Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1914 — Page 2

SERIAL STORY

Isolated Continent A Romance of the Future

By Guido von Horvath and Dean Hoard

1918. by W. G. CW reran !■ UattaA Sutra and Great Britsia. SYNOPSIS. For fifty years the continent of North [America had- been isolated from the •of the world by the use of Z-rays, a wu,v Kierful invention of Hannibal Prudeftt. The invention had saved the country ifroHi foreign invasion, and the continent had been united under one government ■with Prudent as president. For half a .century peace and prosperity reigned in this part of the world. The story opens •with President Prudent optically 111. His Meath Is hastened by t ,>the receipt of a [message from Count von Werdensteln of •Germany that he has at last succeeded In .penetrating the rays. Dying, he warns Inis daughter Astra that this means a foreign invasion. He tells her to hurry to 'the Island of Clryne, but dies before he can tell the location of the place. Astra is nominated for the presidency by the party. Napoleon Edison calls .on Astra. Informs her that he was a pu‘ptl of her father's, and promises to help ner. He gives ner a ring made of a new;ly discovered substance which, he says, will solve the problem of flying. ChevalBer <K Leon appears in Europe. He calls |on von Werdensteln and offers him the •secret of making gold in return for absolute disarmament and peace. The chevalier Is suspected of being an American. [He Is seized at night and carried off in ’an areoplane. Astra Is Inaugurated as [president. She receives a message from [Edison, whose long silence has worried •her. that he has been a prisoner for two [months on the island of Helgoland and has just escaped. He announces that the (Confederated fleet of Eurbpe has sailed for America. He promises to call on her 'the following night. Countess Roslny. a spy. becomes a prisoner in hope of securing Napoleon’s secret She falls In love with him. She agrees to join him In an •attempt to escape. By the use of fireworks he summons a curious flying machine which resembles a monster eagle. He escapes and sends his message to ,Astra. Edison calls on Astra as promised He -tells her his plans for defense have 'been completed, but that he will give fuller details at his workshop on the Island cf Ciryne tn the Pacific. They make the ■ trip In three hours. . His plans are on the peculiarity of the new substance, cirynith, which is lighter than any known metal and Is practically Indestructible. Tbe Europeans succeed in passing the*. Hne of isolation, but find that the Americans have established a second one. Edison delivers a note to von Werdensteln ‘ln his flagship demanding that the fleet be withdrawn. Edison is attacked, but by the use of some mysterious power he destroys two warships ahd several aero-., ■planes. Realizing his helplessness Wer--denstein withdraws his fleet and consents to universal disarmament. Edison’s mother is ill on the island of Clryne. Countess [Roslny offers to go and comfort her. hopling to discover Edison’s secrets. She begins to weave a net around Santos Duiprel. Edison’s assistant. | CHAPTER X| 11.—Continued. There were reports from her agents, a cheek from her banker, a sad sonnet •from a former captain of the Royal Guard, one of her most steadfast admirers, but none were of great Importance. She glanced through them and then opened the one that most Inter■ested her: [ j~ "My Dear Countess: —I was pleased "with the news that I received through •Edison that you are safe and well. The (political situation has received a tremendous shaking up, but the people are happy and preparations, are under •way to restore the same good order that we enjoyed in former days; but mo more militarism. "I think the European peoples will eoon be as rich as our American brothers. We expect them to teach us the latest methods of finance, etc. We will gladly welcome every opportunity to learn from them. ' “A bit of news: The Princedom of Schomburg Lithow Ts in great sorrow. It has lost the last member of its reigning family. lam telling yott this, as I know you always liked the jovial young Prince Otto, who died without issue. "European monarchs were much surprised at the American defense, but they had to accept what I had td offer them. Now in their disaster they are bonded together. “I will be glad to hear further from you. sou know that I have always taken keen interest in your movements. “With the best wishes.—Count von ■Werdensteln.’’ . •Rositta glanced once more through the letter, interpreting it. “He has received my message. They want to restore the old order. They iare anxious to get the secret of the >aerodromone, for which they offer me the Princedom Schomburg Llthow All [European monarchs are in the pact.’’ She answered the count’s letter, then Heft it and her reply open on her desk, to be read by anyone who might wish. I She dressed and went to Astra’s ’boudoir. Together they entered the dining-room in time to pee' Napoleon and Ambrosio Hale enter from the other door. Napoleon’s eyes rested with appreciation on the picture the two presented. Mr. Hale greeted them effusively, then turned to the countess, whose charms were, in many respects, even more fascinating than the President’s. A ride on horseback was scheduled for the afternoon; that old, invigoratllng sport still held Its charm, as all (were accomplished horsemen. The days were still short, and they had to hurry homeward, as they wished to reach the capital before sunset. 'Napoleon, who knew the country >est. led them through a short cut, a gpsedou- nestling between two deep

