The Brussels Post, 1921-10-13, Page 6The Kingdom o.
The Blind
By li. PHILLIPS OPPENHEI&I.
Synopsis of Later Chapters. me?" .she asked, looking him in the
Chane' Is commissioned by his Ieee' "Nothing," -he replied.
uncle, Sir Alfred Anselman; to destroy She nodded, slipped in her clutch
the new submarine detector, made y ol Surgeon -Major Thortt-
c• 1 oyvllle Worth of Norfolk. When drove vff, son entered the War Office and made
c„Iling upon Isabel Worth be is iris" son
way up many stairs and along
taken, by the inventor for >lheo mnptwo many wide corridors to a large room
of the guard and shown t on the top floor of the buildin . Two
lana invention. At midnight, with his 'nen were seated at desks, writing. Ile
eoeguide e, Collin. ho Betts a flare Passed them by with •a little greeting
to guide a ZoPpelan. Next day he is
sluminoned to the mill and questioned and entered an inner apartment. A.
by Thomson, Isabel Werth comes to Pile of letters etood upon his desk,
tame tae with a false explanation of Ile examined them one by one, de-
Granet'e presence at Burnham Hail stroyed some, made pencil remarks
Geraldine refuses to consider Grant's upon Others, Presently there was a
proposal untilthe end of the war. She tar at the door and Ambrose entered.
assists Thomson when he is tired upon Chief's compliments and he would
front a grey racing -car. be glad if you would step round to his
room at once, sir," be announced,
WAFTER XXVI.—(Cotta,) Thomson locked his desk, made his
way to the further end of the build
Geraldine drove in silence for some ing •and was admitted through a door
little dietanoe. o by which a Sentry was standing, to an
"Hugh," she asked abruptly, "why anteroom in which a dozen people
did the War Office send you down to were waiting, His guide passed him
Market Burnham after that Zeppelin i through to an inner apartment where
raid?" a man was seated alone. He glanced
His face was suddenly immovable. up at Thomson's entrance,
He turned his head very slightly. 'Good morning, Thomson!" he said
"Did Granet tell you that?" brusquely. "Sit down, please. Leave
She nodded: the room, Dawkes, and close the door.
"Captain Granet came to see me, Thanks! Thomson, what about this
yesterday afternoon. He aeemad as request of yours?"
much surprised as I was. You were; "I felt bound to bring the ;natter
a little hard on him, weren't you7" before you, sir;' Thomson replied. "I
"I think not." I made my application to the censor
"But why were you sent down?" and you know the result"
she persisted. "I can't imagine what, The Chief swung round in his
you have to do with a Zeppelin raid."' clear.
He shrugged his shoulders, "Look here," he said, "the censor's
"I really don't think it worth while I department has instructions to afford
your bothering about the 'bandage," You every possible assistance in any
he said. ;researches you may make, There are
"Hugh, you make me so angryl",just twenty-four names in the United
she exclaimed. "Of course, you may Kingdom which have ;seen admitted to
Lay that I haven't the right to ask,1the privileges of free correspondence.
but still I can't see why you should' The censor has no right to touch any
he so mysterious.... Here's a letters addressed to them. Sir Alfred
chemist's. Now come inside with' Anselman is upon that list."
me, please," Thomson 'needed. gravely.
Be followed her obediently into the "So I have been given to ander
shop at the top of Trafalgar Square. stand," he remarked.
