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CHAPTER 1.
• 013.T-01, THE SKY. .
Mary Mardha11 sat gazing at the.
sky and wondered about love. :Al-
t 'lough sho-Wae 'eighteen, and dlielee
buely pretty, all that she:knew about
t tat fasChiating subject :had hen
gleaned from romantic bootse. ,For
no Prince "Charming ever entered
Paradise Canyon that myeteriens re-
,. treat . im•Mexico, just 1WPOSS the, Arle
• Zeno, bordei?,--Whereeshe had lived all
her life with her Widower father.
The only men Mary knewwere
Daddy, and his three retainers, Bud
Hughes, a soldier of fortune whom
her father' had given refuge, and
Miguel' and Ramon, twoyoungMex.-,
Paradise Canyon,. was closed eoir
from all tile 'fest of the World. It
had .been Mary's ''whole World, for
she'had hem brought there while still
' a very ,sinaN child, and remembered
no other place, There was, only one
recret 'pass by which the canyon could
be entered, and that waa kept con-
stantly guarded by one or, the other
Of the servants. There were never
any guests,• for John Marshall,
Mary's father, eared for no comPany.
And no stray,-„unineiteci guests , had
ever 'found their way in. ,
TherP
was. some, fluster), behind
thid, strict eseclusion, Mary' knew;
but 'what • waez.the, reasonof, it all
her father hade never -„told• her. What-
ever it might 'be, it had effectively
kept roinance mit of her life. *
BIM not out of her .heart. - The
beauty and solitude of Patadiae. Can
'yen led to dreams. Dreams of the
thing called loyd which _Mary had
knownonly by hearsay .and printed
words. . So Mary had spent many
hours gazing at ethe sky above and
living Slone with her drearlis, ag,she
was ,on this summer afternoon. -
Her reverie was suddenly inter-
rapted by a large rough hand which'
gently caressed her soft sunshine -
colored hair. Miry leaned back far-
ther and looked up into the face of•
her father. He bent 'over her and
did- what no other man had yet been
privileged to do—.kissed her. .(Often
Mary wished there had been others.),
"Star -gazing again, dear?" asked
Daddy Marsha11. "But how can you
see stars in the Afternoon when the
sun' iseshitiing, Marr?" • •
"Oh, but I can see Many ot„her
things ,,up there, even With my eyes
closed, Daddy," Mary replied,
,
"Funny tittle .dreaming girl," he
„mused, his eyes felliowing hers back
into ',the sky. "Do you •think some-
thing You want will coine doWn to
you out of the clouds? He paused.
Something bad caught his attention,
"Hello, what's that?", he ejaculated.
"Mary had seen it too. She leaped
to her feet. • •
There was a black speck moving fat
up in the sky. It was alrnest directly
above them, and was coming closer
at a rapid rate.
"An airplane, Daddy," cried Mary:
"I wonder who it can be, flying in
these paets," read Marshall. -
The speck loomed closer :arid' larger.
It was descending. They could make
out the shape of the wings now, and
hear the whir and •liutre of the throb-
bieg enofer, They.heard' several re-
ports like pistol shots--backfixes in
" the machine's exhaust. '
"He's coming clown, Daddy," ex,.
clabeed Mary. "He seems to be hav-
ing trouble." •
"But there's no place he can land
here. He'll strike a rock or, a, tree
and be killed."
They watched the progress of the
plane eXcitedly now. It was coming
very close to earth. The pilot seemed
to be reconnoitering ,,for a place to
° land. He sWooped low above theteee
tops and rose again. The seunds a
backfiring continued. They -watched
• him make desperate dips and curves
fit the efforts to find e safe spot to,
'come down. Then suddenly the noise
of the motor, ceased .altogether. The
machine started dropping dizzily,
"He's falling, Daddy." .
"I guess it's all over with him."
Down, downe. down—the pilot was
desperately tryieg to manoeuvre the
machinein such a way -thab he could
volplane to a safe spot. How fast he",
was coming. Ile was close to the
ground now—ferty feet—twenty feet
—now, he hadreachecl'the ground,
theplane was bouncing aloe? .the
rough surface. He couldn't bring it
to e iLetip. It was headed right for
guinttree. There Was a crash, and
a puff of smoke, as the plane collided
• with the black trunk. • •
Mary' and her father started run-
ning -to the spot. When they reached
it 'they found the aviator white and,
unconscious, bleeding in spots.
