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—BY -EDWIN BLISS.
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PART L
I saw him first—the poet man. He
wasn't much to look at, just a messy,
long-haired little fellow who got took
quick in the wind and with eyes that
hated anybody• Who felt sorry for him,,
Purley I noticed him at all. We see
them every day out here, dragging
themselves off cars and hiking for the
mountains. Almost. every day, long
pine boxes are shoved in the baggage
car billing them back hone. They
come and go. Just lungers—that's all.
Guess his nerve was what stopped _off with Joe Elwood. When Joe didn't
my pay car, He walked down the come back I packed Hell Diver' and
never' seen her, :but some day I shall
howler, her shell
her.she
does not'
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talk. She looks at tho.boolt 1 e
tt and
she has tear'niists in her eyes, and and "she'
doesnotknow it nor would she care
she did, for she bas read: the bode; It
is the wgman I` have never seensave.
in the moon, Pete; and the book is
the' poem that shall be born of pay
hour, ai 1 and •t shall bring us together,
NURSES
The 'Jr onto FIoopito.l for Inept,
nbies 'In affiliation whit Bellevue and
Alred hospitals •Neje \ink ": G1tY.
eire,•s a tbroe-. yoarl'- course o!''Train
tag' to young women:having, the re
eultve elncation, and: desirous of by
retiring 'nutsus. Olhis Hospital : hoe
adopted the et&ht-hour. system. The
puts is receive uelforms. of the School.
n t.tonthiy alipwa0oo-and travelnng
That's what'd see out there—New 'Ix Sutisds 6o'vnd moire Flew TorlL •D'tr
York, Pete. ' Phe• city of power, 'they eu'ther infot•matiou apply to the
call it; the city of riches they Say it Superintendent.
is. And 'as I ;look on, the' J)0weii of `
Red Mesa I 'feel I can put it in my
poem, and it shall be so much more make me think I ltad'another Gophir.
powerful than' the man-made city: I Just'an accident; but that's always the
see the Woman out.there and the rich way liner': Jmi 2,liatehea' chucked
possession of her love will be "o antic li nous rias pica plumb d sgusted; rani]
richer than all the dross 'of the town it 'tiara$ ut tree quartz t1 at become
Oh it's a wonderful country, 1 c it Lost' lite 11ute Hell; Dived stu 1
looked k' a though
mines so rich that old King Solomon
must 'have tried to•bust his grave to
get out and see them.
Finally he rolled up in his blankets
and kept still, staring at Red :Mesa as
the night got its Sponge and wined off
all-tlie colors there, The clouds �yeie
ocking•the moon stout and the stars
;Uurning big,. holes in the blanket
thrown over them when Podner went
to sleep, his breath slew and deep, with
rnow w
I.
Funny how tittle. you,get .to. morning You the grub, was low,
up an, owns s ars: e
stopping at the window to ,stare out aburn's like a - long -wicked candle and
Ppg
Pete!"
-meed
'IThat's right".I agreed. "And it , ii i Aurcovered Haat vein' that IS the
sin't'•been half mineralized C1o` lir. It runs thatway.
He; loo a '•at'•me quick, s h ' Gold Pete?" he asked softly. "You
crossed his faee. That night he 'bah- "Gold P'odirer;'•I'answered, knoek-
hurt then a curious foxy expression have foei1d it?
bled" like ••a 'trout •"stream•, .fancying ing: out my .pipe orx'•the heel of my
boot ashamed to meet his oyes Tor
some reason: Pretty' surface crop-
ping as ever 'I saw—it's another
i Gopher '
"And "this;" he whispered softly to
himself not'knowing I. could hear, -`is
gold—gold."' He stroked the spee.i-
mei's lightly; that shiny glad look in
his eyes'ae, they met' mine across the
fire. He rose, came oyer and bat down
beside .me, leaning 11 s bent. elbow on
never a sign of a cough ora hitch. my. shoulder. "P' te; "'he' began, "this
which tables one, two, and three. are
listed. The groups progress. from
quite
tr se
arelaud to
t a 1. 11
tali] toP
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a distance apart -hand guess a series
of flower odors at each. When the
rounds have been tirade, each group'
elves its score to the judge, and re-
ceives another card on which they find
an odd jumble of letters.
This is; called a Rosebush Contest,
Again they work as a group, and the
ones who, find most, parts of a rose
.'bush on•thir cards are awarded tiny
nosegays.
