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The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

forgotten that you were men? Good.
Very good. There will be fewer bellies
to feed"
Sitka Charley retied the flour as he
spoke, strapping the pack to the one
on his own back. He kicked Joe till
the pain broke through the poor devils
bliss and brought him doddering to his
feet. Then he showed him out upon
the trail and started him on his way.
The two Indians attempted to slip off.
''Hold, Gowhee! And thou, too, Kah-
Chucte! Hath the flour given such
strength to thy legs that they may out
run the swift-winged lead? Think not
to cheat the law. Be men for the last
time, and be content that ye die full
stomached. Come, step up, back to
the timber, shoulder to shoulder.
Comet"
The two men obeyed, quietly, with
out fear; for it is the future which
presses upon the man, not the present.
'"Thou, Gowhee, hast a wife and chill
dren and a deer-skin lodge In the
Chippewyan. What is thy will in the
matter?"
"Give thou her of the goods which
are mine by the word Of the captain
the blankets, the beads, the tobacco,
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

the box which makes strange sounds
after the manner of the white man. Say
that I did die on the trail, but say
not how"
"And thou, Kah-Chucte, who hast
no wife nor child?"
'Mine is a sister, the wife Of the
Factor at Koshim. He beats her, and
she is not happy. Give thou her che
goods which are mine by the contract.
and tell her it were well she 60 back
to her own people. Shouldst thou meet
the man, and be so minded, it were a
good deed that he should die. He
beats her, and she is afraid"
care We content to die by the lawT'
1--WE are"
"Then good-by, my good comrades
May We sit by the well-flled pot, IN
warm lodges, ere the day is DONE"
AS he spoke, he raised his rifle, and
many echoes broke the silence. Hard
.ly had they died away, when other
rifles spoke in the distance. Sitka.
Charley started. There had been mort,
than one shot, yet there was but one
other rifle in the party. He gave q
fleeting glance at the men who lay so
quietly, smiled viciously at the wisdom
of the trail, and hurried on to meet the
men Of the Yukon.
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

not strange, that which came to pass.
They had fallen by the side of a great
timber jam where a thousand cords of
firewood waited the match. Near by
was an air hole through the ice. Kah-
Chucte looked on the wood and the wa
ter, as did Gowhee; then they looked
on each other. Never a word was
spoken. Gowhee struck q fire; kah-
Chute filed q tin cup with water and
heated it Joe babbled of things in an
other land. in a tongue they did not
understand. They mixed flour with
the warm water till 1t was q thin paste,
and of this they drank many cupfuls.
They did not offer any to Joe: but he
DID not mind. He did not mind any
thing, not even his moccasins, which
scorched and smoked among the Goals.
A crystal mist of snow fell about
them, softly, caressingly, wrapping
them in clinging robes of white. And
their feet would have yet trod many
trails had not destiny brushed the
clouds aside and cleared the air. Nay,
ten minutes delay would have been
salvation. Sitka Charley, looking back,
saw the pillared smoke OF their fire.
and guessed. And he looked ahead
,t those who were faithful, and at Mrs.
Eppingwell.
$50 my good eomr.Aes. re have again
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
Be q Give Wire"

To increase your earning capacity,
you must be an energetic, live speci-
men of humankind. You should be
throbbing with surplus power. You
should possess degree of strength
that will give you confidence and cour-
age and endurance. Then you can 60
on day after day adding to your skill
and knowledge and power in your pro-
fcssion. And when you have climbed
to the highest point on one sphere of
endeavor, you will be ready to look
around for other work, and continue
to experience the delights that come
only with the daily struggle, required
for the attainment Of the objects one
has in view. Do not forget the value
Of systematic effort. Do not waste
your energies. Intelligent direction Is
all-important. Force, to be Of value,
must be applied at the proper place.
Effort, to be productive Of reward,
must be directed By superior intelli-
sence.-ExchangA
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

