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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
TWINKLES
forbearance.

forbearance.
The hunter spares the tiny bird,
But not because his song is sweet.
His real reason, we have heard,
Is that it isn't fit to eat.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02

A Long Journey.
How large is the apartment house
you live in?"
"Well, l don't remember the exact
dimensions" replied Mr. Flatson, "but
it's SO big that when We asked the
janitor for heat on Sunday morning
steam didn't get to the radiator till
the next Thursday"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
MASONIC CALENDAR.

Saturday. Sept. a-Loyal Chapter
NJ. -. q. u g. Stated meeting.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-09-02
FORUMOFTHEPEOPLE

Articles Contributed for This Column
Must Not Be in Excess of 400
Words. The Identity Of All Con-
r. buf0rs Must Be Known to the
Editor. Articles wiz Be Printed IN
the Order Received.
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via eanxjouelyl-ls ny husband
vky ~ opoeee9 d. 0tickum-0h. no:
only obo1e o1oo WeesAs-DDeAaAgA.
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

as to what theirs was. Very soon I
knew
When the sun was about an hour
high the chief called together a number
Of the older men and they held long
conference concerning me. At last one
approached and addressed nc IN ! Span
sh patois. asking me about the troops
OF Gen Flores and where they were
moving. When / replied in Spanish
/ noticed The listeners exchanging
glanccs. told them who / Was, what
| was doing in the country and that
| know nothing about the federal troops
When | said this the chief laughed at
me and thrust in my face the papers
had cot from the Mexican consul in
Belize, The chief could not read the
papers which nc had found IN my be-
longings, nor could any OF his hand,
but on the envelope was blazoned the
Mexican crest and colorS and on the
papers was the Mcxican seal ] saw
| thlt | was convicted by circumstantial
evidence Of having something to do with
| the Mexican government Nothing
could say seemed TO change this opinion
among them and at last the chief or
dcred me taken away supposed 1t
was 10 be machetcd az once and pulled
my nerves together for the finish. little
dreaming that something far more cruel
was in his mind They carried me down
little decline and there was the en-
trance of a oerote or water hole and
down this | was taken on the rude lad
der that afforded me2ns OF descent.
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ing underground any longer than is ab
solutcly necessary, so IN i few minutes
] was left alone though ! knew that
there must be guard mounted at the
entrance of tho ocnotc
resolved to make 4 desperate strue
gle for my life and without further
ado threw off my bonds and began to
rcconnoiter my position. To my delight.
found that while my food boxes had
been taken there was a selected case
Of canned goods i'll plain tins that the
Indians had left with my instruments.
They did rot know they contained food.
A brilliant idea came TO ne
The Mdycs mmsf haze nc 7ccier from
the eenote ard could kceP them from
~
had my Luger pistol, more than
two hundred rounds OF ammunition
and the Mayas could descend only one
At time. had food, water, shelter
and could stand three weeks seigc
| could drive them TO seek another
source Of water supply. If there was
one close. I was done, for they could
keep me imprisoned until my supplies
should be exhausted and keep them,
selves supplied with water from the
other water hole If there was none
nearer than several miles they would
hardly try to supply a garrison at The
mouth OF the hole with water brought
from such 4 distance.
Nv gratitude over having brought my
Luser with me and having had il over
looked when was captured was e%-
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l did not have long to sit idle Some
ono was coming down the ladder and
| waited until the view was complete
Two of the men of the band appeared
with some freshly cut stakes and some
thongs. They 1Vere coming 10 take nc
aud stake Nc ont ! waited until they
stood side by side on the first landing
looking down in the dark and then
Crack Crack
The one fell silently, killed Instantly
and the other screamed like wounded
panther as he came down, but the fall
finished him.
Instantly there was great excitement
above and IN another moment or two /
could hear all the voices stillcd They
had formulated some quick plan. II
was an attempt to rush me. a hail
dozen OF the most agile came down, one
after the Other, as rapidly as they could
descend. One slipped and fell and
