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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1929-08-22, Page 3• • — .•44- • x, •••••',. ' •ot. • • BEGIN HERE TODAY; • Deileat glYiler • is /weld shot through the heart in the early evening on the floor Of the sun rooni of Flower Acres, his Long bland home,•Standing -over tb(r.dead men, ,pistol in hand, is Maldolm Finley, former sweetheart of iktYller's wife, Nancy .• Eve Turner, Rayner'seurse,,-...atands . by the light switch.- In a rnoMent Nancy appeeeti whiterfriped-eed terrified, Orville Kent,, Nener,ehrether, c,omes ,frorie the. :40144 alueLef the redae And then Ezra - Goddard, friend el Finley; Mbe Mate tte,,RaYtior's ,sister, and ether* enter upon,:the Scene. Deteetiee 'Dobbins; heads the poUcetitiostigation, Ai autopsy reveals that- Ra alsowas being systematically poisoned with, arsenic. Lienel Rayner, eon of Doug- las Rayne:. by first marriage, Comes to claim his father's estate. Now Nancy tells Dobbins that shebelieves Nurse Turner hated Doughig Raynor. "Do you, think she shot him?" Na.ncy .asks the eleteptive. , NOW, GO, ON WITH THE. STORY.' "No; -Mrs. •Raynor, I've not the slightest reaeon. to think that. But do think -if ..afour story. of your dreg remedy is, a true one -I do think it possible that she was 'administering ;the poison nellets." — : "My story is true, M.r., Debbi/be-eh, please, believe it! • I knew my husband was secretly taking dregsI found that seen it Would become an ineradic- able habit. Seinehody told me Of the fie warrentetleharre1e4 seI teed it on .Mr; Raynor.: I ,reasoned that if it didn't 'care, him, it could do -him n� Mimi. And, too -.1 'cannot tell you -ea. don't want to. -tell you, how unutterably cruel he was to me be - geese of the drug." • 'Bat I thought," Dobbins watched her closely,."I thought morphine -made people merry and happy:" : • reputation and -I don% watt the mat- ter known, His sister would be most chagrined. and mortified •is she knew of it.' . ; ."Well, *Raynor; I _can't thirik this: b a tiine for. ,such 'punctilious: consideration of_vAliss Raynoe's feel; itigs, 9r even ef mut' husband's weak- ness • Tn.,' toxeitientber that you are under gritee suspicion yourself efirav- rg killed. :Your 'hibband; ksi. poison, or byea 'Shoat) Or both. Try toreMem, ber that your explatiatioas,"and ewes', so fete Lae •n6 reel Weight, as 'evidence, in yourJaVor, and "ler heav- en's 'sake.. if you know anything clefiL: mite. er -Vele Prejudicial to Any One: "else; tell it." --and Mtn your own cause!' Dobbina spoke emphatically, "Now," he Went on, "what l'rit get- ting at is this. If you have ,enough real doubt of Miss -Turner; Bey so - and go straight and hunt her down and lace her wielt the question." "I don't know-' and Nan's Worried face showed deepest doubt. "RI does seem so 'awful to accuse.a_peor nurse of dilate with so little to suggest ft.7 • "Maybe I can add a tittle," and as the abort; Sharp tones, fell on their ears, Miss Mattre glided into tl}e recent. "I've been ahe.sial., seat - i herself. "VMake no bones__o.f. doing that, in any matter concerning, my brother's death. I've heard all ' you two have said ---and I 'mud think-VatexeePtift.Y fiee-!.-11 don't believe, now, you Pgisened Doug, believe your story of the drugs am! fhe'cuee-:--Lyou see I know you bet- ter than Mr:. Dobbins does.• I ern shocked, Of course, to learn that Doug- las hankered after morphine -it's dis- graceful -but to my mind, it's a small matter Conneared with the. question of who killed tithe, "'Now, I always di-,- "THE' 6' fitt'S NAME W.A.8 EF F,IE • TALCOTT-,--AND IT MIGHT . HAVE BEEN .MISS TURNER." . "Yes-e.'hat w0 when he couldn't liked the; Turner woinan, and more- : get the drug' that he was so terrible. over; I always thought there ".