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The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25
CAT CAUSED MUCH TROUBLE
Family pet Has Been Formally eau,
toned that "The Cave" Is Not
Public Property.

Out in Woodruff place a number OF
small boys have banded together and
done what most boys have done II
they were real.for.sure boys-built q
cave, says the indianapolis News. APP
preaching this cave Is long under.
ground tunnel about two feet square.
What there is IL this tunnel In the
way of side chambers and the like. the
fathers and mothers never will know.
but at the inside end of the tunnel is
the den, about five feet square. built
In side hill and as dark as the most
cavernous depths OF Wyandotte
cave.
One OF the youngsters belonging to
the band of cave dwellers hurried
home from school the other afternoon,
donned his cave outfit. and made for
the tunnel. Crawling In fiat on the
ground, he made his way toward the
den. Arriving thero. he heard scram-
bling noise just ahead and two fiery
spots loomcd up In the darkness. His
teeth chartered with fright. He
couldn't back away, no was too fright
ened to go forward. and there was
no chance of escape at either side.
The fiery spots became active and the
boy became panicky.
Just what happened in there the
outside W rid will never know. but
when the tat--it was .he family cat
came out of the tunnel 1t was going
some. No cat ever moved faster. and
q. didn't stop until It had reached Q
barn three lots away.
And the boy when he emerged his
face was as white as the arctic snow
and he was moving rapidly for the
open. The next afternoon the boy
painted sign on which were the
wLrds: The Cave In white paint. on
blazing yellow back ground. Gazing
proudly at the sign he explained:
Now, II that fool cat can read. he'll
keen out OF there"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

endure bis crude surgery without an
esthctics and with no more to uphold
them than a stuf tumbler Of whisky,
The second dog.watch and the day
were wound up by fight between Jo
hansen and the lean, Yankee-looking
hunter. Latimer. II was caused by re
marks OF Latimer's concerning the
noises made by the. mate In his sleep
and though Johansen was whipped. he
kept the steerage awake for the rest
of the night while he blissfully slum
hered and fought the fight. over and
over again.
AS for myself. was oppressed with
nightmare. All my days had been
passed In comparative ignorance OF
the animality of man. In fact, haG
known life only In its intellectual
phases. Brutality had experienced
but It was the brutality OF the intel
lect-the cutting sarcasm OF Charley
Furuseth, the cruel epigrams and oc
casional harsh witticisms OF the fel.
lows at the Bibelot. and the nasty re-
marks of some OF the professors dur
ing my undergraduate days.
That was all. Not for nothing had
been called Sissy" Van Weyden,
thought, as tossed restlessly on my
bunk between one nightmare and an.
other. And 1t seemed to me that my
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25
SYNOPSIS,

Humphrey Van weyden. critic and dilet-
tantc. Is thrown into the water by the
sinking Of a lerryboat in fog in San
francisco bay. and becomes unconscious
before help reaches him. On coming to
his senses he finds himself aboard the
sealing schooner Ghost. Captain Wolf
Larsen, bound to Japan waters. witnesses
the death, OF the first mate and hears the
captain curse the dead man for presumlng
70 die The captain refuses to put
Humphrey ashore and makes him cabin
boy for the good OF his soul" He begins
70 learn potato peeling and dish washing
under tho cockney cook. Mugridge. Is
caught by heavy sea shipped over the
quarter as he is carrying tea aft and his
Knee is seriously hurt. but no one pays
nny attention TO his injury. Humps quar-
ters are changed aft. Mugridge steals his
money and chases him when accused of
II: Later he listens to Wolf give his idea
OF hie-'hke yeast. a ferment the big
Hump and hazes him. Wolf hazes a sea-
man and makes 1t the basis for another
philosophic discussion with Hump. Wolf
entertalns Mugrdge in his cabin. wins
from him at cards the money he stole
from Hump. and then tells Hump II is his
Woifs by right OF might. Cooky and
Hump whet knives at each other. Humps
intimacy with Wolf increases, and Wolf
sketches the story of his life to Hump.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25
l4ano pictures a Once.