10 match up the flowers for supper
pa ther.s let the girls and men draw
frpm two liaekets' he which' identical
flowers have -.been`• placed. If there
aren't enough different lowers, you
niight uee the same`. flower hi varioua
colors, as red, yellow, pink, and white
roses and the various Colored pinks.
and pansies.
.When, partners have 'been 'drawn,
they may seek the rise booth -and help
themselves"to a rosy supper. ' You
might serve:
Rbse-colored Lemonade in Paper Cups
Dream=Sandwichee • Salted Nuts
Rbse-fr'o`sted Sponge Carte
Strawberry. Ice Cream
As, your guests eat,'you might give.
them some rose riddles to guess. If
you prefer; you call: give each couple
a card with a pencil attached,:01
which to put down their 'answers. It
they, tire: of ;this, let, them have a try
at Alphabet Flower. Ships. Tliis is a
game that was played half a century
ago, so that it's about old enough to
be new.
The leader explains that each guest
represents a ship named a certain let-
ter of the alphabet, and, when 'called
on must say: "My ship is loaded with
"• Chats the name of a flower be
ginning with the letter the leader has
called.
For' instance; the leader calls C
and points to a certain guest.' I"mme-
diately she mtist'answer: "My ship is
loaded with- earidytnift" Xf "$" le
called, the guest;'ma', answer '!be-!
gonia." It would he well for the host-
ess or leader to have, at. hand a die.'
tionary for reference.' The faster the
game is played the more enjoyable
It is.
You might finish the evoning with
a rose hunt that will send, each guest
off with a souvenir of the eveuing's
fun:
HOUSE OR HOME.
A house is built of bricks and stones,
Of sills and posts and pith;
But a home is built of lovely deeds
That stand a thousand years,
A house, though but a humble cot,
Within its walla may hold
A home of priceless beauty, rich
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d d down and up the floor,thet ' 'There's one big fellow that
that the would.ha'eo td be on our way.
How far is this gold from here
=from
the moon. I sometimes he' stares at Inc till my Red Mesa?"
' ner " says I nervous for fear pipe. burns out and I . can't see any- "A matter of three miles," I ane-
gt Y
of get#ng him ,touchy;'"T'm a tough 1 thing; else but him:. Old alkalis and veered, uneasy for the curious expres-
old jasper without much feelings, butImountain 'men get the habit of talk sion on his face. "We'll make the trip
T know one thing for certain sure. ing things over with the Lord when to Ozone"in no time -eight days at
When a man spends his time looking, they're up pretty high, where He can , the most "
at the moon, his ears is hankering for • hear 'em' plain. Somehow, looking . "Eight days," he murmured, still
the rustle of one certain petticoat. I from Podner, sleeping with a look of looking at,nie queer,' "Pete, I'ye learn -
know, because I've stared myself. 1 heaven on,his woman's face. and at ed%'li great deal of this'country from
that unwinkin star; listening -to the
married oleate -hall girl in Cripple'sg
old days and gave her the Gophir tinkle of Hell Diver's bells as' he
Mine, after which she ups and runs roamed about, with a bad dream, I got
a hankering to talk things over.
, "Lord,"r said I quiet, so as not to
wake the little fellow, "me and You've
made considerable medicine,apout Joe
Elwood -him as run away with my
wife in Cripple Creek. I've sorts
changed my mind about wanting You
platform, straight and still till the
Tough hit him, racking, his body ter-
rible, but his eyes blazing warned at
me not to notice it<
"Mountain air kind of bite your
gizzard?" I .asks careless like.
He whirled on me,, mouth and eyes
trying to cuss me, then keeled over in
my arms, dead weight. Two days he
fussed around the borders and bar-
rancas of the Black Country before he baby.
comes to himself in my shack, his big
started looking for him and another -
mine. Women is hard to get off the
head, Podner; but a pipe and the sight
of rich quartz will do it. In the morn-
ing.me and you start prospecting."
His' eyes grew big with terror as he
looked at me, then moved to the: table,
planting his hands on the writing pad
and pencils lying there, protecting
them as le jealous mother would her
eyes soft and shiny and wondering a
the things he'd just seen. I bent over
him and he recognizes me immediate,
fighting for his breath.
"'Tain't my gizzard," he gasps;
"It's my lung, you idiot, and what the
hell business is it of yours?"
