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Hat Weather hard on Tires.
Summer time loorres two farces of
nature whi,•h have serious ini•lydoue
etfeets no tir ea, nue of these is heat I
and the other satilight.. Though these
two forces aro ole. sly allied, the bad
clltects are distinctly different, says
nn expert,
Light has n powerful, deteriornt-
inf, action on rubber, ft causes oxi-
dation of the rubber nal also carcass
cracking. This is frequently noticed
as "checking" on the Side walls of
tires, ldeat 'ages" rubber compounds
greatly les.eeninf, the length of their
serviceability. It (mike; them hard
anti 11 lifeleee, and also promotes oxi
digin;;• action by the air, Beem;.se of
these harmful cffe is of light and
heat, tires should always be kept in
e0V0ra when cabled a.: epees, and
if :(sexed in the garage should lie'
kept in a dant, confined plate where
the temperature is low,
'Care of Tirc:. reed on Oiled Roads.
The coming of t11e dlaty days of
solrlmer makes it de:;irable for auto-
mobilists to twelve autllm•ita4've in-
feimntion /.carding tic effect of ail-
ed roads on their tires.
Automobile experts state that in-,
jury to (. ('0..1 from oil on roads in'
V 11111 the oil bus worked well into
the reed . nrfltce is eo alight as to
b: ne .lr t! 'c,
13111 if an automobile is compelled
to pass over newly oiled highway?,
the automobilist should, immediately
after f ae,icg through the oil, take
steps to remove any that has ad-
} red to his tic, - Dully in giving
this matter attention means serious
harm to the tire. The hest method of
removing the oil is to wipe the tire
carefully and then sponge it with
ga:•rlene. O!1 i= highly soluble in gas-
olene and can lie removed from the
tires gniricly and easily with the aid
of the gasolene.
Petroleum oils, such as light lubri-
cating oils, are especially bad for
all rubber goods. Rubber is porous
and the all works its way lis, produc-
ing a chemical change which makes
the rubber weak and mushy. This ef-
fect may not be noticed at once by the
tire uses', Oil spilled on a tire or
tube will shorten its life. Tire casings
which have been spotted with oil will
wear out faster 10 those spots, In
the case of the Inner tube, the oil
will weaken it and cause it to tear
albs stretch more easily.
Helpful Hints.
Remember to touch the points of
the interrupter occasionally, as they
become pitted from constant use, A
so-called "emery board,. used for
manicuring, may be used, as it has
sandpaper o1) both side.,. This (;sora
away the oxide and assure; good ig-
nition for several hundred miles.
Also keep careful watch on your
distrihuter. In case of a leak in tate
high tension wires a spark will jump
and you can see it. Ilut the spark may
1,e. jumping inside and you not know
anything about it. So remove the cov-
er occasionally and wipe out the dust.
By this means trouble ie, avoided long
before it can occur.
In case. the spring squeaks it Wilt
not be neepeaary to remove it in
order to oll..larlc np frame to take
weight of car off spring, remove the
clips that hold spring leaves together
and pry leaves [(part with screw-
driver or cold chisel. Graphite grease
should then be spread over each
leaf, using a table knife or thin piece
of_ -metal. There is a tool on the
market which spre.^cis the leaves
Without -requiring that the ear be
jacked lip.
Keep careful track of, your tire
mileage and you can then face the
tire adjuster with a clean cut story
that will insure you best treatment.
Note when tire was put on and the
speedometer reading. Also note when
tire was removed and the reading
Keep careful record of mileage in
each case and you may be gratified
to find a tire running way beyond its
guarantee.
One of the best ways to save gaso-
lene on the road is to keep the spark
well advanced. Some experiments
with newdrivers show` that careless-
ness in this respect reduced the mile-
age of a car from twenty-five to
thirty per cent.
cessions returned and divided among
thtellatilY08,,1101110 of the clothing which
also locognIzcd as I>elunging to sumo
Of the 111011 which they had taken n away
and killed. As the refiumee lesioned
their journey on the fulluwilg morn-
ing she saw the teethe; e; of sotto of this
mien she know. They had been (dub-
bed to death.
