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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

out drawing a weapon and without
the throat of his defamer.
never before had seen two green
Marian warriors battle with natures
weapons and the exhibition of animal
ferocity which ensued was as fearful
a thing as the most disordered imagi-
nation could picture. They tore at
each others eyes and ears with their
hands and with their cleaning tusks
repeatedly slashed and gored until
both were cut fairly to ribbons from
head to foot.
Bar Comas had much the better of
the battle as he was stronger, quicker
and more intelligent. 1t soon seemed
that the encounter was done saving
only the final death thrust, when Bar
Comas slipped In breaking away from
a clinch. 1t was the one little opening
that Oak Kova needed. and hurting
himself at the body Of his adversary he
buried his single mighty tusk in Bar
Comas' groin and with last powerful
effort ripped the young jeddak wide
open the full length of his body, the
great tusk finally wedging in the
bones of Bar Comas' jaw. Victor and
vanquished rolled limp and lifeless
upon the moss, huge mass of torn
and bloody flesh.
Bar Comas was stone dead, and only
the most herculean efforts on the part
of Oak Kova's females saved him
from the fate be deserved. Three
days later he walked without assist
ance to the body of Bar Comas which
by custom, had not been moved from
where 1t fell, and placing his foot
upon the neck of his erstwhile ruler
he assumed the title of Jeddak OF
Warhoon.
|, The injuries to Oak Kova had de.
iayed the march so greatly that it was
decided to give up the expedition
which was raid upon small TharB
community in retaliation for the de
struction of the incubator. until after
.he great games. and the entire body
III ,y.lr.iors. ten thousand in number
f,it.s l,,cl,, toward Warhcon.
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CHAPTER xI.-continued.

E'He will die as Bar Comas, your
ieddak, sees fit, if at ALL" replied the
young ruler, with emphasis and
dignity.
'If at all?" roared Oak Kova. "By
The dead hands at my throat but he
shall die, Bar Comas. No maudlin
weakness on your part shall save him,
o, would that Warhoon were ruled
by real jeddak rather than by wa
ter-hearted weakling from whom even
old Oak Kova could tear the metal
with his bare hands!'
Bar Comas eyed the defiant and in
subordinate chieftain for an instant,
his expression one Of naughty, fear
less contempt and hate, and then with
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
Credited with the Word Bohemia.

Credited with the Word Bohemia.
The novelist to whom nature owes
the word bohemia-not in the geo.
graphical sense, but moral condition
was perhaps Henri Murger, if the
word can be ascribed to any one
writer.
Henri Murger, novelist and poet,
was born March n. 1922, in Paris.
He made attractive to his readers the
irresponsible life OF artists and stu
dents in Paris, and left some classic
tales and songs of dissolute thriftless.
ness and literary impecuniosity. Murg-
er was trained for the profession Of
law, became for a time secretary of
Count Leo Tolstoy, but, like that earli-
err bohemian, villen. he chose dissi-
patton rather than decency. He died
in charity hospital in Paris In 1861.
A monument has been erected to his
memory, but not without protest. Sew
eral of Murger's songs have been trans
lated by Andrew Lang In Ballads and
Lyrics Of Old France" published In
1872.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

host put me through severe and
searching cross examination.
"Y0ur statements are most remark
able" said the voice, on concluding its
questioning. '.but you are evidently
speaking the truth, and it is equally
evident that you are not of Barsoom.
can tell that by the conformation Of
your brain and the strange location Of
your internal organs and the shape
and size of your heart"
"Can you see through meY' I ex-
claimed.
"Yes, I can see all but your
thoughts, and were you Barsoomian
l could read those"
Then door opened at the far side
of the chamber and strange, dried
up, little mummy Of a man came
toward me- He wore but a single ar
ticle of clothing or Adornment, small
collar of gold from which depended
upon his chest great ornament as
large as dinner plate set solid with
huge diamonds, except for the exact
center, which was occupied by a
strange stone, an inch in diameter,
that scintillated nine different and dis
tinct rays; the seven colors of our
earthly prism and two beautiful rays
which, to me. were new and nameless.
l cannot describe them any more than
you could describe red to blind man.
I only know that they were beautiful
in the extreme.
The old man sat and talked with
me for hours, and the strangest part
of our intercourse was that I could
read his every thought while he could
not fathom an iota from my mind I'M
less I spoke
The building in which / found N.Y.
self contained the machinery which
produces that artificial atmosphere
which sustains life on Mars. The Sc
cret of the entire process hinges on
the use Of the ninth ray, one of the
beautiful scintillations which I ha&
noted emanating from the great stone
in my hosts diadetn.
This ray is separated from the 9TH
er rays of the sun by means of finely
adjusted instruments placed upon the
roof Of the huge building, three-quar-
ters Of which is used for reservoirs IN
which the ninth ray is stored. This
product is then treated electrically,
or rather certain proportions of re-
fined electric vibrations are inc0r-
porated with 1t, and the result is then
pumped to the five principal air CEN
tiers of the planet where, as it Is re-
leased, contact with the ether Of space
transforms It into atmosphere.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