' "He's' alive," shouted Marshall. "I
don't think he's badly hurt, either,
eGive a hand, Mary, and we'll get hini
mit"
Therlifted him out of the wrecked
inachirte, and carried him back to the
house. As they did so IVIary-could not
• keep herself: from noticing that in
addition •to being an injured -aviator'
he was young and handsome.
When' they laid' him, on the .sofa,
and removed his ^ flying headgeae,
Mary discovered he was even better
looking than he had seemed at first.
And red-headed—he had curly red
hair.
Els good looks increased her soliai-
tude for his injuries. She begets' to
• feel apersonal interest in bathing
• his face and applying aenica to his
wounds. Thick blood env the back of
hi shirt dieught her eye, and she un-
fastened it feverishly. '
"Why, Daddy, look, hs's been shot
in the she cried. '
"
Her father loeiced at the Weund."
"Just a 'scratch; eicar," he said.
"Bullet grazed him, I've had lots
like that Does nothing more seri-
pus than leaves, sear for a souvenir."
Mary washed and bandaged' the
' wound 'with tenclaiheare. In -the midst
of her Ministrations the stranget
opened his eyes arid,lookederibout
dazed and - bewildered. This look
changed to . one of pleasure ae his
eyes met Mary's. His SmileMade her
heart flutter.
"Ile gets better looking every min -
lite," she thought. ' And she wag feel-
ing the beginning ofsomething she
had never, experienced before,
CHAPT2R"
.W.0.1411'S kanow
At almost the same moment that
the young and handsome stranger in
the airn'ane dronred' out of the sky
into Paradise Canyon, something easo
came flying ihrough .thed5r into AlrO
Marshall's rocit-rirrimed refuge, -
It was eie Indian arrow with a
'sharp point and a. fen6idry 1,111;
The arrow passod between Bud.
.11nglies, tltt soldiet of .fofttilisi-Who
had by chence been thrown into" Mar
,ettiploY, and Miquel,,,the Mex
Man servant. It 'put an effective em
to an, argument between Boa and.
Miguel , as to the quality Of the -lat
ter's :vocal bilit1es. Strumming his,
guitar, Miguel, had been, melting
sounds with his voles that resembled
singing,. but annoyed Bud. 'Bud had
choked' Miquel,,, -off by dousing, him
with a whole line t,Of'ivater fell in
-
the -.-fitee -was
just about to ,te-tal i,fiftith, a . dembre
strati on of MeXiear0A1ng :technique
when this arrow passeddirectly'under
his nose and stopped his arm.'
The arrow quivered and lodg:ed'its
pOint in the soft wood of the kitchen
door of the servents' quarters.
"`. Dazed for .the moment the two
men started at 'it, and Miquel, Who
had turned pale, said: :
"It inig,ht have hien 'me instead of
the door that got it."
Bud stared at the arrow, and said
'
"Yes, but do you know what it
means? It's a warning from our
friend ,Komi., It meanS- enemies are
near.
*.
Komi was the last survivor of it
once conquering line bf Yaqui chiefs.
Earlier that afternoon; on a pla-
teae -ledge near the base • of Sierra
Dialzkii -that 'great mountain which
lifted-, its jagged reeky • pinnacle
against the clouds; Komi had lit -a
campfire, symbol of sacrifice to his
god., Then he...had knelt in worship
befpre an ancient:crudely carved im-
age in the face ofethe cliff. Turning
his face skyward and . raising his
antis', the old Indian had. mumbled. a,
Weird .ritual tie the god, ,Soine*heee
neg.r here- the Y,aquis of Taltepec in
the,old days had-hearded a great trea-
sure in goldand genia ad an . offering
tethe,god. Komi wets the sole gutir&,
ian of this secret of his ferefathere.
Each day he played at this shrine
that the god give him strength to.
guard' hie secret from his -enemies.
The prayer -was answOred, for despite.
Ids -years, Kona: was straight end
stalwart. - • ..
'Komi had been interru-pted this day
in his worship.by the sound Of hoofs.
He leaped to his feet and elutched his
knife. The intruder rode, up svriftlf
and reined in hiS horse before Kelm.
