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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-8-25, Page 6le •3 Thc ricc of Libcrty OR, A MIDNIGHT CALL reirwiwirirol7prk , , =AMER V 11.—•( Continued.) there is cue-pte time. Nor am I go- ing to press you. Still, before long Her eelf-possession and courage ,.„,„ were coreing back to her tlow. Bet 3-'t find some way to give nee a clue without sacrificing a jet of era spasm of fear thet had shaken her to .the seal was not 'oat, upon your fine loyalty to—well, others. I Steel. would not distress you. for the world Miss Ceatee. Don't you think that truett imt," he said, c'°Tavola. this has beenthe most extraordinary "Did. you know that I was here two interview?" riiOts ago?" "Here!" the girl cried. "Xmpossi- ti1e! la the house! The night 'before last!. Why, we were all in bed long before midnight." "I am net aware thet I said any- thing about midnight," David re- sponded, colday. An angry flush came sweeping over the face of the girl, annoyance. E1,t her own folly, David thought. She add- ed quickly that she and her imele hed only been down in. 13rigliton for three days. "Nevertheless, I was in this room two nights ago," David replied. "If you know all about it, I pray you give nee certain information of vital importance to me; if not, I shall be compelled tc keep my extraordinary story to nae -self, for otherwise you wonld never believe it. Do eeau or do you not know of my visit here?" The girl bent her head till Steel could see nothing but the glorious amber of bee hair. He could see, too, that the fine old lace round her throat was toseittg like a cork on a sl ream.. "I can tell you nothing," she said. '"Nothing, nothing, nothing." It was the voice of one who would have spoken had she dared, With .anybody else Steel would have been furiously angry. In the present case he could only admire the deep, al- most pathetic, loyalty to somebody who steed behind. "Are you sure you were in this bouse?" the nirl asked at 'length. "Certain!" r'David exclaimed. "The walls, the pictures, the furniture—all the same. 1 could swear to the place anywhere. Miss Gates, if 1 cannot prove that I was here. at the time I name, it is likely to go very hard with tae." "You mean that a. certain incone von ience--" "Inconvenience! Do you call a, charge of murder, or manslaughter at hest, inconvenient? Have you not seen the local papers? Don't you know that two nights ago, during zny a.beence from home, a strange man was practically- done to death in my conservatory? And during the lime of the outrage, as sure as Heav- en is ejiove us, I was in this room." "I am sorry, but I am sure that you were not." "Ah, you are going to 'disappoint mc'? And yet you know something. You might have been the guiltiest of creatures yourself when I disclosed my identity. No prisoner detected aure of the hand were the only re. ple, reeeently Steel was standing outside in the road with Bell. The latter \vas g•laneirig at the hose on either side of 219, The leeighee house was let; the orte aeatrest the sea—,21'S —was empty, A bill in the window gave the information that the ro- pez-ty was in the hands of Masers. Wallace aucl Brown, Station Quad- rant, whege keys could be ebtaiited. "We'll make:a start straightaway," said Bell, "Come along." "Where are you going to at that • pace?" Steel -asked. "Going to interview Messrs. Wal- lace and Brown. At the present mo- ment 1 ani a gentleman who is in search of a house of residence, and I have a weakness for Brunewiek Square in particular, especially for No. 218. Bailees I affi, greatly mis- taken I am going to show yea some- tbing that will startle even the most callous eoveliet." The tears trembled like diamonds on the girl's long lashes and a emilei flashed over her face. The sudden' transformation was wonderfully fas- oinat in•g. "What you might call an •impossi- blo interview," she laughed. And all the more impossible because it was quite impossible that you could ever have been here before," "When. I was in, this room two nights ago," Daesid protested, "I "Did you see rno, for instance? If not, you couldn't have been here!" A small, misshapert figure, with the face of a 13yren—Apollo on the bust of a Satre--ceune in from behind the folding doors of the back dining - room carrying some letters in his hand. The stranger's dark, piercing