The Signal, 1898-1-14, Page 6e
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JUST HAD UOLD TO FIEF.
-MALE OF A VILORM tN 0! A GALE
iii 111H SOUTH SEA.
w Blew Flom to n■ Wand whore Titers
Were hn•.ge• tt he IIr.d at the Te earl•
wftb.BuIIrta •f'nld Thea 11 Blew Nibs
•war - fY Wonld Luke t. V*ad Tana
bland.
"No" said •he meta, sitting listlessly
en tho pier. se he puffed away languid-
ly eneegk at a pipe of peculiar shape.
"Not I ain't Suit no boort to spike my-
tls1f to bops and go to the Klondike
• aoudtry. L'ar no other country. for
that matter. except I git • job that
takes me there sod pays ms fur it by
the moath regular. Cour_e. 1 enter -
Mani how a man migtt fall down a
well and come op seal: a bucketful of
gold. but 1 ain't the min. That kind
of luck is meant tor -somebody else.
Once though. there wasn't any kind
of a swap tLat 1 wouldn't undert.,ke ;
but slam the setback we gut in the
Pacific tan years ago neat March. 1
that, had no wind in my e•ila to speak
of eft I don't- as keep a look-
- t now to tea w
eaway we're tolp'.
A theca- stand mead SIT -right ; and If
lognomgmeiChars oliktual ri ht flat the same.
manriu
ng on the1•g of lea ilia.
-a .adjoining the' soaker asked a question.
"Didn't you never bear of that 1" said
-the man in response. "I thought
everybody knowed what a blow 1 got
out there. Of course I'll tell you if�
you'd like to bear. It happene•I down
in the Pacific e-.imewb.re about 150
deg. west. 20 deg. south, where the sea's
an full of Iola da as a yeller dog is of
• fleas, an. as I said, just tea years ago
come next March. I weal la the sailor
busiest. tlgrth%. ;R tither en the
seas inatid of a. aavigaGi, and, basin'
a friend in Auckland. New 'Zealand,
who liked- my tstyle,'hs fixed me up
�wtJa_!_- •�• naa�t an't astrllF tBD
''' 1711ifl f,"'1iYlb"`it'ril•ent eall=
ing around among the islands of tbe
archipelago looking fur bargains, as it
were.
"I guess we'd been eplselin' around
in vhe water fur five or nix weeks or
- aurh a m.itter,-morgan one night the
weather t (kened un 'flu, and by mid:-
debt
id=nigbt there was a wind a-blowin' tLat
would take the hair oft of the bead
of a barrel, and we were ekinniu' be-
fore it
LIKE A SCAI'I'D DOG.
By morni..g there wasn't any land in
sight, something that don't happen
often among all then[ Island. scatter-
ed everywhere, and our bunt pas mak-
in about forty miles a minute, heists
was goin' around in circles mostly end
• `traria' up the water worms Lhaa a bull
in • chilly shop. -
"Along 11 'he afterpoon the wind
lv t du., a s tit t l when we sighted
s .isk ied.Stt• Mir'smattier hawk are kind
e beat up to IL or whatever them
.alloy fellers called it, and we/got in
aisles the lee at it an 1 found a little
ba"rber that looked like it might afford
. s* ew.ugb proteetioa-to make some re-
liefs after Um wind had got done hav-
leg fun with us. Them was a chance.
too. that we ppigtLt fled h bargain in
roi•etbiag Layla' around waiting for
stir arrival
"li, was dark by the tint* we gut in
Lad we esaldet Sell mush what kiud
of a Blass it was except that it wits
rocky and mountain with a smell
hit except the wind and water, so they
counted more than we did.
"AB the time the shooting was going
ea our skipper was trying to get the
strip headed ar fled do's we could escape
as woo as light carpe, for we would
soon be in the soup, we- knew. if them
natives ever got their boats out and
durruuWlad us. Our crew was crip-
pled. and It was a bard job dodging
bullets and working ship, but we man-
aged somehow, and just as soon as
there was a bit of light to show us
hoe' to keep off the rocks we caught
the win t that was still blowing • gale
end let bgr go rdgiat oat to the open.
We weatillike lightning. too, and the
gale got to Is hurrk sae, and we lost
three men trying to do something with
the satin, and then we lost the sails.
The mate died of his wound. and do did
tour more of the crew and that tot
urs down to hard pan and 'the wind
atilt a-blowia' t.hestuffin' out of theses
and aratterin' it all over the ship and
the sky and the boom of the ocean.
i never men anything like at, and the
skipper raid H it kept up none of es
wouldn't see anything tilts it again.
Two days tater everything On deck
Lad been blowed to the four corners of
the compass and there wasn't any -
1 '.ty left but the skipper and me and
the cook, a rhinym:w just ornery
enough to be the only moan not to get
burt-
"The third day we aigbteda ship, and
when we put up our signals for bele
the ship hots down on no. There
wasn't anything to be done but for us
to the vessel that was there to save
use and we dodo so as soon as we could.
