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CHAPTER VII. deities, and, no matter how well he
played his part, could expect nothing
from them In the way of applause.
Softly he moved across the floor of the
vast building, where hundreds knelt at
r b
certain hours in ado ati n o before e the
miserable work of human hands, but
which was naw apparently given over
entirely to him.
Desirous of reaching e. door on the
opposite side, the existence of which
was known to few save the priestly at-
tendants, Ile brushed past the foot of the
idol, just where a heap of offerings re.
mained.
In so doing he must have stepped upon
some loose board that had a direct con-
nection with the hideous hydra-headed
monstrosity, for it suddenly began to
heave and groan frightfully, while
tongues of fire seemed to issue from its
several mouths.
Larry was provoked, but not at all
alarmed.
Ills ordinary good sense would have
been a safeguard against anything like
a panic, and if that were not enough,
he had examined the mechanism of
these wonderful figures, so that their
abilities were quite familiar to him.
The only thing that gave him cause for
anxiety was the possibility of the heav-
ing of the great idol bringing about an
influx of worshipers or priests, and the
consequent danger of discovery.
He had hardly passed the distressed
od eons than he had at flsuspected, of wisoreclad n rinsa t ran m rbobe1lsimilar
and the chances were he would have to to his own.
allow a search of his building if he
wiehed to save it from total demolition. The priest had evidently been busily
He showed little concern regarding engaged somewhere in the rear, and,
his own private affairs, but was anxious astonished at the sound, had hurried
with regard to the safety of this friend, round the base, to discover who had the
for whom he had concef.ved so great audacity to stir up the joss.
and sincere an affection. Perhaps that was his especial duty,
"You must escape without delay and and he was indignant at any interfer-
seelc the protection of your awn people. ence with his prerogative.
My house has sheltered you since the Larry had to guess at this,
last moon, but the time hits come when True, the dignitary of the temple was
it may no longer afford an asylum to not backward about letting him know
my friends. Little the world suspects what he thought of such a disgraceful
what strange and mysterious things are proceeding,
d butthe
troubsadly neglec ed Larry'so
taking place in China—only those
people of the North are allowed to have that he was not very familiar with Chi -
4 hand in governing our destinies. It nose verbs.
je all wrong, and will bring much He simply lcnew instinctively that he
trouble to a confiding people. Nov lis- was being called down with the choicest
ten to me, and I will give you directions expletives in the lengthy repertoire of a
Citrase scholar, just as any sane man
how to escape."
It was simple enough, may understand when he is being
A black robe, a few magic touches scolded, no matter whether the tirade
from the resourceful hands of Kai comes in Russian, Sanscrit or Choctaw.
Wang, and, sol for the time being Larry was a peaceable chap; he really
of the sombre
Larry might pass for one wanted no trouble, and would go out of
priests who daily performed in the his way to avoid it, though, should the
temples where the great joss held forth, crisis be forced upon him he always
There was no need of lengthy lnstruc. toed the mark.
tions. Hence, bent upon propitiating the
All he had to do was to keep a still angry fellow of the black robe, he
tongue between his teeth and attract as raised his hands aloft after the fashion
Kai
little attention as possible. Wang had taught him, and which
Ka! Wang gave him a few directions
was as much to declare that, being un -
with regard to the interior of the ad- der a vow, speech was for the present
joining pagoda and then hustled him denied him.
But even this did not calm the excited
No doubt Larry Kennedy was just as
susceptible to flattery as the average
man, and the very first feeling that
the
pleasure at t1
-ht was.1
ue
• t over mP
stye a
thought al being deemed a person of
melt impartanoo by these high and
mighty personages concerned in the
plot of the Dowager Empress.
This sensation, however, was only
fleeting; when a man's life is in danger
such things are apt to lose much of thea'.
glamour. .Life was just es dear to the
little dude from London as to the most
favored child of fortune, and as the out-
cries along the street increased in vol-
ume, he knew his departure from the
house of the Idol -maker was to be
Marked with more or less red fire.
Little he cared.
ells confidence in Kai Wang was so
great that he stood ready to back him
egoinsl the combined force of those who
consplred to bring about his downfall.
The Chinese merchant seemed to eon -
eider; then he took an observation,
while Larry awaited his decision. Did
Kai Wang tell him to walk forth into
the midst of the howlers he would have
done so with unlimited assurance that
in some mysterious manner the magi-
cian would blind the eyes of the mob
so that they might believe hili to be
one of their number.