forests, end thus to a shorter road. By the time they reached the first suburb it had begun to grow dark. They had to cross the town to reach the Crystal Palace. As they passe<| under the first street" lamp two men who were standing on the corner, near an automobile, peered closely at them. One of the men grasped the other by the arm and said: “Come.” They jumped into the car and it shot forward, turning the nearest 'corner, and raced toward the north, to the heart of the city. At the new congressional building they stopped and beckoned to a man who seemed to await them.

"I tell you, Mozrak, they will pass this corner,” said one of the men impatiently. . j “But I would prefer to stand farther down, where there is a greater crowd," said the man who had been waiting. “What do you want with the crowd T’ “To help me escape,” was the laconic answer of the man called Mozrak.

“Just as you please,” assented the man in the car. “Select your own place.** The automobile with the three men went farther, where the streets and elevated sidewalks <vere crowded with people. Mozrak looked around and back, as if be expected to see some one he knew.

“Here!” The man at the wheel obeyed. “Wait for me at the next corner, with everything in readiness, and when I jump into the car you are to let her out” Mozrak left the automobile and threaded his way through the crowd. The big car turned the corner indicated and stopped. Mozrak walked far enough to get its bearings, then returned to the center of the block. His hand strayed toward his hip pocket, rested there for a second and then he stood watching the passing throng. ' - In the meantime the four on horseback neared the building in a slow trot; as they reached the busier streets their horses fell into a walk. Napoleon rode on Astra’s left and they were cloeely followed by Rositta and Hale.. They passed the building and were nearing the place where Mozrak leaned against a lamp post, smokTng contentedly. He saw the coming quartet, and took a deep breath. When they had reached the center of the block, near where he stood, his right hand went into his hip pocket Just as the four on horseback reached him he jumped toward Astra with leveled arm, and the glint of an automatic pistol was seen.

The pistol was pointed at Astra, whose horse made a nervous jump when the man came forward. Before the man could pull the trigger Napoleon’s whip hissed through the air, hitting him squarely in the face. The pistol exploded; the bullet grazed Napoleon’s right shoulder, and before the fellow could make another attempt to shoot he was seized by two onlookers and his pistol was knocked fro in his grasp. He was dazed by a blow and stood looking at them blankly. Astra fainted, but many kind and willing arms were there to prevent her falling from her horse. Rositta, who just a few minutes before was so full of joy, looked at the scene shudderingly. Napoleon, like a god of revenge, stood over the man. She could see blood oozing from hie right coat sleeve, but that blood was not the cause of her pale, terror-stricken face. It was the face of the assassin that had startled her. She knew that face. The police restored order, but before

Napoleon, Like a God of Revenge, Stood Over the Man.

Napoleon let the shaking wonld-be assassin go he spoke to him in a stern, low voice: “Who are you ?” “Nikolay Mozrak.” “A Russian?” The pale man simply bowed. “Who sent you to commit this most miserable deed?” Anxf he shook the man as a storm shakes a withered leaf. "It was my fate; I had to do it,” the naan answered calmly. “Miserable cur!” said Napoleon,and tossed the man into the arms of the waiting guard, then turned toward Astra. . Her eyes met those of Napoleon, apprehensively. “You are hurt!” she whispered, pointing toward bis hand. “It must be a mere scratch, as I have not felt it” The return to the palace was a silent one. Napoleon submitted to the doctor’s treatment, but his wound was slight, and when it was properly dressed he returned to the drawingroom, where Hale was doing his best to drive away the oppression caused by the accident Astra had regained her composure; her only fear was that Napoleon’s wound might be dangerous, but whan

