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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-08

FOR SALE-White LeghOrn hens Barred
Rock bullets and c0ckrells bred to lay stock
reasonable prices. Wiilyard's Poultry yards.
@I14 Hamilton.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-08

II YOU HAVE Ancona cock or cockerel for
sale give price by letter 10 NJ A Taylor.
Ysieta. Tex
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-08

FOR SALE-Setting eggs. single comb
white lezhorn. single comb black leshorn.
barred rocks. cornish game and Houdaus-
also 50 pigeons FOR sale Phone $685., Len
Baker County Road
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07

Terted stairs.
The frightfulness Of our position be,
came more evident as we advanced,
The dead bodies, the smashed furni-
ture, the horrid swaying Of the hulk
beneath us, suspended, we had to use
the forward wall as floor, crawling
through the litter, made us feel that
certain death must end the adventure.
There was hook in the deck below
for what purpose it had been placed
there do not know-but it gave me
fOothold, enabling me to kneel.
'Here, Mccain, climb to my shoul,
ders," ordered, land take down the
lantern. Quick now; I'll hold you all
right"
His face was CHASTITY, and he obeyed
as though he moved in his sleep. Ev-
cry muscle in me felt the strain, but
I held him, Strengthening out my body,
and balancing myself, until his uplift-
ed hands gripped the light.
Have you got it,"
"Yes; let me down slowly"
all AiSAl AoAS III " IL Luz yOuI
life-now.''
My arms gave under the strain, and
sudden surge of the sodden wreck,
but he held to an end of the overturned
piano, the light still burning feebly,
threatening every instant to flicker
out. l caught and steadied it, turning
up the wick, and casting the faint
glimmer along the passage leading to
the stewards pantry.
I slipped down, gripping the lantern,
the dim, smoky glow of which made
the passage visible. The pantry door
stood open; indeed, doubt if it had
door, but everything else was closed.
Mccain was just above me, and I sung
out to him to hold fast; then, the Ian
tern wire gripped in my teeth, I low
cred myself the full length of my arms.
This brought the water to my knees,
while the lodged chairs were foot or
two below. AS hung there, dreading
the plunge, my eyes were directed op-
posite the pantry, and the CLEAN of the
lantern glittered on the blade of a
hatchet just inside the door. Never
was tool more welcome.
s'Hold tight above there" I managed
to calculate through closed lips.
"What are you going to do?"
"Swing in toward the door on the
right-there is a Ratchet lying there"
With feet braced against the oppo-
site wall, I forced my way across, MAX
ing three efforts before my fingers
finally gripped the Ratchet handle.
Clinging with one hand, thrust the
tool into my belt, fully prepared now
to let go.
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CHAPTER v.
The Rescue of Vera.


sTake this lantern, McCann,"
both my hands free. Hold it as low as
possible. Now, here goes!'
did not pray audibly, but prayer
was in my heart, as ! released my grip
on the rug and took the plunge. The
first chair crumpled beneath my
weight, but by good luck the second
held just long enough to enable me to
grip the latch of the door and cling
tight. The slant of the deck gave one
cropping foot precarious purchase on
the threshold, although water swept
nearly to my waist, and for moment
I tottered there, helpless to do more
than merely sustain my position. The
noise made by this struggle must have
been heard within, for became aware
Of water splashing, and fist pounded
the door.
Help! Is that you, Mr.. Seeley?"
"No," answered, nerved to new
effort by the sound of her voice, and
the knowledge that / had indeed locat-
ed the right spot, and found her still
alive. ''This is Hollis. Is the door
locked?'
"Yes, Mr.. Seeley has the key; you
must be quick-the water is already
above my waist"
"No time for keys, them" I said.
"Stand back until 1 cut way in.
Throw your light down, McCann-ay,
that's better!'
The latch of the door was forward;
I could cling to it, and have my right
hand free with which to WELD the
Ratchet, keeping both feet wedged on
the threshold. The light was the mer-
est glimmer,- yet sufficient to reveal
the paneling of the door, and hacked
at this fercely,. exerting the full
strength of my arm. A dozen blows
splintered the upper panel, and then
I sent the keen blade crashing down.
ward, gouging out great chunks and
splinters until a jagged passage had
been made, sufficiently large for the
passage of a body. The water was
deeper in the cabin than In the open
ing, drenching me nearly to the arm
pits. Mccain called in warning, his
voice cracked with a terror he could
no longer control.
Continued Next Week.
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r. pANDAI1 PARRISH
r of'nY LADY etAeNoRTH.. riAlO 9fA< foRE3T" ETC

