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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17

Though it was a mild night on the
sea, there was a continual chorus of
the creaking timbers and bulkheads
and of abysmal noises beneath the
flooring.
The sleepers did not mind. There
were eight of them-the two watches
below-and the air was thick with
the warmth and odor of their breath
ing. and the ear was filled with the
noise of their snoring and of their
signs and half-groans, tokens plain
of the rest Of the animal-man. But
were they sleeping? all of them? Or
had they been sleeping? This was evil
IDENTIFY Wolf Larsen's Quest-to find
the men who appeared to be asleep
and who were not asleep or who had
not been asleep very recently. And
he went about it in a way that re-
minded me of story out of Boccac-
clio.
He took the sea-lamp from its
swinging frame and handed it to me.
He began at the first hunks forward
on the starboard side. In the top OF
one lay Oofty- Oofty, a Kanaka and
splendid seaman, so named by his
mates. He was asleep on his back
and breathing as placidly as woman
One arm was under his head, the
other lay on top of the blankets. Vol
Larsen put thumb and forefinger &c
the wrist and counted the pulse. In
the midst of 1t the Kanaka reused, He
awoke as gently as he slept. There
was no movement Of the body what
ever. The eyes. only, moved. They
flushed wide open. big and black. and
stared. unblinking. into our faces
Wolf Larsen put his finger to his lip'
as a sign for silence. and the eye!
} closed again.
In the lower bunk lay Louis, gross
, ly fat and warm and sweaty, ASLEEP
, unfeignedly and sleeping laboriously
While Wolf Larsen held his wrist b,
stirred uneasily.
Satisfied with the honesty Of hi
and the Kanaka's sleep, Wolf Larsel
passed on to the next two hunks Of
the starboard side, occupied top an
bottom. as we saw in the light o
the sea-lamp, by Leach and johnson
As Wolf Larsen bent down to tn
: lower bunk to take Johnson's pulse.
standing erect and holding the lamI
I saw Leach's head raise stealthily a
he peered over the side of the bunk t
Q see what was going on. He must hav
+ OWNED Wolf Larsen's trick and tn
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
CTo BE coNrINuED.J
Draw Power From Air.

The mission settlement at Mt. Hope,
100 miles north of the arctic circle
in Alaska, is contemplating the install
lation of an electric lighting plant to
be driven by large windmil.s. During
the long arctic winter the steady
winds in that region seldom fall be
low 20 miles an hour. which Is ample
for driving the power plant. Since
fuel of any kind is exceedingly ex
pensive in that region. the power will
serve the dual purpose Of Illuminating
and heating.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
Not Q Mourning Suit.

Brownins-"l Just met Whyte on
his way downtown to recover his son q
body" Greening-"What! Do you
mean to tell ne that his son was
drowned?" Browning-"Oh. no. Bnt
bis father said he needed . new suit
Of clothes"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17

often II called the deadly night
shade" because of the violent narcotic
poison It contains. Both leaves and
berries contain this poisonous proper.
II. Incidentally. the plant n very valu-
able. 1t was probably introduced into
America from Europa
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
CHAPTER XII.

