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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-09-06, Page 7+04 -fOni+00:14M+V.4-3-Vafaf Ki+A+V+ ;0; 'fa taf q+-0 +?:‘, KAI WA A TALJ OP .01.11rUIERN CHINA. 1:(+),:.14-A-ftif+):(+aft(43:40+304g4t4)144:4):(4:11+):€43iefieff-ft4 serve to 'open other doors besides -that in whieh the supposed Emperor eves confined. , Thusfar, however, no door had been found that, -could not be readily opened upon the exercise of -a little mu,scular power. And, as each Was passed in turn,. poor Larry's hopes, which at the start K. had been so high, began to sink lower, :lc as he realized how intieh ernaller 'their chanee.s became. What if. after all the risks they had assumed, the rumor turned out to be without foundation. -" Thisehe could not believe, since Kee Wang had it on the.bestof authority, and he was not the one to make a Mis- take on this score. • . Of course, there was always .apossi- bility that the prisoner of the palace might turn out to be ewe other than the friend they yearned to flnd—a stran- ger perhaps, who had fallen into the. htinCts oft the Chinese authorities, and for certain political reasons ,was treated with this severity. • It now began to look very serious, for they must be near the end Of the passage, and unless something turned up speedily, disappointanent would over- whelm. them. Kai Wang showed no sign of weaken- ing. , t He strode over. to anotheigieen lode ing door that was closed, and tried it to find whether apy resistance would indi- cate the need of 'that wonderful key. . When Larry saw him push in 'vain he felt a sudden thrill. - Had the critical moment come? , Unconsciously he put out his hand and caught the arm of his cousin. • Not a word did he say; but there was something in his manner and his eager look that Must ha.ve warned her, for she drew a •tong breath, and the glow of resolution. appeared in her clear eyes. Meanwhile the good Kai Wang swung his big key forward and thrust it into the .lock.. • • • • ' It must have been a master key, for it apeared to flt any door equally as well. - No doubt, in the average Chinese Mind, a '•fey was a key, end they saw rio'reason Why it should • not do double duty.'' • As Kai Wang pushed the door open there. was, a' general advance...all along the line, each .of them, haying a desire to enter the chamber first. . On the part of Larry andekets the reason would not be hard to find, since the deeper emotions 6? the heart entered into' it. . • • \teeth Lord Rackett It 'firaa .eimply a deaijee. to meet any danger that might by apiece lie beyond. Thua the whole four pushed in. .And • Kai Wang forgot to remove that aichanted key from thee lock. Perhaps he had good and sufficient reasonee-perhaps he • had grown weary, of the manual labor involved in carry- ing iteround; or it might be the blessed thing slipped' entirely •from his miner This • last was more ..than case; for Kai Wang was almost as eager with regard to the identity of the pri- soner under the imperial palace as Larry himself, and now that the Hine seemed at hand when this enigma . was about .10 solved, it was perhaps ex- cusable in him to forget such -a small .. Upon such minor' matters great events often turn, however. When the light of' the lantern dis Perfed the darkness that had hung lila e pall upon the , cell, eager eyes ranged around, searching•.every inefi of ,space, looking her some sign. • .1 • A great wave of disappointment rolled over the brave heart of Larry when his vision failed to connect with any moving, figtire. , There was'a nide pallet at one. end of the_grimediingeone and an eertleenware bowl or 'two near by, but no human be- ing. Had the, authotilies, in some secret manner, learned of this contemplated raid on the palace,' and removed the mysterious prisoner either temporatily es permanently? The bare thought gave him a chill. On his part Lord Itarkelt experienced la feeling of keen chagrin and dis pointment, ,but he would not give up easily. These Englishmen can be stubborn when they choose, and dislike exceed- ingly, to yield to unpleasant conditions. • As for Kai Wang, he did what was the proper -thing under the circumstances—walkerl directly forward to the' cot to make' an examination. The others clustered about him, eager to learn what the sagacious Chinamen might have to sey concerning matters. • Kai Wang made a !mak examine.- Lien; e • It did not take those keen, slanting ‘eyes of his bong to discover eertain facts. eg.When one has educated himself in this line, small things becOnie patent that might easily escape the vision of the ordinary beholderS. 'The man we seek' was liere con- fined'!" declared. Kai Wang, holding sernething loft. 