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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-3-23, Page 6c nt rt• -tell hie el•tuc;Ilte}r to Lao Wing • Iand, that's been piling up interest regarding her welfare as an oblige-. POTENT HELP TO TILE NAVY. produced as well as the best. • we....--eensege a land o£ mystery whence .a white ►sees child had never come before, was re- :.,,. . +,. z�:3 garded with a superstitious: awe which; The Green zeal Seal. proved to be her salvation. The re - to lie's. lzidin,g•.plaee never Qccurred to the searchers and far from laying WAR COMPENSATIONS. Philosopher Discusses the After -Ef- fects of Strife. Forget for a moment, hard though it is, all the horrors of wax—widows,. By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK profane hands upon Lao Wing Fu's orphaned children maimed men the helpless' charge, it was shown every sad gaps in sot many home circles, a. Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby, attention that prilstitive resources devastated countryside, and the like "The Time Lock," eta could provide --and consider what is the effect of t When the two came fare to face in war .on a nation, his a whole, i Veht my office, is it to be wondered at that . It .s evident,, and past experience! ..._ Es?.orat pi.�' roof that ]lath .`i< some dormant sense 0£ recognition s the p , a CHAPTER XXIX. (Cont cll. billet an' odd times attendiug the Uni- in the girl's subconscious mind should samawfel ft i nate it of s pawssed through the; During the first few days which the versity, numbsr or. things happen- have stirred and tried feebly to spate All andel 1't' what feed of it,ed about this time, an' Peter B. an' I the years? qu..ing the. expedition, ,on, u. w� a. Tema were led astray by wvhat we took for . 'r possessions by war, lived rested at Tao -fu, Lao was treated byWhen, with the diamonds disap- and prospered so long as they still wil. a1I the deference his granted an' by failing to take into pearance, Lao believed my father and warred. There is a national stamina,' account the fact that Lao '�.ng Fu Strang defraud a a Tao -..0 leader t:: i tiedrang were trying to him l.:m to. Thus he had ample= Deane~ never •had had cause to mistrust .a£ his share in the gem, he resolved twiny to perfect a elan of seining Steve. You can bet it wasn't Stere's to retaliate by placing Major Hector le:.#h the, ring alai the diamenI. • fault. Steve was my brother, he WAS Sylvester's daughter beyond the reach • Ma equertuling es one el: ,lie inter- as much at home with the Chinese of 'whomever might be interested in pi -eters wa s a your.:; mew yaw was la.>.gueg., eu';tenis and habits as a settling her father's estate and find- •, killed carver in ivotw ,e Caret- squirrel in a corn -crib, an' smart as fug his heir. Steve Willets's flight than the preMent old main I lied int Lao was, Steve got around hint. to ;with the stolen diamond fell in ad- - countered at the bazaar-wh, vias set some extent—how far I didn't learn mirably with Lao's plans •—and, in- to manufaeturiag a num'ae: of rep]i_ till just lately. Keep this all in mind cielentally, with Steve's,- Steve was - cae a i' the retie;;wary in which the ring while I tell you what followed. not averse to getting possession of was kept. When the plot was perfect- "We sent word to Lao at Pekin, what he looked upon as another rich eti one e"f tlicee. replicas wee given to then opened negotiations with a Cine- prize, especially when Lao was willing eae:h cif five different mei; engers; Lao a' -less diamond merchant at Singapore to defray all expenses of his and the seized beth ring anal dig=mond, and -•-Chan I knew. No use going into child's transportation to America, the. five mei •ergers were sent out of that, though. Maur father an' I start- which included a nurse for little Mai- - the cieintry over a s many different ed for Singapore from Hongkong ;with lat:, who was now nearly three -years routerontee. their !gimes,: being to keep th;.i diamond. 