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Evening star., 1925-09-13

So was forced TO settle down in the
Caipo village, or else TO go on alone
and this / was not equipped to do
But. TO compensate for my disappoint-
ment. the Indians staged a grand fish
ing expedition-much more exciting
than it sounds.
A Ii night the men danced and
shouted madly about their smok-
ing camp fires. clothed only with
tiara of gaudy parrot feathers. In
the morning a convoy of so Indians
set forth, some scattering to gather
bundles of the poisonous tingu vines.
others climbing trees 10 locate some
shallow lake left by the receding river
When promising sheet OF water
was found the tingu gatherers strode
into the center of IL and began to yell
and beat their bundles with heavy
sticks. so that the juice spattered into
the water. Within a short time the
poison became diffused through the
lake, and great shoals of fish ap-
peared. shooting crazily about near
the surface. as if intoxicated.
1t was like seeing some garishly
staged melodrama: in the blue lake
these bowling savages. their bodies
line Of bowmen intently shooting the
darting fish with miraculous aim.
/ had reason TO give thanks shortly
for that unerring marksma nship of
the native. During an all-afternoon
feast on roast fish. the .Caipo chief
regaled me with grim tales of a man
killing black jaguar that had been
terrorizing his village.
Like the Indian tiger. the black
y
blood. will stalk and eat human beings
relentlessIy. in preference to its nor
NAL diet of tapir meat and capivara.
The chiefs own daughter had been
among the recent victims of one such
killer.
The ordinary spotted jaguar. or
Onca pointada, | knew for a beautiful
but discreet animal that will flee from
man and dog and never give battle
unless cornered. | had met my first
spotted jugar back on the Island OF
Bananal, one day when we had gone
hunting for pearl-bearing mussels
Accompanied by a half dozen Caraja
Indians and by pack of half-tamed
wolves with which they hunt, l had
investigated several lakes, only to find
them infested by carnivorous piranha
fish and stingrays.
The stingray is A pancake-shaped
creature that lies on the bottom and
filings up a sharply barbed tail to
gouge unwary legs that tread on him.
As for the piranha. l had already had
a finger-tip bitten off by one of these
vicious fish, and even the lure of
pearls didn't make me want to risk
the loss Of another finger.
The natives. too, were afraid of
electric cells in the water. SO our mus
sci hunt petered out. But just then
the wolf dogs created a diversion by
freeing a large jaguar. AS the great
spotted cat snarled down at them
from the branches thought him far
too beautiful to shoot-the Indians
hurled their 7-foot spears at him.
Then the wounded beast leaped. over
the heads of the dogs, directly at his
human tormentors. My army revol-
Yer came into play, promptly ending
Evening star., 1925-09-13

me as literary chara acter-I did
not then expect to ask office. but find
ing that publishing was at a low ebb.
/ waited on Mr.. Ewing and told him
fra nkly how | was situated and that
I should like to be making some
thing: he with great kindness installed
me here.
There are thousands of applicants.
My duty is to schedule their claims
and present them to the Secretary.
He reads the schedule and makes his
decision. unless he has doubts about
the matter. and then he sends on the
papers. Let me hear from you in
this matter of yours. The notice Of
the Intelligencer shall appear If 1
have influence enough with MIR.
Gales to get Ii in.
The enclosed cryptograph ia from
a friend of mine CDR. Frailey) who
thinks he can puzzle you. II you
can decipher IT, then you are a magi-
cian-for he has used, as l think.
much art in making it. Let me hear
from you at your leisure about the
office.
Your friend,
IF. w. THOMAS"
RUT Poe was not disheartened.
~ The child of genius can always
live on hope; he only despairs when
that is denied him. You can see by
his reply that already he had obtained
the coveted position in his imagina-
ton. and that 1t was buoying up the
poverty family. The same
eager note prevailed:
Il wish to God l could visit Wash
ington, but the old story, you know
have no money-not even enough to
take me there, saying nothing of get
ting back. 1t is a hard thing to be
poor-but as i am kept so by an hon
est motive, l dare not complain. Your
suggestion about Mr.. Kennedy Is well
Evening star., 1925-09-13