! We reached the city Of Warhoon
after some three days march and
was Immediately cast into a dungeon
and heavily chained to the floor and
walls. Food was brought me at inter
walls but owing to the utter darkness
Of the place I do not know whether
lay there days, or weeks, or months.
No sound reached me from the world
above and no word would my jailer
vouchsafe when my food was brought
to me, although at first bombarded
him with questions.
Finally all the hatred and maniacal
loathing for these awful creatures who
had placed me in this horrible place
was conferred by my tottering reason
upon this single emissary who repre-
sented to me the entire horde # War
hoons.
had noticed that he always adj
,vanced with his dim torch to where he
could place the food within my reach
and as he stopped to place it upon the
floor his head was about on a level
with my breast. So, with the cunning
of mailman, backed into the far
corner Of my cell when next I heard
him approaching and gathering lit
tie slack of the great chain which held
me in my hand 1 waited his coming,
crouching like some beast of prey. AS
he stopped to place my food upon the
ground swung the chain above my
head and crashed the links with all
my strength upon his skull. Without
sound he slipped to the floor, stone
dead.
Laughing and chattering like the
idiot I was fast becoming fell upon
his PROSTATE form, my fingers feeling
for his dead throat. Presently they
came in contact with small chain at
the end Of which dangled a number of
keys. The touch Of my fingers on these
keys brought back my reason with the
suddenness Of thought No longer was
/ jibbering idiot, but sane, reason
ing man with the means of escape
within my very hands.
AS I was cropping to remove the
chain from about r,y victims neck /
glanced up into the darkness to see
six pairs Of cleaning eyes fixed. I'M
winking, upon me. Slowly they APP
preached and slowly / shrank back
from the awful horror of them. Back
into my corner crouched holding my
hands, palms nut, before me, and
stealthily on came the awful eyes un-
til they reached the dead body at my
feet. Then slowly they retreated but
this time with strange grating sound
and finally they disappeared in some
black and distant recess of my dun
geon.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
CHAPTER XII.
Battling In the Arena.


Slowly I regained my composure
and finally essayed again to attempt
to remove the keys from the dead
body Of my former jailer. But as
reached out into the darkness to To-
cate it found to my horror that it
was gone. Then the truth flashed on
me; the owners of those cleaning
eyes had dragged my prize away from
me to be devoured in their neighboring
lair; as they had been waiting for
days, for weeks, for months, through
all this awful eternity of my imprison-
ment to drag my dead carcass to their
feast.
For two days no food was brought
me. but then new messenger APP
peared and my Incarceration went on
as before, but not again did I allow
my reason to be submerged by the
horror of my position.
Shortly after this episode another
prisoner was brought in and chained
near me- BY the dim torch light saw
that he was red Marian and l could
scarcely await the departure of his
guards to address him. AS their re-
treating footsteps died away in the
distance, called out softly the Mar
tan word of greeting, kaor.
"Who are you who speaks out of
the darkness?" he answered.
"JOhn Carter, friend Of the red
men of Helium."
81 am of Helium," he said, ''but /
do not recall your name"
And then l told my story as I have
written it here, emitting any reference
to my love for Dejah Thoris. He was
much excited by the news of Helium's
princess and seemed quite positive
that she and Sofa could easily have
reached point of safety from where
they left me. '.Dejah Thoris and Sofa
entered the hills not five miles from
great waterway and are now prob
ably quite SAFE" he assured me.
My fellow prisoner was Kantos Kan
| padwar Qieutenant) In the navy OF
Helium. He had been a member OF
the Inflated expedition which had
! fallen into the hands Of the Thanks
at the time of Dejah Thoris' capture.
During the period of our incarcera.
ton Kantos Kan and became well
acquainted, and formed warm per
sonal friendship. A few days only
elapsed, however, before we were
dragged forth from our dungeon fol
the great games. We were conducted
early one morning to an enormous
amphitheater, which instead of having
been built upon the surface Of the
| ground was excavated below the sur
| face. 1t had partially filed with debris
1 so that how large It had originally
4 been was difficult to say. In its pres
| ent condition 1t held the entire
| twenty thousand Warhoons of the as
sembled hordes.
The arena was immense but ex
/ tremely uneven and unkempt. .Arount
It the Warhoons had piled building
stone from some of the ruined edifics:
of the ancient city to prevent the ami
mails and the captives from escapin,
into the audience, and at each ent
4 had been constructed cages to holt
them until their turns came to NEE
some horrible death upon the arena.
Kantos Kan and ! were confined to
gether in one Of the cages. In TIL
others were wild calots, thoats, MAJ
zitidars, green warriors and women o
] other hordes. and many strange AMI
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
IN THE ARENA.

