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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-4-13, Page 2A LONE IiAND. Or e Capture of a (german Pirate CHAPTER, 1. John Crane, marine engineer, some - team of Heel. Royal Navy, sat in a' wickEr .chair on the broad hotel tar rods, ilidulginf.' in the futile but very common amu,enteut of wishing that,, today were to-ntorrow. Ile bed, flnisitt'd, the commission that bad brought hint to this now half -deserted port of Coatzacoale'os, on the, coast of elexieo, and only awaited' the mal boat tthale would arrive next day. Ile greatly desired to be back in New York, 3vr his resignation had already been accepted by the areat s,u b uil d- ing firm with wilds he had been me p oyetl, and his arrangements were all. made for reaur'nhg at once` to Eng- land and offering ble services to the motile: Vomit*. Be teas etill young t •aivt'. and to"ry. strong, the wish inhisheart waw that: he might be i'nt to the front. But his n:ied tela Nina that his proper place was in the great shipyards on Tilt* Tyt,t-, where the flatter of ham-, mers tn,- mers en event on night and day. turd them strah..d nerve. bride, tied inueele to repitir the br.tite'n whiles that liniped in from the N'ortll tit 1 and to tura out wee: et..'el el:Wee:i re, Ilea 1-tl;.' ard's grip on the Seven Seas ni ght trot be loosened. Ile latch• that tjts serviees wt•ald tike eagerly tlrcleoni ted by the Naval tweed. ,es he baa made a mune along certain lines of marine ecnstruetion that quite belied his youthful appearance. Hie mind wa' '.1!l ocenpb i with the contents of ti)e• wt•ileiald reed's rapers' nattered at 11,x, feet, whirls ehre:at:led the disappearatsce of a nunttaer of Ilritist weals plying between :tea trahian and t?rfeatal ports and the . erte,t reeet of the United States. Tin tar twelve eltipn ttt.rt' uott long over- due, and there were rumours that wreetag,•, appearing to belong to His hlaje.st;',e light e-.ruast•r Gtitrneey, has drifted aeliort' et Taltiti. I\are were expressed that there tvae still a swift German cruiser at large in the Pacific. Llespite• a statement by the Admiralty that every teermun war-veesel bad been fully aeceunted for except those in German home waters. This state - nn et laid the blame oir a severe eye- lone that had lately raged in mics-; leaeitic. It wee a gniet 'eene that met his eyes as he looked from the veranda; over the luxurious tropic.•sl• verdure' of the eourtyaral, across the town with its polyglot mixturje of old native and • modern commercial architecture, to the long docks and railroad yards that bordered the bay. The opening of the Panama Canal, the European war, and the ehaotic eonditions in 'Mexico it- eAr had combined to retiuee the onee great traffic through tide, the Atlantic port of the Tehuantepec chip -railway, to a fraction of its former propor- tions. A. single ship was unloading at the docks. a rusty tramp eteamer fly- ing the flag of Holland. The rays of the sun were by now slanting well from the we,t, and Crane stood up and shook himself, de - tiding on a stroll before dinner. He walked down the narrow cobbled streets, lined and peopled with the eurfou iy mixed evidences of native in- dolence and foreign inducttry, until he gravitated naturalle to the docks, where he strolled about with an in- terested professional eye on the un- loading of the Dutch steamer. His habit of close observation and his re- tentive memory of smalldetails had played a large pare in his successful. career. He had the typical engineer- ing mind that is constantly on the alert, for better ways of doing • things, and neglects no point, however small, which leads to that end. So he 5:atched keenly the work of the gig- antic steel cranes, their tons of metal skeleton animated by the small human being • who sat in a little box on the neck of each, with his row of levers before him. There was something aI- most eerie in the way they swung out over the deck, dropped a mighty arm through the ship's hatch, grasped a titanic handful of boxes and bales, and swinging back again, deposited them gently on the dock -floor,( where they were pounced upon by the porters, who, like a net of busy ants, trunbled. then back into the warehouses. Ae he wanted along among the piles of freight, his quick eye netted some- thing of it:terest, and he stopped to ex-; amine it. it was only a small metal' band or clamp en the joints of a long, narrow, woodeu box. It was the, shape and construction of these iron bands that had caught has eye. They were admirably designed for the pur- pose, and something about then seem- t ed familiar to him. They had a', peculiar arrangement of small metal claw, to engage the wood; and he was • positive that, sometime and some- where, he had seen