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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1906-6-28, Page 74-)M-);(4. +X(+3 +3:4+37f+3C4ijC+0+):f+3Cf#044:+++0+0+30E+A+0+00:( 3� 1 KAI WANG; • 9@eat@ A TALE OF SOUTHERN CHINA. :fit+ft+3.i+A—t f+Alt3:(+3 + E+lt'+tE+3:f+4(+KE+)1+ofo+37f+A+):f4f1+):( • CHAPTER XVI, to be Oiled with struggling forms, When Plymplon glanced around the jostling each other first In their eager- junJc's luxurious cabin again, it was nese to get in and immediately by a with entirely different motives front may similar desire to gel out. 0[ 'outs', no sooner had the loaders Then a means of escape had been his load an indisiinet view of what' awaited only thought, whereas now he was in- Client there, alined to search Lite walls for a stock of Naturally, they were frozen .with hor- weapons, ror. So might a man feel upon dis- Since the cabin had been occupied by covering that he was in the act of, Count Petoskey and his fellows from planting his upraised foot upon the coils of a monster rattlesnake or a cobra Neva, it would be only reasonable to ready to shrike. suppose that sone of theft weapons Their wish was to back out as hastily might be left around. as they had started in—no doubt a very In an affair per o[ this kind a spore revel - laudable design, but not appreciated or ver or perhaps a repeating sporting understood by their comrades without, rifle would prove quite a God -send to who, ignorant of the very worm recep- tion awaiting them beyond, strove with Larry guessed what motive Influenced might and main to shove the others on. his comrade, and he, too, commenced Lord Rockett waited no longer. to sweep his eyes around the interior, To have done so would have been to forgetting, such was his earnestness of invite disaster, since the crush was so danpoee, to use the noble monocle that great that it must have ended in pro - dangled unheeded wasby its of the JcoUng the whole living mass into the pro - Evidently Lorry the opinion cabin, that this was hardly the time for fool- .ishnnss, Such follies might do for the He meant to introduce a counter blast gay promenade or the ballroom, but that would clear the atmosphere and were utterly out of place when the tu- mult of war was in the air, and human So Ito let go. lives paid toll to the passions of men. The whole fabric of the Junk trembled Again had the heavy thud. in the direr - under the concussion. tion of the doors announced the deter - her gave a sereno—for the life of mined purpose of those on deck to force floe oho could not help 11, such was the .a passage, fearful crash. 1t would not be very long ere these Besides, it was a wonderful sight to tremendous blows accomplished the par- see that struggling, writhing mass of pose for which they were Intended, and human beings In the doorway one In - the fight must be renewed. slant, tumbling over each other and the Such a conviction urged them to bet- spar that partially blocked the way, and ter their condition white there was yet just as soon es the concussion came to time, 1111 lay within their power to ac- discover the aperture as tree from hu- man occupancy as though the whole It was Larry this limo who made a blessed crew had been blown Mto the discovery that caused him to cry out— river. Larry, who staggered forward, and, l lympton was satisfied. throwing aside some hanging curtains, He would have been Indeed hard to revealed en object that electrified the phrase had 11 been otherwise, for his other—Lorry, who bent down and be- gan to pull and haul as though seized Lathed. with a sudden desire to become a pack - he so clean was the sweep that horse. Lord Beckett was by this time he found it hard to believe his eyes. at his side, uttering little whoops of the - excitement 1" ho bellowed, tilled with the mendous satisfaction, and when the exeRelnent o[ battle, that caused every enormous power in his muscular frame nerve to tingle, "we've got thorn on the was brought to bear upon the object run 1" that riveted their attention, it was speed- Let's follow it up and chase them ilv dragged into the open. overboard," suggested Larry, seized IL was nothing more or less than a with an inspiration to follow the dread - little brass darling of a modern breech - Tho execution wlih a charge. loading cannon, which the count posst- Tho big moa approved the suggestion, bly had aboard in the hope and expecte, since