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EIGHTH EPISODE
The Price He Paid.
Sphinx Kelly entered Pat's state
room and closed the door behind him
The girl stood with her head just!eve
with a port -hole, and the morning
sun filled her .-beautiful. blonde hail
with streaks as of burnished gold.
The Sphinx stood. -for a moment
leaning with his back against the' door,
silently admiring the beautiful girl.
Nervously Kelly approached the
task he,had set for himself.
"It's very embarrassing for, me to
do what duty compels." Then the
Sphinx 'hesitated.
As' if more 'deliberately to embar-
rass the. detective, Pat steed silently,
gazing at ]tiro, her face radiant with
smiles.
"It's • embarrassing—" the .Sphinx
was repeating himself in his confus-
ipn.; „With an effort he finally blurted
out: I must search- your 'room for
the stolen pearls."
"You'snrprise me, ..Ir. Kelly,' said
Pat assuming an austere demeanor,
while her eyes .belied her man} resin
their', twinkles of mrhief: ' 'Whose
pearls do }ata -e cepa to find here ex-
cepts -nil ower ?„
"Mrs. Phillips, on the boat deck, has
been robbed of a string of almost fab-
uiously precious pearls," said Kelly in
apologetic explanation.
"And you expect to find them
around my neck?" said Pat.
But he was halted by a faint cry near
at hand—and by Pat's sharp com-
mand:
"Be careful, sir. Don't be rough—
ou have foundone of the earl but
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not the entree neck] ce.!
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"With merrylaugh Pat flung
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aside the blanket disclosing the baby
she had brought from .the second cabin
—and in resentment of its rough
treatment; the baby began to cry.
"what
"Seenow
you have done,
Syou
bad old 8'etective, said Pat. "You
don't know how to handle a pearl
when you find one," and the girl seeth-
ed the child. Kelly retreated toward
the door of Pat's stateroom.
"Excuse me for disturbing you -but
I'll see you later," and with no little
embarrassment the detective with-
drew.
The news was flashed to the cus-
toms officials by wireless and when
the ship halted at quarantine, several
extra officials came on board and took
charge of the investigation, Every
stateroom was searched, but to no
avail,
The formalities of passing'quaran-
tine, the inspection of tickets and the
' examination of the passengers were
n completed. , The steamship swept
"I must search everywhere there is
a possibility of finding them—and you
know, Miss Montez, that I have rea-
son to attribute almost any escapade
to you."
"This time, at all .events, you are
wrong," said Pat. "But to satisfy
you I give full permission for you to
search anywhere, even without pos-
sessing any warrant to do so."
'Really you are kind, Miss Montez;'
was Kelly's remark as he began look-
ing about in places where the -pearls
might be hidden.
"We will have your baggage care-
fully examined by the customs offi-
cials—and we may have all the pas-
sengers personally searched before
they go ashore. But find the pearls
I must—it would be a great advertise-
ment for me in America.'
"Nothing would be a greater source
of pleasure•to me than to 'provide you
with some good advertising—but as I
have no• method of doing .that, may I
at least offer you a chocolate?" the
girl replied, offering at the 'same time
a box of sweets to the great detective.
• "Thank you, Miss Montez—but I've
just had breakfast," and the Sphinx
resumed his seardh Finally he came
upon a bundle wrapped in blankets,
lying in a corner of the stateroom:
"What's this?" said Kelly as he be-
gan roughly "disturbing the bundle.
!majestically up the North river to its
pier and just as the first passengers
started to hurry down the gang -plank,
orders were given that every person
on board must be personally searched.
Matrons at the customs office
searched the women, and the men
were similarly examined by the ship's
stewards and customs officials.. But
the lost pearls were not. discovered.
When -the matrons had finished
searching Mrs. Van Nuys and her
retei Pat'kva ...graciousness itself WOO'
offered chocolates to everyone
within reach.
While the others were being search-
ed Pat was arranging to meet the wo-
man and her babe, as they landed
from -the second cabin, on the docks.
And all the time Pat was devouring
chocolates from her. stili ar1C'e store.
.,r$ceieased h' last from the customs
examination and free to proceed on
their way; Pat took the woman and
Pat Emptied the Box of ' Chocolates
and Extracted the String of Pearls.
her child into a taxi that carried Mrs.
Van Nuys and her niece to their
:hotel.
