HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1921-11-10, Page 2!few Meek res all this 'fuss,' its
IOU ottm hy take chances just
to *eve 'a little t'1"deble? Pays to play
safe everg C. What about,
• that deteetive,,nAlderson?"
"Oh, that felleee ,on the job. Here,
Y'ou can seem stand-in out there on -
the corner, width)! for our man to
show up." Podmore followed Alder-
son to "the WiT)409W. "Naw, over there
to the night—beside the post,. Must
be a good half 'helm since his office
phoned he was leavin'. ' Say, he's
I lookin' utP here. 111 give 'In the high
I Sign, now." .
I 'Well, I guess everything's GR.,
then. Call inyour messenger and get
a move on, I'm due et ;the depot soon
to meet the Chief." Pochnore dropped
emege o_ en . into a chair and lighted 'a cigarette
taallommeeeme, etseemasamsouswomese with a look of satisfaction on his face.
ifsemeeeeemeeer-eg=--
Alderson leaned over 'ami pressed' a
F4"
-- - .. l'he young man who
Every Man Man or a i 1 niseifvo;,:cted- James Stiles, bookkeeper
,
By HOPKINS MOOP,HOUSE i
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(Copyright by Musson Company)
CHAPTER, .
The Tan Satchel.
Ordinarily Hugh Podmore, secre-
tary to the President of the Canadian
A CO
, arm Home.
A farmer's ean have 'its' many
ConeenieriCeenas the city lididgewifer,"
recently declared an up-to-date farm
woman.- Then she added "Men are
willing to Spend the Money for 'home
eonveniences if, they are asked te do'
SO,"
Mrs. Scott's house is heated by an
up-to-dafe furnace in a finished base -
!wad general 'office As,,,he stood 'mend' An acetylene g" ht Plant
in the doorway. respectful enquiry in on the farm furnishes ligi.:It fel' the
his whole attitudeT-Ipen in. hand, linen house, 'barns and other outside build"
office jacket sagging at the pockets, ings and makes it passible for Mrs.
forearms encased in black sateen SCole to do her cooking on a gas stove
sieeve-Preteetb-rs and •a daub of mien and her ironing with 'a gas iren.
his fingers, there. was little to distin-
guish him from 'hundreds f h' t The side veginecleh which -is sereen-
Mg pages, he was at a loss to aeceune to bp seen in medern offices." He had ed and fitted with lights, is Used for
for this, as he ;prided himself on his rather a pleasant face Podinbre a laundry room. There are • double
memory for faces. I thought, a little dull pee'llaps in its tubs and the pewee washer is rim, by
With a shrug in dismissal of the ingenuousness.' -,Re was 'not much the pewereengine, which is 'also, on
move than a boy. the verandah. By means,of those aids
Igrke Shores RailwaY, took a keen in- inconsequential, ML'. Pochnore went to
"Jimmy," instructed Alderson brisk- in his work-. If anything, he lunch. I -Ie had comfortable quarters to efficiency,,washing becomes inot a
tippled himself more ;India strieusIV at the Queen's Hotel, just a block lY, "drop whatever you'te at, and take
curing the many absences of his from the Union Station, seed ',after a this. satchel over to Bergnamns; b_(;),er?_bel.”)..t a reeq pleasure, and time that
" chief than when President Wade W' leht lunch ne the t,:ig dining -room he, _office in the Brokers, Bank Building, U11-4,1 'else miglit have to be put in at
for an hour Or more many papers inside an' I want you to be fairs of' which Mrs. Scott is one of
cigarettes and attempting to read a sure aril hand ?.t perscrially to Mr. the leaders; • •
magazine. The solicitous anXiety of Ferguson hires.elf. I told him. l'd send Running Water throughout the
his waiter during luncheon had earned 'em over right after tuna; so you
there to observe and commend, a zeal
idled about the rambling old rotunda I'M got Seine mighty inegortant legal druclIg'ery, isensed for community' 'al-
• svluch might or might not have been
a tribute to his cons-cie.ntiousness. But
to -day Mr. Podneols, although dress-
ed with that care -which habitually
, , , • . house is supplied' by means" of, a large
nnparted to his well Proportioned that surprised individual a rebuke and On nee o say nc_ en --nes
figure something of the beau broan- cost him the usual tip; the friendly1 it to Mr. -Ferguson, Y'understand., water tank outside which is built up
ternary polite self. Things irritated aray. would have been met by equal' you know where his office is." , the water through pipes into the
Ferguson., the lawyes,— high enough to create force to carry
mel,—to-day ho was not quite his cos- advances of a hotel guest, which ordi- Match -feed
him which. ordinarily he Would not geniality, finally sent Padmore •ore int "Yea, sir. Want me to ask' for o. house.