Synopsis.-The author tells of his
acquaintance with the hero of one
of the most remarkable adventures
ever recorded. From manuscript
left by his friend he has wildly set
out the strange happenings which
brought together brave Virginian
gentleman and a Princess OF Mars.
In the Arizona hills John Carter,
mining prospector and ex-Confed-
crate soldier. fleeing from a war
party of Apaches, takes refuge In
cave the atmosphere of which
has a remarkable effect on him.
Yielding to its influence he sinks
into Inconsistencies his last
thoughts centered on the glow from
the planet Mars. Awaking, Carter
realizes that he has, In some in
comprehensive manner. been trans
ported to Mars. He is captured by
Tars Tarkas and a party OF Mar
tan warriors. He Is conveyed, a
prisoner. to Marian city. Three
days later q fleet OF airships from
the neighboring state Of Heium Is
attacked by Carriers captors, the
green Martians. One of the air
ships is captured. Among the pris-
0ners is young woman Of a race
different from the green Martians
and closely resembling the women
of the earth. Dejah Thoris. grand
daughter of the jeddak, or ruler,
of Helium. According to custom
she is doomed to die by torture.
John learns the language and be-
comes a chieftain, though still a
nominal prisoner. Dejah is put in
charge of Sofa, friendly woman.
The two prisoners plan to escape
before Dejah Thoris is taken be-
fore the supreme ruler of the green
Martians, Tai Hajus. John fights
sword duel to the death. John,
Dejah and Sofa escape. John saves
Dejah but is captured by War
hoons.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
| A PR IN CE S S
| O + NJ A r s

ferocious wild beasts of Barsoom,
which had never before seen.
Shortly after we had been Gagged
the amphitheater began to fill and
within an hour every available part of
the seating space was occupied. Oak
Kova, with his jeds and chieftains. sat
at the center of one side Of the arena
upon large raised platform.
At signal from Oak Kova the
doors of two cages were thrown open
and dozen green Marian females
were driven to the center of the arena.
Each was given dagger and then, at
the far end, pack of twelve calots,
or wild dogs, were loosed upon them.
AS these brutes, growing and foam
ing, rushed upon the almost defense
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
Automatic Reformation.

do you have any trouble enforcing
the prohibition law in Crimson gulch?"
NO." replied Cactus Joe, most Of
the boys here was pretty fastidious
about their Ticker in the old days
After one of 'em has saturated up a
little with bootleg bitters he's that
sorrowing and remorseful that there
amt any excuse for giving him even
a harsh word"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

one had just passed. No one was
in sight, yet Immediately we passed
the first door it slid gently into place
behind us and receded rapidly to its
original position in the front wall of
the building.
A second and third door recedetl
before me and slipped to one side as
the first, before reached large in
ner chamber where found food and
drink set out upon great stone table.
A voice directed me to satisfy my
hunger and to feed my calot, and
while was thus engaged my Invisible
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
Sad.

Little Julian had completed his first
day at school and had climbed upon
his fathers lap to give dad his i'm
pressions thereof.
"Well," said dad, "how do you think
you will like SCHOOL,"
Whereupon the countenance of Julian
took on most serious expression.
ITO tell you the honest truth. dad"
he answered, II believe I've started
something / can't finish"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
The One Busy Man.