deem used before: e The box ou which they were> used was some three feet square and fifteen feet long, and there were about twenty; like it in the pile. Besides certain' cabt+;tlfstie consignment make, it, bore, ste'[teitled in l:ngl#soh, the words, *Terra-cotta. Fragile.' The thought" ran through his tuind that the boxes: probable' contains: d ornamental c•id• umns for the palace,: of some success. ful trader or patty ruler on 'a coral island of ()mania. Ile resented 'his ,' tt•alk bac;: to the hotel; but tine thought of the iron ' tr l bunds Iiept excising barn, for his memory could,t net placetheir association, and Midi not like to admit a$lapse. The cams thought came again next niarnir.g es he spateheti in his bath,' happy that be wan,) snail be exiling north across the (gulf, bound to throw heart. mind. and body into the great war -game; .tad eontethit:g. possibly the stimulus of the cotta witte'i, brought the answer like a flush. Ili' had seen those straps Before. in the town of Eesen, in German}, where are locawd the great Krupp guatworks. Many years before while filling his first billet in a Belgian shipyard, he had made several trips into Germany, ob- servant. a:; always. It was at the Krupp works that he had seen cars loaded with boxes carrying those peculiar bands, and had earned a reprimand from a watchman, or examining them too closely. This explained the strange uneasiness that had affected; him on seeing then again. Of course, commercial manufacturing concerns had undoubtedly come to uee them. It was a good clamp for heavy boxes.. Ile put the matter out of his mind, and went down to breakfast. But the stubborn thing would not stay out. Why bad he not seen that t,trap since the first time until now ? Be had seen hundreds of cargoes en- ' loaded in all parts of the world, lie .had examined the packing of thous- , ands of parcels of sea -freight, had ' written technical articles on the sub- ject; It was one of his hobbies; and never, ,ince he was at Essen, had this particular form of iron strap passed under his eye till now. - It was very strange. • Tlwn the waiter appeared with fresh papers. The mail -boat had come hi during the early morning; site would sail at noon. He glanced over the papers, and his sense of un- easiness began to take shape. There was more about the mysterious- non- ! appearance of ships in Pacific waters. The list of the overdue was longer; a boat belonging to one of them had been found waterlogged, its stern torn away, with the body of a sailor, who had evidently been killed by a bullet, entangled in its painter. There were conjectures that a Germanneruiser had slipped through the North Sea cordon and into the Pacific by unfrequented routes; that she was probably intern- ing the crews of sunen vessels en some remote island. British and Jap- anese war -ships were scouring the a-chipelagoes far traces of the sup- posed marauder. As Crane ate his breakfast these things kept running through his mind, and, tangled up with them, the incid- ent of the strap iron bands, which quite refused to stay down. Soon he finished the meal, paid his bill, saw that his luggage was placed in the mail boat pile, then took up his hat and struck a rapid gait for the docks. The Dutch freighter was gone and her slip Iay empty. The freight had all been removed to the warehouse be- tween the dock: and the railroad DRIVE YOUR COLD AWAY For colds in the throat and chest your nloet convenient remedy is Vaselirie Trade 3inxk apsicum Pei roitutn Jtll'+t Contains the active prieciplc of Capsicum (Red Pepper.) Erne to apply. Will not blister the skin. Sold in handy tin tubes at chem- ists era general stores every- where, Refusa substitutes. Free booklet on request.. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO.. IMO Chabot Ave, Montreal tracks. however, a door stood open,' and. he walked into the cool, gloomy'. room. There were the boxes au' right. piled near the opposite door. lie started toward them, but a voice stopped him. It was a Mothein watchman, who had been sprawling on a pile of freight. lie was a ragged, dirty tle pian, but a serviceable -looking rifle leaned against the wall beside ]fiat. lit' was saying, 'Buenos dtas. senor. Is there something you desire ?' `.I simply wanted to check that pile of boxes before leaving, to see that they are all there, anawered Crane readily. `1 beg the senor's pardon. Perhaps be has a perluit from the superiue tendent ?' `No, I haven't time for that. I must catch the taail-boat,' answered Crane, as his hand went to his pocket, and came out with a silver peso. The man shook his head, though he eyed the silver wistfully. `I am sorry, senor. Any one entering the ware- house must have a permit. It is ord- ers.' '011, come!' said Crane, as he pulled out four more of tate coins. 