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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER XIII.

knew not what had aroused me,
but found myself out of my bunk. on
my feet, wide awake, my soul vibrat-
ing to the warning of danger as 1t
might have thrilled to a trumpet call.
i threw open the door. The cabin light
was burning low. saw Maud. my
Maud, straining and struggling and
crushed in the embrace of Wolf Lar
sens arms. I could see the vain beat
and flutter Of her as she strove. press
ing her face against his breast. to
escape from him. All this i saw on
the very instant of seeing and as
sprang forward.
struck him with my fist, on the
face, as he raised his head. but 1t was
q puny blow. He roared in a ferocious,
animal-like way. and gave me a shove
with his hand. 1t was only a shove, q
flirt of the wrist. yet SO tremendous
was his strength that was hurled
backward as from a catapult. struck
the door Of the stateroom which had
formerly been Mugridge's. splintering
and smashing the panels with the i'm.
pact Of my body. struggled to my
feet. with difficulty dragging myself
clear of the wrecked door. unaware of
any hurt whatever. was conscious
only of an overmastering rage. think
/. too. cried aloud. as l drew the knife
ut my hip and sprang forward a Sec
ond time.
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"sWAT RABBIT" NEW SLOGAN
They're vermin. Not Game, English
Timber Owners Are Now Be-
Ing Told.

To encourage the growing of more
timber in England by organizing all
resources of labor, q committee has
been appointed by the government un-
der the Craftsmanship of Francis Ac-
land, the London Chronicle states.
Lord Selborne, minister for agricul-
ture, drew attention to this step at an
exhibition of English timber organ
lied by the English Forestry associa-
ton at the Surveyors institution,
Westchester.
He said that the committee was ap-
pealing to land owners and land
agents to let them see their woods
and make proposals for the purchase
of timber. The committee appealed
to the owners to give what help they
possibly could in the telling. CONVEX.
sion and hauling of the timber.
II an English landowner would con-
slider that rabbits are not game but
vermin. AZ they certainly are, and 70
In for the cultivation Of timber, Il
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
CINDERs KEEP THEM WARM
Construction Work on Pennsylvania
Railroad Makes Place q Winter
Resort for HOBBS.

Beaver Falls, Pa.-The Pennsylvania
Railroad company has been making q
I'LL of the Beaver river between New
Brighton and Rochester with the in
tention of changing its main line be-
tween the two points to eliminate a
long curve. The I'LL requires hun
dreds of carloads Of cinders, which are
loaded into the cars while red hot.
When unloaded they retain their heat
for days.
This has made the place q winter
resort for hobos. At all hours the
entire embankment, a mile or more
In length, swarms with q heteroge-
neous crowd Of old and young men.
who eat. drink. make merry and sleep.
On the hot cinders the tramps
make coffee and cook the fruits of for
aging parties. When sleepy they
scoop out q bed in the warm ashes.
and after carefully removing the
clinkers burrow down in the yielding
mass and sleep in comparative COM
fort on the coolest nights, with only
their heads visible.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

So antagonistic to all that modern
civilization means were the ancient
custom and lore of the American In
dams that like their believers they
have fast disappeared-have almost
passed out of the memory Of modern
man. Some of the customs, however.
are 30 beautiful that at infreQuent in
tervals they are revived and one such
resurrection of the lore of the dead
past bids fair to become q society fad
in the near future. It was an ancient
tribal custom among certain of the
American aborigines that all maidens
should wear . single feather of the
eagle a. q part Of their headdress. A
very impressive ceremony at the time
of q girls marriage was the break
ing and scattering to the four winds
of this symbol of girlhood. The pic
ture shows Miss Marguerite Hawks.
worth. reputed to have Indian blood
in her veins. the daughter Of former
prominent railroad president and cor
poration attorney Of New York, wear
ing the eagles feather after the an
cient Indian custom, q fad that bids
fair to become popular in New York's
400,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van Weyden, critic and diet
tante, finds himself aboard the sealing
schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf Larsen,
bound to Japan waters. The captain
makes him cabin boy for the good or his
soul" Wolf hazes a seaman and makes
It the basis for philosophic discussion
with Hump. Humps intimacy with Wolf
increases A carnival OF brutality breaks
loose In the ship. Wolf proves himself
the master brute. Hump is made mate
on the hell-ship and proves that he has
learned ito stand on his own legs" TWO
men desert the vessel in one of the small
boats. A young woman and four men,
survivors of a steamer wreck, are res
cued from a small boat. The deserters
are sighted. but Wolf stands away and
leaves them to drown. Maude Brewster,
the rescued girl. sees the cook towed over
side to give him a bath and his foot
bitten of by shark as he Is hauled
aboard. She begins to realize her danger
at the hands OF Wolf. Van Weyden real
ICES that he loves Maude- VOLTS brother,
Death Larsen. comes on the sealing
grounds in the steam sealer Macedonia,
"hogs" the sea, and Wolf captures sew
eral OF his boats. The Ghost runs away
in a fog. Wolf furnishes liquor to the
prisoners.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