"A few days after this," reads the
narrative, "they were told that fee
,safety each family of women and chil-
dren wail to go to the house of an
Arab. The Arabs robbed them and
stripeed them of then clothing and
sent theme back to the ('Ireassian0,
who conntne 1(ed at mice to kill them
10101 knives. women and children,
about 100 In ell, 'IWO, ).yl 100 buys
and eleven girls were s€lvc:d and talion
to the tents of the ('i'cteeian>; and she
was taken with her sister to the vil-
lage of Gerbelloh, where she was beat-
en because she did not giv • then gold
they believed she had.'
After lowing been kept a while by a
Cil'eueslall she and her sister were
swat to another Chechen and tlwn to
the hotl,e of another Circase}au fu
Shegrn.h. She is now in the orphan-
age at Tleppo and her sister Is in an
' Armenian house in Nusebin,
Other Incidents evidently donll>lg
with this terrible journey of the Ar-
menians to Sho(ladieh were relater- to
, fleeter Kennedy by Arnett Barutjian,
a girl of seventeen, who was a pupil
in the American girls' school at A\dn-
• Bazaal', In the western portion of Asia
Minor near Constantinople_ She spoke
English. "At SYle ledich," the. narra-
' Live says, "she saw- a party of :1011 men,
women and children all milted. it wee
in July and their bucks had been Wis.;
Lend by the sun told many of them'
had bruises all over their limbs and
bodies and sores caused by the beat-
ings they had received, During the
heat of the day they would lie covered
1 in the water as the pain in the sun
eves unbearable.
"I3efore she arrived at Shobadieh
1 two of her brothers (lied at Bab and
her father at another place. As the
Arabs were taking only unmarried
girls from among the refugees, her
mother told them she was married.
At Shedadieh her Mother was sold to
one Arab and she to another and the
girl lived in hie house for a year.
TURKISH ISH CRUELTY
TO ARMENIANS
STATEMENT OF ATROCITIES IS
SIGNED BY VICTIMS.
Men, Women and Children Tell How
Countrymen Were Tortured, Beaten
and Murdered by Savage Arabs.
Stories of recent Armenian victims
of Turkish atrocity have boon obtained
by Dr. Loyal L. Wirt, member of an
expedition sent to Turkey by the com-
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief.
They are taken down as related by
Dr, W. A, Kennedy, field director of
the lord mayor's relief fund of Lon-
don, After taking then/ down, Doctor
Kennedy assured Doctor Wirt, ho per -
senility reread the affidavits to the
narrators nod they signed them in his
preset -10e,
Together these tales constitute one
of the tragic chapters of the war, They
we00 1101 i,tolate0 caeca, but in some
instances the experience of as many
as 5000 refugees who had been driven
from their homes and forced on jour-
neys of hundreds or miles from fertile
Armenia into the borders of the Syrian
desert. On the way hundreds at a
time were separated and massacred
often in the most diabolical way.
Were Bartered and Misused.
hundreds or. girls were torn from
the other members of their family and
taken none knows where by the Turks.
Kurds or Circassians. Scone wore
compelled to live in captivity naked
for months and suffering from sun -
blisters and beatings, Armonian girls
who escapee} dentin 11101'0 bartered 111110
cnttle, after t11eie fathers or relatives
had vainly paid ransom for them.
Some saw their fathers or friends
murdered, In the tents of the Arabs
in the Syrian desert many were bound
and forcibly tattooed of tlto forehead,
lips and chin to mark then- as Moslem
W0111011.
