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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30
9te MutteripraAe IN Der
STRIDE.

Sic %pieoerbolt bllrd Die @reiie ge.
qm1gene Ma9ridt, baB Die beuti9t
5prade in la1tberiiden @emeirphen
unb Sdulen abgeidafft morben iei,
be3p. abgeidafft perbe, erfabrt 6a1rd
sic @teqnngnabme Der 5r1r3eit in
Seem Dorf tagenben &onbentton oes
atlantifden Di1trifts Ser Miiionri-
Spno6e cine gegentbeilige BeleltdI
tung.
Ser critic @i5e-Erdiibent Ser Mii.
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BON Sort @apne, ;Sn6., Ser n1s Ser
treter 6es @%rdiioenten 8fotenba11er
5a1r @onbentior in Seem Sort tpeilt,
er1flaiirte, BOB Sic Sbno6e tnbe5ug m1f
sic @prade feinerlei @ori6riften
mode. Dies @ntibeibung miiIie Sen
ein8eInen @emeinben iiberIoifen bIei-
ben. Mudu sic @orbention o6er Ser
Wor1tan6 6es otlnntifden Diitrifftts
babe 6oriiber fein ~@eitimmungsreGt
SOS @in6 lonte," erfldrte 8a1tor
Miner, uoie Sprade,. III ser feline
Mutter nit linn itngt n6 betet, n1d
in ser Stride benuben, tint nidt cine
@ntfrem6a1ng in Der SamiIie, sic oft
at elmer gntfrem6urg 5tuif9en So
mile un6 Ser Stride fubrt, ~eintreten
at Iolien. Me1terbings berlteben sic
@in6er 6erti6er @ltern oft 10 mentg
6enti6, 6aB fie Dos 9eutife pie cine
frenn6e 5pro6e erlernen miiien."
&aitor @m. @90nfel6 bon ser
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1t6 iebr flar iiber Die @pra6enfrage
aus gr erffIdrte, in Ser Smmar1tels=
Stride &per6e, tpie bisber> apeiter 6el1t=
i9er @ottes6ienit abgebalten mer6en.
tonne niema16em borgei9rieben
auer6en, in tpelder 5pra6e er 51 1ei=
11em @}otte beten io1e., @iir6e etpa
Elm beb0r6lider 3mang m1sgeiibt
tper6en, 10 tper6e er it6 anf 1ie 8e=
itimmn1ngen ser @onitit1ten ser Ser
@taaten berl1fen, sic Sen
perl0nliGe 6reibeit nn6 Dor
aIen Dingen @epiiiensfreibeit 60
rontiere. @ebtere tpiir6e berleBt tper=
Ben, tpenn @oridriften 6oriiber, in
tpel6er Gpra@e gebetet tper6er iollte,
erlolien tpiir6en. Mn6ere Ebeilneb=
mer an Ser &o1rbention fpro6en ft6
in 4bnli9er @eiie nts.
8aitor @m. @opfe bon Ser gbong.
3ions=&fr6e bon Dorf-
billie erflGrte, 6ab sic General
Spno6e, at Ser iene @emein6e ge,
fore, nnberriidt auf 6em feiten
Stan6pn11ft itebe, BOB sic @pra6en-
froge abioIl1t Der @nti6ei6nng Der
sin3eImen @emeirt6en iiberloifen blet=
ben miiife.
v55e6e obrigfeitlide @inmii6a1ng,"
er, upir6 bot ibr als Derfni-
inngstpi6rtg 5r1rudgetpieien 1per6en.
Wir berIangen, bob mon oie nns
>nrh sic @erfaiiung g%etpdbrten Greis
Unto Nedte utra1ugetn1tet lo11e.
Die @inmii9atng eir8elter Sotpn-
IN Millo1lri lit bon
oem @orber11err ia a1td ertergtf9
1ls ungeiebli6 5nrudgepieien tuor'
ZEN. Sic 8eb0r6en battett, un6 baz
3en fein @edt, sic Mbolt1ng bon
@ottes6ienften 5n nnteria-
ZEN. Ser Stan6putnft Ger General
5pno6e, un6 6anit lnier @tan6>
oa1nfft, Ser felt a1f Ser '@erfafiung
tebt, fann gar 1idt i9arf gena1g be-
ont mer6en."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30

