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The Brussels Post, 1916-4-20, Page 2Used in.Niiiiions of Tea Pots Dalt Leaf is Pure Every infusion is alike deliciouS 11 E 155 Black,Green.) Sealed Packets only. or Mixed A LONE ,HAND; or The Capture of a German Pirate CHAPTER L—(Cont'd). As he wandered back by the en warehouse about five o'clock, however he saw something that galvanise him into actilay. A train of cal had been run alongside the warehouse and a gang of porters were busily en gaged in loading the long boxes, wit other merchandise, into them. Also the big, dark man was there, oversee ing the work and evidently enforcing still dressed in his sailor's dungarees, a and went back to the docks. Be found Ithe Dutch ship at the wharf, and the E reeking stench of shell that met him as be approached left no room for !doubt, that she was a pearl- , er. She had unloaded some shell and h copra, though a small cargo for her tonnage. She was now taking in supplies and the ordinary assortment of Island freight, a latge part of which 'consisted of kerosene -oil in wooden cases, each case containing two five -gallon tins. A big hose writhing across her deck was filling her fresh -water tanks; while a close, scrutiny discovered another big hose .passing under the dock to a value be- low her deck -line, and this, he knew, conveyed crude oil. 'Must be a small quantity for her donkey -engines,' he thought; for an oil -burning Island i trader would be a novelty, and the smoke floating lazily from her funnels showed that she was a steamer; also that she had steam up and did not 'intend to linger long. Her crew, busy with the cargo and routine work on deck, were all white men, so far as he could see; a stocky, heavy set lot any of them bearded. Not an Is- lander was in sight. The portholes were closed by wooden shutters out- side the glass. Crane walked boldly up the gang -i special care in handling, John Crane walked rapidly back to his hotel, but stopped at a second- hand store to make some purchases. He knew that the next train across: the isthmus to the Pacific side would leave in half -an -hour, and would al- ready be made up. Those cars, then, could not be a portion of it; they would 'probably leave the next morn- ing When he hurried back and caught the train he was dressed in the soiled dungarees and cap, and carried the dunnage -bag, of a common sailor, Carrying out the part, he purchased a second-class ticket, and passed an uncomfortable night in a reeking day - Cal. Arrived in Salina Cruz, the Pacific port of the Tehuantepec Railway, in the early morning, he secured a room in a sailors' hoarding -house near the water -front, deposited his bag, and,j after assuring himself that the lock on the door was a serviceable one, drop- ped the key into his pocket and set out for a tour of inspection, ettne dawn the WererhouSe track, a' car door was opened, and, the steve- dotee swanned in. They began to unload freight from trucks and wheel it directly aboard the ship, where a donkey-wineh lowered it into the hold, as the big dock cranes had stopped at sundewn. The deck was brightly lighted with electric globes, and hum- med with activity. Evidently she would finish loading and sail In a few hours Crane sprang to his feet and hurried uptown. • One after another, he visited several ship-chendleries, second-hand stores, and pawnshops, and made a strange assortment of purchases. Then he hurried to his room; and when ha left it, a few minutes later, the dunnage - bag he carried was both bulky and heavy. Be slipped quietly down to the docks, avoiding the brightly lighted places, and sought out a landing - stage in IL dark corner, where he had marked, during the afternoon, ,sev- eral small skiffs tied up. Placing the bag in one of these, he cast off its painter and pushed it back under the dock, then paddled cautiously along As he pondered he heard voices pieces of larger tubers. Five series EVERYTHING NEW FRESH—PURE RELIABLE Ask your dealer or Write RENNIE'S -- TORONTO A1.80 AT MONTREAL WINNIPEG Mown I between the piles toward the Dutch close over his head carrying on a were arranged as follows , ship. heated colloquy in bad Duteh and The velvety -black tropic night had worse Spanish, He drew himself up now descended. He felt his waY to the edge and risked a peep. The along with the prow of the little boat, bulky captain confronted a swarthy through the warm stench of rotting little man in uniform, who seemed to piles and the echoes of the water lap-irepresent the harbor authorities. ping against them. Presently the, This functionary had informed the Coco's bulk cut off the starlight out -Ica ta.n that be could notsall till side, and be located the gang -plank morning. Certain regulations of the by the rumble of the trucks overhead. port had not been complied with. The Here he tied the boat to a brace, and captain expostulated; he wanted• his climbed carefully up its , slippery clearance , . Tha ofFicer ad - length till he reached the cap timber, mitted that the matter might be ar- on which rested the gills of the wharf- ranged, by the payment of fines and floor.other means. 