She dressed his wound deftly and ad- The Chief leaned back in his chair.
jested a bandage around his head. His cold grey eyes were studying the
"if yin keep tha+i on all day," she ether's face.
said, "1 think --but I forgot. I was "Thomson," he continued, "I know
treating you like an ordinary patient. that you are not a sensationalist. At
Don't Iaugh at me, sir. I am sure the sante time, this request of yours
none of your professional nurses is a little nerve -shattering, isn't it?
could have tied that up any better." Sir Alfred Anselman has been the
"Of eeeree they couldn't," he Chancellor's right-hand man. It was
agreed. "Dy -the -bye, have you oh- mainly owing to his efforts that the
taine.l your papers for Boulogne war loan was such a success. He has
yet?" done more for us in the city than tiny;
'I exrcet to be going next week. other Englishman. He bas given
Leidy Hea•iley promised to let me large sums to the various war funds,
know this afternoon. Now I'll take his nephew is a very distinguished
qou dawn to" the War Office, if you young officer. Now there suddenly
comes a request from you to have the
He took his place once more by her censor pass you copies of all his
gide. Dutch correspondence, There'd bo the
"Hugh," she inquired, have you very devil to pay if I consented."
any idea who fired that shot?" Thomson cleared his throat for a
"None whatever," he replied, "no moment
definite idea, that is to say. It was "Sir," he said, "you and I have dis-
some one who was driving a low, grey cussed this matter indirectly more
car. Do we know any one who pas- than once. You are not yet o£ my
lessees such a thing?" opinion but you will be. The half
She frowned. The exigencies of penny Press has sickened us so with
the traffic prevented her glancing to- the subject of spies that the man who
'wards him. groans about espionage to -day is
"Only Capbain Grand'," she re- avoided like a pestilence. Yet it is my
marked, "and I suppose even your impression that there is in London,
-riblike of him doesn't go so far as undetected and unsuapeeted, a marv-
to suggest that he is likely to play ellous system of German espionage,
the would=be murderer hi broad day- a company of men who have sold
dight." themselves to the enemy, whose
( "It certainly does seem a rather names we should • have considered
rash and unnecessary proceeding," he above reproach. It is my job to sift
{assented, "but the fact remains that this matter to the bottom. I can only
some one thought it worth while." do se if you will give me supreme
• "Some one with a grudge against power over the censorship."
tiie Chief Inspector of Hospitals;' she "Look here, Thomson,' the' Chief
(observed drily. demanded, "you don't suspect Sir Al -
He did not reply. They drew up fred Anselman?"
!outside the War Office. "I do, sir!"
t "Thank you very much," he said, The Chief was obviously dumb -
"for playing the Good Samaritan." founded. He sat, for a few moments,
i She made a little grimace. Sudden- thinking,
jy her manner became more earnest. "You're a sane man, too, Thomson,"
Bbe laid he stood le the gets upon
his arm ae
he muttered "but it's the most
P by bar side, astounding charge I've ever heard."
"Hugh," she said, "before you go "It's the most astounding conspir-
me tell you something. I think aey," Thomson replied. "I was in
t the real reason why I lost some Germany a few weeks ago, as you
.of ley affection for you was because know."
,you persisted in treating me without "I heard all about it. A very brit-
; any confidence at ail. The little Rant but a very dangerous exploit,
;things which may have happened to that of yours, Thomson."
Iyou abroad, the little details of your "I will tell you my impressions,
II e, the harmless side of your pro- sir," the latter continued. "The ig-
} ession—there were so many, things norance displayed in the German
• should have been interested in. And newspapers about England is entire!
you told me nothing. There were a matter of censorship. Their actual
things wbich seemed to demand an information as regards every detail
explanation with regard to your pe- of our military condition is simply
sition. You ignored them. You seemed amazing. They know exactly what
to enjoy moving in an mysterious at munitions ere reaching our shores
mosphere. Its worse than over now./ from abroad, they know how we are
T am intelligent, am I not—trust
„ paying for them, they knave exactly
wo Yen? are both," he admitted `our financial condition, they know all
gravely, "Thank you very, much for hbout our new eonc, they know jus
to
how many men we could send over too
telling me this, Geraldine, Prance to -morrow and how man we
"You still have nothing to say to could get through in three months'
time. They know the private views
of every ono of the Cabinet Ministers,
They knew in Berlin yesterday what
took place at the Cabinet Council the
day before. You must realize your
self that memo of We is true, How
does the information got through?"
