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CLASSICS
THE WAR OF
THE WORLDS
By M. O. WKLU
CtnJtntelhn h AlfttJ S. Clark
Herbert Qonrito
Vcll, tho moot
dlHCURKfld MvltiH
novelist, was born
ut Itrninltiy,. Knit
on Srpt. 21, 1S01
tho boh of n (n
moan prnfevfllmwl
crlnlcot plnycr.
liiullur hum an
I n n k o o p o r ' u
iliiUqhtcr who llitil
bcrti a luily'a i-mlil
before her nmr '
rlnno. The un
hud ii n irrcKiilu.
education, but hi
wan it u I o k to
learn, find at tin
KU of 1R, nflor
working iik iiii nt
tunilant In a store,
h nccuiva n post
tlon nn tinlwtnnt
In a irraiiuunr
school. Ho ob
tnlnril a Hchnlnr
hip nt London unlvornlly. wan irrmlu
tiMl with hlfch honors and UukIiI
nclcnre in a prlvuto school.
In 1893 ho boirun to writ, doing
articled for, nnd lutor bocomtnrr lrrt
ntlo orlUc of. the Pull Mail Umotto.
Ho w"n already Intcrrntml In nodal
condition nnd nn untiring; ntudent of
Ketone. Tlirae two Intcrcntu ho com
bined In tho rcrltH of romance that
opened with "Tho Tlmri Mnchlno." In
novoln nnd abort Morlra ho crentrd
startling fnntUKlrn of tho future, ilia
t-Uylntr hi moat ubundnnt Invention
In 'The War of the Worlda." Iln oflon
tlmim dlacuaaed future wan In thrie
ittorlrn and his fnrrcnata worn nmnslnif
ly llko what wn aeen on tho battlo
flelda of Europe.
In the meantime he had been writing;
utoTlra ntiotit onntemporury life and
beokn about aoclnl rondltlnna, Theae
bo turned to more and more with tho
year. Of hla Inter novcla, bristling
with wit and Idt-na, thoao that have
ben moat widely rend nnd dlacuaaed
laclurio "Klppa." "Tono-llunjroy." "Ann
Veronica." 'Tho New Mnchlavolll,"
"MarrlogV and "Joan and Peter." hla
latent novel. Moat popular of ull waa
-Mr. Ilrltllnit Beca It Through." gen
rally regarded na the beat war novel
written in Kngllah.
faaaaaK? aay 'aaaBui
WHAT I nmrvcl nt now, when
I recall tho (layi when tho
Martians. wero speeding
eMrthwnrd, In our unconcern. Tho
nkles wore peopled with incredible
rvll, with unimaginably repulsive
Monsters armed with superhuman
weapons. Tho rutastrophle Things
were hurtling on, covetous f our
Kvf iKr mill wiirmor plunet, and Invert
wandered through Kngllsh tunes, with
no thought of tho Hwlft and scorch
leg death uhovu their houds.
Through u telescope, I hud watched
one of tho colossal squirts of flutno
on tho rim of the tiny, red planet. It
did not occur to nio that these gRfo
ouh Join nccoinpuuled the firing of h
mighty gun that had launched ten
luare cylinders Into spare. Learning
to rlilo it hlcyelo Interested mo more
than eruption on Mars. The planet
Kceined po remote. Forty million
Tnlles nwuyl
Ogllvy, the astronomer, found the
flint messenger. Ho had wen It fall
lug and supposed It a wandering mete
orite, hut It.s shupo surprised him. II
wus cylindrical, fully 'M yards ucron
tho cxpoK'd face. It wim ho hot that
ho could not yet near It. Then, to hlx
utter uinazeineiit, the top heun in iiii
wrcw. There was somolhliiK In It,
wimelhlnK nljvol Not. until then did
he link It with the (lashea on Maro.
Lad) that afternoon I naw the Mar
linn. I was one of n curloiiH crowd In
front of the cylinder when tho lid fell
iitnt:e Icltm like an cxuiiKeriitod ttl
pdd drtvItiK on with an cxpren8'traln'
peed hiuhkIiIiih everything Is, their
pttth,' At the top-i, crouched in metal
hoodH, lay tho MartliuiH.