But it was an unlucky day tor the ekip-
foe' as he got into the boat be Wet
bisbalanas and went headforemost in-
to the water. I tried to make the
Cbiaymen go In after him, but the
heathen wouldn't, and as I couldn't
swim I dasen't. so
TIIR POOR SKIPPER WAS LOST
That left the Chinytnan and me. and
we got safe aboard rte other ship,
where we had good rare.
"We didn't kw our ship, though,
for the stranger wan out of repair her-
self owing to the blow. ant, as the wind
settled that night. she lay to to fix
up a bit. Tte next day, mein' our old
slimmer beatin' around in a mighty
ion way. I asked the Captain it
t7lYt tamer vis s test MI 'a rfilW ter go
over to her and get out my valuables.
He let me have it, of course, and when
we gut ors the schooners deck and be-
gun to look around we found some-
thing that I haven't recovered from
yet. I noUed first in a broken tim-
ber a piece of yrlleri,b Ionkin' metal
that seemed kind of natural. and gain'
oloeer to examine it, I found it wasn't
not ting more or .less than pure gold.
At first i e oldit understand bow it
ever got there, hut a little farther
study showed sae that it was a bullet.
and that it bad been shot there by
them dere notice% back at that Is-
lam!
e-land
•
"That put an idea into my noddle.
and. not aayin' a word to anybody. I
Blipped around and found another bul-
let bob in the stump of the mast that
was left. I dug into it It Ith • hatchet
and found another gold bullet. Then
I chased for another one and found it
lower down in the mast. and soon dug
out my third mane. By this time the
men with me goat onto what I was do-
ing. and ✓nada me tell them what I had
found. You ought to have cern them
after that. It way worse than • rush
to the Klondike. for. in a minute, every
man had out bin knife Marlin' bullet
THE FIBl OF IGUIRRLI
A WILL-O'-THE-WISP DREADED DT
VENEZUELAN PLAINSMEN.
tae Bagilab.sa. W. wen aypellae4 by 11
s.d Nearly Drawn 11.1• a rt.od--sumer-
witl... •b..a 111e rb.1..taeoea -
Aeeld..e. That the rlala.me• Attribute
1e &orrery.
"It was 10 o'clock or • moonless night
that Domingo Vereto, the Ilsnoro, or
plainsman, and I started trots ramp
to rids the list Mamilss of our round."
said Edgar Mayatroth, who for several
Years was engaged in exporting cattle
and hides from Venezuela. "It was
the time of year wben the annual in-
uwdaUui of the Orinoco and He tribu-
tary valleys was to be expected. and
ors the broad ranges of Diego Fervor and
his neighbors along the Apure Y.iver.
all bands for weeks past had been in
theaaddle driving the cattle from the
river bottoms anal savannas to the
higher plains where they would be safe
from the freshet. We had gathered
all the matte we could fled late at
the cloee of day. and had eaten our sup-
per of broiled beef a.nd tortillas teooked
at a campfire. Than. will)* the other
llama -on drove the stock toward the
mazatattheeLeaetgwn,L_1 rods_lor the
great bend of the river to see it there
were any Awns yet of high water.
"We bad gone perhaps half the die-
t/nee when I saw off on the right. at
about this level of my eyes. • hall of
flame which, if it had been on the i
ocean, I should have taken to be the'
star -board light of a ship. It was red
of color, and in the darkneaa that
shrouded the plain it could nut le told
whether it was near or tar away. 1
ea led my companion's attention boa,
but be muttered suenethiag that 1
could nut understand. and sheered has
borer • little
• FROM T11 LIGHT.
-,Aa we Bede en for a •wb•oe without -
speaking, I noticed that the light kept
abreast of ns. I spoke again.
"'What is it. Domingo r' I asked.
'Let's ride over and nee.' -
"As I spoke I turned my horse's head
toward- the /Liun.. _Thu llanern_Lasi
isle hand on my bridle roto.
"'Senor, in tee name of Sesaa turd
Mary and Joseph, ride straight on.' be
said. swerving from the light as ha
qukkened his borse's paos. Do you
not, kuow 1 That light. Is the fire et
Aguirre.' "Luckily be had• beard and reoog-
"I had not been years in the pampasInired the sounds of the inundation.
country without having heard of the and spurring after•me Lad thrown his
fin of Aguirre -the Ignis-tatnus that dam; lasso jet is time to pull me beak from
t dssiructios
amid font le Idea, for ala light. Nm-
eedlag, seemed to grow upon my eon,.
snioortnw ao that 1 lost all sense of
Lime said minas. Then smoothing fall
softly •reuad sty ares sad body. tight -
east Markt about me, and. as my
bums plunged leeward and downward
as if the earth had dropped from be-
neath his feet,- I was drawn swiftly
backward out trona my saddle, I struck
the ground a considerable distance in
the leer of where I had left the horse's
back. sad instantly was dragged
through the grave for some distance.