have noticed, and tile morning had the ieide:eashiorredfelevator to his mom, I roceiPt?" I The bathro•oin in 'this home is thor-
.
dragged for him in quite an unusual where lie lo•cited the (10,01' and began' "Uh? No, never mind receipt. It'll eoiaghly eee5eere: Over the lavatory
be all right." ,
was, Ile had spent rtruaih -time gazing r
pacing' estlessly back and forth. NotI ebews. is a reedicine clreSt With
'absently out. of the office wincleee a.t until a sixth glance at his ' \\*etch . The young bookkeeper picked- up: a mirror in the door I inee 'enpboards
such as egg -boater, large spoons, wire
s on, e ramei an so orth.
e"Mrs. Sett has, a, wire dish drainer
which,cost her one'dollar arid tweay:
five cents and wirich she says the'
hest labor-saving • anal time -saving de-
vice she could Italie for the money.
When she wants to reach things Which
are too high ordinarily, she does not
use the ,eld, danierous method be
standing on a chair but keeps a ladder
stool, in the kitchen just for that pur-
pose. She also 'has a preasurecooker
and, cans quantities of meat, vege-
tables and fruit, cares for 'chickens
and her home.
Why We Need Free Speech.
'• Our 'Whole theory of ofreedom of
speech and opinion for,all citizens
rests not on the assumpticm that
everybody is right, but on the certain-
ty that -everybody is wrong on some
point on which somebody el's° is right,
•
so there is public danger in allowing
anybody to go unheard.
Minard's Liniment Used by Veterinardos
Visitors to Italy who travel cm Sun-
day have to pay a spc.ciel tax. e
, "Comforts," the rubber comforters
used for soothing babies, are con-
demned by doctors hs being unhygien-
ie causing adenoids aged "thrush
mouth," -and being generally un-
healthy. •
the traffic in the street below, with cated the approach of 2 o'clock did his the satchel, nodding respectfully, to• .. •
• rnany futile glanees 'at his watch. unusual Acfseetiness begin to aisap_ the Pr'esident of the Interproviiscialt on one side of the hatieroem provide
rear; but ;hen at last he waged Loan & Savings Compan)- n he quiet -1 e convenient place for linens and.
inc first shop whistle that led the
down. the lid of his ralastop desk and to all intents,, had regaffied -his normal been formerly employed at the Inter-; Cloths and dust mop and also the
he WaS reaching for his raincoat sear -possession. - Provincial' in fact, it 'was to "Nickle-' ironing 'board are nept out of sight
heendaY medley found him Palling briskly out of the htotel Mr. Podmore, lY elesed the eloor behind him. He had I extra supPlies foe becis.. Cleaning
by's personal recammendation that he
when his steno.grapher entered to in- He went straight to the down -town but handy in a cleaning Closet in the
form him that there was a gentlerrien offices of the Alderson Construction °wed his present position with the, bathroom, "Soiled •cliotthes are taken
outside who w•ould not take "No" la'r Coinpany-, arriving punctual to. the cCrlIirsetie•In-edeipoiale't.ucr"rtleiPeaeliteles eee/II e1ee leiada.7 Tofoicisr,leinabuilt-inbox. with hil•toeI'ed
an answer. In, no' very gracious mood minute: ,:of • his appeintment. Both rac
giils Nicicleby and Alderson were already satchel of whose precious contents he t
I snatched the card from 'the
hand; but 'time name meant nothing to those.