eyes were fixed inquiringly Upon Stool. "Bell," the latter cried; "I-Tatherly Bell! you have been listening!" The little man with the godlike head admitted the fact, cooly. He had been writing.letters in the, back room and escape had been invoesible for him. "Fuene- enough, j1:( wits going to look you up to -day," he said. ."You did me a great service once, and I am longing- to repay yeti. I came down here to give my friend Gates the benefit of my advice and assise tame over a large philanthropic scheme he has just evolved. And, writing letters yonder on that sub- ject I heard your extraordinary con- versation. Can I help you, Steel?" "My dear fellow," David cried, "if you offered me every intellect in Eur- ope 1 should not choose one of them so gladly as yours." "Then let us shake heads on the bargain. And now I am tgoing to stagger you; I heard you state posi- tively that two nights .ago you were in this very room." "I am prepared to testify the fact on oath anywhere, my dear .Bell." "Very well; will you be good enough to state the hour?" "Certainly. I was here from one o'clock—say between one and two." "And 1 waS here also. From eleven o'clock. till two I was in this very roora working out sonie calculations at this very table by the atd of my reading -lamp, no other light being in the room, oreven in the house, se far as I know. It is one of my fads —as fools call thein—to work in a large, dark room with one brilliant light only. 'Therefore you could not in some sharaeful crime ever looked possibly have been in the house to say more guilty than you." nothing of this room, on the night in question." David nodded feebly. There was no combating Bell's statement. "1 presurae that this is No. 219?" CIIAPTER VIII. The queer, missliapete figure stelding along by Steel's side would have at- tracted attention• anywhere; indeed, Iletherly Bell had been an attractive ,personality from his schooldays. A !strange mixture of vanity and brit- ' liant inental qualities, Bell had al- most as many enemies as friends. He was morbidly 'miserable over the score of his peraonal appearance de- spite the extraordinary beauty of his face—to be pitied or even sympathiz- ed with ahnost maddened him. Yet there were many women who would gladly have shared the lot of Ha.ther- ler Bell. IFor -there was strength in that per- fectly raoulded face as well as beau- ty. It was the face of mu man pos- sessed of marvellous intellectual pow- ers, and none the less attractive be- cause, while the skin was as fair as .woman's and the eyes as clear as a child's the wavy hair was •absolute- ly white. The face of a men veho had suffered fiercely and long. A face hiding a great sorrow. Time was when Bell had promised to stand in the front rank of opera- tive physicians. In brain troubles and meatal disorders he had distin- guished himself. Be had a marvel- lous faculty r for psychological re- search; indeed, he had gone so far as The girl stood there, saying noth- ing. Had she rang the bell and or - tiered the footman to put hira out of the house, Steel would have had no cameo for complaint. But she did nothing, of the kind. She stood he asked. "Certainly it is," Miss Gates re - there torn by conflicting emotions. plied. "We are all agreed about that." "Because I read the number ,over the fanlight," Steel went on. "And "I can give you -"no information, she said, presently. "But I am as positive one way as you are another that you have never been in this there was everything as I see it now. house before. I may surmise things, I came here by arrangement. And but as I hope to be judged fairly 1 Bell, you must either cure rue of this can give you no information. T - ant delusion., or you must prove logically only a poor, unhappy girl, . who is to me that I have made a mistake. doing what she deems to be the best So fax as I am concerned, I am like for all parties concerned. And I can a, child struggling with the alpha - tell you nothing, nothing. Oli, won't • bet." you believe thet I would do anythingi "We'll start now," • said Bell. to terve you if X were only free?" "Come along." She held out her hand with an im-I Steel rose none too willingly. Re pairing gesture, the red lips were `would fain have lingered with Ruth. quivering, and her eyes were full of She held out her hand; there was a tears. 