unable to help myself until the pull
upon ms alarketted, and. half stunned
by the rough handling I had under-
gesae, I Lookedup at Domingo Versto
banding over me
LOOSENING THE NOOSE
of his lasso from about my arms and
body.rullo I Whoa dues this' perform-
ance 131611131 What happened. any-
way r I &eked. wetting to my feet and
staring around. 'Where's aV borers
�roVerato's horse was standing orate
by. its ears pricked and nostrils dis-
tended in high excitement. My horse
wars nowhere in view. As my eyes took
in these things there came to my ears
the sound of surging waters and heavy
aplashinss. The'tenero pointed in the
dire -Atop, his horse was looking, and
I saw, at the earns distance away as
before. the light I had followed. vitt
blared above a great yrooted tree
that swung and fitted In a vast ex-
panse of heaving waters, overspreadiag
recast -0a- tis►. dageheivas..had..itena. ante.
dry immune and bottom lands by the
ri ver.
"Surglog and eddying against the
steep bank that separated the lower
from the higher plain. the waters con-
tinually were undermining 11. and the
eplashings 1 beard were the fall of
earth and tress into, the flood. Amid
; the heavier sounds rose the frightened
cries of birds and beasts, and on the
face of the waters could be seen in-
diatin.:tly here and there a swimming
mpyr cru or a jaguar, driven from its
court, or the horned beads of cattle
overlooked in Ula round -up of the
weeks before. Of my horse nothing
was to be seen. It had been swept
away in•teadly and drowned.
"The inundation had owns, and Ver-
oto ars 1 were the first in the Diego
Perez country to behold it. As we
lode fot the rant, riding double
bis hone, he told me how in s�lp of
his fears, he had followed me wh n 1
took after the deluding light. It had
beets a lung pursuit far longer than I
was aware of, and strangely I had
heard and seen nothing of the flood as
I .spprpanbed_the bask, -._I man-balievt
'that I was mesmerised or hypnotised
trough steadily gazing upon the flail:
ing flame. Indeed, Versto • said ea
much to me.
"'You were encanta.lo. enchanted.
with the fire of Aguirre,' he said. 'You
ride straight after it into the water
and drown -never think '•
moves aad shifts about the Venezuelan "This is one experience -my ows-
pampaa appearing sometimes as • his- with the Ore of Aguirre. It you go
rant light, and again as a ball of 11v- to the Venezuelan pamos& the Ilaneros
Mg fire in the traveller's path. Lien- wail te11 you a thoiaana.coarse
era✓ who have been bold enougb to the pbenomenen, which is no more re -
tug ap oarkabb than thea of the norpue. sand!
proecb this flame assert that near at of the seas, mast be explained on •c -
band there may be Been In it the burn- "Mad mesterei grounds. Nevertheless.
ing eat rails of Aguirre -Lop de Aguir- iy
advice, like that o[ the Ilaeerow
would he to let it alone. for it will lead
no the tyrant. the discoverer of the its follower into undesirable places. It
is out for nothing that this will-o-th.-
wisp beam its bad name."
holes all over the deck. Tbey dug upper Amazon, the oppressor of Span -
out all they oould find and then went Lard and Indian in his rulenblp ot New
over the elides sad got nut 6l1 there bwaseen
Granada. Now. the llaneros believe
is the ids d the ship that bed been
nett to the shore. I was doing my his enol is condemned to wander on
share at it, and an I bad the hat -bet the pampas wrapped la flame. and this
I could do (eater work and got nest revise fire is &o evil omen. Domingo
sumething Mut thirty-five bullets. the ♦erato, my oompanioe. way a brave
rant . them getting from twelve to � `� whom I had awn [ace wild ball
twenty &piece. in all shout. 150 ounces
were Aug out of ttse wood. for the bol -1 wd jaguar without fliaebing, and ha
lets run some heavier than an ounce I bore on hie body the scars of more than
apiece. ova knife duel, but plainly he :wee un -
"We got. bask to the other ship se
fast 14. we coed. and I told the Cap- _ _ ry.
to us all if we could get to the island ti ht, but pray that it deposit.' he
and apes up negotiation& with the eta- meld, ea our homes loped over the plain.
Lives It was •plain care that they Have you heard of what befell Abram
bad gold as most other people had iron. Loataado. who last year rode toward
AND THEY 11agD rr FOR BULLETS. the flame of Aguirre thlnking that it
and that night they must have shot wee a camp fire of his fellows where
away $5,000 worth. counting what be could find warmth' and food? He
went into our timbers and the area suspected nothing of tJ» reality until
that we'mt. Nobody could tell how Ida horse stumbled Ina badger hole at
much they bed fire.) at gams sed other tba edgy of a gully . eta ba rolled to
the bottom together. The home's leg
WWI broken and Abran limped home
with hie
SHOULDER WRENCHED
and two rips broken so that he did not
ride again for three months. Worse
still was the fate of Antonin Lestro
in my father's sty. HO was a dam-
enthusfastic as I was. while the men devil who feared nothing and one night
we,1e plumb crazy . during the rodeo when the fire of Ag -
"But what's the the t.alkingf I erre appeared he rode toward it. say-
e:ten't barn with a gold bland In my lag to his comrectea that he would not
mouth, ave when it comes to getting return until he had overtakes the
easy in mind et the sight at this Tight
that bad cotes tato view, and would
t
s, h e
eeemc u
1011 enough I acrornm:Nlwt.e a good
many inhabitants. We ancbored about
them hundred yards from chore, and
though there was .1111 mote wind than
we oared to have. It was out so bad
but that we could keep tbe schooner
where we wanted her.