blanKly into the smother. Then sud.
denly the mist seemed to roll asunder
as though cut by knife, and there
in the rift, as if the fog were a frame
appeared one Of the finest sea pictures
I ever remember seeing. A huge iron
warship, her tunnels belching smoke
at full speed, the white spray racing
along her sides, swept into view. We
had glimpse of the black muzzles OF
guns protruding from forward and
after turrets, of groups of sailors on
deck, and in the fighting tops; white
clad officer leaned over the bridge rail-
There was no flag, nor did we need ons
to know for what she stood. Caring
ton pointed out into the blank mist.
''There goes one of your bulldogs
now" he said. 'That fellow has his
orders already. In five hours more not
a German liner will dare leave New
York."
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
CHAPTER w.
The Wreck of the Esmeralda.

The wreck OF the. ESmeralda.
We passed the greater part Of the
day below, and long before night came
a heavy, sweeping rain set in and kept
us there. never recalled more blind.
ing, disagreeable storm at this season
of the year, and in those waters, al
though there was very little wind OF
sea accompanying it. The smother
however, made it safer to proceed al
half-speed, and the lOOkoutS forward
were doubled.
1t seemed long evening, as was
in no spirit for cards, and discussion
was altogether about the war, and
the projected copper pool. Darlington
received several messages in further
proof that the affair was already well
under way, but he made no other at.
tempt to arouse my interest. By ter
thirty / had retired to my stateroom
Yet even there, and when partly dis
robed, temptation to explore the
decks again assailed me. unscrewed
the port and glanced out, the cold rair
driving hard against my face. Nothing
could be seen; / stared into an impen.
etrable black wall. There was evi.
IDENTIFY nothing to do but remain where
l was, and 1 closed the port and lay
down in the berth.
do not know what aroused me, but
I sat up suddenly, wide awake, &
strange, ill-defned fear clutching al
my heart. What was it had heard
a cry? blow on the deck above? Had
I really heard anything, or was il
merely the echo of a dream? Tht
stateroOm was dark as Erebus, but ]
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF WISCONSIN
RUSK COUNTY
IN CTRCTIT COIIRT


A. e. Huffman, Plaintiff VS.. Butler A.
Grunseth and Carrie NJ. Grunseth,
Defendants.
BY virtue of a Judgment of fore
closure and sale made in the above en-
titled action on the Dist day of OctO-
her, 1916, the undersigned Sheriff of
Rusk County, State of Wisconsin, will
sell at the front door of the court house
in the city of Ladysmith, Rusk Coum-
ty, Wisconsin, on the 22nd day of De-
cember. 1917, at 10 o'clock in the fore
noon of that day the real estate and
mortgaged premises directed by said
judgment to be sold, and therein de
scribed as follows, to wit:
Lots One Cd and Eight (S) Block
Four az, Village of Ingram, according
to the recorded plat thereof, in Rusk
County, Wisconsin.
Terms of sale cash.
Dated Nov. 3, 1917.
VIM. DODSON, Sheriff.
McGill & Williams,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
(First insertion Nov. 8, 1917. 30-35)
Life, Accident, Compensation,
steam boiler, Ely Wheel Fire, Light
ming. Windstorm and Tornado insur-
ance written in the best Companies
B. e. French.
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got my feet over the edge of the berth
and switched on the electric light
Even as stood thus, my hand still on
the switch, someone ran swiftly across
the deck directly overhead, and voice
wavered out:
sport, sir! Hard aport-my God p
There was startling crash forward
the awful sound of crushing iron and
splintered timbers. / was flung head.
long against the partition, barely saw
ing myself by outstretched hands, but
falling bruised and helpless TO the
deck. The electric flashed out instant
~, but dull CLEAN from without
streamed through the glass of the port.
1t was a CHASTITY green light, and
recognized it at once as the port lam
tern of the ship which had rammed us.
Before could get to my feet even, still
dazed and trembling from the shock,
the CHASTITY green radiance began to re-
cede. Rage took the place of fear
the dirty murderer was backing off !!
was leaving us to sink clawed my
way across the stateroom, seeking to
gain view without, but could perceive
little. The glass was dimmed with
moisture. and through it could see
merely the circle of green light reveal.
ing the outline cf high bow. Nc
other CLEAN was visible, but above me
a man cursed hoarsely, and then
screamed out some order, which
could not distinguish.
All this was the work of an instant.
What had occurred was as clear to my
mind as though I had actually wit.
messed the scene from the deck above
A great steel steamer, tramp, nc
doubt, from it's darkened decks, had
plunged out Of the blackness, and
rammed her bow straight into US. The
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1917-12-07
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Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-19

