Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
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FROM ALL THE WAR
FRONTS IN EUROPE
COLD WF-ATMER HAMPERS OPE
RATIONS ON LARGE SCALE IN
FRANCE AND ITALY.
9Mfl I
■aw ~wSi
THE WAR PRISONERS
The Russian and Central Powers Have
Reached an Agreement on Many
Points !n the Peace Parley
Now Being Held.
Aside from bombardments and reci-
procal artillery duels, little is going on
in the major theaters of the war. On
the French front the weather is still
cold, and this, with the snow that
covers the gTound everywhere, is Jm
peding operations on a large scale.
The Germans Saturday night essay-
ed an attack against the British north-
east of Ypres, where for the lapt sev-
eral days they had been laying down
a heavy preparatory artillery fire. Tha
attack, however, was futile, for the
British, ever on the watch, raked ths
Germans with their fire and repulsed
them with considerable losseR.
Likewise, attempts by the Germans
to carry out raids on small French
posts near St. Quentin, Bezonvaux and
Vauquois resulted in failure, and in
addition the enemy lost men made
prisoner. There is still considerable
Intermittent artillery activity along
the entire French front.
In the Italian theater the infantry
for the present is idle, but the big
gunB continue to carry out mutual
bombardments againct opposing posi-
tions in the hill region from the Asia-
go plateau eastward to the Piave
river. This activity is particularly
pronounced on the Monte Tomba sec-
tor and a few miles to the east on both
■ides of Pederobba, near the upper
reaches of the Piave river.
The British forces under General
Allenby continue their victorious
march against the Turks in Palestine.
Considerable fresh progress has been
mado north and northwest of Jeru-
salem, particularly .in the occupation
of Bireh, about twelve mileB to the
north, where the TurkB offered stub-
born resistance but finally were over-
come.
A dispatch to Reuters, Ltd., at Lon-
don, from British headquarters, says
_r -
of'thU forbidden ..
Ionce7 memory of that Inso-
"Great!" Wolf Larsen cried. "Great!
That n the kcTSGte. luuuience i He
could Dot, have used a butter word."
In vain 1 objscted and denied. He
mc, overwhelmed me with ar-
gument.
"It'B not the nature of life to bo
otherwise. Life, when It knows that
1t must cease living, will always rebel.
It cannot help itself. You have talked
•of the instinct of immortality. I talk
•of the instinct of life, which is to live.
It mastered it in you (you cannot deny
It), because a crazy cockney cook
sharpened a knife.
"You are afraid of him now. You
are afraid of me. You cannot deny iL
If I should catch you by the throat
"thus"—his hand was about my throat
and my breath was shut oft—"and be-
gin to press tiie life out of you, thus,
and thus, your instinct of immortality
will go glimmering, and your instinct
•of life, which is longing for life, will
nutter up, and you will struggle to
aave yourself. Eh? I see the fear of
•death in your eyes. You beat the air
with your arms. To live! To Href
To lire!' you are crying; and you are
crying to live here and now, not here-
after. You doubt your immortality,
•eh? Ha! Hal Your body draws Itself
up In knots like a snake's. Your chest
Tifiuvaa and strains. To live! To live!
To live—"
I heard no more. Consciousness was
blotted out by the darkness he had so
graphically described, and when I
came to myself I was lying on the floor
and he was smoking a cigar and re-
garding me thoughtfully with the old.
familiar light of curiosity In his eyes.
"Well, have I convinced you?" be
demanded. "Here, take a drink of
this, I want to ask you some ques-
tions."
I rolled my head negatively on the
floor. "Your arguments are too—er—
forcible." 1 managed to articulate, at
cost of great pain to my aching throat.
11 be all right Jn half an hour,"
sUred me. "And I promise I won't
mmm
ACIOS, TEXAS
PAL AGIOS
REVIVED
01
'ys~
R TO MAKE
DEMOCRACY
England and
Teutonl
Clulm Terms pf
Peace Are
•rit.
•A*! * , I
Kill That
Cold and
Save Health
CASCARA ££ QUININE
Th« old family remedy—la tablet
form-iife, lure, eaay to take. No
opiate#—no unplfwaat after effect!..
Cure* cold® Id 24 hours—Grip in 3
daya. Money back if it fails. Qett
genuine box with
Red Top and Mr.