That evening when she was'alone in
her room, Pat emptied what was left
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special `traiiVtrig to 1[alcalolta Palls and
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For l'ntormatio0 Ask Your Local Ticket .l peal
ofa the hula boxshe had
chocead U into a GEN' KORNILOFF
handkerchief she had spread upon her j�
bed -cover and from underneath the •
MILITARY GENIUS
hoap, the extricated Mrs. Phillips'
strijig of pearls.
* * *
The furnished houao AIM. Van Nit
had rented in New Yer)c was secure
through the agency of Pat's secret ad
vice hem representatives of th
Parisian Apaches, Its owner Was in
sympathy with the' organization is
had built it for purposes similar 1
these for which Pat intended to use
The chief of the American Apache
called upon Pat and at her request to
cated John Phillips at the hotel where
he was stopping. The next day'Phil-
lips received a letter, advising him
that he might find a trace of the lost
pearls by calling a specified telephone
number,
Phillips, at Kelly's suggestion, was
stopping at tho same hotel with. the
detective, and he was seen consulting
with the Sphinx about the contents of
the letter. It was decided that Phil,
lips should at once telephone for fur-
ther information.
Pat wag waiting for the call,, and
answered it in person. After giving
Phillips the address she said;
If you will come here p ee t10e 0
n w
can soon arrange n e terms, The earl
g s
P.
are in New York,readyfor delivery.
upon the conditions Ishall exact.
Then Pat hung up the receiver, abrupt-
lyending •the conversation. When
Philips immediately called back, Pat's
maid answered swered thephoneand inform-
ed c nform-
ed him that her mistress had nothing.
further to say.
(To be continued.)
A PAINLESS CURE FOR BURNS.
French Physician Has Discovered the
Means to Save Soldiers' Lives.
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d HE IS RUSSIA's mos". BR11,LIANT
o GENERAL
5
Persons who have suffered severe
burns will be particularly interested
in the new cure that a French physi-
cian has discovered, and is using suc-
cessfully to save the lives of soldiers
in the great war. '
A soldier from the Somme, says the
American World's Work, was brought
into St. Nicholas Hospital, near Paris,
so badly burned that he was hardly
recognizable as a human being. Just
six weeks later he was up and walking
about, and the only indication that
he showed of having ever been burn-
ed was here and there a discolora-
tion of the skin. The new slcin that
had grown over two thirds of his body
was just like the skin that was there
before, except for a few smudges of
dark coloring; but in the course of "a
few months even that will have as
even a pigment as the rest of his skin.
There are no drawn places and no red-
dened tissue. ',No less remarkable- is.
the fact that the sckliei-sufferod no
pain,efter--t'$c first day.
St. Nicholas Hospital is full of
similar or even worse cases. In the
last year it has cured four hundred.
and fifty cases of extensive burns. It
is designated the "hospital for the
badly burned," and a glance any
morning into one of its dressing
rooms shows how thoroughly its name
is justified.
The cure is simple and easy to un-
derstand. A young soldier with ' his
ihands and forearms bandaged is led
iin by an orderly and seated on a stool.
A nurse removes the: bandages and
;the burned shin. She washes off the
pus with a small rubber . hose, and
dries the flesh with an electric hot-air
drier. Then she brings an atomizer
filled with a hot liquid. This she
sprays carefully over the hands and
forearms, until they are entirely cov-
'ered with a soft, white, waxlike film.
While that film is stillshot, she lays
strips of thin cotton batting over it
and paints thorn with the same liquid
l until the thole wound is sealed in un-
der the drying liquid. Then she wraps
is up in dicker cotton batting. A
week later the hands aro covered with
a new, supp:'e skin.
•It is not suite so simple ,a matter
when the buns are deeper, but the
process is always the same and does
not vary with the degree of the burn.
The liquid is a combination of paraf-
fin and resin. Laid on with a brush,
it would be painful, but"as it drops
in tiny globules, the patient does not
even feel the fall of the spray on the
flesh. The temperature of this liquid,
when applied, is" 1b'8 deg. F. It would
cause considerable pain if applied to
healthy skin, but on- raw flesh it
creates no feeling of discomfort.
•
QUICK AID FOR WOUNDED.
New British Cleansing Methods Now
Saving Thousands of Lives.
Lieut. -Col. Gilbert Barling, C. B.,
a famous English surgeon, who is con-
sulting surgeon to the great base hos-
pitals at Rouen, which accommodate
16,000 patients, says that since the
war began immensestrides have bean
made in the surgery of the battlefield.
Two improvements that may be notic-
ed as having taken place since the out-
break of hostilities, are in connection
with the rapid treatment of the
wounded after a big battle and the
cleansing of wounds.