others that forgot. Moose-Head and
Three-S Salmon left the white man Joe
to lie in the snow. Let them forget
no more. With the light of day shall
they go forth and break trail. Ye have
heard the law. Look well, lest ye
break it."
Sitka Charley found it beyond him to
keep the line close up. From Moose
Head and Three-SalmOn, who broke
trail in advance, to Kah Chucte, Cow
hee. and Joe, it struggled out over a
mile. Each staggered, fell, or rested,
as he saw fit. The line of march was a
progression through chain of irregu-
lar halts. Each drew upon the last
remnant of his strength and stumbled
onward till it was expended, but IN
some miraculous way there was al
ways another last remnant. Each
time a man fell, it was with the firm
belief that he would rise no more; yet
he did rise, and again, and again. The
flesh yielded, the will conquered; but
each triumph was tragedy. The In.
dian with the frozen foot, no longer
erect, crawled forward on hand and
knee. He rarely rested, for he knew
the penalty exacted by the frost. Even
Mrs. Eppingwell's lips were at last set
in a stony smile, and her eyes, seeing,
saw not. Often, she stopped, pressing
a mittened hand to her heart, gasping
and dizzy.
Joe, the white man, had passed be-
yond the stage of suffering. He no
longer begged to be let alone, prayed
to die; but was soothed and content
under the anodyne Of delirium. Kah-
Chucte and Gowchee dragged him on
roughly, venting upon him many saw
age glance or blow. TO them it was
the acme Of injustice. Their hearts
were bitter with hate, heavy with fear.
Why should they cumber their
strength with his weakness? To do
so, meant death; not to do so-and
they remembered the law Of Sitka
Charley, and the rifle.
Joe fell with greater frequency as
the daylight weaned, and so hard was
he to raise that they dropped farther
and farther behind. Sometimes all
three pitched into the snow, so weak
had the Indians become. Yet on their
backs was life, and strength, and
warmth. Within the flour sacks were
all the potentialities Of existence. They
could not but think of this, and it was
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
MAKE APPEAL TO APPETITE
Food Materials Which Are Of Little
Real Value Have Distinct
Place on Table.

Not all food materials are said to be
valuable in proportion to the appeal
which they make to the appetite. For
example, the flavor substances in foods
which stimulate the olfactory and gus
tatory nerves, and thus give rise to
appetite, are not ordinarily the SUBJ
stances on which the body depends for
its fuel, nor for the great bulk of its
building materials. The latter mate
rials-proteins, fats or oils and car
bohydrates-when chemically pure,
have little or no taste or smell. The
preference for thin and crisp rather
than greasy bacon is given as an H.
lustration.
In a recent experiment It was found
that Of the 129 calories which repre-
sent the fuel value of a very thin
20 GIN. (three-fourths ounce) slice,
only nine calories remained when the
slice was sent to the table, 120 calo-
ries being represented by the fat which
*fried out" into the pan. In this case
a considerable amount Of flavor body
also goes into the fat, yet most persons
would not consider eating it unless it
has been skillfully blended with large
quantities of other foods; whereas the
scrap of skeleton tissue which has lost
50 per cent of its food value is regard
ed as a dainty morsel.
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

[TKA CHARLEY h a d
achieved the impossible.
Other Indians might have
known as much of the wis.
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
By JACK LONDON
Copyright by Jack London

needles of fire, through fur and flesh
to the bones. So, when the fire had
grown lusty and thawed damp circle
in the snow about it, Sitka Charley
forced his reluctant comrades to lend
a hand in pitching fly. 1t was prim-
tive affair, merely blanket, stretched
parallel with the fire and to windward
Of it, at an angle of perhaps forty-fve
degrees. This shut out the chill wind,
and threw the heat backward and
down upon those who were to huddle
in it's shelter. Then l. layer of green
spruce boughs was spread, that their
bodies might not come in contact with
the snow. When this task was COM
pleted, Kah-Chucte and GOwhee pro-
ceeded to take care of their feet. Their
ice-bound moccasins were sadly worn
by much travel, and the sharp ice Of
the river jams had cut them to rags.
Their Siwash socks were similarly
conditioned, and when these had been
thawed and removed, the dead-white
tips Of the toes, in the various stages
Of modification, told their simple tale
of the trail.
Leaving the two to the drying Of
their footgear, Sitka Charley turned
back over the course he had come.
He, too, had mighty longing to sit by
the fire and tend his complaining flesh,
but the honor and the law forbade.
He toiled painfully over the frozen
field, each step a protest, every mus
Gle in revolt. Several times, where the
open water between the jams had re-
Gently crusted, he was forced to miser-
ably accelerate his movements as the
fragile footing swayed and threatened
beneath him. In such places death
was quick and easy; but it was not
his desire to endure more.
His deepening anxiety vanished as
two Indians dragged into view round
q bend in the river. They staggered
and painted like men under heavy bur-
dens; yet the packs on their backs
were a matter of but few pounds. He
questioned them eagerly, and their re-
plies seemed to relieve him. He hur-
ried on. Next came two white men,
supporting between them a woman.
They also behaved as though drunken,
and their limbs shook with weakness.
But the woman leaned lightly upon
them, choosing to carry herself for
ward with her own strength. At sight
of her. a flash Of Joy cast its fleeting
light across Sitka Charley's face. He
cherished very great regard for Mrs.
Eppingwell. He had seen many white
women, but this was the first to travel
the trail with him. When Captain Ep-
pingwcll proposed the hazardous un-
dertaking and made him an offer for
his services, he had shaken his head
gravely; for it was an unknown jour-
ney through the dismal businesses Of
the Northland, and he knew it to be
CT the kind that try to the uttermost
the souls of men. But when he learn.
ed that the captains wife was to &C.
company them, he had refused fatty
to have anything further to do with
it. Had it been a woman Of his own
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
QUEER BELIEFS ABOUT MOON
Superstitions Handed Down From Past
Ages Have Not by Any Means
Died Out.

