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The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
Carrier Pigeon Mystery.

The authorities of Albany, Ore, and
everywhere else are trying to decipher
this message:
'P-n-7-S-a-r-ll-w."
1t was written on a piece of note
paper brought here by a strange car
rier pigeon, which died very soon after
1T was found on the street.
The bird was identified as a species
of California desert quail, not found in
any part of Oregon save possibly in
the southeastern portion. The bird
refused food and water and was ex-
hausted.
A piece of string which bound the
message to the birds leg was olive
drab in color and might have been un-
raveled from an army uniform.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26

Part of the estate Of the late former
Queen LiliuOkalani recently was open
ed to the public of Honolulu for the
first time. This makes one Of the
finest stretches Of bathing beach at
Waikiki now available to the people.
Prince J. Kuhio Kalanianaode, owner
Of the property, has torn down fence
which for years made the beach prI-
Vate. Prince Kuhio, once widely
known as Prince Cupid, inherited
much Of the property Of the late
queen. He is now serving his eighth
term as delegate from the territory OF
Hawaii to congress and is a candidate
for the Republican nomination.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
Uroes sIayino of Bears

Hundreds of trees in the northwest,
including Douglas fir, white fir and
western white pine-the wood of all of
which is used more or less in airplane
construction-have been seriously
damaged by bears peeling the bark,
according to 81. J. Lepel, forest rang
er. Liepel says about 100 trees to the
square mile have been peeled. He
invites hunters to kill the bears as a
patriotic move.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
LONG HOLY PLACES
ShrineS That Are Held in VeneF-
alton by .MOSIemS.
All True Followers of Mahomet Eager
That Their Last Resting Place
Shall Be Near Those of
Their Great Apostles.

Near to the resting place Of the
first great apostles of their faith it is
the dearest wish Of all piOus Moham-
medans to lie after death
The shrines of Najaf, Kerbela and
KaZimain, the resting places of Ali,
Hussein, and the seventh and ninth
Imams, lie on the edge of the desert
In the country British troops now Oc-
cupy in MesopOtamia.
One often meets a corpse on the
road packed in long crate or bundle
of palm leaves and sIung across the
back of an ass, says Edmund Chand-
Ter, the press representative in the
MesopOtamian forces. The pilgrim be-
hind is taking his relative to swell the
population of the cities of the dead
by which these sanctuaries are sur
rounded.
Of the three shrines, Najaf is the
richest, and to some minds the most
sacred. Like Kazimain, it is ap-
preached by horse car line. The cars
are not of the pattern of those that
ply in European cities. 1 believe the
few British soldiers who have seen
them rank them with the Clock tower
in the mosque as first among the lions
Of MesOpotania.
In peace time the dead come from
a wide radius. The donkey with the
bundle like a big carpet bag on its
back, draped in waffle or rich silk.
according to the means Of the pilgrim,
hara. A few years ago a corpse ar
rived from the Persian embassy at
Paris.
The rich as rule are buried in
che shrine itself. The fee for inter-
ment in the mosque is $3.50. For
burial outside the walls Of the city
the pilgrim pays anything from four
to ten rupee (tWo to five dollars), ac-
cording to the distance he has come.
Many pilgrims buy houses in Ma
jaf, and thus the place is gradually
becoming a city of the dead. Nine
houses out of ten have graves in them.
Sometimes the building is nothing else
than a tomb.
Najaf has proved impregnable to
Wahhabi and Bedouin. 1t is believed
to be fabulously rich. There are two
stores Of treasure. The old treasury
has not been opened since the visit of
Shar Nasir-ud-Din, so years ago. It is
buried In a vault and built over with
brick and lime, with no door or key or
window by way of entrance. The new
treasure Is in the keeping of the kilid-
dar-gold and silver, and jewels, and
precious stones, silks, and ShawlS, and
pearled curtains.
One of the first gifts for the shrines
to reach Bagdad after our troops en-
tered the city were four curved
swords of gold, with diamonds on the
sheath and hilt. They had been dis
patched from COnstantinople to Bag
dad when the British menace was re-
garded as madman's dream, and bore
the inscription, From the servant OF
all pious Moslems, Enver Bey."
No doubt they were intended to
symbolic the might whereby the
Turks would defend the city against
their hated foes, the Christians.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
Gloves From Whale IntestInes.

The Norwegian state whaling sta
tons have caughte200 whales, but ex-
pect to catch in all 500 during the
summer. The stations have orders to
take care Of the intestines and salt
them down, as it is the intention to
make gloves of them. The material is
fine in every respect, pliable, soft and
exceptionally strong. The manufac-
ture of gloves will probably be COM
menced at once.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
The Indians Idea.