'David's warm, heart went wane, glad •smile on her (a.m. out to her; he forgot all his own troubles and dangers in his sympathy for the Iovely,crea.ture in distress. 'Pray say no more about it," he cried. He caught the outstretched hand in his and carried it to his lips. "I delft wish to hterry you; In fact, haste, is dangerous. And "May you be successful," she whis- pered. "Come and see me again, because I shall be very, very anx- ious to know. And I ani. not with- out guilt. If you only knew!" "And I may come again?" David said, eagerly. A further smile and vearm pre,s- wn an ut f Sorts Suffered frortn Pains and Aches and was Discouraged and Despondent—Made Strong and Well by R. CHASE'S NERVE FOOD When the nervous system becomes exhausted there is suffering of both Mind and body. Even the pains and aches are not so hard to endure as the spells of blues and the gloomy forebodings. Neer hope and confidence come with the use of Dr. Chese's Nerve Food. by supplying an abundance of rich, red blood it creates neW nerve force and instils nen, vigor into body and rabid, permanently overcoming Weak- ness and disease, Miss Minnie J. Sweet, Collieg- wood. Corner, Cumberland County, N. writes:—"I used five boxes of Th'. Chase's Nerve Food last winter, end it did ine more good than any nictlicirce I ever took, It is difficult to dOSIritve eaSe, but T. felt ell e'en eleven clad out of scats. 1 had did take place over the telephone. The thing was involved with se much Seertey that naturally hesitated. I was offeered 41,000 for my services; also I wa$ reminded by my maseen messenger that I was in dire need, •of that inoney.'' "And were you?" "Nfy dear fellow, X don't fancy that I should have hesitated at bur- glary • to get it. And all had to do was to meet a lady secret- ly in the dead of night at No, 219, and tell her how toget°et of a Cer- tain difficulty. It all resolved itself round the seraopis of a proposed new story of mine, But I had better go into details." David promeded to do so: Bell, with his arm crooked through that. of his companion, followed the story with an intelligent and flattering- in- terest. "Very strange and very daseinat- ing," he meld, presently. "I'll think it out presently. Nobody could pos- eibly think of anything butt their toes in Western Road. Go on." "Now 1 am coining to the point. I had the money, I had that lovely cigar -case, and subsequently X end that battered and bleeding speciaten of humanity dumped down in the most amazing manner in my conaier- vatory. The cigar -case lay on the conservatory floor, remember—sweet off the table when I clutched for the telephone bell to call for the polite. When Marley came he asked if the cigar -case was mine. At first I said no, because, you see--" "I see quite plainly. Pray go on," "Well, I lose that cigar -case; leave it in the offices of Mossa, • to whom pay nearly L1,000. Mossa, to spite me, takes or sends the case to the police, who advertise it not knowing that it is mine. You will SCO why they advertise A presently— "Because it belonged. to the injur- ed mite eh?" :David pulled up and regarded his companioa witb.amazement. "How on earth—" he gasped. "Do you mean to say that you know—" "Nothieg at present, I assure you," Bell said, coolly. "Call it intui- tion, if you like. prefer to call it the result of logical mental pro- cess. l'm right, of course'?" "Of course, you are. • I'd claimed that case for my own. I had cut to decla-re that insanity was enerely my initials inside, as I showed Mar- a disease and capable of cure the lv when X went to the police station. •same as any ordinary malady. If "- And then Marley tells me how I pant Bell goes on as, he has started," a great German specialist once .declar- . ed, "he will inevitably prove to be the greatest benefactor to menleina since the beginning of the world." Bell was to be the man of leis time. And then suddenly he had faded out as a star drops from the zenith There had been dark rumors of a ter- rible scamdal, .a. prosecution burked by strong personal influence, myster- ious paragraphs •in the papets, acid the disappearance of the name of Hatherly Bell from the rank of great medical jurists, Nobody see.med to know anything about it, but Bell was ignored by all except a few old friends, and lienceforth he devoted his attention to crirnitiolog-y and the evolution of crime. It was Bell's boast that he could