Gonerally, the stories indicate that
the captives were moved sometimes
in large groups from Armenia south-
ward toward the desert of Syria. The
storios told by at least three Armenian
Christian girls deal with the move-
ment of one of these great groups con-
sisting of 2,000 families or 5,000 per-
sons, One story or this awful journey
into the desert was told by Takouhl
Cuezekuchuktan; a girl of eighteen,
who with her father, mother, four sis-
ters and a brother, was deported from
Hadjin, in Adana province. in May,
1915. They were moved. southward to
Aleppo and thence further on toward
the Syrian desert until the party num-
bered about 2000 families. At Sivaria.
she said, they were told that 011 pay-
ment of 5000 Turkish liras they would
be allowed to return.
"The refugees said they could not
give this antomlt, the Armorial girl
told Doctor Kennedy. "Then the Cie -
=salmis of the tribe of Chechens who
had control of tliell1 separated out
1100 of the poorer families and took
them away. The salve evening some
of these people returned and sald they
had escaped and that four hours after
they left the Chechens had begun to
kill then- with iron -studded clubs. The
remaining families raised 1500 pounds
and sent 0 deputation of fifty-two leen
with it to buy, their security. The
amount 10118 refusedand elle men were
beaten and sent back,
"They raised an additional 500 liras
and took 2000 Turkish pounds in gold
to the Clrcassion boys, who took the
money and tried to forme thele to sign
a paper saying 1110 Armenians had
paid no money to them, The depute. -
Lion refused to do this, and the fifty-
two 1110n were hound and taken away."
A few days later, according to. the
girl'e story, the remaining families
were deported frau Sivaria, and after barred up until a death occurs, when
eight days arrived. at Shedadieh, on it is opened and the body is removed
by this exit,
The suicide rate of Germany was
before the war the ]highest in the
world—twenty-ole in 100,000 yearly.
Assisted by an Arab Girl,
-"She ran away and an Arab girl
took her into a tent where she stayed
for eighteen months, when sho again
ran away and finally reached Nuseb-n."
This journey from Ada Bazaar across
Asia Minor to Deir-lNs-Zor occupied a
year and a half, according to the story
told by another girl of seventeen
years. Arpeneh Der Haruttmian,
daughter of a teacher in a high school
at Bardizag, a bright, intelligent girl,
whose family was known to Doctor
Kennedy, Reporting her story of the
journey, Doctor Kennedy wrote:
"Iter grandfather was killed before
her eyes, and she saw between 200 and
300 men shot and cat down by the
swo'd. These men were bound in
groups of ten, arm to arm. She saw
at the sante place 11,001011 and children
1811ec1 with iron -studded clubs or
knives. The bodies were afterward
soaked with paraffin and set on fire.
This was clone by Chechen Circassians
on the side of a hill near Shedadieh.
'About 100 young Armenian men
who (tressed as girls were discovered
and put to death by the Chechens.
One of these was flayed alive and
thrown into the river Habour.
"After this the Circassians would
not allow them to get food and two
weeks later they were sent to Sivaria,
Mariam Gumushjian bribed tato 0110-
cltens not to send then further into
the desert. Arpeneh wile token to the
tent of all Arab and kept for eight
Months, when she escaped with the
assistance of her younger brother.
During her stay, Arponeh moved front
place to place as the Arabs changed
the tents for better pasturage for their
camels. She was firmly bound and
held to the ground by Turkish soldiers
while her face was being tatooed. The
family was united afterward with the
exception of the father, who disap-
peared at Del llle-Zoe."
Special Door In Holland.
Many old houses in Holland have
a special door which is never opened
MVO 011 two occasions—when there
Is a marriage or death in the family,
Tho bride and bridegroom enter by
this door; and it Is then nailed or
the river Ilabour, east of Doir-Es-'Lar,
Men Were Clubbed to Death.
"On the way," the girl's story went
on, "150 leen were separated and
taken away, and soon after the Clr-
YOU SAID you Cow)
LICK me -. DIDN'TCH,ER-
NUIVOR! MIcKEY.�1i
AIM YOU AN' ME.