ing out, II love you! love you'll"
Truly Humphrey Van Weyden was at
last In love. ! thought. as her fingers
chung to mine while | lowered her
down to the boat held on to the rail
with one hand and supported her
weight with the other. and was proud
at the moment of the feat. 1t was a
strength had not possessed few
months before, on the day ! said good
by to Charley Furuseth and started
for San Francisco on the Inflated
Martinez.
AS the boat assembled on a sea. her
feet-touched and l released her hands.
l cast of the tackles and leaped after
her. had never rowed in my life. but
l put out the oars and at the expense
of much effort got the boat clear oil
the Ghost. Then l experimental with
the sail. had seen the boat steerers
and hunters set their spritsails many
times, yet this was my first attempt.
What took them possibly two minutes
took me twenty, but in the end / sue
ceeded in setting and trimming 1t. and
with the steering oar in my hands
hauled on the wind.
There lies Japan" I remarked,
straight before u.s."
Humphrey Van Weyden." she said,
you are brave man."
Nay" l answered. at is you who
are brave woman"
We turned our heads, swayed by q
common impulse to see the last of the
Ghost. Her low hull lifted and rolled
to windward on a sea; her canvas
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
WlCKEDEST CITY ON EARTH
Irkutsk, In Siberia, May Well Lay
Claim to That Altogether IN
enviable Distinction.

Which Is the wickedest city in the
world?
II you ask an American this ques-
ton. he will probably name Chicago.
which has q most unenviable reputa-
ton. But he will be wrong The dis
credit undoubtedly belong to Irkutsk.
In Siberia. The population of Ihkutsk
the very name has q cut-throat
sort of sound about it's 100000. and
every year Ave hundred murders are
committed there. That 10 q world 9
record: and. what IL worse. the muir.
derers generally get on scot-free. for
arrests average only about one In
every nifty murders. and only one-half
Of the arrests are followed by convic'
lions.
In order to remedy this state of AZ
Fairs. Irkutsk once decided to have q
vigilance committee Of its own.
Il got one-the worst vigilance com
mittee on record. for ex-convicts and
active thugs enrolled themselves By
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER XIV.

There is no need of going into an
extended recital of our suffering in the
small boat during the many days we
were driven and drifted. here and
there, willy-nilly. across the wide
expanse of ocean. The high wind
blew from the northwest for. twenty
four hours, when 1t fell calm, and in
the night sprang up from the south
west. This was dead in our teeth. but
took in the sea-anchor l had roughly
made and set sail, hauling q course on
the wind which took US in q south
southeasterly direction. 1t was an
even choice between this and the west
northwesterly course which the wind
permitted, but the warm airs Of the
south famed my desire for q warmer
sea and swayed my decision.
In three hours-it was midnight,
well remember, and as dark as I had
ever seen 1t on the seattle wind, still
blowing out of the southwest, rose fu-
riously, and once again was COM
PEELED to set the sea-anchor.
Day broke and found me wan-eyed
and the ocean dashed white, the boat
pitching. almost on end. to its drag.
We were in imminent danger Of being
swamped by the whitecaps. As 1t was.
spray and spume came aboard in such
quantities that l bailed without cessa-
ton. The blankets were soaking. Ev-
erything was wet except Maud, and
she, in oilskins. rubber boots, and SOU
wester, was dry, all but her face and
hands and q stray wisp of hair. She
relieved me at the bailing hole from
time to time, and bravely she threw
out the water and faced the storm. All
things are relative. 1t was no more
than a stiff blow, but to US, fighting
for life in our frail craft. it was indeed
a storm.
Cold and cherries, the wind beat
ing on our faces, the white seas roar
ing by. we struggled through the
day. Night came, but neither of Us
slept. Day came. and still the wind
beat on our faces and the white seas
roared past. BY the second night
Maud was falling asleep from exhaus-
ton. / covered her with oilskins and
a tarpaulin. She was comparatively
dry. but she was numb with the cold.
I feared greatly that she might die in
the night; but day broke. cold and
cheerless, with the same clouded sky
and beating wind and roaring seas.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
WHEAT IS 1000 YEARS OLD
Came From Ruins In Egypt, But 10
Kept In Texas In HermetieaIIy.
Sealed Jar.