had been kept in ignorance, was athe bathtub -make it- easy to keep
we're all here Alderson.
for the -separation of the tri0they Lelong. •
towels where
him and he flung aside his g,do-ves
ks on the nem an. . over
resentment of the interruptien. you wGiiting for somebody to open in Alderson's office. With a wave of I Mrs. Scott's kitchen is an enallIple
the hand Podmore hurried off towards of what can be done by careful. plan -
lid in." he growled, uelocking with prayer?" compiaine.d J. Cabhibert
Union Station, and
lid i,'ickleby ivith an impatient glance at the PresentIlY J.' ruing. It is not large and for that
the deslc an.d shoving linelt the
With a bang. his watch after the greetings -were Cuthbert Nickleby made his wayernore reason everYthing must have a place.
answer to, the summono. enquired fer nee -deed, rile here at •all, Pod.. Why al On the summer opposite the • , . . • , • . . ;
. building I. The wail's -erg blue half way down and.
1
The big young mail Who entered in over. I don't .S..9,- why the devil you lelv-rrelY to ins waiting e.utom,bee.
- the real is, in oilcloth 'the ceiling is
the President. EverybodY who eame 'the ceremony?" The President of the -n- - „ ° ' -
' i which the Alders ri Censtruction - ' - ' - "? •
Corn any had 'its clown -town offices 'painted in WV. colon. The linoleum in
mao thee, anteroom began the same Interprovincial Loan & Savings Com- ' P -
the man, from the •Brady Detective .hufr .0.nd careies c•ut the .celor
waY 'and Podmore tilted back his chair nany -was a, thin sallow- mean vrith a
anpraised the ether coldly, noting
thin, tight line of a' month The clYilles Agency was lighting 'a fresh cigar, scheme on the walls and ant,toiling, The
.
tsvo things particialarlY—the young l'em of• his exp.
ressien Was eheeelee •• Iie,Salintered around the corner, then porcelain Sink has two 'brood drain
Lots 'of fertile -,,
eggs. Healthy'.
chicks. Every
bird lzept in
vigorous healthy,
profitable con-
Flition, by' Na-
ture's tonic.
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Pointers' she -ye the•
way to profit and sot- •
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nean's athletic- build •and the -TerY teBeeause you'd be the flu $•,t, ga lusele. cluiekeeved his' :Pace to get- "elosirvit1 above
tm c t.,01.),0E11.-ds 'and etilitht
eee are two 'svin,.•tiosesc
marked discoloration of his left eye. ler if anything went wrong" retorted the briskly•walking Younm
g an - the a , a insure pi_cag, o
Another job-frunter! Podmore, e•yeiner bun pointedly gs he the tan satehel. He conoinue
•
d 1° fel- light. Above the windows reeching to
"State your business, pless.e." tilted his hat to the back of hishead low the bcakkeeper at a convenientthe ceiling' are built-in dupbtards in I
"You will excuse me," said Ken- and proceeded calmly to skin the I disitance.
can entered extra disiles, beak- I
drick, "but the mat,ter is entirely per- from his left hand, ;we're ani in this I It Wag the season when those „di, 'which.