It was .J,obh Marshall. Komi recog-
nized him and"rit back his knife.
Marshall was Perspiring' and ex-
cited, . He poilid• in the 'direction
whence he bed crime.
"Hello, Komi," he gasped. "Three
men were following me. But I think
gve _given „them -the slip."
'
The old Indian; stamping out his
fire, replied slmpfy- ,
' "When the moon rise,„ 'Com' must
he on -hisva3r to Pico for food. But,
Komi, he watch—Komi WatCh."
1Viarehall saluted hiut and rode on.
• A shert distance back Marsliall's
three parsuers,' on " reined -in' horses,
stood staring 'bewildered over the
brink of a steep precipice down from
the Mountainside road where they
had just seen their quarry plunge
downehis horse slipping, sliding, nar-
rowly averting death at every turn.
They did not know whether they -dar-
ed follow. .
Their leader, a swarthy, bearded
man, with an evil face, gave orders.
"You two follow him down. I'll go
through' ilia 'ravine: '
Hesitating and reluctant, the two
followed down the.' petilous descent
Marshall had taken, while their lead-
er • wheeled' and vanished down the
divide. Theysoon tired of the appar-
ently hopeless chase, end giving up,
turned 'back. A. Short 'distanee 'seek
they met up with a fourth man—a
man 'with a _hard, crafty, evil face,
who wore very conspicuously elangl-
ing from his vest alarge topaz watch
charm.
"We did as, you said, Chief, but he
slipPedaway," one' of them told hint
"Unless Buck Picks up' Ids trail in
the ravine." -
Disappointment darkened the face
of ,the man with the topaz charm, but
he sniothered his feelings,. and fold:
"Well, we better be moving back to
town. If Buck. locates Marshall he
knows where to find Us."
Than -the three of them jogged off
on the:bind toward Pico.
Meanwhile, the Swarthy man called
Buck who had .taken the ravine trail;
'suddenly came into Kemi's view. -
Unseal by this man; Komi motinted
a horse, and followed swiftly.
As Marshall was riding tip the se-
cret passage into Paradise Canyon, a
narrow winding cWt through the
high cliffs, Ilielnan 'called Buck dreW
In hie horse at a point where the
high boulders jut out from the trail.
From the cdver of one of there boul,
dera he peered 'doerri 'where he could
see Marshall' about to enter the Only
gateway -to Paradise panyort, which
his vigilance had kept undiscovered
for fifteen „years. '
Somewhere- him, concealed
in:the-Shrubbery and rocks, with all
the' skill of his erase, like a snake in
the grass, Komi, "too, was watching.
Marshall rode on through the. Wind-
ingepagsage,,,and arrived at the small
gap which skved .as entrance to the
.canyon. Ramon, the Meilcae servant
on guard, alert, his title 'in pOsitiem
AS he heard the sOund of hoofs; re-
laxed as he saw it was his Master.
Following, Ander-,,gover so that he
could see,'but-not be seen, wa's Buck.
And following- him, Komi.
."I fancied I was. b.eing trailed,"
said Mahal, dismounting and leav-
ing his horse Nith, the guard to be'
stabled. "Better keep a sharp 'eye,
looked he ..errile'r and
.blanched, 11,,latY Wete liendleig, :over
usa.petient,' bliedaging ,hire.:"tend
itd-
bairing hien at one and the same nine.
,"lMlaybe it Menne tim,", said 'Bed;
pointing to .the- enconscdoes ,lerm on
the sofe. „'
Mershall'e faee:darkened„
'"Maybe," he answered. "And -may-
be there aro others. Lots ef-.'queer
things happening hereebents to -day..
Three. inen, Chased .me, en horses on
nay way home. „,. Quick, you, and Mi-
llie), -join Renton and.'scour the can -
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(To he continued.) .
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„'.'!“There-ls no -need lo2state thatetbm
her, mere thaMany other ravr Material,
supplies man with the ,ineens of satis-
fylag a greet many of hie esigential f•e-
quirements. But ceit'ain•treee, on the
other hand aro , nositively; harmful.
There are some -which, it approached
too near, may end ones existence. 'A
vegetable octopus in -'South America
Once nearly killed a naturalist and his
dog, while there is a, !cannibal," tree in
Australia callable .01 trapping a -man
with its leavee and, mangling the life
out of him. The 'telegraph'tree' of In-
dia also has electrical, qualities'which
can kill a too•Ceriousperson' with a
weak heart."—Timher Trades Journal,
iAre'are pained to seSt our esteedieed
eontemporary • negleet the 'Isioeth.
