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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-01-24

but the king-salmon does not mate with
the dog-salmon, nor the raven with the
We l."
mot so!' cried Mackenzie. 1.-THE
daughter of the raven have met in
the camps of the wolf-the squaw of
Mortimer, the squaw of Tregidgo, the
squaw Of Barnaby, who came two ice
runs back, and have heard of other
squaws, though my eyes beheld them
not"
"Son, your words are true; but it
were evil mating, like the water with
the sand, like the snowflake with the
sun. But met you one Mason and his
squaw? No? He came ten ice-runs
ago-the first of all the wolves. And
with him there was mighty man,
straight as willow-shoot, and tall !;
strong as the bald-faced grizzly, with a
heart like the full summer moon ;
his''-
"Oh!" interrupted Mackenzie, recog-
nizing the well-known northland fig
ure-"Malemute Kid!'
"The samoa mighty man. But saw
you aught to the squaw? She was full
sister to Zarinska.'
may, chief; but have heard. Ma
son-far, far to the north, spruce
tree, heavy with years, crushed out his
life beneath. But his love was great,
and he had much gold. With this, and
her boy, she journeyed countless sleeps
toward the winters MONDAY sun, and
there she yet lives-no biting frost, no
snow, no summers midnight sun, no
winters MONDAY night"
A second messenger interrupted with
imperative summons from the council.
AS Mackenzie threw him into the
snow, he caught glimpse of the sway
ing forms before the council fire, heard
the deep basses of the men in rhythmic
chant, and knew the Shaman was fan
ming with anger Of his people. Time
pressed. He turned upon the chief.
"Come! I wish thy child. And now
See! here are tobacco, tea, many cups
Of sugar, warm blankets, handker-
chiefs, both good and large; and here,
a true rifle, with many bullets and
much powder"
"Nay," replied the old man, strug-
Cling against the great wealth spread
before him. 'Even now are my people
come together. They will not have
this marriage"
'But thou art chief"
"Yet do my young men rage because
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"And yet win my people say no."
"Grant, end the wealth Is thine.
Then shall I deal with thy people
after.''
1.-THE Wolf will have it so. will
take his tokens-but I would warn
him."
Mackenzie passed over the goods,
taking care to clog the rifles ejector,
and Gaping the bargain with a
kaleidoscope silk kerchief. The Sha-
man and half a dozen young braves
entered, but he shouldered boldly
among them and passed out.
"Pack!" was his laconic greeting to
Zarinska as he passed her lodge and
hurried to harness his dogs. A few
minutes later he swept into the coun-
Gil at the head of the team the woman
by his side. He took his place at the
upper end of the oblong, by the side
of the chief. To his left, step to the
rear, he stationed Zarinska-her prop
er place. Besides, the time was ripe
for mischief, and there was need to
guard his back.
The singing and dancing ceased, and
the Shaman flared up in rude elo-
uuence. Through the sinuosities OF
their vast mythology, he worked cum
ningly upon the credulity of his peo-
pie. The case was strong. Opposing
the creative principles as embodied in
the crow and the raven, he stigmatized
Mackenzie as the wolf, the fighting
and the destructive principle.
'.Ay, my brothers. Jelchs is all-pow-
err! Did he not bring heaven-born fire
that we might be warm? Did he not
draw the sun, moon and stars from
their holes that we might see? Did he
not teach US that we might fight the
spirits Of famine and Of frost? But
now Jelchs is angry with his children,
and they are grown to q handful, and
he will not help. For they have for
gotten him, and done evil things, and
trod bad trails, and taken his enemies
into their lodges to sit by their fires.
And the raven is sorrowful at the
wickedness Of his children; but when
they shall rise up and show they have
come back, he will come out Of the
darkness to aid them. o brothers! the
fire-bringer has whispered messages to
thy shaman; the same shall We hear.
Let the young men take the young
women to their lodges; let them fly
at the throat Of the wolf; let them be
undying in their enmity! Then shall
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-01-24