dropped the leader before he reached
the first landing The second, though |
Dut two OF the BIC steel ilcletcd bullets
in him. clung to the ladder and blocked
the descent OF the others They made
an effort TO turn and ascend but be
fore they got out | had wounded two OF
them badly
That IS not nice work I have seen
and participated in my share of blood
she'd in battle and in the outlauds, but
relate this mankilliug incident with any
thing but boastful spirit
The desperate situation in which they
were, they must now have realized. Ev-
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saw the reason. A heap Of rank green
had been thrown on it 4 fame burst
through for moment and by its light
saw forty or fifty able bodied MayaS
almost nude taking possession Of me
and my outfit Nowhere could | sec
Jose. was so trussed up that part
of my own hammock gagged me and
though my Luger pistol was pressed
close against my stomach by the ham
mock | could not move 10 get hold Of
It The band had stolen on us in the
night and darkcncd our fire. then cf-
fectcd an easy capture OF everything ex-
ccpt Jose. it appeared The whole mat
ter puzzled me completely as | had not
supposed there were any dangerous ma
tlycS III that region and travellers arc
rarely attacked for purpose of robbery.
So far as Jose was concerned | supposed
that he had been awakened by the ap-
Proach OF the band and had been able
10 escape into the jungle after trying
TO alarm me by shouting
Whatever the situation was. as soon as
they had loaded up the burros and
had collected everything pertaining to
the outfit, the young chief ordered me
seated sideways on I burro and We set
TO the east They were evidently en-
urely familiar with modern FIRE arms
for my gun case seemed 10 please then,
greatly. ! noticed that two OF then
number seemed to have been wounded
One showed an unmistakablc gun-sho'
wound IN the shoulder half healed ant
another had his head bound up. Some
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crything was absolutely quiet till the
hole grew dark and | knew IT was
night | moved over to a point where
| could see the stars through the aper-
ture and once a man appeared as if 10
make descent, My bullet that few
past him must have deferred them from
any such attempts.
In those tense quiet hours with every
nerve strained I had abundant time to
think clearly. / realized that | must
dispose Of tho dead bodies and there
was but one way that / could do 1t,
They must 90 down the stream. | ex-
plored the exit of the stream and saw
that there was no reason why they
should not float away if bouycd up so
as to be just half submerged II they
hoated fully on the top of the water
they would catch on the top of the
natural conduit and if they went lower
they would ground and sink BY plas-
teriug the nostris and mouths with clay
| closed the apertures that would admit
water and after a little experimenting
with weighing with stones ] set the
weird, ghastly craft on their dark jour
ney into the bowels OF the earth,
The thing that smote my heart with a
chill was the knowledge that there was
one fatal weakness in my position.
There 5OdS no one 10 stand guard for nc
,V6iic I slept aud sooner or later MAST
sleep.
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gathered that had fallen into the
hands of 4 band of Maya rebels and
my heart sank within me
My fears were not lssuagcd by the
behavior Of young man obviously the
brother Of the chief Of the band He
was anxious to display himself in some
way and taking an old well-worn henc-
quen knife, whcttcd to razorlikc keen
ness. he approached me and with dcft
swings and cuts Topped off all the pro
truding ends Of cord, etc. that he could
without looSeuing me. He trimmed me
as neatly as he would 4 bough and
then amused himself by seeing how
close he could swing the blade to my
nose without touching it.
The women and children and nearly
all of the men went back to bed soon
and nature SO asserted herself that L
too, dropped into dozc and did moi
waken tll dawn. Then | discovered
something else that pleased me great
ly In trimming me down, the young
Maya had cut off too much from cnt
of the principal knots and whenever
chose ] could separate ii by filling on
my chest
They appeared to have but a small
supply of food and the signs of NOR,
wounded stretched in an outdoor hos
pital under the trees convinced me tina
they had been hard pressed by govern
mcnt troops at no late date and had re
treated into the fastncsseS of the forest
For two days we had been living on ou
carried water supply and | was curlou
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17
Overcome by Sleep.