why' I gee 1 haVe the misfortu t ' e fia .d, . irig tins .i,n0. otlie.- equipment not used
sonal between Mr. Wade •anci Myself. together, J. C., and idia.t's se or -tune o c.„, COD ..0 ;CO , ' . .... ' ' .... - i
Is he in9 sited e . or, you being M
here—to see thatIdaer tasks chafe motinthe 'leash— daily. :On: eneh :side of the. windows
" '
It was a little thing to arouse Pod- th' • 'io, a 'beautiful May day of blue Sky and , are the Cupboards used td hold' dishes
mores ire. Ordinarily Hugh Pod-
more was an excellent secretary; bat
the caller's refusal to state -his, busi-
ness or produde his credentials f -or
inspection angered him. He was used both -watched Al•d•ersozt, who had Stiles felt the call- and lie skipped
swung open 'the duos f the d along with carefree enjoys -neat of his
to this extreme anxiety o A ,sitors to e o e safe an e .
see the Chief in person; it was a char- was reaching into its depths-. The briee respite. Be laughed gaily at a
acteristie of the job-lruntine- -crowd. contractor seas stout amid fioeig and pair, 'of does who seemed inclined to
reeeret ,getteek eekt feet e.h,eada. are' sunshine' arid balmy Pair that Called' and: kitchen' iffensells. On each side of
,
. . .
InsittealaY to open places of green I the drain boards are built-in 'cabinets.;
you'?"
and the luxury of •idleness and One Of 'these 'contains a large baking
only'cl. • t tho insult.TI •
An easy laugh was Mr. Podmore's grass
vagrant- 'dreaming. Young Jimmy •
board, 'and beIoWlit three bins for &if-
erhe President's out of town, he his face was flushed as he rose jerk -
said irritably. "Besides, he wouldn't ingly from his knee and tossed a
see you until you 'had told me your package of crisp bank notes to the
business 'anyway. What do you think twbie.
he keeps a secretary for?"
"To be civil to the public," said
Kendrick evenly. "When. do you ex-
pect him back?" end. there was a di-
rectness in his 'look which Poclinore
found Unexpectedly disconcerting.
"Weld. there 'tis. 'just as it come
from the Interprovincial this morn -
in'," he remarked, and picked up his
cigar from the edge of the safe. -
"Look at the way he ;tosses it
around', would you!' h chuckled Pod -
"Hard to say. He's on the go con- more. "You could buy a bunch of
tinually. If your business peanuts with that package, Frank,--e--
Portant*" a n, .
million, bags at a -nickel a bag" This
"It is important." was a hit at Alderson's fondness for
"Then, if you'll give me parbicu- munching peanut•s, 'and Alderson's
lars—," suggested, Podmore, reaching tenor laugh led the trio. 'Peciemore
for his memorandum pad'. picked up the package and riffled the
"Be g'oed enough to 'Answer -nrY bias carelessly. "Counted it, J. C.?"
question, please. When will Mr. Wade "Fifty,thousand," nodded Nicklehy.
be in 'his office?" "That satchel come, Alderson?
"Sorry, but it's impossible to say, Thanks!' Pod -more held it up --en
Mr:'—the glanced at the card de- ordinary cheap satchel of medium
literately— 'Kendrick. If You are size, tan in color, imitation leather
looking for a job—" and, imitation brass catches. "I bought
"I want to see Mr. Wade personally this, J. C., so that we'd have cne that
and as soon as possible," repeated. hadn't -been tampered with au -id' that
Kendrick, keeping his temper with couldn't be identified as 'belonging to
difficulty. "When will he be avail- any of its, you understand. Al right,
able?" Frank, seal her up," ,
"He's gone on a trip—to the Hot Alelereon placed the package of
Springs," snapped Podmore. "Come bills in a large, strong blue linen en -
,hack in in a month or six weeks and. per -I velope, which he -had .ready to heed,
haps you can see him then. Good day, and 'carefully gummed down the flap.