'lie an' I arrived safe old. the pe r;;,it en a fable trail as'long.ae an' sound,' but the diamond was miss Then followed. Lao's own political poen iii(. It was; in very truth, a des,. ;nee SCI wus .Steve. I never have difficulties and his hurried flight to a pride, hardness, a virility, a some thing that it is hard to name ear- r reetly, which deminxntes a nation =-- which is repeatedly baptised in blood and fire. And, judging from history, empires which, after much fighting, rest in peace on their laurels and. their possessions, inevitably collapse. Britain, with its long wear of his- tory, has avoided the fate of other empires, inasmuch as just when the critical peace period began to length-, en to the danger point, war again; came. To read a sununary of our history for the last 25t) years, from the Dutch War of 1665 onwards, is to read. wvith' Reasons Nrny Bvery 1 armer should' Tl.e silo supplements pastures short peace inter•va's, of a nation at Have A Silo. and carries the burden of the winter wax Has war supplied something to • feedings ou may rdeceved 1 some day by an, imitation o and possibly you will not detect this limitation fent I the tea-pot reveals its Demand always the genuine "Sala;~a" in the sealed aluminum packet, . wee that you get if you want that ttniq: a fla et 4 of fresh, clean leaves properly Prepared and packed. aux empire which after dissolved em• o danger of late sulnrrier droughts, the silo will greatly reduce thsi g,as- pires lacked: it may bring a rush as by using the silo wltla clover ar:luxe acreage regttiretl and will bare fo ca..stie ri•.tielem; but it is a fact other green summer crops, early in ' that war seems to prevent national the season, a valuable succulent feed , a marked effect on 1't�ef Ilroelna, tion i�:a :tr tt a=le .t;elfin r. but act tide :tags seen Stere since then --but asses, t America. decadence, The cost is tremendous; will be at hand} tivlzen pasture in most; an high priced Iands Lae Wing. F:t"• utatizi�rz' was su- never �,�_ tate= diamond again until »your father believed Lao knew the sacrifices great; but the fact re- regions is apt to give out< - Night pasturing he beer. finned to prem.? :hall t:t,q,aa:sti,.ezed lag the warn- as few weeks ago. more about the diamonds disappear mains. Something, nationally, is Gro s unflt.foi ha -mAkin . itta be be a very valuable practice in e:l;:taee- t.t3t hats nil t•. men. The 1.:t€+►r#un- * i 'l. to awe were pretty text;►itt Steve ante than enyllody else, Strang odes- gained from war» li y g y tion with summer silo» ate rl.'.e.a'.t.i!. t : w],. se^ v:°te per. vine imn,icatetl in the stone', lose, we ed br away of explanation, *'so he Peace brings prosperity, and pros - to in the silo and clfiattged in A Fila permits of • saving crime in .••.•.t ,l •;, ;.c »teas* their cite ally :alww:ay:t half -sway believed Lao wail at seined every scrap a' hispexsonalbe-' ]lofty means wealth. Wealth means to A. palatable food, such as thistles,' years of ;;react plenty for other sen- • »<». ».. t . a , 1 % r,easy weeds, eta. l,c,eatee their en• e:lieeee e , f escape the bottom of it. An Marlhe. on int a he could lay his two hands luxuries, hying, a rush of ince, si?As of lei, plenitude. wee *: :..;'1e;.a: 1. T. it+'+.c- meant tica.u:ial. we't�wse'v:hite foreign clttil' on. Among them were two ivoryand the exit of -teethe._ Theso s'1- Theharcestvan be removed earlier,, Experiments have proved tint :•i- :.;., avail It the ; t' the mei- lines cheated d him out o' his share . Ver boxes, one containing the ring, which v� a a axe the lier;tids hila n ttcon's making it possible to finish fall plow-' large -fed steers have repeatedly teak t . ,decadence, and azn emptt e s disoltt- tie dente! tenth', end :Il; s:a.;z;e lzilyn:. n. ;'e; r:; Ic.' hind it *.t:=t U. Peter B. Kept; I got the other, which tion. ing sooner and to seed the land down the heaviest unci rheape't gain;. `+•Look at France. Before the Crib- grain. z*. tea, ... • a their > n�-ass. it came al,nat that through was empty. The diamond later was to grass or winter I Silage saves a large are portion of "Din=,...>: rey t :ie !eel zee elainonal the e•eere since the diamond \wa- 10.t, ell -til d to you in it. hulations of the Franco-German War, At a conservative estimate two grain needed in fattening animal.% It hi in". S, ;' le: • v lingisi..'l ei ;erve:i, Lasa Wing Fu has kept his mouth el'ut Several years .elapsed before Lao • what was her state. Outwardly pros- cows can be kept by feeding silage saves the need of any ;;;,;tin awhile search perous, but inwardly rotten. She -Lanai t:. s :,e. rig tering t., a°< ^t. :cls=. an Sylvester." V uig Fu was able to begin aat the cost of one row frem the :ante cattle are growing. Silage -fed ,eittle per Fez'° _' .!•,.. lin-read 1:. with a An :s'1 tris+e, far no rause at all tip- fele 'Marian, and in the meantime lost lives, treasure, provinces; but the acreage, fed on hay Or other rough- gain faster, finish mere quiche•, and ft�o .y lea'.; :voles i...;• 1-;; • •.