'Larry too ed at it, find his heart seem- ed to almo t ceria beating; the article thus displa ed t amze was a belt with a Sin ular 1 ckle in the front, buckler pro Ably wix and a half by three and a ha f inehes in diametert coMpbeed ' bronze representing in a rude • num/ er eoinO East Indien seerie such as migit eonniion enoughain ilindoetan. Lamer knew that, hUeltie ae Well tie lie did' his own name, and when laat fie had eet•-ay'e upon 'it the belt liras upon (JIAPI•ER XXXiV.7-pontinu", Fortunately for his peace of mind, The door of the dungeon opened just then, einel Kai Wang appeared, lantern in hand. The maker of graven images showed nai sign of undue excitement, but this was no reason to believe he had not been under an unusual strain, for. like the majority of his countrymen, K Wang posse,ssed the power of a sphin when it came to disguising his real fee ings. • They saw him Calmly lock the door anain ' and retain the great key. El$ 'though of the opinion that it might come in handy on other occa.sione. Which Plympton agreed was "ra • Wag good. politics' on Kai Wang's par and proved. film to be the possessor i what he styled a "level head." • Surely, it would be most difficult to rattle such a cool customer. '• Larry believed ft the part of wisdom to aequaint their leader with the little • incident that had occurred, while he was absent. .• . The face that abrne one had looked upon them, some ene who tiad deemed discretion the better part of valor, and fled incontinently, was a matter which Kai Wang should know, as the know. Ledge might have a beefing upon his :I- plans, .1 He F,ieemed quite unmoyed—indeed, 1 looked as though nothing could cause him to lose that calm and confident demeanor, 34 a Larry remembered that on the occa• - sion when they were so desperately 'as- saulted by the -Thugs of China, those dare -devil Black Flags-, this strange rnan had gone through the fight wjth a cool- , riess that was simply amazing, and had dragg"ed him away at the proper time, without an atom of excitement. At least. Larry felt easier when, as a • result of his warning, the old Chinese compatriot of General Charles Gordon vouchsafed the simple words: " • "We catch him if we 'want him." ' They were all this while on the move, • en the keen lookout for more world's to conquer, other doors that might yield a better harvest. • Whether or not . the richly -clad 'pa.. Boner of the first dungeon were the Ernioeror, temporertly there until he could be taken' to Some distant place of oldie,* it Chinese Island" of St. Helena, •elafteee very little to them; they were only grieved to. thinkhe had not been • thearnysterions foreign prisoner who was known to be kept under the imperial palace; and to ' whose rescue they had connnitted their fortunes. Kai Wangi might keep his profound secret I closely locked in his own bosom until doomsday, if he could only con- jure the god of good luck, causing hire' to guide them to where the objet i I ,their bold search might be found, and so arange matters that this Ione prisoner • of the Chinese tastile might turn out to be Dr. Jack. "Heaven speed them in theta. design," ' said Larry, as he followed deeper into the recesses of the labyeinth., where other strange adventures that would poesibly exceed their wildest dreams awaited them. CHAPTER' XXXV. • For one, Larry was glad to know the crisis must be close at hand—whether far good or ill, they could not long be prevented from knowing whatethe result pf their mission vvas to be: His hopes still ran high, but his fears managed An' keep on a level with theni, so that much of the time he was en- gaged with an unruly team, first one and then the other plunging ailiead. • Ile could not get quite out of his mind the man whom Avis had discovered in the net of spying upon them. 'The tact that Kai Wang considered the matter se trifling went far toward quieting any fears he might have felt on this score., • Having passed • through one expel'. Sem,. however, Larry felt as •though some 'similar, calamity was impending: The conditions seemed favorable, just as on that other occasion. Then it had been' Dr.. Jack who had suffered; now the rest of them might be, In line to, receive the ' fliniis of out- . rageous fortune. . As the little man was soniething of a , philosopher pin his way. he could accept even the roughest decrees of fate with a degree of patienee; besides, bravry and coolness entered into the deal to .1 'coneklerable extent. 