American -continent in the above ob-
.
servatione. Surely it has heard Of our,
pitadbagger" tree which carefully
hoards its dead tower limbo in order to
drop a.devitatatory cudgel upon an in-
nocent passerby.. Then there is our
"kangaroo" tree whiph is chiefly peev-
ish duringgeold, frosty weather. If the
Woo,dsirian'attempts to fell one la such
. .
a seasOn and gets ba-ck of the tree as
It starts to falleit is likely to kick back
several.feet and land him In the „near-
est hospitale-er...'beyond. Fortunately
I,r-hotch niethod of hobbling the kale
game tree -so it cannot kick back has
been devised; against the sandbagger
,tree •ntiadequate .protection ,except
vigilanee.end .miution, has yet been de,
velopedeL-Lumber World Review-.
Will dust Live Apart
"So they have decitifed not to get. e.
divorce?" •
"Yes: she's taken to golfand he's
going into politics." •
Atlantic's Flower Show.
Dame Nathee must be very prolid
her flowers on the sea, To g6 aboard
one of the huge Atlantic liners befere
elie futile and ffee the flowere and
plants in cabins and state -rooms, on
the huge staircase leading from the
lower to the upper deck, and practical-
ly lining the walls- of the vast roof -
garden end lounge, as good es visit -
Inge. flower allow.
The gardeners who look atter tiae
blooms have plenty to do. ,
Critical' eyes survey their handl-
work,..and, they are not left in ignor-
ance if the color' schemes fall to meet
with approval.
Then the gardeners have to produce
fresh Rowers daily for the dining and
state-rebms. .Antither job is to decor -1
ate the roof garden every day.
All the flowers likely to be wanted
for It voyage are, of comee, taken on
board beforehand. Each has to be
wrapped in the thinnest pose* time
paper Mid kept In an even ternperatere
without any water, When they are
-wanted, the gardeners plunge them in-
to ieee water, and in a minute they
appear as fresh Ifs if they had Suet
been picked in a nursery.
Sins of Omission., „
. "What are Sins of ornission,?" gaited
the vicar, who was examining the Sen-
dayesehool " '
",,SMs,),ou ought' to. have committed
'and haven't," was the prompt reiPonie
of oho of the smaller children. '
Just the.te-coyering of some of the
meat that yancoe'rei isiendofOths,
-
mainland:. of British, Coln/Tibia, is now
producing siveet pelefieed.for eminner-
,cial purnos-egge Althougheouly-in its Me'
fancy, this iiiduatey has already shown
results which wai.raiit a: future grewth
°fec seeonao noldag, 1%1,
,shows, that the Ieland prod -act can cam.
pote with the_lbeSte Produced in Dri-
tain or an the -,continent. ,
Vancohver prob,ahlY hotter
ade,pted. for the ,milittire ot eWeet pdas
'than
any other dis.isict,imt}..?
Domhal-
on. A 'fItY 'AugUet and early'September
are essential.ifethe Seed isto bs har-
vested in the best condition, in adclil
Bon, ;plenty, ef moistures sunshine and
.freeclont.,from:frosts.:tlateng the .,groW,-
Mg inontha'nfe- needed. 0.11 these
conditione-aia to 'be fouhd on the is-
land; thus making it particularly ad-
vantageons for the production of first
clues Seed. -
„How industry Came About.
This unique indus.My came into be-
ing' as the result of the activities of
two brothers named Crosland, netive.s
of. Huchlersilpid,.., England, who 'pur-
chased a 20 -acre fa.rm he the ,Cowichan
tor the raising of pigs end poul-
try. Onec,1the brothers, who had been
a. head- gardener In -:England, planted
some sweet peas, as e. hobby.- Noting
the ranarkeible growth ol the Peas and
that the seed ripened to perfection, he
sent a small semple to a filend in the
Oki Country. Te ,his surprise ,,there
came inek an order fOr half if fon of
seed. This unlooked-for reCeption de-
cided- the brothers, to specialize -in the
growing -of aveeet peas in preference
to raising livestock. From the first
small Planting, the tiered -fee under
sweet peas On, the Crosland farm has
gradually been extended and 'now
covers approximately fifteen -acres.