the wolves have taken their maidens
50 that they may. not marry"
"Llsten, o Thling-Tinneh! Ere the
night has passed into the day, the Wolf
shall face his dogs to the mountains Of
the east and fare forth to the country
to the Yukon. And Zarinska shall
break trail for his dogs"
"And ere the night has gained its
middle, my young men may fling to
the dogs the flesh of the wolf, and his
bones be scattered in the snow till the
springtime lay them bare"
1t was threat and counter-threat
Mackenzie's bronzed face flushed dark
". He raised his voice. The old
squaw, who till now had sat an impas-
sive spectator, made to creep by him
for the door. The song Of the men
broke suddenly, and there was a hub
bub Of many voices as he whirled the
old woman roughly to her couch Of
skins. : !
Again I cry-listen, @ Thing Tin
neh! The wolf dies with teeth fast
locked, and with him there shall sleep
ten OF thy strongest men-men who
are needed, for the hunting Is but be-
gun, and the fishing Is not many moons
away. And again, of what profit should
I die? I know the custom Of thy peO-
pie; thy share Of my wealth shall be
very small. Grant ME thy child, and
1t shall all be thine. And yet again,
my brothers will come. and they are
many, and their maws are never filed !;
and the daughters of the raven shall
bear children in the lodges of the wolf.
My people are greater than thy people.
1t is destiny. Grant, and al this
wealth is thine"
Meccssins were branching the snow
without. Mackenzie threw his rife to
cock, and locseneI the twin colts In his
belt.
Grant, O s..sies"
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their women become fruitful, and they
shall multiply into q mighty people
And the raven shall lead great tribes
of their fathers and their fathers ia
theirs from out of the North and they
shall beat back the wolves till they
are as last years campfires; and they
shall again come to rule over all the
land! IT'S the message of Jelchs, the
raven"
This foreshadowing Of the Messiah's
coming brought hoarse howl from
the Sticks as they leaped to their feet.
Mackenzie slipped the thumbs Of his
mittens, and waited. There was a
clamor for the Fox, not to be stilled
till one of the young men stepped for
ward to speak.
brothers! The Shaman has spok-
en- wisely. The wolves have taken our
women, and our men are childless.
We are grown to q handful. The
wolves have taken our warm furs and
given for them evil spirits which dwe1
in bottles, and clothes which come not
from the beaver or the lynx, but are
made from the grass. And they are
not warm, and our men die Of strange
sicknesses. I, the Fox, have taken no
woman to wife: and whyf Twice have
the maidens which pleased me gone to
the camps of the Wolf. Even now I
have laid by skins Of the beaver. OF
the moose, of the cariboo, that 1 might
win favor In the eyes Of Thling-Tin-
neh, that I might marry Zarinska. his
daughter. Even now ere her snow
shoes bound to her feet, ready to break
trail for the dogs Of the Wolf. Nor do
1 speak for myself alone. As I have
done, so has the bear. He. too, had
fain been the father of her children,
and many skins has he cured there
to. speak for all the young men who
know not wives. The wolves are ever
hungry. Always do they take The
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-01-24

The heart has reasons which the rea-
son does not know. It Is the heart
that feels God, not the reason. Tho
primary truths are no: demonstrable.
and yet our knowledge of them, r. none
the less certain. Principles IRE felt,
propositions are proved Truths may
be above reason and Jet not contrary
to reaSoo,
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1918-01-24