• twilit, pale:Wee 1 was hanging onto my ninny obstaeles bad arisen that made effect of the Sear has been that the meat is better. I ,:,,..1 t: Ty tie. eve E„',•,^felt, e':i.i^•:;:all+ ..> if ray very ekl;ti'ne'2 the prosecution of such a Search ex- pence is rejuvenated, and IS^oAst]Q A�Convenience in feeding and economy The Silage ey tem helps maitit:tin an t••;r.1. Tl: wee ' . :Teasley ,��..txa u=:1 t•ta.l.,i :;scion net letting them getdifferent from Sha d has o t » Sn moil fertility. * � letting '” tremely difficult. Steve's crime and is sound, strong and has taken to her- of storage xoom, as ten tons of silage . roti,, _a: :hay ., , , ;; ;;..:1:4.'ti colo :11.1'4!: €e•»=t.• ma A battle and thrill misdemeanors had landed him .n self new life, because she has been can ane stared in the same ;>pace on The palatability of silage for cattle i::::a.•:_ t ;glees, s"^.•vive telt ts` ..,n- th1cu.rlt e ae if those same prison for life, and no directing in- purged, by war, one ton of hay.' and sheep is universally recognized r.•; , i• ^ ` ; e l� ;;aw .: in time." , Iz it -;tans were ala:, electrodes of a formation could be obtained from him; • Russia was a barbaric Empire at When fed with the proper rations, by all farmers who have t;avt tl this M=za^.:a°lei' I..:». s.,t: leaving ilii: ° @r battery. I timed like an Lao was unable to discover any trace the time of the Crimea. That war silage is a greater milk producer and food a fair trial. . Nan: -i ;!: , : :.,:;Jing :h. limas that uu•:• raatian oral started at Lens. She of Lois Willets, Steve's and Sant's stirred Russia, and the Japanese War fattener than any known feed. e , Cattle show great ea.,ernes* far A- lia lia wee t °;»tn , t e for the eeepailine: was regarding me with a wide-eyed, sister, who, of course, was now egrse. woke her up completely. She l.as Ensilage -fed stock, as a rule, are ° sage. -es -1';• itimeeary of its eatgel reriieepn- friuhtened look, her bearing and ex- dames Fox and no longer living in ?'rade d seem thatn e then. under .th nitres in a healthier state than when other' . Its succulent character makes it t : 'e `eel Francisco. a ,the present aware Russian curse, Iweiy comparable with ;;ear,: or ether t 1. I_ e z z .:a, .ti the Ie .,; f,f the pr tan accurately -and comically, San T'.ancisco< But with unflagging , feeds are used. green stuff. diem nd wee ",t s»i •l. railer import- when viewed now in retrospect --re- patience and persistency, Lao never drunkenness, is to be banished. 1 When properly taken circ of there ;gee: ii,. z 1e, aatretnpt i.e.- n:;*tic tae re- fleeting nie own overwhelming emo-' ceased his efforts to find his erst-a The gain in Germany will be some- is absolutely no waste of any part of The choicest of milli in prcldlit•t»eI hy teseee it en. effect, Tieing aimeal to- tions. !while charge. And then, by and by, thing that only a German can appre- the corn crop. herds feel silage. wariI ea gen Lair tl:e., sin . Time it wee • I luniel Strafing* chuckling in high his influence began to grow and ex elate. The German citizen and the The acreage needed far pasture is A silo adds to the Allpcaratme of a that mete meaner t»f the party, ex- good humor with himself at the sur- and, even as it had in China, and. German peasant will be entitled to a greatly reduced, and consequently farm' t- t iia„ andfilet e t,6 the live h con- prier• he wits about to spring, which with it came increasing opportunities place on the pavement. militarism, more land can be brought under out_ BS' the use of silo the fodder it ettn- acive l t�. care by seeding away with the exigencies of his narrative ane to pursue his quest. ;with its arrogance and tyranny, IS ned very much as a housewife cans the 1,,.1, a*'ti•1e r?a:in ley the frenzied. lowed him to keep back no longer. 1 James Strang, in recalling this por-'monthe oad on defeated ail eatlany rate, mean ti Byaproviding a sticculellt forage, fruit, preserves and vegotAlales, peen tine tttc'ts• swabe fi,ilowver and "Yes, Mr. Ferris," he was saying;, tion of the past, held to it deep-seated Germany free! War is not all loss.— winter dairying is made profitable, In no other way is it possible to pro- By N eilies !srut:Illy mutilated. The "That's the young lady herself—;hiss conviction that the Chinaman was sin-, London Answers. •and no reduction of stock is choices duce so large an amount of good feed -(:tine is to terrible: to dwell upon. o Marian Sylvester, of Yalung, Tibet cerely attached to the child, upon! .1, by a dry season from •an acre of land ns by raising •It was tette that Maier Sylvester: sole heiress to a tidy fortune in Eng;- whom he looked as a sacred charge, It is the cheapest food that ran be earn and snaking the same into silage» Fe •lust a- � one in to extreme eel•= a a lt s for more'twenty years, not saying tion not to be lightly fulfilled. 