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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02
riorie Blair.

iJOiiC oioh'
was she?" he demanded. |
sister,"
g. Blair was very pale, but her
were steady and her voice under
ltrol as she answered:
al do not know"
you must know! Don't torture
me! I'm in a rat trap"
I'm sorry" she said gently, that l
can't help you. But l do not know"
you then" The Star-master turned
upon Kent. What am l up against?
How did you find me?"
Thrusting his hand in his pocket
the scientist brought out little patch
of black cloth, with single star skill
fully embroidered on it.
wild blackberry has long thorns
and sharp" he said You left this
latter on Hawkill Cliffs"
At the name, the mans chin muscle
throbbed with his effort to hold his
teeth steady against chattering.
"At first | suspected an army officer.
When found that the cloth was below
grade, the only other starred profes-
sion / could think of was astrology.
AS the highest class astrologer now
advertising, you seemed likely to be
the man. When l found, first, that
you were out of town on July fifth,
and just now, by a somewhat rough
experiment, that you had suffered a
wound of the right wrist, was GER
tain"
What do you want?"
"a fair exchange, My name is
Chester Kent
The Star-master's chin worked con-
vulsively. "The Kent that broke up
the Coordinated Spiritism Circle?"
Yes"
ITS i'll bargaining with the devil"
observed Preston Jax grimly. whats
the exchange?"
81 do not believe that you are guilty
of murder Tell me the whole story,
plainly and straight, and I'll clear you
in so far as 1 can believe you limo
cent"
For the first time the seer's chin
i was at peace.
you want me to begin with this
lady's necklace?"
j why, yes. But after that, begin
at the beginning"
Y 1.-THE topazes are cached under a
rock near the cliff. l couldn't direct
you, but could show you"
I'm time you shall One moment.
IS you realize, you are under presump-
Jon of murder Do you know the
entity of the victim?"
rOf Astraea? That's all kl .ow about
r. l don't even know her last name
NWhy Astraea?"
That's the way she signed herself
seemed to think knew all abou
* SAwithout being told"
w, / you played up to that belief?
cot course did"
naturally would. But
se to write to, HOY
ietters?"
rtisement:
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02
1.-THE SECRE
LONE
CONTINUED fro

gets on ones nerve
"Sh-h-h-h!" repro
silence Is the fifth
higher stellar my
your life is a pathw'
ness and grief. Loss
comet, has crossed
ness, like the soft
heamed upon it, and
in fuller effulgence.'
With beautifully m
tons he proceeded, y
visitors regarded him
reverence, and the otl
patience-but unimprei
tor felt, by his gifts.
by deep-toned gradatlo
The ray winked out.
man spoke.
us it possible for youl
me to an object which
Nothing is hidden FRI
declared their master.
ance shines not alone vi
expanses of existence,
the smallest crevices of II
Jewels, MADAME (Kent
much out, as If by accl
mornings conversational i
Yes"
your birth stone is the
Unhappy, indeed, would
if you lost one of those
was fishing and came for
her, almost brushing Ken
But 1 say,'N cried Kent
Iy uncomfortable agitatio
stars tell you that she h
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02

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Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Collie, .Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-07-02

you. ~
Have youSS
Only the last on
"Bring4it to me.p
N obediently as an intimidssA,
the astrologer left the room
returning with plain sheet
with handwriting on one side ,ape
VINO, VINO almost never made a ~ .n'
| naq forgotten in his absorption h e
matter OF the document, the pfesE ue
e even the existence Of Marjorie Al -
he was recalled to himself. VII
/. shock, as he felt her shoulder to,&
n , lnvoluntarily he whirled n
: sheet behind him.
q Let e me see the rest Of IL please /,
she said calmly enough.
Ike Kent nodded. with droopips hs.a
and chin atwitch. the Master ], s s,es's
s'ood studying them. while they :
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e, is that how you
is he caught at the
the right one, and
altering in the am
gown, pressed ner-
rrist. Preston Jax
he excited vapidity
speech at once.
ID this lady has
uietly, ARE q set
rs. l thought-in
could, with or
r stars, help her
I'd impenetrable,
There was q
OF drapery, as
hing along the
Is voice the
e arrested, |
this place
rge?" came
darkness,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
TRACES SOURCE OF CRIME
Or. Goddard Of vinsland, Attributes
Evil and I%ntoxication to
Feeble Minds,

