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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

paniOns were treated to q genuine sur
prise. Cherry had come down to the
| site as usual-she could not let a day
go by without visiting the place-and
Clyde after a tardy breakfast had just
come ashore. They were watching Big
George direct the launching of a scow
when all of a sudden they heard IA
miliar voice behind them cry cheer
fully:
Hello. white folks. Here we are
Dill together again."
They turned to behold a villainous
looking man beaming benignly upon
them. He was dirty. his clothes were
in rags. and through q riotOus bristle
of beard that hid his thin features
NANCY patch showed on either cheek
1t was undeniably "Fingerless" Fraser
but how changed, how altered, from
that radiant flower of Incidence they
had known! He was pallid. emaciat.
ed and bedraggled
Fraser they cried in chorus, then
fell upon him nOisily.
Fraser drew himself up with injured
dignity, then spoke in dramatic ac-
cents. 81 worked my wayr'
How? Where?"
ION that bloody wind TANNER"
"But the police?" queried Boyd
"Oh. squared them easy. It's you
they want. Yes, sir, l worked. I'm a
scullery maid"
Tell US about it." urged Cherry.
whats the use?" he demanded,
with a glare at Clyde. ''That bone
head wouldn't understand"
go ahead" Boyd seconded. with
twitchlng lips. You look as if you
had worked. and worked hard"
We'll. there amt any Pullmans run
ming to this resort. so / stow away Oh
coal burner, but somebody flags me.
Then | try to hire out as fisherman.
but l amt there with the gang talk
and my stuff drags. so | fix it for
a hide-away on the Blessed Isle
that's her name. Can you beat that
for a monaker? This sailor of mine
goes good To grub me, but he never
shows for fOrty-eight hours-or years.
l forget which Anyhow. stand it as
long as l can. then l dig my way up
to hatch and new like Il house cat
1t seems they were hep from the start.
and battened me down on purpose
then made book on how long I'd stay
hid. oh. It's funny joke. and they
all get a stomach laugh when | show.
When ] offer TO pay my way they're
insulted Nix. that amt their graft
They wouldn't take money from a
stranger. Oh. no. They permit me to
work my way. The Scullion has quit.
see? So they promote me 10 his job"
You deserted this morning, eh?'
(To Be Continued.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10
By Rex Beach
SvpoDSis of PreYious Chapters.

Boyd Emerson and ~Fingerless" Fra
ser enter Kalvik Alaska, and meet
| young white woman, Cherry MaIotte
whc shelters them.
Cherry describes the salmon fisheries
and Marsh, the INSCRIPTIONS head OF
the Kalvik canneries-
Cherry owns a cannery site Emer
son, George Bait and she go into part
nership Emerson describes mis- talI-
IRE to make good" in Alaska.
Emerson kisses Cherry SoodDye
Bait, Fraser and Emerson nearly lose
their lives in Katmai pass and mss
the steamer at Katnai on their way
out to get capital
Aftel dreadful privations they eaten
the boat at Kadiak and are soon ,. en-
route for Chicago. Emerson seeks MISS
Mildred Wayland.
She and Emerson are engaged Her
father, Wayne Wayland, is million
aire Alton Clyde offers $4,000 to-
ward the cannery.
Bait and Emerson meet Marsh in
Chicago. Marsh is a sutton for MIL
dred's hand. Marsh tells Mildred about
Cherry MaIotte. He and Wayne Way
land plan a canneries trust
Mildred learns that Emerson and
Cherry are partners. Banker HilliarC,
Seattle, refuses to lend Emerson $780,
600 Cherry. who has arrived in
Seattle. accepts a dinner invitation
from Hilliard.
Cherry discovers that Emerson is to
marry Mildred. Marsh causes annoy
ing delays for Emerson's party. To-
coma refuses Emerson loan. Clyde
suggests that Cherry can get the loan
from Hilliard.
Emerson enrages Cherry by CRITICS.
lard. Cherry sees Hilliard. who I'M
expectedly furnishes the money. Marsh
causes a strike delaying the loading
OF Emerson's machinery.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

