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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-02-18
CHAPTER LxllI.
The EDGE of the World.


Hernandez crouched behind one OF
the huge earthen jars. The light that
streamed in at the caves mouth dark
ened suddenly, and huge figure crept
in. At first Hernandez thought this
was the pirate chief-but that fierce
fighter was lying far across the pit
with a bullet through his head. The
figure crept on farther-then Her
nandez saw.
1t was Ilington. Ilington was I'M
armed-his face was blood covered.
He was a figure fearful to behold.
Hernandez climbed the ladder in fear
full haste. Ilington saw him and fol-
lowed, caught him, tore from him Her
nandez' ever ready knife, and faced
him squarely.
Il swore to tear you apart with my
hands, cried Ilington beside himself
with rage, land I'm going to do it,"
1.-TWO can play at that" painted Her
nandez, come on"
Ilington came on-reckless of the
fact that he was fighting on the edge
of a precipice.
Far to the rear Annette plucked
Meals wrist
"Look-Iook," she cried, Hernandez
and my father-and the Portuguese
has knife"
She was not the only watcher. Be-
low on shore fresh boatload of ma
rines were landing. They had seen
the fight-they watched it now. Their
officer peered through his glasses.
Our friend the Portuguese" he
said, we've got to get him. and take
him back. The world needs one Her
nandez less"
Even as he spoke, Hernandez struck
with his knife and ripped open ling
tons arm.
With wild cry the fresh marines
scrambled up the cliff. Hernandez.
cool with GOODNESS of desperation, side
stepped, and lifting one foot, neatly
tripped his man.
Ilington fell heavily, with one arm
hanging over the precipice.
And then Hernandez looked--for the
first time he took note OF his surround
ings.
Behind him ranged Neal and his
squad, with fixed bayonets and with
death shining in their eyes. Below.
scrambling up the cliff were twenty
men, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Hernandez paused-his eyes mar
rowed. He was beaten and ne knew
it.
Hernandez rose to his full height.
Sorry gentlemen" he said, "but
you've never beat me yet and you can
not beat me now.'
He retreated pace or two, gave
a sudden run-and leaped far out over
the edge of the precipice.
Neal formed his men in line-they
were Joined by the squad that climbed
the cliff.
Forward, march," said Neal. An
nette and her father followed them.
Inside Of fifteen minutes the little
squad were scurrying about the inside
of the cave. They were plunging
their hands into the liquid metal and
letting it run through their fingers.
Some little island, this" they COM
mented.
1T took you boys to get it for u.s."
returned Ilington, without you, Lost
Island would have been lost forever.
and so would we'
He turned to Annette, Annette" he
said, this is yours-all yours. You
are princess-this is your kingdom"
He stretched wide his arms to include
all Lost Island. Your kingdom" he
repeated.
Annette looked at Neal. Neal
loked at Annette-then he rushed for
ward and caught her in his arms.
Annette glanced at the boys In blue.
And this-my king" she said.
THE END.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-02-18

49," said Hernandez, II have kept
my promise. The woman is yours
the treasure is mine 1t is bargain"
Then he uttered a sudden exclamation.
1T is not Inez," he cried, ''it is you
you little wildcat Of an Ilington. So
you have arrived. 1t is better So
better so"
TT is barter, eh?" he queried, you
the woman the jars of quicksilver. :"
The chief regarded him fercely.
You lie in your throat, stranger" he
exclaimed in cultural tones. Il cap
tured the woman-you kept her from
me. l took her by force-and have
waited long" He laughed loud-a de-
risive laugh. 81 took her by force.
have her. Yes, and you have our
treasure-after you, too, have waited
long-after you have taken it by force.
Ho, no."
Hernandez understood
He sprang at the pirate chief, strik-
ing at him frantically, and clutching
at Annette. trying to tear her from
him.
In a moment multitude of beasts
swarmed through the underbrush-
entered the arena of events.
CHAPTER Lxli.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-02-18
CHAPTER Xxi.

Cutthroats.
AS the keel of the Missouris launch |
grated against the sand, Annette |
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-02-18
CHAPTER LxIi.