"Them are spies, of course," the
Chief admitted,
"The ordinary spy could make no
such reports as tho Germans are got.
Sing hour by hour. If 1 sin to make 8
e1 twos of my lob, I want the lettere
of Sir AlfredAnselman,"
The �7hi considered for several
metilend,d. (en b e wra o et few lines
on a oiledail paper,
"gentfele:gent he theg periost devil tie
Pee sie said sirnihly, "Wo a telt have
ag�binet len/11steire running bot the
Plan Zito Iack beetles, What's the
metier wit your heed?"1,
I vests shot a t Perk," s t ithe Pa , Them -
go he'd at mo front a lfOtbr•9tt,
Was he caught?
Thomson betook hie head. ' ku
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"I didn't try," he replied, "I want
him at liberty, His time will 'comb
when I break up this conspiracy, If I
do it at all"
The Chief looked a little aggrieved,
"No one's let Of a pop -gun at me,"
he grumbled. "They must think
you're the more dangerous of the two,
Thomson. You'd better do what you
ran with that order as soon as pas-
sible. No telling how soon I may
have to rescind it."
Thontson took .the hint and depart-
ed. He walked quickly back to this
room, thrust the order he had received
into an envelope, and sent it round
to. the Censure Department.
CHAPTER XXVII.
Mr, Gordon Jones, evlio had moved
his chair a little closer to his host's
side, looked reflectively around the
dining -room as he sipped his port.
The butler remained an sufferance be-
cause of his grey hairs, but the foot -
iter., who had been rather a feature
of the Ansolman establishment, had
departed, and their places had been
filled by half a dozen of the smartest
of parlormaids, one or two of whom
were still in evidence,
"Yours is certainly one of the most
patriotic households, Sir Alfred, which
I have entered," he declared ''Tell
me again, how many servants have
you sent to the war?"
Sir Alfred- smiled with the .air of
one a little proud of his record.
"Four' footmen and two chauffeurs
from here, eleven gardeners and three
indoor servants from the country," he
replied."That is to say nothing about
the farms, where I have left matters
in the hands of my agents. I ani pay-
ing the full wages to every one of
them-"
"And thank heavens you'll still
have to pay us a •little super -tax," the
Cabinet Minister remarked, smilingly.
Sir Alfred found nothing to dismay
him in the prospect.
"You shall have every penny of -it,
my friend," he promised, "I have
taken a quarter of a million of your
war loan and I shall take the same
amount of your next one. I .spend all
my time upon your committees, my
own affairs scarcely interest me, and
yet I thought to -day, when my car
was stopped to let a company of the
London Regiment march down to
Charing -Cross, that there wasn't one
of those khaki -clad young men who
wasn't offering more than I."
The Bishop leaned forward from
his _place.
"Those are noteworthy words of
yours, Sir Alfred," he said '"There is
nothing in the whole world so utterly
ineffective as our own passionate
gratitude must seem to ourselves
when we think of all those young fel-
lows—not
el-lowsnot soldiers, you know, but
young men of peace, fond of their
pleasures, their games, their sweet-
hearts, their work—throwing it all an
one side, passing into another life,
ppassing. into the valley of shadows.
1,-too,fred.h"ave seen those young men, Sir
Al
The conversation became general.
The host of this little dinner -party
leaned back in his place for a mo-
ment, engrossed in thought. It was a
very distinguished, if not a large com-
pany. There were three Cabinet Min-
isters, a high officialin the War Of-
fice, a bishop, a soldier of royal blood
back for a few days from the Front
and his own nephew—Granet. He sat
and looked round at them and a queer
little smile played upon his lips. If
only the truth were/ known, the world
had never seen a stranger gathering,
It was a company which the King
himself might have been proud to
gather around him; serious, represen-
tative Englishmen :Englishmen, too,
of great position. There was not one
of them who had not readily accepted
his invitation, there was nob one of
them who did not look upon hint as
one of the price of the Empire,
(To be continued.)