4 i _ It is a certaiesupply, notwithstand- g;sli:ey et ill kap at the only chancee o' crystal that's worth around twenty, (To be Continued). I British Mine Sweepers Prevent Many ing the drought, the flood or the however ever hepeles s. of a way out But ` thousatn,l pteunds. " Lao prevt•d to he the party's savior: liuw lung we thus contemplated mels'e than once. At a worts oe sign: each other I don't know; but after a from him the mut threats int: oppo-i while the high tension of the moment siti.)n would meat away; layer a as-, subsided, and I found words to say sIetanee i,f any sort wwouid appear as to her: if ley meek when :artist needed, and! "My dear. this is not so much a re- u.waye the way waab smoothed until! velation as a confirmation. You see, the faze! moment when he himself now, how I have been justified." brought flown t:estructian upon their! She did not respond in words, but head.. the tender, affectionate light in her Tams Straits: shall its aaliewed to, gray eyes was eloquent enough. tell in his own language the mutt int- Both Struber and Strang. were con.- portent oopr,:•tent disclosure of all. ! scious that the situation was become "Yoe get a riimpse o' ?ll: ,user' tinctured with a new and potent in- v:,:a kings o' the Oriental mind. Where fluence that subordinated the import - any ;white man would have !leen as . anee of the disclosures in which, until h::lpli tie as the baby that had been now, we had been so absorbed. Both thrtas t en him. what does this darn grew restive and ill at ease, and the Chink do but deliberately try to get recital proceeded swiftly, if dispirit- baek to civilization with his burden! ediy, to its conclusion by a series of Yee. sine! Believe it or not, he un-, shortcuts. dertoc.k that very thing. He forced a: And what followed up to the time er:uple o' Jyade women to abandon Struber and Strang left us alone to - their own babies, an' with only half- gether comes back to me now like the dozen yaks to carry supplies, he an' flittering, disordered, consequential the two we.men and the baby started pictures of an old dream, and I am east in the hope o' making Ching -too, able to set down the details only as in the Sze Chuen country. I I subsequently got them sorted out. "Nearly three years went by before : Accordingly, therefore, before start - I even learned that Lao Wing Fu had ing from Tao -fu, Lao Wing Fu tat - won through, an' it was my scamp tooed the symbol upon little Marian's of a brother who brought me the news throat, his purpose being to place her at Hongkong. He'd learned about the under the protection of a seal that diamond from Lao, an' say, the ques- would render her safe against all mo- tions he asked me about it would 've lestation during the long journey given a lawyer points. Your father back to wherever or whatever circum - an' I had just got back from Amster- stances might designate as their ul- dam with it, where it had been cut timate destination. Then with a para - and polished an' where we were told doxical premeditation that was the by diamond sharps that it was easily acme of cunning, the ring in its ivory worth twenty thousand pounds, sterl- reliquary was kept constantly con- ing. cealed upon the innocent baby's person "Remained now to find Lao Wing until the little party was well within Fu, market the stone, andivide the a zone of safety. proceeds among three instead o' four, How far he was justified in adopting responsible offices in the Govern - poor Sylvester being out o' our calcu- this strategem can be evidenced only ment's service. Lord Robert Cecil, "Minister of Blockade." Lord Robert Cecil, who until re- cently held the post of Under-Secre- tary for Foreign Affairs has been ap- Ctastrophies. snows. A racy account of the part the The silo is the cheapest method of able balanced ration that will keep handling the crop, or storing it, and trawlermen have played in the war the best method of saving and realiz- them up to summer flow. was given in London at His Majesty's ing the fullest value of the crap as Every winter we see a shortage Theatre by Mr. Tom Wing, M.P., sees.in the dairy line. This can be over - The succulent silage is the best pos- sible substitute for Juno pastures. It is relished