"a TEVER did men have more WILL
KI ing hands to do their bidding
than did Boyd and George. and
when week later the Juliet,
with Willis Marsh on board. came TO
anchor the bunk houses were up and
peOpied, while the new site had be-
come a beehive of activity.
The mouth of the Kalvik river is
several miles wide. yet it contains but
q small anchorage suitable for deep
draft ships, the rest of the harbor be
ing undertake with mud bars and tide
flats over which none but small boats
may pass. and rs the canneries are
distributed up and down the stream
for a considerable distance it is neceS-
sary TO transport all supplies to and
from the ships by means of tugs and
lighters. Owing TO the narrowness of
the channel the Juliet came to her
mornings not far from the Bedford
Castle
To Marsh. already furious at the
trick the ice had played him. this fore
with added irony the fact that be haG
been foreStalled. while it emphasized
his knowledge that henceforth the cor
fiict would be carried on at close
quarters 1t would be a contest lie
tween two men, both determined T.,
win By fair means OF foul.
1t was on the afternoon following
his arrival that Marsh after a tour of
inspection landed from his launch and
strolled up to where Boyd Emerson
was at work He was greeted cour-
teously. if bit cooIly. and found. as
on their last meeting. that his own
bearing was reflected exactly in that
of Boyd
Il see you have number of MY old
fishermen" Marsh observed
Yes; we were fortunate"
You are very lucky"
Indeed. How?'
We'll. don't you think you were
lucky TO beat that striker"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

a general way, what graveyard specters
are made of.
When people are murdered, and their
bodies (as often happens) are buried in
cellars or other damp places, their
ghosts, for the chemical reasons already
given, are particularly likely to walk.
So says Prof. Charles E. Munroe, a IA
nous chemist, and dean of the George
Washington university, vino even goes
so far as to declare that he could at a
pinch produce in his laboratory phan-
toms in all important respects CORES
ponding to those which gravevaFds are
popularity supposed to manufacture.
Rene Bache.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-10

kind, attempted to investigate it. Much
safer does it seem under such circum-
stances 10 take to ones heels.
Science Is Protection.
Nothing but the scepticism of science
can fortify a man against the terror of
such an experience. But. as it CHANGED,
some years ago, a government anthrO-
pologist of high reputation NOW con-
nected with the department of agricul-
ture), Prof. w J. McC;ee. had an oppOr-
tunity to study this matter at first
hand. He was living at the time in a
small town. in the middle west, where
only few weeks earlier. burglar, en-
gagged in the exercise of his hazardous
profession. had been shot to death
Hastily buried. he might have been ex
pected to refrain from disturbing the
community further-instead of which,
he proceeded to walk his ghost being
repeatedly seen by a number of reliable
witnesses. stalking about the potter's
field, where his grave was located.
Professor Sees Light
Prof AIcGee. being appealed to on the
subject. in his capacity as a scientific
investigator. finally consented to look
into it. He went to the potter's field
on a moonless night. sat down short
distance from the grave (carelessIv left
only half filled up), (which had been
pointed out to him as that of the late
burglar. and proceeded to wait for some
thing to happen. Nothing did happen
for a quite a while. and he was Just
making up his mind that he had come on
a fools errand when he deserted a dim
light Immediately over the grave. As
he gazed. it became steadily more vivid
and distinct appearing to hover in the
air-a flamelike. restless thing. about
the height of a man. and rather striking
" resembling the popular conception
of 4 ghost.
Object Disappeared
When he attempted to approach the
strange object. It disappeared. He went
back to the place where he had been
seated. and it became visible again.
Every now and then a gust of wind
would seem to elbow it out and it
would vanish for the moment, presently
reappearing. Apparently its movements
were caused by the breeze. its wIvering
suggesting draperv. But presently the
professor saw another ghost. Of similar
aspect. not far away. and then another
and another. until there were at least
half a dozen. IT was not surprising that
the townspeOple (crediting report to
the effect that the burglars wife and
children. deprived of the family breal
winner. had died of starvation should
declare that these unfOTtunates came 9t
night to dance over the graves.
Prof. NIcGee found it impossible to
get within dozen feet of any of the
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Human Welfare Comes First.