Mount. Holly.-That rs per cent. OF
tha. people. who become intoxicated
are feeblemtnded and would be class.
ID among degenerates by scientific
tests, was the. declaration of DR.. Henry
G. Goddard. director Of research OF
the Xtnelsnd training school, who ad.
dressed q Burlington county audience
on. the problem of The Pineys."
Drnnkanaes and the social evil, he az.
Serted q never be curbed until the
problem 10 attacked from the stand.
point OF feeble.mindedness. Philadel.
pills. in Ito vice crusade, he said. faces
exactly. the same, problem that New
Jersey dnds. most strongly intrench.
ed In it, pine belt.
ITO call this the P1ney problem Ia
q mlsnomer," said DR.. Goddard. I'VE
haTs made the recent research in the
Burlington county pines merely be-
cause that section seemed to afford
the. best opportunity to investigation.
The problem ia not confined to Bur.
ltnEton county, for 1t IL found in
every country of every state in the
Un1on. It makes no difference what
phase. OF the problem of vice. drunk.
enness paupertsm Or crime, that We
attack, We find feeble-minded in some
form II the contributing cause"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
TIME TO THINK OF RABIES
This season ~ Bad, II Not Worse,
Than During the Hot pays Of July
and August.

A few cases Of rabies have been
reported in various parts Of tho coun.
try. and it may be we'll to recall that
this 10 the season OF the year when.
the disease 10 most likely to occu.
and has been most often Seen. Chill.
dren should be carefully kept from
contact with stray dogs at this time.
and pet animals guarded in the same
way. The carrier Of the disease Ia
practically always 4 strange animal
that has wandered from a distance.
There is no need for alarm, how.
ever. for but few cases of the disease
occur and there 10 comparatively lit
tie danger. II smaller towns par.
ticularly could get rid Of the owner.
less animals which are not properly
cared for there would be very little
r1sk from the action.
The occurrences Of cases now may
serve a. q reminder. however, that
in spite of the term dog days"-ap,
piled to July and early August, and
often taken to mean that dogs are
more likely to 60 mad at that time
than any other--rabies occur least ire.
Quently during these two months. II
this IL borne in mind a number Of ami,
mails suffering from thirst will be
saved from falling under suspicion OF
having rabies In the hot weather and
from being treated so as to increase
their suffering.-New York Herald.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
TIME GIVEN LANGUAGE STUDY
English and French 10 Thoroughly
Taught In the Lower Public
Schools Of Germany.

The Germans are famous for the1.
thorough mastery of languages. The
university graduates are expected to
converse In Latin and to read Greek
authors at sight. Even the pupils
whose education has been confined to
the public schools can generally use
French and English In common con.
%versation without difficulty. The 80.
cret of this mastery, which Is 80 I'm.
usual in this country. is the thorough.
ness of the study required.
An American delegate to an educa-
tional conference abroad last summer
found a class Of girls nine years old
busy with two French verbs, and US.
ing them in all varieties Of form In
translating from German into French.
In a class ten years old they were
using all the regular verbs and the
common parts of speech in the same
way. analysing. constructing and CIV.
Ing the rules In French.
At eleven years they were using the
irregular verbs, memor1zing French
poems. writing compositions in
French, and all the conversation OF
the classroom was in French. From
this they pass to the higher French
literature. thinking and talking wholly
in French. A similar course Is pur
sued in English.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
ELECTRIC SHOCK NOT FATAL
John Bancroft, Before coroner's Jury,
Allows. 40 Volts to Pass
Through Body.

Wilmington. Del.-To demonstrate
to . coroners jury that 10 volts of
electricity r not sufficient to kill q
man, John Bancroft, wealthy vice.
president Of the Joseph Bancroft &
Soma company. permitted that guam.
tity, Of electricity to pass through his
body in full view of the jury and did
not SO much 90 wink.
The case in progress was that of
William Stewart. q youth, who was
slsctrocutsd in the Bancroft com.
Dany's plant q week ago.
He was holding an electric light
globe on an extension corn when he
vas killed. The same light and cord
we're produced and attached to .
socket and MI. Bancroft. after the fix.
turs, had been taken apart, formed q
circuit and let the 10 volts pass
through his body. Experts testi.
aed. 1t 10 an everyday occurrence for
electrical workers to receive $50 volts
without Ill effect. Two physicians
testified that Stewart died from
electric shock. despite the testimony
Of the experts and Mr.. Bancroft's exhi.
bitten. and the jury returned q verdict
to the effect that Stewards death vas
caused by an electrical shock.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
PAYS BILL AFTER IS YEARS
Western Man Teils Why He Sent -
For Board to Son Of q Woman
Long Dead.