Several Gays more passed De1Ore
Johnson crawled on deck and went
about his work in half-hearted way.
He was still q sick man. and / more
than once observed him creeping pain
fully aloft to q topsail. or dropping
wearily as he stood at the wheel. But.
stu worse. 1t seemed that his spirit
was broken. He was abject before
Wolf Larsen and almost groveled to
Johansen. Not 30 was the conduct OF
Leach. He went about the deck like
tiger cub, glazing his hatred openly
at Wolf Larsen and Johansen.
I'll do for you yet, you slab-footed
Swede," heard him say to Johansen
one night on deck.
1. The mate cursed him in the dark.
nese. and the next moment some mis-
sile struck the galley a sharp rap.
There was more cursing, and a mock
ing laugh, and when all was quiet
stole outside and found heavy knife
Embedded over an inch in the solid
wood. A few minutes later the mate
came fumbling about In search of It,
but returned 1t privily to Leach next
day. He grinned when l handed II
over. yet It was q grin that contained
more sincere thanks than a multitude
Of the verbosities of speech common
to the members of my own class.
Unlike anyone else In the ships
company. now found myself with nc
quarrels on my hands and in the goot
graces Of all. The hunters possibly
no more than tolerated me. though
none Of them disliked me; while
Smoke and Henderson, convalescen
under deck awning and swinging da!
and night in their hammocks. assured
me that was better than any hospita
nurse and that they would not forge
me at the end of the voyage whel
they were paid on. CAS- though I stoot
IN need Of their money! T. who coul'
have bought them out. bag and bag
gage, and the schooner and its equiv
ment, . score of times overD Blu
upon me had devolved the task of tend
ing their wounds. and pulling then
through. and did my best by them.
Wolf Larsen underwent another ba,
attack Of headache which lasted tw
days. He must have suffered severely
for he called me in. and obeyed m
commands like q sick child. Blu
nothing could do seemed to reliev
him. At my suggestion. however. h
gave up smoking and drinking; thoug
Why such Q magnificent animal as h
should have headaches at all puzzle
me.
talked with Johansen last night
the first superfluous words with whic
he has favored me since the voyag
began. He left Sweden when he wa
eighteen. 10 now thirty-eight. and &
al the intervening time has not bee
home once. He had met q townsmar
couple Of years before. in som
sailor boarding house In Chile. 50 tina
he knew his mother to be still alive.
''She must be q pretty old woma
now" he said. staring meditativel
into the pinnacle and then jerking
sharp glance at Harrison, who wa
steering . point on the course.
But does she work? now? How oil
n shef"
About seventy" he answered. An
then. boastingly. I'VE work from tn
time We are born until we die. in m
country. That's why we live 30 lonl
] viii live to q hundred"
shall never forget this convers.
NJ -
heard him utter. Perhaps they wer
the last he did utter. too. For. goin
down into the cabin to turn In, d,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17

He (savagely)-So. ! suppose you
have determined past argument to take
Q nat
She (sweetly)-Oh. no. That ques'
ton was settled for me when ! mar
ried you
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
MIslnformed.

Singleton am told you cursed the
day you were married. Is II true?
Wedderly-No. It wasn't quite that
bad. I didn't curse until 80 uzy after
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17

Branch. N. T., II annoyed because
porcupines have taken to invading the
village streets In numberh
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17
Harmonlxlne.

HarmoutxtuUs
The philosopher across the way %
having an appropriate time Of 1t With
his wisdom tooth"
How sor
Both he and the toosn are WISE
acresL"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-03-17

Envy mas torpedoed many . friend.
shin.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
To the Board of County Commis-
sioncrs of Hartford County:

s1oners of Hartford County:
 The Austrian Singing society, act ing by Robert Mautner, vice president, duly authorized by vote of said asso- ciation, club, society, hereby apply for a club certificate to entitle it to have in its possession and dispense to it's mem bers, spirituous and intoxicating liquors as an incident to it's social life under the provisions of Chap. 296 Public Acts of 1915 at the quar- ters of said association, club. society located at 195 Arch street, Town of New Britain, Conn.
 Said association. club, society has for it's purposes and objects the fol- lowing:
 Singing and benefit of it's members.
 It has a membership of PA and was organized February 19. 1906.
 The officers, directors, board of governors are as follows:
 President, Arthur Schlffart; vice president, Robert Mautner; treasurer Frank Poetz; secretary, John Hotter.
 A copy of it's bylaws, constitution and list of members are hereto an- rexed.
 Dated at New Britain, conn., thls 10th day of Oct. 1916.
 The Austrian Singing Society.
 By Robert Mautner, vice president.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
new platform will be constructed in the near future.
 No Evening School

