INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS PAGE TW by the qpproach oT one of Qie 'warriors, NUT-BEARING TREES WILL YIELD of hoped that they would "hold "her tor this lb the Tace the brutal and bearing arms, accoutermenta and aiiiniiiiiiifiiiuiinitiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHS COMFORTABLE PROFIT TO FARMER ransom." Ignorant Interference of you green ornaments, and in a flash one of her A Princess of One thing this episode accomplished men. questions wa9 answered and a puzzle was to assure roe of Sola's friendliness "Why, oh. why will you not learn cleared up for me. I saw that the toward the poor girl, and also to to live in amity with your fellows? body of my dead antagonist had been convince me that I had been extremely Must you ever go on down the ages to stripped, and 1 read in the menacing Mars I fortunate in falling Into her hands your final extinction but "tile above yet respectful attitude of the warrior rather than those of some of the other the plane of the dumb brutes that who had brought me these trophies females. I knew that she was fond of serve you! Come hack to the ways of the kill the same demeanor as. that me. now that her remarks showed and of our common ancestors, come back evinced by the other who had brought 1 By Edftr Rice Burroifkt that she hated cruelty and barbarity & to (he light of kindliness and fellowship. me my original equipment, and no* 1 confident that I could depend was The way Is open to you. you for the first time I realized that my Author of E upon her to aid me and the girl captive will, find the hands of the red men blow, on the occasion of my first battle to escape, provided of course that stretched out to aid you. The granddaughter In the audience chamber had resulted Tarztn of the Apes of the greatest and mightiest in the death of my adversary. such a thing was within the range of I was accorded the honors due a possibilities. ot tti* fed leddaks has* asked yon. conqueror the trappings and the position Will you come?" Early the next morning I was astir. 1 nbstrations by Irwin Myers of the man I killed. In truth, Lorquas Ptomel and the warriors Considerable freedom was allowed me, Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiff I was a Martian chieftain, and this sat looking silently and intently at the as Sola had informed me that so long (OopyrisM. I9M, O. 6 Oo.) young woman for several moments I learned later was the cause of my A. as I did not attempt to leave the city great freedom and my toleration in I was free to go and come as I pleased. after she had ceased speaking. Thai the audience chamber. they were moved I truly believe, and She had warned me. however, against SYNOPSIS. if one man high among them had been venturing forth unarmed, as this city, As 1 had turned to receive the dead like all other deserted metropolises of strong enough to rise above custom, warrior's chattels I had noticed that FOREWORD.—The author tells of his acquaintance with the hero of one of the that moment would have marked a Tars Tarkas and several others had an ancient Martian civilization, was most remarkable adventures ever recorded. peopled by the great white apes of my new and mighty era for Mars. pushed forward toward us. The chief From a manuscript left by his friend he has vividly set out the strange happennings I saw Tars Tarkas rise to speak, addressed me: second day's adventure. which brought together a brave and on his face was such an expression On this morning I had chosen'a new "Do you know what your unprecedented Virginia gentleman and a Princess of Mars. as 1 had never seen upon the street to explore when suddenly I temerity would have cost countenance of a green Martian warrior. found myself at the limits of the city. you had you failed to kill either of the CHAPTER I.—In the Arizona hills, John It bespoke an Inward and Carter, mining prospector and ex-Confederate I longed to explore the country before two chieftains whose metal you now soldier, fleeing from a w.ar party mighty battle with self, with heredity, me. and. like the pionedr stock from wear?" he asked. of Apaches, takes refuge in a cave the with age-old custom, and as he opened atmosphere of which has a remarkable which 1 sprang, to view what the landscape "1 presume that that one whom I effect on him. Yielding to Its influence, bis mouth to speak, a look almost of beyond the encircling hills might had failed to kill, would have killed he sinks into unconsciousness, his last benignity, of kindliness, momentarily thoughts centered on the glow from the disclose from the summits which shut me." 1 answered, smiling. Delight to Eye Palate for Many inut Butternut Trees Will Furnish and planet Mars. lighted up his fierce and terrible countenance. out my view. "No, you are wrong. Only in the Years. As I approached the boundary line CHAPTER II.