take a dozen men. at haphazard and give you their !vices and virtues point-blank. He had a marvellous gift that way. ' A few people stuck to him, Gilead Gates amongst the number. The millionaire philanthropist had need of aomeone to pick the sheep from the goats, and Bell made no mistakes. David Steel had been able to do the specialist some slight service a year or two before, and Bell bad been pleased to magnify this into a great favor. u are a fast walker," David said, preeently. "That's because I am thinking fast„" Bell replied. "Steel, you are in groat trouble?" "It needs no brilliant effort on your part to see that," David said, bitterly. "Besides, you heard' a great deal just now when you—you _I 1 "Listened," Bell said, coolly. "Of course I had no intention of playing eavesdropper; and I had no idea who the. Mr. Steel was who wanted to see Miss Gates. They come day by day, my dear fellow, garbed in the garb of Pall Mall or Petticoat Lane as • the case may be, but they. all come for money. Sometimes it iS, shilling, sornetiines L3.00. But I did not gather from your chat with Miss Gates what your trouble was," "Perhaps not, but Miss Gates knew perfeetly well." Bell patted his companion, ap- provingly. "It is a pleasure to help a lured - minded man like yourself," he said. "Yone go straight to the root of the sore and cut all the superflious mat- ter away. I was deeply interested in the conVersation. which I ova - heard just now. You are in great trouble, and that trouble is connect- ed with 219, Brunswick Square—a house where you have never been before." "My dear chap, I was in that din- ing -room two nights ago. Nothing will convince me to the*" "There you are wrong, because I am going to convince you to the contrary. You may smile and shake your head, but before en hour has passed I am going to convince you beyond all question that you were never inside No. 219." "Brave words," David muttered. "Still, an hour is not a long time to wait." "No. But you must enlighten me if I am to aseist you. I am pro- foundly interested, You Wine to the house of my friend on a desperate er- rand. Mies Gatos is a perfect stran- ger to you, and yet the more dis- covery of your iaentity fills her \yith the reoet painful agitation. There- fore, though: you have never been in. 219 before, you are pretty certain, and I am pretty certain, that Ruth Gatos knows a deal about the thing that is touching you. On the con- trary, I kriow nething on that head, Won't you let me into the secret?" ."I'll tell you part," -Steel replied. "And I'll put it pithily. For Mere argement we assume thet I am eel -- acted to aSSISt a darneet in distrees Who lives at No. 219, Brun rig k -Sql.taret We will eesuine that tho emeversation leading up to the flat- tering Meet ion took piece neer 06 telephone. • AS a matter of fact, it headaehe and backache Mid dull pains through the lungs. I was so dis- couraged that I didn't seem to care what became of me.' "I hadn't finished the first box of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food before I felt a lot bettor, amid it continued to bend nie until I became strong and well and was restored to good health and spirits. As I was once cured of a severe ease of kidney dis- ease by Dr. Chase's Kidneyr-Liver Pills I can strongly recommend these two great preparations." Dr. Chase's Nerve rood, 50 cents a, box, six bexes for $2.50, at all dea,lers, or ladmeesoe, Date e at Co., 'Toronto. To protect you agailiet imitations, the portrait and signa- ture of Dr. A W, Chase, the faincius i•oet-ipt book author, aro on every hoe, Massa. nearly L1,000; how the mon- ey must have conao into my hande in the nick of time. That was pret- ty bad when I couldn't for the life of inc give a lucid reason for the possession of theme notes; but there was worse to conie. In the pocket of the injured man was a receipt for a diamond -studded, gueernetal eigare case, purchased the day of the out- rage. And Walera•the jeweller, prov- ed beyond a doubt that the case, I clabned was purcheeed at Lis shop." _Bell nodded gravely. "Whieh places you in an exceeding- ly awkward position," he said. "A mild ayay of putting it," David replied. •"ff that fellow dies the police have enough evidence to hang me. And what is niy defence'? The story of my visit to No. 219. And who would believe that cock -and -Mill story? Fancy