by cows at all seasons of the year» In winter cows can be .fed a palat- who formerly represented G More stock can be kept on a certainLord Selborne, president of the area of land when silage is fed than Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, . who presided, told of one young is otherwise the case. trawler skipper who had had two Silage feeding does 'away with alle boats blown up under him while aggravating corn stwa; in the manure trawling for mines, and was now in and prevents their waste as well. the hospital for the second time re- It excels dry feed for the cheap covering from his injuries. "And his production of fat beef. one great hope," added the Minister, It keeps your stock thrifty and "is to get on to the third and even growing all winter, and enables the better boat which he has had pro- cow to produce milk and butter more wised him when he gets well again." i economically. "A most potent auxiliary to the Its use lessons the labor required navy." Lord Selborne described the to are for a herd, if itis convenient - attached tobarn. trawling fleet. It was almost entirely ly It alio vs thethe spring pasture to get due to the trawlers that the sleet slid a start. the merchant ships were able to pass It enables preservation of food to and fro on our seas with so few which matures at a rainy time of the catastrophies. He did not know how year when drying would be almost im- many mines the Germans had placed possible. but he was prepared to risk the state - It does away with the system of ment that there were very many thcu- strictly grain farming, where few of sands.! the elements are returned to the soil. Mr. Wing said that if at the last It increases the digestive capacity great naval review at Spithead there of the animal. had been, say, 2,000 trawlers, people r]msby. 1 come by introducing silos. With a silo you can keep more stock Or keep the same stock en less' acres and will leave more land fors' other crops. Ensilage has a. higher feeding value than roots. Ensilage increases the milk flow. Your creamery cheque grows larger by its use.—Canadian Farm. pointed "BIockade Minister" in the would have complained that it was British Cabinet. He will be charged making the spectacle ridiculous. If with the administration regulating at the last army manoeuvres there the blockade as well as with the gen- had been a quarter of million min- eral responsibility for the policy and ers, people would have said, 'Well, it practice of the Government with re- doesn't add color.' Yet fishermen and spect to trade passing into and from miners had proved as essential as neutral countries. Lord Cecil is . a any in the great struggle in which Unionist and thus increases the forces we were engaged. They were the of that party already in the Cabinet men with the real technical knowl- by one. He is a lawyer of wide ex- f edge which hack proved indispensable. perience and has held many high' and I The men who manned the trawlers had swept the Channel and the North Sea practically clear of mines - and submarines, and in the Mediterran- ean thousands of -others had been do- ing the same. "His Majesty has had occasion to realize athe size.: of their hands and the • warm grip.. they can give," said Mr. Wing. "One burly fisherman who had received a decoration said after- wards that he could not believe that he was actually in Buckingham Pal- ace- and was to be decorated by the King; he thought it was a dream un:- til n=til the King shook hands with him. And when he found the King grip- ping his great fist he was so,anxious to make sure that it was real that. he took firm hold with his other hand also, and really 'help up' the Ding for, the time." !ations. by the facts: the wonderful white "Lao was 'at Pekin, Steve told Int=:, babe that bore miraculously upon its Holding down some sort o' government throat the dread sign, coming out of .O Ca D DIGESTION* Mother Seigel's Syrup corrects and stimulates When your digestion is faulty, weakness and '1 the digestive organs, and banishca the many, pain are certain. and disease le invited. ailments which arise from indigestion. ®�' Ai TH€STAKDARII REMEDY t s._ ,F0R- STOMACH AND LIVER iOUBLE . 1616 " tC tet n "• IT k , ., . , "' \\\4 a At all Druggists,or direct on receipt nip. rice, 50c. and $1.00. The lar.ebottle contain; three tuna as much as the smaller. A. J. WHITE & CO, LIMITED, Crelg Street Weft Montreal. For Distemper 88IPPXraRt#P7300r watt eATARanAx. siV3 11. 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