the idea presented some features tion of surprising some piratical junk by worth trying. which he might incidentally be attacked. To strike while the iron was hot ap- plied In a case like this, and promised •Chinese waters. fah results. A very careful and prudent man was Lord Rackell lingered but a few se- tlhis same Count Petoskey, and our coeds to place another charge in the friends were just now ht a position to little beauty, so that in case they were thoroughly appreciate •the thoughtful hotly pressed they might fall back upon qualities by which he was distinguished. the cabin and have the means to spread "Fine I fine I most excellent," gloated consternation among their assailants, Plymplon, caressing the little pet, "it Then he called to Avis and begged her only there proves to he some amniuni- to keep an eye on that window so that tion of the right sort" she might bag any sly miscreant who Larry had been possessed of the same attempted to utilize it during their Idea and was already making an ex- temporary absence. hauslive search in such quarters as he Aller which he joined Larry in a dash deemed best adapted toward finding a upon deck, to carry further conslerna- bott¢nzn, tion to the already sadly demoralized Meanwhile those without were not crew. Idle by any means, but continued to The way was clear, save for the tome their nitetttfons on the groaning boom, doors that threatened to presently yield Just outside a number of men were up the ghost, being unable to withstand Peaking themselves up, having been such rude treatment. hulr d othteeYbalbd fnoeu ghsot a xav It was a period of suspeuso. impact, After all, MIs was to be thanked for Others ley still, and it could be readily 'discovering a store of ammunition, tend surmised that these were the unfortun- when his attention was called to the ale chaps who had been directly in the incl Larry shoaled in glen. upward line of flight taken by the pro Quilty, then, one of the little brass- /mine after it quilled its snug retreat 'bound enrtridges was placed in the in the brass cylinder of the yacht g.an- chanhher and the beauty brought to bear 000. upon the doors. "The Russian, if you can locate him," Then Lord Beckett placed Larry was what Plympton had suggested In where he plight be most valuable, and rho ear of lits companion as they rushed bogged Avis to seek shtlitor at one side, forward, and Larry was quick to sea where she might he out of range, and what advantages mlghl accrue from fol - at the same time could keep an eyo on ng out this advice. that window, of which Plympton still When a leader Is placed hors do com- bat, the desire for further battle is often an opening for the advance of the taken out of his men; this Is partioular- e•alty foe, unless kept under surveil- ly 'true of the Chinese, who depend so lance. greatly upon their generals that If a These little arrangements were fight is lost, oven with great gallantry car- ried out while the Inexorable battering- shown, the defeated commander Is sup - ram kept up ifs steady pounding on the Posed to thereupon commit hart kale, trembling doors. Having, therefore, this brilliant idea Another shot or two from this soured in View, to coneenirnie Choir fire upon would do the business, and open an the man from the Nova, Plympton and avenUo of communication between the Larry's first act upon gaining the deck cabin and the deck, was to strain their ears In the endeavor Then they could look out for squalls. to locale the fellow. Lord Raekett.. anticipated what the AL sight of the two heroes emerging climax would be. from the biliowy cloud of white powder He could appreciate the tremendous smoke that oozed tram the junk's cabin, power that lay back of that swinging those in the immediate vicinity set up a ' boom, when once it was started plung• Brent howl, doubtless heMoving, after ring forward. the remarkable experiences of the last On this account. he was not greatly ten ablates, that the foreign devils astonished when, with a [earful crash, meant to exterminate them; for the aw- the floors, torn from their moorings, ful explosion inside, together with its were hong into the cable, followed by disastrous result, had knocked away tate a large porton of the boom llselt, to - courage, props that sustained their wavering gelher with several of the lusty yellow courage, and chilling fear now clutched sailors who had wielded it. at