Lookinx out from my windows at
dawn, I beheld an abominable defla
tion, a blackened world that had been
Krccn nnd fair. I struck out for ton
don and for.mllen saw not a living; bo
tiff. I had readied the ThaaieN when
I Haw tho ThlntfH comlnff, five of them.,
I ran for the water, HtrulRht toward
mo, Nped one,, hut I might have been
an ant In a ninn'r path. It strode
throuKh tho river and towered above
Shcppcrton. Then pIx hlddet kuiih
belched toRcthcr. One hIicII Htruck
the hood and there .was a horrlblo
confusion of (li'Hli nnd blood and me
tnl. Something droyo tho uncontrolled
machine on, cranliln tproiiKh the vll
tune. toppllnK over thu chuiTh-tower,
collapHlnir In tho river. Tho olhorH
I'UHhed to the apot and the air wax
lUled with hlH.itnK of Heat Itayn and
crachlliiK of lire.-. Whcpperton lonped
Into Hume. 1 uttiKKeivd to (hu. xhom
and when I louhcd up, the TIiIiikh
wero bearlnc away thu KinuKlied ma
chine.
I Ktumhlcd on, pnnlc-Ntrlcken, dazed.
Tho world wiih doomed. These mon
Htera could Hlay with I lent Hiivh be
yond tho rniiKu of our blsncHt kuiik.
Not nKtiln could wo kill one of them
by HunirlHo. Terror Htalkod through
London, To thu horror of Heat Hays
had been added tho Illack Hmoke, a
cloud of poison that bllKhtcd nil llv
Iiir things. Ho London Ktrcnmcd In
filRht, 0,000,000 people roflrlnjf out
along (ho highways until they were
rlvera In flood.
1 fell Into a doze under n hedpe and
there tho curate 'Joined me. He waa
half-mad with fright and clung to pie.
We plodded on to n suburb where we
sought refuge In a deserted house. At
midnight cumo a blinding flash. When
day broke, we peered through a, peep
hole and In tho garden wiih ii Martian.
Kmbedded In thu earth waa another
glowing cylinder.
For fifteen day" I waa penned there,
so I saw more of the monsters than
any other mnn now living. I watched
their Intrlcatn machine tho auto
matic digger, tho Hensltlvo handling
mnchlno llko n metallic spider, so
flexible nnd no swiftly sure that they
seemed centuries In advance of our'
rigid machinery. I could study too
the Martian habits. I learned that
evolution had made them all brain,
cold, remorseless Intelligence un
swayed by emotion. They neither
slept nor ate; they were seiless and
their young were budded off, llko thu
young of corals. Most horrlblo to mo
wan the fact that they Injected men's
blood Into their veins for nourishment.
It was. thin that drove mo to act
as I did when the curate went raving
mnd. I knew that hH shouts would
wnrn tho MnrtlatiH of our presence
and I tried to sllcnco him. He broke
away nnd I causht him la Hie kltcboa
where I felled him with a meut-chop
per.' He dropped stunned and then
I anw two dark eyes nt tho window.
I fled to the coal-cellar and above me
I heard a tapping, tnpplng, and then
tho noise of a heavy body being drug
gcd ucrosH tho floor.
I piled wood nnd conl over me when
I heard that tapping ut tho cellar
door, Through erevlcen I could see
tho terrible arm of u handllug-ma
chine, waving, feeling, examining.
Once It ran acres the heel of my
boot and I nearly Hcreamed. Then It
went away,
A week passed beforo I dared look ' 0l
mii. .iioui i no peep uuio was mussed '
(Illlllitltli-S of tho I I'll wi'i'il Hint llm COthOr.
.Martians had brought evidently vege
tntlon on Mans in red. I pushed It
aside and gazed out. Thu garden wiih
deserted.
I crept Into n ihTflate world. About
mo was a smashed village. I struggled
In through tho outskirts of Loudon and
not until I reached Wimbledon Com
moli did I. meet u man, Ho bod food
and drink and plans for (ho future.
Dan Reed Makes
27 Pounn Gain
Btnd Oregon. Man In ail Shape
Takes Tanlac and FeeU Like
New Man. Now.