SuIia 5n1er urb @atte an Sso1n u.
Code, Got 8, 8lof AZ. BiIfpn Sl1rbep,
Stephen Sam 1tnb -8rau an sbomass $.
@iaeen nno Srar. Got 2. @lod 90,
2onrbs Nbb., ct. gIonb, $2880.00.
glinbetb so. Bolter an Ne1ie s..
Obs, Got 8, 8Iod 16, gurtis -Surbeb,
$41OO.00.
Sarrb g. Dolng l1nb Srau an @er<,
man Blonag iun., Bh bon Got 5 l1nb
aGes bon Got 6, Blof 2, $enboprbes
gbb., ct. gIol16 $22O0.00.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30

Am6 IN 3enniplbanie1 uirb iett
nod einem @eieb gegen profeiiionel.
len MiilBiggang gerufen. 8abrf6ein-
Iid tpin man iid gege1 Die arbeits-
.idelten Miltondre idiiben, Die nod
benz grGab b%erartiger @eiebe in SEEM
Sort un6 Seem Serfep in bellen
@9aret nad) benz @a@baritaate
itr0mer.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30

Sic organiiierte Mrbeiteridaft bes
Gtaates @enniDloanien bt ii@ ge-
gen 8robibitiom dber fir 6rauen=
itimmre6t oa1sgeipro9en, nn6 a1d)
ibr miro 6ie @rfabrung ni# eripart
bleiben, oaB, tper 6as Graltenittmmz
re9t min> 8robibitton mber fnr5 o6er
lang miro tponen miiiien.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1918-05-30

Beqnemer @eg. - Sral
(5um @otten): uDnr9 infer rnge=
ididtes @tubenmd66en iin6 mir nit
Ser 3eit 5u gong mooernen &stppes
g%efommen; i6 6ente, mir baben
iebt gena1g 6abo1t, nn6 peroe tbr
fim6iqen."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER xIv-continued.

~
decided promptly that the safest
place for me was as far back as pos
sible. where would not be In the line
of vision Of others in back of me. Ac-
cordingly I slouched over to a table
on the platform directly opposite the
stage and took the seat against the
wall. The whole place was now in
front of me. could see everything
that was going on and everyone who
came In. but no one. except those who
sat at my own table, would notice me
unless they deliberately turned around
10 look.
The place began to fill up rapidly.
Every second person who came In the
plnce seemed to ME to be a German
soldier, but when they were seated at
the tables and got a chance later on
to make a rough count, found that
In all there were not more than a hun
dred soldiers In the place and there
must have been several hundred civil
ians.
The first people to sit at my table
we're a Belgian and his wife. The Bel
gian sat next to me and his wife next
10 him. was hoping that other civil
ians would occupy the remaining two
seats at my table, because did not
relish the idea OF having to sit through
the show with German soldiers within
a few feet of me. That would certainly
have spoiled my pleasure for the even
ing.
Every uniform that came In the door
gave me cause to worry until was
sure II was not coming in my direction.
] don't suppose there was a single sol
dier who came in the door whom
didn't follow to his. seat--wlth my
eyes.
Just before they lowered the lights,
two German officers entered. They
stood at the door for moment look
ing the place, over. Then they made a
beeline in my direction and / must
confess my heart started to beat a
little faster. hoped that they would
find another seat before they came to
my vicinity, but they were getting
nearer and nearer and realized with
n sickening sensation that they were
headed directly for the two seats at
my table, and that was indeed the
case.
These two seats were In front of the
tnble fncing the stage and except when
the officers would be eating or drink
Ing their backs were toward me, and
there was considerable consolation in
that. From my seat l could have
reached right over and touched one of
them on his bald head. 1t would have
been more than a touch, am afraid.
II could have gotten away with it
safely.
AS the officers seated themselves,
q winter came to us with a printed
bill-of-fare and program. Fortunately.
he waited on the others first and
listened intently to their orders. The
officers ordered some light wine. but
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
CANNOT MATCH THE BIBLE
Great Men Can Find No Other Book
That Combines Its Literary or
Historical Merits.