4 Avis, had hold of his arm, and he be- lieved he felt her hand tremble, which would not have been at all singular under the peculiar conditions governing the case. . . • elo Larry for the third time whispered' tie word ',mirage" in her ear; and,' thee etrengthened. elle again faced the Mir elain future.: ()thee doors greeted their vision, , Semi, were ajar and received no con- eideration. / 'lease lieuiti, they would come to one that had the appearance of being fast. Kai Wang evidently did net mean to allow ry goodathing to slip his notice; he w'., a man who believed in getting the ieoetli of his money once he lied i enle in inveetine»te and this ventiire mid, irely be looked Upon In 13iteli• a me does not alavain; have to risk neeley 111 inieli a ease-stlieee are other etemei," to he taken; and when life it - elf ie the slake,, .sitrely the investment lee etii a aeon*. of the IMMO. Al in, tole, Larry realized why their gui I3, lied taken the heavy key; it .mlylit t. 1;, Pee peeeen of the Iraveet of the Prave--- nene other than IV. Tee% hims01. And. even in that dreadful moment, when doubt gave way to certainty, and this in turn Wag succeeded by new, alarming fears, Larry kemembered wia9 was at las side, and he turned td.aecer, hill how Avi.$ tool; it, 'the ,shoclr. bad been a 'severe one, but, even, under, such ,a strain. that brave heart, never thought, of giving way, barry.saw a face that, despite Um el, loW 'pigment used' ,to sive It the true Chinese tint, Was transtortned witierare delight; a eudden radiegt joy ilkebed from dazzling eyes, and*sho reached out her, hand to Kai Wang. 'Give 4 to me, please—it belonged' to mY Jack," and as the belt fell Into her hands she • presed, it ,to her lips with holiest emotions. Thereupon Kai Wang and Larry ex- changed glances, and nodded their wise heads after the manner of men who knew it all. • Although it afforded •great pleasure to discover in this fashion that the man they sought had at least survived ,the affair of that dreadful night in the For- bidden City, still there were'other prob- lems yet to solve that needed their ina mediate attention. Where'was he now? What new and terrible disaster had befall:ea' him? Had the change of rulers,supposing such to have taken place in the Man- chu dynasty, made any difference with regard to the fate of this mysterious prisoner? It was always possible. So long as Li Hung Chang remained in power there existed a eriendly feeling, toward foreigners, but now that he was virtually exiled from Peking, and his influence at a low ebb, it was reason- able to suppose this bitter anirnosity.,on the part of the Dowager Empress toward the fanquey, or "foreign devils," would make itself felt in every way possible. The prisoner of the palace was one of whom the party in power'stood in more or less awe—his boldness in' seeking an audience with the Empress dazed them, and so long as the signed papere had' never been discovered they had evident- ly feared to assassinate him. Now that the resolute woman behind the throne had shown her true colore and her ow -time grasp upon political • affairs had been resumed, it might be expected that some move would be made toward cutting the Gordian knot, either by releasinct the famous prisoner, with a severe admonition to never again en- ter the sacred streets of the Forbidden City, or else disposing of him after some usual cruel Chinese fashion, probably the latter. 3 Lord Rackett was not satisfied. TiliRgS looked too natural to suit him. He did not believe Dr. Jack would suffer them .to drag him from his cell to execution without a„ most desperate re- sistance. There was a bit of wood lying, by the -pallet that naiglit have, served in lieu of a cudgel, and ii the hands of one entire - 1 Y great, would have proven mightier than a sword. • , _ Yes, Lord Rackett wee inclined to be- lieve that had sueli a tragedy, occurred on this night, there Would be much. evidence of it in the immediate vicinity. • *A few' dead Chinamen and gore ga- lore would be the natural indication that Dr. Jack had been overwhelmed., Nothing of the kind greeted' their scrutiny. And, more then this. the doer had been looked. • fled they dragged the inmate 'of' the dungeon off to, decapitation, in order to thus celebrate the new regime inaugur- ated this' night, it did not seem likely that may one would have taken elle trouble to lock thp door upon an erripty ce11. Lord la'-ackett was by nature of an in- vestigating disposition. Many of his countrymen are, and this peculiar na- ture has led them to all corners of the earth worn' possessing. After they investigate ,they .conclude to settle down, send for their cousins, and grow Up with the country. eelt runs in the blood. Investigation is the avant courier of Plympton had walked over to the far-' thee wall, where something hadat- tracted his attention, and the others speedily hurried to his side when they heard hini utter an exclamation that announced 'a discovery.. , Here they found evidences of labor. • Iri the wall was a series of holes one above, •the other, and 'leading upward, like the successive rounds of a ladder. Only a persistent-nature—could have dug