These weee't any signs of life no
the island that we could res, but there
was pleat, of good tater and nice nalive-i all their Hem, and there wasn't
fruit, a.nd the Mat that we sent off as any reason for believing that it .• is -
soon as we got tettle•t brought back land '.wasn't full of it and the fool na-
me. only fruit and wheat, but an ani. tics' didn't know any move whet it
mat that looked e:1 wear like one of our was than to trades it oft to us by tits
rabbit& as anything could look, and boot load for any trinklete we might
that feted the same way. We had take along with' um. It was a bonanza
about got ready to turn in, say at, 0 nand no mistake, and theCeptelo gots&
o'clock that eight, when we beard
voices of people on shore yelling in
some queer language that none of us
understood. The people didn't seem to
like us baro' tbere, thougb. that wee
plain enough. and we Lessen to send
word to them that we were all right,
earl. U they didn't want us we would
got out as sou se the weather would
permit. it didn't round that way to
theta. likely, fn at wetnight they had
filled the eburs a,nl had fires burning
all along. We could see they ware
Mark and that they didn't wear- any
more clothes than was needed, slid that
they were armed with bows ant ar-
row. send spears sad a few old muskets
tike most of them natives have. The
sea was too rough for them to try to
get at us la boate ill, the dark, so they
took it but in eliAgin' stump alt 1rhes
it us troy the Swore.
"That's what they Alai at fins,
eat when we began to yell back at
the howligt' devils they changed their
tactics. and along about b o'clock in
the morning they let off one or two
of their old muskets with • roar that
sounded
EGYPT'S PR0SPZ7ITY.
le £..rMaa'. ens .'es el artlaab Rale el
1113111-
HOW
arri
Ha►. Frederic C. Penfield, late Unit-
ed States Dtpiomatic Agent and COn-
sul General in Egypt, furntabes 1n the
North American Review an article on
"England's Absorption of Egypt." It
YOUNG FOLKS
THAT'S THE WAY.
Just a little every dee,
That's the way 1
Seeds In darkness swell sad grow.
Tiny blades tett through tills anew,
Never any ower of May
Leaps to blossom in a day.
Leaps to blossom in • burst,
Slowly -slowly -at. the first"
That's the way 1
Just a little every day.
Just • little ovary day.
That's tate way 1 ,
Children kern to rend and write.
Bit by bit., and mite by inits
Never any one, I say,
Leaps to knowledge and its power.
Slowly -.lowly -hour by hou'.
That's the way 1
Jut • little every day.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
A. MYSTERY SOLVED.
Harold Ames was proud and happy
when Mr. Jonea, the great newspaper
agent, took hint on as one of his boys.
Not • moment late was he with any
of the papers, and the wages were a
quarter more than in his last place.
d&very cue of those quarters eb(ottld be
put aside to buy mother thnsew dress
she needed. Harold's Fier was •
Ate.- •n,�:t b►--�" tsrr"wrv� sMld... .
Five weeks had Harold kept his place,
and five quarters rattled in his money
box -the rest of the mouey he always
handed over to his mother to buy has
food and clothes -when a terrible trial
befell the boy. Stbacribere complain-
ed that their papers were not left regu-
larly, and one man even sent word,
that, though pad for, his paper had
n ot Dome fon a whole week past. Of
course, Harry wan sent for and repri-
manded, but he could only say, earn-
estly, "Please, air• I always did leave
the papers at every house."
And the answer was, "Don't make
matters worse byy telling a lie."
He was not dismissed, but was to
bate'*we., grace.
Poor Harry! Tear. of indignation
welled into hie eyes. As to tbe miss-
ing papers, he knew nothing about
them. It was a mystery, and it was
rm mystery that ocatiansd $a left gm
pa:._ .regularlyta..Msttametr..0.11
pet gala people ea/led at the office
. t d said they had never got them. At
bks end of the week the buy weacalled
tip and dismissed.
In vain Harry's mother pleaded kr
her child, a good Loy, with • good
character for honesty wherever he
had been in • place; it wea al no
LiKE WAR TIMB8.
We gin them the laugh eta this, bat
pretty snob they got. the range, and the
first thing we'got serious about was a
shot that wont through out first mate
and buried Itaelt in Urs foremaat. They
were mom balls that w.,e aloin' aur
way over the wages, ars every time one
of them bit the ahlp it mewled with a
dolt thud that meant buale.ss clean
dews to the bottom of the Pea. After
i• the first fifteen or twenty abets, 1
don't tbfok they ever Wised our boat
agttie hitting either fa tie bell or the
*Mg4at. allid ail ol our men got • hal-
let through tikes semewbers. We got
out ors buck with air gaes and begggeedd
mem tan gbeet to their one: but they
• led the weals tailed te 11.1. la, while
tar best elan Mn eat Weis they Meld
sive, entheritetive vary -from an Am-
erican standpoint-ot what England
has dose id lift the land of the Phar-
&ob* from the slough of despond to
the beigbte of prosperity.