—Awaking, Carter realises last extremity of self-defense would What words of moment were to have' 11'r'.'D^red by the fjntied Stales DepHXtmeni our most tantalizing species, for while that he has, in some Incomprehensible Woola ran anxiously before,me, and a Martian warrior kill a prisoner we manner, been transported to Mars. of Ajrricu|iui«.) fallen from bis Hps were never spoken, it can be made to grow in many parts thrust his body against my legs. His He Is surprised by a party of armed Martian like to save them for other purposes," TIh-.v were ysitheivd about I lie .n nihoiHe warriors, who seek his life. He convinces as just then a young warrior, evidently of the North, oo variety has yet been iexpression was pleading rather thai) and his face bespoke possibilities that fire in the mellow light a of their leader. Tars Tarkas, of his sensing the trend of thought among found to bear profitably east of the ferocious, nor did he bare his great harmlessness and Is conveyed, a prisoner, were not pleasant to dwell upon. swing lamp. and the head the nou-e of the older men, leaped down from the Rocky mountains, due to the fact that to the Martian city. tusks or utter his fearful guttural "But one thing can save you now," s*rii his youngest sou to li*? steps of the rostrum, and striking the it (towers early and is caught by frost. warnings. Denied the friendship and CHAPTER III.—A creature holding he continued. "Should you, in recognition •iirrct for butternuts. A little Inter. In the Pacific Northwest it bids fair frail captive a powerful blow across much the position of a dog on earth is companionship of my kind, I had developed of your remarkable valor, ferocity ish an iron lapstone on Ins knees set to guard him. the face, which felled her to the floor, io soon become an important nut. considerable affection for and prowess, be considered by Tal Hajus •ind hammer in hand, lie was proiluvng placed his foot upon her prostrate Pecan a Favorite. CHAPTER IV.—Three days later a fleet Woola and Sola, for the normal earthly as worthy of bis service you may a rhythmic rap-rap-rap-crack of warships from the neighboring state of form, and turning toward the assembled The pecan is easily the favorite and man must have some outlet for his be taken into the community and become nl, as the crinkly brown shells spin Helium, passing over the city, is attacked most important nut of American council, broke Into peals of horrid, natural affections, and so I decided by Carter's captors, the green Martians. a full-fledged Tharkian. Until we open and were tossed into a basin exposing origin, prolific and profitable in the The fleet is scattered and one of the airships mirthless laughter. upon an appeal to a like instinct in reach the headquarters of Tal Hajus their delicately flavored I win captured. Among the prisoners is South and now being Introduced well That I have taken moments to write this great brute, sure that I would a young woman of a race different from you will be treated by us as a Tharkian meats. into northern states. Bearing pecan the green Martians and more closely resembling down a part of what occurred as thai not be disappointed. chieftain, but you must not forget that "This is the last crop front mat old the women of the earth. trees are not infrequent along the Atlantic blow fell does not signify that I remained I had never petted nor fondled him, every chief who ranks you is responsible tree." he remarked, thought fully, pausing inactive for any such length coast as far north as New Jersey. but now I sat upon the ground and for your safe delivery to our after a few minutes of fascinating Fine specimen trees are not uncommon of time. Scarcely had his hideous putting my arms around his heavy mighty and most ferocious ruler. I labor. "Rotted out. and the wind got CHAPTER V. in many northern states. Occasionally laugh rang out but once, when I was neck I stroked and coaxed him, talking...in am done." it last night. And I li t\- gathered nuts mature on a few of upon him. The brute was twelve feet my newly acquired Martian nuts from that tree s:ne I was little "I hear you, Tars Tarkas," I answered. I Learn the Language. in height and armed to the teeth, but the stray trees scattered about in the longue as I would have to my hound tike in short breeches." As I reached the doorway of our "If you will leave me alone I I believe that I could have accounted state of Michigan. a! home, as 1 would have talked to The hammer tested tor a few moments, building a strange surprise awaited will go in peace, but if not, let the individual The Persian, commonly called English, for the whole roomful in the terrific any other friend among the lower animals. and the lingers of the farmer'* me. A warrior approached bearing Barsoomians with, whom I walnuts can be grown in a few intensity of my rage. Springing upward. His response to my manifestation left hand ran meditatively through die the arms, ornaments and full accouterments must deal either respect my rights as a years. It does well in a limited I struck him full in the face as of affection was remarkable to pile of richly laden he|U. of his kind. These he presented stranger among you, or take whatever in certain sections of the East, especially he turned at my warning cry, and then a degree: he stretched his great mouth '•Fifty years." lie uiii-imI "Fifty to me with a few unintelligible consequences may befall. Of one along the Atlantic coast in eastern as he drew his short sword 1 drew to its full width, baring the entire springs I've seen ilie gr--en -"onie out words and a bearing at once respectful thing let us be sure, whatever may be Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. mine and sprang up again upon his expanse of his upper rows of tusks and menacing. ihe leaves: lifiy falls I or my clul your ultimate intentions toward this It is one of the important tree breast, hooking one leg over the-butt ::nd wrinkling his folds of flesh. If dren