The remainder OF the night and the
whole of the second day passed and
the only thing that kept me aware that
the camp had not moved 10 another
water supply was the sound OF voices
10 be heard now and then. That third
night however, there was absolute
silence and | hope l may never be
called upon TO endure the torture that
passed through fighting off the slow
approach of slumber | do not recall
the morning of the fourth day clearly
but | must have fallen asleep, so pro-
foundl, asleep that it did not disturb
me when they came down the ladder.
picked me up. bound hand and foot, and
carried me out. The first thing | recall
is feeling sharp blow in the face. The
widow OF one of the men I had killed
had stamped me in the face with her
naked foot
| knew that the struggle was all over,
that had played the game and lost
through my own weakness and | went
back to sleep, strange as it may seem.
When | awoke there was a terrible
sense of oppression that was the dom
inant thing in my sensations and | felt
as though were dried and baked while
terrible pains shot through my chest and
back, the pans of vast WEAKNESS.
realized that | was gasping for breath.
and | opened my eyes shocked into a
realization of my terrible plight
Those hendS had carried out their in
tentions Of stalking me out They had
waited until the sun was declining and
then had stretched me out on the naked
top OF hill, my arms and legs spread
out and my wrists and ankles tied TO
stakes driven in the ground. The dry
thongs cut deep into my flesh. Tins
was not the worst thing they had done,
however. With care they had selected
stone somewhat larger than my two
fists and had laid IT on my chest. 1t
was not heavy load but each time |
breathcd rs I must breathe when lying
flat on my back. my respiratory muscles
must lift that stone and sooner or later
the extra effort would tire them 10 the
point of exhaustion ! shuddcred with
horror when | realized that at last the
muscles would refuse to act at all and
with my mouth and nostrils gaping for
breath | should smother because | could
not take in the free air
Already | was suffering terribly from
ne StTlln on my breathing IullCtlois-
had slept enough that | had regained
my mental faculties and ] watched the
rising and falling load on my chest
wondering just how many hours 1t
would be I'LL / could raise II no longer.
All around me on the brush and wheel
ing in the air above were the horrible
vultures. Stalking out is an old and
familiar method OF execution among the
Indians of tho sub-tropic and doubtless
thc vulturcs knew full we'll when they
saw my executioners placing me on the
hill top that in little while there would
be a good meal for them.
The coming OF night was some relief
and found that by using my dia-
phragn | could rest my intercoStal mus
cles to some extent knew ] was
merely prolonging my agony but some
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17
Walked by a Native Dog.

One night shortly after we had camp
cd. heard a scuttling noise in the un-
dcrgrowth, but supposed 1t was only
some snake or armadillo travelling
around our FIRE and paid no further
heed till Jose touched me on the shoul-
der and | turned my head TO look where
lie was pointing Standing IN the grass
up to his eyes. looking at us in our ham
mocks. was what was unmistakably \
dog Very soon he began 10 bark and
all doubts about him vanished He was
/ typical native dog What could nc
be doing there in the forest? Jose sur
missed that VIC were near some remote
Maya village but that did not seem pos
sible 10 me and so We went to sleep.
Sometime in the night I felt some
shing tightening around my arms and
shoulders and endcavored to spring
from nv hammock | was bound fast
i'm it. Then I heard wild yell from
lose II was so dark that my observa-
tions were all confused. Why was there
no light from the fire? Suddenly
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

of them were armed with old style
rifles and some with pistols. but all had
great hooked hcuequen knives. weapons
that are terri6cly effective in the hands
OF men trained to use them The quiet
deliberate manner in which they had
gone about the capture and their silence
were in marked contrast with many
other native raids which | have WIT
messed or known OF.
After perhaps an hour of travel
through tho forest | began to hear
voices on ahead OF us and the barking
Of dogs Then I caught sight Of some
naring torches and in i few minutes
| was stood on my feet against tree
and found myself confronting the en-
tire band men, women and children,
numbering about two hundred All OF
the able bodied men had gone 10 effect
my capture. Outside OF great volume
of chatter and much curiosity as to my
clothes and my outfit there was no
marked demonstration among them
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17
Imprisoned in the Underground Cave.