ALWAYS BEEN
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Warrior's i�"^n cm
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In the year 190l, says a writer in
the \Vick World 11; gauss, I was se,1-
ond engineer of a very old -fa hienea
but gond-:e!zo,l named tie
Shang -'Tung. Our !mine port was
Shanghai,' and from there we treated
all over the least. The Shang -Tung
wall a comfortable Leu-( and 11,1 1, 10
a i>':eaulty in her clay. 'l'hene were still
plenty of spare calicos and ample ac-;
emmee datfens for ebo1(1 sixty persons.
which was probable' the reason why
we got the charter I :in ahula t4 ilea-
cribe
We were lying at Itoekhautpton,
Austr,l,10, discharging; cargo, when we
got nu, 1s that we 1134 beau ('11111'1,10: 1
to take a circus and wild -tweet _how
to L'alcnttu, The '411(1 people were 1'e
C01niug aril passenger.,, and eo the emp-
ty berths; were put in order. •We aleo
cleared the after hold for the show
properties and cagee, although most
of the big animals were to be housed i
cu deck.
One of the liana, we -heard, was call-
ed Warrior, "the ferocious, u(ultam-
able, than -eating. forest -bred lion:'
They said ho had worried and badly
mauled at least half a dozen tamers.
Well, the show was shipped without
any untoward incident, and we left ,
Rockhampton for our long run to Cal-
cutta. The fifth engineer, John Relbie,
and 1, had the watch from four to
eight in the morning. We had two
oilers— Chinamen -- on watch also,
making four persons in the engine
room, which was very large and very I
deep. Everything was satisfactory in
the engine room and stokehold, and I
had just finished first inspection when I
an awful scream from Sin -Loo. one of
the Chinese, startled 100. Turning
round to see if he had been caught in
the machinery, I beheld a huge lion
slowly and cautiously descending the
last ladder, lute a huge cat corning
downstairs.
With a shout of warning to the
others. I swung round to ran into the
stokeholcls, As I turned, I caught tho
side of my head a frightful bang
against one of the engine -room
columns. It sent me to the floor,
stunned and sick,
Before I could rise the lion was
standing over no, purring like a safety
valve. i attempted to get up, but the
brute put his huge paw on my stom-
ach, and I collapsed like a pricked
bladder. The the lion took a grip of
my overalls and some skin, and car-
ried me in his 111011111 115) and down the
engine -room platform at least a dozen
1111108,
I had quite recovered 1101v, 110d,
strange to say, felt quite calm and col-
lected, I kept wondering where the
brute would bite ole first. Then I be-
came award that someone was shout-
ing, and detected my mate's voice.
The limn laic} me down and trotted
toward the condenser, whence the
shouting seemed to come. Struggling
to my feet, I tried to get to the ladder
before tho beast cense back. But I
was not gniclt enough, In an Instant
I was on 111y back again, and the lion
crouching beside me, purring like a
great contented cat,
Suddenly a gauge glass burst in the
after boiler of the stokehold. Tho lion
sprang up with a ]ow growl and went
toward the stokehold door. Springhlg
to my feet, I rushed round to the back
0f the engines, end, grasping the snot
pipes, without feeling the pain, I
scrambled to tho top or the feed heat-
er close to where Refblo sat on the
condenser,
RUMANIA WOULD LIKE TO COPY CANADA
'(What i:;, in a few words, Ibe ow,-
Illir• 'ir,m:,lh of Itanntlla, 10r 101,11111
little kin(,duta whirl/ was e111 +homes(
ally 111 the wet., stud to 0)11,•11 11(101111
has now granted a ,. re• ill of }...;,Wool ,
000? 1111ma11111 bcfore lie' 11110 (',0-
11111•d 011li,ll00 :41144E.r nil r.'„ with a
total pop0111011 to •
that of Canada. N 1111 tie. adde Mee
glade by the pea, h•.-ir. I,uweni:t
will. probably 1,1+11. Irma 1irlee ( to
eighteen iuilli101 pr ,pi'•. sMitiarel re.