1 In the black darkness he worked his It was a plain case of hold-up for way along on the narrow, slippery a substantial sum. The big captain timbers till he h the i . take kindly to it. In fa the wharf and found footing on the his attitude toward the suave repr walling strips against which the ship's entative of the authorities was dec hull restetd, rubbing slowly up and; edly discourteous. He raged a down with the slight swell of the hat...! swore; he would not be blackmail bor waters. Then he felt along her, ' so he wouldspeWait off thethi sh,p,rserretillidn.g .mHoBrenuitsnttgat,nail Jiis exploring• i • g ng -p ank, Crane drew a sigh that this cover was of wood, with, of relief. This would give him his heavy iron hinges, and was fastened thence, inside He had seen shnjlar ones • (To be Continued). many times. So he produced from his pocket a Yankee tool set, with numerous small tools concealed in its OWlvalasolwaatalbogioitseiree hollow handle. He selected a thin 0 steel blade, fixed it in the handle, and onset patiently to work; he had no de- sireto excite suspicion by leaving ai plank, but as he reached the deck h Speaking in Dutch, the ma Along the docks several small: four years in Belgium and Holland, g coasting -steamers were discharging Crane could speak Dutch like a na- or taking on freight, The big cross,: five; and was also proficient in Ger- seas freighters which, before the days! man. Constant contact, in his -work, of the Panama Canal, had picked up with men of these nations, and his the burdens laid down by their At- natural habit of doing well anything Iantic mates on the other side of the he did, had kept his linguistic abilities t isthmus were conspicuous bythei ' at par. Now be answered m German, h absence. He visited each of the but the man .shook his head. So, a coasters, making casual inquiry "r-01'; feigning to speak only a smattering. work. Everything seemed entirely 10"! of Dutch, be laboriously explained that gular. Only three ships lay at anchor wanted to see the captain. Tilts,' in the harbor. At a ship-chandlerasithe mast said, was impossible; the cap- a he was told that two of them awaited:thin was ashore, he did not know just la overhauling at the dry dock. The where. Crane asked for the mate. e other was the Cocos, a Dutch pelud !He -wanted work, he said in broken n and copra trader from the Islands—, Dutch. The ship was full handed, re- t eornething rather unusual M this port, plied the man; and as Crane kept edg- ' He picked up a glass from the ing across the deck he roughly ordered s counter and examined the Cocos with •him back to the dock, saying that no itterest. She was a ship of some ' one was allowed on board except or e thousand tons burden, low hi thes,:businese. So Crate, making the a water, and rather narrow in the beam , best of abaci job, turned and saunter- n and keen in the stem for tt trader , . 1. Seed Mem of a given 'size fro selected tubers. 2. Seed pieces of this same si from small tubers or culls. szn8Ie a 11 se ee. d pieces from tubers a 4. Medisizumseod pieces from tube givenof a 5. Large seed pieces from tubers a given size. s • These series of plots were etude out with two varieties of potatoes Early Ohio and Carman No. 3. • With regard to the first two series, ou ofa total of nine pairs of row • six gave differenos in favor of t selected tubers, though the see pieces were Neal in size in all cases. ce, es_ This superiority for the two varieties Id_ averaged 5.53 bushels per acre. nd In the series 3, 4 and 5 the size of ed, the seed pieces was the only variable nd factor, each piece being reduced to ed one eye, only. In every instance there er was a pronounced difference in favor of the large seed pieces and the in crease in production varied with th increase in size of the seed piece The average results of the two varier ties ('8 plots) were ' Bushels per Acre Per cent Small seed pieces —174.78 Medium seed pieces.271.71 100 Large seed pieces .298.59 165 170. In order to determine the effect o strain of tuber on quality of crop, th crops of potatoes obtained in serie 1 and 2 were weighed individually an from small seed 64.8 per cent. weigh - m Ze of THE KA/SEIPS LOST EMPIRE. 