Nothing is more true than that excess
of every kind Is followed by reaction; u
fact which should be pordered by reform
.r and reactionary alike. We are face to
face with new conceptions OF the rela-
tions of property to human welfare. chief
ly because certain advocates OF the rights
of property as against the rights of men
have been pushing their claims too far.
The man who wrongly holds that every
human right Is secondary to his profit
must now give way to the advocate OF
human welfare. who rightly maintains
that every man holds his property SUBJ
ject to the general right OF the commun-
ity to regulate Its use to whatever degree
the public welfare may require II, But
! think we may go still further. The
right to regulate the use OF wealth IN the
public interest Ia universally admitted.
Let us admit also the right to regulate
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Graniteville, vt.
through the Change

Vegetable Compound has done for mo
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means SO much
to me that for the sake Of other suffer-
ing women ! am willing to mako my
trouble public SO you may publish
this letter MRS. CHAs. BARCLAY,
R.F. D., ,Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know Of has such q record
Of cures Of female Ills as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fbroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration. and 1t Is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change Of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia E.
Pnkham's Vegetable Compound, and.
as Mrs Barclay says it is worth noun
tsins Of gold ITO suffering women.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
THE B0WD|TCH CAST
Original Design From Which
Statue Was Made.
Counterfeit Presentment Of tho
American Navigator 10 Real Model
Of First Bronze Statue Done
In This Country.

Boston.-In the spacious vestibule
Of that venerable and interesting insti-
tuition, the Boston atheneum, the
of literature and art treasures. is a
seated figure of large proportions
that is the first object to attract the
eye of the visitor as he enters. This
figure. seated there SO calm and re-
poseful, is the counterfeit presentment
of noted American. son Of Massa-
chusetts, and as such 1t is interesting,
but aside from the great man that 1t
represents the statue has an historical
tion lying in the fact, as the visitor
may learn by reading a small inscrip-
ton attached to 1t, that 1t is the orig
inal plaster cast of the first bronze
statue made in America.
The figure Is that of DIR. Nathaniel
Bowditch, the great navigator, and the
renowned mathematician and astrono-
mer The bronze statue of which this
is the plaster cast, stands in Mount
Auburn cemetery. surrounded by an
iron fence. one of the most conspicu-
GUS pieces of sculpture within that
beautiful city of the dead. Ball
Hughes was the sculptor. The plaster
cast Is also his. He was an English
man, who came to this country in
1929, landing in New York. A little
later he came to Boston and settled in
Dorchester, where he made his home
up to the time of his death in 1868.
The Bowditch statue. as shown in
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01

the plaster cast, represents the navi.
gator seated in heavy chair. He
has a noble, Intellectual head and a
fine dreamy face. He is attired In
knee breeches and dressing gown of
ample folds. On the right knee is a
large volume. intended. no doubt to
represent his great work to naviga.
ton, with his right hand resting upon
1t. At his left, besides the chair. is a
globe and sextant On the other side
of the chair are more books. The
base bears this inscription: "Execu
ted by Ball Hughes, 1S47."
Ball Hughes not only modelled the
first statue to be cast in bronze in
America, but he is said to have carved
the first portrait figure sculptured In
marble in this country. This was q
statue of Alexander Hamilton erected
in 1885 in the rotunda of the New
York Merchants Exchange, which was
destroyed eight months later by fire
Among the priced relics in the Boston
Atheneum. carefully guarded in an up
per storeroom OF the Beacon street
library building. is the little model Of
this historic work.
Nathaniel Bowditch, who was a ma
tive of Salem. died in Boston in 1888
For some years before his death he
and the sculptor Hughes were close
friends. Bowditch was an extraor
dinary genius. At ten years Of age
the straitened circumstances of his
parents forced him to leave school
and from twelve to twenty-one he
was an apprentice in a ship chambers
shop. Then he passed nine years al
sea. finally becoming master Of q
ship. After quitting his nautical life
he made his home in Boston and de
voted himself to learning and science
He gained a pretty full knowledge OF
the Latin, Greek. French, Italian, Por
tuguese and German languages. made
himself the most eminent mathemati
clan and astronomer that America hat
produced, and did more for the repu
tation of his country among men o.
science In Europe than had been done
by any other man. except perhap
BENJAMIN Franklin.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
BEES ROB FRAT" OF FAME
This Woman's Head Protector Falls te
.Lessen the stInes Which Her
Hubby Dodged.