their hearts. Larry found his opportunity to open Such was the confusion at this June- Larry and while the light was not all he tura that the two bold friends listened might have wished, there was sudiolont In vain for tete harsh voice of the Rus- sian; squirming figures of he had been barking lively enough the two evil rogues who bad been born Just previous to the discharge of the across the threshold by the impetus of cannon, so that his present silence was thele forward rush, the more to be wondered at, and Larry From without arose a Babel of con• had begun to indulge in a hope that he Iusfon, had jumped overboard, under a belief Many vofcos Shrieked exaltedly, and that the junk was blown up, when amid all the clamor Lord Rackett telt something oectrrred to prove that the positive he could doted the gruff tones Cossack was not yet out ot the game. of the Russian, urging On an advance —_ on the part of his gang, During the respite that had occurred CHAPTER XVII. these fellows seemed to have forgotten the aavero handling they, received but The odor of burnt powder was in tiro a short time previous, for they came ate, all this, togetherswilh the shouts forward with a rush, of the Chinese crow of the junk,. served Plympton was ready---Plympton, who to lend an atmosphere of genuine battle knew t}ill well the dretdhit pewee of the 10 the Beene, Mile tenser under Itis onlrct. 11 was the hope of the two eonradee "Bind help Inert," ion murdered, hovel- tl htat'ily, as lie wafted he the opening that may have Influenced his previous busty surveys pushed into the yawning cavity than UM hi Ihus sallying forth to Complete the demoralization edninioneed by the ex•' night.' plosion of the brass gun and drive the wretched crow over RIO vessel's sides. Such a hope seemed to contain their only hope of gaining control at the junk, so that they might put her ashore and escape. Perhaps the task might not have been so difiicult had they only the Ignorant Chinese to contend with, for Rte recent experience had gone far toward pro- ducing a 'pedes of panto among these fellows, and one man's fears are speed - fly colnmunlcated to another in a case o1 this sort. But then there was the Russian. hie load a deep Interest In this gnm0, and would demand a hearing ere the case MS decided ngainst tits cause. Lord Reokett had been endeavoring to locale tete fellow from the start, and at the first sound of his tuneful voice be, was ready to turn his batteries in that quarter. Suppose ho killed the Count. Person- ally he would have no regrets in the mallet, since the man was engaged in a piece of business of which he should be ashamed — persecuting a lady in order to reap pecuniary advantage from the dead. On the whole bluff Plymplon heileved he would be very well satisfied with having accomplisehod such an act. The man who kidnaps respectable ladies does so In the full lcnowledge that his work places him outside tete pale of humanity—be is to be treated es a ban- dit, a wolf preying upon society. Lord Rackoff knew how that was himself, !hough It was lova for a woman that had tempted him; and be believed ho had some excuse, while with the mer- cenary Russian there could be none. When, therefore, the bass voice of this same Petoskey penetrated the night air, and with o. great variety of power- ful Russian expletives, coupled with the gibberish hest understood by the desper- ate Chinese crew, urged the men to close in on the enemy and pulverize, destroy, annihilate them, Plymplon was particularly pleased with the chance that now presented itself to carry his sterling Ideas into practice. Perhaps the doughty count might rue the impulse that led him to thus let loose with his leathern lungs. Phare are limes in the affairs of most men when silence is golden. The lack of decent light hampered Plympton in his work of reaching the fountain head, but his was one of those peculiarly aggressive splrits which no difficulties can daunt. So far es he could Judge, the rasping voice of the Russian gamecock proceeded from a natural little barricade formed by a hencoop and some water buckets piled up in a certain quarter. . Doubtless the doughty Russian war- rior was coiled up behind this barrier, keenly on the watch, noting every point in the game, and keeping his precious body out of sight, It was really loo bad that his valor had not thrust hint in the van when the desperate charge was made