John Raft, a full-blood Cherokee In
dian Of Cherokee county, Okla, being
drawn in the draft of selected men,
was sent to Camp Travis, Tex, for
training. After he had been in camp
for several days, he was hailed before
the adjutant for failing to salute an Of
ficer and gave the following expIana-
ton for his default: "BTe live at
yelling. When me meet man there
aaybeso speak to him one time. he
peak any more to some man al rr-
Down here me salute it eve7- tim. 81.
-,a So i+ MO-, - L7--~-----~-z--'-
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
SmsnIcinus of Him

There seems to be no end to the
number and kinds Of questions asked
Of officers. The commander of a com
pany Of q negro outfit at Camp Zach
ary Taylor was called On the tele-
phone recently by a negress who in
Quired: "Ah wants Z know, ana NAH
husban' allowed t. git lettahs from
Odder wlmmin at dat campY
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
Plenty of Color.

Several soldiers were standing on a
street corner talking when '1Oudly"
dressed girl passed. One of them
turned to his comrades and said:
''Here, boys, salute the colors; there
goes plenty of 'em."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
New Phone system,

BarranquiIIa, Colombia, is to have a
municipality owned and operated tele-
phone system to replace the antiquat-
ed equipment now in use. There viii
be q demand for American supplies.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
Hard Worked.

Newsons-I'm going to take my
gramaphone when I go on my vacation.
Nexdore-That's very thoughtful Of
you; it certainly needs a vacation
Boston Evening Transcript.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
EIvipoSs Future

J. L. Goldsboro- of San. Francisco
believes flying after the war win. be
come a popular sport, possibly displac-
ing auto racing. ..........
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-26
INCOME TAX PAYS
FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

"Viewed in it's largest and
K truest sense, the payment of
taxes is payment for benefits
received or expected. Only from
K a narrow and essentially selfish
X and shortsighted viewpoint can
X the individual propose to him.
K self the evasion of tax liability
X as q desirable course of action"
X Daniel c. Roper, Commission
K er of Internal Revenue.
K
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
CHAPTER III.
Calypso.

OF course a glance and the first
sound of his voice had told me that
had to do with a gentleman-one of
those vagabond English gentlemen in
exile who form type peculiar, l think,
to the English race; men that are a
curious combination Of aristocrat and
Gypsy. soldier. scholar, and philoso-
pher; men of good family. who have
drifted everywhere, seen and seen
through everything, but In all their
wanderings have never lost their sense
and habit of form" their boyish zest
In Lying, their humorous stoicism, and,
above all, their lordly accent.
Now that you have found us, Sir
Ulysses" - continued my eccentric
bust. motioning me, with an inde-
scribably princely wave of the hand to
accompany him-.you must certainly
give US the pleasure of your company
to luncheon. Visitors are as rare as
black swans on this Ultima Thule of
Ours-though, by the way, the black
swan, cygnus atratus, is nothing like
so rare as the ancientS believed
have shot them myself out in Australia.
Still they are rare enough for the pur-
pose of imagery, though really not so
rare as human being one can talk
intelligently to on this island"
Talk! My i.1end indeed. very evil
IDENTIFY was a talker-one of those fan
tastic monologists to whom an audi
ence is little more than symbol. l
saw that there was no need for me
to do any Of the talking. He was more
thnn glad to do 1t all. Plainly his en-
counter with mo was to him like a
spring in a thirsty land.
Solitude he continued, "is per-
3aps the final need Of the human soul
After a while, when we have run the
gamut of all our ardors and our
dreams. solitude comes to seem the
one excellent thing. the summum
bonum."
] murmured that he certainly seemed
70 have come to the right place for II.
Very true, indeed" he assented,
with cOnrtly inclination of his head
- th"'ig'' I had said something pro
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
HAD CHRONIC BRONCHITIS
FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS
NOW WELL AND HAPPY
THIS IS WORTH READING:

The experience of Mr.. L. ]. Ton
palik, 1888 Rose street, LaCrossa
Wisconsin,. is chiefly remarlcabIo
on account of the length OF tims
he was afflicted.
He writes: "I have been suf-
fering with chronic bronchitis for
twenty-six years and every winter
| would catch cold and become so
hoarse | could not speak for six or
eight weeks. / could get only tenn
porary relief.
This winter / was taken with
Grip and was in awful shape,
fellow workman advised me to taxa
PE-RU-NA. By the time | had
used three-fourths of bottle. tbe
hoarseness was gone, also that
tired feeling. l am on my second
bottle. Hereafter PE-RU-NA will
be constantly in my house. It IL
the best medicine ever put up for
the purpose"
For any disease due to catarrb
or catarrhal conditions, PE-Ru-NA
is equally dependable. Coughs
colds, catarrh of the head, stomach
trouble, constipation, rheumatism
pains in the back, side and loins,
bloating, belching gas, indigestion
catarrh of the large and small in.
testines, are some of the troubles
for which PE-RU-NA is especially
recommended.
pE-RU-NA can be purchased
anywhere in either tablet or LIQUID
form.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
CHAPTER II-Continued,

"Ha! ha!" called n pleasant voice,
evidently belonging to man of an
unusually tall and lean figure who was
approaching me through the palm
trunks; 80 you have discovered my
hidden paradise-my Alcinous garden,
so to say" and he quoted two well.
known lines of Homer In the original
Greek, adding: "or If you prefer 1t in
Popes translation, which 1 think
don't you?-remains the best:
Close to the gates a spacious garden lies
From storms defended and inclemen,
skies
land so on. Alas for an old mans
memory! 1t grows shorter and shorter
like his life, eh? Never mind, you
are welcome, sir stranger. mysterious
ly tossed up here like Ulysses, on our
island coast"
| gazed with natural wonderment
at this strange individual, who thus
In the heart of the wilderness had
sniuted me with a meticulously pure
English accent, and welcomed me In
a quotation from Homer in the original
Greek. Who, in the DEVILS name, was
this odd character who, I saw, as
looked closer at him, was, as he had
hlnted, quite an old man, though his
unusual erectness and sprightliness OF
manner, lent him an illusive air OF
youth? Who on earth was he-and
how did he happen In the middle OF
this haunted wood?
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
WORSE THAN
DEADLY
POISON GAS

Kidney disease is no respector of per.
sons. 1t attacks young and old alike:
In most cases the victim is warned
of the approaching danger Nature fights
back. Headache, indigestion, insomnia,
lame back, lumbago, sciatica, rheuma-
tism, pain in the loins and lower ab-
domen, difficulty in urinating, all are
indication of trouble brewing in your
kidneys.
When such symptoms appear you will
almost certainly find quick reaef IN
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules.
This famous old remedy has stood
the test for two hundred years in help
ing mankind to fight of disease.
1t is imported direct from the home
laboratories in Holland, where it has
helped to develop the Dutch into one
of the sturdiest and healthiest races IN
the world, and it may be had AZ
almost every drug store. Your money
promptly refunded if it does not Re.
lieve you. Be sure to get the gehulhs
GOLD MEDAL Brand. In sealed pacX'
ages, three sizes.-Adv
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

found; very true. indeed, and yet,
wasn't 1t the great Bacon who said ::
Whoever is delighted with solitude Is
either beast or godT-and this
particular solitude. l confess, some
times seems to me little too much
like that enforced solitude of the
Pontic marshes of which Ovid walled
and whimpered In the deaf ears of
Augustus"
l could not help noticing at last
as he talked on with fantastic magniti-
cence, the odd contrast between his
speech and the almost equally fantas-
tic poverty of his clothing. The suit
he wore. though still preserving n
certain elegance of cut, was SO worn
and patched and stained that negro
would hardly have accepted 1t as a
gift; and his almost painful emacia-
ton gave him generally the appear
ance Of an animated framework Of
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