Woodbury.. N. 1.-THE vaunted rep.
utation OF the rat" as a protection
against injury was destroyed in the
swoop of a band OF rampant bees
when Mrs. Carlton Hendrickson was
frightfully stung.
Last year about the same time Hen.
erickson was similarly attacked as he
was about to pick beans. and this year
he decided to turn the picking over to
his wife.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Honesty In Public Servants.


II our political institutions were perfect.
they would absolutely prevent the politic-
al domination of money in any part Of
our affairs. We need to make our polit-
ical representatives more quickly and sem
sitively responsive to the people whose
servants they are. More direct action by
the people in their own affairs under
proper safeguards is vitally necessary.
The direct primary is a step in this direc-
ton II II is associated with a corrupt
practises act effective to prevent the ad-
vantage OF the man willing recklessly and
unscrupulously to spend money over his
more honest competitor. 1t is particular
ly important that all moneys received or
expended for campaign purposes should
be publicly accounted for not only after
election but before election Us well. Po-
litical action must be made simpler. cas-
Ter. and freer from confusion for every
citizen. believe that the prompt re-
moval Of unfaithful or incompetent pub
lie servants should be made ensy and
sure In whatever way experience shall
show to be most expedient in any given
class Of cases.
One OF the fundamental necessities in
a representative government such as ours
is to make certain that the men to whom
the people delegate their power shall
serve tho people by whom they are elect
ed. and not the special interests. I be-
lieve that every National officer. elected
or appointed. should be forbidden to per-
form any service or receive any COM
pensation directly or indirectly from In
ter-state corporations: and n similar pro-
vision could not fail to be useful within
the states.
The object Of government 10 the well
fare of the people The material progress
and prosperity of n nation are desirable
chiefly so far they lead to the moral
and material welfare of all good citizens
Just In proportion as the average man
and woman are honest. capable Of sound
judgment and high ideals. active in pub
lie affairs-but first of all sound In their
home life. and the father and mother Of
healthy children-Just so far and no fer
ther we may count our civilization a sue
cess. We must have-I believe we have
already-a genuine and permanent moral
awakening. without which, no wisdom Of
legislation or administration really means
anything: and. on the other hand. we
must try to secure the social and eco
nomic legislation without which any i'm
provement due to purely moral agitation
is necessarily evanescent. What we need
is good citizens. Good citizenship means
progress: and therefore all good citizens
should stand for progress. and must be
progressive.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Detected,

1t was at Fourth of July meeting
in the little city. The mayor, William
Smith. rose, and at dignifed length
read the Declaration OF Independence.
There was pause: then from one
of the mayors old schoolmates came
the loud whisper: bill never writ
that. He amt smart enough"
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Calls for Broad NatlonaIIsm.

I do not ask for decentralization.
but do ask that we work in a spirit Of
broad and far-reaching Nationalism when
we work for what concerns our people
whole. We are all Americans. Our
common interests are as broad as the
continent. / speak to you here in Kan
sas exactly as I would speak in New
york or Georgia. for the lost vital prob
lens are those which AFT ct us all alike.
The Fatfonal governme-.t belongs to tho
whole American people. and where the
whole American people are interested,
that Interest can be guarded effectively
only by the National government. The
betterment which we seek must be ac-
complished. / believe. mainly through the
National government.
The American people are right in de-
manding that new Nationalism without
which we cannot hope to deal with new
problems. The new Nationalism> puts the
National need before sectional or per-
sonal advantage. 1t is impatient of the
utter confusion that results from local
legislatures attempting to treat National
issues as local issues. II is still more i'm
patient Of the impotence which springs
from the over-division of government
powers, the impotence which makes II
possible for local selfishness or for legal
cunning. hired by wealthy special inter-
ests, to bring National activities to q
deadlock. This new Nationalism regards
the executive power as the steward of tho
puouC Weudre. IL demands OF the 1udici-
ary that II shall be interested primarily
in human welfare rather than in proper
ty. Just as It demands that the represent
tative body shall represent all the people,
rather than any one class or section Of
the people.
believe in shaping the ends of gov
ernment to protect property well az
human welfare. Normally. and in tho
long run. the ends are the same but
whenever the alternative must be faced
I am for men and not for property.
am far from Understanding the impor-
tance of dividends. but I rank dividends
below human character. I know well
that the reformers must not bring upon
the people economic ruin. or the reforms
themselves will go down in the ruin.
But we must be ready to face temporary
disaster, whether or not brought on by
those who will war against US to tho
knife. Those who oppose all reform will
do well to remember that ruin in its
worst form is inevitable II our National
life brings us nothing better than swol-
len fortunes for the few and the triumph
in both politics and business of a sordid
and selfish materialism.
T.. n.,L
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
Had Cause TO Rejoice.