However, on May 21. 1912. we find
Thomas answering Poe's letter OF
March 10, with apologies and a re-
newed suggestion about the coveted
Government post:
MY Dear Poe: / fear you have
been reproaching me with neglect
in not answering yours of March
13 before If you have. you have
done me an injustice.
Il knew it would be of no avail
to submit your proposition to Rob-
ert Tyler, with regard to any pc
cuniary aid which he might extend
to your undertaking, as he has moth
ing but his salary of $1,000. and his
situation requires more than its ex-
penditure In literary point of
view he would gladly aid you. but
his time Is so taken up with polit
ical and other matters that his con-
tributions would be few and far be-
tween.
Il. therefore. thought I could aid
you better by interesting him in you
personally without your appearing,
as it were. personally in the matter.
In consequence, | took occasion to
speak of you to him frequently in
a way that friendship and a pro-
found respect for your genius and
requirements dictated. He thinks of
you highly, as I do.
Last night | was speaking of you,
and took occasion TO suggest that
situation in the Custom House.
Philadelphia. might be acceptable to
you, as Lamb (Charles) had held a
somewhat similar appointment, etc,
and as it would leave you leisure to
pursue your literary pursuits. Robert
replied that he felt confident that
such a situation could be obtained
for you in the course of two or three
months at farthest, as certain vacan-
cies would then occur
What say you to such a place ?
Official life Is not laborious, and a
Evening star., 1925-09-13

A PIECE of night detached IT
~ self and assumed the form of
~ a huge cat. 1t was a. if part
4 \ of the jungles gloom had
visibly condensed into a
blacker shadow and was crouched in
feline menace above me-
For an instant of breathless silence
] was aware Of the animals graceful
beauty. Then that velvet shadow be-
came pouncing, growing, splitting
fury. My gun was useless toy in
my hand. As the enraged cat-demon
leaped at me from in front. cold fear
held me paralyzed: and at the same
moment an unsuspected peril, in the
shape of a poisoned arrow, whizzed
toward me from behind
This was my ceremony of intro
duction to the black jaguar, or onca
preta, of Brazil.
They say the black jaguar. with his
glossy coat. through which the typical
taguar spots show family. is one Of
the rarest and most beautiful animals
in the world. I can vouch at least
for his being the most dangerous
wild beast in South America. The
Rrazilians never even hunt him as
they do his common yellow cousin.
but go out Of their way to avoid A
meeting.
My own encounter with the onca
preta. came after l had retrea ted from
the poisoned arrows on the River Of
Death, as described in previous
article.
For six months thereafter l had
lived among the Caraja Indians. the
only white man they had ever seen.
and I had grown to fear trea achery
from these painted children of the
wild more than from any jungle
animal.
Indeed, aside from certain India n
tribes, South Americas S wild life is
queer rather than dangerous. Frogs
that eat chickens. bird-eating spiders.
blook-sucking bats-these | had seen.
But of man-eating beasts there are
none, except this same black jaguar;
and until l heard close to my ear the
malignant clash of his steel-trap jaws.
/ had thought that an outright fight
TO the death beween man and beast
was to be no part of my Brazilian
adventures.
II is the stealthy hand of poison
that one fears, down there between
the Araguaya and the Xingu rivers,
rather than open combat. Living for
months amid such an environment.
mentally preyed or by the Indians
uncanny superstitions. one falls into
the mood of half-believing any fables.
*%
\ ND SO, though | took no stock in
the eternal myth Of the ANA
zons-that tribe Of female warriors
long celebrated in legend and men
toned by Sir Walter Raleigh as living
near the Xingu Rtver-though l did
not soberly believe, either in the mys-
terious, blue-eyed, golden haired de
scendants of some superraCe of long
ago. nor in the tabled ruins of ancient
cities, nor in the fire snake, said to
beat out camp fires with its tail-al-
though | was skeptical of these ro-
mantle yarns, yet | must confess I
wanted to run them down bit nearer
10 their source. And so | turned aside
from my homeward journey last
Winter when ! had already reached
the first outskirts of civilization.
Shooting through the mad turbu-
lence of the Araguaya rapids. | had
come to the outpost village of Nossa
Senhora de Conceicao, and there, be
fore running down the Tocantins 10
Para. I veered westward with a. single
Indian guide over the mountains that
wall off the Xingu country and the
fatal Gold Mine of the Martyrs.
Evening star., 1925-09-13
Adventure Seeker in Brazil Caught in Leap of Man Eating