The bulk of the people-business
men, lawyers, doctors and others
don't read the Bible, but writer's uni
versally recognize it as tie greatest
book, Prof. William Lyon Phelps of
Yale university said in a recent ad-
dress.
Being a serious book, It is weak in
humor," Professor Phelps said. "But
think Job intended a grim joke when
he said, Would that mine adversary
had written book
mo. narrative writer's can match the
style of the Bibles Old Testament
stories-Hume, Gibbon, Rose-they are
all inferior. This is the day Of the
short story writer, Kipling, DE Maupas-
SAINT, o. Henry, but their best efforts
fall short of the stories of the Bible.
So it is with its poetry in the Psalms.
Its wisdom of the Proverbs is just as
up to date as the morning paper, and
there is no political economy equal to
the Book of Gospels.
SIT is possible to overestimate the
Bibles influence on English literature,
Bunyan wrote a great book because he
was saturated with the Bible, and it
trickled out when he wrote.
Lincoln knew only two books-the
Bible and Shakespeare-and yet he
was splendidly educated man. To
know the Bible is to be educated. One
Of the finest metaphors in Keats Ode
70 q NiOhffnooln, &c fokon 6irooflv .
from the Bible; Nearer Nay God 10
Thee is simply paraphrase OF the
Bible."-Detroit News.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
FIRST TEACHERS TO CHINA
Missionaries Followed the Close of
the War With Great Britain
in 1945.

The first general attempt to intro
duce Christianity into China dates
from April "a 1916. when the Chinese
government. following the disastrous
war with Great Britain, granted per-
mission to foreigners to teach the
Christian religion. Missionaries from
many countries began Immediately to
flock to China, but in most places the
white devils" were received with hos
tility. The Emperor Taou-Kwang,
who in the latter part of his reign
favored the introduction of European
arts and religion, died in 1850, and
his son, Hieng-Fung, adopted reac-
tionary policy.
One of the odd results of the intro
duction of Christianity in China was
the appearance in 1851 of a rebel lead
er who called himself Tien-teh, and
who announced himself as the restor-
er of the worship of the true god.
Shang-ti, and derived many of his dog
mas from the Bible. He called him.
self the brother Of Jesus. the second
son of God and the monarch of all be-
meath the skies, and demanded uni
versal submission. His insurgent fol.
lowers called themselves Taepings, OF
prince of peace" but the title was
utterly belied by their atrocious deeds.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11

took to mean that he couldn't make
change.
Right there was In a quandary. To
offer him my bill after he had just
told the officers he didn't have change
would have seemed strange, and yet
couldn't explain to him that l was in
the same boat and he would have to
come to me again later. The only
thing to do, therefore, was to offer
him the bill as though 1 hadn't heard
or noticed what had happened with
the Germans. and 1 did so. He said
the same thing to me as he had said
to the officers, perhaps a little more
sharply. and gave me back the bill.
Later on, he returned to the table with
n handful of change and we closed the
transaction. l gave him 25 centimes
as a tip-I had never yet been to a
place where 1t was necessary to talk
to do that.
During my first half hour in that
theatre, to say ! was on pins and
needles Is to express my feelings
mildly. The truth of the matter is
was never so uneasy in my life. Every
minute seemed like an hour, and a
dozen times was on the point of get
ting up and leaving. There were al
together too many soldiers in the place
to suit me, and when the German of
ficers seated themselves right at my
table / thought that was about all
could stand. AS 1t was, however, the
lights went out shortly afterwards and
In the dark l felt considerably easier.
After the first picture, when the
lights went up again, had regained
my composure considerably and took
advantage Of the opportunity to study
the various types of people in the
place.
From my seat / had a splendid
chance to see them all. At one table
there was a German medical corps of
ficer with three Red Cross nurses,
That was the only time 1 had ever
seen a German nurse, for when 1 was
In the hospital had seen only men
orderlies. Nurses didn't work so near
the first line trenches.
The German soldiers at the different
tables were very quiet and orderly,
They drank book beer and conversed
among themselves, but there was nc
hilarity or rough-housing of any kind
AS sat there, within arms reach
Of those German officers and realized
what they would have given to know
what chance they had to capture an
escaped British officer, could hardly
help smiling to myself, but when
thought of the big risk / was taking
more or less unnecessarily, began tC
wonder whether / had not acted fool
ishly In undertaking it.
Nevertheless, the evening passed of
uneventfully and when the show was
over 1 mixed with the crowd and dis
appeared, feeling very proud of myself
and with a good deal more confidence
than / had enjoyed at the start.
had passed a night which will live
in my life as long as I live. The bill
of fare and program and a "throw
away" bill advertising the name Of
the attraction which was to be pre-
sented the following week which was
handed to me as l came out, l still
have and they are among the mos
valued souvenirs of my adventure.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11