Dallas, Tex.-When the late John
Cardwell of Austin was United States
consul at Cairo, Egypt. he sent to his
old friend, Col. F. P. Holland Of Dali
las. small quantity of wheat that he
had taken from the tomb Of one Of the
ancient kings in newly-explored ruins
upon the banks Of the Nile.
This wheat was known to be more
than four thousand years old. The
glass container which holds the grain
is Theoretically sealed. To all out
ward appearances the wheat is just as
sound as the day It was iayed from
the head in the long ago when the
earth was inhabited by civilization
that is now forgotten. The grains are
plump and large.
II have been told that the grains
would probably terminate II planted,
but have never tried any Of them"
Colonel Holland said.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
STUDENTS HYPNoTIzE SELVES
Boys Of University Of Missouri Do
Il BY Gazing Steadily at Bright
Object.

Columbia, Mo.-A demonstration OF
hypnotism by Prof. Max Myer. head OF
the psychology department at the Uni.
versity Of Missouri. recently showed
that hypnosis can be induced without
the influence Of q hypnotist. Profess
sor Myer hypnotized students by hav.
ing them gaze steadily at q bright OBJ
ject with no sound to distract atten-
ton.
Later he suggested that the hypno-
tized student was an artist painting q
picture, a wounded soldier home from
the trenches or an intoxicated diner
out, and the students acted their parts.
Lee 8. Eads of Hamilton. Mo-. was
the star subject" in Professor Myers
demonstration Of hypnotism.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

would be to his great benefit, the COM
mittee said.
The war has created a big demand
for timber. boards and scantling, espe-
cially the kind used In the erection Of
huts. During the last twelve months
more pit wood has found it's way to
the English coal field than has been
the case for the last twenty years.
Some of the men present said that
while they would do all that was Dos
sible to give aid to the government In
this direction. they were disinclined
to feather the nests of the timber desl.
ers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
But something had happened. The,

But something had happened. They
were Keeling apart. l was close upon
him, my knife uplifted. but l withheld
the blow. was puzzled by the strange.
ness Of it. Maud was leaning against
the wall, one hand out for support;
but he was staggering, his left hand
pressed against his forehead and GOV.
ering his eyes,. and with the right he
was cropping about him in a dazed sort
Of way. 1t struck against the wall.
and his body seemed to express a mus
cular and physical relief at the con.
tact. as though he had found his bear.
ings, his location in space as well as
something against which to lean.
Then / saw red again. All my
wrongs and humiliations flashed upon
me with dazzling brightness. all that
l had suffered and others had suffered
at his hands. all the enormity of the
mans very existence. l sprang on
him, blindly. insanely. and drove the
knife into his shoulder. knew then
that 1t was no more than flesh wound
- had felt the steel CRATE on his shout.
der-blade-and l raised the knife to
strike at a more vital part.
But Maud had seen my first blow
and she cried. Don't! Please dont!"
l dropped my arm for a moment. and
a moment only. Again the knife was
raised. and Wolf Larsen would have
surely died had she not stepped be-
tween. Her arms were around me, her
hair was brushing my face. My pulse
rushed up In an unwonted manner, yet
my rage mounted with It, She looked
me bravely in the eyes.
For my sake" she begged.
II would kill him for your sake!"
cried. trying to free my arm without
hurting her.
"Hush!" she said. and laid her I'm
gers lightly on my lips. l could have
kissed them, had l dared. even then
In my rage. the touch of them was SO
sweet, so very sweet. Please, please.
she pleaded. and she disarmed me by
the words. as was to discover they
would ever disarm me.
stepped back, separating from her
and replaced the knife in its sheath
I looked at Wolf Larsen. He still
pressed his left hand against his fore
head. 1t covered his eyes. His head
was bowed. He seemed to have grown
limp. His body was sagging at the
hips. his great shoulders were droop
ing and shrinking forward.
Van Weyden!" he called hoarsely
and with a note Of fright in his voice
"Oh. Van Weyden! where are your"
looked at Maud. She did moi
speak, but nodded her head.
Here l am" l answered, stepping
to his side. What is the matter?"
Help me to a seat" he said. in the
same hoarse, frightened voice.
II am a sick man, a very sick man
Hump" he said, as he left my sustain
ing grip and sank into a chair.
What is the matter?" I asked. rest
ing my hand on his shoulder. what
can l do for your"
But he shook OF my hand with an
irritated movement, and for q lOne
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
Oppose ostrIehes In Harness.