began to wonder whether it might
not be ourselves instead of the jaguar
that would become the hunted quarry.
The chief was absorbed in watching
me strike q match to light hastV
campfire. The Indians never ceased
10 marvel at the miracle Of fire max.
ing, for their own method was the
painfully slow rubbing of sticks to-
gether. Just as the blaze fiared up
my comp panion suddenly stiffened and
half turned his head to listen intently.
No sound had reached my ears, but
the alarmed Indian had heard some
stealthy tread Of paws and III a mo
ment he leaped across the rising fire
to where his bow and spear lay on the
ground, calling sharply to me TO
follow.
/ shall never forget the unreality
of that scene. The shallow rayine was
oppressively perfumed with the odor
of Towering parasites. A faint moon
light filtered mystically through the
thick foliage. and southwark. over the
mouth of the valley, hung the sky
jewels of the Southern Cross.
And there in the fickering freight,
200 miles from the nearest set
tlement, a white man stood talking
with a savage OF the Stone Age whose
features were carfcatured In paint TO
circles painted around his eyes and
red lines enlarging nearly to his ears
the shape Of his mouth. A bedraggled
crown Of brilliant parrot feathers cir
cled his unkempt head, and upright
through his lower lip protruded a
sparkling S-inch spike Of carvan crys-
tai.
On his arms were gay rosettes of
feathers. while his body was daubed
with red dye from urucu berries and
painted in crude designs with ink OF
the genipapa tree. In one hand he
held bow and feathered arrows. in the
other a spear tipped with jaguar' s
sharpened thigh bone and ornamented
with gay feathers. above the intricate
aid-designs around the shaft.
This weird vignette OF primitive life
stamped itself on my memory az we
stood tensely listening. In a moment
we heard a rustic In the other dark.
ness, and knew that the jaguar must
have circled around US on silent pads
so that he again had us between him.
self and the blaze.
- n
KNOWING that even the ferocious
~ black man-killer would keep as
nervously away from the fire as do his
tawny cousins and anxious not to miss
the chance of taking his beautiful pelt
home, / cautiously moved forward
down the slope. ignoring my guide :
muttered warning.
For. moment I could see nothing
then the animals 1.-the form material
lied out of the darkness. crouched in
glorious grace along a bough not II
PAGES ahead His eyes. burning green
and baieful in the CLINT Of freight
seemed to bore through me; but II
was not till | saw his slowly flashing
tall grow rigid and his body stiffeE
for the spring that I fired.
was too nervous for perfect aim
Wounded in the moment of pouncing
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both the jaguars' suffering and our
peril.
With this past experience In mind,
1 was little impressed by a jaguar's
ferocity. and when my Caipo chieftain
enlarged on the black jaGuar's devas-
tations In the Rio Bra nca neighbor-
Evening star., 1925-09-13

about where the creature prowled, |
was all for hunting him up and MAX
ing the animals acquaintance. The
other natives. exha usted by their all
night dance. the days orgy of fish
poisoning and the following feast
Evening star., 1925-09-13

were left behind to doze in the after
noon sun. while the chief and set out
alone.
II
PUT IL was dark before we finally
came upon the jaguar's trail. and
as the sudden tropical night fell
Evening star., 1925-09-13

The Unerring Flight of Poisoned
Arrow-Watching Jungle Burst Into
Life Where Savagery Is Rampant.
First Meeting With a Spotted Beast.
Swapping Jaws and Tearing Claws.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19
SIXTEEN MEMBERS
 LOCAL BRASS BAND

The newly formed Seward brass band may give a public concert this evening on the main street, accord ing to Leader Armstrong. The musi- clans now in the organization num- Der sixteen with at least four more having signifed their intention of turning out for the next practice.
 Present members of the organiza- tion consist of the following: R. Dun- lap, cornet; Robinson, trumpet; H.. Mclean, cornet; Armstrong, cornet, Anderson, saxophone; Bob Manthey, saxophone, Corvonian, alto; W. Blue, alto; Sheldon, alto; Hansen, trom- bone, Peckham, baritone, Gus Man they, base; Thinker, base; Richard son, drums; Hussey, drums, Mount, symbols.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19
SEWARD LEADS IN
 4TH CELEBRATION

Seward got under way for the 4th of July celebration just one week and better than most Alaskan towns, which is a whole lot considering that other and larger Alaskan towns are making strong bids for visitors to come to their respective communi- ties. Judging from the pep displayed by the committees and the interest manifested by local citizens, the cele- bration promises to be an "eye open er.''
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19
PUBLIC WORKS CREW
 PAINTING BUILDINGS

The public works crew from the Bremerton Navy yard, which arriv- ed in Seward last week to overhaul and make general repairs on the To- cal navy radio station have begun fhe task of painting all of the gov
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19
ALASKA IN THREE p. M,

The steamer Alaska of the Alaska Steamship company arrived in port as the Gateway went to press After discharging freight she will proceed to seldoviaj ana return in time to sail south 1 p. m. Sunday afternoon. He passenger lists will be published in tomorrows issue.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19

ernment buildings in their usual dress of white, with red roofs. The three bridges, on the road over to the station, are being repaired. Lead ing man Hendrickson is in charge of the outfit.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19