A nmllo In bettor than u scowl, ami ;
If you keep thin fact In mind you will
be doing your own child nn Inestim
able Service, ono which will do much
toward shaping his career in after
llfe.
This' of course can not' last indef
initely With safety to tho republic,
but it is difficult to conceive how wo
are to leaat tho American people back
to earth again without bringing a
disastrous crash about our heads,
"I havo actually gained twonty
novon pounds in weight and fool Junt
llko a now man since I begun taking
Tunlttc," said Dan Hoed, a woodman,
who lives at Douri, Uro.,1 while in the
Owl drug storo recently. Continu
ing, hu.uald:
"Dome time ago I began to havo
trouble with my stomach. My uppo-
tlto became very poor and I filially
got to whore I would havo to forco
down ovory mouthful I ate, and when
1 did thin I would Httrror with Intense
cramping pains In my stomach after
wnrd. 1 would nlso bloat something
awful mid my heart would palpitate
terribly and It would bo all I could
do to gut my breath. 1 lost so much
weight that I finally beenmo ho weak
1 could hardly drag mysalf around.
When I got up in tho morning i nl
ways felt worso than when I wont to
bed, and I had no energy and just
felt tired and wornout nil tho time
"I had boon reading no much about
Tanlac in the newspapers and the
good it was doing othurs 1 decided
to give it a (rial, .and It commenced
to hoU mo almost at onco. My ap
petite improved and I began to pick
up in wolght and strength. 1 havo
taken novon bottles in nil now, and
am glad to say I havo boon complete
ly relieved of all my troubles. I can
cat anything I want without suffer
ing any bad effects and all that tired
wornout feeling has gone. I c?n
sloop alt night long without waking
and nlways get up in tho morning I
feeling ready for my days work, and '
whllo tho Job of woodsman naturally
roqulrcs it great denl of physical
strength I can do as much as I over
did. Tnnlne did mo a great service
in restoring my healjh, and I am al
ways glad to toll others about It, and
never miss an opportunity to do so."
Tanlao Is sold in Hums by Ilo?rt
Hrothers, and In Crane by Valo
Trndlng Co. Adv.
o '
Prediction is mndo that within tho
next ten years a majority of tho
American people will forsake their
comfortable homes and take up their
rcsldonco in hotels. Hut wo don't bo
llovo it. Tho American homo is an
institution sacred to every citizen of
normal Intelligence. It affords pri
vacy and an opportunity to live In
quiet and contentment. It is thu
Ideal environment for tho rearing of
children, for tho porpetuatiou of tho
race. It is as far superior to tho
crowded hotel as sunshliio Is to tho
blizzard. "Homo, Sweet Homo,"
will endure as long as thu republic
stands, for without its uunodllng In
fluonco wo would bo but little rumov-
froni tho anlnmlH that herd to-
Save Your Eyes
-'
Eyo strain cmiHCH lioHtlacIioH,
nervoiiHticHH and other trou
bles 1 fit fflaiweH nccuratcly
and Hclcntificaily.
All Work Guaranteed.
MAURICE SCHWARTZ
Optometrist
Office with Dr. II. F. Smith
325. fAYflfthL 2QLUJI
By developing Oregon's jjrmenee re a o tir
oes ws are attracting outside wanufac
burers into tho State.
By making our products auparllatively ,
good wo ai4o ortuvting a demand for Ore
gon (joodd in tho m&rts of tho warld.
Thus aro wo adding to the payroll dol
lars of Orogou and making Oregon the
ideal plaoo to live
Asiooiated Industries of Oregon
1111 IIL'PJ
THE UNIVERSAL -
March 3, 1920 the Ford Motor Co. advanced the prices of Ford car
because of the tncresed cost of Production. No specific announcement was
deemed necessary at the time, but it has developed that misrepresentations
and misquotations of. these advanced prices have been and are being given
out. So to safeguard the public against the evels of Misrepresentation, we
herewith give the present prices: ,
Runabout . $550 ;;'rt'rtl;
Touring Car
Coupe
Sedan
Truck Chassis
C7C with aWal eUctric startlhc mmi Ifchtinf
ytt
$60
aattHM anal -iametinlakU riaaa fgSO
$875
witKdual aUctric atartwc mmI htktlc
aya4H and tJaneuRtabU rieai . $97 1
with aeM tlraa and cKaehar rim
(with piMmaaatic tiers and dem. rima $40)
Ta ptUtt urn alt f. b. DatfoM
$600
Ford.on .Tractor $850.00 f. o. b. Dearborn Mich.