a drama like that be- ing played out in the house of such O pillar of respectability es Gilead G ales." "It ien't His house," said Bell. "Ho only takes A furniehed. " anYbody else your remark would be puerile," David said, irritably. . "It's a deeper remark than you are aware of at present," Bell replied. "I quite see your position. Nobody Would believe you, of course: But Why not, go to the post -office and ethic the number of the telephone that called you up from London?" The question seemed to amuse Dav- id slightly. Thee. his lips were drawn humorously. "When my logical formela came back I thought of that," he said. "On. inquiring as to whom it was who rang up oe that fateful oc- casion I learnt that tho numbee was 0017 Kensington and that,--" "Gates's own number at Prince's Gale," Bell exclaimed. 'The plot thickens.'' (To be Continued.) COWS FOR DAIRYMEN. The cow for the dairyman, says F. II. Scribner, is the one that can make the most profit milk, butter or cheeee for the feed consumed. Just whet breed dees not matter so much. It depends entirely upon the disposi- tion, taste and education of the dairyman. There are sOme people Who are naturally fitted to take hold of special purpose dairy cattle and make a success with them, while others require a fitting before they Will be successful and perhaps never Will reach tbe • state of perfection that some do. The man who is progressive enough to get started along some dairy line of breeding., has born or created in him something of the next eesential element to good dairying, and that is good feeding.. To be a good breed- er, then, is to be a good feeder, and on the other hand, to be a feeder is to be a good breeder. The two are inseparable. Ono cannot exist to the highest point of perfection without the other, •The well bred animal in the hands of a poor feeder is a fax worse proposition than the poorly bred one in the hands of a good feed- . It has been my 111 fortune to do some judging of the dairy breeds at fairs, and I have judged them all from the standpoint of the dairyman. The cow wins, that, in my judgment could bring in the most raoney with the least cost. • It is often said that the dairyman does not need to look se closely af- ter some of the fence • oints of breeding. This is true t measure, but I think to -lag tine two classes, the lireeder andeana dairyman, are more alike thine they have ever been before; the breeder giving in to some of the more non-essential points and the dairyman who is looking out for •his best intereets and for the best • products from his cows has his eye out to a large number Of the so - celled fancy points,. which, after all, ti•oiatartibute something to the make - Ip A FIRST-CLASS DATTtY COW. In looking over many of the reports front men who have been thi:migh the country, I fled that the dairyman who has ti-ird to improve the stock by introducing into his herd a thor- oughbred :are of some of the distinct dairy breeds is the one who has rea- lized the -most profit every time. I want dairymen to have the best cows and if I• speak of the special purpose (Miry cow and do it forcibly it is because I believe the dairyman who is doing anything short of this is not living hp to the full possibilities of 'his business. i As, X travel through the country land see the condition stock .is in and 'how they are cared for andthe feeds used, I am inclined to think that t perhaps there is a place for the com- tmon, or dual purpose cow, until such O time as he shall turn over a new Ileaf, "Quit his meanness," as Sam Jones says, and improve his ways of feeding and carieg for his stock.* I have been in places in winter where cows are kept out of doors all winter, with a run in the corn field, O little poor hay and the straw. stack for shelter. Would the strict- ly dairy cow be able to do business under these. conditions? She might possibly survive, bat the idea of profit would be entirely out of the quastion, for it would take at least the best half of the summer for her to pull body and soul together, and by that time She would have got all out of the notion of giving much milk. , Dairy- type is not an accident. and there is good sense in every pointof make up. In the matter of judging a dairy cow there is nothing so re- liable as the milk scale .and the Bab- cock tester, but a prospective buyer in some cases, or