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The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Who would be ever at my heels.

Who would be ever at my heels.
Adrian Noble prepared me fully for
the role I consented to assume. It
was not q difficult one. To be well
dressed, fully fed, provided with
money and comfortably housed, in.
spired me with confidence in my pow.
ers to carry the program through.
At times my mind misgave me, dur.
ing a week when there was with me
the certain consciousness that my ev-
cry step was logged. | pretended new,
er to observe my tireless trailerS, but
a dozen times a day I discovered them
near me. One day / went into a bar
Der shop, and, removing my collar,
seated myself In the hands of the ton
serial artist. CHANGING into the mirror
| saw one of the sleuths glide casually
into the shop. He feigned to look IT
some pictures on the wall, gave me a
keen glance and went out again.
Just after I myself had left the
place, half a square traversed, drew
into the shelter Of an open hallway, to
get out Of a sudden dash of rain.
drew back as q few minutes later both
of the men entered the hallway.
81 told you" spoke the one who had
come into the barber shop. 81 had m7
suspicious. The real one had a red
birthmark under the collar. This one
hasn't. Say, I'll bet we're f1ummuxed
We'd better get a wire to our people
instantly"
l found out they were, indeed "fium-
muxed' before another "A hours had
passed. I was seated In my room
Adrian Mobiles room-the next after
noon when, with joyous cry Adrian
Noble himself rushed into the apart
ment; on his arm the loveliest, blush
ing, bright-eyed angel of beauty mortal
ever saw.
my wife!" he shouted deliriOusly,
slapping me on the shoulder with a
sounding thwack. "And you helped
me win herv'
"And I could kiss you for your brave
share in our great adventure" warbled
the sunny creature. "And for your
looking so bewilderingly like Adrian
And the explanations: A tyran-
nous guardian had tried to hold these
lovers apart. While Noble was in the
city and at safe distance, the cruel
ogre allowed Nellie Wayne more free
dom than usual. He felt safe as long
as his city emissaries reported Noble
under their cynOsure. Noble had stol-
en- march on them, had managed to
oil oil a
fed the world
He was man of wealth, and proved
1t to me. Both cooling doves insisted
on starting me in business, sending for
the loving lass who had been waiting
for better times many, many weary
months. And better times had come
to stay-for Adrian Noble and for his
happy wife, for my faithful Grace and
for myself.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

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Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
| was in q deplOrable condition, men
tally, physically and in a financial way.
/ had not had a square meal for
month; there was not so much in my
pocket as a dime to provide me with
my customary cheap lodging house
bed, and l was glad of the enveloping
fog, which hid my thin, threadbare
garments.
1t was about nine o'clock in the eve
ming, and l was standing in front Of
half-completed building, wondering
if had not better seek in some of it's
sheltered corners resting place for
the night and get away from the
drenching rain and the fierce wind
raging overhead, when I noticed a
well-dressed, brisk-appearing man ap-
preaching. I could only make out form
and face dimly, for the rays of the
corner electric light were obscured by
a jutting stone column, but I saw that
he was about my own build and height
AS the mist raised momentarily I no.
feet behind him, sinking, lodging and
drawing out of view against the build
ing.
The man in advance was not ten feet
away from me when there sounded a
snappy creak overhead. He uttered a
sharp cry, sprang at me, seized me
by both arms, gave me a swing, sent
me wheeling into a heap of debris and
himself jumped back. ] saw a swift
object descending, the bulkhead of a
derrick swept from its base by the
high wind. It crashed into splinters di-
rectly at the spot where I had stood.
But for that timely hand l would have
been crushed to an unrecOgnizable
mass.
The vigorous fling my preserver had
given me had landed me on my knees.
There | remained, at first so chilled
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
What Frightfulness Means
BY E. B. McGILVARY, Professor of Philosophy,
University of Wisconsin.
Published under direction OF Defense