Under the amused. eye of Niickleby he
For a few minutes after the big' proceeded to hold a stick of gray seal -
young mami had bowed himself out ing-wax in the flame of .a match and
with mockhumility, Mr. Pocknorel to daub this additional precaution
stood fingering the card end frown- , upon the flap-. The envelope was then
lug at the window. It was an engrav-: placed in the 'new tan satchel, the
ed card, .his fingers told him,. He di le catches snapped and the satchel lock -
not like feeling that he had made a' ed by Podmore, who thereupon walk -
mistake in any way; but that is pre-
. . ed over to the President 'of the Inter -
else •e low e ee • Yet he uas !provincial Boan & Savings Company
question each other's veracity' and
sent them scampering with a'whoop,
swinging the satchel around -his head.
He pulled doter his vest, felt! higetie
and winked :boldly 'as Paised
pretty girl'. He broke into Aew-Iiistle
presently, ‚practicing the latest rag-
time., air, ;with earneetaesi which
reunclee4,epinni riepetitiOneof tune;
and alii"tirb!ed- that
he ,Went -b the JesSip Grill.: He was
well beyond the 'entnapee before he
realized that his -ire was, being
called and that somebody had darted
out from the doorway to "overtake
,(To be.- continu,ech)
Dyed Child's Coat
and: Her Old; Skirt,
.
Buy "Diarhon-d Dyes" and follow- the
siniple. directions ,in every Package.
Don't Womder. whether you can dye or
tint 'successfully, because perfect home
•
dyeing 'is guaranteed With Diamond
Dyes even if., you'have never dyed be -
Worn, faded dresses', skirts,
waists-, 'coats, ssveaters, 'steckings,
draperies, hangings, everything, -be-
come -like new again. Just tell your
druggist whether the material you
wish to dye is wool or silk, or whether.
it is linen, cotton, or mixed goods.,
Diamond Dyes never streak, spot, fade,
or run,
• '
Wind Shield for, Motoreycle.
, wind -screen for motorcycled,
sure he had never Met this young man' a.nd handed him the key. light and easily deta-chableniKa newly
befoee, ins -spite of a certain familiar -I "That stays in your pocket till you patented" invention. It consists of two
sty of face that haunted him, Not get to Bit:itch Ferguson's office, metal frames hinged together hare
being a regular reader of the sport- N' kl Y hand "t t F 7ontelly, so that the upper part may
y. You o erguo0.61. ,
1
••••••.,'•:•;es: •
personally;" and and again Podmore ey-ed be folded 'back if desired and lilted
the b.anIcer keenly. "Let him do the with transparent sheet celluloid. A
opening himself. All you're there for steel tube ,fixed across the handlebars
is to see that he actually gets this supports it, and it is further held in,
money, and that ends the transaction position by a strut extending upward
gram the front of the handlebars and
-attached by a flexible joint to the mid-
dle of the top part of the lower frame
of the -windshield. The upper portion'
little private iti.entification mar" k,et ,the, strut enters teleseopieally the
Continued Padmore with an air of lover portion, which contains a coiled
having thought of everything, and he spring, so that the strut in effect is
made a triangular .scratoh on one end capable 'of a certain amount of exten-
of the satchel with his pocket-knife. stall or contraction, the spring acting
"Good Lord, Pod!" exclaimed the ia huger to absorb vibration' and
financier with a laugh. Is it T16N,AC
In ifse the scree,n is ad.
sexy to have all this fuss Oge-r this '
thing?" • just,ed at such a height and angle that,
"Take all, the chancegyou like When the rider is Just able te'aee ceinferi"
you're by your lonesome, old man; abiY oe'vf its top edge, along which
but don't do it when I'm with you," 'there is no frame, The lower end of
said Mr. Hugh Podniore, smilingly the Strut is provided with- notches, so
unperturbed by lidieulee "Ws theIfell- that -may be raised or lowered, te:
low who, overlooke these very bhings alter t'ia angle of :the wintishieltV"i
I
that: !Sometimes gets stung. it‘isn't at
al 1 ' 1 , tht the simple
delivery of le money a distance of 0, Mind rd's Liniment for Colds OtG
ferent kinds of fibur..endestirgar. The,
botthni part' 'of 'the' other Cabinet h.as
several' 'closets for big pans and other
large utensils. -The. top. part .of the. T,1 -99)-z)
'cabinets is made`into`Work tables and
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A new oil lamp that gives an ems,.