The Humane society Of Los Angeles.
CAL. has taken up arms against the
use Of the ostrich in harness and has
introduced q measure seeking to make
their use for that purpose unlawful.
Some of the reasons advanced are:
The birds are dangerous because they
are liable to kick in any direction;
they violate the speed laws and they
are . menace to trafhc because. with
their well-known fondness for hard.
ware, they are apt to eat auto acces-
sories. licenses, tail lights, etc.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

the chief article of diet, and the West
erner, who. at first finds 1t nauseating.
comes to form a strong attachment
for this drink.
In Syria, Mesopotamia and in Pal
estine and South Africa, the locust
often graces the table in a roasted
condition, and those who have eaten 1t
pronounce its meat full of the most
acceptable flavor"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

the score, and were given exceptional
power by the governor.
The reign Of terror which followed
Is unparalleled in criminal history.
The police were massacred. Rich
merchants were shot in broad day
light. under pretence of being sus-
pectH A system of "house-inspec-
ton" and penal confiscation" was In.
trodnced. which was another way of
saying Wholesale burglary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

time stood by his side in silence.
Maud was looking on, her face awed
and frightened. What had happened
to him we could not imagine.
Hump" he said at last. Il must get
into my bunk. Lend me q hand. I'll
be all right in little while. It's those
damn headaches, believe. was
afraid of them. had a feeling-no. I
don't know what I'm talking about.
Help me into my bunk"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
Where Accordion. Are PoouI.,.

The natives Of Madagascar are
great lovers of music. and in addition
to their own primitive instruments the
accordion is very popular. Within the
last few years the importation of these
instruments has shown a steady in
crease. about 10000 being imported
annually to the value of about 10000
francs ($2S.950. These goods have
practically all been imported from
Germany.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
CHAPTER xxII-Continued.

He led lost cause. and he was not
afraid of Gods thunderbolts." Wolf
Larsen was saying. Hurled into hell.
he was unbeaten. A third Of Gods
angels he had led with him. and
straightway he melted man to rebel
against God, and gained for himself
and hell the major portion Of all the
generations Of man. Why was he beat
en- out of heaven? Because he was less
brave than God? less proud? less
aspiring? No! A thousand times no!
God was more powerful. as he said.
Whom thunder hath made greater. But
Lucifer was a free spirit. To serve
was to suffocate. He preferred suf-
fering in freedom to all the happiness
of comfortable servility. He did not
care to serve God. He cared to serve
nothing. He was no flgurehead. He
stood on his own legs. He was an in
dividual."
The first anarchist" Maud laughed,
rising and preparing to withdraw to
her stateroom.
Then it is good to be an anarchist"
he cried. He. too, had risen. and he
stood facing her, where she had paused
at the door of her room, as he went
on:
"Here at last
We shall be free: the Almighty hath not
Here for his envy: will not drive US
Here we may reign secure: and in my
TO r ssI1: is worth ambition though in
Better to reign in hell than serve in
It was the defiant cry Of a mighty
spirit. The cabin still rang with his
voice. as he stood there, swaying. his
ibronzed face shining, his head up and
dominant. and his eyes, golden and
masculine. intensely masculine and In
lsistently soft. flashing upon Maud at
the door.
l Again that unnamable and unmis-
taxable terror was In her eyes, and she
said. almost in q whisper. You are
Lucifer."
The door closed and she was gone.
He stood staring after her for a min
ute, then returned to himself and to
me.
iii relieve Louis at the Wheel" he
said shortly. "and call upon you to re-
lieve at midnight. Better turn in now
and get some sleep"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
Volcano Pumles on ship.

Volcano Pumiee on Ship.
San Trancisco.-Pumice stone from
. submarine disturbance mingled with
the waves which battered the Oceanic
Steamship company's liner Sierra dur
ing Q hurricane three days out from
Sydney, New South Wales, according
70 Q report made BY the captain of
the steamer, when 1t reached port
here. Vur hours the ship was In Q
go Of pumice. pieces varying In size
from Q marble, he says. to .. silk
hat being thrown on deck By the
waves.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
PInu-pon0 Wedding.