tify and which they served In ordinary
wash basins. I don't know that they
ever used the basins to wash in as
well, but whether they did or not did
not worry me very much. The soup
was good and enjoyed it.
All the time I was there could see
the father and the eldest son, boy
about seventeen, were extremely nerv-
Gus. I had indicated to them that I
was deaf and dumb, but if they be-
lieved me it didn't seem to make them
any more comfortable.
fingered at the house for about an
hour after the meal and during that
time young man came to call on the
eldest daughter, a Soung woman Of
perhaps eighteen. The caller eyed me
very suspiciously, although l must
have resembled anything but British
officer. They spoke Flemish and did
not understand word they said, but
1 think they were discussing my prob
able identity. During their converse
ton, I had a chance to look around
the room. There were three alto
gether, two fairly large and one
somewhat smaller, about fourteen feet
long and six deep. In this smaller
room there were two double-decked
beds, which were apparently intended
to house the whole family, although
how the whole twelve of them could
sleep in that one room will ever re-
main a mystery to me.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11

hand to show my gratitude. She would
not accept the money 1 offered her.
carried the lace through my sub
sequent experiences. feeling that it
would be fine souvenir for my
mother, although as a matter of fact if
l had known that it was going to de-
lay my final escape for even a single
moment, as it did, I am quite sure
she would rather I had not seen it.
On one piece of lace was the F'lem-
ish word "Charite" and on the other
the word ''Esperage." At the time 1
took these words to mean Charity"
and Experience and all I hoped was
that would get as much of the one
as was getting of the other before
finally got through. 1 learned subse-
quently that what the words really
stood for were Charity" and Hope"
and then l was sure that my kind Bel
gian friend had indeed realized my
plight and that her thoughtful SOU
venir was intended to encourage me in
the trials she must have known were
before me-.
didn't let the old Belgian lady
know, because did not want to alarm
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
CHAPTER XVI.
/ Leave for the Frontier.


To get out of the city, it would be
necessary to pass two guards. This
had learned in the course of my walks
at night, having frequently travelled
to the city limits with the idea of
finding out just what conditions ]
would have to meet when the time
came for me to leave
A German soldiers uniform, how.
ever, no longer worried me as it had
at first. / had mingled with the Huns
SO much in the city that l began to
feel that ! was really a Belgian, and
assumed the indifference that they
seemed to feel.
I decided. therefore, TO walk out OF
the city in the daytime, when the sen.
tries would be less apt to be ON the
watch. 1t worked fine. / was not
held up moment, the sentries evil
IDENTIFY taking me for a Belgian peas
ant on his way to work.
Travelling faster than 1 had ever
done before since my escape, l was
soon out in the open country, and the
first Belgian 1 came to I approached
for food. He gave me half of his
lunch and we sat down on the side OF
the road to eat it. OF course, he tried
to talk to me, but l used the old ruse
of pretending / was deaf and dumb
and he was quite convinced that it was
so. He made various efforts to talk
to me in pantomime, but 1 could not
make out what he was getting at, and
l think he must have concluded that
was not only half starved, deaf and
dumb, but '1ooney" in the bargain.
When night came 1 looked around
for place to rest. had decided tC
travel in the daytime as well as night
because understood that it was only
few miles from the frontier, and
was naturally anxious to get there al
the earliest possible moment, although
realized that there would encounter
the most hazardous part of my whole
adventure. To get through the heavily
guarded barbed wire and electrically
charged barrier was a problem that
hated to think of even, although tn,
hours 1 spent endeavoring to devils,
some way of outwitting the Hun:
were many. -a.
1t had occurred to me, for instance
that it would not be such q Difficult
matter to vault over the electric fence
which was only nine feet high. In col
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
SAYS BERLIN is FORTIFIED
Vast Defense Work Has Been Built,
According to Statement Made
by SWede.