or grand- iridrt-n have p:«'ke* up Later Sola, with the aid of several unfortunate young woman, whoever crops of California, and promises soon of his pistol and grasping one of his of the other women, remodeled the you have ever seen a collie smile you bushels of nut*: and fifty winters I visat would offer her injury or insult in the to become of considerable importance huge tusks with ray left hand while may have some idea of Woola's facial hy the lire In-re an-.i cravUed them trappings to fit my lesser proportions, future must figure on a full accounting I delivered blow after blow upon his in the Pacific Northwest. distortion. and after the.v completed the work I That butternut tree ha? ieen a go yd to me." Almonds of some hard-shell varieties went about garbed in all the panoply There was no further question of old friend." I had guessed at the keynote which endure practically throughout the of war. authority between ns Woola was my None to Take its Place. would strike an answering chord in the range of the beech. Japauese walnuts devoted slave from that moment Yet, with ail ihe pleasure that he The training of myself and the breasts of the green Martians, nor was can be grown over a large part of the had obtained from that tree, the fanner, young Martians was conducted solely hence, and I, his only and undisputed I wrong, for my harangue evidently country. thrifty in nearly everything, had by the women, who not only attend master. My walk to the hills occupied deeply impressed them, and their attitude Except on the Pacific coast and in, ,no new butternut trees comipg up to to the education of the young in the hut a few minutes, and I found toward me thereafter was still the South, nut culture as a general* arts of individual defense and offense, nothing of particular interest to reward take the place of the patriarch which further respectful. thing is not recommended as a sure ,cthe wind destroyed. but are also the artisans who produce me. But the walk had been I now tyrned my attention to Dejah scurce of large income. However, It is only recently that serious attention every manufactured article wrought large with importance to me, for it Thoris. and assisting her to her feet I there are many places where nut trees has been paid to nut-trees by the green Martians. In time of had resulted In a perfect understanding turned with her toward the exit, ignoring may as well be planted as other shade actual warfare they form a part of with Woola, upon whom Tars planting. Landowners set out orchards her hovering guardian harpies trees. And a grove of hardy nut trees and plant trees in dooryards the reserves, and when the necessity Tarkas relied for my safe keeping. I as well as the inquiring glances of the is a heritage for the future well worth and on the highways for shade but arises fight with even greater intelligence now knew that while theoretically a chieftains. Was not now a chieftain considering. uut-beartng trees, which usually require and ferocity than the men. prisoner I was virtually free, and I also! Well. then. I would assume the The men are trained in the higher hastened to regain the city limits before eight to fifteen years to come PLAN TO ESTABLISH responsibilities of one. They did not branches of the art of war in strategy into bearing, have been in a measure I the defection of Woola could-be molest us. and so Dejah Thoris. princess and the maneuvering of large discovered by his erstwhile masters. neglected. of Helium, and John Carter, gentleman STANDARDS FOR HAY There are a number of nut-bearing bodies of troops. They make the laws On regaining the plaza 1 had tny of Virginia, followed by the species, say specialists of the United as they are needed a new law for third glimpse of the captive girl. She faithful Woola. passed through utter States Department of Agriculture. each emergency. Customs have been was standing with her guards before silence from the audience chamber of which grow as rapidly for shade as handed down by ages of repetition, the entrance to the audience chamber, Work Includes Analyses of Different Lorquas Ptomel, Jed among the Tliarks but the punishment for ignoring a custom the maple or elm, and which will yield and as I approached she gave me one of Barsoom. Samples. pleasure and some revenue for a quarter is a matter for individual treatment haughty glance and turned her back or half a century after the first I by a jury' of the culprit's peers, full upon me. The act was so womanly. (To be continue few years of cultivation. and I may say that justice seldom so earthly womanly, that though Importance Endeavoring to Determine The butternut is now being produced misses fire, but seems rather to rule it stung my pride it also warmed my of Factors Now Used in Fixing in inverse ratio to the ascendency of by nurserymen and grows farther heart with a feeling of companionship law. In one respect at least the Martians north than most other species. Butfernut Grade of Commodity and Feeding it was good to know that some one Twilight Varies With Latitude. are a happy people they have trees will bear in about eight Value of Product. else on Mars beside myself had human Twilight is the diffused illumination no lawyers. ye&rs and form an attractive yard or instincts of a civilized order, even of the sky which immediately precedes roadside ornament, especially in the Sample bales of hay are being collected 1 did