! greater the danger that he will be
influenced by humanitarianism; to
guard against this he must study mil
itary history, which will teach him
whether the prevailing customs Of
war are justified or not" With some
few exceptions, all attempts to make
laws to restrain war have completely
failed. There is nothing but "a mu-
tual agreement which custom
and tradition, human friendliness and
calculating selfishness have erected.
! Even this agreement has mo external
sanction; only the fear of reprisals
decides. That is, there is no penalty
FOR disobeying these rules of war, un-
Less you are afraid the enemy may
do the same, or worse, to you
Having denied the spirit of the
Hague agreement, the War Book
thereupon proceeds in detail to annul
a large number of it's most important
provisions. AS an example, the Hague
Regulations provide that private
property must be respected. The War
Book teaches that every damage,
even the greatest, may be done, if
necessary for success, the command
ing officer being the Judge.
while his General Staff was thus MAX
ing public sport of his treaties? He
was setting the example. He had
signed the Hague treaty, which pro-
vided that ''it is expressly forbidden
to declare that no quarter will be
given" But less than a year later,
when sending troops to put down the
Boxer uprising in China, he declared
to them, mo mercy will be shown.
No prisoners will be taken. AS the
Huns under Attila made a name for
themselves which is still mighty in
traditions and legends today, may the
name of Germany be so fixed in China
by your deeds that no Chinaman shall
ever dare to look at German ask
ance Make way for Kultur once
for alli'
Did the army obey? 1t was ex.
pected to obey. And the German
newspapers of that time testified that
it did obey.
In the same year the Kaiser had
told his army: You have given your
selves to me, body and soul. In view
of the present Socialistic agitations,
it may come to pass that l shall COM
mand you to shoot your own rela-
yves, DloIueIS, yes, pdIt - WulCH
God forbid! but even then you must
follow my command without a MUIR
MUIR"
And yet there are men who think
that the German army is incapable
of committing the atrocities now
charged against it. And there are
men who think that the world is still
safe place for themselves and their
wives and children while the Kaiser
and his General Staff are in control
of the strongest and the most obedi-
ent army in the world!
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
First pub. Friday, March st

First pub. Friday, March st
STATE OF WISCONSIN,, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate
Ia the matter of the guardianship
of Ludwig Huebner of the town of
Ixonia, in said county, incompetent,
now deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at a spe-
cial term Of the county court, to be
held in and for said county, at the
city hall in the city of Watertown, in
said county, on the 3rd day of April
A. ID. 1913, at the opening of court on
that day or as soon thereafter as the
same can be heard, the following mat
tiers will be heard and considered:
The petition of julius Huebner.
guardian of Ludwig Huebner, incom-
petent, praying for the examination
and allowance of his final account
therein including debts and claims
paid not filed and allowed, and deter
Of inheritance tax, and for
the assignment Of the residue of said
estate to the persons entitled thereto.
Dated this 1st day of March, A. D.
1918 By the Court.
R. B. Kirkland,
County Judge
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
First pub. Friday, March st

First pub. Friday, March st
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
Court, Jefferson County-In Probate.
In the matter of the trust estate of
James Gibbons, created by the will of
William M Kelly, late of the city of
Watertown, in said county, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that at a spe-
clal term Of the county court, to be
held IN and for said county, at the city
hall IN the city of Watertown, in said
county, on the Sd day of April, A. D.
1918, at the opening of court on that
day or as soon thereafter as the same
can be heard, the following matters
Will be heard and considered:
The petition of William F. Voss.
trustee of said trust estate, praying
Tor the examination and allowance of
his final account therein including
debts and claims paid not filed and
allowed, and determination of inner
ltance tax, and for the assignment of
the residue of said estate to the per-
sons entitled thereto.
Dated this 7th day OF March. A y
1913 By the Court:
r. B. Kirkland.
County Judge
q Thauer, Attorneys.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

With horror That l could not move !;
then so grateful that prayer of hum
BILE thankfulness was framed upon my
quivering lips. My rescuer seized my
arm to assist me to my feet AS he
did so / wavered past the shadow line
though not he. AS the light crossed
my face he uttered a mighty gasp.
"Great heavens !" I heard him muir
muir
"You have saved my lifer' l spoke
lucky I happened to see that big
derrick break loose" ne replied quite
casually.
"And my life is yours" a grateful
thrill impelled me TO add: "To my last
day that life is yours"
He laughed off my solemnity and
fervor, and shrugged his shoulders
lightly. Then he stood motionless for
a moment, apparently thinking.
"You'd do something for me if you
could, eh?" he questioned finally.
''Try me-" I responded, feeling emo
ton strong within me.
"Good! About fifty feet back there
are two fellows who have been follow.
ing me-"
81 noticed them" said.
"They have a scent like that Of a
bloodhound and eyes like an eagle. Act
out some by-play I suggest and listen
and memOriZe what I may say. Act
as though you were begging me for
money. Put out your hand. I pass
you some coins. Then 90 straight
ahead, past those two men, as though
you had never seen me before and nev-
er expected to see ne again."
81 understand" nodded
"At midnight come to the Cambridge
building" and he gave number and
street. Don't enter it at the front
but at the rear. Take pains to learn
that no one is lurkir around, princi-
pally those two sleuths ahead yonder
Ascend two flights Of stairs. Come to
suite II, that is mine, and you will
know it because I shall have the door
slightly ajar and brightly lighted with
In. Can I depend on you?''
ITO the smallest item" I pledged.
"Good-go on"
Like one in a dream I did go on
past the lurking twain, acting out the
pensioned tramp, eagerly making for
restaurant or saloon with a beggar's
mite
My rescuer had given me nearly two
dollars in small silver change. 1t was
three hours to midnight. I treated my
self to the first full meal 1 had en-
ioyed for a week. I tried to figure out
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22

Invest a little money in News
Want AID. 1t will return a profit.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
WATER SUPPLY HELPS EGGS
Automatic Fountain Is Most Sanitary
Way of Giving Hens Water Dur
ing Winter Season.