Pittsburgh. PA board bill, thirty
five years overdue. owed to 4 woman
long dead. has been paid to her son,
Edward McCutcheon. superintendent
Of buildings Of Washington county.
Mr.. McCutcheon refuses to divulee
the name Of the former boarder, now
living in a western city. who made
restitution Of 81. but gave out tho fol-
lowing letter:
Enclosed IL 81. which l have owed
your mother for board about thirty
five years. circumstances which l
thought or felt l could not control pro
vented my paying it when 1t should
have been paid. Then l forgot about
1t. Again conscience would chids. SO
now l have secured your address and
trust it may reach you. OF course,
you will not remember me. for you
were only a child when l was with
your mother. My name was --.
Kindly let me hear from you"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
LOSES FOOT TO SAVE BABY
Tot snatehed From Danger by lts
Mother While Wouid-ee Rescusr
10 Run Down.

Minneapolis.-A baby was snatched
from under the wheels Of q Milwau-
kee passenger train. and as a result
Of the incident w. ]. Morrison, q
brakeman. is in a hospital seriously In.
jured.
Morrison's right foot was cut OF
when he tried to save the life Of Elsie
Harvey. three-years-old daughter of
Mrs. c. e. Harvey Of Chicago. The
baby had crept In front Of the train
east bound, which was leaving the sts-
ton. Morrison leaped in front OF
the moving engine. but the mother
had grasped the baby before he could
reach her. He tried to stop. slipped
and fell directly under the pilot.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
Ripping story. Old Chap!


Sir Donald Mann, of the Canadian
parliament. is stopping at a local hotel.
"The other day" said Sir Donald,
II witnessed a funny scene in a re-
freshment room of the Canadian Pa
c1tlc station In Montreal. An English.
man vas sitting at one of the large
tables. and next to him a man who
seemed to belong to the humber walks
Of life.
"'Please pass me those potatoes
said the man to the elegant gentle
a The latter slowly focused his
eyeglass on the speaker and haughtily
asked. Did you think l was one OF the
walters" I expected to see our poor
friend shrivel up, but he turned and
beckoned to a waiter:
George. onle here, please
What is it. sir?' asked George.
"I want to apologize to you. You
see, ! mistook this party for you, but
l hope you won't be offended at 1t.
And now pass me those potatoes
That's what you call a boomerang.
eh. what?" laughed Sir Donald.-New
York Press.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
MAD CR0EsUs DY|NG|
Eooontno New York Yaohtsmas
Was Generous 0Ner.
heemst Of Magnificent VESSEL keps
HE Msti Paid Crew In Cootin-
vai Turmoil-Rsady 70 Sail
But Mover Starred.

New York. N. Y.--The weird oareel
Of Ao1vers Bayard Brown IL DRAWING
to q close. He IL an eccentric million.
Airs New Yorker. who for twenty-foul
years has led = g%rotesQue existence
aboard his magnificent yacht, the Val.
freya, anchored In BrightlingseA har
Dor, The doctors say he IL critically
III and likely to die. says on London
correspondent Of the New York Eve.
ming World.
The squirt gun. with which he glee.
fully shot 10y water into the ears OF
sleeping sailors. the thick sticks with
which he belAbored long suffering
memhars Of the crew and the iron po'
ker with which he has long delighted
to thump the second engineer have ali
been laid aside.
The begsars who for years have
gone out In boats to the Valfreya and
wheedled money from her strange
owner with tales Of imaginary ares In
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
WHY womEN PREDOMINANT
Weaker Sex Possess Greater Power
Than Men In Shaking Attaeks.
Of Disease.