0(011 111 are inmc.rt,irt. tb ;,;;i only ,
partly waited. The 11riecipeI n1' 0,11
salt. lignite aloe r., ]] _ •. 'I'h,: Venial,. •
11111 oil 1i,ldis in lido 500) 1 711,1100
toils or •.-u 1 '. The p1 )1 to , ,,'titan
vested in in home 1I111U0I111011 1100 ahuut
$]0a,0aqufo. ufik l il tit ultetle-, /..ever
fifty -live principal 10i111bt res,
Farm produce is an important n: rt
of the uatio:l's 11'e11(11 lir 1:47 Ile,
a1,eage ler the (Ulla cereele
, he:1t, 5.10441)0; oath+), 1 ' x1111;
:crus under cu!liVi(ti ll -
wel'e 1b",.(1115 derail Under Cu tiv•eti•lt1
10 vu_ yards, with -produc•tuu c.1 37,
„),Wo) gallons of wine. The 'ore:t.
Melted..? 11010111) 7,0811.000 arra, ,f pine,
o•.k, leer(+, maple, birch, elm, willow .
and walnut trees.
Livestock (o1 11s1 'd of herses,24,-
0011' cattle., 2,30170,0;
(tau; ]lags, ],,11)II,I'11i1, liesithiS 'o.:,t:s.
,001,°1 tied 1(1 1..4. 'There 114 V1,11t.,hl'.
fishing 1,1 111, I):lliuim :end the illus 1.
Sea. A b:cat 111tH or (110 fisheries is
owned by the S,10 0. Their 1010 :2,107
miles of rail1lye.
11unetnial colnra':ree from b0r toy
1101 eh:rave,] inereeee of tie p,11`
c1r(.t„ and In 1111, wall •I total of
51-.0 01,1111, it ria mil:, Man 1;,1110(: •
111.1 (n'c•r11)e fat' tee ye i•; 1 al; -1:1110.
Tho, 11101 returns of ovaorts c0rethe
lvar snowed a V11 a' ul 1 .0(11.,0,11
The following figure:, ;11,w (!1:+ pro-
portion of trade done by v.,l' ti_ 11.l1re.
pear eanllt(ics 1v1t11 1tunlalla lit 1911:
1101110111m 23.12 per cone; ; 011111tany.
17.19 per cent.; 1u (ria 15.81 per
cent'..; Unlit ed Il ingdotn, 11.82 per
rent.; 1"1110(1', sl0 her cent; Mallard,
11.40 (r(a• coat.; 'fintoy, r) ti.00 per cent.;
Steer countries. 12,00 1'r (suit.
Itmnal;1su espurtit went chiefly to
Ili+ folh,wiog countries: 1l'lgium, 38
, r.r vent.; Ilallan,l. 11:12 per cent;
\u;tri:, 11 per cent; 1111!80 Ianf;(k,nl,
: .1 per cert.; Itr11. 7.10 leer relit.;
11110.', 7.1 per emit.
The c •min}lar Tea l ('< ullnieltion
hale 011 tile other intr•reelin5 data, the
a1( 1 (14'41 to(apilod, of itenitlniilll
trade. All the inform 111 11 roct•ive l
f1.1-711 (1' 1 et :,.ntt'c,':. 1u 1,1111(1 tll,,l
Parr, 1(1111'atee that itu,nauia is likoly
le be one of the 11x,1-.1 stable and Pros-
t, r,nts „f the r(uldr}c'., of 111'• le:ear
F:. t.
Tie., (teem 1111)tatioi, ;urc11 by the 1.1-
ee i('1• of „Bette 111,• .,111 (..Hilar:
e f
essseeit tis, 11 e tide: `)10. but re -
cote , 11 i1 n 1 :r1; es well under Way,
112(41 ft t, 1nr„n•d that with a (sod hat
mach ) 1 1re:1: will be made this
y ': 1'. while everyt111110 r; ling dune
t , tee. i:en the o11 vt elle, lvhirh w+rte
1 0111) d +1 1„c;ad by the Oar:0011,,.