perts, the best experts we can find. We are letting them tell us what to do and how to go to work.
 But if anyone supposes that the Brit ish people, who for hundreds of years have been pioneers in the fight for liberty. are going to allow themselves to be permanently deprived of Freedom because of this, he is wrong. Our people have shown in the past that they know how to safeguard their rights. Today they are willingly sac rificing much of the old freedom. But when the needs of the war go by, the temporary conditions will cease.
 The great thing that concerns us now is the war. This is a fight to the finish, and the Kaiser has got to be finished. This war is everybody's business. workmen and aristocrat alike Everybody must help. and ev- cry class is helping. We are going 10 see this thing through. And we are willing to sacrifice everything.
 We remember our brave lads. When visiting the front, have seen men wounded. l have asked myself what are we that we should be worthy of the sacrifice these men are making. They are giving their limbs for us They are giving their lives for usl They are giving their all.
 I recall the words of the King when as Prince of Wales. he attended 9 great gathering at the Guildhall after his journey round the Dominions Wherever we want the peoples hearts swelled with pride at their co-partner- ship in this great Empire" We have no lands, no possessions, and yet we all share it's common heritage of freedom. And it is that common her !tage which is at stake. Liberty Or Kaiserism? l am for libertyl
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| The mule can stand more hardships and rougher use; is not so easily blem ished; will stand more heat and thrive on a lesser amount of feed than the horse, and a 1000-pound mule can cas- fly do the work of 1200-pound horse and is generally useful for a longer time-even out of war. Also, there is not the same danger of overfeeding. a mule. You could empty sack of bar ley into his feedbox and he would hot eat enough to founder or injure him self, while a horse would gobble till he burst.
 The mule does not catch the mys. terious disease" which decimates the horses of the Argentine in South France and threatens importations in to Brittany and the Loire-Inferieure; or. if it be poison Gas many think it must be some physiological product which the mules superior phagocyte blood -globules simply gobble and de- stroy-like horse with barley,
 The mule does not get war neuras- thenia." Artillery and infantry, air plane bombs, grenades, searchlights and falling fuses, long hours without foed and hauls in mud and hills, the smell of blood and decay and shriek5 of wounded horses. all fail to dismay the mule. When a Lorse's mate is kill ed beside him, he kicks and plunges. The mule stands and waits. The mules nerves never give way; while the horse. much like human being (without the props of pride, patriotism and the reasoning faculty) goes down under the ordeal, becomes suddenly crazed or manageable. or else takes "neurasthenia" for long rest.-Ster- ling Heilig in the Kansas City Star
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sages from the men in the trenches tC those in the workshops. On one occa sion held 36 big recruiting meetings on the Tyne, the Tees and the Clyde in 2S days. I have done everything that I could to help the nation in the war.
 When war was first threatened against us, I visited Woolwich, which I represent in Parliament. said then: My position is that in the hour oi danger I am with the government. cannot help myself We have fought for peace until the last moment, but if war has to come, you and l have got to shoulder our burden. We have got to see the old country through, to stand shoulder to shoulder and pre- sent a united front to the enemy"
 Why did we working men of East London, the men who fought for peace 1914? The reason is simple. In the days of the Boer War we were pro- Boer because we thought that the lib erty of the Boer was in danger. To day, we stand by our country because we know that the liberty of our family is threatened. Our family is in trouble. Our family is standing together. And who, in the name of God, is going to say that we are not family and fight ing as a family his war was forced on us. Such a wicked war was never before waged.
 Our homes are in danger, our wives and families are threatened. We un- derstand this. The brutal murders of innocent folk in Belgium show us what Germany would do. It is not a ques- tion of prosperity, of conquest, of trade. We are fighting for liberty and for our homes. l have said many times that rather than give in to the barbarion who could do brutal murders such as the Kaiser has sanctioned, would see my own family wiped out and every member of the British Elm pire perish.
 When we understood this, we came together. We have had our family quarrels, very hot family quarrels sometimes, but at the bottom we all had a common interest in the welfare of our neighborhoods and the safety of our nation. had laughed sometimes at the Algies and Berties of Piccadilly. But when I found these Algies and Berties, possessing all that could yield ease, luxury and idleness, throwing everything up to fight for their coun- try. and dying by the side of our lads in Poplar in the trenches. loved and respected them for it.
 We found that we were all in it. To day it is as true as it was at the be- g:ning. This is not government war; it is peoples war We are all in it, the man at the village pump and in the fields, the blacksmith, the carpenter and joiner, the shipwright and the man of leisure. We are standing to- gether because We are fighting for lib
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erty and for the purity of our homes.
 The men are so fine. They volun teered in their thousands, long befor conscription was talked of. And the. are taking what comes to them with out a whimper They left home, wifi and children not only without grum ble but with smile Down each o our Poplar streets we have tales to ter of Dick who earned his sergeant stripes, left for France and was killed in three weeks; of Jack. blown up il naval fight; of Tom wounded, healed and back again.
 i The example of these lads has haC wonderful effect on people left be hind. know men who were drunk ards and loafers. Their dear ones hay, gone to the war. and have seen th' men at home pull up. They have GU drinking. They come home early g nights. They settle down to thei work. And when the news come. that their lad was killed on the Som me, the Ancre or at Ypres, they talk it quietly. It is as thought they saiG T must try to be worthy of my soldiel sons'
 l was not surprised that the peopl. of Woolwich were united for the war for Wcolwich lives mainly by the mar ufacture of war material. But in Pop lar it was different. Here the comine of war seemed likely to bring to oul already poor people nothing bu greater poverty, dearer food, less em ployment. This is what actually hap pened at the beginning. although late. on there was abundant employmen. in our work. But when things looked blackest, we took our stand. We have a small peace party. Its strength may be judged from the fact that when i. holds it meetings at the East India Dock Gates. our great public forum, its usual audience is between five and fifteen people. If I stand up to advC- cate the war. several hundred people will gather in few minutes. They
 