The world used 6,232,000 bales of American cotton in the last six months of 1924.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19

French recruiting officers make no investigations if an applicant can pass the physical tests.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-06-19

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18
Brief Fashion Notes
of Interest to Women

ChrySanthemumS, which previously
were associated with the football sea-
son and house decorations, are now be-
ing worn on all occasions in minia-
ture form. They come in all colors
and lend a tone to the costume.
Gift flowers are being shown on
evening dresses of black, brown, gold
and some of the pastel shades. Flat
silk pansies are a new note in flowers
and are particularly suitable for
shoulder wear, as they can be worn
under coat or wrap without being
crushed.
A bOneless and garterless corset of
silk. and elastic should prove of in
terest TO many women. 1t is made
in the "step-in" effect and cut to fit
the figure, having two bands about
the thighs which hold 1t in place. This
corset is particularly desirable for
the woman who needs support of some
kind, but who objects to heavy boning
effects.
Paris reports that, in spite of all
lOIcCdSLS W Tic COulIdIS, Ueducu
gowns and jeweled ornaments are
more fashionable than ever Stones
are now artistically used in all
milady's accessories from jeweled
headdress to gem-studded heels
new kind Of long sports coat
In rough tweed Is trimmed around
the bottom with a wide band of fur,
Of pony and muskrat, in a violently
geometrical design, which is repeated
In two shades of brown wool en-
broidery on the body and sleeves. 1t
Is fantastic and is expected to appeal
to the smart American woman
Silver lace will be used great
deal on the newest bridal gowns, all
Of which will have long lace sleeves
Where hats are concerned feath-
ers are completely dead. Not one hat
in twenty now boasts any kind Of
feather trimming. On the twentieth 1t
is always the same kinda very thick
bushy osprey Of the same color as the
hat, worn usually, downward, sweep
ing away from the face.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18

IN 1875 the attacks of many
Constant Readers" through the
u press demanding relief of the
traffic congestion were as vigorous
as they are now. Pedestrians fed
from the path of careening omni-
buses and frightening horse cars,
just as 1925-ers scurry before the
speeding automobile And there
were no traffic policemen to smooth
out the constant cross-street jams,
and give tickets to offenders.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-12-18

So the elevated came to New
York, after the commission had sol
emnly agreed that underground
bores were out of the question"
New York had to be persuaded to
climb upstairs and intrust them
selves to the cccentricities OF the
new-fangled train. When it started
or stopped it was with shuddering
violence Indeed in its trial trip one
of the officials, it is said, nearly
choked on his artificial teeth.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-21
w. A. Notes

Meetings postponed because of the
Thanksgiving holidays are, the Art
Appreciation class Wednesday, the
Wednesday Sewing class and Mrs.
c. J. Buchanan's bible class. The
millinery class will meet as usaL
The membership campaign con-
test of the Industrial departments Of
the Y. w. c. A. in Cincinnati Ohio,
and Indianapolis, will close Dec. 10.
The membership committee will
meet Monday at 1880 p. m. The pro-
gram committee meets Monday at
$40 .. m. Miss Vivian Runyon is
chairman.
The Health Education department
will have a luncheon at 11:30 a. m.
Monday.
A Thanksgiving party will be
given for all members of the
Wanahe Club Tuesday at 1880 p. m.
The regular Wednesday meeting
of the Indianapolis Association of
Women Bible Teachers has been
changed to Tuesday at 10 a. m.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-21
CHIMES PLANS
sweet HEART'
Dinner DANCE
Butler Junior Organization
to Give Annual Party
Monday.

The annual Sweetheart" dinner
dance of Chimes, junior honorary or
ganization Of Butler University will
be given Monday evening at the
home of Miss Dorothy Carroll, 2420
N Meridian st,
Members of Chimes have invited
other college girls to be their guests.
The Chimes girls will wear tuxedos
Chimes and their guests will in
clude Misses Kathryn Bowlby,
Dorothy Kemp, Jean Bouslog,
Dorothy Stephenson, Caroline God
ley, Rebecca Pitts, Sara Frances
Downs, Dorothy Avels, Billie Mae
Krieder, Julia Bretzman, Marjorie
Chiles, Irma Ulrich, Lucy 'Ashijian,
Virginia Curtis, Dorothy Carroll
Helen Pascoe, Ocie Higgins, Lorene
Whitman, Helen Stevens, Juanita
Stamper, Dorothy Rinehart, Helen
Erber, Mary zimmerman, Mary
Wagner, Dorothy Lou Thomas,
Eleanor Dunn, Avanelle 1Thorp,
Dorthea Berger, Marjorie Okes and
Kathleen Hotel. Dean Evelyn
Butler will be special guest.
Freshmen girls who will serve are
Misses Joan Wall, Mary Katherine
Wilson, Monzelle Shelton, Jane
Alborn, Rosalind Emmerick and
Frances Lyons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-21
LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
. PRESCOTT TO LESLIE PRES