People who stand their family por-
traits against the walls while packing
and unpacking their household goods.
cause o great deal OF broken glass,
scratches and dents. The first thing
to be done when moving into your
new home, should be to hang the pic
lures any place. In order to get them
out of the way. without waiting TO
choose scheme OF arrangement. This
VIII prevent great deal Of breakass
and other damage.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

/ The lstter's cap came off after the
custom of the sea. and he stood re-
spectfully in the center of the cabin
swaying heavily and uneasily to the
roll OF the schooner and facing the
captain.
Shut the doors and draw the slide
Wolf Larsen said to me.
AS l obeyed ! noticed an anxious
light come into Johnson's eyes. but
did not dream of its cause. The mate,
Johansen. stood away several feet to
the side OF him. and fully three yards
in front of him sat Wolf Larsen on one
of the pivotal cabin chairs. An appre-
ciable pause fell. a pause that must
have lasted fully n minute. 1t was
broken by Wolf Larsen.
"Yonson." he began.
MY name is Johnson. sir" the sail.
or boldly corrected.
We'll. Johnson, then, damn you!
Can you guess why ! have sent for
your" f
"Yes, and no. sir" was the slow re-
ply. my work is done we'll. The
mate knows that, and you know II. sir.
So there cannot be any complaint"
Johnson" Wolf Larsen said, "I un-
derstand you're not quite satisfied
with those oilskins?'
mo. ! am not. They are no good.
SIR"
"And you've been shooting off your
mouth about them"
II say what think. sir" the sailor
answered courageously.
II was at this moment that chanced
were clenching and unclenching. and
his face was positively fiendish. so
Indignantly did he look at Johnson.
do you know what happens to men
who say what you've said about my
slop-chest and me?" Wolf Larsen de-
manded. sharply and imperatively.
What you and the mate there are
going to do to me, sir"
Look at him, Hump" Wolf Larsen
said to me. "look at this bit of animat-
ed dust, that is impressed with certain
human flctions such as righteousness
and honesty. and that will live up to
them In spite OF all personal discom.
forts and menaces. What do you
think OF him, Hump? What do you
think of himf"
Il think that he. is a better man
than you are" answered. impelled.
somehow. with desire to draw upon
myself portion Of the wrath felt
was about to break upon his head
Ellis human fictions, as you choose to
call them. make for nobility and man
hood You have no fictions. no dreams.
no ideals. You are a pauper."
He nodded his head with savage
pleasantness. quite true, Hump.
quite true. | have no fictions \that
make for nobility and manhood. A
living dog is better than a dead lion.
say with the Preacher. My only doc.
trine is the doctrine of expediency.
and 1t makes for surviving. Do you
know what am going to do?"
] shook my head.
rWatch me-"
Three yards away from Johnson no
was, and sitting down. Nine feet!
And yet he left the chair in full leap,
| without first gaining standing posi-
ton. 1t was an avalanche of fury
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CHAPTER x-continued.


"You are worse off than Omar" I
said. "He, at least, after the custom.
ary agonizing of youth, found content
and made of his materialism a joyous
thing"
Who was Omar? Wolf Larsen
asked, and did no more work that
day. nor the next. nor the next.
In his random reading he had never
CHANGED upon the Rubaiyat. and 1t was
to him like great find of treasure.
Much remembered. possibly two
thirds Of the quatrains. and l man
aged to piece out the remainder with.
out difficulty. ! was interested as to
which quatrain he would like best. and
was not surprised when he hit upon
tho one born of an instant's irrita-
bility. and quite at variance with the
Persian's complacent philosophy and
genial code of life:
What; S,,S WITHOUT asking. hither hurried
And. without asking. whittier hurried
oh, many Cup OF this forbidden Wine
Must, drown the memory of that inso-
lencel
"Great!" Wolf Larsen cried. Great!
That's the keynote. Insolence! He
could not have used better word"
la vain | objected and denied. He
deluged me. overwhelmed me with ar.
gument.
IT'S not the nature of life to be
otherwise. Life. when 1t knows that
It must cease living. will always rebel.
1t cannot help itself. You have talked
of the instinct of immortality. talk
of the instinct of life, which is to live.
II mastered It in you (you cannot deny
III. because crazy cockney cook
sharpencd a knife.
You are afraid of him now. You
are afraid OF me. You cannot deny II.
II ! should catch you by the throat.
thus"--his hand was about my throat
and my breath was shut off-"and be.
gin 10 press the life out of you. thus.
and thus, your instinct of immortality
will go glimmering. and your instinct
of life, which is longing for life. will
fiutter up. and you will struggle to
save yourself. Eh? see the fear OF
death in your eyes. You beat the air
with your arms. To live! To live!
To live!' you are crying; and you are
crying to live here and now. not here
after. You doubt your immortality.
eh7 Ha! Ha! Your body draws itself
up in knots like snakes. Your chest
heaves and strains. To live! To live.
To Hive"
heard no more. Consciousness was
blotted out by the darkness he had 80
graphically described. and when !
came TO myself was lying on the floor
and he was smoking cigar and re.
garding me thoughtfully with the old.
familiar light of curiosity in his eyes
well. have convinced your" he
demanded Here, take q drink of
this. want to ask you some ques.
tions."
rolled my head negatively on the
floor. Your arguments are too-er--
forcible." ] managed to articulate. al
cost Of great pain to my aching throat.
-Youll be all right in half an hour. .
he assured me. "And promise ] won't
use any more physical demonstra.
tions. Get up now. You can sit on
a chair"
And. toy that was of this monster.
the discussion OF Omar and the
Preacher was resumed. And half the
night We sat up over It
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25
CHAPTER xl.