Five or ten miles behind the fight-
ing sufficient casualty clearing eta-
tions—each holding about 1,000 men—
have been organized to deal with all
the casualties that niay seasonally bo
expected, so that onto a man is pick-
ed up by the stretcher bearers he re-
ceives adequate treatment within a
vary short time. Here also is a
special hospital, perhaps of fifty; beds,
for :abdominal cases, which are the
most urgent.
In the old days such wounds, be-
ausc of the delay before they could
be treated and gleaned, were general-
ly considered to be fatal; but under
the new -conditions, by which a man
so bit is plead In an ambulance and
sent off immediately, if necessary,
without waiting for other wounded to
be placed in with him, tite dangerous
delay is overcome, and the wound kept
septic and- more amenable to treat-
ment,
Unsprayed apple orchards are not
the profitable ones. Owners of small
erchards can co-operate with neigh-
bors in' spraying operations.
Without stopping his train an en-
gineer can Mote a lever in his cal) and
open a recently patented switch to en-
able .him to enter a siding, the switch
closing when the last ear ltld passed
over+ it.
With Premier Kerensky He Consti-
tutes the Mainstay of Russia's
• Share in World War.
Gert, Korniloff has lost no time in
Applying the "blood and iron" tonic so
sadly needed by the Russian ,armies.
He 1s said -to have turned ltis artillery
on one division that altowecl coward-
ice, The armies under him will have
either to 'ilglit the Germans or fight
each other, but K.orniloff is deter-
mined that they shall fight,
This brilliant soldier,' who was al-
most unheard of outside of Russia en.
111 a few weeks ago, constitutes with
Kerensk' the hopeofthe Allies that
Russia ill"
s vv continue to do her share
of the common on task Be has the con-
fidence of his men and the confidence
of the loyal element everywhere in
Russia, , Kereneky believes in hirer.
He is the nios•t brilliant et tie• generals
whon
u der Brussil'oi'f conducted the
sensational campaign last Summer".
His own recent drive in Gaiicla re.
'stilted in the captive 01 35,000 Ten -
tons, and according to the usual aver-
age, this 'means 100,000 were put out
or action.
Comes of Fighting Family
Korniloff is in hie 47th year. Ile
was born in Siberia and, it is said, in
a log cabin. From this it roust not be
inferred that ho belonged to the pea-
sant class, for the log cabin style of
architecture is popular in Siberia.
Korniloff comes of a fighting family,
for be is a grandson of Vice -Admiral
Korniloff, one of the most illustrious
of Russian sellers. It was Vice -Ad-
miral Korniloff who was entrusted
with the defence of Sebastopol in the
Crimean War. In the neck, of the bay
protecting this poral he sank the five
warships under his command, and,
taking his men ashore, laid the"founda:
tions of that defence which held .out
for nearly a year against the cont -
General Korniloff
biped cannonade of the British and
French guns. Subsequently the Ad-
miral died as the result of a wound in-
curred on Malakoff hill.
The present general was destined
for the army almost from birth, and
after passing through the Siberian
cadet Corps he picked tip one scholar-
ship after another that made his path
easy and plainly marked him out for
an unusual military career,
Brilliant Soldier and Linguist
IIe obtained a commission in the
Siberian army, which was at that
time a distinct organization from the
Russian European army and the army
of the Caucasus; but when the war
between Russia and Japan broke out
the Siberian army was taken over by
Kuropatkln. The young officer ad-
vanced rapidly and to him fell the
dangerous task of fighting rearguard
actions as Kuropatkin put into execu-
tion his famous strategy of "luring
them on." So well did Korniloff dis-
charge his duties that at the end of
the war he was awarded the Cross of
St. George of the Fourth Degree, and
presented with a golden sword, His
next appointment was to the Russian
military staff at .Pekin, where he con-
tinued his sudies and incidentally ac-
quired the Chinese language, It might
be remarked that the Russian gift of
tongues is brilliantly exemplified in
Korniloff, who speaks most European
languages, besides Persian and Chi-
nese.