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she knew Its insignificance she felt better. Not so the Countess Roslny. The color had left her cheeks, and she sugaring into space. A face danced before her eyes, the face of the anarchist. They tried in vain to reassure her, but it was impossible. x * It took all, her will power to force a smile to her pale lips when Napoleon returned and still more to utter the words: “I am glad you were not badly hurt." During a lull in the conversation she askedjr' “What is the name of. that man?” “He said it was Nikolay Mozrak.” answefefr’ Napoleon. "Nikolay Mozrak,” she repeated slowly. "A Russian," added Napoleon. Then Mr. Hale turned the conversation into other channels. Napoleon could not but notice that after he had told the name of the assassin the countess had partly regained her composure. At eleven o’clock Rositta was on the roof of the Crystal Palace, waiting for the Hawk. Astra and Napoleon had come up to see her off. Napoleon helped her into the machine, where a tall stranger stood at the Wheel. The bird rose and took its direction and sailed off toward the west. Rositta went to the aerial chauffeur and spoke, but he signaled back that he could not hear or talk. She returned to the comfortable bench and tried to think: “Does Napoleon suspect BomethlngT Nb.ltcannot be, or he must be a wizard.” With this she lay down and in a minutes was sleeping like an innocent baby in a cradle. - ,

CHAPTER XIV. The New Clrynlth Deposit. The fact that Rositta found a stranger in the aerodromone, instead of Santos Duprel, was not the result of any suspicion on Napoleon's part. Santos had received a more important order. The substance "cirynith,” that wonderful, glittering element combined all the quail ties of glass and rubber, that was a thousand times stronger, than eteel, lighter than aluminum and absolutely indestructible, was very scarce. The volcanic island of Ciryne, where Napoleon had discovered the precious metal, was rapidly becoming depleted of the material with which to build aerodromones, and as Napoleon’s plans for the future were based "on cirynith, he must look for other sources of supply. He felt convinced that this metal must be in other places, and whenever he had time he flew over countries where he suspected its existence. x A wonderful instrument, similar to a spectroscope, was of great assistance to him in his searches. He had found some trace of cirynith in the volcanic regions in Italy, but not sufficient for his purposes, so he went farther. Immediately upon Santos’ return, from Ciryne with Rositta he had been dispatched upon this search, and Napoleon himself started out the next morning. His wound was so slight that it did not interfere with his movements, and he started early, flying toward Italy. He went slowly along the western coast of that boot-like peninsula, searching diligently, but without results. Santos was looking through the Alps. The poor fellow labored under great difficulties. His mind was not clear enough to work on the delicate radioscope. Rositta had robbed him of his peace and he dreamed more than he watched the changing colors of the little instrument.

The radioscope suddenly began to show interesting colors and recalled him from his dreams. The tiny plate that was framed in platinum glowed greenly; it was like a pale emerald, and growing more intense at every stroke of the great bird’s wings. Santos looked around. He saw a splendid picture: Toward the right great forests stretched, then came a few volcano peaks, with ancient ruins on top, and beyond all this spread a long, silver lake. Before him was-a mighty plain in the center of which stood a tremendous pyramid with the top as flat and level as though it had been sliced off with a knife. The radioscope showed plainly that this pyramidlike hill was rich in the precious cirynith. Santos was so excited that he forgot even Rositta for a while. The plateau and the whole pyramid was barren of human beings, so he descended. It had been thousands of years since the volcano had been active, and the lava composition was full of the crystale that produce cirynith. Santos gathered some in a small box and then began to figure out his geographical situation. He found that he was near the town Kis-cell, County Suemeg. “I am in Hungary,” he muttered. “And thia is a richer deposit of cirynith than the master ever expected to,find." (T()BE CONTINUED.)

Having Too Many Things.

Many nervous, irritable, dissatisfied, unhappy women would become calm and contented if they would store, give or throw away half of their belongings. Some have abandoned elegant residences and taken their families into hotels or boarding houses who could have continued to keep up their homes if, instead of giving up the houses themselves, they had done away with the superfluous furnishings.

Their Sense of Humor.