through the broken door of the cabin; having ex- perienced the peculiarly elevating effect of that blast, when the discharge of the gun swept the whole mess through tine choked opening, he would doubtless hardly feel able to urge his bullies on t0 another assault. Lord Reckelt believed—indeed, he was quite positive—his Russian rival had been armed in the beginning of the fra- cas, for bullets had cut by In close prox- imity to his head, and one Chinaman at least And gone down through a poor- ly directed shot in his rear. Whether Petoskey had exhausted his ammunition or not was a problem that could only be solved by actual observa- tion. Nor was the Englishman averse to making the experiment. Ice had the Crimea in mind as he dashed recklessly forward true, that was before his time, but his sire had led one of the bloody charges in front of the iron -bound Sebastopol, and had yielded up his life on the field, so that the son cherished secret feelings of personal animosity against the people of the White Czar. Petoskey saw this towering figure heading in his direction—Petoskey, who realized that his Chinese minions were in no condition to come between in order to avert the crisis—Peloskey, whose ideas of valor and daring were of so peculiar a nature that the brave sol- diers of the Czar, heroes of many a battlefield during the Turko•Russian war, must have writhed in anguish to have been witnesses to his conduct. This same Petoskey now gave plain evidence that he was ready to cry quits and resort to every possible means to save leis own precious skin. And, really, who can blame him? He knew just what the result would bo in case he fell into the hands of the enraged Briton who plunged toward him with such zeal, and the same end must inevitably be reached should the other obtain a fair crack at hint. As a dead man ho would bo of no use either to 'himself or his country; and Petoskey, being something of a shrewd diplomat, had high hopes of becoming an official possessed of great power when the Chinese Empire had been torn asunder and the pieces allotted among the nations that had had a hand in the dismemberment. Besides, every human being has a right to continued existence—the desire to live is implanted in the heart of man to an extent that astonishes philoso- phers and students—the hope of the human race really depends upon this natural instinct that compels even the forlorn, aged and half-starved wretch to still hang on desperately In the hope 01 he knnal what rcboskeyowhad much to live for, and really, he saw no reason why he should, like the Chinese generals end the heroic loaders of old, throw hlmeelf upon his sword because, forsooth, one battle out of many had gone against him, 'there were other days coming when the tables might he turned—at least he was willing to believe so, When Plymplon had located his enemy behind this barricade, he made a dash for it, intending to drop in en the count in a friendly way, and influence hien to call the game off. (To be continued). —+--- A +--A SLIGHT CHANGE. Mrs. Cushman (sternly) : "Well, Mel flow do you feel this morning?' Cushman (unst0ndily) : "0 all right! Of course, I'm a little floors' this morn - Ing, but.---•' Mrs. Lushman (witheringly) : 'Vow odd I You were a big Jaokass last JONTHEFARMj WeeaeaseeivsakohAesiapeeeteataeaseleNed CUIUNG TIMOTIIY HAY. At the risk of being called a poor farm- er, 1 say boldly, that 1 raise and sell timothy hay, In fact raise it to sell, writes Mr. Edward Van Alstyue. 1 like something better for my own feed- ing, 1 do not consider It the most pro• lilable branch of my farming, but on heavy clay In bottom lands, naturally adapted to this plant, when the labor question is taken into account, 1 find It a paying crop. We average len tons par acre, and one year wall another, get from $9 to $10 a ton net for it. Ry not, i mean after deducting '75 cents for harvesting IL, $1 for pressing and 75 cents for putting on boat or car's. We have our own press. 