hiely brilliant, soft, white light, even
better.than gee or eleetr t,) titt•0 e?'1
'testeduby'the SnCiekijinerement and 35
leading- universities and found to be
superior to 10 ordinary oil laMps. It
witheyt, rodorrsnioke tf.r eioSze—
no "pail -ping up, clean, Safe,
1,hirrisi 114% air and 6%iCommon hero,
Zeno Oral:oil).
The inventor, T. Johnson, 24Et
Craig St. W., Montreal, is offoring to
send a lamp on 10 days: FREE trial,
or even to give one FIIEE to the first
user in each locality who will help
him introduce it. Write him to -day
for full particulars. Also ask him to
explain how you can get the agency,
and • without experience or money
make $250 to $500 per month.
• The' voice is an almost
sign to an expert of the state of your
health. .
. Hammocks are sum:los-0.dt° have:re-
.
, ,
oeiveci tam naane from the fact that
the natives of Brazil used the bark
of. the' hannickstree for nets in wbioll
to' 'sleep.
When in Toronto visit the
Royal Ontariu. Museum •.
253 Elodr St;. West, Near avenue, Road
Largest permanent er.hibitiproin Canada:
Archaeology, GeologY," Mineralogy, Pal.•
a-eontology, Zoolog'y, Open datly,:10
to .5 I).m. Sunday, 2 ,to, 5 p.m. moor,
Belt Line, Dupont and AVenue Rd. care.
^1•Wineeseistrogalaasei;
41-1E postman and expressman will
bring Parker service right to yoie
home. We pay carriage one way.
Whatever you send --syhether it le
houseleeld draperies or the most deli-
cate fabrics—will be speedily returnee,
to their original freshness. When yor
think of cleaning or dyeing
think of PARKER'S. -..
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So far as we're concerned." 1 -le wink-
ed, and both the gentlemeri laughed
as if Much 'humor underlay the re-
mark.
"I will now proceed to put on our
.fiviAt MAP, Ots,
just,, above 'them 'and below the cup- ca
boards" are hooks .to -hang utensils girls eer
Ch
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'Silently that dorn -Stops 'hurting, then
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TrulY!
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
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to remove every hard" corn, soft corn;
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..seers
IF you are out all day in the cold,
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WHERE MEN ARE
BOUGHT AND SOLD
TO -DAY THIS NEFARIOUS
TRADE EXISTS.
Although
bifeitiders.: .
'aCaht in 'the
'Seeing that at present therearb well
over is million unemployed inEffgland
and Wales; ibis not wonderful that the
British penile got. rather 'annoyed.
when they heard of. the unsernPulone
syndicate who were smuggling
Olmlaa-
nieui into England at $200 a head.
John Chinaman is'a very good fellow
in his way, but he can live on ten
cents a day, and sleep ten in airoom.
He Will worbc eighteen hours a day,
and saves every penny he can to take
back to his own country: It Is' 'plain,
therefore, that be, is not a desirable
imanigrant-g-especeally 'at the present e.
juncture in Brileah affairs.
The States' and Canada have been
lacing the same sort of trouble for
many Ye•ars past. Long ago Canada
'Mane bead Lae of five hundred ,dollarS
(£100) on each Chines.° hureigrantef
But it no good Sonic paidelt, more
avoided it, a:nd a roaring trade went :
'ea :'•in's-liruegling Chinks across. the
Pacific. :
In Northern British Columbia there
are huge fiords, like the Norwegian,
only much bigger, with hundreds of
-miles of coastline unsurveyed, almost
unknown. A schooner or tramp -steam-
er can damn a hundred or so Of China-
men in a place like this, and, their oWn
"Tongs,"i' OT secret societies, will send
to meet them, and spread them' secret- •
ly all over the country. ,
About one-sixth of the whole -Popu-
lation of Victoria is Oriental, and Van-
couver'S Chinatown is even larger in
proportion to its size.