Harrison. N. 1.-THE Ping-Pong we'd
ding was solemnized here when Miss
Suey Ping. eighteen, was married to
Ching Pong Of Waterbury. Conn. Both
are Americanized and the wedding was
American throughout.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

Collar Button Cause Of Cough.
BRENNAN. Tex.-George Burch. twen-
ty-one. obtained relief from a cough
Of IL or Is years duration recently by
coughing up q collar button which he
had swallowed years ago. Burch's
health had been very bad and he
thought he had tuberculosis.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12

West Orange. N. J.-"Cremate my
body and put the ashes in an ash can"
wrote Robert Lett. movie" actor
Just before he ended his LIE By Shoot
iuG,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
Tedious.

Tedious.
"Scrfbbler claims that his latest
novel Is absolutely true to life"
He must be awfully tired of life n
no th;Aks Il 10 anything IKE that.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-05-12
lleensa for cata-

Trenton. N. 1.-THE assembly passed
Q bfll providing . license fee on all
cats, the money raised to 60 to the
overseer Of the poor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
APPOINTMENTS FOR
STATE HOUSE WORK
alarms Parsons Makes Off
cial Announcement - Jamaica
Boy to Be q Page.

MONTH ELIER, Dee p. - Sergeant
alarms Frank T. Parsons. now a resi-
dent of Mortified, who will not be Il
candidate for reelection to the position
he has filled several years, has made the
following appointments of persons who
win be on duty in the capitol during the
coming session of the legislature:
Deputy Sergeantat Arms-Dwight ].
Dwinell, Montpelier. Salary $3.50 per
day.
Assistants in the ergeant-at-arms de-
partment-Grover C. Templeton, Wor-
cester; William ID. Meacham, Morris
Vile; Ford T. Flagg, Richmond; r. S.
Pierce, Waterville. Salary So per day.
ostmaster-Herbert \ Locke, Fair
Haven. Salary $3.50 per day.
Assistant postmaster Arthur G.
Stevens, Essex Junction. Salary $3.50
per day.
Coat room attendants - Luther NJ.
RaFlin, South Burlington; Guy r. Col
by, Post Mills; Leslie W. Hayes, Wa
terbury. Salary 81 per day.
Doorkeepers, to be assigned later -
Hovt 5. knight, South Royalton; Rus
sci S. Smith, Addison Lindley s.
Squires, Rutland; William A. Reid,
Montpelier. Salary $3.50 per day
Pages, to be assigned Edward
S. Dana, New Haven; Robert Longtin,
Bennington; George Douglas, Barre;
Russell Seavey, Island Pond; Joseph X.
Darling, Chelsea; Fred Burke, Jamaica
c. Emerson Libbey, Danville; William
c. Bliss, Georgia; John R. w. Bancroft,
East Calais; Kenneth Somerville, Wa
terbury. Salary 1925 per day.
Janitor-John w. Hill, Montpelier
Salary SO per day.
Assistant ianitors = James S. Wat
kins, Montpelier; Burt n. Peck, Mont
pelier; L. A. Flint, Montpelier; George
F. Taylor, Montpelier; Roy S. Christie
Glover; W. B. Mobus, Warren; Stephen
Farrand, Berlin; H. B. Hall, Burling
ton. Salary 1913 per day.
Engineer-George Reed, Montpelier
Salary SIS per day
Night watchman = Ira H. Edison
Montpelier. Salary 1926 per day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-27
WILSON'S OFFICIAL
PLURALITY 568,822
The Total Vote Cast in 1916
Was 3,593,549 Greater
Than in 1912
SOCIALISTS LOSS
A GREAT SURPRISE

Failed to Come to Their Previous Mark
by $780, OO-Hanly, Prohibition Can
dldate, Had an Increase of 1900
Votes.
NEW YORK, Dee. 81. - Complete of
hclal returns on the presidential election
show that Mr.. Wilson received Gle, 296
votes and Mr.. Hughes 8,547,474, a plu-
rality OF 56S, S22 for Mr. Wilson.
In 1912 Wilson received 6,297, 900.
Tart 3,S46,399; Roosevelt 4,124.959.
The vote for Mr.. Benson, Socialist
candidate for president, was $1,000.
with eight missing states estimated,
against 90l 1913 for Debs (Soeialist) in
1912, and for Mr.. Hanly Proh.) was
22', l0l against 207 1928 for Chain
(Proh.) in 1912.
The total popular vote for the four
candidates was 1S,62S,s71 as against
l5,n+o,322 IN 1912. This is an increase
of 3,193,549, accounted for by the in
creased population and the women s
vote III the new suffrage states.
The vote by states for Wilson and
HUrheS.