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"The Ghost Waike."
This phrase, meaning that pay-day
has arrived, originated is a travelling
company playing Shakespearean re
pertoire. Salaries had not been paid
for a long time; and at a rehearsal of
"Hamlet," when the line, "Perchance
'twill walk again; 'occurs, the actor
playing the Ghost replied: "The ghost
won't walk till our salaries are /midi"
The phrase quickly became common
to express the payment of salaries.
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Jersey Marriage Custom Quaint.
On the island of Jersey there is a
very curious but pretty marriage cus-
tom. As soon as the ceremony is over,
and whoa the happy couple are enter-
ing Into occupation of their house, the
large granito slab over the porch is
iilacrlhed with the initials of the bride
and bridegroom, and between the two
a rough representation of two hearts
IS entwined, the whole thus forming a
unique marriage certificate for all the
world to see,
Sponge Ari Ornament.
A pretty ornament for the sitting
room can be made trom an old
nano. This should be soaked in
water, and grass or mustard and cress
seed' thrown into the holes, It will
aeon be covered with a nice greets
growth,
eel
Irish Mote,
From oarragoan, or Irish mesa, le
made on Isinglass, formerly much Used
foe" stiffening blanc Mange, and still
greatly eetoemod as a remedy foreon.
sumptton, Irish moss Is a plant about
one foot btgit, whit a tan site: ad leaf,
rho 'sae -horse eggs in ¢t
sort of pocket until they aro hatched.
keep Mlnard's liniment in the house,
A Vegetable Stew Party.
A big barn, or even a garage, al-
ways .snakes a line place for et fall
party. This year make It a vege.
tabic stew to which everybody must
come in costume.
The invitations must be scribbled
on the Inside of kettle -shaped folders
with traditionally kettle black covers.
05, won't you appear at our Vege-
table Stew?
We'll promise you fun ere the evening
is through;
Pretend you're a cabbage, potato' or
bean,
Or any old vegetable you ever have
seen!
The costumes. are fairly easy to
manage of trope paper and cheese-
sloth and gay rag bag contents.,
Decorate the barn with strings of
onions, red peppers, or any other gar-
den products, and outside of each
window place a peering ghostly white
face. Barrels, sawhorses, upside -1
down pails, or the like may serve as,
seats.
The music may proceed from the
hay -mow -if you choose to have!
music. And the musicians might all
dress as black cats, and give awful.
ear-splitting screeches from time to
time.
When the barn is foil of Jolly, gig_I
gling radishes, turnipscorn, peas, po ,
tatoes, and tomatoes, it's time for the
games and stunts to begin. Everybody
is so disguised as to be willing 10 l
indulge in foolish antics and, regard-
less of age, fall in with the directions
of the leader.
First, then, Iet everybody join
hands in a circle which is certain to
look like a real stew, with all its var-
ieties of vegetables. The blind -folded
person in the centre holds a long
wooden spoon with which she stirs
the "stew." As long as she stirs,' the
vegetables revolve, and when she says
"Done!" they stop. Feinting her
spoon at someone, she asks questions
to discover the identity of the one
selected -not the real identity, but
the masquerading one whether to-
mato or beet or celery. She may ask
such questions as these:
"DO you have to be 'boiled to be fit
to eat?" (Potato would say, "Yes,"
but tomato, "No.")
"Are you tall• and skinny or short
and 'fat?" (Celery would confess to
being skinny; radish, round and fat.)
The "cook," as she is called, may
ask as many questions as she likes.
If she decides to give up, she stirs
the stew again and selects another
victim. The victim, if correctly iden-
tified, becomes the leader.
As a aeries of stunts, ask the corn
to illustrate lending an ear; the po-
tato, to show that it has eyes; the
cabbage, to scratch its head; the beet,
to become dead beet; the lettuce, to
leave; and the asparagus, to act tipsy.