"How's business with you?"
Great" replied the young man.
I'm rushed to death. 1 haven't had
so much to do since long before the
war;"
For Heavens sake" replied the
other, expecting every man he met to
wall about the dull times, "what line
Of business are you in?''
'Tm bill collector" was the an
swer I'm dunning people for money
today that never were dunned before"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

Burlington VT suffered with trouble had of
H.R
Apple Tree Point Farm, Burlington, VI.
nothing than the
long months restoration successful
1t that female troubles through neglect reach
the ailments
Of not the surgical they caused by
When disturbing ailments first take Lydia Pkham Vegetable
In
to health Lydia E. Pkhams Vegetable Compound
been advised by attending physicians.
Lydia e. Pnkhams Private "Aiments
liar to Women" will be sent
PinlEham Medicine
This
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
The Sole Exception.

Mrs. Junebride- Oh, dearl Strikes
seem to be universal, don't theyi
Her Husband-Yep! Everything's
striking except the clock your brother
gave us for a wedding present. and
that never did work any to speak OF.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
Try This.

To prevent the gloss coming off OF
your white paint wash it with milk
and little soap. That will be much
cheaper than repainting and is effec-
tive.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
Paxinn His Wax

Bix-"Do you still walk in your
sleep" "Dix-No, 1 take carfare to
bed with me now"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24

Feathers are believed TO have
evolved from the reptilian scsie
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-06-24
HOW WOMEN AVOID
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
Some Are Extremely Necessary, 0thersMay Not Be
Every Woman Should Give Lydia e. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound Trial First

Chicago, I'll. -"I was in
bedwith a female trouble and
inflammation and had four
doctors but none of them did
me any'good. Theyal said |
would have to have an oper-
alton. A druggists wife told
me to take Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
and / took % bottles, never
missing a dose and at the end
of that time / was perfectly
well. / have never had occa-
sion to take it again as /
have been so we'll. / have a
six room fiat and do all my
work. My two sisters are
taking the Compound upon
Experimentation and you
may publish my letter. It is
the gospel truth and / will
write to any one who wants
a personal letter. Mrs. E.
FL. HAYDoCK, 1924 st. Law
renee Ave., Chicago, Ill.
A Vermont woman
adds her testimony to
the long line of those
fortunate women who
have been restored to
health by Lydia IL.
Pinkham'S Vegetable
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Mitchell Tax Collector
Is Said to be Short,

Camilla, Ga, April 11.-undel
instructions Of the Mitchell county
beard of commissioners, Expert AZ
|co,lntant McGinnity, OF Atlanta, L
at work on the books Of LII. Boyd
county tax collector to ascertain
the extent of an alledged shortage
lin that officials accounts, The
follows the disappear
ance OF MFR. Boyd from the county
and receipt Of All unsigned letter,
said to be in his handwriting, N
which an alledged confession OF q
shortage was made. In the letter
it was stated that speculation IN
cotton futures was responsible for
the shortage, the amount Of which
vas not stated. Estimates made
as to the amount Of the shortage
today were between $500 and
$4,000.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Laramore-Perry.


Mr.. B. B Perry and Miss Mary
Ella Laramore were united IN mar
riage at the Baptist Pastoriurn here
Sunday night, Rev. JOHN II. Wyatt
performing the ceremony. The
marriage had. been announced to
occur here On April %, bat they
surprised their friends and were
married or Sunday night.
Miss Laranlore is very beautiful
young lady and is liked by every
body and always making friends Of
everyone she meets. She is the
daughter of Mr.. Geo. I4aramore
and granddaughter of Mrs. Jas.
Morgan.
Mr.. Perry is a promising young
business man Of Dawson and mum
bers his friends by his acquaintance.
The Journal join thier many
friends in wishing them long and
happy married life.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Bridges-Heath.

Mr.. Robert Lunsford Heath and
Miss Jewell Bridges were united IN
marriage at the home Of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Bridges, in
Leslie, Wednesday night ut $3.50.
the Rev. John Ii. Wyatt, OF Pastor
of the I.eesburg Baptist Church
performing the marriage ceremony
in the presence of IL number OF rel.
ative and friends
The bride is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Bridges Of Leslie and is
a beautiful and accomplished young
skldy. The groom is a promising
Eoung business man OF I.eesburg
Ind is well liked by everybody.
Immediately after the ceremony
lthe happy young couple left on
their honeymoon trip to points IN
Florida and OH their return will be
at home to their friends in Lees
burg.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Dipping Watts Dynamit-
ed in Worth County.