1.•••••• Particulars of Captured German Colonies. Mr. Bonar Law has furnished a table giving the following particulars of the German colonies captured, and the value of their revenue:— S. W. Africa—Area, 322,450 square of miles. In 1914 estimated revenue $1,175,000, and expenditure 12,017,- d 000. In 1913 imports valued at 43,- 000,000 marks, and exports at 70a 300,000 marks, Cameroons—Area, 300,000 square miles. In 1914 estimated revenue 7 1565,000, and expenditure £868,000. d In 1913 imports valued at 34,600,000 marks, and exports at 29,100,000 Mar CS. Togoland Area,. 38,700 square miles. In 1914 estimated revenue e175,000, and expenditure 1209,000, In 1913 imports were valued at 10,- 600,000 marks and exports at 9,100,- 000 marks. In the Pacific—Samoa 650 square miles, and Upolu 340 square miles. In 1914 estimated revenue 1595,000 • and expenditure 1690,000. In 1918 imports valued ab 5,700,000 marks, and exports at 5,300,000 marks. • Kaiser Wilhelmsland and Pacific Islands -70,000 square miles. No de- • revenue. Bismarck Archipelago — 26,640 f square miles. The chief towns are e Rabaul and Herbertshoe, both in New s Pommern. d Caroline Islands, Pelew Islands, Marianne Islands, and Marshall Is- lands—Area, 1,000 square miles, and s estimated population, 70,459. Re- a venue estimated at 1105 000 and ex- penditure •at 1191,500. Imports of Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago, esti- mated at 5,872,000 marks, and these of Caroline and Marshall Islands at 3,336,000 marks, a total of 9,207,000 marks. Exports for the former esti- mated at 5,041,000 marks, and for the latter at 7,046,000 marks, a total of 12,087,000 marks. Kiao-Chau — Area, 200 square elites. The principal town ig Tsing- tau. Revenue for 1914 estimated at t 8,060,000 marks, and expenditure at 18,410,000 marks, In 1912, imports a valued at 121,264,000 marks, and ex- t ports at 79,640,000 marks, Probably the beet way to get rich t quick is to go slow. a plain trail behind. After about ten. minutes he had the satisfaction oft 11 hearing the bolt slip back; c I iously prised the cover outward till a! a To Make First -Class Butter. learn of light showed through, then! Begin by having the milking done applied his eye to the crack. What tin a cleanly way and in a clean le saw brought an exclamation from' stable. Keep the separator in con - lis lips a good deal louder than he! dition by washing and scalding thor- ould have wished. He had rightlY! oughly after each using. Cool the guessed that this porthole looked into cream immediately to 60 degrees or he engine -room• and heknewthatower, in a tub of tee and water and' e could judge a ship by her engines, keep cool and sweet until .the churn s a racehorse by its legs, of a ing is gathered. Keep the cream wrestler by his shoulders. I covered securly, but not air -tight. Let The room into which he gazed was the temperature rise to 60 degrees or xtra large for a ship of this size., therabouts, and add a good starter.. nd was literally filled with massive ' There is nothing better for this pur- athinery. A single attendant loung- I pose than well flavoured butter milk.; d beside a small motor which hum. Stir frequently until the cream is '‘ led quietly in one corner, supplying thick, sour and has a glossy appear he lighting system. The electric -• netts glittered on polished metal, and ance, when it is ready for the churn. I i i Scald the churn and rinse with cold bowed everything spick and span as water before putting in the cream., be power -plant of a millionaire's yacht The temperature shenalcl not be above 1., loreover, he saw that these were not team -engines at all, but large inter- 68 degrees in summer and 62 in winter f1 al -combustion engines of the Diesel and the butter should "come" in Orem. c ype, which has been brought to veil' erfsction in Germany in recent years, churning when, the butter is in gran hese massive units were evidently ales abotit the size of small wheat, •emendoue power for so small a shir.;i:. draw off the butter -milk, and rins b nd must render her capable of extra- , with cold water until no trace of milk P rclinary speed. Using crude oil as