“Why,” asks Gertrude Atherton, "should a woman murder her husband?” It’s a difficult question, Gertrude, but our own personal guess is that most of them are actuated by a desire to exploit the delicious fund of humbr they possess.—Philadelphia Inquirer,

FRANK GOTCH TELLS OF HEADLOCK HOLD

“Followers of wrestling believe that the toe hold is the most terrible grip in the game,” says Gotch, “but that is an erroneous idea. One cannot deprive an opponent of life with the toe hold. One can kill his opponent with a flying mare, a strangle hold or a headlock. The strangle hold is barred in professional wrestling, but the flying mare and headlock are permissible. “It is possible for a strong wrestler to break his opponent’s neck by a quick wrench of the head with a punishing headlock. Probably more wrestlers have been killed by the flying mare than any other bold, and this leads to the assertion that few men of the mat are killed in professional matches. A wrestler of small stature may become a giant in relative wrestling ability after perfecting a headlock or some form of this grip. That is what has added to the fame of Fred Beell, the best little man perhaps th j game has known. “I have used the headlock in of my matches, although it Is a splendid means of winning when pitted against a dangerous opponent. I defeated Jenkins February 1, 1905, at Cleveland, with a form of the headlock. Jenkins was the strongest catch-as-catch-can wrestler of his time, and I used thii hold because I had to lake advantage of any opportunity to pin him. “The headlock is secured in two ways. It may be placed on a wrestler when he is on his hands and knees on the mat, and in this position an arm is usually locked with the head. If the attacker is on the right side, he may push down the head of his opponent, resting his left arm heavily on the head. He reaches under his opponent’s right arm and grabs his own left hand just below the wrist In

KOLEHMAINEN WANTS TO RUN

Noted Finn Amateur Challenges Any Four Men to Race for One Hour —Chance to Break Record.

Hannes Kolehmainen,’ the amateur runner, has come forward with an offer to run any four men in the country in relays for one hour. Athletic sharps think that he would be beaten by any four good distance men in training. They all agree, however, that sueh a ’race would give the wonderful Finn a

Hannes Kolehmainen.

splendid chance to beat Alfred Shrubb's record for the hour, which ts 11 miles 137 yards, a world’s mark for the distance.

McAllister Knocked Out

Mike Gibbons, the St. Paul middleweight, knocked out Bob McAllister of San Francisco tn the seventh round of their ten-round /hatch at New York.

Gotch Applying the Headlock.

this way the head may be drawn toward* the arm with which it is securely locked against the attacker. The right arm of the defensive wrestler is helpless and he may be drawn to the side and easily forced to the mat “Beell’s headlock, however, does not include an arm. This is a form of the headlock I have used at times, but have relinquished it when it might injure an opponent . It is- secured when the opponent is m a standing position. “The attacker may pull down his opponent's head, reaching over his head with his left hand. With his right hand he reaches under the head of his opponent and grasps his own left hand just below the wrist The attacker’s left hand fits into the jaw of the defensive wrestler on the right side. The head is in and locked. Then the twist may* be applied and the defensive wrestler drawn to the mat. Beell’s short arm and great strength in his arms and shoulders make him peculiarly constructed by nature to apply this grip. “Tom Jenkins defeated me with Beell’s form of the headlock in one of the toughest matches of my life at Cleveland, February 22, 1903. Some could not understand why I lost to Jenkins. The headlock defeated me. It will defeat any man when secured by a wrestler as strong as Jenkins. He secured this jaw lock on me while we were standing. I tried in vain to extricate myself. Jenkins applied the twist, and I began to think of all the mean things I had ever done. I wanted my head for future use, so 1 dropped to the mat Jenkins retained the hold, and when he pinned me with it, I swore he would never get that grip on me again.” (Copyright. 1913. by Joseph’B. Bowles.)