‘ Was I had to hide it from him -and then ,something between her and 'Douglas. when he couldn't Med it he --he be- I. mean something that happened be- came almost like a en lace -,he tor- fore she came here." • -tured nie mail 'Thad to give it to him "That's • what I. want to get ati," • again." ' • . • • dried Dobbins, eagerly, ' : • "You,peor woman! I 'don't 'wonder,. "Conte t;(:) me, then," said Miss Mat. you wanted to kill him." • • . tie, calmly.. Mrs.'itaynords.,ycning and . If this was' a -trap,. Nancy took no trusting -she's really unversed in the. notice of -it : She went on. : ways of wonien of the *Odd.' 1 don't gave him the Pellets quite -regue say she didn't shoot -my brother -she lariy for .a tinie-he not knowing it, suffered, Lord knows! and in a moire of 'course. I could see no marked fire- ant of desperation -but that's not the prevenient in the matter .of the drug point at ;preeent. if Nan didn't give • habit; het I was alarmed at noticing .D'ouglaa poison-then'Eva Turner did. • gyiriptoms that . tieenied to indicate My brother had a' lamentable episode that gotnething was radically Wrong. in his life about twenty years age.". • He became slightly aammic, was short "With Eva Turner?'" asked- Dob - of breath, . and 'Spieled, Or intense bins,equickly. "thirst. I spokeofthese things to Miss "That I don't know. But the girl's TUrnerebut she Said Iiimagitied 'them name was Effie Teleott-and it might and that he- was all right. haye been Mise -Turner, under a dif- • . "1 became ' more alarniedeeyet • ferent,name," .• • ' • • didn't like to speak to -Doctor Saxton Miss M4ittie settled :herself in her about it." . . chair., almost as if prepared to enjoy' the recital. think the principal reason was, "It was when my brotlier was 'per; .1 .feared he would 'attribute the' con- haps" forty years old. Ile -was a wid- ditione to the pellets Iliad been gi,v- ewer. Zffie Talcott was a chorus giri ing him -Land I. knew those were and Douglas fell madly in love with harmless -for I had had them analyz-; her. He had no idea �f marrying her, ed . •by , an expott cheritist Se 1-I but he lavished evera attetition on her. • realty doret know hovel came to think . "Weil, one night they were driving . pOison, but and I bought 'a out somewhere efter :the theatre, and little book telling about poisons and there was e teeter accident Mies theit antidotes. -As I. read it, I be- Talcott's leg was broken( and she went . came convineed that :Mr. -Raynor was to the hospital. She was there nearlly regularly taking arsenic 'into his Sys- a year -and when she mile out. she tem. I thought first • of sUicide--then did not exactly. limp, but she conic! • began' to •stispeet,' Miss. Turner of never dance again. Of course •this - • krieWing 'Something About it." . ended, her stage order, and She turn - "And that explains, You think; the ed'.te• my brother, for,support, . Whale matter of the arseetie poison- "This he ,tefused, and she brought, 'Mg?" ' a broach of promise suit against MM.. It ,was settled out of court; but the "Don'te"ou think. se?" • • .-"Frankly, I, do' not .1' stilt think- girt Was not •at •satisfied with the pardon my brutal, plainness -that arratigethente 'made for her,. rnd the thie -Ts • fahrieritioll of your own., --sheal---get--evette-with-7Dougl Pita, poisOripellets, Were found hid- Winer. 0' later. MY brothee., only dee in ame in your bs•dvoent.Again•, laughed, • at this.. • But heard Wet 'if either:the. drug, morphine; Or the Wring kir. itipin the hospttat ake 'patent Medicine you say yea were ad- had •developed an interest in detail* ministering ha& been fiatied the and hitt an aptitude That taalt" .10itepey. ritight-earry•enore itherie-ebtet,- it yen,. put two an weight. Ilut,!no traces' of these Sub- togetlier • , . steittece,appeet in the toPtif't or the :•-:',4iSr . If you etrepected ' "The Teldott 'would be ebout, Mies. svity: dichi t von. accuse forty no*, and if the has been anutlite her at .00,10 ‘• , tof Vettr,S, 'gbq may ft, dbfieutir aa . "At •I 'told ,you," Nan spoke' with' Welt as'.atty other MI -Or -alb .