Onslaught.
On the chiefs part 1t was a horri-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
GREENLAND's ICY MOUNTAINS

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
BY right of discovery the United States
has certain more or less defined terri
torial claims in northern Greenland The
regions are quite uninhabitable, and they
can be reached only by the most skill
full and intrepid explorers. They are of
no conceivable practical value. If they
have any worth at all it is sentimental,
and very thin at that. To note on the
cumpolar sea are marked in the Amer
lean color Casually pink may be pleas
ing to American pride, and may have
served as a kind Of monument to the
American discoveries.
Now it is stated that the United States,
in the recently signed Danish treaty,
relinquishes all her shadowy rights to
northern Greenland. There may be some
Americans who will resent the give-away.
There certainly will be many men, both
in the United States and in Denmark,
who will smile at the idea that these in
hcspitable haunts of Boreas were ever
seriously claimed by anyone
If there Is to be a controversy very
few may become heated under the collar
But it will none the less serve a. good
purpose, coming just at this season. II
will draw attention to Greenland, and to
the eternal zero of those white lands
of the farthest north. Even to think Of
Greenland should be somewhat of a re-
lief such days as these.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
SING SING CULTURE

ON the New Y DIX Herald.
Taking a liberty with Longfellow in or
der to make special application of a
beautiful thought to Mr.. Osborne's club
at Sing Sing. Time is long, but art is
that Hudson river group of hale fell
lows well met as being without a Sc
rious side to their natures. And they
have time plenty, but, oh, so little art!
Seldom, if ever, have the refinements of
safe blowing been brought to illumine
again, to the average strong arm" in
Sing Sing "a lead pipe on the derbys rim
lead pipe was to him, and it was moth
ing more
To be brutally frank, art had no place
in the club until this week, when Mr.
Osborne instituted university extension
course with illustrated lectures by the
"Handcuff King" This elusive persons
speciality is that of throwing off the
| shackles letters, gives and other impedi
| ment with which the law occasionally
burdens persons who get caught THAI
the Welfare league appreciated the skill
of lecturer who sought to lift ~theil
lives to higher plane cannot b,
doubted. In a little while the happy con
| victs will never dream of escaping b,
the usual easy methods afforded, but will
insist upon being handcuffed as a pre-
| liminary. SO that the feat may be liftet
I from the crudely prosaic into the realm
OF true art
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
HOTEL LOBBIES
Good Postofflce Force

Il have one of the greatest forces
of men in the world" said B. H Jones,
postmaster of Atlanta, who is in Biz
mingham familiarizing himself with
methods of the Birmingham office. II
don't believe there is another force In
the United States as efficient mine,
and that is saying a lot. I have SO
men who did not sleep for 50 hours
during the Christmas rush. They would
not leave the office, having all they
ate and drank brought to them in the
building. They worked with precision
and discipline, and 1 have never had
anything go wrong.
You should visit my office" said
Postmaster Jones to Postmaster Smyer.
Wed show you some postoffice. They
are so efficient that. they hardly need
me, or any other postmaster, to help
them manage things.
Il am glad that Birmingham is to
have a new postoffice building, and 1
believe that you are going to push into
the 100000 class, too. before another
year"
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NAME THAT MEANS TRAVEL
Girard, in the Philadelphia
Ledger.

Girard, in the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
EoK generation ton. more psrs ssa
/ of Thomas Cook than knew the
name Of the English premier.
| Cook and travelling are synonymous
terms. Cook means on the go, and trave
abroad spells Cook.
| Railroads and steamboat companies
and foreign hotels owe Cook a monu-
ment tall as the Nelson column in Trafal-
gar square.
| Since Thomas Cook. who was sort OF
temperance fanatic, rs years ago this
summer got up an excursion party to
attend a prohibition lecture in England
and SO inaugurated the first railroad ex-
cursion train on earth. Cook has been
the greatest promoter Of travel in the
world.
| Sixty-one years ago Cook took the first
party of tourists to foreign land. They
were a party of Englishmen who went
to Paris.
| At the close Of the Franco-Prussiaa
war, As years ago, Cook conducted a
party of American Masons to Paris. and
so unearthed this particular gold mine in
the travel world.
| 1 happened yesterday to be talking
with the Philadelphia representative Of
Cook.
What will the war do to your bust
ness?" I inquired.
when the war began" said he. I'VE
employed in our home office at Ludgats
| Circus, London, 1900 persons. Now w
have 600. That indicates what has hap
pened."
Cook, you know. knew no nationa
boundaries. You could buy ticke
across Europe Asia and America at on
time.
| German and Austrian railroads alway'
insisted upon Cooks buying tickets OF
their lines in advance. So it happened
when the war started two years ae'
Cook had $4,000 worth Of German rail
road tickets. OF course. Cook stu hal
them.
Will he always have them? Ash Ger
many.
Cooks Philadelphia man Is an English
man with 20 years experience in Cook
.Will the end of the war mean heavy
travel?" asked
) Il doubt it," replied this agent OF wori'
traveldom European railroads ant
hotels will be in no condition to accom-
modate travellers for some years. Be
sides, 1 think America will feel the pincl
Immediately the war y over and Amer
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
THE SAVING OF STIELOW