Hill's picture on it
24 Tablets for 2 Sc.
t the
At Any Drug Stora
ADMIRAL 00WLES TELLS
- JF SHIPPING SITUATION
Claims Lumbermen and Builders Are
Advancing Prices and Taking
Unfair Advantage-
Washington.—An outline of legisla-
tion wanted by the shipping board to
provide additional powers for speed-
ing up construction of the new mer-
chant fleet was given Friday by for-
mer Rear Admiral Bowles, assistant
to the general manager of the emer-
gency fleet corporation, testifying at
the senate committee's Inquiry Into
the shipping situation.
Among other things Mr. Bowles
said the board desired authorization
to declare as a war zone the territory
surrounding shipyards as well' as to
commandeer houses and local tele-
phone facilities so as to better take
care of workmen at the plants.
He also suggested that congress
should protect shipbuilders from the
operations of the war excess profits
tax law, or at least modify its provis-
ions in so far as it pertains to them.
Operation of the law Is now so un-
certain, be explained, that the board
Is having great difficulty in placing
contracts at a reasonable price, aa,
the builders olaiip they will ha
Great
Utely,
made
terms
flolbut.
ister the
ed by a
reaffirmed
it Is the d
tlnue the
make the
Pres
meets
war Is
theutte
and Foi
almost
British
FpCnoe, respec-
prirae ministers
foreign affairs, have
world that the
the Teutonic allies
are not suf-
eir prime mln-
lat, represeut-
>r conference, has
it equivocation that
>n of labor to con-
der hereafter to
for democracy,
known attitude of
s to the roqulre-
States, then if the
peace concluded,
ier Lloyd George
Pichon and the
sentiment of the
ingly make c*r
ic allied proffer.
Russian bolshe-
naught, un-
OLD APPLE" STORY
Prisoner Related in Court That His
Adam and Eve Encounter Was
Caused by the Red Fruit.
"Ever since Eve tempted Adam with
an apple there iins been more or less
trouble," remarked Junius E. Deery,
Judge of the city court, says the Indian-
apolis News, "but this morning was
the first tlmo that I have had an ex-
ample of the trouble which may he
caused between a niaii and woman by
an apple."
A man had been arrested charged
with assuuit and battery on his wife.
The wife had tried to shield him when
she took the stand, hut admitted hav-
ing had a little unpleasantness with
her mate.
When the man took the stand he
asked whether he should toll the story
from the beginning, and when told to
go ahead started by saying: "Judge,
your honor, all this trouble was caused
by an apple."
"Yes, I have heard that story be-
fore," said the judge. "The Bible even
says that an apple caused trouble be-
tween Adam and Eve, and most people
think that all of our troubles date to
that time."
"But this was a real apple," replied
the prisoner. "We had an argument
over it and when my wife became loud
I merely shoved her away from me.
Then some nosey neighbors called the
police."
"All right," said Judge Deery, "hut _
I believe the real cause of this trouble I co^ToVstMS10™'Wgh PUftfU#
Is that you do not work steadily. Now, 1
I am going, to let you go this time on
wttxro
foTSTjp
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With II K.M.C. Trims-
form«f you u*e chuip
keroBeno i u Fortla anil
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lap, u. v.hj u.j< ooac of
thU dcvlce in gasoline. The
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power, runs motor frrnoother—Jnst
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the thing for cold days. Makca t»u« ear 'Thlef-
8K3& Cheep in price.
xi un ore as in use—sold complete. Write NOW.
a Tr»olor Co., IIS Miia It.,
V „ rvpt.Z Texas
Kcroaen# Motor Co., Mfim, Pnotlft, Ill,
Willet's Planting Cotton Send
I I.arjreat expert scientific shippers—home and
the condition that you heed some ad-
vice relative to steady employment,
which a friend of yours is going to
give you as soon as you leave the
courtroom."
GET WILLET'S COTTON CATALOG
Just out;early short staples,early lonsr staples.
'i rl fT urilt KA„ln<.. a .... ri. i ■
HEADACHES
This distressing Ailment should be
relieved at once and save strain on
Nervous System. CAPUDINE gives
quick relief. It's a liquid—Pleasant to
take.—Adv.
early wilt realstant types. State types and
amounts wanted, and we will price.
WILLET SEED COMPANY. Augiuta. G.or»i«
Bay what I think, sir," the sailor
answered courageously.
It waB at this moment that I chanced
to glance at Johansen His big' fl*t*
were clenching and unclenching, and
his face was positively fiendish, so
malignantly did he look at Johnson.
"Do you know what happens to men
who say what you've said about my
slop-chest and me?" Wolf Larsen de-
manded, sharply and imperatively.
"What you and the mate there are
going to do to me, sir."
"Look at him, Hump," Wolf Larsen
said to me, "look at this bit of animat-
ed dust, that is impressed with certain
human fictions such as righteousness
and honesty, and that will live up to
doorway, and ct
from his oose
stream over
Modern Warfare.