LETTER FROM JOHN ALDEN
PRESCOTT TO LESLIE PRES
II COTT-CONTINUED
I've had great laugh han ded me
since you left. In fact. it is the only
time have laughed and mother has
been the unconscious medium of CIV
ing it to me. You remember that Did
maid, Priscilla Bradford, do you not?
had completely forgotten her, for
we had not heard from her since we
left Albany, you know. Well. Pris.
ella wrote mother the other day and
told her that the scandal had per
meated among her old neighbors
that she was not only wearing the
abbreviated skirts which every wom-
an. young or old. is now doing, but
that she had the temerity to go
down to dinner in a public dining
room with a gown showing her
shoulders and minus sleeves, alto
gether.
Adding insult to injury. this Brad
ford woman said she had learned this
direful news from the lips of one
Orson Gibson. recognized the
name Immediately as that of the
man who had paid mother some at
tention at Atlantic City.
1t seems that his brother and wife,
who are very conservative country
people, have rented mothers house.
You can imagine how angry she
was when she got the letter from
her old friend. In it, Priscilla Brad
ford said that she was quite sure
Mr.. Gibson must have been quite
mistaken, that he must have met
some other woman of the same
name.
Lying old maid" said mother, as
she told me this, Priscilla Bradford
knew all the time 1t was and she
had the effrontery to tell me that
she would gladly deny it to the min
lister If 1 would write her a letter
and tell her 1 was not wearing a
short or low-necked dress.
TN tell you. john" said my
mother, II wrote her n letter she'll
remember and I am going to Mr..
Gibson telling him what think Of
the whole scandal-monging crew that
lives in the village. 1 would not live
in my old home a week If they'd
give me the whole town for doing
So"
Mother told me all this when
suggested, as you requested, that
perhaps she would like to go back
to her old home and visit while you
were away. guess, my dear, that
that IS "out" as far as getting
mother away is concerned. You see.
I am using movie language, saying
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-21
Ambition

Dear Martha. Lee: !. am ! s years old
and In love with a fellow 10 years old.
| had gone with him steady for about r
year until May when he took a job out
of town for the summer. He is now
planning TO return. in writing me this
summer he told me how he was gambling
and drinking. OF which I disapprove.
wrote TO tell him how I felt about IL.
and told him he would have to choose
that for my sake he would give them up.
l told my mothe rail- about it. and she
said she didn't think he would. and that
j could not go with him again. We love
each other. What shall / do? Should
l take him at his word?
LONESOME AND BLUE.
So you're another born reformer7
Sins are like boils, and you can't
cure them on another person by
just speaking to them. You've got
to interest the victim in the good
radiance first, because Of the bene-
fit to himself. After all. we're born
selfish. And we have to appeal 20
other people through their egos. IF
the young man really was indulging,
I'd give him a chance to prove his
assertion to reform by all means.
On the other hand, that move might
have been a strategic one to win
for himself a born reformer-who
can tell?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-11-21
CLUBS AND MEETINGS

MONDAY EUCHRE CLUB, Mon
day, 2:30 p. m. P. II. c. Hall, East
and Michigan SITS.
GEORGE H. CHAPMAN, w. r.
c. No. 10, Elks hall, Tuesday 2 p. m.
Initiation.
YOUNG LADIES SODALITYl of
ST. Joseph's Church, Thanksgiving
party Wednesday night, hall. 214 E.
North st. Euchre, bunko, lotto. I
CAPITAL CLUB, card parties
Saturday evening and Sunday after.
noon, Plumbers Hall, Alabama and
Washington SITS.
HOLY TRINITY Social Club
euchre, bunko. school hall. on N
Holmes Ave, Sunday, $3.50 p. m.
Every one invited.
DAIRY MAID ASSOCIATION,
dance, Monday evening, 116 e.
Maryland st.
ST. PATRICK'S SOCIAL CLUB
Ieuchre and bunko, 8 p. m. Monday
school hall, Prospect st.