And that's how I met with Podner, in the mountains. I might Just as well
P -a -r -d -n -e -r, Podner. He was my have died'in New York if some big
podner and Podner I called him al- purpose hadn't been behind it all. I've
ways; it: fitting better to; my tongue felt the poem stirring.. within me in
"My poetry, Pete!" he cried. "I'm
too weak to do that and write. You
don't, can't understand, Pete," he went
on, softening. his voice and resting his
puny white hands on my shoulders in
a way that always set'me shivering
Wide. I came out' here to die, here
than his fancy handle. Game as a this big country, this country that
pebble, Podner was. Never complain- frightens yet caresses. me. I only
ed, but bunked fn my shack like it was want an hour, Pete; my hour, when I
comfortable as home back East and can write all that I'm feeling. Only
I was refined and educated- It takes my hour, Pete, and something tells me
some nerve to do that in a strange, I'll get it."
country when you haven't a nickel,' The stars were' guttering out when
haven't anything but a hole' in your we packed Hell Diver and started, the
lung. !morning air searching out the mar -
He would sit for hours before the 'row in our bones, and the sun painting
door, writing kit handy, his eyes the snovi-filled canyons that top Cam-
fastened on the timber line of St. erons Cone in a cross of blazing fire.
Peter's Dome, where the creek twists Through the mountains which the
round on itself and lancet clown the miners had gophered out, down into
canyon just as though it hadn't ever valleys and up again, we travelled
figured on reaching the'top. Days that day, with Podner chattering his
I'd leave him sitting there, the sad delight. and Hell Diver looking at him
look. on his face; nights I'd come back ;astonished, Iike an old-timer would,
to find him stillthere, hungering for and me just happy.
something he couldn't seem to quite' The third day out he began to grow
locate. And the moon, white -washing silent, and his imagination -drawn
the door, seemed to'leave ' a lot of mines were turning out to be mica as
itself in Podner's eyes, tender, plead- his head sagged forward and his' feet
ing and easy to hurt. I'd never let lagged and dragged. But I kept him
on to notice, just get out the skillet walking, heading for,Red Mesa, know -
and doctor up a mess of bacon and ing it would astonish him plumb out
beeps and then we'd eat, him silent of himself; besides, Red Mesa had
and forgetful that I was there at all.' never been half prospected.
X knew his mind was,on that pad of ; We came to it on the sixth day,
paper; the pad that never showed a,just as me and Hell Diver had come
line: of writing, on it a dozen times before, abruptly
!"Phe disease is mostly in his head," 1 as you round the Devil's Slide. Podner;
Doc used to say to me. "He is highly was staggering, fighting for his feet,
imaginative, Pete; all poet fellows are.' head leaning forward, and legs : wob-
Just distract his mind and you'll be bly.' He got one eyeful, then straight -
astonished at the rapidity of his im- ened, the .breath coming through his.
prevenient." j teeth and into his lungs with a big,
But Podner was tender as a woman'hissingsound. I knew'his feeling,
and I was just an old alkali and moun- never having quite got over them my-
tain man who knew' nothing much that; self when I stumble on'Red Mesa.
got away from "color." I talked iti A wilderness, a desert of rocks; a
over with Hell Diver heaps of times.' wilderness, a desert' of mountains of
Me and Hell Diver got that habit rocks—that's Red Mesa. But it's not
twenty years back when my wife -1 all red. There's no color or mix-up of
well, anyhow burrows have lots more colors that Red Mesa hasn't got. It's
sense than• folks about such things,l.not made, Red Mesa ain't. It's just
and finally I. got an idea. I sprung it jumbled;. together in ledges, canyons,
on him next time I heard him pacing mountains, rough valleys; chucked out
of heaven because it hurt the aeg'e1s' Bothe
d i the1
listening to ydu talk. Eight` days, is
a long time to leave a mine alone.
Yesterday you said a; day was a long
time to keep the -smell of gold from
a prospector's nose, Claim 'junipers
could do many things in eight' days.
"I've found the way out; Pete,'
"he
said quietly; "sitting here, it came on
the what should be done. You've been
.You've hear awfully good to me, humored' me and
to send him in range. e b f Icared' for me like .I was your son. I
f ti
this Podner of mine
eggging 'orknow now the purpose o f our meeting.,
hour. I don't want to ask too much
m comm to this country, wasn't to
but just hand him that hour, Lord, give fine my hour; my poem, but to help
I ,won't ask for nothing else and
will take off my hat to You forever s a far bigger purpose, Pete; and
more.' Amen. I am thankful, being soweak
you
and fen
to the riches you • have earned.
ando
Funny how Nature fools with an so bi and strong, to be used` for it.
old josper same as if he was a tender- g
I had been prospecting about And now yea are going to Ozone alone
soot, thinking "color" was to get the things we' need, and I will
six days, never t g chucklingto guard your mine while you are gone.
in the country, but•just That mill be my hour, Pete,
see how fast Podner was getting cured
while I made a bluff at working so as
to .humor him, when . rich quartz, a
big vein of it, just naturally crops up.
and hits me in the eye. Right on Ward's Llnimen4aorCoughs da Colds
the surface it was, broad enough to MI.