the near future.
 No Evening School.
 General business conditions neces- sitat1ng overtime work in many of the factories will probably result in the school board deciding against giving evening schools another tryout this year. The board has made no plans for having night sessions for the bene- fit of the non-Engltsh speaking resi- dents and 1t is doubtful If the mem bers will move in that direction. The war in Europe has caused the return to their native land of a num- Der of the Italian residents and others who would be expected to take advan- tage of the opportunity of acquiring an education at night schools are working overtime at their regular en- ployment. This condition also pre- vailed last winter and it was necessary to abandon the evening school idea after classes were in session but a few weeks.
 The school board will meet tonight to organize for the ensuing year and the evening school matter may come up for discussion.
 Brief Items. T. w. O'Connor is having two rooms in the Russell block on Central Square fitted up for use as a real estate office. A little Ford and a truck of fair proportions collided on East Main street yesterday afternoon. The Ford escaped practically without a scratch while the larger machine was badly damaged.
 The Parish guild of the Church of Our Saviour will meet Thursday af- ternoon. There will be a supper at 6 o'clock.
 The ladies of the Advent Christian church will hold a food and fancy work sale tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 5:3O at the home of Mrs. Robert Coe on East Main Street.
 Demonstration of the new voting machines will be given tomorrow from a. m. to 1 D. m. and from 4 o'clock in the afternoon to g in the evening. The voters may receive in structions at the same hours Friday. Albert Sturgeon and Roland Hoerle will be in charge of the demonstra- tion.
 Directors of the Business and Im- provement association will hold their November meeting tomorrow evening in the club rooms in Odd Fellows block.
 The condition of Isaac Ryder, who recently underwent an operation at the Hartford hospital, was reported today to be critical.
 Mrs. Augustus Green, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Peter Brock. is a patient at St. Francis hospital
 Some improvement is noted in the condition of John c. Norton, Plain vflle's oldest voter, who has been i'll for several days
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
But Not As. First Selectman, De- Dc
 clares Willard 1. Alling
ION ERGAN TO SPEAK
Republican, Speakers Greeted by 4s
 Crowded House--HaIIowe'en Enter
 taimnent in East Berlin-Improve- 
 sAznent Society Elects Officers-Briefs.

Norman L. Beckley, democrat, was
 yesterday sworn in as a member of the board ot se1ectmen of Berlin by
 Town Clerk Francis Shaw. The
 conditions under which Mr. Beckley
 has at last found himself a member
 of this board are we'll known to all
 Beslin residents. He, as the demo-
 cratic nominee was opposed to Will
 lard l. filling, republican, for the
 election and when the votes were first
 counted he was declared elected The
 count was questioned and after sev-
 eral recounts, during which several
 votes were declared void by the mod
 orator, MT filling was declared elect
 ed by one vote. He at once took the
 oatk of office as first selectman, while
 MT. Becl<ley immediately appealed to
 the superior court for a recount.
 Judge Futile presiding, the votes were all recounted and the questioned
 votes passed upon by the court. The
 judges decision was that the moder- . ator in Berlin erred in his decisions
 anu MT. Beckley should have been
 declared elected by two votes. MT. Milling in turn has appealed from the
 superior court decision and the case
 will again be argued, this time be-
 fore the Connecticut supreme court, in January.
 In the meantime MT. filling, having already taken the oath as first select man, has been administering the du- ties of that office. Yesterdays event, the swearing in of Mr. Beckley, adds new angle to the case. MT. Beck ley's followers naturally take the view that as the latest legal decision names him as first selectman he should have that office until he is re- moved or affirmed by the supreme a corsrt. MT. filings supporters take the opposite view. They hold that ktheir man should remain in that of- Rfce until the case is finally and defin- 8itely disposed of by the supreme court. AIf the decision is against him, then is Rthe time for him to step out, but not Auntil then is their opinion. That Mr. # #AI1ing himself takes this view is evil Adented by a statement he made to a. aHerald reporter today when he de- Ac4ared positively that Mr BaclIlyey is Undoubtedly a, member of the board A3f selectmen, but he is not first se- Hectman.
 k This statement gives possible rise 40 another question. The town gov 8,r17ment provides for three selectm en, E6already three, according to Mr. AL Rings view. His statement that MT. &Beck1ey is a member of the board Ewoud indicate that the board con-
 kists of four member How this is
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

pie ballots that he will distribute to those who want them.
 The social committee of the Berlin Congregational church have started a physical culture class for the la dies of the church. The first meet ing will be held tomorrow in the church parlors at 2:30 o'clock
 Mr. and Mrs. l.. A. Wescott of East Berlin have returned from a visit to Southampton, l.. I.
 The regular meeting of the K. of P. society was held last evening in East Berlin.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