Perhaps it is rs well that | should
explain the nature OF ocnotc In the
region IN which l had penetrated begin
the great underground rivers of Yuca-
tan. There seems to he a highly porous
layer Of soil from ten to 4 thousand
feet in thickness through which the
water sinks so rapidly that 1t forms in
no pools or streams on the surface.
Underneath, however. is a clay and
stone bed and on this the streams form
under ground and run away under the
earth only the great Creator that made
them knows where. All over the region
are spots where the earth has fallen
IN leaving a hole with running water
al the bottom and IN some places there
are winding caves hundreds of feet deep
For countless centuries the natives have
descended to the water by rude wooden
| ladders 1t was in one OF these caves,
room about sixty feet across that |
found myself / could see up to the
entrance of the hole not over seventy
feet above me On one side the dark
stream ran slowly and on the other was
sort Of sand and gravel bank Super
stition prevents an Indian from remain
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

how in all the close corners in which !
have ever been hope has not entirely
died within me at any time After what
seemed years, dawn came, and then the
sun rose and It began 10 grow warmer.
All feeling was gone from my feet and
hands save that they were big centers
of throbbing pain. AS the pitilcss sun
mounted the arc and its rays fell full
on me l realized that ! could not hope
to last much longer. The vulturcs ap-
pcarcd to be well aware OF this fact
and constantly hovered nearer. r
found myself wondering if they would
treat me as ! had seen others treated,
lips ripped off and eyes dug out before
any other part OF the body was touched.
1t was approaching the rainy season
but the first great storm had not yet
come, though clouds gathered every day
and how | prayed for a cloud TO rise
and shield me from that blasting. with
erng sunshine A perspiratIon that
Spraug out made breathing easier and |
realized that were IT not for the sun
| might even have lasted the day out
but gradually my senses began to go. the
whole scene became one rolling, tossing
phantaSmagoria of terrible shapes aud
men and things in awful pam ! was
| aware that | was raising my head and
| trying to bite the stone lying on my
chest then | began to forget and thor
| oughly aware that the end was AT hand,
| | lost consciousness III the act of study
ing and observing my own mental pro
ccsscs III SO doing Ono thought was to
| try to perceive the moment when my
soul left my body I was eager for that
| mental experience.
What did happen though was that
came sharply TO myself again, feeling
beating wings in my face, feeling that
awful weight slipping from my chest
up under my chm. a great vulture
was just rising away from me Ny
face was bleeding where his bcak had
struck my check There was great cx-
ctement among the others In alight-
ing nc had perched on the stone on my
chest. had struck me and as / started
or moved he had attempted to rise
giving the stone a push with his feet
that displaced it With a little shaking
of my head I got it of entirely and
slowly my natural breathing began TO
supervene. The sky was clouding now
and in little while l dropped into \
deep sleep.
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Captured by Maya Rebels.

BY the light Of The torches ] could
make out that We were in a clearing IN
which two ruined buildings of one OF
the old towns stood and that the band
arpcared TO be campcd in the buildings.
| saw a large number OF other wounded
men and ono OF the fellows who was
guarding me wore a part Of the outfit
az Mexican regionalc and carried a
hne Mauscr rife. From all OF this
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tremc. I am very fond of it at any
rate, and though an indifferent pis!ol
shot / knew from shooting game with
it that / could expect results nearly the
same as from a rife, as modern maga-
zinc pistol of the Lugcr type IS so
balanced that even the most Indifferent
shot will score well made up my
mind 10 make every one of the nine
shots in each magazine charge count
for one of the bronzcd devils that had
trapped me,
The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-17

When the bottom OF the cave was
reached beside the underground stream
found all my traps except the guns
and ammunition and the food boxes all
ready hcapcd up there and | was laid
on the sand beside them.
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FEW weeks ago
as I was sailing
from Southamp-
ton ] stood at
the ships rail
just as we were
getting out into
the stream and
on the dock, see
ing some friends
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-05-17
MANS THREE DUTIES.
A Good Husband, Good Father and
a Good Neiohbor.