; so much
worthy an hour than the one I
more wo Y
thought had been laid out for me."
(To be continued.)
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CARE OF THE SCALP.
Among the minor ills—those, name-
ly, which do not threaten life or' ire -
pair physical efficiency—there is per-
haps none that occasions more dis-
tress than the various tronbleel that
affect the hair of the head. "A wo-
man's glory is her hair," and man's
would be his if he could only keep it!
In most cases he could• keep it 'if he Most of the girls:will-come as: gay
would only begin to care for it soon crepe -paper duplicates of their favor -
enough but good hair is like good -itea, but don't be surprised if some of
health; we seldom appreciate it or
the boys come looking like giant but -
think of means for preserving it until tons or cardboard hearts from which
it begins to depart, and then it is often blood seems to.flow. . I ' Lingerie and Specialty Shop
too late. If your party is. outdoors you won't 120 Danforth Avenue • Toronto
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mad sea®Pat. Oise ahroao
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Said pliant aired tile
TAe8'ves a,t. ease..
flowers they had- discovered, If such
tests were preserved, compared from
year to year, and additions made, they
would become; really .fine records,
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choose this flower as your own end
send this invitation; out on rose •colored
cards:
Miss Crimson Rambler bids all the
flowers to a party in her garden
on June eighth.
('Plower costumes)
R. S. V. P.
Time
Place
Most Have -Been .
Bug --,"This • must be one of those
hurricane decks that I've heard about."
Minard's Liniment tor. Corns and Warts
Printing Tennyson'' Poems.
In the daye before:linotypes were in-
vented every letter had to be set by
hand in the printshops,.of the world.
It was during that, period that Murray
the publisher said that every time, he
was called on to print Tennyson's
poems he .had to.secure an. extra sup-
ply of the letters' "I" and "Y," since
the poet used' the :word "rove':' so of,
ten, It was a -noble though Incidental
tribute to a cardinal word In the Bub-
lime strains of the lliustrious poet.
There are 2,174 different characters
in the works of,Di'cicens.
In Love's eternal gold. Skirts Pleated,$1.
P cots piealed deeotdlan ri gtlne end Floa Ueda
'Tirane 2^ at reasonable prices - Hemelteldne 10 and
12 colt' yard. Uut-ot term ardera promptly at
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tended to::
BEAVER.
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The beaver is the most famous en
grocer among, the lower 'animals, Like
g
many ttaiman beings with abig repute
tion,he often- gets credit for things
that 'he ''cboes'n['t do Eris' Press agents
have ascribed,- engineering sagacltY to:
him which !,s beyond his rodent .men-
talitY: Yet 7r e` is a remarkable en•
gineor, as his dams. and canals evi• .
deuce: And even his burrows aiid
lodges -show architectural sill],
0 ion that the
Some: folks hese the n t
Beaver: egins leis dais by cutting trees•
b
so Umtit 'dies vii11' fall acreas a stream,
and thtt then he builds it cut of loge.
The trouble with this idea is that trees
fall 1n whichever direction they Bap-'`
pen to lean or ,the ,wind or chance
directs, and net according to some'.
mysterious mathematical calculation
of .this industrious forester•: Also, logs
of any size are seldom used in the con-
struction of the -dam. The beaver Mite
crown trees primarily for the bark,
which it strips `off' for focd, and second-
arily for 'the 'limbs ball twtgs with
which it dams tho,stream.
Beginning the Dam.
Tho damn is begun by laying twigs
and branoinea-on the bottom, butt ends
`ilpstream,; and then covering them
with gravel mud, or rocks dug from
the upstream side. More twigs are
then laid on top and covered. Green.
wood is almost as heavy as water, and `
after being immersed a: silent time wi
stay down of its own accord, w -
even dry wood becomes water -1
in time. The dam is built up
desired height in this way and
as; a.fintslting touch, plastered
mud en top•
Some N.arture fakers, judging b.
stripe of the beaver's fiat tall,
suggested that it is used as a tro•
and as a raft to carry -mud and othe
things. Such is not the case, however,
Mud is carried and plastered on by the
skdllful forepaws.