 Crooks. They have known me for many years, for l have spoken there for thirty years. But they come in greater numbers than in the old days. They come because l tell them abou.. the war
 l was walking down Commercial Road with young fellow in khaki fresh back from the front, when he saw an old chum come up. Why, Bert" he said, Not in khaki? You've not joined up?" 'Nawi" Bert replied 'I ain't such a fool" And he went or to argue against the war.
 The soldier had to go on. re. mained and turned to the young fel low. I purposely pitched my voice loud to attract the attention of pass ers-by
 q noticed" said I, that before you answered your friend, you took a cie- arette out of your mouth. Do you that it is the like of him, doing what he is doing, that enables the likes of you to be where you arc in safety. You are not willing to do your bit to stop the Kaiser from mur- dering women and children" By this time number of women, probabl, about fifty, were standing around list ening. Let me tell you about 2
Bisbee daily review., 1917-08-19

scene at Belgian railway station 8 little time ago. A train was loaded
 up with 800 young women, married and
 single. They had been dragged from their homes by the German soldiers Tears were on their faces and theil
 hands were outstretched as they cried
 beseeching a neutral friend, Where are we going? For Gods sake, tell us
 where we are going!' They were be
 ing dragged from their homes to Ger
 many. And you, my lad, are not such fool, you say. as to help to save your women and children from a fate
 like this"
 There was no need for me to say
 Leave him to us. Mir Crooks, leave him to us" I left. That is how our
 women feel about it. They encour- age their sons and husbands to go They want this wicked and dreadful war 10 cease, but they do not want i; 10 cease until the power of the Kaiser
 o repeat such evil has been broken.
 This is what has moved our people the danger to the home and family. nave asked gatherings of men time ai- Ger time what they would do if they came back from work in the evening nd found no home. If they found a mass of ruins over the dead bodies of their wives and children. l have 9sked them if they would sooner fight mong such scenes, shooting and dodg ing round the street corners, or do their fighting now. And the appeal las never failed.
 It is our home that stands first wit. all of us. You know the familiar scene, the little home, the wife, the child. The father hurries back from work to play with the baby. He does not even stop to wash. The wife tells Linn not to disturb it. Its mine, as well as yours, old girl" he says. He 'Yorships it. He worships her. The baby sickens. They hang over its cot icur after hour. with anguish at their hearts. It dies. Heartbroken the nan leans down, resting his head iE ] is hand. My Godl' he cries What lave I done to deserve this? I would fave given anything. would have done anything, could my boy have lived"
 As that father feels over his dead babe, we feel over our homes and ove- the cause of liberty we are defending. We will give anything, do anything to gave it.
 "But." say some folks, you are giv- ing up liberty. You are Prussianizing , ourselves. You are adopting ali linds of regulations in England. The people cannot do this they cannot do that. You must stay at work; you must go as soldier if you are called; you can no longer do as you like"
 Yes, but why? We have temporari- ly made sacrifice of our individual freedom in order to secure it perma- rently. We are paying a price, bu we are paying it of our own free will You cannot have any spiritual gain without ms terial sacrifice. When Q tig bit of work has to be done, you all in the expert and place yourself under his direction. We are engaged on the biggest task any nation ever un. 5ertook. We have called in the ex.