Prince, the bear in the picture, be- ing of Russian extraction 1t Is only natural that he should take kindly to a winter sport, ice skating. He's already an expert roller skater and is now being framed in the use of the
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

runners. Of course 1t would be ask- ing too much of Prince to expect him to balance himself on single runners, so a special pair of skates with double runners attached to specially made boots has been made for him.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

case seems to be a jun oled up mess that would tax the ingenuity of a Philadelphia lawyer.
 No Cause for Fear
 Because of the many rumors rampant recently to the effect that numerous cases of infantile paralysis are prevalent in Berlin. Dr. R. M. the people of this community against placing any faith in the numerous stories going the rounds. All those who are fearful lest an epidemic grip Berlin are directed to confer with the Health department and leave, for the time being, the gossipers on the out side. To alleviate any fears that there are serious cases of courageous dis eases here, pr. Griswold has given out the subjoined statement:-
 "It has been so consistently reported for the past few days that case of infantile paralysis existed in Kensing ton that I take this occasion to state that no cases of that disease are known to exist in the town with the excep tion of one case on the extreme east of East Berlin, and that case is two weeks convalescent. Two or three cases of mild influenza in children have been reported as suspicious, and have been found to be ordinary bronchial colds. With the exception of the case referred to in East Ber- lin there is no courageous disease in town and all reports to the contrary are gossip.'
 (Signed)
 R. M. GRISWOLD, M. D., Health Officer. Crowd at Rally.
 About 300 republicans crowded their way into Forester's hall last evening to hear Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Congressman P. Davis Oakley, Colonel Charles M. Jarvis and ! several other speakers talk on party issues The rally proved to be the l most enthusiastic yet held in this town and gave the local party lead- CTS great deal of confidence in the outcome of next Tuesdays election The rally was preceded by a parade 1 headed by the T. A. B. drum corps 1 which covered Warrington Ridge 1 thence to Kensington around the
 
 l hall. There were about thirty auto 1 mobiles in the parade and all were l we'll filled.
 Frank L. Wilcox acting as the 1 chairman of the rally first intro 1 duced Governor Holcomb who re- I viewed his record for the past two years. Colonel Jarvis local candidate l Tor representative next took the floor 1 and said that he was a friend of the 1 working man. At the time he was the ! head Ot an East Berlin Bridge com- pany they had a compensation law i all of their own which was many years before the state law was ever 1 thought of. After few more re- marks of interest locally he gave way to Congressman Oakley. MT. Oakley said that he was in no way ashamed or his record of the past or any of the 1 votes that he had cast. He also said 1 that he would stand by any of his ] votes giving the reasons that he had 1 voted for or against bills
 M A. Fitzgerald, of New York. said l that he had been letter carrier for ] twenty-one years and had also been l the head of labor union. He smoke l of the hard times that followed the 1 passing of the Underwood tariff laws l in 1914. The Italians were more than 1 enthusiastic over the words snolen | to them by Antonio Pisani of New ! Haven. An abundance of Americor flags and photos of the candidates 1 were used as decorations about inc l hall. Before the rally the speakers
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01
North Aisle Four DayS' Specials

loo Hair Nets real hair large stnes shnpA sse- adjusting For Four Days Sale for 1Uc
 20c Sew-on Supporters, extra strong elastic rub Der buttons. For Four Days Sale .~. 1ac paax.
 $1.26 Ideal rubber cushion Hatx Brushes For Four Days Sale ESQ oacaA
 Dioxogen, medium stze for this sale aAo
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

possible is a mystery and the whole case seems to be a jun1Dled up mess that would tax the ingenuity of a Philadelphia lawyer
New Britain herald., 1916-11-01

Sc, 10c and 12c Bias Binding, fine ca1nbrtc and lawn threeeights onehalf and one-sixteenth inches wide. For Four Days only ............. sc piece.
 50 House BroOms made of good quality broom size for this sale 29c size for this sale 33c
 $2.75 Ivory Mirrors, best American make, for this
Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-17
PALACE THEATER

The Palace Theater will be crowd
ed to the doors tonight to see Mar
euerite Clark and the great patriotic
serial Liberty. No serial ever made
has met with the great success and
attracted the multitude Of people that
Liberty" has. A story Of the Mex
lean border with thrills galore, bril-
liant action between Texas Rangers
and Mexican bandits, enough military
atmosphere to stir your patriotism
and give you the greatest moving pic
ture enjoyment YOU have ever exper-
fenced.
Wonderful Marguerite Clark will be
shown in the bautiful picture, "Out
Of the Drifts" This exceptional pro-
gram with two features will be shown
twice, first show starting at Z o'clock.
No advance in prices.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-17
TALENT SELECTED
FOR OUR COMING
LYCEUM COURSE
Attractions For Season Of
1867 Announced.
ALL TASTES CONSIDERED
Local Committee Provides Select Years
Program at Popular Prices.