He was a brigadier -general when
the present war broke out, and was
put in command of an infantry divi-
sion, the same one which has won
great fame in this war, the noted
!rorty -eighth, called by the enemy the
"Iron Division." Thia division took
part in the memorable sweep through
the Carpathians under Ruseky and
Brussiloft in September, 1014,
The Russians held their positions
through the Winter, but by the time
the snow begat. to melt the shortage
or ammunition had become stout°,
Battery Commanders who fired more
than half a dozen sbelis a clay were I
called on for explanations, Tho Rus-
sian position was undoubtedly well
known in Berlin, and so Mackensen
seized the opportunity for his famous
drive, When it began at least 0110
Ruesiatt division, the Twelfth, had
penetrated the Dukla Pass, ttnd had
advanced herrn ° 20 miles along the
.plains of Hungary. Had there been
plenty of anrnxttnition the whole Rus-
sian army would have streamed after
1t, and the end of the war would have
boon in sight.
Captured by Austrians
However, there was nothing for it
bet retreat, and again Korniloff die-
tinguishod himself by the desperate
delaying actions he fought. Ole hung
on se long that on April 28 a part of
his division was cut off and captured,
Korniloff was made prisoner and sent
to an internment camp about 500
miles from the Itussian frontlet.
Here lie remained until last Septeni-
bor, when Ito escaped with the help of
a Bohemian soldier, This Yuan gave
ltid life for Korniloff; for he threw
•1 COURSE IN HOUSEHOLD
SCIENCE COMPLETE IN
TWENTY-FIVE pESSONS.
Lesson VI, Carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates, the name given to ill effects. It is the most easily and
starches and sugar, furnish heat for completely digestible of all the food -
the body and energy to do work. !;tuffs.
Starches.Because few persons chew starchy
Grains, cereals and vegetables sup- 'foods euffioiently, they should 11e they.
ply starch, It constitutes from ono- oughly cooked, Intestinal troubles
half to three-fourths of the solid mat- reault Troon eating poorly,cooked
ter of eet'sals, and fully three-fourths starchy food, especially brealcfttst
of the solids of potatoes, !cocks, Infants es a • elderly persons
The process of digestion of starches suffer especially from insufficiently
begins in the month. All food con= cooked breakfast foods. The fireless
taining starch should, be thoroughly cooker is the best method of prepay -
masticated and mixed with the saliva ing starchy foods.
before swallowing; This of the
ut-
most importance, The action- of the Sugars ars are of many
lcinds andare
saliva continues for abouthalf an Sugars.
o taiped c iefly from
sugar cane,
hour after the food enters the stomach, beets, maple trees, and palms, Voge-
but the stomach juices do not act upon tables, fruits and milk also contain
starch. The next stage of digestion.
is effected by the pancreatic juice and
intestinal ei nal ferments. This completes
p os
the process and changes the starch
into soluble sugars. - '
Excess starch is stored in the body and evaported.. When cool it forms
in the form of fat. The, widespread a thick liquid, called molasses, and
prejudice against starch is absolutely crystals which, when refineclr are call -
without foundation- Starch is the ed sugar,
most innocent of all the elements of The sugar found. in fruits is two
ordinary food. There is virtually no and one-half times less sweet than
disease which can be attributed to the cane. From corn we obtain glucose.
use of starch. Fats, when used too Sugar from milk is called lactose,
freely, give rise to "biliousness.'; Ex- Sugar is very nourishing, easy to
cess of protein encourages intestinal digest, and furnishes heat and energy,
toxemia and overworks the kidneys. 'It may be used freely in cold weather,
Starch, however, may be taken with but in hot weather only a small
groat freedom without producing any amount is needed,
sugar. Cane is our chief course of
sugar. r. It
is a plant somewhat re-
sembling n.
m g corBy crushing
between rollers the sweet juice
is extracted, which is clarified
Wartime Dishes,
As wheat is much needed for our
Allies overseas, we should substitute
cornmeal, oatmeal and rice where pos-
sible.
Oatmeal Muffins.—One and one-half
cupfuls milk, two eggs, two table-
spoonfuls fat, two tablespoonfuls
sugar, one teaspoonful salt, two cup-
fuls rolled oats, one cupful flour, four
teaspoonfuls baking powder. Pour
milk over oats and let soak one-half
hour. Add eggs and melted fat. Add
to dry ingredients, which have been
sifted together. Bake twenty-five to
thirty minutes. This makes ten to
twelve muffins,
Cornmeal Muffins.— One cupful
millc_or water, one and one-third cup-
fuls flour, two-thirds cupful corn-
meal, one to two tablespoonfuls fat,
one to two tablespoonfuls sugar, one
egg, four teaspoonfuls baking powder,
one-half teaspoonful salt. Method 1.
Mix milk, egg and melted fat and add
dry ingredients, well mixed. Method
2. Scald cornmeal with hot milk -.Add
egg, melted' fat and dry ingredients.