a judge in the show ring, must have a quicker way of judging, and he must have the abili- corFnirs AS PRESENTS. When Chinese parents arrive at about the age of fifty-five their af- fectionate sons and daughters club together and give them each a coffin, and wish thent many happy returns of the day. When death comes these receptacles are used for the purpose for which they were. intended. Cof- fins are to be seen in many .houses in China, some of them being -utiliz- ed as wardrobes. • A gallon of water a day is drunk by Very' Japanese who practises, as nearly all do, the gymnastics known as jittetitsu. • There is keen competition . among Liverpool girls for berths as corpore ation sanitary inspectors. Twenty of them lia.ve ;filet applied for a va- cancy', *.••••••• The King of Denniark has a very valuable collection of birds' eggs, which includes specimens of nearly every kind in existence. The collec- tion is considered to be woeth about $7•5;000. An Austrian peasant's wife, in re- venge for her husband's loss of a lawsuit, sowed tares during the Tligbt in the wbeatlield or bus somossria opponent. She was :sent to prison for three Menthe. Atietrctlia has no orph is naps. Evev child who is clot temperted by Parents betomee a ward of the State. and is placed in a private where hoard and clothee are provid- ed MAD the fourteeeth birthday, •' NI To trOre to yOit tiutt Os 1 1 es acnhiz-3:-.-Itrit...ci,tio,ilbc'rbrel:tZg anti every fotti of Robing bleed leg a rl d peter riffle g pilo, I the reanteteterersi heve yttlarattodd It, Sob teAf ). liAeinVigtitIV;()tfltgtriT1;9 641;:!agl'gnii; lirir.r,i , ere erica ineney bOrlt it nut cuted.. ti 0 0! it 1),,;, .t, 1 cl..11( dealers or Illbtkr,t sseN,I3ATES .16 Go., Toronto, Gr. Chase's Ointre-ilerlyt ty to recognize at a .glance the signs •which have proven to be the evidence of the true dairy typo. Invariably the leading characteris- tics of a good •dairy cow are a, !strong development of stomach . and udder; not overdeveloped, but enough to indicate ability and do a lot of good hard worlc, large, mild and prominent eyes; broad' forehead, broad muzzle and wide nostrils; the wedge shape of the body; as indica- .ed by plenty of remm, for heart and lungs; and general appearance. The dairy cow is bred to yield all that is not absolutely necessary to her support in the milk pail, and if any- one will follow these indications they will not go far wrong in their se- lection. The matter of persistenv which we consider one of the essenti- al points. Is probably alnat ter of education as well as heredity. ma-iiim FLOORS. The first and rnost invariant part, of every sty. is the dome says tho British Board of A gri4niture mil; and every effort should he made to see that this in all respects ' is satisfactory, -Vett 11 the rest of the building has to suttee a little, Swine can keep healthy and grow fet e 'poor house if the floor' is welt Terale, but Aliere le great clanger of OM • pining and talling slot on 4 cold, datnp even they have n alag,isistosixoni::(1)iftanutlilitthteheloionnsielitya7splic:ettehd iriao,p(6, n1lict moof over their heads A•no effect on it. ture of tar and gravel, firtamae4 and remmed into a solid block, C,)ares 11R164, beWever, be taken in Vats case! not to rot it be exposed toe long to the sun's rays, leat the tarinQl and make the whole surface soft, Bricks cannot be reeommended uuless they are new and unbroken, and are laid in cement at least Six inches deep, and ever) then they are liable to chip and crack., width is a great disadvantage as ptaldlee are sure to come. Stone flags aro bad, as the reanui•e sinks in between the joints, and makes the soill underneath im- pure and stinking, while wooden Ileors, unless ineveable are waolly to be condemned as dangerous and lids-, chlevous in the last degree, coacrete,' therefore, should be used WHEREVER I'OSSITILE. The preparation of such a floor is well within, the means of every work -- man who earns enough to attord to buy a pig, and it is not difficult to melee. It should be laid with a gentle slope toward the front of the sty, and it is advisable to make the top of the outer court lower than. the bottom of the slope in the inner court by about two inches. There will thus be a small step between the two courts, nbich will enable drain- age water to fall with a rush, and, run away neer° rapidly. The