The idea that the moon powerfully
influences not merely the weather and
the growth Of crops but the func-
tons of the human body and even the
careers of men and women was al
most part of the religion of the an
cient Egyptians, Jews, Greeks and
Romans. The same idea runs through
English literature, and the very words
"lunatic' and 'lucid" are derived from
it. The works of Shakespeare, Spen-
ser, Beaumont, Fletcher, Ben Jonson,
and even such modern authors as By
ron, Scott and Shelley, are full Of
it. It does not appear in Edgar Al
Ian Poe, yet one has but to read
"Ulalume'' to find a striking illustra-
ton.
Among semicivilized peoples these
ideas about the moon are still almost
universal. In our own country, and
others in which civilization is at its
highest, one needs but glance over q
farmers almanac to find how much
faith is placed in these exploded ideas
by persons with even fair amount Of
education.
Though different peoples have DIFF
ferent traditions, it seems that for the
most part the full moon IS regarded as
the most suspicious phase, the moon
being propitious in proportion as its
luminous face is on the increase, and
unpropitious when it is on the de-
crease, the worst phase of all being
at the dark of the moon.
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14

nNN5l0I A FARLEY hi
wi achieved the impossible.
N.Y. Other Indians might have
NGSSN known as much of the wis.
dom of the trail as did he
but he alone knew the white mans
wisdom, the honor of the trail, and
the law. But these things had not
come to him in a day. The aboriginal
mind is slow to generalize, and many
facts, repeated often, are required to
compass an understanding. Sitka Char
ley, from boyhood, had been thrown
continually with white men, and as
q man he had elected to cast his for
tunes with them, expatriating himself,
once and for all, from his own people.
Even then, respecting, almost vener-
ating their power, and bordering over
it, he had yet to divine It's secret es-
sence-the honor and the law. And
1t was only by the cumulative evidence
of years that he had finally come to
understand. Being an alien, when he
did know he knew it better than the
white man himself being an Indian, he
had achieved the impossible.
And Of these things had been bred
q certain contempt for his own people
"a contempt which he had made it a
custom to conceal, but which now burst
forth in polyglot whirlwind of curses
upon the heads of Kah-Chucte and
Gowhee. They cringed before him like
a brace Of snarling wolf dogs, too cow
ardly to spring, too wolfish to cover
their fangs. They were not handsome
creatures. Neither was Sitka Charley.
All three were frightful looking. There
was no flesh to their faces; their check
bones were massed with hideOus scabS
which had cracked and frozen alter
nately under the intense frost; while
their eyes burned luridly with the light
which is born of desperation and hun
ger Men so situated, beyond the
pale Of the honor and the law, are
not to be trusted. Sitka Charley knew
this; and this was why he had forced
them to abandon their rifles with the
rest of the camp outfit ten days be-
fore. His rifle and Captain Epping-
wells were the only ones that re-
manned.
"Come, get fire started" he COM
manded, drawing out the precious
match box with its attendant strips Of
dry birch bark.
The two Indians fell sullenly to the
task of gathering dead branches and
underwood. They were weak, and
paused often, catching themselves, In
the act of STOPPING, with giddy motions,
or staggering to the center Of opera
lions with their knees shaking like
castanets. After each trip they rested
for moment, as though sick and dead
~ weary. At times their eyes took on
the patient stoicism Of dumb suffer-
ing; and again the ego seemed almost
bursting forth with it's wild cry, II,
I, want to exist !'-the dominant
note of the whole living universe.
A light breath Of air blew from the
south, nipping the exposed portions OF
their bodies and driving the frost, in
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
He Was No Poet,