Even more remarkable thantbe `ac+
tual. construction, of the dam, however;
is: the deliberate digging of a channel
to transport material to the pond.' For
not only do the beavers dig these ,
waterways, but they dam them to hold
the water at the proper level for float-
ing the loge and tree limbs.` These
ditches vary in width from one tofour
feet, In depth from eight inches to two
feet, and in length. from a few feet to
over five hundred feet.' The long,
gradual slope of the lower face of the
miniature dam maiees It easy for the
beaver to drag logs over it.
NATURE STUDY RECORDS.
It would surely be interedting for
the girls of a community to set out to
discover how many flowers, birds or
trees they can find in their vicinity' in
the course of the ,summer holidays. At.
a camp one year on the closing day,
after only a week's search, the girls
went in a procession and attached
names to all the trees they had identi-
fied and presented to the camp on .a
birch baric roll. a list of :forty-five
Embroidery, Crochet, Fancy
Needle Workers
We sell your good', on consignment,
Send a'"stdnip'for reply.
Many of the troubles with our heti have to worry much about decors-
lack,oi'lustre., brittleness, dandruff, . that
thinning or actual baldness -rome , '- t ifyourparty-ia
for ou, Of course,
primarily from lack of nutrition. t The at night you will want to string, up
skin of the scalp, unlike the ek o of, Ja anese lanterns for additional light.
the rest of: the body, is stretched over p g
a bony surface, so that its blood sup- And you may want: to serve your re-
ply must be brought from o distance freshments from 'a rose -decorated
and is almost completely shut off by booth on the porch,., ,
pressure against the skull such as that As the flowers arrive_ give each a
made by the rim of a man's straw !fiat jagged bit of rose-colored cardboard
or his derby. The stiff hat, iy^the' or, flo there area few words from
way, is uncloubtedly the main reason some flower quotation. Tell ran that
that so many more men than women he will find'his partners for the first
grow hold. The few instances of bald- evenb by. matching up with the other
tees, in: women can usually be explain- flowers who complete the quotation.
ed `by' lack of care or by neglect of When the various quotations have been.
isoase o scalp.
assembled; there will be some quaint
The meat titin' in caring for ,the :bouquets, indeed.: Imagine a gaudy
tions nature hoe taken care of
Lifebuoy may besafe-
ly used on the tender-
eat skin.
it is wonderfully
cleansing for li:ttle
hands, faces and bod
Llfabebsbehlee 1100, hawk,
fel fbaolthi akSrye..
eyes. When the Lord painted this h g sunflower -grouped with -tea roses,
earth he must a worn Red MYlesa for scalp Is to maintain a good :supply "°f sweef sunflower
'and forget -me -nets: ,
His clothes and, being so soiled when blood for nourishing, the hair bulbs. _- Eaeh'group.is' given a score card on
He finished, tossed them down here Massage - -ihat is, vigorous rubbing
where only sun -squinted, old jaspers night and: morning 'combined with
like me would tumble across em.
b and
Podner was whispering out loud, butpinching scalp ore
wwhispering': fingerheviil helpetween greatly":uI1 that
I'Vs the palette of God, Pete!The is done faithfully from early life; a
,palette of God! I musn'tleave• musn't pian may, if he avoids the:stiff hat,
here,
Only preserve 1i''s hair but also
retarder. prevent its,.becoming^gray;
Shampooing the healthy scalp be-
yond what is necessary for cleanliness
—once every• week or fortnight—is
harmful. There is nothing better for
the shampoo than tincture of green
soap. -After the ,washing, the hair
,go another step! I: can write
can see, and feel! And every color
out there must be in my poem,
every.,
He stopped, grabbing my arae till
his weak fingers bit right into my
bone. Ile wasn't whispering any more,
the huskiness hard disappeared from
hie voice, his eyes were clear but look-
ing far away. He waved one hand should be thoroughly rinsed in cool or
toward Red Mesa while his voice roll -1 cold Water, and •then a very little yel-
ed out like chiming gold: I low vaseline or a mixture of: Vaseline
"You see rocks out there, Pete; and lanolin should be rubbed into the
rocks and 'their colors. But I sec roots. When the scalp has been neg-
more than rocks, more than colors— lotted the hair may become dry and
much more. I see my. hour out there.