GOSSIP AMONG SPORTS

Tony Caponi wants a chance to box George Chip. ------ » ■ Mike Mowrey has been signed by the Baltimore Federal league club. • • • Even Gunboat Smith is after the money and will hazard the stage to get it while the going is good. a a « George Chip defeated Gus Christie tn ten rounds at Milwaukee, -having the better of nearly every round. An English team of vegetarian and fruitarian athletes is to be sent to the Olympic games at Berlin in 1916. a a a Indianapolis, of the American association, has released Pitcher Bill Harrington to Binghamton of the New York State league. • a a The Boston Braves will be made up largely of youngsters next season. Of the 32 players on the club but one is over thirty years old. • a • Battling Levinsky, the gent with the Irish nomenclature, seems to be the most persistent of our best little heavies. ( He fights every three days. • a * The Thames Rowing Club of England promised to enter an eight-oared shell crew in the big Australian regatta at Henley-on-Yarra, Melbourne, next October. a a a The Navy eleven has set an odd precedent in electing Overreach as captain of the 1914 team. He has been a sub end all season under Gilchrist and Inghram, but is expected to make an excellent leader. • • • The first of the big sectional ten-pin tourneys, the middle west series at St. Louis, attracted entries that footed up 36,335. Of this amount 32,275 was from five-men teams; 31,818 in twomen teams, and 31,760 in singles. a a a The Cornell student publications are protesting strongly against the fact that but 16 varsity "Cs” were awarded this year, to the football team which defeated Penn, when even in 1911 and 191£ there were 19 given.

AMERICANS WIN TENNIS CUP

Davis Trophy, Emblematic of International Championship, Won by McLoughlin—lts History. —— World supremacy in lawn tennis rests with the. United States. The struggle for the Dwight F. Davis trophy, emblematic of the international tennis championship, ended in a victory for the United States, when Maurice E. McLoughlin, the American singles champion, defeated Charles P. Dixon, the veteran English player,[in straight sets, 8-6, 6-3, 6-2.* The Davis cup now goes back to the land of its donor after the most interesting fight for its possession since it first left home in 1903. The victory of the Americans will be all the more memorable because it was the first time in the history of the cup that seven countries —the United States, Canada, Australasia, South Africa, Germany, France and Belgium—competed in elimination matches for the hofior of challenging the British holders. British followers of tennis are depressed over the possibility of recovering the cup, and freely predict thatit will remain in the United States for at least five years, as there are no young players in sight to take the places of the veteran experts, of whom Parke, the youngest, is over thirty years old. The Davis cup, emblematic of the world’s team championship in lawn tennis, which returns to this country

Maurice E. McLoughlin, Tennis Champion.

after an absence of ten years, was first put in play in 1900. The trophy —a massive stiver bowl —was the gift of Dwight F. Davis. During 1900 and 1902 the United States team successfully defended the cup against the attack of the British isles players. In 1903 the Doherty brothers carried it away to England. During the next four years the United States and Australasian players made sorties for the cup, and finally, in 1907, the famous Antipodean players. Brookes and Wilding, took the cup to Australia. There it' stayed until a year ago, when the English team, consisting of Parke, Dixon and Beamish, won It for the British isles.

Overlooked Honus Wagner.

“No man,” said George Stallings recently, “can say when he is getting the best or the worst of a baseball deal. You never hear me criticising a manager for passing up a star. About twenty years ago I had the pick of the Paterson (N. J.) club. At tha end of the season ! went down and took Heidrick. He was a good ball player, but I left another pretty good ball player I might have picked—and I didn’t His name is Honus Wagner. I had an open shot At Wagner and took another man. Yet there was Heidrick, a fast, hard-hitting, graceful player, against an awkward looking Dutchman. But ever since I never take the pick of a ball club without wondering whether I haven’t passed' up another Honus or left behind another Cobb or Matty.”

Will Start Football School.

Andy Smith, the former Penn football coach, now located at Purdue university, has announced tlfat he intends starting a school for coaches at the latter institution and he will also have charge of a course in football which purdue purposes to introduce. This football course will be begun in May or June and will continue throughout the summer nftonths Coaches of high school teams in the middle west will be instructed I>y Smith in football tactics and how to build up an eleven. He plans to turn out men who will be capable of instructing schoolboys in every department of the game.

Thriving Amateur Athletic Body.

During the 60 years of the English Civil Service Amateur Athletic association they have run off contests in which over 16,000 athletes have taken part, and have presented them with over 2,000 prizes of a value of over 125,000.

Rowing Popular in New Zealand.

The New Zealand Rowing association has 53 affiliated clubs, with an active, paying membership of about 9,000.