With more than $1,000 Lyceum
courses in the United States, averaging
FIVE numbers each and attended annu-
ally by 100000 people. the supply OF
clean. wholesome winters entertain
ment in this country is enjoying a
substantial and healthy growth. Thou
sands Of towns and cities have learned
from experience that a Lyceum course
is beneficial to community life in many
ways. Only entertainment which is
worth while can grow and stand the
test Of years as the Lyceum movement
has done.
For the coming fall and winter in
our community a choice program has
been selected by the local auspices,
and tickets will be sold at popular
prices. A description Of each number
on this course follows:
This excellent Lyceum course will
be given at the Christian Church as
follows:
Monday, October 23-The Killarney
Girls and Rita Rich.
Wednesday, November 22-Ameri-
can Male Quartet.
Tuesday, December 19-Dr. James
Kirtley.
Friday, January 26-Fairchild Sis.
ters.
Tuesday, February 20-Adrian NJ
Newens.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-17

his life, but the catcher threw him
back into the ladies berth, where
gentlemen are not supposed to be. The
husband was not supposed to be there
either, but he was, and so was the
conductor and so was the porter and
so was a flirt-hater.>
All picked out the top Of the train
for the exercising grounds. The train
had to be in the city on time and
couldn't stop for mere killing. This
made running On top even more un-
pleasant and Mr.. Cowbull ran from
one end to the other until he caught
on bridge. The husband, however,
also caught on the bridge but neither
one knew that this bridge was draw
bridge and went up $50 feet.
How drawbridges, trains, steam
bats, hand cars and flying machines
could all get in one spot and not get
mixed up any worse than they did is
a problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-17
L. & s. THEATER

The right car but the wrong berth,
is an L-Ko comedy in two reels to be
shown at the L. & S. theater tonight.
Dan Russell, as a floorwalker is a
failure, but as a lady killer he thinks
he is right there. The duties of a
floorwalker should stop at showing
ladies the right counters, but Mr.. Cow
bull let his duties go further. Un-
fortunately, a lady's nasty-tempered
husband thought otherwise regarding
dressmaking shops. Mr.. Cowbull did
not heed however, until matters
reached such an unpleasant state
that he was told that he had five min.
utes to get out of town.
He was perfectly sincere in wishing
to escape, but unluckily husband
picked out the same train. Mr.. Cow
bull jumped on mail catcher to save
Imperial Valley press., 1916-10-17
.SfFLEY UNION
CHURCH HOLDS
ANNIVERSARY
SERVICES
(Contributed)

Il wish we had Union church in
our town. This is the best thing l
ever saw" was the remark of one of
the visitors to the second anniversary
services of the Seeley Union Church
Sunday.
About two hundred persons were
present at the celebration. Though
nearly dozen different denominations
are represented in the organization,
the church is like one big family. The
lest of feeling and the highest spiri-
tually prevail.
The large Sunday School is success
fully conducted by R. w. Gray. George
A. Ragan presided at the church SER
vices. Short addresses were
in the morning by R. L. Glasby of
Calexico and Oscar Sweeney of Ell
Centre, Probably the largest and best
chorus choirs in the valley is led by
S. H. Lockett, Miss Helen Grizzle at
the piano and A. w. Grizzle playing
the violin, the congregation joining in
the singing with a fervor too seldom
witnessed. c. H. CcInett tead a-finar.
cial report showing the financial af
fairs in a healthy condition with mon
ey in the treasury and all bills paid.
At one o'clock dinner was served at
long tables in the auditorium. And
such dinner! The tables fairly
groaned with good things. Scores of
fried chickens, salads that could not be
surpassed by the finest chefs, doz-
ems of "Mother-made" pies and cakes
and gallons of delicious coffee for
those not too teetotally dry graced
the board. And the fellowship was
equal to the feast, Through all the
day the denominations were so mixed
up that, like the old lady's fair, one
could not tell (which was SWITCH"
and nobody cared, except that each
was a follower of the Christ, to the
test of his knowledge of His will.
The speakers at the afternoon SER
vices were George A. Ragan and r.
L. Glasby. In the evening Fisk Han
naford of Calexico addressed the
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor. Arrangements are not yet
complete for a persranent pastor for
the church.