The last twerty-four hours have wit.
messed carnival Of brutality. From
cabin to forecastle It seems to have
broken out like q contsgion. Thomas
Mugridge is o sneak, . spy. an In.
former He has been attempting to
curry favor and reinstate himself IN
the good graces Of the captain BY car.
rying tales Of the men forward. he 4
was. l know. that carried some Of
Johnson's hasty talk to Wolf Larsen.
johnson. II seems. bought Z suit 0l
oilskins nom the slop;chest and found
them to be OF greatly inferior quality.
Nor WAS he slow in advertising the
fact
} had Just finished sweeping the
cabin and had been inveigled BY Wolf
x4reen Into 4 diacussion Of Hamlet,
NJ favori,e ehAkespearean character.
whcn Jobsnsen deecended the com
panon stairs followed by .Johnsoa'
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innocence of the realities OF life had
been complete indeed. laughed bit
terly to myself. and seemed to find in
Wolf Larsen's forbidding philosophy a
more adequate explanation OF life than
had found in my own.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

A sad story comes from Maasjo.
Sweden. An aged woman has been
living there all alone in great pow
erty. Recently there came letter
containing 1900 crowns left her by a
son in America. who had died. But
the letter came too late. She had died
the day before.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

Some timo ago mention was made
OF the lack OF pastors in Norway. II
now appears that in Sweden the need
OF duly ordained pastors is still great.
Ell and appeals are being made to the
church department to allow laymen to
serve as pastors, otherwise many con-
gregations will be unable to obtain
pc cstors.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

Lieutenant Won Mentzer. an aviator
had a narrow escape from death al
1Malmslatt recently. He was alight
ing when his machine turned turtle
and he was pinned beneath when Il
struck the ground He was badly
crushed and taken unconscious to the
hospital. but will probably recover.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1916-03-25

A resolution has been introduced
in both branches OF the rigsdag re-
questing the government to provide
the necessary funds for the construc-
tion OF the Kapellskar railway which
has been under consideration for a
long time. It is proposed that the new
lire be completed in 1919. It WIN be
OF Importance in facilitating direct
communication with England and
Russia.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
IDAHO SPRINGS COLO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER Is
Council 10 Insist
On Covered Ash Cans

A list of all places without ash
cans and of those places where the
can has no lid, has been compiled
by the fire chief and committee,
and the list was presented to the
city council for consideration. In
the west end of town, particularly
between Fifth and Eighth avenues,
ashes are thrown over the bank of
the railroad and placed at the
mercy of the wind In the east
end, many citizens carry their
ashes to the creek and throw them
in. Occasionally, however. the
trip to the creek is cut short and
the ashes are dropped in more
convenient places. The council
lis gong to insist that ash cans
with lids be provided, but will al
low people TO carry their own
ashes to the creek provided the
ashes are dropped in the water and
given a complete bath. Any
violations will be prosecuted.
The railroad company will be
notified to provide their locomotive
smoke-stacks with screens to pre-
vent the scattering of live coals.y |
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Large Ore Body
Struck In Gem Mine