Other punning stunts may occur to
you.
A good mixing stunt is "Scare-
crow," Suddenly a regular cornfield
sort of scarecrow, black ,coat-tails and
all, appears in the midst of the panty
and flapping its arms., *telexes it
wants to speak to the crows. It then
names several of the guests—to act
as crows. Then, when She crows are
judge -like seated by this human
scarecrow, it calls for certain vege-
I tables to pair off—naming then a
random, as Swiss chard and •Peas, ro-
maino and radish, Tho partners form
in lino as fasts as named, and• a .grand
marsh begins --a review before t41e
, eyes of the crows who decide on the
' niton original costume while it le yet
fresh:
01 course the 'old game "Gats, Peas,
Beats and Barley. Grow" is in place,
and "Farmer: in the Dell" is just Enol-
I ish enough for a crowd of mixed. ages.
Spelling vegetables is another jolii-
�tier. Give each person a letter ofthe
alphabet. Then call out the name of
some vegetable --say, turnip. The six
persons named as the letters of the
word must assemble quickly in the
right order. The result is sometimes
a strange assortment of ages and
sexes. This is especially lively if a
person has to appear in two different
places in the same' word—as in po-
tato, for instance. But if there are
persons enough to go through the
alphabet' again, or to ,have several
Bets of vowels, two o's or two is may
struggle for places.
The refreshments are siways an
interesting part of a party. At a
vegetable party they surely should
consist of vegetables in one form or
another. Good sandwiches are made
with a filling of chopped celery and
cottage cheese.' Beet and egg sand-
wiches aro also delicious made on
graham bread. Kidney -bean salad in
individual portions on beasts of let-
tuce could be served, and the final
course might be squash pie and
cheese. Coffee, cider, ginger ale, or
fruit punch da a desirable beverage.
Picked Recipes.
Delmonico salad dressing requires
one-half teaspoonful of salt, one-half
tablespoonful of finely chopped pans -
ley, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar,
four tablespoonfuls of olive oil, one
tablespoon of finely chopped red pep-
per. Mix ingredients and star until
well blended.
Green tomato preserve: To one
pound of tomatoes (quartered), use
three-fourths of a pound.of granulat-
ed sugar, and one-half of a lemon,
thinly sliced. Heat the sugar in suf-
ficient water to dissolve it, add toma-
toes and lemon, and cook slo'w'ly until
the tomatoes are tender and trans-
parent. Place in jars and seal.
Poinsetbia salad: Pare and chill six
medium-sized tomatoes. When ready
to serve, cut each tomato in eighths
and open like the petals of a flower,.
on a nest of lettuce leaves. Mash at
cream cheese, moiaten with French
dressing and make into tiny bane the
size of a pea. Place eight cheese balls
in centre of each tomato and serve
with Delmnnico dressing. See recipe
above. Cucumber hash is made of well -
ripened cucumbers, the kind that usu-
ally go to waste. Pare the cucumbers,
cut in half lengthwise, remove seeds,
cut in halfeinch strips, then across
the strips into little blocks or dice.
To six quarts of diced cucumbers: add
one quart of small onions sliced. Mix
all together with a cupful of salt, put
in a colander and allow to drain over
night. Next day put the mixture in
a preserving kettle with one and one-
half cupfuls of sugar and five cupfuls
of mild eider vinegar. Simmer until
the cucumbers are tender (about an
Wonders the World Has Lost
One of the many lessons taught by
museums is that clever crattsmauship
is not a modern monopoly. Muchof
the Work done thouaande of years ago
isunapproachable to -day, and many of
the processes wbich were comparative-
ly common then are now practically
unknown.