not see the prisoner again for though the manifestation of them was sunrise and follows sunset. When northern states. by the bureau of markets, United several days subsequent to our first encounter, so painful and mortifying. the sun sets below the horizon we are More attention, however, is being States Department of Agriculture, and then only to catch a fleeting Seeing that the prisoner seemed the noi at once plunged into total darkI paid to its relative, the black walnut. from producers, shippers, and consumers glimpse of her as she was being of attraction 1 halted to view ness. There is an intermediate period renter The late war made heavy inroads on for the purpose of establishing conducted to the great audience chamber the proceedings. The council squatted of partial and slowly increasing darkness. the ranks u)f these fine old trees for standards for hay. The work is provided where I had had my first meeting upon the steps of the rostrum, while That period is twilight. It is gunsfocks, airplane parts, and other for by an act of congress, and with Lorquas Ptomel. caused by the reflection of the sunlight below ihcm stood the prisoner and her material: but nurserymen already bad includes analyses of liie hay samples Delivered Blow After Blow Upon I had observed on the two occasions by dust and particles of water two truards. I saw that one of the begun to grow young trees to make up In order to determine the importance His Enormous Chest." when I had seen her that the prisoner vapor in the u$ »er atmosphere. The women was Sarkoja. and thus understood of the factors now used in determining the loss. Contrary to the common exchanged words with her guards, and same phenomenon occurs just before how she had been present at the enormous chest. With a!l his immense idea, the black walnut is not necessarily the grade of ihe commodity, including this convinced me that they spoke, or sunrise, and, to distinguish it from hearing of the preceding day. the results I bulk he was little if any stronger than Ihe color, mixture, and texture. a slow grower. Under good at least could make themselves understood the evening twilight, is called dawn. of which she had reported to I I. and was but the marter of a moment conditions of culture, it becomes one Moisture determinations and by a common language. With Dawn begins and twilight ends when the occupants of our dormitory last o? two before he sank, bleeding of our most rapid-growing trees, especiaTly other analyses to ascertain the relative this added incentive I nearly drove the sun is about eighteen degress below night. Her attitude toward the cap­|and lifeless, to the floor. of the more valuable woods, feeding value of various hay mixtures the horizon, and consequently Sola distracted by my importunities tive was most harsh and brutal. She I Dejah Thoris had raised herself upon It has been known to bear a few nuts will also be made. to hasten on my education, and within their duration varies with the latitude seemed to be venting upon this poor one elbow and was watching the in six years. At fifteen to twenty-five The work is in charge of a specialist a few more days I had mastered the and season of the year. The higher defenseless creature all the hatred battle, with wide, staring &yes. When it is a heavy producer, and in old age from tlie hay, feed and seed division Martian tongue sufficiently well to enable the latitude the smaller the angle at cruelty, ferocity, and spite of her nine I hjjd regained my feet I raised her of the bureau, and the laboratory it is always a resource for timber. which the sun's path meets the horI me to carry on a passable conversation hundred years, backed by unguessahle In my arms and bore her to one of the has been established at 201 South The chestnut, which has been an important izon, and hence the longer it takes and to fully understand ages of fierce and brutal ancestors. benches at the side o?f the room. resource for centuries, is now Strand street. Alexandria, Va. the sun to sink a distance of eighteen practically all that. I heard. As Lorquas Ptomel raised eyes his Again qo Martian interfered with The equipment used includes sepa^4" one of the tragedies of freedom, due degrees below the horizon. In the At this time our sleeping quarters to address the prisoner they fell on me me. and when she could speak she to the bark disease brought from rating tables especially constructed tropics twilight rarely is longer than were occupied by three or four females and he turned to Tars Tarkas with placed her hand upon my *rm, and Japan. The United States Department for this work, display tables for use thirty minutes, while in the north of and a couple of the recently hatched a word, and gesture of impatience. looking into my eyes, said in color determinations, and racks and of Agriculture and various nutculture Scofland about the middle of summer young, beside Sola and her youthful Tars Tarkas made some" reply which "Why did you it? fou. who refused associations are now working boxes for holding the various typesamples I there are several nights on which twilight ward, myself, and Woola the hound. I couLd not catch, but which caused me even friendly recognition in with some promise of success to as well as a hay cutter and tills the entire interval between After they had retired for the night Lorquas Ptomel to smile after which t.he first hour of my peril! And now sunset