• difficulty. •"I deriit ekeetly ' , • Sas-WV hot -A• can only say -4 &MI In deneeqtieftee'af thia 'dere of Mit- :1-4Toped:t4t=-1-7titre*, tie-Bayriorlsi.znetective. Debbilise-eet away all the Morphine in. the eft at &Me for New York City:to in- entative• pellets; it would never be terview the nurse at the address She known that 'ow hukband , indulged in had left belthict her. • :drit nVliailiVe..itheat his ./10 was 0-640 It tton-committal : •fashiOn '1?,f a ;10010,48'4d wemee care-, Sranilip et leygenented andittfarinallY attired. ; 'e at•b°"Atitbleuut. 'MINI Turner,' lifflib.ine re' From. Africa. “out ali a, cii4e-1 cion't'know where, 1.4°W LegeOdS Gr6W is Tnicl in "Sit doWn."•she Old., !,`Witatis • plied: "'Where is she" • • • erateelyel „ " Tales From the Park "I thyds-yini can find the address, Strange Continent No' I:0i) *tot somehow, can't That the adVance of civilization and "Maybe; when.- a Kne''' w wrI"x"''' the spread of education Have not de - want her for. la Re "Yeki1 Ws' a c`rteeiti 4- -ii°bbills- cult u ra a isitir 4esyt'ed-tethe myth -making, fay Is; by a grim Stara. which has milled inwardly. ", • I , • o . "Oh, welt, then, I'11 give • yon the . recently began tMake the round of .. the world's press Two or • three !SictreososChere,' i Want you to tell me. native to the. " mon'ths ego ti, "Ittneter reported officer in charge of a district fim"thin; about 11"--4°It .1*'"/:131' 'of. the: Bfiti6.'hiaridated. territory' . life, • I'M -4'm a reporter-4'ut: get-, Cameroon -that he . . had ,eccidentally ting statistics'ahaut the early life of killed a native, spinet white hunting nurses, and • hew they came. to take Up in .the forest ,;.On enquiry ehe.District their POPsa°n' "' l''' " -.' . • --s (Weer Was. aatisfied that. this:was rote, ' ,(Te'be Cot-tile:0(P ;of the accidents which "•occasionally oe" elm M -the foreat. wherhe :un opPliar: PIC growth is thick and4ese' riga-bad. 'pip - e 4 eutthee Seeded`rafslns 3:•ou-nceir bliippej onions, 3 ounces .chopped gar-. 11c, 2 ounces Mustard seedee4 .o.uecee: Stoned pluins„.2 cepa vinegar, 5 oenees sugar, lie teaspoon sett teaspeon- P.a.prikee 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, teal spoon groundeeloea, eetea:Speen of grieuncl allspice. Mix,. the Ingredients and coolc • untilthe fruit is • very • eoft: Seal: in betties. or -in half-pint Jeri.' .Makes .two .and onehalf pinta of' drift- • Green 'Tomatts Chutney ' 7 minces green • tomatoes, 7, olmees apples, 4 ounces sugar,' 2 cups vine- gar, "4 ounces seeded raisins, 3 ounces, chetwed-on teras ;-3-bunceseehoppedegar- lac, 3 ewes salt, la ounce cayenne, .1 ounce mustard seed, e ounce celery seed. This Is another rectal' where the--seales--are Most inaportant. Peel and chop the greeb tomatoes antra -P. 'ples. Add the sugar and vinegar and simmer until the tomatoes and apples e Soft. Put„ the raisins, anions and garlic Ibrough the meat grinder and add to the • first mieturewith the sea- sOnitigs. Stir Well and store le jelly glasses, .covering with paraffin. Makes; five glasses. An 'Old Time Chili • • • dozen ripe tomatees, 5 green Pep- pers. 4. large °Mans, 2 tablespOens irivol:ritary,holaidide Was .acquitted of. gotten ifr 'the Cameroon when It ape peered, revised; enlarged and improv- ed ' ed Berlin newspaper: According to, the German Version, the German overseer of Onpeof the plantatiens, on which the GAmans have reenmed.op- erations in the Cameroons since; the Peace, : had reported that one of his Afridan workers, • having penetrated. firth `part of the forest 'where no hu- man being had ever set foot, had rnet a party apes, and -had- bra at a partieularly. fine SPeeimen „seated in the fork el'a tree. The animal fell to the ground, and on approaching it he was astonished to find the body, not of an ape, but of ,'an African woman withaut-ornaments or taftoo marlbTx which . she could -be identified as e member of any Of the local tribes:. Ac- cording to the report"it was assumed that theeWortran-mast-ehave-beeriece Hid off by the aPesavhen a child find grown - up among them and adopted their habits:" This quite a credit - ebb effort.; note the artistic touches - the forest "itnpenetrable to man," and. the suggestion of a feminine :Tarzen. The. heater is 'reported to have been; acquitted of any blame --in inpene- tratcd African forests Tai lare net so •corrimon that hueters can, be expected - to. keep a leokout' for thein. Once more We seemed to have come to the cad of 'th story; but it Still had _blein mid, the Store was robablYfee- eidger, 1 tablesbopn einnarllon. 