• ' The suceesi Of these brother,s In this
venture„Indaced other farmert in the
VelteY to turn theivattention to sweet
Peii:greeving,and'there are now sever-
al:farms titiaus wificiflone or mere.acres
are'deVoted ta,sweet Peas. The Most
netabla-of these la that of two other
brothers, A. and 3"5 Mathews, who, like
the Crosiands, first gave their atten-
tion to raising Ilyestoek ' and small
fruits. They, however,, 'became in,-
torested in the °ultimo ot. sweet peas
,and have ten acrea on the Island de -
Voted to this isidustrY.
GrewIng and Handling.
, 'There are no particular difficulties
attached to the growing and threshing
Ing of -seed. A .rleh .alluvial soil aral
constant cultivation,,IS es,sential. Great'
•Carahas to be taken in picking so that
the seed doet not become damaged.
The. pads, se }moil as they 'Rio picked,
are put into sacks, which are placed in
the sun until they are thoroughly
dried, the sacks are stamped.
on by the pickaxe" er farm hands, the
contents .run over , a frame, and the
seed, .running 'dowil this Sieve Move
quickly than the pods, is separated, In
a rough and ready.,manner. After-
wards th`e seed le ran through a email
fanning iailI, 'which emnpletes the
cleaning -process.
The prospects of faturb deVelop-
meat of this industry are or an encour-
aging nature. Ne great ,capital Is
needed to start'operations: as the land
—the most expensiVe Item—which can
be- properly eultiveted, is:naturally
limited owing to the inunenee amount
of caltivatioa .aed -tare needed' if. the
Preper rsulta are MI beliftained. Mar'
leting presents' no dee:whack°. The
seedjs light and occupies only a small
sPace' in 'transit, and markets ere
therefore not limited by distance.
H is; bitty
•
• .A. passenger too3t the 'train at Liens,
entered Er sleeper,' and tipped ' the
.guard liberally to piut him out of tile
train at Dijon. e • e.
a heavy sleeper," lizesaki,, "tied
Yon muet take ne noticb' Ot. my pro-
tests.. Seize ine and.put me out on the
platform." „ s
He slept.. , Iie ,aWoke es „the train.
steamed In to. In a raging :furyIse '
w4nt M the gueed and expretyseoeicli
some erallhatIC -opinioas• a var:ied
t'he,
have a bit of a temper, but Ws nothing
'cempared.' With ' the nhan Iut all the
train at Dlion.".
old pillows on the couch with a bright I . While crossing the Channel • feoM
colored cretonne (ail the skine„) brings France to England a balloon descend
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n neire- coin—note into- a room.—Mrs.'; ed upon the funnel, of aesteamer
E. C. ['burst into flames. -
Then he walked over the the cain,
where he had found Mary gazingn't
. Balton went off tow-ard the
stable with the -.horse Buck sneaked
through the passage into Paradise . -
.0anyon.
The watchful Komi, .perceiving,
telickly unstrung his bow and 'meow,
and .aimed, the feathery 'warning that
barely missed poor Miguel's nose and
stuck into „the kitchen -door.
Just -as Bud was withdrawing 'the
'arrow from the door -he and*, Miquel.
saw tie airplane dropping, and .eozne
down with 0 crash, and smoke against,
the tree atthe other side of the can-
yon. Carrying, the warning arrow,
thinking :that the mao in the plane
might be the, enemy Komi was warn-,
ing them of, they started' iunning
isi-
Wards it, -,
Rafore thsy got there,Idafy ad hee
father, who had seen- the mane first,
had already carried the :flye'r te the
,honsa. They f,ollowt,d, ' and while
'Mary Lagan nursing the accident vic-
tim, Tlud showed, Marshall Alia arrow.
"A warning Trani' Bees," . "•
said- Bud.
10141.e.tea. okleSt acting scoutmasier in..the world se-Mit'PleVoristrit,
sLtk Monti at the reeintt Stccitley jt-mbore,e.
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Don't& aDoormat.