Tho thrifty, iudu trioua nature of
the 5)115111, their love cf holm:, and
their tetenee 1,.it rietient are , et.a
w111011 (•(1111101 i, e, r-:;)r,iat 1 but 11hf,:1
}u .h
are quclittes chill will be q11, - .u, 1
:shows all counts. _ s in Canada. :sir.
Lloyd llarris, head of the (10,,odian
('U(111111.' 1e. 111 200,1011 stall':; hull 111,
way fn which 11111(101110 ],•erti,•uL:r1)1
lied; s to Canada for Kuhl -mist in t., -
present ju01011( is the nn:t .I...
eWapht•.11;t t.,) ('..i,:i id ti .r• mrd _1(1 1'1„
rho
eetiene 10 t!re last t1, lay )i e
years. 'You 11:'1„ built up, (11)10,1)1
la effort. ”€t 1';, t cotaitry 111401 virgin
soli. '1'e .11. e, have 1.imii,u• ...0111:',1 fora,
and we lvonil 1 11 e:: to take citniela as
((11' t1,n10.”
'The lion canto into t]::e middle ,f the "(:et o'tt of ibis,' 1' shnutedl, "the
engine room, stood for a minute, th,e1 whole lot of you, and t-clto that terrier' There Ins been retail ruttier eb,lut
the 111115ity of the P111100'11 future
bride, but there ]110 n' t been the least
oficial inkling 11s to tate royal house-
hold's intentions. 'rile daughters of
the King ant Queen of stele*, as well
as the daughter of the Qo o''n of Rou-
mania, have been mentioned as pos-
sible participants in a royal snatch,
but such rumors remain rumors.
The Prince of Wales established a
new record the other day for brief and
to the point speeches. As is now
known the Prince is a Freemason,
1 ]having been initiated into tho House-
hold Brigade Lodge before a large and
distinguished audience. In thanking
the lodge for the honor conferred upon
slim, His Royal Highness complied
with the traditions of the IIousehold
Brigade Lodge by compressing his
speeds into the word:--"\Vorslipful
Master, I thank you." The Worship-
ful Master was the Duke of Con-
naught.
RESIDENCE FOR
PRINCE OF WALES
1-1E151 TO THE THRONE WILL OC. •
CUPY YORK HOUSE.
King George and the Queen Oneo
Lived There, So the Place Is a •
Familiar Spot to the Prince.
•
The Prince of \\'alen, who is nolo
tweet; the y,:ars old and assuming
daily a gl'111 s1(1,1-:: of royalty's re.
. 1' 111 ibilltie11, is about to leave 111(1
royal 1, es: ellohl for a (tome of his own.
Alallhoc l for tie. r e et King of Great
1irltain /nouns a residence as well as
its n11,t duties and privileges. Upon
the -.u(, (le (Linn that the Prince
10113 ' lei enough to shift for 111010012,"
'1" w•(. might ,y in Canada, York
I}urs-.•. Si J it as immediately
c.,rt :.110 1.017 Ill: Extensive repair
worst 1n 1111 1121e0 way s0 that the
1 lin,',' h . 1 > e,:, n 4. Jyl( there.
it 1 a the Pritoaaa household will
(e 1 be r „ the 1'rinc-u has not
,-t c. ..1. . the duties amt social ob-
11101(ion.; of wedded royalty. York
lionso is a familiar spot, to 1.110 Triose,
fur it eras bit childhood playground
and h•,tuv.. Alter 1111+ /loath of Queen
Victoria the ]t 1211 liv,d at Marl-
horullgl }]: 1.1' 1 later in Sucking -
halo Pala. c. 1,.': hielory of Furst
1111n.,e 10 u.'. -1,, i;• i 3 aro the his-
isrice 'tie 111'•5 of Ilritlsh
1 1..-,.o :t l.l, u. -t 1.t •),1
royalty and noliihty. The King of
Hal.ovur 1v,.,11)11 not rive this Waco to
Queen Victoria, via, but upon his death. she
as fr,:n• t.0 d!,1„,. • u1 it, whirls she
,lid, to til,: Duchess of Cambridge.