2 tea, plenty of life in it It has travelled spoena cloves. tablespoon salt, 2 toCape Town whe Ice the cox•respon- cups ,sugar; 1 quart vinegar. Cut the tomatoes entail Piecei and cook un- til eery tender. ptrain and add to the chopped pepper's end onions. Add the ether ingredients and c.eole-• far two : Turn, into . bottles eaa , Beal. Makes four pints. This is a very' old recipe which has been handed down in one family for several generations. le Leethe ttaditional accompaniment in that household for cola' New York State baked beans. CHiC IrEMINIbtITY. The thrifty woman is making her sunnier Wardrobe because Paris has sent US such bountiful ',cotton fabtida in fascinating colors: •-They are de- lightfully easy to manipulate and so inexpensive- ,Take Style No. 589 in printed flowered 'Ante. It is difficult to distinguish it from chiffon. it will tub and ,tub and tub, affording splen- did wear. ' The diagonal neckline is yeuthful. The hips are slender. The skirt expresses chic' ,fernininity, • cir- cular at back with flaring tiered treat- ment at front. • he bows are of har- monizing shade soft faille silk crepe teen:tea lit sites_16, 1.fl,„20-years;$6.,. 08; all and inelies bust- Printed lawn, allay in pin check pattern, sheer pastel linen,' 'flowered georgette crepe and crepe di Mini and other interesting selectione. Pattern pride- 20c in .stamps or seta (coin is prefertied-)4---Vir-ep-Coin,4atefuilp -..IIOVf-TO-ORBEIt-PNTTSgSv - Write -your riairieTited address plain- ly, giving number and site a • such patterns as you wan.. •Pnelese 20c in stamps or COI coin preferred; wrap it eareftfilyY • for each neraletsr, and address year order to Wilson Pattern, Service, 13 , -West Adelaide.St4Torento,) Patterns: tent by an early mitt many a bad sermon preaeli, ed frottra good tett. ats • rella from the gardens' •••••••••• a: Belgian railway engineer;" Ler- page, teperted, that had seen in the Belgian Cone,. about twenty-four feet .long, as • 'fall- tiw a , iriehroeerosi with a: large hump between its shoulders, two :tusks,. amt. a • 'long straight, horn on its snont. That the "creature was not a figment of his heated imagination was proven by its track, which showed that while- its forefeA were.ene-tx.ed :like -those Of a horse, .its hind. feet •were eleven like thciaa of a cow. In Nigeria another hitheito Unenown animal was Seen by a big game -hunter h,ained' Lee. He closcribea- it as Epving a head like -a hippopotainuse but With cheeks:. and „ears Nice horse, a long arched horse- like neck aed a red mane, two straight horns on its snout, and the body of a hippopotamus on horse -like legs. The reports of -other Mystery beasts from. -851-47-Bast and Africde evidence that the'Dark Continent has ; not yet yielded up all :site secrets, and that there are still Many new thingi to meaorit-ofe-Alriem-AreeFe T African • World. 4,14gerl Border CitieSvPiaj (End:. ,Farraerei of the West are not- now :defrendiegeso,. dottier. On. wheat as they Once Tbey,have learned a.lesson in theherif adithel of expert, 0ence: ' They itetre- teamed that, wealthy though the tantrinay lice they are at the Mercy of :the, elentents, where grain is concerned. Greater Recklessness tialifex Herald Mous.): There le a recklessness on the highwe,ys of Nova Scotia this year beyond anything of the kind ever experienced before: A greatly incieated number Of motor- ists • appear to have gone "speed - crazy" overnight. T_he xesults are :in- evitable. The motor car is leaving a trall„of •Oect-th-itod-desester-Ine-Neve Scotia in 1929 that iis appalling.' • ,Emiiire Free Trade " ' Saint John Telegraph-Jotirnal (iad-.): In order to interest, catiadiaea In the echeme ot free trade within the Em- Pire, Lora Beaverbrook and his,frlends K.alawat will have to tell them what with take. the