jurisdiction and that the rule Of judicial
claims of actual justice. Looking int
the record, he saw not 30 much the tech.
meal regularity of the trial as the fact
that there was grave doubt Of Stielowi
guilt.
Now the real murderer has confessed IN
the presence Of nine witnesses. The mar
who was brought to the foot Of the cleo
trio chair knew nothing Of the crime The
alleged confession extorted from him
was the fruit of the third degree Of.
forts of detectives who had badgered
him. Unable to read or write, he had
signed document with his mark OF
those contents he was not adequately in.
formed. Except for the tireless lahnrs o.
Mlsha Applebaum, when his heart and
mind were enlisted, and except for TIT
courage of Justice Guy In rejecting ar
argument that too often controls judicial
action, the real confession would have
to come too late.
The lessons are familiar ones. Legal.
ism is but the servant Of justice, and its
determinations should not be paramount
Human institutions, no matter with whai
care they are fashioned, do not infallibly
arrive at the truth. The learning of .
Judge should never dsplace common
sense. When there is real doubt in .
capital case it is not to be shuffled Out
of view by saying that the accused had
every chance to show his innocence
Circumstantial evidence such as thai
which sufficed to convict Stielow is not
always to be relied on. Juries, II they
would run the risk Of blood guilt. should
always remember this. and SO should dis.
trict attorneys and trial judges.
A new instance has been furnished to
strengthen the argument. already strong,
against capital Fundamental least NOT
in cases where direct evidence Is lacking.
This poor farmland, with an intelligence
no greater than that Of the average
seven-year-old child. may prove the in.
fluence deciding for a great change in
the law.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
Danger of Falling Rock

Ninety per cent of mine fatalities
are caused from falling rock said
Chief Mine Inspector C. H Nesbitt yes
terday. THE casualties from this
source are the greatest by far Of any
danger of the mines. II the proper
precautions were taken by the miner,
there would be fewer accidents ana
deaths from falling rock. In cases OF
this kind the company, in most in
stances, gets the blame, but in reality
it is the fault of the miner. Many times
fatal accidents are caused by the fail
ure of a miner to take the precaution
to pull down his loose rock, or set a
timber.
1T Is just as natural for a man to
become careless with his life as it is
to become careless with anything else,
and miners soon forget the danger and
let themselves become careless about
sounding the roof of their rooms, pull
ing down loose rock and setting tim
bers 1t is from this source of care
lessness that a majority of the mine
accidents occur"
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From the New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
~ ECAUsE Misha Appelbaum does
not weary when enlisted in be-
49, half of an altruistic cause, and
because Justice Charles L. Guy had the
courage to issue an unconventional and
York has been spared the deep disgrace
of having murdered Charles F. Stielow,
an innocent man, convicted of murder.
The traditions of melodrama are COM
pletely met In the early hours of July
20 Stielow sat waiting in his cell in the
death house for the grim messengers
that were to escort him to the chamber
there was no basis for hope. Then the
door was opened and the waiting man
heard that Justice Guy had issued a
stay and signed an order directing the
district attorney of Orleans county to
show cause why a new trial should not
be granted. The trial judge had refused
a new trial. Justice Wheeler of Buffalo,
application for new trial. Justice Cole
mad also OVerruleQ a similar mOtlOn
after a hearing. Governor Whitman,
when appealed, to. had declined to in
terfere. es
The trial had been regular. The jury
had returned it's verdict in due form. No
prejudicial error had been committed.
The new evidence and further study that
had worked a change of sentiment in the
vicinage of the murder and had induced
the jury to unite in saying it believed it
had made a mistake was dismissed as
merely cumulative. Doubt, real doubt,
had been raised in candid minds. but the
machinery of justice had ground in an
orderly way, and its finding were I'M
touchable. 1t is not customary for a
judge in a remote part to disregard the
findings of his colleagues. But fortu-
nately for Stielow. and fortunately for
the state, Justice Guy was of the belief
that there are limits to the courtesy due
from one judge to a judge Of coordinate
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
THE 'sEXILE'' OF w. j. BRYAN