"You have q pretty good business
even in December"
EYES," said the proprietor Of the
ocean hotel.
'They hear the sea a-calling, I Pre-.
sumo"
II dunno about that. We keep send
ing out booklets right along."-Louis'
vile Courier-JOurnal.
The Tomahawk., 1918-02-14
LANGUAGE In the Making.

CuUOO0U9 ~ SuU WsaNUH9s
photographers have to determine
nice shades in the meaning Of wosts."
mo doubt"
Dictionary makers Of the futurS
have their work cut out for ts...n."
How sof'
wait until geezer, guy and gink g.:
into the language."-Lc::svi!le Goa
Iir-Journal,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
MEADE MEN MUST
WEAR GAS MASKS
DURING ROUTINE

CAMP MEADE. Md, June 14.-Gas
training along more Intensive lines
than ever before attempted In a train
ing camp will go into eject next
week. Officers and men will wear
masks for long periods every day
and will be compelled to go through
their daily routine thus protected
from imaginary poisonous fumes.
In the office. for instance, letters
will be dictated while commanders
are masked. Men will learn how to
sleep with masks on and even how
70 eat with the least possible eN-
posture to the open air. Men who are
careless will get gassed theoretically.
They will be called down by officers
and may even be disciplined 10 i'm
press upon them the Importance Of
the familiarity with masks.
Reports from officers most recently
returned from France Indicate that
Germany Is using more gas every day
and Is making this her chief weapon
by night and day for heavy and light
artillery.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
R. SIDNEY DREW.
Of STAGE FAMILY,
ALRIGHT VICTIM

NEW YORK, June 14.-Corp. R
Sidney Drew, son OF Sidney Drew, OF
moving picture fame; nephew OF John
Drew. and himself an actor before ne
enlisted in the French aviation corps
q year ago. has been killed in an air
fight, according to a dispatch from
Paris.
Corporal Drew was reported miss
ing May %, when his machine was
shot down behind the German lines.
At that time 1t was hoped he had
landed safely and was made a pris-
oner.
Corporal Drew, who was twenty
eight, originally Joined the French
ambulance service, but shortly after
ward obtained his transfer TO the air
service, where, as he explained in a
letter to his father. he could get
plenty Of action
Prior to his enlistment Corporal
Drew was a director for the Metro
Pictures Company, and had played
leading roles in a number of pictures.
'Tt Is q fine thing my son has DONE"
was the comment of Sidney Drew at
his home at Sea Gate. Il know OF no
better way in which he could have
died am proud of him"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
CROWN JEWEL CASE
MAY Be SOLVED BY
TIN CONSULAR BOX

Dwarfed to comparative unimport-
ance by war dispatches and casualty
lists, the news Of the smuggling into
this country Of the so-called Russian
crown Jewels. worth approximately
1900 900. by three men OF apparently
ordinary means, whose combined
wealth, according to inspectors. would
hardly purchase the most trifling Of
the gems. has led customs officials
and naval intelligence and DeparS-
ment OF Justice agents a fruitless
chase in running down scores OF
clues to find the mysterious person
who either bought the jewels out
right or acquired them BY other
means.
The Jewels in possession OF the New
York customs officers have not been
formally appraised, though the duty
alone is expected to run as high as
$3.50, 900. Testimony obtained from
both Kahn and Jogelson, now being
held for further developments in the
case, has added no supplementary
data as to the source Of the purchase.
Customs officers believe that more
definite information as to the man
Of mystery who financed the project
viii be obtained when Sillinan Evans,
now detained in Dallas, Tex. will eX-
plain what was inside a little box he
carried into this country, which was
protected from the prying eyes Of
customs inspectors by consular seals,
supposedly from the legation in Co
penhagen. where Evans was employ
ed as a clerk.
Evans Is said to have remained
some time in Washington. en- route
to Texas. but the important dispatches
he alleged to carry in the little box
were not delivered. the customs Of
icials say.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
ONCE OFFICE BOY,
HEADS FINANCES
OF WAR EXPRESS