these out, hour by bour, during the weeks that had elapsed since the prison- er was thrown into the dungeon. -Plymptoti metalled the lantern from Larry and heid it aloft, but its light was feeble and failed to disclose What he sought. Still he did notelose hope. and fancied he saw an indistinct' object clinging Up beyond. "Dr. Jack, are',you'there? We are, friends, COMO tre, arescue you'!" he bawled. Then those below heard a voice ex - Claim : ,')Thank God 1" There -was a distinct movement of the uncertain objet above them; a human form deseended the rude bidder in the wall and ltanded with a bound just in front of therm (To be continued). Some people skin to think that no- thing succeeds like a successful failure. Disease takes no summer vacation. . If you need flesh -and strength Use Scott, summer as'in Seivi &rate+ tAirip16. I * 130Wrtg, teroloci,, soe, satiSt.06; ati dragesta. _ ++++++++++++f+++++ !About the Farm .STARTI„NG A FLOCK OF sppiP„ To give My, actual experience, 1 W, gala ono fall 1.vith 12' yearling' ewes and lured a Cotswold ram or ,•$`4, writes Mr, C. Shinnerer. in due time my ewes ail brought twin lambs' except one and raised them all. About, the 'end of .tember 1 butchered the best one, and .-mold 22 a fe,,v days later to a neighbor, for $100. I then got, a full blood ()x-' ford ram and"the next crop of lambs was fully as good, if not better. To start a flock, my way would be to get the desired 'number of Iambs in the fall, preferably fell bloods, but good grades will do and to breed from them, then keep them all and in the spring they should shear from 12 to 15 pounds of wool. In. the fall I would get a well- bred Oxford ram for breeding - 1 rather favor "early lambs, 'but 'yon 3muet have a warm stable and more • feed will be needed. The ewes may have less wool than if the lambs come, late. If you are likely to become over- stocked you can get rid of lambs at good prices. The ewes will be fat in the fall to sell or in 'prime fix to breed again.- To ,have good .lambs ready for Easter you must push. them' all you. can, besides feeding ,the -mothers strong feeds, I always have an extra pen for the.lambs to go into, where I give them sugar to get them started eating. Then I give oats and corn meal bran, mill wheat, sugar beets and in fact anything they evill eat, along with plenty of' good clover hay. If I want to keep them dock all of them within two Weeks from birth. Those I intend to sell I omit: For the ewes a good, roomy stable should be provided during the winter and also, for seinmer use, to keep them away from sun and flies. • The ewes must have plenty of exercise, bven in winter time, Their main feed should be clover hay or alfalfa, if you have Its with some good corn fodder. . I als give them dut sheaf eats and. oats an belled corn mixed, • Oil meal, bre and roots of some kind with salt and sulphur adds to their flesh. Yell must be careful not to over -feed, and should manage your fleck so as hi sell the ewes after the first or second lambing, to keep up the vitality of the general flock. Do not •overstock. •A small floak does better than a large one. FARM NOTES. This is our general receipt for getting rid of weeds: Keep the land so full of go'od• things that there is no sptiee left for.bed ones. •• Nelk becomes contamineeen in So many ways in the process ofemilking• that it IS ektrernely difilcult.toesecure it free froni. germs,..but this has been done ir ati experimental 'way, a sufficient number of times to prove that milk as formed. in' the milk glands of a healthy cow is genii free. . • • "Farming is a • profession requiring more shrewdness than law, more tech- nical tinaining than medicine,' more up- rightness thane_ theology' " more brains and resourcefulness than peda- gogy. It is its own' reward. God made farmers. The other professions are parasites." • • The world -is •becoming more and more cognizant of the import- ance of farmers and their profession. After the wheat Le • out of the way mow the stubble over assoon as weeds begin to show up a few inches high. ,Better not do this when it Is very dry and hot, or, if you • must, then set out- teiebar high. Keep watch and mow again if •rieeessary, before any weeds get far enough along possibly toripen any seeds.