Burns Garage
off. A iH'ercMl Into tlm iliw.k Inforhir
" - 1 If IM Ma I'Mllin IU II V til U
and fancied I saw hIiikIowh ritlrrlnjr. vlHlonn of n ienilu HvIiik In tho Kreat
iw i Mimuiaiiiff iiko n unaiio wriRRicu dmhiH until they had nclence enomrli
Into hIkIiI, 1 atood xtrlcken with tor
ror. A round body, about four feet
aeroHK, milled Itnelf painfully to the
Ieilnp.
I had expected to nee Hnmethluc
llko n man, faiitaHilc porluips, hut
two.ej,Kcd. ThlH thliiK was Just an
oily, leathery body lejdojiH and arm
leH, with a elihilt'fM and imwcIoss fnce.
Two jjreat eyes, dark and lumlnoun,
were mlrroiH for an extra'ordlnary
liniln. The creaturo pantoil and
lieuvi'd, weighed down by tho greater
pull of gravity on earlh. An InteiiHo
loathliiK cinc over me, Suddenly, the
monxter toppled over, into tho pit.
Then I ran, madly.
lroni ii distance I watched tho Depu.
tatlon that went out under a white
flag. I mnv three IhiHhen of greenlHli
light and dartK of fire leaped from ono
to unofher of the little flgurex. Even
h I saw them tofiehed with death,
I did not realize whnt was happening.
Suddenly I know and again I ran.
People nearby nlept uiicourernedly
that night, although tho Heat Hays
liad net half n do?,en vllhiH uflamo tuid
plno trees were red torches. Wo were
Hunt that these dangerous Invaders
were fatally sluggish, A well-ulmed
Hhell would finish them. And while
we rdept, tho Martians wero method
Ically rearing ihoue mighty machines
that wero so soon to shutter our neat
theories about their helplessness.
That night another cylinder fell and
eight moro were driving on.
It was the next night that I saw tho
striding Martlana. "Hollers on Htllts"
1 heard them called later. I paw them
by flashes of 'lightning und tho glow
of countless fires, clanking maohlneK
100 feet high, moving upon three gl
to conquer their comiuerors. I stayed
with him until I had regained my
strength nnd then walked Into dead
London.
The metropolis was stilled of all Its
humming life. Here und there were
heaps of dead, withered by lllaek.
miioko; here ami there were signs of
destruction hut It was little changed
eveept for the horrlblo quiet. 1 was
near .South Kensington when I heard
tho mournful howling, ''ulla, nihil"
Xot until the next day did I nee tho
hood of the glaut that was making
this sobbing wall. Ho did not move
nor did three others that. I saw, stand
ing strangely still. Driven hy fear, I
resolved to end It till, 1 walked toward
the Thing nearest mo and saw birds
circling about tho hood, tearing at
something within.
I scrambled hastily up n great ram
part and below mo wus the Martian
i-ainp. They wero nil dead, nearly no
of them, some In their machines ami
others prone upon the ground. Thoy
could conquer man hut they had fallen
before nam's most relentless foe, tho
dlsenso bacteria of earth,
"WhatQver ' destruction was done,
tho hand of tho destroyer was atnyid.
All the gaunt wrecks, tho blackened
skeletons of houses that aturcd so dis
mally jit tho sunlit grass of the bill,
wouid presently bo echoing with tho
hammers of the restorers, nnd ringing
with the lapping of (he trowels. At
the thought I extended my hands
toward tho Blcy und began thanking
God. In a year, thought I In a year
..."
Copyright, 1010, by tho Post Publfahlng Co,
(Tho Bouton Poat). Printed by jmrmta
mon of, and armngoniont with, Ilarpor
& Bros., authorized jjublUhtra.
Match
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Tonawama, Monday, May 24, 5 o'clock
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a hard contested match.
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