"Are the people ot Egypt materially
benefited by English ruler' be asks.
"Unquestionably they are. Unpopu-
lar as it is with nearly every class in
Forypt. and ooetdemned throughout
Europe, the occupation has done vast
good. No fair investigator can witness
the present aomdition -of the Egyptian
fetlabeen, knowing what it was before
the advent of the English without eon -
ceding tbls. ller half a doses year.
Egypt han fairly bristled with prosper-
ity. The story of thatrountry'sem.r-
gence frons practical bankruptcy, nn -
las k to that one, I couldn't pilot a sk light. Horne and rider never were tit its securities are quoted nearly Y
there worth a cent. We fed aroun seen by mortal eye again; only the higb as English consols, reads like a
looking fur 104 dery thing for a month, traoks of the horse leading late •, romanoe sod there is no better ex -
wheat the. Certain eotibdn't stay do broad pool of the Apure. Crncodileet ample of economical prograsa, throtrgb
longer end then we went on to Had Caribest Tee fiend in person it may admisbtrative reform, than is pre-
Francl'•o and got a ship and some hock have hewn) Quien sabot There were wnt.d by Fgypt ander British rule.
on the gnietllslking for 1t swan. No Montt elf ways for hie ending once he
good ; no goal. We jn.'Itcouldn't find bed followed the evil light when it
it. I made another try for it two I toot bio.'
years later. and them 1 went off on a
'three years' trading trip through
Chins. i ain't got no beart any more,
but I ain't old enough yetto ghat, and
it I live till next year I'm gong to
'Security is assured to person and
property; slavery the base legally abol-
"i do not amount myself in the least, abed: official corruption is almost un -
end the talk of Vwrato known; furred labor for public work
superwtitloue, s
only u r -ed to eremite my cariosity aid I le no longer permitted. and native
make Ma..eecrous to nvestigate van.' � have core more than s nem -
mates Manna o[ justiete. Hygienic, mat
nausea of this mysterious' lig t. In ✓'eve
Mae e/nuther try. 1t'. g+. to le the , Wir•t.hery fereesta 1 see the phos -
safes
{cern en cansfnlly lcresis after
saints tl,idt though. NO T lotl,lik or horwereeut lbw of [t that the population haslecre•asd from
r t p dk-wood in torn- 70nesey8 to 0,0(10,0011 in' a delude or
say other strange `oda. That i+land' her swamps ani the vaporous lights tee. Land taus hay. hews lowered
la for me or i'11 die Tonkin' Io.' it." that float sometimes above marches. saw was intenesr
'the light that I nem and equalised and are systematically
and seientifio pe los also
the brighter, soro&�r semhiieg those, genthat generally employed at 10* cultiva-
balla of fire which in high soetberm hie area has been ronstdsrahly eztsind-
lslitudw appear at the masthead and
yardarms ce aeips-the carpus such • Fg ppt wN ifrol'ahay sever so pro.-
lighta, or. ea sailors call them„ oorpos- prtees as at alae preaa t."
seta, which usually are assumed to bs
of electrical origin. I tAos1ght I new
a °haws to oaks+ the inv.sllgatioe 1 K 81T .OF LIME
desired, whets, with ea exclamation A melees sat within the door
that was as oath it not a prayer. the Aad sang as many times heroes.
Masao brought his horse to a stand- A man to daily toil passed by.
still with a jerk at the bridle that No love nor pleasure lit kb1 eye;
nearly set the creators bark os its Bet when he heard the merry song.
anecho a -tor then, dread ahead. a0 Ni whistled as his want along.
theta, its termer distance away, was
Waring the light which se Mistiest Ila- womanly 110 window wept
to bad been abreast of us. Fat etas who in tads eherehyard slept;
"'We won't turn out for it, Do- But whoa upon her hearing tell
mirage.' I maid, end toweled my bens) The tune she Irate asd loved so wet
with tute spur. i beard the Ilanero eall-, Th. flood of Wareing tears las stayed.
ra
lag to n la borrorrttricken tones, bet Asti bone a song her Ups essayed
I gave bin► tea bassi as coy bons honed -
ad ahead, for all my attention wee hent Her neighbor heard the tender strata,
upon the light wMrh I sheat should And softly joined to sweet retreat.
are seethe in.. Thos, all day lneg fleet ase aoag bon
"How long 1 weaat anti how far I fta joyousness from door tel do.
UNKNOWABLE.
Why Is it that when a spinster gets
a letter sddreteed Mrs it metes her
hopping madl
I don't knew. Wbbo is it that when
a married woman gets a letter ad-
dressed Mies she la always pleased[
GROUND FOR 8USPICLON.