-. Ilemember whatyouare (Cr, to keep all weeds clipped off so they cannot seed, then do IL •Don't wait un - ti; the mischief is done and then mow. Mow on time. It is not unusual •to see someone mow a wheat stubble after some Weed has got far enough along so the ground will be completely sown with the .seed, later to make trouble in after years. cope:slip of this kind and years of care may go for naught. One of the most importafit things to he considered by the younger farmer especially, and by older ones, as well, Is for us to decide where we prefer to • l'IN'Teh.e-only producers who make meney at the prevailing prices Of milk are the few wiser ones or 'more progressive ones who have worked out the 1,000, 1,501} and the 2t004kniartecowe and their stead have worked, in the 2,500, the 3,000 and the 4,000 -quart cows: There is such, e thing as being tote economical in the i: use of grain feeds. Manure that has a good grain element, combined with. it will be much richer than that which is made of clear hay.. Some of the goedness of the grain will .coine through undigested; and even' if this were not so, there are parts in the grain which „must necesgarily not be used by the animal that, eats it, and this will go out with the manure to make the farm better. LIVE STOCK NOTES. In using kerosene In' killing lice on stock, mix it with lard about, half . and half, or it rimy take all of the hair off, if it rhos not otherwise injure the stonk. Oats are the material which the good roadster will turn into travel. 'A little careful obSerVance will enable one to determine how much grain, the horse • ought ile;r:atcahriaveaiWays be found young, strongly built:cows that have not been, :starved or pampered, that can be bouglit reasonably at private -sale, With responsible ,seller's guarantee,' that are all ready ,to be pushed for all they are worth and make the owner a fair proflt. • a, Concern rig the eelor of eggs we would sh ply eniphaskre the suggestion. You can ontrol this in the breeds by selecting io de ired colored eg,g8 for hatching. N ha,,t ver be the 'object, you 1 Will be s irjrhe at the roPidity with Which you may Jaequure it throneli se- lection. 1 you t ish large, well formed eggs use Ioiily i3 la 0 li for hatching.In three to lvd years, by selection alone, we can nti,rely On 21M the tepe, of a Ihock Of hen,' by se eethigelo8o to the Staridard,,we haF 1111(10. ' A flock of sheop nay not being in a - ' 40'170 •A'ng • iv a. ear ee. =,101; CEYLON NATURAL GREEN TEA once an you wOli never return to the adulterated tomicer4arian. • LEAD 'PACKETS ONLY, ie, Pk, 60e per ib, At Ali 'Grocerook HIGHEST AWARD ST. EOM, 1006. very large sum, and yet be profitable because of the sxnall amount of capita • invested. For brood sow, choose the young from your best, most prolific 'and moth- erly old sows, always with the desired form fer feeding in mind, and in the fullness of time you will declare, that you have the best breed of hogs On earth, regardless of "which breed You startedwith. • it is not economy to select for milk- ers cows that are light feeders. The light feeder may cost her owner $4'. or $5 less per year for feed than the heavy feeder would cost him, but she will give him only 3,000 ponnda of milk a year, • while the large feeder will give laitn 5,000 or 7,000, or 9,000 pounds of milk. That is to emy, for $5 a year more of feed the heavy , milker will give her owner ,000 to 6,000' pounds' more of milk. Halter pulling is very common among horses improperly handled. Fortunate- ly, the remedy is simple arid effective, breaking up the habit in a very short time. Fasten e lon.g rope to the halter,* slipping the lose end through the tie ring; Pass the unenga.ged end of the rope between the forelegs and then over the back, bringing it over on the other • side and fastening it to the rope be- tween the forelegs in a slip knot. When the horse pulls in the halter the large noose tightens up on its body and it soon 'gives up the Pulling. Another good way to fasten the rope is to tie it to one of the hind legs. If the horse • pulls, it simply pulls itself off its feet. I erately, tried to •produce, horses of 1104 I color. The evidence as to, fa Wok in the col- or of teams is not v,ry pronounced, though it is almest ee tain that every four in hand driver haa some particulate fancy in this direction. In the hunting field fashign in color Is not Mich ob.' served, but it is pretty certain that there are nothing like SCt many good gray! -horses as there used to be e few years ago. 11 18 seldom that a skewbald or piebald home is seen In the hunting field, while a roan is rare, and when' he is to be found is more often a blue roan than a strawberry roan. As for tho decline of' the gray, this is simply due tc the fact that there are very few gray sires in the oountry, FASHIONS IN. COLOR OF HORSES. Chestnut the 11lost Approved in.Englatad • Just Now. With regard to horses used for plea- suile and sport in this•country theme has generally been a fashion, •says The Field. -Probably' at the present mement breeders of hackneys are, the most par - neuter with. regard to Color, for at the last hackney *showit was generally no- ticed how greatly chestnut horses were in the ascendant - It is,possibly the case, too, that a, majorrty of the, best stepping horses one