remains. Care in this matter has 1 automobile engine uses gasolinea much to do with the keeping qualities ey dispensed with coal -bunkers, boil-loORtheme ebvuettetrh.s aroom, and stokers, giving butter, (which should el -tanks of great es.pacityseaPnedeegfiVol: still be in grains) to a vessel in which g the ship a corres d" it can be weighed, I use a shallow was accosted by a seaman at work near by. aaked s business. Thanks to his t ed 2 ounces or more, whilst the per- centage from large seed was 675 thu showing a slight superiority in th quality of the crop from selected tubers. Warm Water for Cows. Care and attention to the little things pay. Often, little improve- ments in our system of methods ac- complish surprising results, Milk is .nearly 90 per cent. water, To make large quantities of milk a cow requires a large amount of water. In summer she usually has access to vater at all times and helps herself at will, but when winter comes she a in the barn most of the time and is offered water only once, or possibly twice, a day. To make matters verse, the water is often at or near reezing temperature, the cold water hills he entire digestive system. The p water must be warmed by some means She was painted a dull gray, except He now headed for the railway sta- p for a broad red band around her hull tion, as the train from the Atlantic T at the portholes, and her two funnels: side was due at six o'clock. Slouch - ti were red and black. She carried the; ed on a truck, he 'watched it pull in.' a flag of Holland. A number of sailors, There was hie , 0 • t -------------------- 20 minutes to half an hour. Sto AN IRON RING GRIPS GERMANY PRIVATION AND MOURNING IN THE EMPIRE. Deep Anxiety Also Felt Regarding the Finances of the Kaiser's Land, Some part of the territory of France is occupied, bo be sure, but von Betbmann-Hollweg 'meals to for- get that the whole of Gerinany le °coupled, says the Now York Time. Not by an enemy; her greatest mili- tary effectiveness has prevented that, But in every part of the empire there is privation, denial, want; not merely of comforts, those may be dispensed with, but of the common and neces- eery things of life. Actual distress may not as yet be evident, but it is in men's thoughts as a thing foreseen. Throughout the empire) there is mourning; it is a land of deep mourn- ing for the unnumbered dead wheal neither victory nor anything else ' could restore to friends and families, and there is the horror and tbe dread, everywhere present, of new afflic- tions, There is deep anxiety, too, about the finances of the empire. Plausible talk and the aesurances con- tinually given to the German people cannot conceal the disorder and the increasing strain. Power Exhausted. Germany cannot rid herself of them. It Is the intention of her foes that she shall not. The conviction grows that with het apparently cer- tain defeat at Verdun she has ex- hausted her power of offensive, She is headed off in the east by Salonica, by the disillusionment and despair of the Turks, by the Russian . thrusb toward Bagdad, by the British troops already perhaps on the move from Egypt, where the removal of the peril to the canal has released them from what we may call guard duty. The German navy is sealed up—it can come forth only to its destruction. There remains the possibility of an- other drive In Russia. It would be terribly costly, for not only is the cc/ening, to be traversed exceedingly difficult, but the Russians are now well equipped fn resistance, even for offence. But a successful drive in that quarter even for hundreds of miles, would not free Germany from her harrassments at home. The fur- ther she penetrated into Russia the worse off she would be. The Allies Can Wait. This is beyond all question the view the allies hold of the present position of Germany. Plainly it is their re- solve that condibions in the empire shall not change save for the worse. Tardily it may be, but with care and enormous expenditure, overlooking nothing, neglecting nothirm theyhave made their formidable preparations to that end. These are the grounds for believing" that nothing can come of any discussion of peace upon such erms as those said to have been sug- gested by the German Chancellor. The flies have put themselves in a posi- ion where they can afford to wait. Germany can still defend herself boutly; there can be no doubt about hat. But the allies know very well hat the ring of iron must do its work upon and in the German empire, When the German people, thus far pretty successfully deceived, come.to under- sband that victory is hopeless, they must, as the only way of escape from the unendurable suffering, put their government in a frame of mind to dis- cuss peace terms quite other than those based upon the status quo and an indemniby from France. MANY ANIMALS IN WAR. • Horses, Mules, Goats, Elephants and Camele Shiite in Struggle. 