1 do not sea why selling hay Is any poorer farming then selling grain or potatoes, when we restore the fertility, by manure or fer- tility. As 1 have some 70 odd head of cattle, as well as sheep and swine, I don't slay awake nights fearing my land will be depleted in fertility. The meadows are held from four to six years, and seded mostly without a grain crop. To hold the crop so long means rich ground, heavy seeding, and little or no pasturing. As a matter of fact, I sow about one-third red top, which Increases both the bulk and the weight, and does not materially affect the price. I like to cut ft as early In July as 'possible, as soon as the head is formed. Then we get the Dolor, which makes the price. We mow in the morn- ing what we can handle the next day, from ton to twenty loads, This Is raked the second day, as soon as the dew is off, in small windrows. By 11 o'clock the water is out of it. That le all 1 want. Then we run over the windrows with a loader. 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Send at once for full particu- lars, or mall your order with marked cheque or express order to the order of DANIEL SiMPSON, P. 0. Box 429, Cobalt, Ont. Stock sold on the instalment plan. WORLD'S BIGGEST CROWD ASSEMBLES EVERY 12 YEARS AT ALLA[IADAD, INDIA. • The Great Religious Festival is Attend- ed by Thousands of Uindu Fanatics. Tho greatest crowd that ever collects is that one which conies together once is an expensive job to cock hay and } every twelve y.ears at the festival of throw It out by hand. I was brought Kumbh Mala, at Allahabad, India. It up to cock all my hay, but for flfteen ( is a religious affair, this bathing festive', years have followed the other plan. 1 and it is estimated, says a cort'espon- rhake my hay for one-third of the form- sent, that not less than a million !lin- er cost, and just as good, or bettor. dos form the crowd that comes from 011 over India to bathe at the juncture of three rivers—the Ganges, the hum and the Sarawati. Do not be disappointed if you aro not able to locate the last roamed staeam on your map of India. (inly a Hindu Janette can see this river joining with the other two. It ex- ists only in the figments of superheated religious imagination. It is proper to take a dip in the Ganges at all times, for the river is sacred day in and day out; but every twelve years one's sins are to be washed away by a plunge into the water where the rivet's hence the , crowd that record holds the world's ordfor size. It doubtless also holds the record for picturesqueness, noises, fanaticism c t to religious character and types. On every side are to be seen religious fakirs smeared with ashes, others do- ing penance for their sins on beds et sharpened spikes, while still others tor- ture themselves in the numerous ways characteristic of PREPARING IHOGS FOR MARKET. At one time I tried to fatten a lot of pigs by feeding them shelled corn after it had been cooked, writes Mr. Robert Hiidebrande., This I found very waste- ful as the grain did not seem to be di- gested. i had the same experience in feeding whole wheat soaked or boiled. This was largely undigested and prac- tically wasted. AL the same Iho° I ted another bunch ground wheat and corn node into slop. This they ate so rapidly that ft made many of the pigs sick. I then tried a bunch of pigs on wheat and oats ground one part oats and one part wheat. This 1 fed with a great deal of satisfaction. In the morning I gave them all the warm water they wanted to drink and In about 20 minutes gave them wheat and oats ground. After that they would eat anything I would put in. On this all the pigs gained 15 pounds elroh in two weeks. I have fed Dorn and oats, one part corn and one part oats ground with the same result 1 fed the whole grain, except that the growth was not quite so rapid. My hog house is 20160 feet with a partition running lengthwise. On each side are stalls 7;%xi0 feet. Each one of these will hold five hogs. The floor is made of boards and is 2je feet from the ground. It is thus always dry and the ventilation Is excellent. Half the house Is used as a slaughtering rcom and is provided with stoves, ket- tles, arrangements for hanging hogs along one side and all tine modern con- veniences. f have no trouble in butcher- ing or Soiling my stuff when I want get rid of it. LIVE STOCK NOTES. No sheep should bo allowed to die at an old age, but all should be fattened and sent to market before their vitality has become impaired. The more salt a cow takes at once the thinner will be the milk she gives the next day. A little salt every day will not affect the quality of the milk. Sc it pays to have salt where the cows oan often get it. Do you feed your horse well after working it herd all day? Give it plenty cf good feed. It earns it; it deserves much better than it gets. A