There is in the Wellcome. Historical
Medical Museum an exhibit which baf-
fles the meet skilled of modern em-
balmers, Bays a Louden despatch. It
consists of a number of human heads
from Ecuador reduced by some omits -
covered process to about the size of a
small orange Notwithstanding the
great shrinkage, each is perfect, and
Is rendered additionally interesting by
the sealing of the lips, which are sewn
up, so that the "spirit" of the dead
should not escape end do harm to the
owner;
The museum in the Royal Coilege of
Surgeons contains another remarkable
specimen of ancient workmanship It
15 part of the wrapping from a mummy
more than six thousand years old,
So gauzelike is this material that
for a time its, precise nature was a
myet0ry; but ultimately it was found
to be linen o1 exquisite fineness. Com.
pared with It, the finest that Belfast
can produce is positively coarse.
Banally wonderful is the Portland
Vase In the British Mueout, Though
it is two thousand years old no coati
living can reproduce it, Ti'p art it
represents has long boon dead.
It Is made, this vase, of two layers
of glaeay white on top and blue below:
dad ho exquisiteib des! Is shown in
whits h s. vita effected by carving.
away ail flab Masa where .It wail not
wanted -••t1 feat of well-nigh incredible
dtilieuilt7 owing to the brittleness of
the material No other example of
sorb; workmts1ehlp is known to exist.
Just es immliabio is another Iiri•
'lab Museum treasure ---a bronze Mer-
cury, found in 1702 at Paramythia, in
Epirus. It Is as remarkable for
wealth of detail as for fineness of
craftamanshlp. The marking of the
veins is distinct and prominent, every,
look, of hair seems as i1' it could be
blown about by the wind, and the linea
of the lips, brows, eyelids, etc., are
perfectly finished. Yet the surface is
so regular that even with a magnifying
glass no tool -mark can be detected.
Graphic representations of the
Pyramids, as well as fragments of
those great sepulchral monuments,
further Illustrate the wonderful skill
of ancient craftemen, One of the prob-
lems of ages is how the. ancient Egyp-
tiansmoved the great blocks embodied
in the Pyramids. Tho cubic contents
01 the greatest weigh nearly 7,000,000
tons, and would build a city of 22,000
houses of ordinary size. Basement
stones in the Pyramid, moreover, are
80 ft. meg, 6 ft, high, and b ft wide,
The 'nettled by which the components,
and particularly those huge blocks,
were transported end put into place
has never been discovered
But there are other mysteries no
less bewildering connected with the
Pyramids, For inatance, the jointing
Is a perpetual marvel to experts, since
it is equal to that in the finest mbdern
cabhiot'work, It is amazing even to
diose who knew that 100,000 men were
employed for twenty years on the
Ciretlt Pyla hid alone.
Little falx curious 'ire fnucll mord
oomntonpiace objeets, snob. as Roman
bronze bowie found in this country.
The puzzle here is this: Now did. the
ancients reduce metals from their
*root At that period thero teas no
other fool elan "wood,.whioh was con-
vortod by sloiw burning late eharooali,
and thoush in oNtparativoly moderei•
times iron wad roduood by charcoal 1i1
IKeri�t, and Baster, scientists do moot
iltd'O' blr' w+bat method the Rohnaat
produced the enormous haat required
'to smelt iron and copper. Apparently
their process has been lost for ever.
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hour is required), then pack in jars
and seal. This quantity makes two
quarts of pickle, A little pepper may
be added to the ingredients, while
cooicing, if desired
The best pickles you ever ate: Thee:
recipe stakes a large quantity; halve
it if you wish, but you will probably
be sorry you didn't make the whole
amount. Use one and one-half pecks
of green tomatoes, one dozen large
cucumbers (remove seeds), one head
of white cabbage, six large silver on-
ions, six red bell peppers (omit,
seeds), one cupful of grated horse-
radish, one-half pint of salt, two
ounces of celery seed, two and one-
half pounds of sugar, three quarts
of eider vinegar, and one ounce each
of white and of Black mustard -seed.