11 15 doubtful if more kinds of ani- mals have ever taken part in warfare than in the present European con- flict, says London Answers. The list includes horses, , mules, dogs, ele- phants, goalie and last, but not least, the never weary camel, Dogs are be- ing used for sentry and ambulate° works for draft purposes aral as car- riers of messages and ammunition, Goats are being employed as food for the Incline troops,. while the ele- phant has been given the 'task of handling • heavy timber, Of these animate, however, the camel is the most honored, An Eastern legend has it that the camel was fashioned last by the Creator, and so it is held in very high esteem by the people of the Faist. Although a somewhat unehapely anal perhaps a bad-tempered ninnial, camel is an untiring wOrker. He will travel on for hour after hour without appearing distressed in any way, and on this account Ila&, Made a geed nnene for hint:self, There is not the least doubt that the camel will come up to execctatimie where - ever it is employed in the prement contlict. - and a considerable amount of heat ) energy is required to do it. This can e supplied either by feeding the cow lentifully and letting her wenn the eater, or by heating it with fire. The question ef warming water, were busy on her deck, and Crane not- off the steps. He struck a smart gait 0i ed that they were all white men, alfor the docks, and Crane following at th noteworthy fact, since the bulk of' the a discreet distance, saw him go m crew on most ships in the copra trade straight up the gang -plank of the fu is made up of Kanakas and other Is Cocos, touching his cap in response in land natives. Crane leafed • etnitreadlltom holis.ni,g, ate his ' head. bCaraunee do!sptoseedShilm%elr on the 1341 VU71.011w, attlieVii:o siesta --very welcome nftelilu• rim faielreet1a- . down to watch developments. , ea tsihetdidy side of a pile of bales, and set., 00 less night on the train, Abekit five o'clook he sallie,1 »ut, l7he first came in half -an -hour. A st puffing switeh-engine backed a string p1 — . - ' el ,„; 1015 000 AVV)E02900X019110590 .0„. f, 0 1„1,1111111iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIiiiiimiiiiiIIIIIIIIII /.e. 0° itkii.... .-yzb Is x , 4 of .4\5 1 i,l'N.41111', ••.*AA X 4 * •1---.,' . / • lel 4 WORMrn Ala I an ! Th a lte It th PA • ke eat 1ne a iho X th an ,atea- tinthsn, cee tv Zi4 !ing Why bear those pains? A single bottle will convince you Sloan.'s Liniment oti *rE00000000001000000000 411'04 hyhtirianestion. Prevents severe compli- cations. Just put aloe, drops ora MAI pain AI spot and (he pain ilia- appoars, thus of action. Also, she could be ter '65 'YtOO candy pail, weigh, turn out on the but shed into full epeed at a moment's worker, and apply salt, from one tice, without awaiting the slow pro- pound to one and one-half ounces to a ss of getting up a high head o' pound of butter. You will have to re - earn. A most remarkable power- gulate the amount to suit the taste ant, truly, for an Island copra-trad of your customers. Much of mine is ' sold unsalted. Work very gently, be- ing careful not to spoil the texture of Another thing he noted, for he ' the butter by- unnecessary pressure, endeared those red -and -black funnels Let stand half an hour, work again, d the smoke floating from them. and print or pack. In printing, make ere was a small furnace amidshipe the prints full weight, perfectly shap- om which two pipes ran up through , 'ed and wrap neatly with a good qual- e ceiling. Doubtless a smudge wasity of parchment, bearing your name pt. up in this whenever it was desir-, and address, or farm name. Keep in to complete the illusion of the fun- a cool place until wanted for market.l. Suds deliberate plants to create, ing, then place in a clean box or bas. falee impression could be for na kat, having a clean white cloth around nest purpose. Mrs thnught ran ' and over the butter, and paper over rough Crane's -mind as he looked,that and under the box lid. Never let d hardened his determination to see' cream or butter stand when there is matter through. i an odor of any kind. When you go to market be sure CIIAPTRk II, your butter is good and say so. Have sh Ile closed the utter, and patietitly it looking neat and clean, yourself (or o rked the b.