1 ia,.•s'l1t King :cid Queen and
12;10' r,:>. sly lived tbrra. Among-
at
maurgof York ll,nir1, its the pest
were .11'-11 !:.';11.'(•;; 00 l\it,l;. iler, Sir
\\ t.1 1. 1.;; rt son and President
1'oin a e, ,. f Feehee,
Who Will Be one Future Queen?
trotted into the tunnel. Then (lore away!”
wait a piercing yell, and the brute Red& Red!eeplaired what had happened,
came out carrying one of the Duels in but the fools enmity roared with
his mouth. The heat trotter] up and laughter.
Afterwards I Reined that this Lion
was no other than Warrior, "the man-
eater." Iso had been with the show
for years, was born in captivity and
had never tasted raw flesli. IIe c -as
the trick lion of the show, and carry-
ing of men about in ilia mouth was ono
of the maty tricks he performed in
the arena.
down with the unfortunate Chinaman
in itis jaws.
Presently he entered the tunnel
tlgaht vritll his burden. C'lanlberiug
along the top of steam and exhaust
pipes, some of which were uncomfort-
ably clot, we got above the tunnel
deur, 111X11 was closed and opened by
an endless chain running round a pul-
ley,
:\s we were busy endeavoring to
111000 the opening, the first of the day
workers appeared In the engine mom
via tlto stokehold, Sive shouted, but
he failed to un1erstand, for he came
and stood right below us, just as the
lion came out of the tunnel again with
the oiler in Ills month.
The day worker—a Chinaman—
stood with his mouths open, as if
frozen; then Ile topped clown on his
knees and began gabbling to his joss.
The lion dropped the chap he was car-
rying and made a playful pat at the
kneeling man with his paw, which
knocked the terrified wretch over.
The brute then picked shin up and be-
gan trotting up and down the plates
with the man In his mouth,
Meanwhile, Reiblo and I, perched on
the hot pipes. were yelling at the ut-
most pitch of our Lungs for aid. After
a whsle the lion laid the Chinaman
down, and after imesling and paring
111,111 I11e11 went 111t0 t11e tunnel again.
Now, I thought, was our chance; 811,
calling to the others to get np and
help, I started to pull. In my eager-
nes11 I over -reached myself and fell
with a Crash to the floor, bringing
Relble after Isle.
Our fall brought the lion out et n
gallop, and he virtually stumbled over
us as we lay, 'ranting round quickly,
he threw himself dowel between iteibie
and ole and coolly began to lick my
face with his rough tongue, i was
feeling too ill to care what happened,
but just then I heard a Intal shout,
„Opel Ohe! \lurt'ior Doe!
rlor 130)1" came the cry,
The lion left me Instantly and
bounded toward the voice, which came
from a big, dark, rant fellow, a Maori,
10.110 was descending the ladder in a
very leisurely planner, followed by
two or three women and a large mon-
key, They ell clustered round the
lion, patting and fondling hint, and
calling him all sorts of endearing
names, while he frisked about like a
puppy!
With rothie's help I got groggily to
my feet, 1 felt very angry indeed,
3Et, 31 IVx`.41" GI' V.7' lei IEE 33 mei
DICKENS' OFFICE BOY.
Candid Criticism of "Master" Ended
Career as "Writer."
Delightful memories of Dickens.