NEW YORK, June 14.-Caleb S.
Spencer, vice president and treasurer
OF the Adams Express Company. has
been appointed vice president and
treasurer Of the American Railroad
Express Company, the $4,000. 900 cor
poration formed under the guidance
OF Director General McAdOo, which is
to succeed during the war to the
business of the Adams, American,
Wells Fargo, and Southern Express
companies.
He will have charge OF the fiscal
departments Of all the companies, with
headquarters in tits city.
Mr.. Spencer began work with the
Adams Express Company as office
boy az Catskill, n. Y. in 1872. In 1894
he was made manager OF the New
England department Of the company.
Two years ago he was elected vice
president and treasurer.
It is expected that the new COM
pany will begin operations July /.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
BUBBLY DRINKING
FOUNTAINS TO GO
F0RHEALTH'SSA SAKE

The "bubbIy" drinking fountain
may have to go. Water and Health
Department officials are on its trail.
an& have gathered evidence to con-
vict it OF violating modern rules of
sanitation.
superintendent Garland, Of the Wa
ter Department today said that in his
opinion every bubbly fountain In
washington streets and school houses
was undesirable and should be abol-
ished for its alleged uhsanitary char
acter. as we'll as because Il wastes
the water supply
The Health Department has investi-
gated the fountains, and finds them
unsanitary. Experiments are being
made to learn how to make a drink
ing fountain that will be sanitary as
well as economic. So far no results
have been achieved.
The District officials express the
hope that Congress will at this ses-
sion provide for immediate extension
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER
MAN JOINS TANK CORPS

Charley Swan. well-knoWn Wash
ington newspaper man, is among the
recent victims OF the Treat 'em
rough" appeal OF the United States
Tank Corps. the training camp of
which is at Gettysburg.
Being DESTROYS OF seeing France
in one OF Uncle Sans late model
"rubber-neck wagons" Mr.. Swan en-
listed yesterday at corps headquar-
tersd in the Mills building. Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Seventeenth, street.
He was with General Pershinc as a
correspondent during the ''unpleas-
antness" on the Mexican border, and
expects to rejoin the American COM
mander-in-chief via the tank route
in a short time.
Among Washingtonians applying
for admission to the corps yesterday
were:
George o. Sunday. Guy F. Hurt,
Grafton Duval, Fred A. Anderson.
Charles g. Lacey, b. s Farnsworth,
Thomas e. Downey. J. Albert Wilson,
and ". W. Flood.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
Chinese Is Fined
As $3.50" ViOIatOr
Under War Food Law

The first Chinese to be fined
for violating the "5O-5O" rule In
selling -four is All LeonE.S OF Hon
olulu, the Food Administration
announced today.
II was Leong's second offense,
sentence having been suspended
in the FIRST instance because he
was apparently ignorant Of the
law.
But when he repeated the
offense he was forced to pay q
fine of 81 900, which went to the
Res Crosb OF the Hawaiian
Islands.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
RECESS IN AFTERNOON
FOR WOMAN employees

when q bugIe sounds at o'clock
every afternoon in the Surgeon Gen
erals Office OF the Medical Depart
ment il Is not a signal for the en-
ployes to line up for IRE or emergency
drill.
II is the sign for women clerical
employees to take q fifteen-minute re-
cess period to walk in the parks or
take other recreation. The recesses
were inEuEurated for the first time
Yesterday and will be continued for
the remainder Of the summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14

OF the water system, and fear that II
such provision be not made Washing
ton will suffer from a water famine
this summer.
The weather now IS cool" Super
intendent Garland said. ''oS soon as
the warmer days come again-and
they are due now any tlme-the
water consumption will Increase, and
the problem will be serious
There will be also an appeal to the
residents Of the District to answer
the patriotic call for careful use OF
water In the homes and on the lawns.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-14
TO MAKE DISTRICT BOY
SCOUTS MODEL FOR U. S.

Arrangements have been completed
to make the District Boy Scouts or
ganization a model for the whole
country. A citizens committee Of 1OC
has been asked to cooperate and eff
forts will be made to bring about
more efficient war service.
The citizens committee Is headed
by John c. Let's and includes Secre
tary OF War Baker, Secretary Nc
Adoo and Secretary Daniels. Stanley
A. Harris, national field scout COM
missioner, and E. s. WoOlsey, special
field commissioner, are developing the
plans.