Cornmeal Griddle Cakes or Waffles.
—One cupful milk, three-fourths cup-
ful flour, three-fourths cupful corn-
meal, two teaspoonfuls baking pow-
der, one-half teaspoonful salt, one egg,
Add beaten egg to milk and add to dry
materials, well mixed.
Rice Wheat Bread.—One-half cup-
ful milk and water or water, four
tablespoonfuls sugar, four tablespoon-
fuls fat, ono and ono -half teaspoonfuls
salt, seven cupfuls boiled rice, eight
cupfuls flour, one-half cake compres-
sed yeast, one-fourth cupful warm wa-
ter. Scald liquid if milk is .used.
Pour over fat, sugar and salt. ' Cool
and add yeast, moistene-1 in ono -
fourth cupful warm water. Add rice
.and flour and knead. After second
rising, bake forty-five minutes.
Frying Pan Corn Bread.—One and
one-half cups corn meal, two cups
sour milk, one teaspoon soda, one tea-
spoon salt, two eggs, two tablespoons
fat. Mix dry ingredients, add milk,,
then eggs, well beaten. Place fat in
frying pan, melt it, beat well into mix-
ture, reheat frying pan and turn in
the mixture. Place in hot oven and
cook twenty minutes.
Rye and Cornmeal Bread.—Pour
three-quarters of a cupful of milk and
half a cupful of water over one cupful
of cornmeal: add one tablespoonful 'of
butter, one tablespoonful of sugar and
one and a half teaspoonful of salt.
Heat gradually to the boiling point
and cook, stirring frequently, for
twenty minutes in the upper part of
the double boiler. Cool, add half a
yeast cake dissolved in -a quarter of a
cupful of tepid water and two cupsful
of wheat flour. Mould, -let rise un-
til it has doubled in size, shape in
loaves, put in greased pans, let-risc
again until very light and ,bake for
forty-five minutes.
ELECTRIC T"Y'S PART
IN THE WAR
SOME OF THE MARVELLOUS
EQUIPMENT USED,
Demands of the Huge Conflict Have
Stimulated Inventors to Give'
of Their Best.
It is probablysafe to say that with,
out electricity this war could never
have reached the proportions which it
has;
perhaps s coold never have been
fought at all: Ever BigBertha is
fired by an electric spa Every
order from headquarters reaches the
trenches, not by courier as in days of
old, but by telephone. The wireless
crackles aataccatoaccompaniment animent
to
every sailing of ship and submarine.
The torpedo itself is propelled by elec.
tris motors,
Invention has been stimulated al-
most hysterically by the demands of
war. Armies on the march or in. the
field have now a hundred conveniences
which were " not known last year.
There is a radio telephone and tele-
graph equipment, for instance; which
can be attached to a motorcycle.
Wireless Equipment.
The French have developed the
wireless to a fine point. They now
have what they call an "ondophone"
detector for receiving messages, thel
value cf which lies in its small size
and extremely compact makeup, The•
whole affair, as a matter of fact, can
be carried in an officer's breast pocket,
With this little detector at a dis-
tance of 20 miles from the -transmit,
ter•all that is needed is air open um-
brella held as high as the hand can
reach—or a sword, if you prefer—
; while a small metal contact piece con-
nected to a cord lies upon the ground,
and makes the earth circuit, At 60
miles one need only plant a knife in a
tree, preferably a pine tree, or a gim-
let will answer as well. One of the
cords with its metal clip 18 attacked to
this "antenna" while.•the other clip
is placed in the ground. The entire
receiver weighs but 13 ounces and yet
in spite of its size it is meticulously
made and is a most accurate ap=
paratus.
For long distance, for instance to
the extreme borders of France, one
clip is joined to a telephone line which
serves as an antenna and tate other
goes to, gas or 'water pipes for the
ground.
But at a smaller distance there can
be a wider choice for antennae -''a
kitchen stove, a balcony, a metal bed
or the like, or even n bicycle or an au-
tomobile. .The operator may use his,
own body for the ground by attaching
the metal clip to his finger, while the
other clip goes to the telephone wire.i
In this way ' signals have reached
Paris from a distance of -no less than
270 miles. •
•An Aid to Surgery.
Most interesting of all, perhaps,
is the invention of an electrical con-
trivance to remove particle;, of metal
from wounds. This has not comp
directly from the.war, either, though
it is being used there now in tlie,base
hospitals. It came from Pittsburg,!
from the factories which have been
furnishing practically all the barbed
wire for the Allies entrenchments.