place Of the Canadian industriea • Our'. Garden. which, tinder absolute,. free tra.de, "la"eald be destroyed by competition from great* Britain. . Australia is In The member of the expedition mot pleased wtereSted in the same questionith headquarters was Kala; watkalewat: had been eo young wiinartrs Liniment for Neuraigie. when she • left Borneo that She had never had a taste ot thenatural joys- of -Monkeyariud. Slie knew nothing elle delight of' Orating trees;she .had dent Of the "Sunday Chronicle" , has developed her inuscles, instead, on cabled the...story as"it has grown on the the -.chandeliers and.curtains of a, New journey down the southern .half cf the: Continent: In this latest. version it was the German, overseer himself, who went hunting itt the Cameroon, and meeting a compaty of apes "rais- ed his rifle and -shot pee." This sequel mest lee told le 'the correspondent's owne Words: . "To his horror he saw an uncle -the -4; hallhumen girl, with blonde hair, tUMbb out of the- branches dna fall to the mond, while the epee, .scated by thes11 ran away. The strange crea- ture, who had been shet ,just above refeeely :Airedales that' are always the heart, died a few minutes ' later."- laughing -and he followed her on her: York apartment., And now she was an aci•e of lana surrounding our house. ailacre (Aland Surrounding our house; and all about the edge was a row of eVergreen'trees, great tall trees stand-. ing about twenty :feet apartKalawat took to these treirs „like a duck to the watersh.eueer ventured beyond the limits they set, but she would go round- and round, swinging froin one to another literally by the hour.. She found a friend in the Airedale from the • 1.)xt door-77one of those shaggy, We note the advauce from "no tat- too rnarks" to "blonde hair,1 and are not surprised to learn' that this "re- markable drama of the jungle. . . 18 oansirig. 'a livid:.spread speculation aniong African travellers and explor- ers; who, however, have made a gOorl, start:towards solutien of the mystery. :"Investigations are now taliiag place to discover if the girl could pos- sibly be the daughter. of ere. Copee- hagen -explerer, Louis Bertelli; who was -lost with his Wife in the jungle fourteen years ago and has never -been heard of since." The story is now well launched and I expect to have the pleasure of find- ingathobbing tip from different patts "Of the world foryears to ceine„. and of watching it grow as it travels round until the girl with dark auburn locks like •Lola ' whom Mr. Alfred Aloysius Hein met mi the Ivory' -Coast in the Earlies. • A LEGEND CUT SHORT. s Other stories have uot been so for- tunate. At .the beginning ofthis year another one had a promising carpet cut short in its early youth, 4 large and -mysterious animal was reported to be spreading terror in One of the Southern Provinee. 'of Nigeria be en- tering huts at' night and carrying away sleepere. In most cases it ap- pears to have been followed up so closely by the villagers that it drop- ped its victims before -thee I id &el aeriouslY injured, but ihe terror of its fame spread theepgh the count le The news ran reued that a huge and•fear- fel beast Was abroad hunting for pece Ple to devoureancl night guards were - arranged itt evarY village, hut before the dory had got well started the "laidly•beast" was shot an4 killed by Man -into zrhOse htit it had ventured and proVed to bh a lerge hunting dog, probablk a stray from the Northern Previnces; where such animals are tised for hunting, which had run Wild.. And solhe Tend Was-s-aoteliecl before a nue 0, add aiietlie-f•-tTa-the-list Of Altica'a mysteriotia Mbrittate. • • m-ItstkY pEks:$ „ Though no One hew believes in the existence of the hinan and animal merlatrosities awhich, aietY'Peare ago,' were supPOse o e oun nt 'germ irtict4other vertr-of thee'Westetoreat,- reperte of inyeterious" ad.rageris of the printe",”' survi'ving in 'remote plaeesi are t1fleurpent, And are supported by the evidenee of competent obset.vers, In Nigeria, tild the Congo native tradi- bone tisser,t the exrstence of monstrous animals ',resembling those whose- fore nier ekistentavis proved by Vitt- feasil remains, ,blit unknown to kiefido, as eitisting in the present era, and Some have been 4.en b uropeans: in 1919 • rounds,- along .under the trees as she wu ent through the branthes.And looking 'up• -now and then with a broad :Airedale grin.. Sometimes Kalawat would hide from him among. the foil- ageeand then.