A Good Husband, Good Father and
a Good Neishbor.
have made code for my own guild
ance which may interest you. / hold
that a mans first duty is to be good
husband, which implies, of course. that
he ought to marry and then make his
wife believe, if he can, that she has
been the most fortunate of women.
1t isn't easy--but, my, how it paysl
He must be lover, husband, son and
even father by turns and occasionally
just nobody-he must get clear of the
earth. But when he comes back
A mans second duty is to be good
father, which implies, of course, that
he ought to have children-adopted, If
necessary. He ought to be to them
the standard by which all other men
are measured and found wanting, be-
cause he is their daddy and they love
him.
A mans third duty is to be a good
neighbor, to carry his snare, no matter
how small or how great it may be. OF
the community's worthy enterprises.
to share the sorrows and the joys Of
those around him, to make his home
a real asset to his community.
After a man has done these three
things, If he has time and means and
strength, he can and should think In
wider circles. But the man who does
these three well is doing more than II
he contributed millions and neglected
these three The man who neglects
his wife or his children or his neigh
bors, no matter what other apparently
great things ne may have done, will
hear GabriePs trumpet very family II
at all on the morning of the great day.
-Erman j. Ridgway in Delineator.
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lifted out of the conditions of sin and
death. Then will come the time men
toned in our text, The Hereafter for
the world. How joyful is the mes
sage, There shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying. nor dying:
for the former things have passed
away" All, how different is Gods
proposition Of a general uplift of the
worthy and their assistance back to
perfection-to all that was lost in
Adam How different is this from the
doctrines of demons" which have
perplexed US, which have divided
the Church of Christ into numberless
sects and parties, and which have al
most driven us from Christ and the
Bible.
Life, Not Immortality.
Thus we see that Gods provision in
Christ for mankind is that each indi-
vidual member of our race may yet, If
he will, attain to everlasting life
through the merit of Christ's sacrifice,
and through the operation of his King
lost in Adam and redeemed at Cal
vary; namely, human perfection and
Edenic blessedness. But additionally,
note the blessings which God has pro-
vided for the Church-a spiritual bless
ing, change of nature These are
called out now from amongst men.
that they might be a kind of first
fruits unto God of his creatures"
Games i. 18. These are to be royal
priesthood" associated with Christ.
now in the priestly work of sacrificing.
presenting their bodies living sacri-
fees, holy and acceptable to God.
which is their reasonable service And
when the sacrificing shall be finished.
they are to be Joined with Christ in
the glories Of his Kingdom. and share
with him in the work of blessing man
kind. These are the "elect" who, In
Gods providence, shall by and by up
lift and bless the non-elect. These are
the ones to whom will come the prom
ised "glory, honor and Immortality"
Our Redeemer brought to light, life
eternal Tor the world, and he also
brought to light Immortality for the
Church.
Let US then be glad and rejoice in
the Thereafter that God has provid-
ed, and let us search his Word more
diligently and more carefully than
ever. that we may know the things
which God has freely given to us.
Thus we may avail ourselves of our
present privileges and opportunities
and by and by hear the Masters "Well
done-enter thou into the joys of thy
Lord"
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Mh., N. Mil. kioks

mo man unless he is blind should
ever be kicked by a mule. There Is
no excuse for it. If kicked be is as
much to blame as the mule" said
mule raiser. "a mule never kicks
without first wagging his ears and
switching his TAIL" said the breeder.
"All you have to do is to keep your
eyes on his ears and tail. And wheL
he begins to wag his ears or switch his
tail then it IS time to dodge. And II
you dodge quickly you will never be
touched. "-Kansas City Journal.
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ION Transportation Co.. Lessees
0ofnhar INN

''f' Stops only on signal or notice to Agent
or conductor to receive or discharge passen-
gers.
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A Cold Bite.

''You were twenty miles from the
north pole and starvingP exclaimed
the credulous housewife. "And how
did you save yourselfT
why, num-" responded Frigi4
Fred as he wiped away tear, ''in me
starving moments remembered de
Eskimo dogs. Pushing out through
the snow, twisted one of der tails,
an den-an' dem
"And then what, my poor manT
81 got a cold bite. Chicago News.