ming burn met Did the stars 1au from
the sky and crush met Pish! have
done with the dog. Now will I tell you
Of my people, who are the mighdest of
all the peoples, who rule In all the
lands. At first we hunt as hunt, alone.
After that we hunt In packs; and at
last, like the cariboo-run, we sweep
across all the land. Those whom we
take into our lodges live; those who
win not come die. Zarinska IS come
" maiden, full and strong, fit to be-
come the mother of wolves. Though I
die, such shall she become; for my
brothers are many. and they will fol-
low the scent Of my dogs. Listen to
the Law Of the Wolf: Whose taketh
the life Of one Wolf, the forfeit shall
ten Of his people pay. In many lands
has the price been paid; In many lands
shall 1t yet be paid.
''Now will I deal with the Fox and
the Bear. 1t seems they have cast eyes
upon the maiden. Sol Behold, 1 have
bought her! Thling-Tinneh leans up
on the rife; the goods Of purchase
are by his fire. Yet will I be fair to the
young men. To the Fox, whose tongue
Is dry with my words, will 1 give of
tobacco five long plugs. Thus will his
mouth be wetted that he may make
much noise in the council. But to the
Bear, of whom am we'll proud, will I
give of blankets two; of -four, twenty
cups; Of tobacco, double that of the
Fox; and if he fare with me over the
Mountains Of the East, then will I give
him . ride, mate to Thing Tinneh'&
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Good. Thing Tinneh, now give thee
this rifle second time. IF IN the days
to come thou shouldst journey to tAe
country Of the Yukon, know thou that
there shall always be q place and
much food by the fire Of the Woff.
The night Is now passing into the day.
I 60, but I may come again. And for
the last time, remember The Law Of
the Wolff"
He was supernatural in their sight
a. he rejoined Zarinska. She took her
place at the head of the team, and the
dogs swung into motion. A Dew mo-
ments later they were swallowed up
BY the ghostly forest. TIN now Mac
kenzie had waited; he slopped into his
snowshoes to follow.
HAS the Wolf forgotten dc fvo
long plugs7'
Mackenzie turned upo2 tie Fox an
rily; then the humor Of It struck
him.
ri will give thee one short Plug"
AS the Wolf sees it," meekly n
sponded the Fox, stretching out his
hand.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Swallows Fight for Farmers
They Are the Light Cavalry of the Bird Army

"The of the birds" familiar
in minds is perhaps the
birds
birds daily
bird swallows
birds
of constantly the
missing opportunity these
The phrases quoted the bulletin
issued by the Unihd
Habits of the Swallows Valuable
E l. of
and whose death /,
The bulletin deals
distribution the United
Barn swallow the Tree Vetreen swallow
similar they
vegetable food
swallow
worthless of wild being
this the total diet be negligible
for the Tree swallow the vegetable element win oneaf
of
With exceptions
swallows
flying the
belong mosquitoes
weev weevi the alfalfa
imported pest, other highly destructive
shown
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Get New Kidneys /!

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs Of the human body and when they
fail in their work Of filtering out and
throwing oil the poisons developed in the
system, things begin TO happen.
One Of the first warnings Is pain or stiff
ness in the lower part OF the back; highly
colored urine; loss Of Appetite; indiges-
ton; irritation. or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate a condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady, Bright's disease, for which there
is said TO be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in
dication of trouble in the kidney. liver,
bladder or urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before il is too late. Instant
treatment is necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal HARLEM OIL Capsules.
For more than 200 years this famous prep
aration has been an unfailng remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles
1t is the pure, original HARLEM Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap
sules each dav viii keep You toned up and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief, your money viii be refunded. Be
sure YOU get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes, three
si2es-AdY
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
American Girls Fear the
French Maidens viii Win
Love of Their "SammieS"

Here is n letter from Adelaide"
who is plainly worried lest the French
maidens carry off the bachelors in the
American overseas army:
"Do you suppose" she writes with
irony, that there is any use for an
American girl to wait until the war is
over for her young man TO come baek1"
The following letter from an Ohio SOL
der in France was inclosed:
zone of the fellows was telling me
of an experience he had. He was
walking down the street near the rail-
road when girl of about seventeen
years of age came along. accompanied
by her mother. The former spoke to
him, took hold of his arm and started
to walk along with him. The fellow
said, Nothing doing but she persist
ed and threw her arms around him
and kissed him. He wouldn't stand II.
so she went through the same perform
ance again and said good-by. He salds
She was nice-looking young woman.
too l think this was his first trip
from home"
If there were no bar Of alien Ian
guage probably the soldier would not
have mistaken gratitude for love.
There is no doubt that the French are
extremely grateful for Americas war
help and ebullient In expressing 1t.
What the Yank e soldier thought was
an attempt TO kidnap him was very
likely only a Gallo welcome. Adelaide
has need of confidence and plenty Of
patience, but she contends that she
cannot keep up on letters like II au
well and trust You are the same" with
the French competition as strong as it
is. However, Adelaide IS having valu-
able experience. Perhaps some day
her boy wi come back and marry her
and get Job us travelling salesman.
And what improvement would that be
on the present situation?-Seattle
Post-Intelligencer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
General PerShing Outlines
Rules for Paying Honor to
Our Brave American Heroes