"Every man should be sufficiently
trained to flglit for his country If the
need shomii ever arise," said the advo-
cate of preparedness.
"Just what do you mean by that?"
asked the expert squirrel shooter.
"He should be physically fit. and able
to handle a gun."
"I can fill those requirements all
_ Kh*) 1 ■ |H Mil • I II Is TTnT . I -
is narrow I "You Coward! You Murderer I You
His Hand Was About My Throat and
My Breath Was 8hut Off.
"Youl
ti^wsui
W>
w<-
.use -any more physical demonstra-
tions. Get up now. You can sit on
a chair."
And, toy that I was of this monster
the discussion of Omar and -ihe
Preacher was resumed. And half the
night we sat up over it >
CHAPTER XI.
The last twenty-four hours have wit-
nessed a carnival of brutality. From
to forecastle It seems to have
hroKta out like a contagion. Thomas
Mugridge la a sneak, a spy, an In
them in spite of all personal discom-
forts and menaces. What do you
think of him, Hump? What do you
think of him?"
I think that ho is a better man
than you are," I answered. Impelled,
somehow, with a desire to draw upon
myself a portion of the wrath I felt
was about to break upon his head
"His human fictions, as you choose to
call them, make for nobility and man-
hood. You have no fictions, no dreams,
no Ideals. You are a pauper."
He nodded his head with sarage
pleasantness. "Quite true, Hump,
quite true., I have no fictions that
make for nobility and manhood.
hit boat mate.
gave a spoke
ably Into the bii
Not so waa the
Leach, the erstwhile]
and aft there wii
have surr -iged us m|j
sequent behavior.'
came up on the
and dragged Jo
he sot about dr
well aa he could 1
fortable.
Wolf Larsen wag,
and examining the
the Ghoat usually
which had been
purpose. Suddenly:
to my e»ra. It waa
with an <
and saw him stand
the break of the
side of the galley.
vulsed and white, [
lag. his clenched
head.
"May God damn
Wolf Larsen, only
you, you coward, you.!
pitt" was hi» <
I was thunde
hie lnstaht
not Wolf Larseu's
him. He sauntered
the break of the
his elbow on the
gated down thoughtful
ly at the excited boy.
And the boy indicted!
as he had never been
Each moment 1 looked,'!
looked, for him to leap
and destroy him. But
whim. His cigar
continued to gaso sll
ously.
Leach had workedl
ecstasy of impotent rage.]
"Pig! Pig! Pig!" ha 1
lng at the top of S&lfT
don't you come down an
murderer? Come on,
Kill me! Kill me! Kill]
It was at this stage
Mugrldge's erratic aoul
Into the scene. Ha
saying:
"Such langwldge!
Leach's rage waa no
tent Here at laat
ready to hand.' ***
since the stabbing the
appeared otttsldo the i
his knife. The words
__j blood
a scarlet
he helms-
baa Louis,
took and
lmperturb-
1 of George
#*>re
ithat could
his con-
was that
!}oUt orders
where
wounds as
: hlmcom-
ig a cigar
log which
latent, but
[to tor some
voice came
and bsores
I turned
beneath
the port
was con-
were fiash-
Plgl*
to
food tor
you
ilooked for
at it waa
it*
to
leaning
cabin,
curious-
olf Larsen
batore.
erybody
the boy
not bk
and he
id curl-
tato aa
me, yon
[ cdward I
Thomas
"lit him
Leach,
impo-
time
living dog is better than a dead lion, I bis mouth when hawas .
•ay I with the Preacher. My only doo- J by ^"h Three timea
left
iufiwo/, «aa aown tnrougn it leaped
Wolf Larsen. The sound of blows and
scuffling came to our ears. Both men
wore wounded, and he waa thrashing
them both for having disobeyed his
orders and crippled themselves in ad-
vance of the hunting season. In fact,
they were badly wounded, and, having
thrashed them, he proceeded to op-
erate upon them in a rough surgical
fashion and to dress thair wounds. I
served as assistant while he probed
and cleansed the passages made by
the bullets, and I saw the two men
endure his crude surgery without an-
esthetics and with no more to uphold
them than a stiff tumbler of whisky.
The second dog-watch and the day
were wound up by a light between Jo-
hansen and the lean, Yankee-looking
hunter, Latimer. It waB caused by re-
marks of Latimer's concerning the
noises made by the mate In his sleep,
and though Johansen was whipped, he
kept the steerage awake for the rest
of the night while he blissfully slum-
bered and fought the fight over and
over again.