Plenty of pure, fresh water should
be supplied daily. An automatic drink
ing fountain is the most sanitary way
Of supplying water. In cold weather,
when the water may freeze quickly,
the difficulty may be overcome by heat
ing the water. The fountain being air
tight, except the space from which the
hens get the supply, the water re-
mains warm sufficiently long for them
to get all they wish. The can, how
ever, should be emptied every day, to
keep it from being injured by frost.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Optimistic THOUGHT.

Recreation restores both mind anf
body.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
Easy to Hold Hogs.

ton furnishes all the specification"
necessary, says Farm Buildings. The
uprights should be firmly set in
the ground and the upper piece of
stocks pinioned to the upright on a
pivot at A. By mailing boards to the
uprights on both sides in the rear a
small chute may be formed by means
of which the hogs may easily be driv-
en- into the trap
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
CHR0N| C
Sufferers

you have been treated elsewhere
without benefit does not discourage
me in the least I am helping men and
women every day, effecting cures,
many times in cases pronounced in
durable by others, so that l feel sure
I can do as much for you. My counsel
will cost you nothing but my charges
for treatment will be reasonable and
not more than you will be willing to
pay for the benefits conferred.
l treat Rheumatism, Nervousness,
Stomach and Heart Troubles, Ca
tarrh, Blood and Skin Diseases, Con-
stipation, Urinary and Kidney Dis
eases and Diseases peculiar TO women.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-22
DEVICE FOR HOLDING SWINE
Contraption Is Simple and Cheap in
Its Construction-IlIus
Explains Fully.

The device shown in the accompany
ing drawing is simple and cheap in its
construction and easy to Operate-sO
simple, in fact, that the mere illustra-
, 1918-02-07
CUPID STILL RULES
Cynics Who Decry Power Of St.
Valentine Are Unable to
Prove Their Case.

A CYNIC once remarked that the
~ two most irritating days on
~ the calendar were those con-
secrated to Saints Swithin
and Valentine, because, said he. the
first often brought with 1t a stretch of
rain and the second a wretch of a
he argued, the worst was that imposed
by having to read a silly lot Of foot
less and useless valentines.
The cynic probably does not stand
alone in his opinion of Saint valen-
tines day. There are thousands Of
men like him who believe that the day
has degenerated: that, where once Gu
pid conquered hearts through loving
missives sent on February IA, he now
merely yawns and fails to heed.
But does he? Have the old valen-
tines, as love messages, really lost
their power? Or have new kinds Of
valentines succeeded the fimsy lace
kind of other years? And are they at
all effective? .
The printed chronicles of the last
several years reveal numerous cases
that go to disprove the statement Of
the cynic and his followers.
On Saint Valentines day, 1908, Ar
thur Trumbull of Oswego, N. Y, sent
a young woman named Alice Cayvan,
whom he had been counting with in
different success for several years, a
large heart fashioned out of crimson
cardboard. Through the heart he had
stuck a papier mache arrow. On 1t
he had written the single interrogatory
word "Hopeless?' The next day the
heart was returned to him by mail /;
but the arrow had been removed and
the hole in the center had been patched
up with a bit of white paper on which
Miss Cayvan had written a clearly
legible YES" They were married soon
after.
Not less productive of result was the
effort Of Albert Hildrummel of Topeka.
Kan, who, according to an article
printed In Western newspapers, sent
the young woman he loved, Clara
Sedgwick, a blank marriage certificate
on last Valentines day with these
verses on the back: .
This is my idea Of q valentine,
Practical, indeed, but true.
II you'l write your name in II,
1t will be q valentine for two
1t Is interesting to note hat the re-
cipient did as directed.
An odd valentine was that sent two
years ago by Francis Everlin Of Chi
cago to Sarah Collins of Toledo, o.
Everlin had asked the latter to marry
him on numerous occasions; but the
young woman had always asked him to
refrain from regarding her otherwise
than "a sister," Everlin had no such
intention, however, and, blding his
time till Valentines day, sent her a
valentine made up to resemble a bal
lot such as is used IN municipal cleo
lions. AT the top Of the ballot was a
, 1918-02-07