and sunrise. develop varieties which are blightresistant. a grinder operated by a 15-horsepower it was customary for the adults to tjiey paid no further attention to me. jou risk your life and kill one of your Until they arrive at established motor. These two machines cut carry on a desultory conversation for "What is your name?" asked Lorquas companions for my sake. I cannot understand. results, it will probably not be and grind the hay to a degree of fineness a short time before lapsing into sleep, Glue Stronger Than Steel. Ptomel. addressing the prisoner. What strange manner of wise to plant chestnuts in any section suitable for making the moisture and now that I could understand their A new field ior wood has been "Dejah Thoris, daughter of Mors an are you. that you consort with where the bark disease is prevalent. tests and chemical analysis. An., language I was always a keen listener, opened by the use of what is called Rajak of Helium." the green men, though your form is electric drying oven, also constructed "-although I neve** proffered any remarks ply-wood and glue made from the "And the nature of your expedition?" that of my race, while your color is The shagbark hickory makes a especially for the work, is used in myself blood of the animals killed at the he continued. the moisture tests and In reducing little darker than that of the white handsome shade tree, and quite a few On the night following the prisoner's slaughter house and of the casein, obtained "It was a purely scientific research the hay to a uniform moisture con ape? Tell me, are you human, or are varieties have been propagated. Shagbarks visit to the audience chamber the conversation from milk. party sent out by my^father's father, yoj more than human?" generally come into bearing tent for the other analyses. finally fell upon this subject, Remarkable sturdiness under all conditions the Jeddak of Helium^ to rechart the after fifteen or twenty-five years. A The standardization work Is now "It Is a gtrunge tale," I replied, "too and I was all ears on the instant. has been shown by this combination.: air currents, and to take attnospherlc few hickory trees planted now would well begun and if Is expect^ that long to attempt to tell you now. Suffice Sarkoja, one of the older women The combination was first density tests," replied the fair prisoner, be a comfortable resource for another tentative grades for timothy abd pergeneration. it, for the present, that I am your who shared our domicile, had been thought of in connection with the manufacture in a low, well-modulated voice. haps clover will fife promul^t^ tfeThe friend, and. so far as our captors will present at the audience as one of of airplanes. beech is a slow grower, andean fore the cicise Of- the ffeca! year. "We were unprepared for battle," permit, your protector and yotv seK the captive's guards, and it was toward Thin sheets of wood are laid one she continued, "as we werp on a peaceful vant.""' //'. scarcely be classed as a commercial —:—.. .. ,i .. .. 7i her the questioners turned. over the other with dry sheets of pa.per WATCH STEERING APPARATUS mission, as. our banners and the "Then you, too, are a prisoner? nut, but Is an attractive and homey coated, on both sides with the "When," asked one of the women, colors of pur craft denoted. The work tree where there Is room for its -. What is your name? Why your re- giue. The mass is then heated "will we enjoy the death throes of the new we were doing was as much In your galia as a chieftirttiT spread. Beechnuts furnish dainties Part of Motortruck That Oparator red one, or does Lorquas Ptomel, Jed, under pressure and the result Is that Qne interests as in ours, for. you know, full for ail evenings chat, or left on the "Yes.!t«yrfh Thods, I too am a prisoner Should Carefully, inspect Evwy Intend holding her for ransom?" a structure Is formed which is strong- well that were it not for/our labors ground in woods arid pastures they niyriime ig John Garter, and I Day in Week. er than steel and. has many other ad* "They have decided to carry her furnish fattening material for pigs and the fruits of our scientific operations plaint Virginia, db'e df tlfe United vantages over metal. with us hack to Thark, and exhibit there would not be enough afr and turkeys. tf the beech tree Fs States of American Earth, as tidy If there is one, inspection &at the Panels were glued together with her last agonies at the great games headed low, it offers less, chance for or water, on Mars to support a single home but why a'ti) p&Maltted tfo motortruck operator should faetet on these and tested in boiling water for before Tal Hajus." replied Sarkoja: human life. For ages we have maintained do"'iipt: ixftvr, defacihg its smooth bark with jaclcknlfe wear Arms I latfjr WiuTI having made more than another, At is eight hours. At the expiration of this "What will be the manner of her the air and water supply at hieroglyphics. a wary that my re&aila #4s ttfat '%£ji that with relation to the steering gear. going out?" inquired Sola. "She is time none of the pieces showed any practically the same point without an One other interesting nut tree is the The steering apparatus should begone** chieftain." separation of the plies. .very .small and very beautiful I had Albert, or European hazel. It is one of over every dRy. appreciable loss, and we have done We were Intemipted at this Juncture -v "A