his hand. King Alcinous suggested a
pause.
III you would not mind" he said, IT
would like my daughter to hear this
too, for 1t is Of the very stuff of ro-
mantle adventure in which she de-
lights. She is brave girl, and, as I
often tell her, would have made a
very spirited daredevil boy. If she
hadn't happened to be born a girl"
This phrase seemed to flash a liRht
upon the questionings that had stirred
at the back Of my mind since 1 had
first heard that voice in Sweeney's
store.
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rags and bones, startlingly embodying
the voice and the manners Of prince
Yet the shabby tie about his neck was
bound by ring. In which was set a
turquoise Of great size and beauty.
Presently, as we loitered on through
the palms, we came upon two negroes
chOpping away with their machetes,
trimming up the debris Of broken and
decaying palm fans. They were both
sturdy, ferocious-looking fellows, but
one of them was veritable giant.
Behold by bodyguard!" said my
magnificent friend, with the usual pos
sessive wave of his hand; my
Switzers, my Janissaries, so to say"
The negroes stopped working,
touched their great straw hats, and
flashed their splendid teeth In a de-
lighted smile. Evidently they were
used to their masters ways of talking,
and were devoted to him.
"This chap here is Erebus," said
my host, and the appropriateness of
the name was apparent, for he was
certainly the blackest negro 1 had ever
seen, as superbly black as some wom-
en- are superbly white.
And this is Samson. Let's have n
look at your muscles, Samson-there's
u good boy I"
And, with grins Of pleasure, Sam
son proudly stripped Off his thin calico
jacket and exposed torso of terrify-
ing power, but beautiful in it's play of
muscles as that of god
Leaving Samson and Erebus to con-
tinue their savage play with their
machetes, we walked on through the
palms, which here gave particularly
1unglelike appearance to the scene
from the fact of their being bowed
out from their roots and sweeping up
ward in great curves. One involunt;-
rily looked for man-eating tiger at
any moment, standing striped and
splendid in one Of the openings.
Then suddenly to the right, there
came flash of level green suggesting
lawns, and the outlines of a house,
partly covered with brilliant purple
flowers-a marvellous splash of color.
"Bougainyillea Bougainvillea spec
tabilis-of course, you know it. Was
there ever such n purple? Not Solo
mon In all his glory, ct cetera. And
here we are at the house of King
Alcinous-a humble version of it in
deed"
1t was a large rambling stucco
house, somewhat decayed looking,
and evidently built on the ruins Of an
older building. We came upon 1t ut a
broad 1talian-looking loggia, supported
by stone pillars bowed in with vines
very cool and pleasant-with mossy
slabs for Its floor, here and there
tropical ferns set out in tubs, some
wicker chairs standing about, and a
table at one side on which two little
barelegged negro girls were busy set
ting out yellow fruit, and other ap-
purtenances Of luncheon, ON dazzling
white cloth.
Has your mistress returned yet,
my children" asked the master.
mo. sar," said the older girl, with
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
A Strike for Freedom.

UniuuiSm In a slightly dnrrrnt
pl;i>r is being used by students "
Shanghai. who have IN their UrguH
zation S"rac 10000 of their number
"nc-fourth of whom are girls. THESE
uniuni>ts deSire-nnt shorter hours
struck for freedom of speech and the
preservation of the freedom uf the
press. The movement. 1t Is Reported
is spreading. to other cities. Thus
come the evidences of the great temu
cratic movement in China
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot resI re-. 4.
the diseased portion of the ear. Is.s Ihere %
only one way to cure Catarrhal Dearhesss'
and that is by a constitutional rehieu;,
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE az
through the Blood on the Mucous SurtaceI.
of the System. Catarrhal Deafness ~. -
caused by an infiamed condition OF tn'
mucous lining of the Eustachian Iuoe,
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, anu a
when 1t is entirely closed. Deafness is .'e
result. Unless the Inflammation can pc r. ~.
duced and this tube restored to its nu.d ,.ad
NAL condition. hearing may be destroyes.
forever. Many cases of Deafness w ~
caused by Catarrh. which is an iniah'e'
condition of the Mucous Surfaces,
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for an, ~,
case OF Catarrhal Deafness that canpIIii anu
be cured by HALLS CATAhH'
F. j. Cheney g. Co. Toledo Ohio.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

By Richard lie GaI1ienrle


style that / assure you 1t was very
captivating.
you should have been an actor, my
lord Alcinous." I said, laughing. 1
seemed already curiously at home,
seated there at that table with this
fantastic stranger and that being out
Of fairyland toward whom dared only
turn my eyes now and again by
stealth. The strange fellow had such
a way with him, and his talk made you
feel that he had known you all your
life.
"Ahl have had my dreams. have
had my dreams" !" he answered, his
eyes gazing with momentary wistful-
ness across the orange trees.
Then we talked at random, as friend
ly strangers talk over luncheon, though
we were glad enough that he should
do all the talking-wonderful, rides
cent, madcap talk, such as a man here
and there in ten thousand, gifted with
perhaps the most attractive Of all hu-
man gifts. has at his command.
And, every now and again, my eyes,
falling on the paradoxical squalor Of
his clothing, would remind me Of the
enigma of this courly vagabond;
though-need l say it?-my eyes and
my heart had other business than with
him. throughout that wonderful meal.
cnfolded as felt myself once more in
that golden cloud Of magnetic vitality.
which had at first swept over me. as
with breath Of perfumed fire, among
the salt pork and the tinware Of
Sweeney's store.
Luncheon over. Lady Calypso, with
stately inclination Of her lovely
head, left US to our wine and our
cigars.
The time had come for the far-trav-
eled guest to declare himself. and
saw in my hosts eye courteous invi-
tation to begin. l had been pondering
what account to give Of myself, and
had decided, for various reasons-of
which the Lady Calypso was, of course.
first, but the open-hearted charm of
her father close second-to tell him
the whole Of my story. Whatever
his and her particular secret was, 1t
was evident to me that 1t was an In
nocent and honorable one; and, be-
sides. may have had notion that
before long I was to have a family
interest in 1t. So began-starting In
with little prelude In the manner Of
my host. just to enter into the spirit
| Of the game:
my Lord Alclnous, your guest, the
far wanderer. having partaken of your
golden hospitality, is now fain to open
his heart to you, and tell you of him.
self and his race, his home and his
loved ones across the wine-dark sea.
and such Of his adventures as may
give pleasure to your ears" =.
though. having no talents in that d.
rection. was glad enough to abandon
my lame attempt at his Homeric style
for plain straightforward narrative
of the events Of the past three months.
l had not. however, proceeded very
far. when. with a courteous raising Of
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
cAlYPSo!