Alas" sighed the poet. "the world
does not understand me-
We'll. cheer up" rejoined the prac-
teal person. THAT is something to
be thankful for. I'm sure"
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. Chas. Barclay

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and I
can truly say that
LydiaE.P Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has proved
worth mountains
of gold to me. as IL
restored my health
and strength. 1
never forget to tell
my friends what
LydiaE. Pinkham's
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01

English Queen Honored.
London.-The queen has become an
honorary member of the Royal Brit.
ish Colonial Society Of Artists.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01

the terms and conditions OF labor, which
is tho chief element Of wealth, directly
In the interest OF the common good, The
fundamental thing to do for every man
is to give him the chance to reach Q place
in which he will make the greatest possi-
BILE contribution to the public welfare.
No man can be a good citizen unless he
has a wage more than sufficient to cover
the bare cost of living. and hours of la
Dor short enough SO that after his days
work is done he wyl have time and en-
ergy to bear his share in the manage
ment Of the community, to help in car
rying the general load. We keep count
less men from being good citizens by the
conditions of life with which we surround
them. We need comprehensive work
mems compensation acts, both state and
National laws to regulate child labor and
the work of women. and especially we
need in our common schools not merely
education in book-learning but also prac-
teal training for daily life and work We
need to enforce better sanitary conditions
for our workers, and to extend the use
Of safety appliances in industry and COM
merce both within and between the
states. Also. friends, in the interest of
the workingmen himself we need to set
our faces like flint against mob violence
Just against corporate greed; against
violence and injustice and lawlessness by
wage workers Just rs much against
lawless cunning and greed and selfish ar
rogance of employers.
National efficiency has many factors
1t is necessary result of the principle
of conservation widely applied In the
end 1t will determine our failure or sue
cess as Nation. National efficiency has
to do not only with natural resources and
with men. 1t Is equally concerned with
institutions. The state must be made ef-
hcient for the work which concerns only
the people of the state: and the Nation
FOR that which concerns all the people.
There must remain no neutral ground to
serve as refuge for lawbreakers, and
especially for lawbreakers of great
wealth. who can hire the culpine legal
cunning which will teach them how to
avoid both Jurisdictions. 1t is a misfor-
tune when the National legislature fails
to do Its duty in providing a National
remedy. 60 that the only National activ-
ity is the purely negative activity of the
Judiciary in forbiddiug the state to ex-
ercise power In the premises.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01

Constipation causes ana seriously aggravstss
many diseases. II Is thoroughly cured by DR.
Piorcs's Pellets Tiny sugAr-coated granules.
Gilpin observer., 1910-09-01

A fool can always find another fool
to admire him.
The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

utes. Strain through a fine strainer
and return the liquid to the fire.
Season with salt pepper and a heap
ing teaspoonfuI of sugar. Cook to-
gether 2 tablespoonfuls each OF but
ter and flour, and when they are
blended pour upon them 8 cups Of
milk and a cup of cream TO which a
generous pinch of baking soda has
been added. Stir until smooth and
thick. add the corn puree, and as soon
as the mixture is scalding hot take from
the fire and pour gradually, beating all
the time. upon the beaten yolks OF
eggs. Serve Immediately.
Baked Onions
Choose small or medium-sized onions
for this dish Cook in salted water un-
til tender, drain, arrange in a baking
dish, and pour over them a rich white
sauce to which a beaten egg has been
added. Sprinkle grated parmesan cheese
thickly over the top of the onions
and cook for fifteen minutes. or until
light brown Serve in the dish in which
they were baked.
Sweet Potato Balls
Boil sweet potatoes. peel, and, while
hot, press through the potato ricer,
Add a great spoonful Of butter and
enough milk to moisten the mixture.
Beat hard and whip in a beaten egg.
Season with pepper and salt and form
into balls. Roll each ball quickly in