From the Cincinnati Times-Star.
In newspapers of several cities we
lately have read of the passing through"
of William Jennings Bryan. In each
case it is the same story. Mr.. Bryan,
in his tour as a chautauqua cabaret ar
fist, gets off a train. If his outgoing
train leaves the same depot, he sits at
fast If his outgoing train leaves an
other depot, there is the additional ex-
element of a journey crosstown and a
hotel breakfast. In either event the
commoner has little to say about con-
temporary politics. He is devoting him
self to his art. He has sufficient num-
Der of auditors and readers left to fl
nance his later years. Crops on his farm
are good. So why should he concern
himself with the worries of greatness?
In each city he receives a paragraph
or so. There are no crowds to greet
him, in many cases persons fail to -ecog-
nize the man who thrice ran for Pres
ident. The public nowadays barely
knows when he comes and goes.
Does it mean that the American pub
lc which formerly threw itself across
the path of this man in city, town and
village, is tickle? Or does it mean that
democracy's second judgment is sober T?
Either way, there is an element of per-
sonal tragedy in William Jennings Bry-
ans contemporary career. 1t impresses
one with the loneliness of former great
ness 1t possesses an isolation sugges-
tive of St. Helena 1t seems an exile
imposed by a peoples neglect!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
THE FOOLISH MAN

From the Knickerbocker Press.
A Boston woman has won a wager of
$50 by promenading the principal streets
of Boston, Providence and Worcester,
wearing startling hand-pafnted gown
and hat and carrying a hand-painted
parasol Her venture was the result OF
a dare from Boston artist. She has
given the money to the Red Cross relief
fund.
You must not dare woman to do
anything, even If she is growing old.
says this successful creature, for she
will do 1t. even If her husband should
object
Here and there there may be hus-
band who will wonder what that word
even is doing in this declaration OF
feminine intentions, but otherwise the
sentiment will so uncorrected. Daring a
woman is a superfluous, redundant and
superogatory piece of work. The gentle.
man gets off cheaply at $50.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
Knew Young Aviator

1T was with much regret that l
read in the papers of the death In
Paris last Friday of Dennis Dowd,'
said ]. l. Drennen of the law firm OF
CASTOR & Drennen. "Mr. Dowd came
to Birmingham from New York and
was associated with the firm of STALL
ings & Drennen for a year, and during
the time he was in my office he proved
himself to be very capable, fine
young man. He was a graduate OF
Harvard and except for the time that
he spent at Cambridge, he had never
been out of the city of New York
until he came here. 1 recall an Incl
dent of trip he made to Columbiana
once, when he saw a crowd Of grown
men shooting marbles. He had never
seen such a performance before and
came back SO excited that he could
hardly tell about what happened His
death is deeply regretted by those who
knew him here"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
"UNKIssED TOMMY"