"Doormat" is a term used to signify
one who lets othei-s walk on him, The
doormat often takes great Pride hi
his "matneese but it is the most dan-
gerous form of pride—the pride of
It cane itself by fine nen:lee—Devo-
tion, Loyalty, Self,sacrifice, and the
like. But it is a form a self-deception,
forisa reality the doormat is cruel.
Does the doormat ever think, while he
-is exercising, his own granil anknoble
self -crushing, of the harm he is doing
.these whom he allows to step on him?
Decidedly, he does not.
IVIatry a mother prides hereelr upon
Slaving lo rher daughter. She washes
the dishes while Doris plays the piano.
She toegets dress so that Doris can
dress well. She chaps her bends at
the wesh-tub and roughene 13,er linger°
sewIng--eo that Doris meet go out and
enjoy herself, '
The mother is full of patience, gen=
tieness and goodness, in order that she
may fill her daughter with-Timpatience
selfishiness and extravagance.
In all this, the mothee veritably
thiliks she le doing God's service. Ls
she? Is it Gent's service to guard a
child from work—without will& not
one soul in a hundred cafi escape rule
, Nel °lenient of happine,ss is`niore es-
sential than self-diselPline. Is It any,
mercy to deprive the young of that,
anti to feed them daily on the poleon
or seleindulgetice?
Here's a topic for mother's medita-
tion—the utter selfishness of utter un-
sedflehness.—Dr. Prank Crane.
'
ey
Had Special Terms,
Deummer—"Have 'you, special. terms
fat traveling men V
Small Hotel Proprietty--"SUra I
have, but 5 don't use 'ern till 1 git
mad."
World?s,Gold City.
Although Pretoria is the official capi-
.
Meet the Transvaal, Johapnesburg is'
the capital in the sense thrtt
commercial and industrial capital, a
far bigger, town, and the centre .of' the ,
greatest -known , gold deposit in the:
world. ' •
Well over half the world's gold sup-
ply is drawn from'Johonnesbura aud
the eurreunding distrief: ,
it,ninet net be thouglit that"the
gold is easy to find—it is not picked un
, in engeeter • I.
The- ,geld is in such fine particles,
and so .closely incerporated with the
ancleflinty earth, that it
10 eivieble to the naked eye.
As a ru:e, only a,hout,,one psieticie, of
gold is won from eyery.hundred'thouz-
and particles of -tot -qv handled, I
' Thie Means that to get ono ounce of
'pure gold, eomething like 'three tons
of rock must be blasted, And than
treated with chemicals. 'The work
cosi.s, on 'an average, 'twenty shillings
a km of ore milled 5 '
. A Fine City,
MTS.'S is a city al paIrs anil
121111SiOn
fl
Ls Drie.ertired in th r.otht$ALA)A
pacitet. alMar JaPen
• Gunpowder5 1n4ist upon SALAD
BUILDING FLOATING PALACES
Hew the Great Ocean Lit;ers Are Constructed.
Before se much as a Piece of steel is
touthed, every,part of a great liner has
to be planned, drawn_ to scale, ..and
.•7
The designer prepares three sets ol
plans—thogenerul iii-rangement, the
midship section, and -the "sheer
draught" lines.
Those planti.,are given to eltilled
qafts, of draughtsmen, who In their
turn 'work out the cletailS,of theetruc.
time of every indivithiall"-plece 'of, iron
Drawing having, been prepared,
copies aro sent lo the workmen, who
Use thenims guictes. In inarkini Id and
shaping the thoutands ok. Parte. ..
The gest out:filer- work Is the laying
of the 'keel; 'frond which the ship'e
. The neXt thing is to erect the
doable .bottoni—a Bert of tank which
carries .Water and ensures the nava
aatertys. should, she strike a rkiek and
tear open the outer 'wal/.
* *.
. Whilst the vessel is being 'frarritk,
.the stem abd stein structures are Pie
ing erected. Often the stern is one
solid piece of iron welgiaing np to 100
For this hilge Melting a mould is
made, a'Job that Will often keep a staff,
of skilled workers busy for six months:
Meanwhile, other work is being car-
ried, on. Sawmills, . jcilners' Shope;
ealfinet-reakera, smiths, Imass-workers,
plumbers,, and a hoet of other artisane
are making ready the various fittings.
Boller -makers and engineers are
building the engine -room equipment.
The great steel plates are heing.rolled,
shaped, bent, and punched, ready for
riveting into the frame.' .