Synopsis-The man who tells this
story-call him the hero. for short
Ia visitir 9 his friend. John Saun-
ders. British official in Nassau.
Bahama islands. Charles Webster.
q local merchant, completes the
trio OF friends. Saunders produces
a written docupent purporting to
be the death-bed statement of Hen
ry p. Tobias, successful pirate.
made by him in 1859. II gives two
spots where two millions and a half
OF treasures were buried by him and
his companions. The conversation
OF the three friends is overheard by
q pock-marked stranger. The docu-
ment disappears. Saunders. how
ever. has a copy. The hero, deter
mined to seek the buried treasure,
charters schooner. The pock-
marked man Is taken on as a pas
senger. On the voyage somebody
empties the gasoline tank. The hero
and the passenger clash. the pas
senger leaving a manifesto bearing
the signature, Henry P. Tobias.
Jr." The hero lands on Dead Mems
Shoes. There is a fight. which is
followed by several funerals. The
hero finds a cave containing the
skeletons of two pirates and a mas
sive chest-empty save for a few
pieces of eight scattered on the bot
tom. The hero returns to Mas
sau and by good luck learns the
location OF Short Shrift island.
Webster buys the yawl F1amingo.
and he and the hero sail for Short
Shrift island AS the Flamingo
leaves the wharf young fellow.
Jack Harkaway." Jumps aboard
and is allowed to remain. Jack
proves an Interesting and mysteri-
Gus passenger The adventurers
capture Tobias. Jack Harkaway"
proves to be a girl and disappears.
The hero sails to Short Shrift is
land, sees an enhancing ,irI with
a Spanish doubloon Follows an even
more entrancing sight OF the girl.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
A Fiction.

Thnt God being good is the author
or evil to anyone. that Is to be siren.
uously denied. and not allowed to H..
sung or said in any well-oriered com.
m"nwenlth by old or young. Such n
notion Is suicidal. ruinous, lmpious,-
socrates. In PlatO's "Repnblic."
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Cause for Suspicion.

senator Smugg has the manners "'
II Chesterfield"
Yes" returned old Fesths feStr'.
"lie is always So polite and deierell'i''
that he keeps me wondering how nue."
he wants to borrow."-kansas ohF
Star
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
The Law Of God.

"ea''h Is weak anchor, and glory
'hhho' support man; this Is the Inv
'f God, that virtue only Is firm. and
rhnn'f he shaken by tempest.
thIgOras.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21
Tjuht Rope Bridge.

A bridge over riIe Strnagar r''e''
India, is made of only three roi's
One Is the footpath, while the o''''
two are rails.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

Deaf people should enjoy pe'',
henlth than others, as they no ~"
catch everything going.
The Dolores star., 1919-11-21

LESSON TENT-Luke s'+6-56.
GOLDEN TEXT-Grace be with all them
that love our Lord Jesus Christ IN sim
aeritv.-Eph- 6'2i
ADDITIONAL MATERIAis-Matl lS.l-SJ,
Mark s.23-i2 iO:lS-l6
PRIMARY ToPiC-Jesus and the Chill
dTcn.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Jesus the Friend of
Children
INTERMEDIATE TOPlC-liasty and
Marrow Judgments
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPlC-True
and False Liberallty,
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The hero's search for the
Tobias S treasure begins
again under most fascinat-
ing circumstances.

fTo BE CoNTINUEDl
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-12-05

Two little boys. James, 8. and
Alex. 4. went to their aunt's house
and she had always giver them some
thing to eat. This time. howe she
had forgotten and RS they were leav-
Ing Alex said to James: ASK me Il ]
am hungryT