„, while he looked about, puzzled, would steal .down the oppo- site side -of a tree and" conieup .behind him and pull 'his. tail:- He would whirl :around ,quickly With a Sharp 'bark, but in a flash Kalaivat would be •up ift the tree, diettering derisively: When .Kalawat was tired of playing in n the .braches she would go into the garden and pick posies and gorge her-, self with . fruit. Or, sometitnes, she Would perform her' monkey antics tor a delighted audience of . natives: have seen, at many as fifty biaeks; market -women laden with vegetables, village dandies seared ` with red clay,. Porters, servants off on an 'errand,. all standing convulsed • with laughter, to,. see Kalawat do .her tricks. When night came, Kalawat did. not • vi,:ant to come into the house. She, hid fit the trees uncle!' the overhanging eaves' ef, the house. .001e when we ordered it servant to pretend to beat one or the 'Other of .us with a'sticlif would ' she Come flying out of her hiding place. In that land'ef entmals, • We became knewn. as "the people with the ape." :Not only natives but whitO people, tame to see Kalawat.‘ Mothers hrought their children to look at liereend"when We took -her to town; ,ive were followed as if we hadi been circus 'parade.. If we went into e store, Customers. arid, clerks lost all their interest' in buying ' had' selling and Watched Kalawat As she made :a tour of InvestigAtion of the Place. -From "Camera Trails in Africa," by- Martin Johnsen. • • ' DUNG -EONS. IN THE AIR I find (wrote Einerson) the gayest castles in the air that Were ever piled far better for eomfort alul for use than the dinigeOas itt, the air that are daily dug and caverned out by grtunbitai. Litiseoutented-- peoPlo: A ntair Should make tiro and naftire happier to us,. or helied...better. anaterihave-been Write . : ' •ATMOSpfititt ' • There Jae semetning in the attiro .bis-ffitturoler-thti-Way-lhe-doe.;s-thitrpel- - the energy, the degree ot enterprise willeb pute into his vvork,•trts mai! Ear4liverYthing IS g Of Whiff Is awaiting 1,, . adooNtisa --GOortutss...*,ttzliatty,744-7,-ipm,:vter.,• ditatien ,but not always„ for hennas is not, invariably self-evident. AN AIM An aim in life is the onle,,fortune worth the ending, end it is not .to be found - in foreign lands', but in the heart itself. -R. L Stevenson. • [Mtn( iLA CU 13 :Better get that Ilew Set of itte0t. GUM -DIPPED IATHEN a cold of exposure r.v brings aches and pains, that penetrate to your wit hones, there ts-ahvays ,quick -relief rnak0". Shen work of that headache or any little pain. Just Lin the more seriotiTg: -angering fidin neuralgia, n cueri t is, rheumatism or Ittintrago. Ni Ache or pain is, ever too'deep-seated for It§otriu tame±1414elleve, -au-4 they don't affect th-e'heart. All druggists,, ;With proven dliettioos for various. uses -which many people have found Ittvahlablein tu•reliet of,,paint,atut aches of inauy,kfildS. - Dead Sea Pre Concession To Bring ;Protest Franee Gives Nqiice of Aiopeall.. - to The Hague Over Great . Britain's Activity Both LOiadon. arid Kris • Relr Ion the Latlisa'nhe Treaty • „BY Ernest. Davis , • Jeeusalem, The, pronoitecement made by the British 'Government In the, House of Commons in: reply to a question Colenei ,frioward. Bury tbat . ,France : had Signed its intention . .preferrin a,charge against Great BrL- tain at penet at The, Hague.* connection with the ,0ei:ei•••• ing. of the concession for the . ex- Ploitation .of the rolibtal resources ore. ' the Dead 'Sea to. NavemeyslieTnie loph."greep, Apes not come as a ' While the vatioue'eonepeting gepups . . , Were atilt Struggling M. dealt' • the cencesaiOn; apart fro !tithe now.