London.-The fact that In almost
all civilized countries women outuum,
Der men has been ascribed to the high,
er birth rate of girl babies: yet stats
tics show that 105 boys are born to
every 100 girls. According to figures
compiled by an European statlst1ctan.
the girl has a better chance than the
boy Of attaining her maturity.
He finds that from the third to the
fifteenth year the mortality for both
sexes is the same; from the fifteenth
to the nineteenth year. the critical age
for girls. the girls chances are slight,
ly better than the boys: from the thir.
tieth to the thirty-ffth year the NOR
tally among women IL smaller than
among men, and it continues smaller
until the seventeen year. Then for .
decade and q half the sexes once more
have the same chance Of survival. but
about eishty-fvs years OF age woman
again stands q better chance than
To account for this difference. the
stat1sticlsn points out that woman las
greater residence in shaking on DIS
ease than man. 1t 10 true that the
physical strength Of man ID greater
than woman's. but q woman's power Of
endurance is more robust.
One reason for this 10 that woman
possesses a finer perception Of her
power Of endurance than q man. and
when her perception warns her Of H.
tigue she stops. A man does not stop
until his power IL exhausted. His
nervous system is not a. finely organ
lied as a woman's. and. ~ Masso. the
Italian psychologist. has pointed out.
men and ONE are entirely dspsn'
dent on their nerves for caution not
to ~overexert. While 1t Ia true that WON.
en- more easily contract many dis
eases. particularly nervous and mental
diseases. than men. they overcome
them more easily.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
Russian Operations.

The number of Russian superstitions
10 legion, but some Of them are not
without symbolic beauty. A mans
wedding ring ia of gold. but Ia made to
At the wtfe's finger. A woman's wed.
ding ring is Of silver and is made to
ut the husbands finger. The signif.
canoe of this peculiar custom 10 az fol.
lows:
The gold ring should signify to the
wife that Ivan %Ivanovitch 10 the sun
Of her future home. Hers Ia q silver
ring because. like the moon. she 10
supposed to receive her brtlliancy
from the husband-the sun.
At the wedding ceremony the rings
are exchanged. the woman receiving
the gold ring. the husband tbs silver
one. TO signify complete accord Of hus-
Aand and wits.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11

their homes, the death of children
that eve existed and the untimely
demise Of cows and horses that had
no existence save in fancy, are now
forbidden to board the yacht.
Brightlingsea Is Respondent over
the prospect of losing the odd char.
aetsr who has been free with his
money, after a wildly capricous fash
Ion, for more than two decades.
T~wenty-four years ago the Valfreya,
then spick and span and new, an.
chored In the mouth Of the Colne, a
little river empty1ng into the sea, at
the Essex coast. A new master from
Brtghtlingsea was hired with the un-
d~erstand1ng that he must be forever
ready to set sail at once. though, he
was told. 1t was hardly likely that the
anchor ever would be lifted again. At
first a crew Of forty-three men was
kept aboard the yacht. Now only half
q dozen are there. The yacht is
crusted inches thick with barnacles
today.
The master has prospered. He owns
three tugboats and houses In the
town. But those who know Mr..
Browns p~eculiarities say he has
earned the money.
Word long ago reached Brightling-
sea that the yacht owners father was
the late Alexander speers Brown, 4
very wealthy New Yorker, and that
he was a grandson Of the late Robert
Bayard. 1t was said his cousins. w.
Bayard Cutting and R. Fulton Cutting
OF New York, managed his estate in
America, sending him the income,
which he spent or gave away on the
Valfreya.
He paid his sailors unheard of
prices. with the stipulation that they
should never complain of treatment
received. He got great fun out Of catch
Ing men alone and unawares and beat
Ing them with sticks. At other times
he would invite the whole crew to
drink ale with him and. after the
draught had been disposed of, would
fall to right and left. with his cudgel,
beating the men until. weary and
laughing. he would sink into a seat.
He particularly delighted to beat
second engineers with iron pokers.
These strange propensities ON his part
made 1t difficult to keep men aboard
the yacht despite the r1%diculously
high wages paid.
He also loved to empty buckets of
water on sailors as they slept and he
had q two-Quart syringe Of tin with
which he sQu1rted water into the ears
Of men slumbering soundly in their
hunks.
Sometimes eli night long he would
prance about tho decks on all tours
msw1ng like q cat. For q period he
imagined he and the ship had been
surchargsd with electricity and at an.
sther time had the hallucination that
blue devils" had stolen his lungs,
On soms occasions no would admit
beggars who came in boats, but az
often a. otherwise would stand at the
rail aud pelt those In the boats with
potatoes and oabbages. beratlng them
With his tongue meanwhile.
He gave parks to several towns on
the Essex coast and also has long
maintained several libraries.
Mr.. Brown IL q powerfully built
man with . jat black beard and fierce
oountenance. He Ia known to the
Brighton folks as q woman hater.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
BABY GIRAFFE is sPuRNED
Mother Refuses to havs Anything to
Do With Younss$sr Born In
London Zoo.
London.-Ths baby giraffe 1T the
goo il still refused reoognitton by it,