object of this is to secure drynese under foot, for the pig, bet it helps to keep the floor from.. splitting or breaking away. Small channels should also be Made in the cement before itis hard- ened,and these should run diagonal - 10 parrallel lines, not cutting across each other in the way that is. tei xned cross-hatcbing. These diag- onals or sloping lines should run. front right to left in the inner court. Before leaving this subject, it is as well to emphasize this point—the slope of the floor sbouldtefot be so great as to make it slippery, lest the pigs, on running oitt to their feed, should leert themselves, end for the same reason the surface of the cement between the channelsi should be left slightly rough. . - SHEEP NOTES. Sheep, to fatten well and readily aslamelnclig1h. ietfed twice a day—morning d To a cortein extent the health of sinep affects the quality es well as the quantity of the food produced• .. Tbere is no stock usually kept osshap n the so easily and cheaply a Mixing ye little oil meal with ground grain will usually lessen ma- i.a in p.the liability to constipation Sheep generally improve land if too many are not kept in an acre. As soon as the lambs will eat, ground oats mixed with bran is about the best food that can be giv- en them. When weaned the ram lambs should be seearated, as they not only do inueh better, but their management should be a little different. The ram lambs should have a little grain to push thorn along. The ewe lambs generally eeemto keep in a better condition than the ram lambs, and gifrainia onragtoods. __+npasture rarely require. • MALAY SITPERSTITION. Believe the Crocodile Is a Spirit of the Water. , Along the Malacca Straits the Me- lee's still believe that many beasts are sacred, and they are particularly impressed with the belief that the croeodile is a spirit of the water. Therefore, these ugly monsters aite not only extremely plentiful there, but they are so daring that they make most of the waterways dan- gerous even for persons in boats. The Englishmen who dwell in that part of the country declare that- liardltr a week passes without the killing of a native by a crocodile. The brute swims slowly along behind the rude, flimsy canoes and dugouts used there and suddenly owitehes his, terrible tail around in such a *ay as to sweep the man out of the boat into the water. Here and there along the banks of the black rivers will be seen strips of white cloth and baskets full of fruit and rice, attached to trees or sapplings close to the water. These are offerings made by the natives to some crocodile that has his haunt just under the bank. Now and then, however, • a croco- dile becomes so ferocious and kills so many persons that even the super- stitious natives feel it necessary; to dispatch him. Then they use an in- genious and curious method. They make a small bamboo raft a,bott three feet square, and to this they attach a long rope, made of loosely - pleated cotton, At the end is a huge hook, to the shank of which they tie -a live chicken. • They set the chicken on the raft and shove it mit into the stream. Tile poor fowl cackles and screams, trying to release itself from the line; this attracts the crocodile, who darts at it and gulps it down. The next moment the raft bobs below the surface. The villagers follow the course ot the raft es it goes down stream, and after a clay or two, when the croco- dile has wearied himself thoroughly ley his struggles, they peddle out arid haul, it in. The crocodile comes ashore without much fighting, and is killed with cam it is very rare for a crocodile to °fictive once he bas swallowed tho , le Imo s goes deep into Ins broken tioor in peddles or rein Water or ut•ine can lie, Is mi breedieg plate for sickness end parasites or all eortre moreover, it gives the pia' a thatice of Tootieg, which he WIII 'reit) T'A Alt, ,Sla—taccu are just as Sweet es yott be gtointit to use, often not step -rain): ci•-") utrLit rie,roly the whole of thrs enor tic `Inn't 1.111k f-1111,. 111.1r1- A' 41 "petalled, 1.1,, eeet et.epone., Ini s en eel le, of I el 11 e. 1 or 'n111 0 tt-,F ' kx•••i • t 10 (:() he made of some hare enbetc! ner. whict is not. 11o, eni1 (loos Wilt too readily hreek up, Ilia best net- teriel fot tlais pummel in eonviele or Portland (aimed, t•taireelt e us.sful noel' cren also lie made v, itl a mix-