Monster guns, hidden in pits 40 and
so feet deep, and 125 to $50 feet apart,
form a labyrinth of defenses around
Berlin, according to John Erickson, q
native Of Sweden. For five years, be-
ginning with 1907, Erickson says he
worked on the outer defenses Of Ber-
lin, and prior to that time worked for
the Motla gun works OF Sweden, turn
ing out heavy ordnance for Germany.
Guns surrounding Berlin, according
to Erickson, range from % to AZ
inches in diameter. Many are of the
larger type. Some are over 200 feet
long. Their foundation is set in seven
feet of solid granite, sunk in the bot
tom of the pits in which the guns are
hidden, surrounding the city. Two
circles Of these guns surround Ber-
lin. One is seven miles from the city's
outskirts-the other Is II. A screen
roof Is now laid ever these guns. 4
layer of two feet of dirt covers the
top. Grass, trees and even the sea-
sons crops are planted over them.
Electricity controls the huge guns.
Ericsson says. When the guns are
needed the roof may easily be thrown
off and the guns hoisted to position.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
Rabbit Can Fight.

A fuil-grown rabbit will give any
cat more battle than she bargains for.
says Harry B. Bradford, in Boys Life,
the Boy Scouts Magazine. In attack
ing other animals, a carnivorous anil
NAL always goes for the throat--a vital
spot, but the herbivorous rabbit
chooses no special spot to strike at a
cat, just so it is "cat." He drives into
it and bites it anywhere he strikes,
and uses his hind legs and sharp claws
to kick all the fur off his victim in the
shortest possible space Of time. have
even seen one of my rabbits turn and
jump back at a small dog which had
been chasing him and inflict sharp
bite on the dogs nose as he jumped
into the astonished animals face.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11

the streets of this town, looking in
the shop windows with German SOL
diers at my side looking at the same
things, to think how close 1 was to
them and they had no way of knowing.
/ was quite convinced that if I were
discovered my fate would have been
death because 1 not only had the
forged passport on me, but had been
so many days behind the German lines
after 1 had escaped that they couldn't
safely let me live with the informa-
ton 1 possessed.
One night l walked boldly across a
park. l heard footsteps behind me and
turning round saw two German sol
diers. slowed up a trifie to let them
get ahead of me. 1t was rather dark
and got n chance to see what won
derful uniform the German military
authorities have picked out. The sol
dierS had not gone more than a few
feet ahead of me when they disap-
peared in the darkness like one of
those melting pictures ON the moving
picture screen.
As / wandered through the streets 1
frequently glanced in the cafe win
dow as l passed. German officers
were usually dining there, but they
didn't conduct themselves with any,
thing like the light-heartedness which
characterizes the allied officers in
London and Paris. was rather sur
prised at this because in this part of
Belgium they were much freer than
they would have been in Berlin,
where, 1 understand, food is compar-
atively scarce and the restrictions
are very strict.
AS have said, my own condition in
this city was in some respects worse
than it had been when l was making
my way through the open country.
While l had a place to sleep and my
clothes were no longer constantly
soaking, my opportunities for getting
food were considerably less than they
had been. Nearly all the time was
half famished, and / decided that /
would get out of there at once, since
I was entirely through with Huyliger.
My physical condition was greatly
improved. While the lack of food
showed itself on me, 1 had regained
some of my strength, my wounds
were healed, and my ankle was
stronger, and although my knees were
still considerably enlarged, 1 felt that
was in better shape than had been
at any time since my. leap from the
train, and 1 was ready to go through
whatever was in store for me.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-10-11
Polar Exploration.

The scientific exploration Of the
arctic and antarctic will provide ma
teriai for the solution of many prob
lens affecting very acutely the every
day life of the civilized communities
in the temperate zones. The trend Of
ocean currents, the phenomena Of ter
restrial magnetism and problems cf
biology and geology are among the
things the secret of which will prob
ably be found in those regions, and Il
ever the day comes when permanent
meteorological stations, connected with
the outside world by wireless, are pos
sible, the clerk of the weather will be-
come one of our most popular and
trusted officials and meteorology ap-
proximate to an exact science.