business- man recently said: "My horses must have something to eat if I have to do without." In hot weather we enjoy n cool, fresh drink. See that your horse has plenty of good fresh water. Did you know that the cow that fresh- ens In the tail will give fully 25 per cent. more milk during lite year than she would if she freshened In the spring? The fall fresh cow will then give butter fat when it 1s high in price, thus malt- ing her fully 50 per cont. to 100 per ant. more valuable than she would be if she had calved In the spring. The tall calf raised on sweet milk and corn. will be as large at one year old al the spring calf that runs with 11s mother will bo at fee years. Water Horses Before Feeding — This question of watering before or after feeding has never boon settled, A. lead- ing English authority states that horses should never he watered until slier fading, but, ahvays before, especiallyif the feed Is groin. If a horse 15 very thirsty give hint wince, end then wait a short lime before feeding. If possible, horses should ;ohms hove screws to water. They will drink loss. and there 18 einem less danger of indigestion no cholera. if a hemp is exhausted trent ovor•exereise, the sttnply of cold water should he limited, 1! water is tepid. a much larger amount may be allowed. Writers of a "spinsior club" aro toeVer oVor 2(1 years 01 ago. THE HINDU FANATIC, Turbaned caterers to the wants of the hither man are plentifully sprinldod about, bargains are driven at the edge of the sacred waters, and the ndiSes of traffic mingle with the groans of pent - lents the shouts of bands marching to the bathing, the. shuffle of hundreds of thousands of moving bare and sandal covered feet. There are thousands of sightseers, of course, many being trav- ellers attracted to the spot through de- sire to get a view of a million people, which is possible from the roots c f buildings not very far distant. Northern India's real crowds collect on the festival days. Then, in the words of an English officer who has grown weary trying to convey some idea of the size of these crowds, "they are monu- mentally enormous." The thousands of every day become tens of thousands, side streets as well as the principal thoroughfares are jammed, and to an Occidental it would seam that all the swarthy Caucasians of the universe have boon brought together in ono spot. One of the greatest crowds of modern times assembled on the Hodynsky Plain, Moscow, on May 30, 1890, to participate in the popular totes incident to the pre- sent Czar's coronation. It numbered halt a million, and when It was dispers- ed by soldiers a few hours after. It lead collected it left dead behind variously estimated FROM 1,100 TO 2,500, and seriously wounded to the number of 1,200. All the night prior Lo tho fete day the horde of people, mostly peasants from Moscow and the provinces, streamed to the vast plain on which Napoleon had massed his army before marching into Moscow. By 6 o'ol-ock in the morning they were packed about the 50 booties from which free food, drink and soil- venir mugs were to be distributed to one and all. Barriers, had been erected In front of each booth to prevoRE undue ororvding. •• Thera oro various explanations as 10 why the fete eves turned into a day of SCOTT'S EMULSION won't make a hemp beak Ara glob hellher will k maks a short leg long, bet 11 feeds soft bah. and heals diseased bone sad U among • the few yanulne meant of recovery M rickets and hone eomumption. $$eed ler see rP e. !fCOTt k BOb'NE, �hcminie, Toronto, Omuta. toe. eed'..o6; All erueatet,, IMMO ,.e. -toner. p�rooao�caooiacsc000�avofal YOUNG FOLKS 0.-00.0.000-0-0-0.40-0-0-a0-00004 A STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE. we "11mwuset az•etake goinher 1g t0o taito801110 carsatoe p'ot laceRun;t said Dorothy. "You know 6(10 always gets in sonuethin she ought not to." 