The Mazda Leasing company,
operating on the l4OO foot level of
the Gem mine, have opened up
one of the largest and best bodies
of ore ever found in that famous
old property. AT the distance of
500 feet east of the Argo tunnel
line the ore was encountered, and
there is now showing in the breast
of the drift streak of ore that
measures nine feet in width and
carries value of S25 per ton just
as it is broken in the mine. This
ore is directly beneath the ground
from which Irving Coe, JEFF Clark
and associates took out snug for
tune two years ago and is un-
doubtedly Il downward continu-
alton of the same ore chute.
w. E. Renshaw, general mana
ger of the Gem mine, who knows
every foot of the extensive work
ings of the property, says the
strike is the biggest and best ever
made in the history of the prop
erty, and that the showing through
out the entire mine is better than
it has been for a long time, and
conditions continue to improve
with every foot of advancement of
the various drifts. The outlook
for the continuation of large out.
put of ore is very bright.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Sudden Death OF
Miss Bessie Biggar

The news of the death Of Bessie.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r. G.
Riggar, which occurred at the fam
lily home in this city Wednesday
morning, December l3, was sur
prise and shock to the many
friends Of the family in this CITY.
After an illness Of only two DAYS,
the brittle thread of life was broken
and the spirit of Bessie Biggar re-
turned to Him who gave it. Her
parents for many years resided in
this city but removed twenty years
ago to the ranch near Littleton
where Bessie was born july 3, 1895.
and where she grow to womanhood.
-Four months ago she came to this
city with her parents. her father
having assumed charge of the Bald
Eagle mine. Her illness was not
thought to be of "A serious nature
until a very short time before death
came. Everything possible to be
done was effected but no avail.
Three times within the last two
years death has taken away one of
the near and dear ones of this fam
lily. Two years ago Robert J. Cal
low Sr,, father of Mrs. Biggar, was
called to his last long home. and a
few months ago her brother, Ro-
bert j. Callow Jr., was laid away
and now her daughter, just bud
ding into womanhood, is in the
cold and silent grave.
Father, mother and two sisters,
Mrs. May Smith of Trinidad, Colo
RADIO, and Mrs Jennie johnson of
Buckingham, Colorado, one broth
er David of Littleton and one
younger brother Frank who is at
home, are left to mourn her death.
The remains were taken to Little
ton Thursday morning, where the
funeral was held. with interment in
the family lot in the local ceme-
terry at that place. The heartfelt
and sincere sympa thy of hundreds
of friends here is extended to the
sorrowing ones that are left to
mourn.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Many Motorists Come
to Hot Springs Hotel

The Denver Motor club enjoyed
a dinner dance at the Hot Springs
hotel last Saturday evening. AL
though the weather was cold and
the roads rather snowy for mount
ain motor trip, about 80 cars came
up, and the experience was SO
pleasant that the event will prob
ebly be repeated. A number of
Idaho Springs folks We're present
and covers were laid for 159 guests.
Dancing was in the lobby and at
the Trocadero. An excellent or
chestra, recitations and some pro-
fessional dancers added to the joy
of the evening.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Are You Going To
The Firemen'S Ball?

The Firemen's annual ball to be
held on New Years night promises
to be one of the best entertain
ments of the season. The dances
given by the fire department are
always very pleasant and enjoy
able, and the COMMITTEES in charge
OF this one are putting forth extra
efforts to make it surpass any of
the previous entertainments.
1t is the duty of all of our citi-
zens to encourage the "boys" by
a liberal patronage. If you don't
dance, by ticket anyway. Re-
member that these boys are alwa Us
ready and do respond to the alarm
at any hour, day or night, and they
have shown within the last few
weeks by their quick response and
efficient work that what might have
been disastrous confagration
was averted.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Death Takes Prominent
Georgetown Lady

Mrs, Cora j. Seifried, one of the
best known and most highly
esteemed residents of Georgetown,
died at two o'clock Thursday
morning.
AS has been her custom for years,
Mrs. Seifried had planned on
spending the winter in the south
and had completed her arrange
ments for the southern trip, when
about ten days ago she was taken
with coughing and sinking spell
from which she never rallied.
Mrs. Seifried was born in Bel
fast. Ohio, Dec. Is, 1856. and had
she lived another day would have
completed sixty years. She came
to Clear Creek county in the early
7Os and for some time taught in
the public schools of Georgetown
and Dumont. Early in 1877 she
was united in marriage to Henry
Seifried, the we'll known late presi-
dent of the Bank of Georgetown,
who died in April ,191l, since which
time the widow has been president
of the bank.
She was progressive and en-
ergetic and gave freely of her
wealth and services towards any
enterprise that was for the benefit
of the whole community.
Two daughters, Mrs. M. Nc.
Farlane OF Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs.
Ruth Patterson of Kingston, N.
:, are left to mourn the loss of a
devoted mother.
Interment will be at Alvarado,
but definite arrangements for the
funeral have not yet been made.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Local Stores Prepare
for Big Holiday Trade