Why do you alt nk they married for
lover
What other mistime could there have
been, motet that the weddieg was
not turned int" a greed apcts ular
perform•ncel
A RgTricR TALKER.
And new. my aster Maldree, what do
you think falaaen did wben be re -
tarsal brset
Pleas" sir. i gums, 1 know.
Well. what wan it. Johiulei
IL traded off the sue for a parrot.
sir.
DSO.
Poor Harry was sobbing bitterly et
(tis whim MT. S., the photographer
round the corner. knocked at the door
to auk Mrs. Ames to send him wash
home • little earlier. He was surpris-
ed to see Harry in tears, and asked
the reason Mra. Ames explained.
Look here," the youngman said.
"I'm fond of mysteries; I'll take the
bo} end the photographer laughed.
"Cheer up," he said to Harry. "Come
and work for me, and we'll find out
this riddle."
He knew Harry; knew him for a
good boy.
A few days late.: Ms 8 called at
the newspaper office.
Papers gone regularly einem you din -
mimed young Amstar' be asked.
"Not • bit amt 1t. Wor. coempl•lnt.
than ever," was tM reply.
"Ab, • mystery," bald Mr. 8.. and
went away.
Next day ha got up ver early sad
walked up and down Mortimer street.
Harry's aucoeesor was dropping the
morning papers on every doorstep Mr.
8. leaned against the portico of No.
1 and waited, keeping an eye on the
1r tr6tg -1ttTegt:-T11i1r1Or-whet-'116Mi
ohackling and staring bard at Na 8,
where the door atood open to air
Um house. Yon could do that Ia this
quiet street.
He &eked Harry if Na 8 bad ever
complained of bin papers coming irre-
gularly, but Harry shook his head.
"No. 8 wan too 111," he said, "They
t.honght he was dying last week. The
girl told me so."
"Do they keep a catr' he asked
Harry stared. 'They keep • dog,"
oche raid, "a jolly one;. it ran do heaps
tricks."
"It Is too clever by halt," said Mr.S.
"Come with me, my toy. You and i
will go and ask bow No. 8 is."
Harry wondered, but got his replied
fol lowed.
To this question the girl answered
joyfully that her employer was a great
deal better: out of danger.
"Can he read. the papers yet!" asked
Mr. 8.
"Weil, now, hosts odd." mkt the r.
"I was just going to get it ler him
when you Tang Rover takes it al-
ways off the doorstep and Lys it In
the little smoking ronin; bat thin two
!welts past we've noon of us thought of
is a queer affair," end be patted Rover
oa the bead.
"Thank you; but 1 can't *pato my
boy; he sults me." said the Photo-
grapher.
Well, then, we moat give Aures
a present, foe he ha* snftared un-
iy..
I don't want anything,
too glad to be cleared."
. The boys said you were oaring up
money for some purpose; perhaps I
could help you to tint."
Ob, 'nthipg, sir for nes; but I did
wash to get mother • dress."
"Ab, yell I won't keep you now.
Good -by, Mr. 8. You hams done as a
valuable server. by clearing ap thl."llt-
tie affair."
That evening a knnok meas to the
Amus' door; and • parcel was left di -
reeked to Harry's mother. It con-
tained a bsautl(nl dark dress " from
Rover."
sir; I'm only
RUTH IND LOMIKTIPI,
INTERESTING RESULTS OF 1 811?-
ISB INVESTIGATION.
mow
were h the Greeted Preemie, of Ley IA*
-Cfergy.tee Uve L.a•, boa lochs /ear
Brewers Rad aatebere are 1. the se.
■ortatltr L$M.
The lathiest* of various oeoup•tlonem
upon health and longevity is the sub -
jet of an interesting investigation jut
eoutisIsted he an officer of the Regime.
ear-Gs/tenet's dapertmeltt of the Bri-
tish Government. A vast collection o1
figures. oomparative tables, Le., has
just baso Issued as a publlo document,
and although at first glance the array
of statistics seems formidably dull,
soma of the deductions from them aro
HOW SUGAR IS MADE tastruutive and of the widest Interest.
First and foremost comes over'whelm-
ieg proof that work or occupation of
some sort Is the greatest promoter of
longevity. It is •Jnto:.t alone in Eng-
land of all civilised ,u,,u.rtea that this
fact ono be brought out clearly la Pub-
lic statistics, for It is only in England
,that the leisure mass. so called. is eif-
ficlevtly large for the ooeaperison to he
made. The dUltaritrhettellia the mor-
tality of "occupied" and of "anoocupi-
Air rweAes the' ve1ieett er"10141teette •Olt rli lt1.. fi"Qeiav j it is My or 01 the
the top floor of the building, usually
an eight -.tory structure. The sugar 1s
liquified by water in huge oopper tanks
six reek deep and twice as large across
The action of the water is accelerated
by coils of steam -heated Dopper piping
in the tanks. 'Ilk tanks are provided
with false bottoms, perforated wtth in-
numerable small holes through wha•h
the liquid percolates to the real bot-
tom of the tank. In this process re-
mains of leaves, sand dirt, pieces of
old metal. atones. sticks. grass and
other foreign auletances are left la- , saloon keepers. Domes n.xt. lank•ep-
hind. When the ryrup the Leat re -
ern thonmdves die more rapidly than
-Muted W a. earfuls density it in run
their germinal'. aleobolism .al disease.