Sylvester, Ga. April 1S.-Dip.
ping vat dymmiterS have at last
gotten busy in Worth county. Three
vats were blown up last Saturday
night and one Sunday night, oil in
the vicinity of Doles.
The is the first experience that
Worth county has had in this line,
although about 80 vats were in op-
Grafton all oil hst year. So far
there has been very little opposition
to dipping; and county officials ex-
pect to have worth tick free at the
end of this year.
The watts that were destroyed are
being rebuilt rapidly and will be in
operation again a few days, should
they not be iuterierred with.
The county commissioners have
offered reward Of $50 for the
guilty parties with evidence to con-
vict.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Church Services in
Leesburg.

Baptist. II. Wyatt, Pastor.
Preaching 2nd, and 4th Sundays
Morning aud Evening.
Sunday School 10 O'Clock a. nj.
B. Y T. U. 6 o'clock pm. every
Sunday.
w. N. U. Monday afternoon fol-
lowing End and 4th Sundays.
Mid Week Prayer Service and
Choir Practice Wednesday evening
Z O'Clock.
Methodist-E. w. Gray, Pastor.
Preaching 3rd Sunday. morning
ard evening.
Sunday School 10 o'clock every
Sunday.
Presbyterian-Rev. Elder, Pastor.
Preaching 1st Sunday morning
and evening.
Sunday School 10 o'clock every
Sunday.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
Philen1a Dots.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Harris and
family spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Miss Lena Mathews, teacher in
tie consolidated school left for her
home in Moultrie this week. Pat
rons and children alike regret her
leaving.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. p. Womack
and children spent Sunday in Red
bone attending Sunday School and
visiting friends.
Mr.. J. w. Crews, of Newton,
visited his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Crews Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Salter were
visitors to Newton Sunday.
Judge W. q. Martin, OF I.eestuIg,
was here on business this week.
Mrs. NJ. Burk, of Cordele, spent
Wednesday here with Mrs. Crews.
Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Jordan were
shopping in Albany Wednesday.
Anon. :"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
REFUSED HAND OF SULTAN
Offer Of Marriage by Ruler Of Sulw
Was Turned Down BY Alice
Roosevelt.

The Moro is not all bad. He has
his good points. There has never been
q case where Moro has murdered an
American woman, and there are many
American women in MoroIQnd. This
abstinence, however, is not due to
Moro chivalry, but to the fact that in
the Moro thought women have no
souls.
Not that the believed s0ulIessness
of the sex keeps the Moro from be-
Ing a ladies' man. In fact, he is in
clined to be very gallant. The ia
nous visit Of the Taft party, &C.
companled by the then Miss Alice
Roosevelt some years ago land
long to be remembered in the Phil
ipDines), was attended by a char
acteristic exhibition Of Moro gal
lantry. When this party visited
Jolo-no trip to the islands would
be complete without visiting this
picturesque iSland-his royal high
ness, the sultan Of Sulu, immedi-
ately offered his hand In marriage
to the daughter Of the President.
He addressed her as the American
princess, and the name Of Princess
Alice still clings to her in the Phil
iDpines. The fact that his highness
already had couple of dozen wives
scattered around the town was no
deterrent in case Of a Mohammedan
monarch.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-15
ENCOURAGING the Hen.

The modern method Of increasing
the quantity Of eggs that may be OBJ
tanned from hens is turning on electric
lights in their pens in the middle Of
the night, thereby awakening them, to
the end that they eat an extra meal
and thus approach closer than ever be-
fore the ideal Of laying an egg day,
week after week. One cannot but
think that this lengthening Of the
working day for hens is a device Of
the same genius who discovered that
there was no need Of arising at dawn
to feed the poultry. He simply waited
until after the henyard denizens had
gone to roost, and then scattered their
morning meal. The hens found their
breakfast waiting for them in the
morning, while the Ingenious one arose
and went about the affairs Of the day
only when he felt so inclined. No
chanticleer called him to work.