Aa for myself, I was oppressed- with
nightmare. All my days had been
paaaod in comparative Ignorance of
the anlmallty of man. In fact, I had
known life only In its Intellectual
phase*. Brutality I had experienced,
but it waa the brutality of the Intel-
lect—the cutting sarcasm of Charley
Furuseth, the cruel epigrams and oc-
casional harsh witticisms of the fel-
lows at the Bibelot, and the nasty re-
marks of some of the professors dur-
ing my undergraduate days.
That was all. Not for nothing had I
been called "Sissy" Van Weyden, I
thought, as I tossed restlessly on my
bunk between one nightmare and an-
other. And It seemed to me that my
innocence of the realities of life had
been complete indeed. 1 laughed bit-
terly to myself, and seemed to find In
Wolf Larsen's forbidding philosophy a
more ade<j«ate explanation of lifo than
I had found In my own.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Help Wanted.
"Can I do anything for you?" asked
the passing motorist of an oxasper-
ated man who was trying to change a
-tire while his wife, a woman of com-
manding appearance, stood by and
gave numerous directions. "Yes, in-
deed," replied the exasperated man,
aa ha mopped bia brow. "My wife
hen la an ardent suffragette. 1 wish
yon would talk to her about the cauaa
until I gat thla tire on."
• II I .Vjfc
Opportunity never trpublagfi, Pfn It
thara Is nothing ia hjja.
Sticking to the Point.
"Ilave you amused your Imliy broth-
er, Willie, and kept him quiet while I
was gone?"
"Yes, 11111, rind he hasn't opened his
mouth since you went away."
"What did you do to amuse him,
Willie?"
"I save him the mucilage bottle to
suck."
A SOFT, VELVETY SKIN
shouldkbe the ambition of every worn*
an as there Is nothing so attractive
as a fair, smooth skin. Neither soaps
nor powders can give this. Thou-
sands of southern women know front
experience that Tetterine will quickly
rid the skin of its disfiguring pimples
and blotches and give It that bright
clear .appearance so much admir
fflllflub Huw "W'mnlmuuiii
la indicated for lnter4epartment» of
schools. It la Intended that
iimuh«i should be employed for
departments.
Occasionally the general title and
lesson may be found to be more beip-
ful than the special topics or addi-
tional material as Indicated for a giv-
en department Sunday school lead-
ers frankly acknowledge that this new
plan Is an experiment. It Is hoped,
however, that the long continued con-
troversies over graded lessons, extra-
biblical material and uniform lessons
may find a solution In this newer plan.
Mark's Gospel pictures Jesus as the
servant; therefore, It makes no refer-
ence whatever to his penenlogy, The
key-word to this gospel is the word
"straightway," which is used mora
than forty times, and it Is a sugges-
tion as regards the obedience of a
servant j
I. Introduction <w. 1-8). The bo«
ginning of the gospel Is meant tha
beginning of the blessed story qs told
by the evangelist Mark. Note It la ft
fulfilment of prophecy (Mai. 3:1; Isa.
60:3). Mark Is here more particular-
ly referring *0 Isaiah. This is the
period in the life of Christ between
his temple experience and the day of
his baptism, when he first entered
publicany Into the real history of
Israel. Jesus must needs have a her-
ald, even as an earthly king is an-
nounced before his arrival. Christ
himself is the living word (John 1:1),
though the voice which announces him
is the voice of a man—John the Bap-
tlier. The baptism of John waa unto
repentance and the remission of sins.
It must not be confused with Christian
baptism. Some Interesting questions
arise as to the life of Jesus before
this event—his religious habits (Luke
4:16) : his attitude toward the word
of God oad its prophecies (Luke 4:17-
21); the work he had been doing In
Nazareth (Mark 6:3).
II. The Baptizer. (vv. 4-9). To
know what kind of a man John was,
we must look up Mark 1:6 and Matt
3:4. His religious convictions are in-
teresting also. They were a matter
of his heart (Luke 8:8), a thing of
his dally life (Luke 8:10). lie was a
man who held to a strict moral stand-
ard (Mark 6:18). His method and hla
message were a protest and a warn-
ing as well as a preparation. Repent-
ance is n6t remission of sin (I John
1:0). John demanded "fruit" which
should accompany repentance (Matt
8:8, 9). His message waa not na-
tional but individual and hla sugges-
tion (Matt 8:10-13) of fnture punish-
ment tor wrong-doing 1a only exceeded"
by thojwrda of our Lord himself..
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Tucker, T. L. Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, January 4, 1918, newspaper, January 4, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412195/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.