London.-Ths baby giraffe Ut the
goo IL still refused recognition by it,
own mother.
Since the infant was. born . few
days ago he has lived in the same In,
closure with 9 hsarlsas parent. whose
sole attention to her son has bssn 90;
occasional We have not been intro.
duced" sort Of look.
All the little things which . careful
mother Gtra6s teaches her young, such
% never to get ito neck tied in q
knot. and how to bend over the cage
bars and knock OF the hats Of passing
strangers. are Withhold by this uunat.
ural giraffe.
Not only does. the mother gtrans
refuse to feed her baby: she refuses
to let any one else do IT. When the
keeper comes to the. Gags with Z bot.
tic OF warm milk the mother tries to
upset the bottle.
/. But the baby 10 thriving well on the
bottle. and maintains 4 steady neck
growth of two inches per day. 1t
will be weeks yet. however. befare he
can reach the second story manager
where his mothsr keeps her best
hay.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
HERRING DIE IN FROZEN DAY
Over Two TrIiIon Of Them Are ceuaht
BY q Sudden FrssxsUp Ia
Alaskan Waters.

Klawack Bay. Alaska.-Probably the
greatest fish killing ever known took
place here on Prince OF Wales island
a short time ago. when at one stroke
1t is estimated that 1000. 600. DOC, 900
good sized herring lost their lives.
Capt. Simon Brounn and the Of
flcers of the steamship Northland had
the remarkable experience of navigat.
ing their vessel through miles of the
dead fish.
For three days the bay had been full
Of schools of herring SO dense that dsh
were often thrown out of the water.
A day before the Northland arrived
a sudden freeze caught the herring
in the narrow necked harbor before
they could escape.
The freeze came with great sudden
ness, and about six inches of ice form
ed on the harbor. Millions OF the her
hing could be seen fighting for Z last
desperate chance Of getting out Of the
Enclosed water before frozen.
When Captain Brunn arrived with
the Northland the tide had recedsd.
and for 20 to 80 feet on the beach. and
for several hundred feet out into the
water for three miles around the har-
Dor lay the frozen Ash. Measurements
were made. and 1t was found that the
herring lay tightly packer for an aver.
age of three feet.
The greatest chance In the world
for obtaining fresh fsh without .
bit Of work was lost. Tho cAnnery
people took all they could, but the
N%orthland was not equipped to carry
them. The fear now Ia that An cpl
demic Of disease may break out follow
Ing the decay of the dead fish.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
Drew the Line on tn. Tariff.


This story was current during the
first Cleveland campaign in 1884. 1t
was then related that a gentleman,
long distinguished as a law.ab1d1ng
citizen. found himself one morning ar
raigned in court upon q charge of hav.
ing assaulted an old friend Of his. who
had been his guest.
In defense. he pied justification. say.
ing: Judge. this man, my accuser. was
an old friend OF mine and q guest in
my house. One night at dinner. he at.
tempted surreptitiously to steal the
spoons, but I overlooked 1t because
he was my guest and friend. The
next night. in my absence. he attempt
ed to kiss my wife, and again I fore
bore. being restrained by the laws of
hospitality; but the third night he got
me in a corner. button.holed me and
proceeded to discuss the tariff with
me. l knocked him down and I claim
va justified in doing it."-Cotton
and Finance.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1913-09-11
"wILD" CATS KILL soNGsTERs
Wealthy Restdents OF. New ReehslIs
Park, NJ. y, Alarmed by Acts Of
FOIinOo.>

New York.-Ths wealthy residents
ct Rochelle Park, New Rochelle, have
become alarmed ovsr the dsprsdations
Of q band Of wild cats that ia making
raids on pantr1es and ssongbirds OF
the park. The cats attack thoss who
chase them. &,
Most Of the robins and thrushas ana
the squirrels have bssn killed and
eaten by the cats. Among the cats
are valuable angoras ana psrsians.
They have coloniEsd In out-bu1ld-
inks Of the old home OF Dr.. H.~C.
Bumpus. formerly curats.ot ths4Ansr.
lean Museum of Natural History OF
New York city, Ths. band has ~
CREASED. to more than 100.