hour I've fought and prayed for. lack lustre. For that condition a
And, as I see my hour, just as plainly. pomade- of equal parts of citrine Dint
do I see all that mass of rock shape menti, yellow vaseline and lanolin is
itself into buildings that -;pierce the useful. A little of the mixture well
sky, hiving with thousands and hun-'� rubbed into the roots at night once a
deeds of thousands of human beings. week or so and 'washed out with : a
' juet like us. And the irregular rock shampoo of tincture of green soap
canyons before me become streets, all .
crowded, Pete, with people. And there r in the morning will often bring `back
is one street where the hurrying crowd the natural' beauty of he hair.
of human icings stop and stare intoI
the groatwindow-of a great, store --a .A GARDEN PARTY.
book shop, Pete: They talk with one 1f yon. ,wcnt an excuse to dress up,
another although they are not ac- why not ask your friends to represent
gnainted, talk about the book, the volumb ing oat f - w at
their favorite flower at an afternoon
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The ower I
*ba•l a'a,ra�'deed
Thesrihiedialsfreitnvihith
SsuaT•iti*G rier5,arthIsde -
R dheway #hey ar'e :iafta
inerandee ¢Ih-ile and.
satisfaldord Service.,
Theliaete3f eutleryeca.
money ran buy. Mika,e,\ eSmtttt Mfaoworbye e.
JJAMES Slwi1RRT PLANT
eabcise ie ower. 1
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Iherri.star
And there is a worandoPete, or evenng: Carden party?' Sin .e ,Lane.
the, ,who stops too, I do net know her, have is the month of roses, you might
ISSUE' No. 24--'23.
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Buy it by the case
from your dealer and
keep,a few bottles on
yce-at home.
THE COCA<pOLA CpMPANY
Toronto, Montreal, Wlnalpep, Vancouver
,. The-Building.lnstlnct.
The beaver goes through these ela-
borate -engineering operations in order
to, provide sufficient -depth of water
for its Irene.; 'I,'or these little social
Minders are more confident of them-
selves in the water than in their
lodges5 These structures mast have a
foundation of some 'sort to begin with..
A small Island or .art elevation in the
pond' bottom does for a starter. A
burrow is made and covered with mud
and sod, on which stick are laid, mulls.
as inJiut1ding the darn. `The interior
Is ]sept hollowed out ae the work pro -
VIM GP.
ro-grasses.. To permit ventilation, the'
1' a built above the one
acs
structure ks - lY
big chamber *Joh ,makes up the com-
mnnity house. These dome-shaiied
piles have been found with a diameter
of as much --as thirty-seven feet,
With all the apparent intelligence
that la shown, naturalists. 'doubt that
the smooth brain of tate beaver is
greatly superior to that of the rabbit,
squirrel, rat, or other rodent. -The
building habit is instinctive, and when
young are separated from their par-
ents at an early age they will build
dame, -canals and houses without first
having been taught to .do such things
by their parents
Jafta's Silk Hat. '
What the crown is to the King of
England an old silk hat was to Jafia,
deposed sovereign of the Mapors, but
a ,stickler for pomli and ceremony,
nevertheless, A Boer landholder, the.
father of Mr. Owen Rowe, O'Neil,
author of .Adventures in Swaziland,
had given ,him the hat, and Jetta' cer-
tainly treasured it. One of the_great-
est:honors, that he could confer was
to .make one of lids officers "guardian
of the hat" -di the brief intervals,
when'he_ltimcelf Was not wearing it,
The ceremonies attending Jafta's
visits to the O'Nell,1arm were always
about the sante '»is courier would
come ahead 'to announce ties arrive],
and NIr O'Neil would send weird that
he was pleaked'to les lhiin, ami that itis
party- should approach. Then Jafta,
entirely, naked except for the old silk
bat, woulil_strtde into the garden and
when the farmer cane out of the house
'would make an o`ratio'n. ltir, O'Neil
would listen most respectfully 'and
then wdal& reply, always addressing
the deposed king as "Nkoos,": which
has the sense meaning to the Kaflrs
as "Your *lesty the King" hare to -the
Britisher,
Jaffa was 'pleased with the respect
for his royalty and, remembering it,
gave the O'Neils valuable assistance
during the Boer War,
The paper used in printing Bank
of England notes is manufactured at
a special.., mill in Iia vsehrfo, ,where.
no worker .is .allows to enter any
part of the buildi other than the
room where he ' employed.
"Big $en,",,, he :famous bell on
which the h�ns are :struck at West;
mirister elo tower, has been cracked
ever sineg''it was first hung in 1868. Ii
would d audible
w rb for at least twenty
milek round, save for this defect.
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