zdt ahs.'ugta LaPn into .a cQttoee 1114g•4*71:•eaetisti >Seilt f9triitt ibe ekilt male& Tb.
neatb of an ingenious ronatructioe mortality figures ot publio-house keep -
through which it filters slowly. and ere shy .even times and of (Mir wr-
whicb oleo taken up a great dsaI of vents hoer dines more rapid death
dirt, grit and other impurities. This rate than for the several average of
frees its,[ om aft insoluble Impurttien occupied
sad the �zt courw, which ounatata �_ a 4e�r��-°-wawa✓.
that aha death rata for these
Reullred T1e.aa.d "eagar slat.•" 1a a
Pound of Raw %.gay.
Few people who consume sugar re-
gularly in their daily diet have any-
thing more than the vaguest ideas of
how *urger u boiled and refined. The
juioe ls tiprewed, teem ills cane ors
the plantations and i* then boiled into
unrefined anger. It L put tnto hogs-
heads and sh•pped to the refiners. When
' workers. though thedata do not allow
the aiming of any pietist, percentage
when certain newsman, allowances have
been made.
i
The Caflaenoe of profession upon
bealtb and mortality. it is pointe•[ out,
begins IM be etrvagly manifested at
abuuttbe age of s and continues until
08. Of course. tate employments usual-
ly regarded as dangerous figure prom -
intently, file -making taking a bad pre-
aminenoe.
THE PUBLICAN CLASS.
two
0
-ot a third otryitrdrical shaped vsa= ".s is bl la the • i
eels about t. e: ; feet in depth and oitsI.o els.
pt tricta of and anal laveur in Losdoa.
000t&ining t s.., to thirty tone of brewers Witcher* rank next among
the finest an al charcoal. remove, important occupations un the b'tgb mor-
tality tut. They are respectively 2 Li
and 2 1-4 times the standard. Ohim-
autataaesa. !t r through these nay sweeps, dank laborers. coachman
cylinders as clear as water and sad cabmen are all on the wrong side
of the mortality average. At the
other extreme are moot of the liberal
yrdeai,.ons, and the clergy enjoy the
ieerie hie destination of parsing the
greatest number of years in this vale
of leers
Locality mems to have a startling
effect opon the mortality records, al-
though this cense is *bows to be much
more apper•eat than real. Taking
aooland as a **hole. it r shown that
- .ale males burn are reduce 1 to 75;
ISN at the and d thr fifth year. while
100,000 females will number 78,1124 at
Ithe end of the mates period. But it
certain selected. so-called healthy die-
taiota of England an I Wale. this re-
duction is not aoeoms.liahed anti) af-
ter twenty -alae year. in $'be cam or
males and twenty-seven in fesnahle.
The contrast is eves greater la the
ogre of a Wight sty. Thus in the
towashi,. of Manchester, which is -
elude, only the weU-pgalat.d mo -
den of the city, 108.008 ere -re -
dem 1 to 88.720 is 81.81111 G bpd 100.-
000 females to to gems time.
But in the ImelRhyof Man-
chester this r'eduetioe _ sot a000m-
phisN,d until the age of 50 alaong Males
PE
;LY PUBS.
Thee bar la prep d from the very
hast oz bones-Ehif are burnt
and re rat and then pulverized &.
tine table salt. The proems of cry -
stall ion is nett proceeded with os
the ground floor where the liquid is
run into immense t:,rnif.-i's ed tan.:
Thew tanks are hinted t,y a system of
steam pipes. Tbs tanks are provided
with air pipes. and condensers as the li-
quor will evaporate at a lower temper-
ature in a vacuum than if the air were
allowed amens. Them tanks contain (it-
etea tons of melted sugar, aad wben
it is remembered that testa must be
evade from every portion of the venni.
the difficulties to the operator can be
readily comprehended. When the su-
gar bas been cooled and otberwiw
treated in these for some time it is
then 000veyed through the next floor
to the drying department of the re-
,O4temoljeiegjooyerajoao
chine are at work, revolving moria- I Wbeace it is fair to oonclatds that the
general manner of lite sad condition
d poverty or comfort arta make more
st. yoverty or comfort are mock mon
Important factors an the problem of
life tba.o mors lecallty.
entail". and with great velocity to the
projecting alms of which temper per bas-
kets are attached capable of bddieg
two bnadred or three handled pound*
el eager. Aa the.., whoa "filled, ars
whirled round sometimes at the ter -
rifle rate elf nearly a thousand revo-
lutions per minute, the moisture left GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVY.
remaining in the sugar is quickly ex-
pelled through the slits in the Me -
Mk. A spin round of leas than five
minutes u a.Rticient to folly acoom-
pliah this. 111e last stage in the trttsi-
nem of sear -boiling Is when it tie -
comes • finished manufacture and is
ready for the 'Mx -loft.' where it M
parked for the market. 1t may not be
out of place to conclude these remarks
with & word about "real" or "pin" end is also `remarkable. The Matra -
raw anger. The merits of the rem- Kan colonies provide about £180,000 a
pound which is sometimes eupbemlsti- year, and India „£717,000; bat Canada
ways above suspicion.