'The boat leaves in a few minutes, and I prob- ably cau't get a permit and be back in time.' And he jingled the coins se- ductively. But the watchman was firm, 'I am. a poor man, senor, with many chit. dren. 'Who am I that I should break the orders of the superintendent ? .t should probably lose ,ny place.' Crane walked slowly down the dock. He had had some experience With Latin-American officials; he knew that failure to accept a bribe could usual- ly be traced to a larger counter -bribe, or unusual pressure of some kind. He sat down on a pile, in sight of the door, but some distance away, and stared at the murky, greenish flood that heaved in oily undulations below • him. This thing -was getting on his nerves. All his inclinations were to- ward the mail -boat, and a quick voy- age north and east. But a number of unformed and exasperating suspicions. tugged the other way. As he sat pondering, two men cane ' down the dock from the direction of the harbour -master's office. One was a dapper, alert fellow, in the uniform of the Tehuantepec Railway Com- pany; the other was a tall, dark man, dressed like a ship's officer in the l freighting or coasting trade. But there was something about his gait and carriage that aroused in Crane the same sensation as those peculiar iron straps had done. The two turned into the warehouse, and Crane arose and sauntered past the door. Glancing in, he saw the tall man standing by the pile df long boxes, evidently checking them off by a paper in his hand. The watchman was talking volubly to the railway official, and Crane quickened his pace till he struck the crowded side -walk which led to the mail -boat, now almost ready to leave the dock. As he raced along he came to a quick decision; and when the Galveston pulled in her gang -planks, a few min- utes later, John Crane had already re trieved his bags, packed them. into a rickety closed cab, and was rattling over the rough streets to a rather ob- scure hotel on the other side of the town. Having engaged a room, he retired to it, and proceeded to change into a "Mother Says We Couldn't Run The Farm 'Without May we', send you a,copy of our new book, Desserts and Candies'"? —practical—helpful—and free. Write for it to Our ivaowt:eal Office. . 221 IT'S downright scandalous, the number of 20 pound tins I buy. But,, as Mother says, we use it for 'most everything, "Nothing else tastes quite so good on all kinds of Hot Bread, Johnny Cake and Griddle Cakes. "Mother uses it for all her cooking—for Cookies, Cakes, Gingerbread and Pies. "And I aro ahnost ashamed to mention the quantity of 'Crown Brandt' and bread that my youngsters consume. 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He lounged around the docksfor a couple of hours, stutty#ng the shipping in the harbour anti keeping an alert eye- for the,big seafaring man with the military bearing. A British freighter was taking in a. cargo of cocoa, coffee, and hardwoods from the interior; and a 1'efriget'at,,. silt) A Dftght!u1 Garden Freshness— ckaracterizes the Flavor of 2 maw Bae Quality Unchallenged !or Twenty-three Years. of the United l+rtilt (`ompanyee I,fne, creasethe returns from his cows by fed by two giant eraucs,, was malting judiciousiy combining the feeds a gargantuan meal on Neutrals. A growon the farm with a small quan- tityn of purchased concentrates, rich few small coasting -vessel, were tom- in protein, to form a balanced ration. ing and ofil ail yaeht, ae with #tl igay •ttvr 'n , lr 4 `lr c ' s itu g a a -g d the f '.I g g; while e a trim white The cow is a manufacturing plant, white -clad group, ehowed by the ke re teas te;l product will be 1n Stars and Stripes at her masthead keeping with the capacity* of the that some American gentleman of let- plant and material supplied. For sure was sojourning here. ;�t<t a. greatest returns, both the plant and suspicious note tarred tlae peaceful 'taw material must be good. actiti�ity and tropicindolenceti sonic districts elairytnten are p of the raising choice calves without skim - scene. ; milk, and with feeding only a limit - (To' be Continued.) ed amount of whole milk. Dairymen r_._.......--.. �. ... -,__ with a supply of skint -milk have the advantage over those selling whole milk, in raising calves. A good deal of the success in feeding young or old animals dependsends on the feeder. Feed- inging stock,so as to keep it in goad condition all the time, it is not an easy task. Simply putting the feed eleeei ems weefelr q.