* back into place, 1111. ealesman) ditto, and you'll have no the tiny crack made by his tool trouble in making good Wes. found rotten wood from a pile; thenNo, he I didn't forget the coloring. his way back beneath the gang- The above doscribes my way of mak- * !I Week, He had decided that this ves- ing butter and .1 never use butter cat- ty,/ sel must be a scout.for moms hostile oring.—Mrs. Alex. Agilary in Farm "" war -ship; hence her elaborate r and Dairy. caue one to sail under false colors in waters where the natives of the, Allies were in control. However, there was 00 war -vessel of any Power in this • port just now, anal elm would doubt- , t less slip awny to seat before he could shown the the yield of potatoes from! Only gencaellelane eeisiveniettdentoffto stop aedp pher, pieces of large seed potatoes was 28: per cont. higher than from pieces of! !'t chance. Tile t'isk was grew, but he small seed potateee, A more recent determined to take it,. But how 7 bulletin 10 now to heed from South ,;Every ineh of the ship was br'gtbly Dakota, giving a series of expeel- rwghted;• men (0010e and went every- Meets designed to deterroite the re- bel'e. He lonv !het, in spite oe the lative influence of the mere 5155 Of cligml am:tar:urn of things, at sharp tuber and the stratin of tube)* in the lookout MS being kept. hicreased yield obtained by planting, Cutting !Wino Seed. In a bulletin issued by the South then, resolves itself into which method is cheaper. Corn is a grP. heat-supplyieg food. It is not profit- able, however, to burn it in a stove to heat a house, because coal aecom- plishes the same result at a small fraction of the cost. Then why use corn to warm water for the cow? The amount of 'water that a cow drinks \vitt be found to have a direct relation to the amount of milk she producee; in general, the more Waal., the more milk. It is essential, then, to provide all the water that a a will drink at any season of the year. In the winter, especially in the north- ern states, water must be warmed in order to produce the best results. Probably the easiest and cheapest way to accomplish this is by using a tank heater.—Circular Nos 21, United States Department of Agriculture, What Piano Would Say. "So Miss Banger played for you 2 I She claims that she can make the piano speak." 'Well, I'll bet if it spoke it would say, 'Woman you have played me false.' " ---- , A horse may pull with all its might, but never with its mane. An Irishman had just landed in New York, and as he made hie way from t the docks be came upon a street fight. 'Going over to the neatest policeman, !Pat asked—"Well ye kindly tell me, !sans is this a friendly fight or can any - '0110 V.il• in?" lero Dakota Agricultural College, it was' PAINS AFTER EATING WIND IN THE STOMACH—AODITia E ADACH ES —CO NSTIPATI ARE SIGNS OF INDIGESTION. Indlgestion—the complete or partial failure of the digestive processes—fre- gucntly throws out of gear the whole • machinery of the body. You can't enjoy the vigour and vitality of good health unless your stomach, liver and bowels do their work regularly and efficiently. As a digestive tonic and stomachic remedy, Mother Scigel's Syrup is esteemed in tens of thousands of homes, wherever the tilnglish languege is spoken. If you suffer numb or little front disorders of the stomach, liver or bowels, try the effect of taking 18 .to 30 drops of this famous remedy in water, 'after meals, far a few days and note Its beneficial effects. ASSISTS 4111 DIGESTION itelvt.0051na contntes three Unto (a mud, as Om trial afro sold al 60coar bottle. L i'12"igvirPthe And all disease ne the hors(' drooling hia throat ellfled- 111, eared; colts and horses In Mlle stable kept from ha Ong them by truing Opeliti,e Ifistoutpoe Compound* 3 to 6 doers orlon owl ono bottle kuarantood to (*tiro row PONT, HAP, for brood mares, .lnkbY eolta. 5110110110. all *10., and condi/Ions. Most Hee rul f000.111111(. Tole - Menet 8,111 by (Iv+ beats no et/1100. Any: drunglot or dell, er,..1 I...v malnoll urovt, easoirie atainzasia co, Monlidn, 153., 1I.R.4,. His Receipt. Cesey—Ilivins, Pat 1 Phsvore dial yea get the black eye O'Brien -01 paid Clancy a grudge yesterday, tut' Lbot..3 the resat° he gatVe. nee, ! Wizen a man has no poll reason doing rt thing he has one good son for letting it alone. for rea Afr