Natal. the Cape anus the rest d our
oolonieaoontribute nothing. and all we
Wbaa theCel•ele. Pay 'reword Theo erases.
el Ratitfaar iawrsser.
The Financial Times in dismissing
the navy as part o1 & system of mari-
time iesnrande, aays:-
Thsamlallnean of the amount contri-
buted byGrater Britain towards this
cally deserited in this way are not al -
REAL SAW SUGAR
Is,. gat up teethe le the dabions prey
a��otlbWly has its sees but those are miss d a battbnhip frosty the Cape.
adt generally of a kind that am suit- To put it another way, the forth
able for household requirements,y. Ts
whilst tbe so-called "par*" variety trade at our colonies sad dependeacfes
thepapsr, or even gone into the room, simply doeao't exist; it is &'5t% tradie- le nearly *500,af1o,000 a year, lout tMy
wr've been so dreadfully anzious&boot tion in term*. Raw sugar of what- only ezpesd say, halt a million, or
poor Mr. Orr." ever sort is merely sugar unverified stoat otos tenth r
May 1 BUM the stoking rooter' ask- and unrefined. and even when it has to mate. la protect-
ed the photograpber. been partially clarified. it has no right tag it, Leaving the rgeatbulk Of es
"Certainly, air," mid the girl, sir- or title to the quality of purity which charge to f•U upon the United K1a .
prised.
the war so frequently clams for it. 0bom. As
we baro aeev. the Caps hos
But w i�lTrry, �[ r. 8.`` 1►ad Sara V I t lNoopio etii ttbn►tiotl is het !1�t fitq , sxlsat; awakl•ned to a 41i> es
entered roots. tMn at� still
was, bitemetre to +prove this but 7t
greater surprise. for the floor was 11t- each investigation were made it would of its obligation, and bas premisd
tared with papers. yet folded. carried always reveal the existent* of foreign as a warship, altiwsugb that prolkidt
in from various doorst pu by the bony matter, and. in nine oases Ott of ten, baa yet to he Barrie I out; bat our other
Rover Daring his master's illness, no it would also diadem the promisees in South African 'weenies, and above all,,
Canada, the mat important, and one
of the meat loyal of the whet, berg not
stirred a hand to &mist uta in a
ter, so vita. not only to our own.
to her interred also. It In to be
red that the eetheitthes of the .1u
will moths allowed toiebeide wi
en effort bdaagg maria to obtain
more sabstantW support from
eloisetes to the matter of the Aral NU
of Imperial defence.
one had takes the paper tram him anti large nemhers of "warns saetcbari," or
praised him for doing It, se its meat raw auger mites. It has been commit -
have tried td earn praise by bringing ed that is every pound weight of era
in more papers, marching every door- ersge raw Anger there are no les than
ale+p up and down the street a bandred thoussed of tbess infinita-
"Aad w. alt Cao test to medico Irl" Mmol oiemterest it is tree they may
said Sarah. "Wel, I Sever! liovsr, snuff Mare harmful or ohje:•tlonahle
you're • Weft This will be news ter than the parasites found in , brew -of
your masbii." which, it In mid. them are anted thou -
"TIM mystery Is eierovered," said stands is every ware inch of the
the photographer. "Could I ask as a finest brand -bit as they are so read -
favor tlat aka* room he left as it is Uy and thorongbly extirpated by 11s
for Mr Jaime of the newspaper offi.. art of the refiner, there Ban be no ma -
to abet I think year employer will sesebl. menet Inc tis. r presence Oa
not object, when he bears that a boy toll other band. it remains to be said
has bth at+oeslmd a taking the pe- en behalf of the grow wise sells such
per sugar he should be oroneratedt from
"Oertd&1 , Sr," said Sarah, the charge so often brought against
The agent wee taken to No 8. He him of patting sand la it This sandy
foond therm all tit/teeming papers, and Ingredient is merely a natural form
Rover wait kind anont% to nuke thing* of adslterstinn .and la aro unavoidably
clear by brines. In another stolen pa- prevalent la unrefined samples that -
per during his visit. as sugar boilers assert -any artificial
"Yen are entirely clitoral, any lad," sedition tis it would only produce as
be said "Ws mulct have yen hack ibis sated&tie result
FAMINES ARE COSTLY.
Luteal bedlam e.. Coat the eieverbeel et
116.1101.010.
11 Ill officially a nenated that the rl•
Beet indiae familia oast the Indies
treasury £tNN1000, whits Mmes to sgri-
ealturimts and sugsaaaa* of tares.
mainly repayable, atuogt,ed soother
tribatinse 111014.11(111 rcwe