The blustery weather of the past
few days has delayed holiday shop,
ping very materially, but indica-
tions now point to milder weather
and rush of buying next week.
Even if the railroad and auto
road should become blocked, the
Idaho Springs people would not
suffer any for Christmas wares as
the merchants have an ample
stock of nearly everything that
can be thought of in the way of
holiday goods.
Take the n Weinberger store.
for instance. In addition to the
usual large stock of dry goods,
clothing. and shoes, they have
many pretty Christmas novelties,
some of which are listed on the
back page of this issue of the
Siftings. They intend to go out
of the toy business and are selling
everything in that line at half
price. To look over their assort-
ment would convince any buyer
that it is useless to go to Denver
for toys or dolls. Many staple ar
ticles such as shoes and clothing
that have been advanced in price
by the manufacturers are still Of
fered by this popular firm at old
prices.
By taking a little time to look
over the pages of the Siftings this
week you will find all lines of
staple and Christmas goods pretty
well Observation-Disclosures, fount
ain pens, kodaks, good groceries.
wearing apparel of all kinds, toys,
games, electrical fixtures. iewelry
Of all kinds. candy from the cheap
est that's good to the best that's
made.
The banks and hotels, too, and
the Opera House, take part in the
general good fellowship and ex-
tend to their friends and patrons
the compliments of the season.
The Siftings is appreciative of
the liberal patronage extended it
both in advertising and job print
ing, and urges its friends to pat
ronize those who by their support
make the publication of a live
weekly newspaper possible.
Many thanks to one and all.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15

The Shakespeare club met at
the home of Mrs. w. H. Leebrick
last Tuesday evening. The time
was devoted to the study OF
''Wagner's Life, while Mrs.
Shaffer told we'll of "Interpreters
of Wag guer". Mrs. Halls subject
was 1.-The Nibelungen Lied" and
was in cana BILE hands. An added
pleasure was the rendition of several
records from Valkyrie. The next
meeting will be January 9th with
Miss Coffman.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15

John Walder, who runs the
stage line between this city and
Alice, says Thursdays storm was
the worst that he ever experienced
during all the years he has been
driving the route.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15

Seated around the table at one
of the fashionable boarding houses
in this city, the guests were dis
cussing the matter of appropriate
holiday presents when the "Cheer-
full IDIOT remarked that set of
teeth for the mouth Chicago creek.
fur cap for the head of Fall river,
shoe for the foot of Mt. Evans, or
pair of gloves for the hands of
the town clock would be-but he
got no further, as Miss Prim, the
school marm, froze him with her
icy stare.
Sheriff Straub came down from
Georgetown Friday with John
Anderson, prisoner arrested in
Denver on the charge of passing a
worthless check ON Adolph Nelson
in payment for goods. The de.
fendant was arraigned before JUS
tice Griswold and pleaded guilty
to the charge and was bound over
in the sum of $500 to appear at the
next term of the district court, in
default of which he was taken to
Jail. 1t developed at the hearing
that his true name is Ole Ellison
and that he had been working for
some time in Georgetown and the
vicinity.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15

The Steamboat Springs Pilot and
the Golden Transcript are two
more of many weekly papers who
announce that after January 1st
their subscription lists will be on a
strictly paid-in advance basis or
subscriptions will be discontinued.
The Golden Globe has raised its
price so cents'a year and had ad-
vanced its advertising rates. This
is made absolutely necessary by
the enormous advances made in
the cost of paper, inks. rollers.
linotype metal, and beefsteak aud
potatoes. The Siftings is still
running along without advancing
rates but we are endeavoring to
collect all subscription accounts.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-12-15
Silver Plume Wants
Weekly Newspaper

As a result of the continued i'm
provement in the mining industry,
particularly in upper Clear Greek,
the Chamber of Mines and Com
merce of Silver Plume is desirous
of encouraging the publication of
weekly newspaper for that dis
trict.
Samuel H. Barnd of Preston,
Kansas, where until but lately he
published the Preston News, spent
several days this week in George
town and Silver Plume viewing
the general situation. Overtures
were made to the Georgetown
Courier to purchase the Courier
plant, but it is understood that no
satisfactory price could be- obtain
ed. Mr.. Barnd met the men of
Silver Plume and made them a
proposition which contemplates
the removal Of his plant from Kan
sas to Silver Plume.