'We mllkher d111field, she can'tlglrun away boeausaown' thine fence' 's too high for her to climb, and there is notl Suhinge• she can fall into," said praoti• cal "1 wants to go to the field,' said Ruth', with a wide salla. Ruth WAS generally. was happy, even though she failed to keep outer people so, Mother had left the two girlsto keep house while she went to the city, and they . feit the importance of the situps t. on, and were determined that Ruth should be given baok to mother at night as clean—or very nearly so—as when she left. This was a great deal to accomplish where baby sister was concerned, for she had a strange way, of finding forbidden things. It was a glorious day In early spring, and in the field they found it almost as warm as summer. "We will have a doll -house in the trunk of this tree," said the girls, "and. Ruth can play around anywhere.' "I want 'doll -house. I don't want to play round," protested Ruth, "Well, ldt. her play," said good-na. Lured Sue. "Here Ruth, you run down to that flat rook and pretend you are get ting some water. We will play getting supper•." Ruth toddled away. She know what "Pretend" meant, and soon she came back, holding an imaginary pail in her. hands, "Here's water," she said. "Now run over to the corner of the fence and bring us some potatoes." mourning. One is that the crowd was Again Ruth toddled across the held, greater than anticipated, the crush In the' and the girls took advantage of the rear pinioned those in the van against time to do much planning. Several the barriers, which finally gave way, and the people, finding themselves tree, swept forward in a great wave, tramp- ling under foot all who were not strong enough to keep their feel. This was the first story. Later it was said titnt there had been much stealing of the funds set aside by the Czar for gifts to the populace, end with the idea of covering their guilt the officials in charge of the fond distribution instruct- ed the 1,000 attendants to throw gifts at the crowd. Then, when complaints were received that the packages did not go around, the reply would be that every effort was made to serve the crowd, but it was much larger than any one had planned for. It is a fact that packages of food and Huss were thrown at the people by When 1:h the booths, but this may have been done in the hope that under such a bom- bardment the fearless press would cease. However, it served only to INCREASE THE HORROR those in the rear leaping forward all the more eagerly to get their share of the food flying about. Thera was a hollow in the ground et the point of the greatest crush, and this proved a veritable death trap for sores ot moujiks. So Curious was the rush of feet that in places the plain looked as if' it bad been freshly turned with ploughs. Hundreds of the dead were never identified. The Czar defrayed the funeral expenses of the victims, and to done, but her chubby sides would not each family that lost a member a sub- stantial sum of money was paid by Ws permit hung passagemidwahr3ge was blew o danger of stoning, because they could see her little red face from the other end. She was Drying as loudly as she could, but her lungs were so crammed she could not make much noise. The girls each toolc a foot, and pulled with alt their strength. They heard the little apron rip and tear, but by degrees they managed to get first the limbs, than the body, and et last, with a. final struggle and with much kicking on Ruth's part, she was drawn outside, and lay on the times they sent the little messenger away, but after a time they became quite engrossed in the affairs of home -mak - Ing. Suddenly they realized that Ruth had not returned from one of her er- rands, My, where can she be? And right in this little field with this high fence." "She couldn't have gone up In the sky and there isn't any hole In the ground." The girls were thoroughly frightened. 1t was uncanny. It would even be better though Sue, if they had seen her in some real danger and could help her out of 11. But the thought that she had dis- appeared without apparent cause made them tremble with fear. Sue even wondered if an eagle had swooped down and flown away with her. They began walking round the field and ex- amining the wall to see if there were any place to crawl through. As they came to the lower side of the field they heard a taint cry. 11was surely Ruth's voice), but where was she? Next they heard a little thumping. "It sounds right, near," said Sue. "In that log," began Dorothy, and no saner was it said than both girls were down on thetr knees by the log, peering into the hollow end. It was a tree trunk, about tour feet long, that had lain in the field ever since they could remember, and as the inside had rotted the boys had dug it out so they could crawl through and come out at the other. end. Ruth had probably seen this direction. In the days before the French made a colony of Madagascar the capital of that