John Mitchell, chairman Of the food
commission of New York, told a re-
porter a Christmas slum story.
81 visited q hall in Pittsburgh n
Christmas he said, "where 200 chill
dren from the poorest quarter were
fed on turkey, cranberry sauce and
mince pie.
1.-TWO scrawny little girls attracted
my attention. and 1 halted lear them
to hear how they were enjoying them
selves. This is the dialogue I heard:
"'Say, Name, amt this grandT'
"'You bet 1t isl Only I'm sorry for
one thing, Lizzie
"'What are you sorry for, Manner
"'Tm sorry I went and got me cor
sets mended.'"
, 1918-02-07
OLD PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

Have you ever stopped to reason why
1t is that SO many products that are ex-
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon forgotten? The
reason is PLAINTIFF article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy il
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says, take for
example DR. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, .
preparation ] have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for in
almost every case it shows excellent re-
suits, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy that l know Of
has so large a SALE"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who nave
used the preparation, the success of DR..
Kilmers' Swamp-Root is due to the fact
that, so many people claim, it fulfls al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments, corrects ur-
mary troubles and neutralizes the uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcel Post. Address
DR.. Kilmer & Co, Binghamton, N. Y, and
enclose ten cents; also mention this paper.
Large and medium size bottles for sale
ut all drug stores.-Adv.
, 1918-02-07
GATHERED FACTS

Asphalt varnish is in demand In Lin
colnton, Ga.
Seaweed, chemically treated and fire.
PROCEED and made into pads, is used as
a sound-killlng lining for walls.
A market exists in Orlando, Fler for
machinery to clean the inner fiber of
Spanish moss.
An Indian firm at Karachi is in the
market for machinery to make wooden
goods, buttons, collars. studs, links and
brushes.
, 1918-02-07

pen ana INK picture OF q house., and
beneath appeared Everlin's name op-
posite all the offices to be voted for,
viz, rentpayer, bundle carrier, loving
husband, and SO on. A slip was ap-
pended asking the voter to vote the
straight ticket. Whether 1t was the
humor of 1t or something else is un-
known; but the fact remains that Miss
the house.
The "missing-line" puzzle craze
gave Herbert. Randall Of San Fran
cisco his valentine cue in 1907. To
his sweetheart, Vera Salison of the
same city, he sent this incomplete
stanza, asking her to fill mi the last
line. The verse ran:
"It might have been" are saddest words
In world Of woe and love and %strifei
The stanza was returned the follow
ing day with this line: ayes, dear, !
now will be your wife,"
One Of the most peculiar valentines
on record vas the one sent a year ago
by Allen Straw of Pittsburgh to Louise
xbONhyCI VI IAIlC. ~ WdS kiolLluB "
or less than a large roll of white silk,
bearing the words: '"This is for a
wedding dress. Please valentine me
with a yes" The silken valentine
was effective.
On Valentines day three years ago
two men sen their s~weethearts rail-
road timetables to Niagara Falls, and
another man sent his lady love a trunk
tied with white ribbons and strewn
inside with rice.
John Thomas Ray of Omaha won a
wife through a valentine sent to a
young woman living in St. Louis.
Rays valentine took the form Of a
big red apple, to the stem Of which he
had attached a card reading: Love
me and a world of happiness shall be
yours. Love me not. and all that you
will have will be this apple. 1t is big
and red and pretty, but 1t will not
ness you believe you are enjoying
while single"
The popular jigsaw puzzles were
used as valentines by several wooers
last year. One man, named Shaw, Of
Atlanta, sent one to his sweetheart
In the same city and with It the lines :
1--WE puzzled my brain to guess your
answer. Won't you put me in shape
again with a 'Yes'?" The girl sent the
valentine puzzle back with a note that
read: 81 do not want this puzzle. I'll
give you myself. I have been a puz-
zle, I admit; but I'm going to solve
myself for you"
Another man, Stanley Lemoyne of
Denver. sen one of the puzzles as a
valentine to Rhea Knowles of the
same town, with the note: "This will
help pass away the dull hours for you
in a S you refuse to marry me-" The
girl married him.
Odd valentines, these, indeed; but
odder still the valentine sent In 1906
by Reynolds Touhey of New York to
May Lindstrom of Brooklyn, a valen-
tine that succeeded In leading the lat
ter to the altar. Touhey's valentine
was a Dresden doll baby, and attached
to 1t was a card reading: Imagine
having nothing more real than this all
your life "-The Sunday Magazine.
, 1918-02-07
No Dead Line for This Minister.

Who said there was such a thing as
a dead line for the ministry Rev. 8.
Swami, an English clergyman. has
just beaten the athletic record of Lieu
tenant Miller, a Dane. He did
six successive half miles, cycling,
walking. running. padding. sculling.
and swimming, In % minutes, 80 20
seconds, excelling the Danes record
by three minutes, lacking one second.
The winner is fifty-fve years oldl II
he can preach as well-and as quick
ly-as he car go through these success
i've locomotive stunts he Is some
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