Armed ..-with compression "guns"
whiCh itilhe over aethougand 915 -pound
blowe a minute, the riveters fix the
steel pletee, into position.
The "heaters" With' their portable
furnaces, make the rivets white-hot.
The "helpers,4 with thole tongs, pass
the rivets from the furnace to the
"holdersetp" inside the shell: of the
ship. . ' '
These men thrust them point out-
wards through the hales, so that the
otittside mencan harnmer the project-
ing ends. The.edges of the plates are
bent together, forming, one eche' iron
wail, and than beeten together by
pneumatic hammere, making them ale
aoletely watertight,
The she'll and,the steTtl being erect'
ad, ,the next thing is in- fit In the pro-
pellers, ot.screwii, which drive' the slap
through the water. .
most big ehipS nowadays have ,
or "twin" propellers, while the .great
oceam palacesoften have three. These
prOpeilers- net 0111ay gi:ve, greatenispeed,,
'hut enable the vesselto steer so" finely
that she can turn about in Iler own.
le;ngth.,
And now cenaes the difficult ,a,nd
critical operation of la -pelting. Be-
fdre the' hull is iiniehed, preparations
are baiie made for thia. •
Heavy tiaabers' of , hard wobd-, are -laid
parallel to th'e keel, th form "standing
wayfi."' These extend :beyond the
Stern, into deep' water, to guide and
support the iessel till the water teams
her AIM aeight. ' '
Over'the "standing ways" are laid
"sliding ways," plentifully lubricated
with tallow and black soap, to lessen
the frthtion.
'At the top end of the .elidIng ways
are stout cradles of strong tiMbera,
built 'under the ship at,bow and stern
to bear her weight and keep her :up-
right whenthe keel -blocks, staging;
and so on, are ilimoved. Drag chains
are fixed to prevent' the ship going -toe
far. from ,the shore, and anchors are
placed ready to drep,•to steady her af-
ter eliding'down the ways:
At, a signal, everythhig 'holding the
vessel in her place, ife kneeked- away.
The mighty hull trembles. ..Slowly at
first, but cfnickening es 'She proceede,
she glides aniM a seething
MaS3 of foafn, she strikes the.water—
and floats affinity my the'slirriee. The
ship 18 born!
Bet. though -the, vessel, haa came to
life, she is far from. finfehed. She Is
taken to a neighboring- wharf, where
engineers equip her with boilers 0.3.3d
machinery, and the careentees fix the
interior fittings.
And then, after two or throe years
have been spent In betiding her, she
will steant out to sea, an ocean liner
on her maiden trip.—E.
THE GOAT INDUSTRY
OF WESTERN CANADA
THREE SWISS BREEDS
REGISTERED IN THE
DOMINION.
Angora,Goats Also Raised for
Their Wool, Called Mohair,
• Which is in Demand.
• At the present tiraa there is a -car-
tain anicant of live Interest being die.
'played in Um Province of Manitoba, lb
the raising of milk goats. Several fine
herds are already being built up in
various parts of the province from
stock introduced from the 'United
States and ,steps are under Nvai to
organize • a provincial goat sneietY.
Numerotis individuals are conviaded
that there is a - prosperous future
ahead of the goat industry in the
Prairie Provinces and are making pro-
visitin accordingly,.
The success of the goat in Canada
has already been establishedd In the
Province of British Columi3la, where, -
of recent years, there has been -a. re-
markable growth in the number of
the milk of goats, tor it approaches to
mother's milk in contents and curative
qualities. Many hospitals and orphan- •
ages 111 Europe and the 'United Statee
maintain herds or milk goats to ensure
their supplies. Thug, with its need so
obvious, the goat -milk industry is
Sound to go ahead quickly .in Mani-
toba."
Grade and Pedigreed Animate.
Canada has a goat society, -with re-
gulations for admittance to registry.
Efforts in Canada towarde seetning the
best breede of milk pats have Colleen-
ttated, on the three main Sv,-Ise breeds,
Toggenburg, Batmen, and Nubian, end
Can/Lilian registration or pedigree is
limited accordinglY. It is stated that
isa many.sections, erthe prairie there
is a eontilimius demand for goat milk
in hospitals, etc., -s-vhilet the proaper-
ous arid thriving state of the dairy in-
dustry in Western Canada leaves little
a.pprehension as to the pesaibilities of
disposing of the milk supply.