� 1Ivrr s qtr eovetrt On the Farm Honte-Grown Feeds :The iasis of All Rations, Some men entertain the idea that in order to make a high record with a cow, she must be particularly well bred, fed on specially prepared feeds, and stabled in the most modern. stables. Such is not necessarily the' case. Many cows, that are a credit° to their owners, have attained the pinnacle of fame in the dairy world' by haying the right blood in their veins, and then converting feeds, such as are grown on the average farm, into milk and butter fat. True, the dairyman plays an important part in securing the best from his cows by his ability to study the requirements of the individual animal, and to com- bine the various feeds into a balanc ed ration suitable for the dairy cow. The methods of raising calves and feeding high -producing cows, as prac- ticed by a noted Ayrshire breeder, of Norwich, may convince breeders just starting in the business that breeding, careful feeding, and proper attention, are the essentials in building up a show her& The herd referred to consists of from 30 to 35 animals, in the pink of condition. Individual yearly re- cords are kept, and mature cows pro- duce from 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of high -testing milk during a lactation period. In years past, animals from this herd have won laurels in strong competition at many of the big shows. '.Chis herd is housed in a well -lighted, frame stable. Silage forms the basis of the ration, and about forty pounds is fed each animal per day. Corn for ensilage is sown quite thickly, as it is believed more feed, and bet- ter feed, can be gown per acre than if corn is sown with the aim of pro- ducing matured cobs. In filling the silo, the corn is cut very fine, and it is believed to make better silage than ,the coarse -cut corn. A few roots are grown on the farm, and are con- sidered excellent feed for dairy cows. If it were not for the extra labor en- tailed in handling a root crop, a larger acreage would be grown. Clover hay is fed night and morning. The concentrate part of the ration is com- posed of oat cbop and bran, iii equal proportions, the amount fed each cow depending on the mill, flow. I he heaviest milkers are given from ten to twelve pounds per day. Two or three pounds of oil -cake or cotton- seed meal, are fed per day. Prefer— ence is given to feeding oil -cake one meal, and cottonseed the next. The cows are watered in the stable, but are turned outfor exercise when the weather is favorable. The Milk From This Herd goes to a cendensai:y, consequently there is no skim -milk on which to raise the calves. When possible, the cows are bred to freshen in the fall, as there is usually more time during the winter for properly attending to the calves and heavy milkers, than there is ,inthe springand summer months: Whole milk is fed the cal- ves for four or five •weeks, after which the quantity of milk is gradu- ally reduced and prepared calf meals used. At four months of age, the calves are fed only four pounds of whole milk,and are entirely weaned. from milk by the time they are three months old. Oat chop, oil -cake, si- lage, and clover hay are kept before the calves. On the above feed, young animals appear to be thrifty. Other breeders in Norwich dis- trict, whohave made big milk' and butter -fat records with . their herds, rely on silage, clover hay, oat ` chop, bran, and Ail -cake or cottonseed meal, to form the ration. The first three feeds mentioned can be grown on al- most -most any farm, and the quantity of the last three feeds necessary to ba lance up the ration is not large. Cows, in many noted herds are raised on a -limited amount of whole milk, along with oil -:cake or calf -meal and home- grown roughage. It is believed that the averse; _ismer with bis grade stock can in - in the mangers is not enough, but the animals must be watched closely to see that the feed agrees with them, There are many little attentions given to the stock by a real stockman that would never be considered important by an amateur. Yet, it is paying strict attention to details that brings success. It is necessary to know• each individual animal in the herd, and endeavor to supply its wants. A variety' of feeds to form as near a balanced rationas possible, regularity in feeding, and strict attentions to details, are items of importance that are considered by the successful stockman.