Chop tomatoes, oabbage and onions.
finely, ,add salt, mix well and let it
stand four hours. Drain, add the
other ingredients, nidi,again, boil for
one-half hour, then put in jars and.
seal.
To spies watermelon rind, remove
the softpink part and the peel, and
cut the rind into one -inch squares,
Make a syrup in the proportion of
three pounds of sugar, 'nye cnnf'ile
of vinegar, one tablespoonful el al
cloves and two tablespoonfuls el
cinnamon which )las been broke 1 Lite
one -inch pieces. Bring the syrep to
boiling point, add the watermelon
rind and allow to simmer slowly until
the rind is dark and tender and the
syrup has thickened. Pack in jars and
seal while hot, Left -over syrup can.
.be used for spicing another lot of
fruit. Citron, ripe cucumbers (with
seeds removed), whale pears or
pseehea, or halved and peeled sweet
apples can be spiced in the same way.
Moro spices can be added to the syrup
if ,desired.
Japan's New Battleships.
According to reports whish have
reached London the Japanese naval
authorities are preparing to "go the
limit" in their new warships as re-
gards size and lighting power. it is
known that the first Japanese 1S -inch
gun has loan produced and tried out,
and this tremendous weapon will prob-
ably represent tho mate battery of the
Owarl class of battleships, wbich were
authorized last year, but havenot yet
been Laid down,
The gun took twelve months to
build, and has bean under trial since
April, It weighs 170 tons, andcan
throw a 3,400 -pound shell up to a
range of 15,000 yards. At ratber less
than halt this distance the shell, it is
declared, will penetrate the stoutest
armor carried by any battleship now
afloat. The Owarl le designed to Gor-
ey eight of these monster weapons,
and will therefore hurl Metre tons at
steel at each broadside salvo,
Gana of the same calibre. will prob-
ably be adopted for the four later bat-
tle cruisers of the "eight -eight" pro-.
gram, which are to follow the tour
ships of the Amagi class, but in this
case the number of guns will be re-
duced to six a ship. Japanese naval
opinion has always favored the heavi-
est guns that can be obtained, and the
decieion to build an 18 -heli type was
taken late in 1918, after Japanese of -
ricers in Europe had inspected the ex-
perimental British gun. of this calibre.
Special plants were set up at Muroran
and Euro for the purpose. Confidence
Is felt in Japan that the. Owarl will
eclipse all other battleships in fight-
ing power.
ti
Mlnsrdle Liniment used by Physicians.
Trained ons.
It takes four years to train a lion
for exhibition work, and only ono ane
mal fn four if; fit for training. A well-
trained lion is worth five times the
price of one untrained.
"There ain't never been nothin' in
die world yet," said Samba, the negro
philosopher, "which ain't got some-
thing in it to keep it from being as bad
as what it looks like it is,"
buying,
Hallowe'en
Novelltie.
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Our Travellers have the Sampios.
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CAUGHT BY LIH 15S,'
HE GRASPS THNGUl
IN FIGHT FOR LIFE IN
EAST AFRICA. NI
Transport Agent Puts Both'
Into Beast's Mount' 1
While He is Pined Dowrn. 1
From Nairobi, haat Africa, says s
wetter In Tbe. London Daily Matt,
tomos a thrilling story of the death 4,a aget mad ICuopper,
w�o,trSIlaport pinned dpwnnby Haa Ilonoas he 5e4
wcanded, made a desperate bid' for via
tory by. putting both bands into rho
animal's mouth and gripping its'
tongue,
Africa is a paradise for the lion
hunter, and the literature 01 the chase
is altuostendlese. ;Not all lion Mantel's
aro strictly truthful, however,
"For luetance, in a remote African
village," says the writer, "I 01100 0000
across a deeply tanned prospector.
hunter, who swore that lits favorite
method' of hunting lions was to get.,
the animals to snooze themselves to.
death,
'It is quite simple,' he said, .'In
lion country you bund a little arch of
steno, just big onougb to allow tbo
lion to anter with comfort. But you
must take caro to .build It of jagged
stones and to see that the centre atone
of the arch is a particularly jagged
one,
"'Then you go out and shod n zebra
01' some other toothsome creature
from 1110 lion's point of view. You
drag the corpse under the arch, pep•
per it heavily and then retire to your
tent to sleep.