California. is full of Chinese rued Jap-
anese, All this trouble: between the
States and japan began because the
whites in California refused, to 'allow
their children to sit alongside •Japan-
ee children in the public •schools, '
At pretent the .States have,. shut
down altogether ::on Oriental immigra-
tion; hut the smugglers are still busy,
and it is impossible to ''police such a
vast 'extent of coastline.Some of the '
cargoes of Chinks arc landed dieWn in
Southern California, which es Mexican
territory, and worked up throtigh the
desert.They can always find help
troin , their own countrymen,:,' The
"clan'I-feelin•g among Chinas -nen is as
strong as it is reputed to be among ,,,,Ter
the Scottish.
British Guiana, Trinidad, and ja,
nmica are full of Indian coolies,
Agents collect them in. India, and the
men are indentured for ten years.
Natal, unable to get enough native
labor, 'imported coolies from India.
These have remained in the country,
and at present rim most of the shops.
They have their own cricket and foot-
ball clubs, and compose a large part
of the population. Arabs and Malays
have followed them in great numbers.
The case is the same in East Africa,
'where there is at present most serious
trouble between. the -white and black
races, '
there is no smuggling in these
cases, for the Colonies mentioned al-
lowed the coolies. in. Elsewhere, how-
ev,-er, man -dealing still exists.
'When Chinese labor *az out off in
the Transvaal gold mines, black labor
had to' be got. Agents draw. the
"boys" from Inhambane, in Portu-
guese East Africa. The agents, 'or con-
tractors, take out a license costing
4,150, and get about $30 a head for
"boy's" delivered at Johannesburg or
Kimberley.
Tea in Ceylon is cultivated by gangs
of:coolies imported from India.
Assam's tea plantations are also
worked by laborers brought from
ether .districts. "
'Slave -trading is not yet extinct,
Arabslave-dealers still raid parts of
Portuguese East Africa, and the Rae -
hinds, a Sudaneso tribe, collect slaves
in Abyssinia,. Boys and girl's up to
fourteen fetch $100 apiece, from four-
teen to twenty the price" is about $150.
Grown men fetch $150 to $200 a head,
,Arabiit the prices run. higher. At
Mecca $400 to $500 ist paid for an
adult slave.
Slavery also exists in South Eiiatern
:China: but, it must' be admitted that
slaves in tat part of the world are,
as a rule, ‘kiittremely well treated.
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•
Pciiton hthe Teapot.
, Tea •seenes• •a ?harmless enough
beverage: y -et: .if it is made Wrongly;
:O•r, "drunk ' to ..exeesii, it can be a elow
je.1„,t deadly poieon. e •
Itt4stimulating 'effects. are 'due to
the presence in tealeaves of a power-
ful drug Called theihe, If the pot is
not 'alio:Wed. to 's•tanel'Itoo,le.ng, • only a
'quantity of, "this 'substance is
•tiesselv.ed out of the 'leaves' by the het
Water, 'end the :tea refreshes Ifs with-
out -doing 'an' basin, When the tea-
pot is 'allowed to gernain for hours on
, the Steve, an '0,:eieseive quantity of
thelne •0K-t-iiiietaii; from
e, together, with alarger aniotin't of an- .
'n-tIlia,Senni-poiso-e.ou.s:'Stibstaxitc,e known •
, az. tannin_ ,
These two together -form a feel
poison, affecting the nerves, the diges-
tion, arid the 'general health. , Stewed
tea is almost as harmful aseepinnt or
coCtno rite Is-abutof tathag s 'It
, thie way is• Soon .formed andthe tea
•- , 'drank:m-(1 thinin!,noth'iag of con4:111110
'ing twenty etetliierty name u der.
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