This machine is a powerful electric
magnet that is taking the place of the
surgeon's painful and perilous probe,
and it is one to save countless lives,
and untold agony. The removal of
pieces of shrapnel, steel jacketed but -
lets and other metal substances from,
wounds by use of powerful electro-'
Magnets in the war zone hospitals has
been acclaimed as the very latest zips
plication of science to surgery
But it has already been in practice
for more than a year in East Pitts-'
burg in the relief department' of a,
arge barbed wire factory:
The magnet is mounted on a box
which contains a rheostat, used to re-
gulate the amount of current flowing
hrough the coils. It requires 4,400
watts for its manipulation, or enough
power to supply 100 thirty-two candle-
power Mazda lamps.
himself between the fleeing general
and his pursuers and his own body
stopped the bullets that otherwise
would have brought Korniloff down.
He wandered on footfor three weeks,
living for the most part on herbs and
wild berries. On returning to head-
quarters he at once resumed com-
mand of a division, but was summoned
to Petrograd to take charge of the
military garrison when the revolution
broke out.
Sympathetic though he was with the
revolutionary movement, he saw that
the action of the Workmen's and Sol-
diers' Committee was bound to de-
stroy the discipline of the army, so he
resigned, and bogged to be given a
command at the front. He was sent to
Brussiloff, whose armies still retained
most of their disclpine and at the be-
ginning of July began the sensational
advance toward Malice. .
TOKIO NEEDS PAVEMENTS.
Streets In Same Condition as Half a
Century Ago.
Modern paving, sanitation and
street cleaning are not practised in
Tokio, capital of Japan. The Far
East asserts that "in the dry season
the streets are Saharas of dust and in
wet weather. unending quagmires. The
main business artery of Tokio, from
Sainagawa to Uyeno Park, a distance
of six miles, "remains a spectacle of
neglect and dirt." Along part of this
route pavements and gutters have
been provided, but they will not clean
themselves and no attempt is made at
street cleaning. The strecs are in
exactly the same condition as they
were half a century ago. '
Another source of anxiety exists in
the fact that none of the Japanese
uildings, no matter how imposing,
have adequate foundations.
b
WARSHIPS COMFORTABLE.
Tars No Longer Have to Endure
Olden Time Hardships.
Warships formerly meant close liv-
ing quarters; and ships formerly went
off on cruises on which the men some-
times did not set foot on shore for six
months or a year, and quite often they
had to go for months without taste of
fresh meat or vegetables. Those days
are gone. Ships still make long
cruises from home, but' they do not
keep the sea as they used to. Service
regulations require that men now be
given a run ashore once in three
months; and "beef boats" travel with
all fleets.
The everlasting holystoning of
wooden decks and the dim lanterns
hung at intervals from low -lean, ing
beans—they are gone. The only dim
lanterns now are the "battle lanterns"
in use 'at night war practice; and they
are swung to steel bulkheads by elec- I
tric wires. Quarterdecks, forecastle -
heads and bridges'arestill planked on
the big ships, and such do still have
to be holystoned on special days; but t
the great stretches between decks are
now laid in linoleum•on the hard steel
itself; electric lights are all-over the
ship, and, as for the low beams, the
new big ships are so high girded that
hammock hooks 'on the berth deck
have to be made extra long so the man
won't have to get stepladders to turn
in. A battleship nowadays is ;about f
600 feet long, 100 feet wide, has seven I
'or eight decks, with turrets, bridges, ,
military masts and smoke pipes top-
side.
Every inch of: railvay line in Eng- a
land may be said to ]rave cost 12s„
every mile ;£38,000. English railways
are three times as costly as those of
America.
Looking Too Happy.
The "dreary Glasgow Sunday" is far
from being a mere figure of speech, A
at, jovial looking American, leaving
lis hotel one fine Sunday morning for,
a stroll, came upon a George Square,
policeman, who eyed' him, and said:
'Ye had better talc' caro, sir, what
e'ro doing." "What am I doing?",
required the tourist, and added, with
merry wink: "Why,..I'm not even
N
• "No," replied the Glas-
tvegian, in solemn and reproving tones,
'but ye're lectin' maist no happy as' if
t wis Monday."
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If better sugar is ever produced than the present
RED?ATl-I Extra Granulated, you may be sure it .rvzll
be made in the sante Refinery that has led for over half •
a century --and sold under the same narne—REDPATH.
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