gees in the park are in these days chestnute; many hand- some bays and browns 'there are, -too, but the chestnuts are now almost strong- est numerically of those •hoeses which appear to be of purely hackney blood. " Of course, when one sees a smart pair • go quickly past which one is unable to identify, it is impossible to say offhand • whether they are true—i. e., stud book— hackneys or not; but the breed has made such enormous strides in -recent years I that. it is now possible to guess' With a fair amount of certainty which -of the horses one sees in the park or in the West, End streets are stud book hack- neys. Not Only have the numbers in- e crerieed, but so also has the desire to i be possessed of these horses, and thus. the harness horse of obvious hackney t cut is far more in evidence than he eves t a few years ago. As the light bii1t vic- toria has succeeded the heavy barouehe, s� has, the lighter made, stepping horse succeeded the bigger and stronger har- ness horse of the Cleveland bay or York- shire coach horse type; and whereas a generation ago bay was almost certainly the dominating color in the park, it now hardly more tlian shares the honors with chestnut and brown. Bay and brown are, it need hardly be stated, the commonest colors among all lialf breed horses, and thus the ordinary - pair of general utility carriage :horses, possibly good enough and honest nags but with 110 great pretensions to breed- ing or action, are as a rule either bay or brown; but if one ignores the ordinary harn6ss horse and only takes eogniz- anc�f. the showy trapper, chestnut Will be found to have made a great ad- vance. This, coupled with the fact that SG many of the Islington winners are chestntit, certainly suggests that, breed- ers of staid book Imekneys have delih- • NOT AS DEAD AS HE SEEMED,, Russian Rayon's Exciting Adventurk, ;WWI a Rear. . In Russia it is the. practice . to hut bears just as they are creeping out a ter their long. sleep. As things are mak. , aged, the most timid individual may gol bear -hunting with perfect impunity.: Armed with a good rifle, accompented by a friend and a guide similarly equip- ped,. the most • unpractised hand •can usually get his quarry before the half - awake creature has proceeded far from his lair. And yet occasionally the un- forseen &emirs, as it did in an adven- ture related. by Mr. Whish.aW in "Out - of -Doors in Tsarland." The Wren and the colonel. had pur- chased rights over a hibernating bear, declared to be one of •the largest ever •seen. When the animal was fairly dis- lodged from his place ofAconcealtnent, the baron, who had secured the • first shot, fired, and the enormous creature fell prestrate 'and •motionless. The baron was jubilant. Handing his rifle to the keeper, he seated himself -on a fallen tree. "It's a magnificent specimen," said the colonel. "Wouldn't it be awkward, if. it should get upr..., - "Get up!" exclaimed the baron. "He's. as dead as CEeSEV.. Leek!' and going up to the prostrate creature, lie gev.,e,it 13 kick with his heavy snooting-!boot. To. bis horror the bear roared, and lose to its full height. With blood pouringi out .of its mouth, it fell bodily on the, baron, forcing him to his back, and( pitching on top of him The colonel; took one step toward his rifle, but the -no-vement caused the bear to place one huge paw on the baron's chest, and to fix its wicked eyes on the colonel. • "For pity's sake, don't move!" said the baron. If you do, he'll murder me. Let iim fix his attention on you. • He sus- pects you, and won't ,move if you don't." . The 'inlornIllite teemed knterminable. Al last the keeper managed to.edge near nough to receive the baron's whispered nstructions. "Creep up behind the colonel," gasped ' he poor man, "take his rifle, and shoo'« he bear •bell.' Luckily, the keeper was n excellent_ marksman, and shot the sear 'through the heart. The creature lo sed its hold, shivered and rolled off ttll half -stifled - baron. THE WAY OF LIGHTNING. A correspOndent :of .Nature remarks that the now known facts seem to re- quire a modification orf . the siateinerit found in some text -books' that "It is impossible to say whether a flash (I lightning :moves from a cloud to the, . earth or in the opposite direction." Many photographs of lightning taken in the Transvaal show that, in all cases, the dischargeswere 'from cloud to: cloud-, or* from the clouds t6 the earth: Quite frequently, the correspknidenti says. he has obeerved lightning flashes. - leaving a cloud for the earth, but fad- ing away before reaching it. The op- posite phenomenon has not been ob- 'Served. •. THE Titttril COritTrOVg, The. Nitistri*s or the Hothe,--4 'shout d to lino been if it, hadn't .been fin, my money. The, ' Mere Man- A hechelori va a t you would ha vit •