Charles I'dcade, and Wilkie Collins
were recalled the other day In a tiny
1 office off Fleet Street by 111r. Frederick
Edrupt, who is retiring after 40 years'
`service In tho Tem fie
"Dickens," he told the Tlt-Bits man,
"whose office boy I became in 1803,
I wa8 without 'side,' At that time the
famous novelist was conducting a
Paper called ',111 the I'eltr Pound' and
was writing 'Our Mutual Friend,'
Dickens paid me eight shillings a
swee}( as his office boy, and, being tun-
bitions, i thought I would try to write
novels, too,
j "I started my first novel, a story
about an old man tottering up the vil-
lage street and meeting leis sweet-
heart of long ago, After I had (}one
about sixty linos, Mr. Dickens sent
ole out on an errand, When I got
hack he was reading my potential
novel.
\\'ell, Frederick,' be said, 'this is
very good.' 'Fos, sir,' I said, hopeful-
ly. 'But you will 110ver 111111115 a1 novel-
ist, Frederick, until you learn to write
English.' And thus ended my CilI00r
as a writer,"
Another outst ending figure in IlIr.
Edrupt's memories is Charles arles Reade.
"I used to travel round London post-
ing np hills advertising his book,
'Hard Cash,'" he said, "lord I well rc-
member the 10€111y ilerco arguments
Reade and Dkkens had over their
journalistic ventures.
A fern will thrive better if you
stand it in a bowl of lukewarm water
overnight instead of watering it in
the usual manner,
If Canada could supply Great Bri-
tain with only the eggs which were
formerly obtained in Russia, the
prosperity of small farmers would
continue for years, according to the
Canadian Trade Commission's in-
formation in London.
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A RED MAN'S INGENUITY.
How a Piegan Indian Decelved His
Pursuers.
Among the 1110111, interesting stories
told by nlonnbers of the Canadian
mounted make is one that has to do
with the cleverness of an Indian.
One snowy morning a hand of ('reel
awoke to i.uc, that about a dozen o4
t11 it p ,nies had been stolen (luring
the night. A band to go in pursuit was
lnuuedlntely 0rgenieed, and in the
course of an hour the trail was 811(10k.
The bond followed it for thirty utiles
or 10200 till it entered a river, and
headed for.a Ifttle wooded inland.
Smoke was rising from the tr'as,
and an opening, apparently the mouth
of a. cave, was in ]lain view,' Present.
Iv a Pi,'gan Indian showed himself in
front of 1110 opening. At his heels was
•
a dPre
etty- soon the dog ec•ented the
('tees, who were lying iow. and began
growling mid baiting. 'rho riegan
looked np, glanced about him for a
moment and thele instantly entered
the cave. In about ten seconds, an.
other Piegan carte round the rocks
and also went in; then another, and
another and another, The Cress lay
silently in the bushee, counting, till
upward of fifty 11c,sns had come
round 1110 roosts and gone into the
('ave, and still they kept coming, Each
carried a rifle.
When at Iaea seventy Wren had dis,
appeared in the cave. isle superstitious
Cress concluded that the evil spirit
had soinething to do with it, So
thoroughly were. they filled with this
idea that (Sven when re -enforcements
('Aloe, which was in a few hours, they
were reluctant to attack that island,
That nightt, however, one 5tee, lose
credulous; than the othere, crossed
over the ice to int etigate, On all;
preaching the supposed cave, 110 found
that 1t waw no cave at all, but simply
an opening leading some ten feet into
the loci where it made a turn and
Caine out on the other side.
There was the remnant of u single
camp fire, the ponies were gone and
not an Indian 1085 ha sight. The 111-
genions Piegan thief, by making thq
circuit of the passage, and the end or
the island seventy times, had so de,
celved his pursuers as to gain the '
tinlo necessary far his escape.
India's Wheat Drop.
Otho -al lignras regarding the wheat
comp of Indic show largo falling otic I
a
for the cotRing Reason as only a littl e
morn than 70 per cont, or the ovorage 1
crop Is expected, while the nonage its
e.8 per cent, reditoed.