| From the Memphis Commercial Appeal
According to the Chicago press, there
is prominent figure in the courts VINO
enjoys the unique title of unklsseo
Tommy" His real name is Thomas
Fculkes, farmer from Iowa, who wooeo
lady and lost, and who is now seeking
to recover two farms and $1,000 alleged
to have been expended in the wooing.
| There is no fool like an old fool and
the present character comes under this
description, for he is worldly unwise ana
with women inexperienced.
The worst of it is that his plaintlve
cry is that after spending all of this
money he never received as much in re-
turn as a simple kiss.
A lover like this is more lunatic than
lover. In his anxiety to obtain pos
session of this Chicago beauty he lost
possession of himself.
Lovers are seldom tired of each other
They are happy in mutual companion
ship, because they are always speaking
and thinking of themselves. The evil
dence in the case when it came to trial
had tendency to dispel this fond theory,
for the defendant on the stand testifled
that her aged lover neither talked of
her or of himself, but did glow with
spiritual words of praise about squads
and farm routine. She declared that her
farmer friend from Iowa did not know
much about love making, but he did
know how many pounds of butter he
could market from certain cows and what
he did not know about cabbages and
yearlings was not worth knowing.
She appealed to the court to decide If
a full sexed red-blooded woman didn't
deserve a more companionable sort of
mate She admitted that her ear was
always kindly disposed to receive words
of love, but that she naturally grew sick
OF talk of pigs and cows and clover.
Certainly these are not thrilling topics
for a lover to discuss. There Is nothing
romantic about a cabbage patch. Here
is man advanced in years, a farmer
of fortune, of the earth earthly, who
swore on the stand that never in all Of
his life had he ever kissed a woman.
The poor simp does not know what he
missed If he reached the prime of life
and never kissed woman he should be
placed in a padded cell before it is too
late.
One pauses to consider if such a thing
is really possible, but if he is simple
CROUCH to admit himself fool the pub
lie has confidence enough to agree with
him that he deserves something at the
hands of the court.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
PEDDLER SAVED $4,000

From the st. Paul Dispatch.
For IL years Edward Furrer. 81 years
old, lived in seclusion in Mayafl's alley
his only apparent means of livelihood
being his manufacture and sale OF
brooms Recently it became known the
thrifty Swiss left an estate of approx
mately $4,000.
Furrer has no known relatives in thi.
country. but IL believed to have heirs ir
Switzerland. The probating of his es
tate will be delayed. pending search
for these heirs.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-16
RUSSIAN VICTORIES EXPLAINED

From the Chicago Herald.
Know why the Russians are winning
1t you don't here's the way 1t was
sketched to the Herald.
Chicago refrigerator man has invented
a process for freezing gun emplacements.
Russians freeze block of morasA plant
big gun, pound Teutonic lines to pieces
move gun ahead in the marsh lands and
repeat. Very simple!
Invention financed by Chicago banker
Refrigerator man has s.. 900, 900 in contracts
from Russian government and is operat.
ing thre factories. turning out the de.
vice.
Chicago bankers comment: "Heezs
liar"
Anyway, the Russians are winning.
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lean people will not feel like spending
much money for travelling"
No one can tell how long It will b
before one can again sit down comfort.
ably in that famous Oriental express Al
Paris and step OF the train In Constan.
tinople No one knows how long it will
take to heal the wounds at international
boundaries so that railroad passengers
can cross over as easily as they used
to do.
Cook once transported for the govern
ment an entire British army. That was
in 1884, when he took General Gordon and
his 1900 men to the Eoudan.
Like DrexePs and Browns. Cook Is q
world banker. He is Egypts mail car
rier. He Is the earth's ticket agent.
Wherever I went over tho world ]
found a Standard OIL agent. also found
Cook.
Think Of one ticket office employn0
1900 persons and Cook has other OFFICES
even In London.
1 know Of no other business. either
here or abroad. which has been touched
by this war at SO many different points
as the tourist business which was founded
by that eccentric wool turner, temper
ance enthusiast and printer. Thomas
Cook.
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BY Shakespeare
o never say that I was false OF heart
Though absence seemd my flame to
qualify:
AS easy might from myself depart
AS from my soul. which in thy breast
doth lie; I'll
That is my home Of love: II have
ranged,
Like him that travels. I return again,
Just to the time, not with the time az
changed.
SO that myself bring water for my stain.
Never believe. though In my nature
regn'd
All frailties that besiese all kinds Of
blood,
That it could so preposterously- be
stand
To leave for nothing all thy sum Of
good:
For nothing this wide universe / call,
Save thou. my rose; In Il thou Art my al.
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BEGINNING THE DAY-o Lord,
let all we do be well done, mt Tor
Thine eve to see. Give us strength
to do, patience to bear; let our
courage never fail. When we cannot
love our work, let us think OF IL as
Thy task; and by our love to Thee'
make unIoveIy things shine in the
light of Thy love. Amen.-GeorSe
n.wxon H. NJ. e.