northern army Sighting in our Civs
war who derided his company of re
cruits for lodging the bullets. He
explained it was too late to dodge
after they had heard the bullets whiza
over their heads. and besides they
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
scared the scare.

Through moving day aceiden. j.
tie Tim had been left all day - -,
locked and lonely house. "Weren ~
5, ared?" he was asked, when hls ~, 81
sence from the reunited family n1s
been discovered and his rescue eLeo, ne
ed. Didn't it brighten you 10 s'as
there so long all alone?" was a.
full scared at first. was Tim S nal,s
confession, "but this afternoon l "e O.
lust sort o. sleepy. l guess l go' ~
scared this morning that it scared 'n'
scare right out of my bones!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

HERE is something in the
back recesses of our brains
which makes US want to
Tive. No man in his right
mind wants to die, and only
when the back part of his
brain is impaired through
grief. worry, sickness or
some other profound cause.
does he go about regard
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

larry attraction. The result is that
even when pitched as low as ten de-
grees above the horizontal, all CON
densation is held and carried down to
the gutter at the foot of each sheet.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08
In the SHADE

Where did you spend the sum-
mer?"
Where I lost my identity"
'Eh?"
Among my wife's relatives, where
I'm simply known as Mary's hus-
band Pun.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-01-08

- EMARKABLE fossil forests ex-
list in Yellowstone park, the
most remarkable. it is be-
lieyed, of the several fossil for
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
FOUR FOREIGNERS IN
COURT TAKE OATH OF
ALLEGIANCE TO u. S.

George Il. Vitus ISenbefg, a native
Of Germany. became an American citi-
zen before Judge Charles +. Clemens
in federal court this morning. Isen-
berg's application was filed several
months ago. and was followed by a
request that action be deferred until
the termination Of the European war.
This request was not referred to when
Isenberg took the oath today.
Frank Rensky. an enlisted man and
a native OF Austria; Carl Joan Peters
son. a native of Sweden, and Joseph
Lopes. a native of Spain, also we're
admitted, The following cases were
continued for one month:
John f. DAILY, native of Great Brit
ain; Herbert Riley, native OF Great
Britain; Alberto dos Santos, native of
Portugal; Harold J. Ancill, native of
Austria; Edward Desnouee, native OF
France; Jacob Kahn, native of Russia;
Thomas Joseph Ward, native of ire
land: Runert Matthews. native of New
Edward Iskow, native Of
Denmark
The case Of Takai Ozawa. a Japan
csc, was continued. awaiting a decis-
ion from Judge Sanford B. Dole.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
LITTLE All FAN
Is SUBJECT OF
COURT BATTLE

All Fan, a Chinese or part-C Chinese
youngster, now living in Kipahulu.
Maui. Is more or less az loss as to
who has control over him. according
to habeas corpus case which was
nartially argued before Circuit Judge
Ashford this morning. 1t appears that
All Ping, formerly of Kipahulu and
now living in Honolulu. claims he is
the guardian of the child by virtue
OF a certain agreement of adoption
from one G.. All Chew, who is held to
be the father of the child, the mother
being dead
On the other hand. one Maka Wi
koli. who alleges she is the child's
grandmother, claims she is the guar
dian of All Fan by virtue of an APP
pointment said to have been made by
Circuit Judge Edings of Maui The
case has been continued pending the
filing of an answer to the complaint
and the bringing of the child to Ho-
nolull.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
WILL DISH OUT
CHOWDER FROM
5 TO SO'CLOCk

Tonight when the supper gong rings
at the Outrigger Club for the big
chowder supper that is to celebrate
the completion or the new lanai, it is
expected that hundreds OF guests will
be present
All is in readiness for the supper,
and for the dance which is to follow
il. The supper will begin at O'Clock
in order to provide for those who must
come early. but it will last until 8
O'Clock. Half an hour afterward,
Dude" Miller's Hawaiian quintet will
tune up their melodious instruments,
and the big dance will begin.
A large group of special workmen
are at work today at the Outrigger,
putting the last touches mon the
grounds and buildings. Lights strung
from the road entrance to the paw.
lion will mark the path to merriment,
and incidentally light up the new
board walk which was completely yes
terday Also there will be many
lights on the pavilion itself
There will be nothing formal about
the program this evening, so that
dress suits will not be needed. The
fdea ef the committees is TO furnish
the very happiest time possible for
those who come. The floor has been
carefully waxed and polished. and the,
stairs leading up to the pavilion will
be covered with gunny sacks to rub
off the sand that may gather on peo-
pies Shoes
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
local AND GFNERAI

The new telephone number OF The
MiIt-Pacffic Cnrniyai is fTa8. s..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-28
IMAM OF MYSTERY" NEW
TITLE or o. A. STEVEN

Says the San Francisco Examiner
of August IS:
o. A. Steven. known in Honolulu as
the man Of mystery" because OF his
operations among the Filipino labor.
ers. arrived yesterday on the steam
ship Mongolia.
His fellow-passengers from Homo
lulu said that Steven had induced
many Filipino laborers to sign agree
menfs, the nature OF which none OF
the natives seemed to know.
Considerable tronble was caused in
the islands some time ago by similar
operations undertaken to secure labor
for the Alaskan canneries.
81 have nothing to say. surlily re
marked Steven.