" 'In the night tits lion comes,
creeps under the ascii to his feet, gats
his nose filled with pepper, and has au
overpowering inclination to sneeze. Ile
sneezes, and in the act throws up his
head and dashes lila brains out en tea
centre jagged stone of your arch.'
"I do not vouch for the truth of that
story,"
More 14uhters' Tales,
A i rt 1.1' filen i'e'ai1i g in ?ihodesia
'i ar 00 "1 1 1 e,' re a commotion
n t eelene i., a , :d oxen,
,::1 ,,. , tcw^,'1 ' -pit pumped
,:r,"1 ,,<,z ii t-:' tete t: " ;leaving
wee tri -re a dlemece or, ^y. forty
:1.:,,,,r,11,-1
'it r,l i.
The mass dimialehed, nn'i they ad-
vanecd to find one of their exon her•
ribiy mauled by Ilona.
They "dosed" the crops with stuck.
ninO and retired to their camp. They
hoard the lions busy at the carcass
111. night, and in the morning they
found that the deed ox had practically
disappeared, but lying near the spot
were five full grown lions—two males
and three females -all p'iisvned,
That was a very considerabe ba;
got by Illegitimate means, but here is
the true story of a better bag got
legitimately. Incidentally, it is, a very
interesting example of sportsmen's
luck:
When the Tato President Roosevelt
and his son Kermit wont to British
East Africa, In 1909, they were ac•
eompaniod on their hunting trip by
the late F. C. Selene, one of the great-
est bunters that ever lived
Seloua was particularly anxious to so•
sure a specimen of the East African
black -maned lion, but on the whole trip
he never oven got a shot at one. But
Theodore Rooeeveit got three and Ker-
mit Roosevelt night—and neither of
them had ever been on aa African
game hunting expedition before;
Sono years• ago a party of Greeks
treeking.through Portugoeee Zambesla
were followed for days by a guant old
watt, niwhghot tuonotsil ono oofnethefirrhdoowheys
'coni was l
This donkeefty the terrified Greeks
were determined to retain at all costs.
When they made their camp that
night they built around it a great
stockade of bushes and thorns, andin
the centre of It they tethered the sole
surviving donkey to their tout pole.
But not withstanding these precau•
tions, that night the pertinacious old
lion got the last donkey,
World's Oidest'Words.
When your baby first begins to talk,
It uses instinctively the oldest words
in' 'Creation, words as old as the Human
race it$elt,
Tiley are words whose sound is an
imitation of what they describe. A
chair falls over in the nursery.
"Bang!" says baby, just as her Peat -
est of groat -grandmothers said when
her (ether dropped his club In the cave
that was choir home.
Baby calls the cow "moo" because
'that is the noise it makes. To primi-
tive man the cow seemed to say "koo"
—a name which has stuck.
What finer imitation of the crow's
croak could yon have than the Greek
Word "korax?" Crow (really corow)
le,derived from the sante idea. Hun -
deeds o1 animals—birds in particular
retain their ancient names. The
Cuckoo Sas always been so called; he
named himself,
A whole host of other words des-
cribo noises—crash, slam, thump,
whack, splash, boom, prattle, and so
on, Otte of the most beautiful of these
is murmur, wktich means the sound
made by n gontle breeze 'amongst the
trees•-puttsehur•mur,
Barbarian is a word derived in the
salla way, The Greeks gays the name
to all loreignel , "Wo cannot•under
stand those people;" Choy paid; "the/
say nolhtne but bar.1lta*.tits: Welt
mall them barbavitlisat."' y e