An entirely separate branch of the
industrY, Which the Provhiee of Bri-
tish. Columbia especlelly has taken'
(steps to encourage, Is the -raising or
Angora goats. These animals are '
raised for their 13,01, properly called
mohair, ,The cheaper grades or ani- ,
male are used Jargely ,10 „the 'United
nlijk goats, and, secording- to report, ..vwalhanestinelWe;isitigernu:471:drp.ow, fon: tliviiiell piutort-
iftnee ecluemppalnycl, ,frrof.h. ea
ne1fineteleis offn• rtllepeleleflseiidnU: :are increasing every year, -whilst manY.
States for clearing land by killing
Pose, Goats prefer.brush Co 'grass, and
brush, ,and they would prove of great '
:.'rhre, 1,4,es fer, mohair
goat- ts well eitablished, there, . ' and i•-fgoh9rps..1:11s.e.°E;cti:er.iat'nssg-o,trta.,. i8sit.iposinatreeti joiluiptorthttat
.rad js now regarded- ,ag' a preeitiiblit:and
what was considered CO` be a
t Canada •has, no centre of the
'useful branch or the UrOvincial. live-
saiek 'industry, Aceording to the last '
whits
mohair cndustry . the Canadian', re ort there are ' over two hundred
Co -
known herds,' .eamprising 2000- pure-
bred' animals iii addition to grades. -
'The Demand for.Goat's Milk, ,.
operative Wool' Growers' Assoele.tion '
is .alwaye open to handle this product,
Tip to recent Years '111110 attention
was peel to the goat in Western Can.
It is ,hOped that something of .the ada. , Goat raising is a comparatively
same nature may be acdemplishecl isa 'VON' industryin the area, but one
the Prairie Provinces. It is pointed .which is believed to have its place in
out that the gradual It
of the -area's livestock activities with a
cheap, abundant land and pasturagein. sound future before it. A very . grati-
pertain areaa and the consequent more, fying'suecess guts attended the °stab.
intensive conditions of agriculture, isa lishrnent in British Columbia, and yet;
edditien to the higher price for dairy in spite of a. quite rem.arkable grovitlf;
protects, have created a deMand for It is stated that there is 1,00-11.1 in the
an animal that produces milk 1110re proVince.ter many more thousands of
econornically than a cow, hnd under goats, a Condition Which is duplicated
eould
'coladition on the same amonnt. of feed: ,
16:ceiplilt.i*Enisgliwthgeolitots'! i-etmivs notbo
inTtigle cPciaiTia +vv.
be kept in full:milk and ih geed .bodily
ativl tagokoesaithoinire;:ipa tonreo L.I.c161 elve.s .f IT.ohnol a.::::11.e,,td°.:11.vo'uormr. doAgaww., svstc;hde
to make them appear shorter is
yo rop
two to three quarts a day. In adclition',1., tia.•0:11:14,1,:isee etulretraal,7,4s,casoio%olen,i8:yla.rai.16.1tyce,
the gbat hen-t-ubercillar, so that Way
wilh
atInietrhonits-sncootredanger to be
Writiug on this subject, Cent. H.
0N,1V:aI°1Cre e'alltdT$eyo4ti firidi thon the
e re 'stilt
4- fr nge
at Peterslield,'Maultoba, on whiell he
Walters, ,Who has,a thriving goat farm I charrkv)iinnago\avncitie oif
.ishoi.it,ealipa.r€Tit-iiaight
Iho-smo,Mtaits a herd 01 40 pure-bred
hornless, Saanen goats, 'oat o2 original .
Swiss s c c, in a o (imp tasis- •
01.1:y twoh,,d key
Ing ihe goets' ccontliny; and lininunity on Vssils" now re-
frain tubercle o s is saes "' T10) seem, Maine it England... The, (sae at Kens
tics of infant mortality call fel' a febd Worth, -1,1car Dilestahhe wah, hullli
that will save the,, lives or children 'abent, 16131 In thes,•wells donkeys
who eamiot survive., oti the general walk insid.a 'a .htigh wheel, causin-j; it
sabstitute,, for another's ,revo:ve• and draw water frizzle the,
teatest need e( all le 50$1., :(141:Ivf of tho earth,