Americas new medal Of honor. the
highest of the three decorations re-
Gently authorized by congress. may
be won only by officers and men Of
the American army who have per
formed in action deeds Of the most
distinguished personal bravery and
self-sacrlfice" under orders issued by
General Pershing and made public by
Secretary Baker.
The distinguished service cross and
distinguished service medal may be
awarded officers and men OF the allied
as well as the American forces and al
SO 10 nurses and other women serving
with these forces. The service cross
will be awarded only for distinguished
service in actlen. but~the service med
al may be awarded ito anyone wko
distinguishes himself or herself by -ex-
ceptlOnally meritoriOus service 20 the
government in duty of great respon-
slbillty In time Of war or in connec-
ton with operations against an armed
enemy Of the United States"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24

was the general he had under arrest,
but the sentry threatened to run his
bayonet through him, and would have
done it, too. So Atwell stepped aside,
and remained silent. l was nearly
bursting with suppressed laughter. One
word, and l would have exploded. It
is not exactly diplomatic to laugh at
your general in such predicament.
The sentry and his prisoner arrived
at brigade headquarters with disas-
trous results to the sentry.
The joke was that the general had
personally issued the order for the
spy's arrest. 1t was habit of the GEN
eral to walk through the trenches on
rounds of inspection, unattended by
any of his staff. The Irishman, being
new in the regiment, had never seen
the general before, so when he came
across him alone in a communication
trench, he promptly put him under ar
rest. Brigadier generals wear a red
band around their caps.
Next day we passed the Irishman
tied to the wheel of a timber, the be-
ginning or MS sentence OF twenty-one
days, field punishment No. /. Never
before have 1 seen such woebegone
expression on mans face.
For several days. Atwell and made
ourselves scarce around brigade head
quarters. We did not want TO meet
the general.
The spy was never caught.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24

The rumor gained such strength that
an order was issued for all troops to
Immediately place under arrest anyone
answering to the description of the
spy.
Atwell and l were on the qui vive.
We constantly patrolled the trenches
at night, and even in the day, but the
spy always eluded us.
One day while in a communication
trench, we were Mortified to see our
brigadier general, Old Pepper, being
brought down it by big private of the
Royal Irish rifles. The general was
walking in front, and the private with
fixed bay0net was following in the
rear
We salutad as the general passed us.
The lrishman had broad grin on his
face and we could scarcely believe our
eyes-the general was under arrest.
After passing few feet beyond US, the
general turned, and said in wrathful
voice to Atwell:
Tell this d-n fool who am. He's
arrested me as q spy"
Atwell was speeches.. The sentry
butted in with:
None o. that gassin' out o. you.
Back to headquarters you goes, Mr..
Fritz. Open that face o. yours again,
an I'll dent in your napper with the
butt o. me rifle"
The generals face was a sight to be-
hold. He was fairly boiling over with
rage, but he shut up.
Atwell tried to get in front of the
sentry to explain to him that it really
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Underground Railroad and
Useless Caucus Room, Two
ExtravaganceS at Capitol

One of the curioslties of the capitol
is the miniature railroad that connects
the senate, via underground passage,
with the senate office building, relates
a Washington correspondent. The cars
of this railroad operate ON a monorail
by electricity.
The road is about $50 yards In length
and has double track. When one
car is at one end of the track the other
car is at the other end, and vice versa.
The railroad was intended originally to
aid senators in making speed from
their offices to the senate chamber. Roll
calls do not require much time in the
senate and there is danger that If a
roll call is asked when a senator is in
his Office he win miss the roll call I'M
less he uses the electric car. That
saves him about ten or fifteen seconds
time.
The road is open to the public and
IL costs nothing TO ride. AS a conse-
quence messenger boys, clerks and
janitors use the railroad freely, while
senators, except on days when the
weather is inclement, prefer TO walk In
the open air between their offices and
the senate chamber.
Besides the initial equipment, the
road entails an expense of about $50
weekly for the employ of two opera
tors and probably half that amount for
electricity This would make yearly
expense of $1,000 as a very conserva-
tive estimate. AS matter of fact the
railroad probably costs more like $4,000
or $1,000 a year.
The senate has another extravaganza
that is almost an eyesore. This is the
palatial caucus room that cost no one
knows how many thousands of dollars
when the senate office building was
constructed. The room is finished
throughout in marble and has immense
crystal chandeliers. 1t has the largest
seating capacity of any room in the
capitol except the hall of the house
and the senate chamber.
Yet the acoustic properties Of the
room are SO bad that 1t is never used,
and it stands there as an expensive
monument TO some ones mistake in
planning the senate office building. OF
course a person would ordinarily pay
no attention to such a thing as bad
acoustic properties. but in this room IT
cannot help but be noticed.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Empey, in the next Install
ment, tells the gripping story of
a coward" whose streak of yell
low turned white.
CTo BE coNT1NUEDl
CHANCES in Mems Clothes.