- yict- erictua ooneortium,' Engliehmee, Amer -- Mins and Australians hea enteredthe lists, a .Foreign Office reprinetetive had stAteci in answer to an impale. tae 'earne•qtuatter that Fra:nce, had 'prot'ested against the ;granting of the cenbesiden to the isTovomeyski-- ,Ttilloch,group. • • ,! Pretest Traced •to, gi istiman • The tnost piquant part of the, mat. ter. is: that the protest is said ta have Originated ..with art-Birglielfalan and to have. 'emanted from: a ,group whose diacciveted -that' in .1911 the Turkbh go.v'et,i2thent, had granted a conceasiOn, 4 teeettie_expleitationeetethe_xesaireces of the Dead Sea. ' • „ ' in Palestine there are few areaknot . carrying so -me .ccnicestion: The holr1- • ers.*ere tor the Most Part Speculators Who had no serious intention of, deee- loping the '• concessioni.' They 'either. -- resold the concession at least 'Made an attempt to sell it. The Dead- Sell . concession, for anetance; was granted. to a '.grOup of journallists Coastane ' tinOple...4t is. highly improbable that • the Static/bout group "had. any other. intentien than • to await a 'favorable moment lfor disposing of., their eighte. And They .ceicieeded out te 'vete long Ruled but Under Treaty • Having been, defeated by the Novo- meyski-Tullech combination the groat) backed by Colonel ,Bury acquired the concession` and demanded its recogne - • tion -oil the part of th.e British gov- ernment since in. accordande with the Treaty of Lausanne pre -War conces- sions remained ia --force. • . ' • , But the Coleniai °Ike ruled that ,unaer. the' Lausanne Treaty only rights conferred on subject of Allied powers retained their validity -and that the journalists in Coestantio.ple• could hardly claim to fall udder that head. The group tried another,. mare, •euver. Since -they could not bring an action against their 'own government, -they adinitted; and it was in, the name of the latter that trance •de - mended recognition of the old con- ' -- • cerhiemrefu.sal !gated Colonial rend For- eign Office to alter their decision re- sulted in thelrerich government's an- nouncement of an appeal to The • Hag- ue, London and.Paris are supposed to be still in cerrespondence over the matter. In view of its own supplies of potash it -as -clear that Frariee is In- terested in getting a foothold on the Dead Sea: ..The French intervention has • not held up the Prelintleary-works of the Novomeeski group in any sense. Act- . fretwork is expected to tart in Octo- bin or November next. _ . LOVE OF NATURE • • • You shotadhave heard him sneak of • what be loved; 'of -the tent eritche,d be. side the talking water; ' of the :stars overhead atnight;- of the blest return ' of, morning, the peep of dal over the n106171. tWaking.birds among -the birches"; how he abhorred the leafl winter' Ault incities; and with. what delight, at the return of the spairig,' he.once more pitched hie catitp.in' the . living out -of -doers. -R. 14. Steveeson. .4 BEAUTY .The purest and grandeSt beauty (far beyond that of the fairest flower, and high above Nature's noblest week) is of the mind and soul, that labor to enlargebur humble course; by rtede fiance Or heroisin, or even COTISPIOnt teaching; but by patieece: cheerful- ness, and modesty. truth, simplitite and loving kinduessee-R. D. Black- .. LOVE OF GOP The clouds, which rise with thunder, . slake . -- Out thirsty souls Witit.'rattv; Thcr'blow• mast areadeti tafts, to break From ok our limbs a ellaitt; • 410 *tOliga than: to Inait.,bui. ifiatte- tho tove of Cted 'ti -ere- plate. , G. Whittier, . More,. • ill Fittkg :4-0611V-10614 , foundation be ail hapeiness; for riches,, power; rank or whatever,' in tire eerie Moe treceetetion' af the *afit f, ki" .poaed to tbostitlita happits.sa., vjlL never qiilct, much less cure,- tile itt., ward,* Pangs of gdil-t,orti choster- acid, lagpiria is a lhaeoalark R413ece3qs 055349, 1-311sdti oespitoci.;:ilridl:p\roIetto6 eskittlgiy.) s1(.t_rx1,notti,ri Minard's Liniment fOrl *riehing jelets _ ISSUE, No. 4 Fatten,' I i•P •••••",• 'AA