island was the point of assemblage lot a great crowd whenever the grand Kabary was held. The last ruler to issue her commands to and receive the homage of the chiefs al this ceremonial was Queen Ranova- lona Ill. Swarming around Lite dais on whlnh sloe sat with her chief councillors, and the secondary platform holding the chiefs was the great crowd filling the grass before them, Lear -stained and spacious sacred enclosure, a half mile' anting. distant from the royal palace. To swell the crowd on these occasions thousands of natives travelied from all parts of the island, and the capital turned out ort masse,. VETERANS OF TUE CRIMEA. Woman In the Ranks to be Inspected by the King. Surviving veterans of the Crimea and Indian Mutiny campaigns who live in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire will bo inspected by the King on the occasion of his visit to the Royal Agricultural Society's show at Derby on June 28111, There are 104 survivors in the two coun- ties, 88 of whom live cot, Nottingham. One woman Is to take part 111 the in- spection, Mrs. Milne, the widow of a troop sergeant -major of the Eighth Husars. When the war broke out and the first troops wore despatched from England Mrs. Milne Insisted on accom- panying her husband. She was on the march through Bul- garia, and witnessed the siege end fail 01 Sebastopol, She was present when Miss Fiorenee Nightingale landed at Scoter!. l.>to. William Dodd is the oldest of the veterans who will parade _before the King. He is 86, The youngest is 70. Sergt.-Major Morley, 17th Lancers, and Trooper Roland, 11111 Hussars, took part in the famous charge of the Light Bri- gade at .Balaclava. Sergi. William Smedley is the last survivor of the 22nd Regiment of Foot, who fought alt the defense of LUcknOW, Trooper William Thompson portiol- paled in the remarkable retreat of 13r1 - Reit troops Iron) Chillanwalleh during the Sikh War. Pte. Thomas Whiteman possesses the rare bronze star of Gwallor, the memento of the one day's war on Dee. 26, 1843 when 12,000 Bri- tish troops defeated 31,000 of the enemy so severely that the natives abandoned their cause, TIIE ONE ESSENTIAL, "The venture doesn't seem Eo bo pan- ning out quite es well as it night," re- marked the first Schemer. "No," the other admitted; "there 1s eel" •^^•• that we can meet success empathy In the parlor!' The girls now saw the funny side of the situation, rand began to laugh so hard that they had to sit down. Sue fell to hugging her sister. "You poor dear!" she said, "f don't mind if you are all soiled and rumpled —you are sate!" Lot's oto a strong string to her and tie her to us," said Dorothy. This they did, and although she did not wear the harness all day, little Ruth was safely delivered to mother soma hours later, STOVES IN JAPAN. Very Creditable Stoves and Orates aro Made Thera. The fuel in Japan is charcoal, wood, octal, coke and kerosene oil, The Ja- panes° cooking apparatus is of two itindrtaa—one of ihoc"shichirin,", a. senate poe coution of molal or. earth, enwarobl, costingnstrfrom 25 cents to $1.25, and heated by tneal18 of charcoal; the other the "kamado," a kind of .station- 0ry furnace, built of brick and mortar!; the price varying from $1.25 to $10, and bUrnhtg wood as fuel. The houses aro usually heated by charcoal braziers, costing 81.5. Foreiggnersfrom t50herecents useto coking stoves of which some are imported from Am- erica, England and Franco, but the greater number are. of Japanese Make, vvhtle their residences and Wilma aro heeled by grates and stoves, most of which aro of Japanese manufacture, though those houses built by foreign- ers aro usually Wed nut with American er English grates. Only a few furnaces and steam heating plants tore In use. Very creditable stoves and grates are made Ettore, and though somewhat in" tenor quay and y o largoty taking 1110 poo 01 ftnlsh ihotheimporart, edit d articleIn on a0elitelnt loot iho cheap prloes fit whloh they were sold. Tho, prices of Japanese manufactured stoves and grates show a great variation, the Op. proximate figures b°ins:—Omen stoves, tram $3.50 .to 548; 000kingf stoves, from 81.50 to $98; oil stoves, from $3,50 10 $39.50, and grates, from $3.50 to $40 PROOF OF ENTERTAiNMI.NT, Mistress 1 "You can't entertain your in this thing." Bridget: "OI can't/ Why,muter And et„. "s.Uhatt rr didn't yet hoar 1(110 laugh!*r lit le " Avoid mooting our ercdllers. shplit?