—The Farmers' Advocate.. Why Succulence Pays. Numerous scientific trials and com- mon experiences on farms have abun- dantly demostrated the value of add- ing succulent feeds to the rations of farm animals. The beneficial effects of succulence, whether supplied as pasturage, silage, soilage, or roots, are many. Just as our own appetites are stimulated by fruits and green vegetables, succulent 'feeds are re- lishes for the animals of the farm,. inducing them to eonsume more feed and convert it into useful products. It is reasonable to hold that such palatable feeds stimulate digestion, and it is well known that their bene- ficial laxative action aids greatly in. keeping the digestive tracts in good condition. There is no doubt that, for breeding stock, less tense and more watery flesh, a natural sequence of feeding succulence, is more conducive to vigorous young at birth and to their hearty maintenance after birth' than is the condition of hard, dry flesh produced by feeding only dry forage through the winter. The dairy cow gives her maximum returns when she is supplied with succulence: Such feeds tend toward rapid sturdy growth with the young of all -farm animals. Some succulent food is especialy beneficial in keep- ing the horse in condition, to which the thrift of the work horse when turned out to pasture bears witness. But the horse at hard or fast work should receive only a limited allow- ance of these feeds. Steers and sheep make rapid and economical gains on pasture, and grass-fed animals are in the best possible condition 'to make rapid gains when placed in the . feed lot. Among the most important con- tributions of the experiment stations are their demonstrations of the economyof feeding silage to fatten- ing cattle and sheep and of the pos- sibilities of cheapening the cost of producing pork through tin utilization of pasture, --Wisconsin 3xperineent Station, MUST SLAY OR BE SLAIN. Father Viwgltan Defender Itis "Bill Enemy" Advice. Strong criticism has, been voiced against Father Bernard Vaughan, the famous preacher, for having advised the British soldiers from the pulpit to kill the Germans instead of being kill- ed by them. Several letters of pro.: test having been printed in the Lon. den Daily Graphic the following re- ply was sent to that paper by Father' Vaughan front Manchester. "A. clipping from your enterprising and clear sighted paper contains let tors from the Rev. I 0. Meyer and the Rev. J. H. Newsham -Taylor blaming me for advising our troops to kill the enemy instead of being killed by him. Truth to tell, till read Dr. Meyer's letter I had no no- tion that we considered it a `misfore tune' to kill Germans. "In ray stupidity I had always felt it was a misfortune to miss them; 1 bad no idea that soldiers in war were to be regarded as pollee ontheir iasis; in my simplicity I was under the im- pression that our troops had gone to the front, not to take up and handt'uff the aggressor, but, on the contrary, to wipe him out and do for him. in- deed, in my reading of the situation I had never regarded the enemy in the light of a burglar bent on 'swag" only, but rather as an assassin under or, ders to murder, massacre and man- gle widows and children, leaving them nothing but their eyes to weep with. "Of course if Dr. Meyer's conten- tion is right I must confess to being quite wrong, In other words, if 0121" artillery is not out primarily to find the range for killing our foe,, but only to shoot or frighten black beetles, rabbits and mosquitoes, my advice td kill Germans is altogether out of place. "As for our friend the rector of St. Peter's, Hatton Garden, the Rev. Now. sham -Taylor, and his rooted conviction that it ill beseems ecclesiastical lips to advise killing Germans, I must make bold to say to him in reply that the only reason that I can discover' for the unseemliness of such advice' is that it is unbecoming a minister of religion to speak the truth, the whole' truth and nothing but the truth. "Sir, with Joffre and Kitchener, French and Haig, I beg once more to, raise my voice reminding my country- men that victory can be ours in one way only, by artillery attrition. And I find that the chief reason why our war lords to -day are •so sanguine about peace rooted in triumph over the foe is that our artillery is now better than his. As a plain English man, I understand this to mean we, can kill off the enemy quicker than he us. "If our Nonconformists ministers had only exhorted their followers to: join the colors in the language of Jof- fre and Robert's instead of in the. hesitating terms of Meyer and New-; sham -Taylor I venture to think we should now still be under the volun- tary system instead of saddled with a compulsion bill. "Sir, unless our troops are out at the front to kill Germans let them come home' and get killed with us. They won't have to wait long." SHIPPING FEVER Influenza, Pink - Ey Epizootic, Distempe and all nose 'an throat diseases curet% • and all others, no matter how "exposed," kept front having any of these diseases with SPOBNvs Y)itSTEM: PER COMPOUND. Three to six doses often ,pure a' case. One small size bottle guaranteed to do so. Beet. thing for brood mares; acts on the blood. SPOnN'S id sold by all druggists and harness shops or fanufao. turers. Agents wanted. SPOIRN MEDICAL CO., Chemists, Goshen, Sud„ tr.S.B. 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