Fashion is doing its bit too. The
International Custom Cutters conven-
ton ruled out patched pockets, belts
and turned-up trousers. If they would
only go back to the old-fashioned shirt
cuffs, sew the buttons on the trousers
on the outside of the waist band, and
take off a yard or two of the four-in-
hand neckties we would get somewhere
near where the weary are at rest. They
already have made overcOats fit more
closely in order to save material, but
they dissipate that saving by making
sack coats a trifle longer. or course,
there is a sort of economy ia a long
sack coat, for in ruling out the patched
pockets all other patches are. doubt
less, included. 1t is quite hard for a
fashion convention to make Il mistake
If it only changes the styles.-Ohio
State Journal.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Nora win Know Better Now.

"Why, Nora. ] am surprised ex-
claimed the head Of the house as the
cook came rushing into the parlor while
he and the mIsSus were entertaining
company. 1T is very unseemly of You
10 rush into the par1or in this manner.
It shows Il lack of proper training, to
say the least Now you should have
knocked at the door and asked my per-
mission TO speak. Let us see II you
can't do better. Walk out into the
other room and approach as l have
told you"
Nora walked away and then went
through the ceremony of knocking.
"That is better. Nora, much better.
Now what was 1t you wished to tell
me-"
"Oh. sor, it's mighty sorry l am to
disturb We. but I thought yed like to
know that the house is on fire"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Educated Finland.

The new republic of Finland starts
its career with one invaluable asset
a highly efficient system of education.
Finnish elementary schools are models
Of excellence, and in an international
competition some few years since Fin.
land won the coveted distinction of
having the highest educational stand.
ard Of any country in the world, beat.
ing even the United States and Ger.
many. Particular attep:ion is given to
the teaching of languages. The two
state languages, Finnish and Swedish.
are taught in the elementary stand
ards. and unfit recently Russian also.
A knowledge of five or six languages is
rcckoned nothing exceptional among
even mlddle-class folk In Finland.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
Ants in the Kitchen.

In regard to the question as to how
to get rid Of small ants in kitchen,
the Indiana state entomologist says !:
zone Of the best remedies is to make
a strip Of four ounces of sugar TO one
half pint of water, and after this strip
has boiled add one ounce of sodium
fiuorlde. Moisten a sponge with this
and put it in can that has some
holes punched in It; then place this
where the ants are most numerous.
The idea is to get the ants feeding on
this and In that way carry some back
10 their nest If they stop feeding.
move the can back a short distance
and they will again start eating. The
can should be kept moist with this
strip and the ants will soon disap-
pear"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-24
WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIM?
Surely Should Have Been Something
Severe to Make the "Punish-
ment Fit the Crime"

All ships have baseball teams. Dur
ing the warm weather outside of rou-
tine aboard ship baseball is the abb
sorbing topic.
We had just come into port and the
regular team with the different di-
vision teams were waiting to go ashore
for the national pastime. They were
all on deck near the gangway when
the ships joker came running aft.
ITS all Off. fellows No more base
ball during the war; The boys
turned around in amazement. At last
someone said: "Why?"
Holding up newspaper the joker
replied: THE senate has passed Bis
2T0,321. which says no more strikes
will be called during the war"
The captnin's yeoman reported an
absentee next morning.-W. A. Me-
Carthy, L. S. S. Arizona, In Judge.