When Kai Wang returned he declared
the riot had assumed greater proper -
to the rear door, which was connected by r 's
means of a passage with the side of the disciple; pe haps , 'something about the
temple, other had ere now aroused his euspl-
hen Larry launched forth for him•
clone; be that as it may, he contented to
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self, leaving to the other the task of black Larry's progress, even while
placating the mob, backing before him, aid the volley of
Perhaps one might hardly believe, Chinese that flowed from his lips pro -
upon seeing Larry Kennedy for the first pounced him a man of uncommonly
time, that he was capable of doing much high literary attainments.
thinking or capable of engineering
a And Larry, seeing no escape. finally
campaign; pn; but that is just where the carate to the conclusion that Ids only
careless observer would make a rigs- chance lay in descending upon this
take: heathen Chmees hip and thigh.
Thrown upon his own resources, the
little man was capable of doing con. CHAPTER VIII.
siderable planning, since all affectation,
which he dearly delighted to indulge in There was a good quality about this
under ordinary conditions, was tossed little Man exiled from London; when he
aside for the serious business in hand. made up his mind to do anything ire
Calmly and confidently he passed usually plunged into it with his whole
along the short, covered way that led heart, no matter whether the occasion
to the door of the temple. represented a season of enjoyment or
Kai Wang had assured him there was some disagreeable duty like that of the
good reason to believe the place of wor- present.
bhip would be untenanted at that hour The way he went at that voluble,
save by the grim figures of the ugly gesticulating pagan was a caution; it
gods. would have reminded an olcl traveller of
This was a consummation devoutly the sirocco whipping along over desert
to be wished, as his situation gave wastes, whirling the sand in blinding
Larry more or less uneasiness, clouds.
The shouts still continued, only with No doubt the fellow was more sur -
Increased vigor.
At least there was one favorable thing
he could hope would spring out of this
clamor—any worshipers who might
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chance to be in the joss house at the wind so that the vocal factory closed
time would, of course, tush out to die. for lack of material.
Cover what ail this tremendous hubbub It was a battle royal for a few brief
meant. seconds, for the combative priest, re -
Curiosity gets many a man into covering, somewhat from his surprise
trouble, but it also occasionally serves and consternation, put up a fair quallly
one well. of figint, though sadly deflrlent in the
When Larry pushed his way I
nI
o the knowledge of tactics eo. mac
ted with
f
h rh
o
'Sacred joss house he found It h fs burn- manly art,which was [orlunnte tor
ing, as usual. on the alter before the Larry, as h
was shorter by half ¢head
great image that represented the ma- than his antagonist.
jesty of creation to the deluded idola- How that grim aid heathen god must
tors. have enjoyed the little affair! Larry
The interior of the temple was Ira- fancied the lugubrious groans to whieh
grant with burning incense. ire gave vent had turned into churtdes,
Larry had ere now obtained fugitive but then, it might be that the supply of
glimpses of this interior, so that it was air was running short,
not' wholly ,!range to him—an ordinary Since the affair had unluckily taken
London man could not live in a house on this serious !these, the only thing
of idols next door to the house of joss that could establish Larry's peaceful
for many weeks without having a mitt- progress was the complete crushing and
rel desire tok ov something g about the elimination
of the meddler.
e filer.
peculiar . methods of worship In vogue flow he yearned for the athletic Mill -
there. Iles of a Dr. Jack. to to able. to weer]
So Larry profited by his opportune the black -robed fraud into the lap of his
lies, and had found occasion to obtain idol, and leave Mtn there, too astonished
an ins! ht into the mystery of mysteries, and horrified for speech.
Witch the devout bellevrrs in the doe- LllipuUen Incites, while lnekin the
trines of Confucius, ns a usual thing, dash and vigor attending the, rush of
keep so rdliglottsly from. the profane giants, may be just as effective, so tar
eyes of the foreign seethe. as resull.s ere concerned; and Larry,
Ail seemed favorable to the carrying hating gotten the range of his ndvel'-
but et his little enterprise. eery, proceeded In land blew rifler blow
Melt actors crave the privilege of where it would be most effective,
a ftlif ]souse, but Larry was well con- Such vicious treatment Need het'e
tent to :'pasta his talents upon 00 empty lntl one result -the final Ikuociwul of the
one, recipient.
Circumstances alter eases, since.there ,When l?C pounded priest, did even.
had bean times in hes past when he had Wally go over !n a hem, I,nrry,Winded
been ratty too glee to invoke the rip- as he was, gave evidence of his intense
lause e gallery eods, whereas now he satisfa0Uoi us {
IS f . g , jug as the bent= rnn,;irr,
eppenret$ before a different cites of
prised now than ever, but one thing was
immediately accomplished, to Larry's
satisfaction—his prompt tactics had
shut off the Chinansan'ssup lY of a
n
leap upon the nearest fence, Rap his
dhnlnutive wings, and crow most
slit lily
it was an event of some importance
to hint
He did not forget where he was, and
how essential there should be a. speedy
exit If he doped to reap all the results
of 11is victory,
So, with ono last upward look at the
grinning monster before whom this
little battle royal had been fought, ha
again treaded for the door that hail peen
in his mind al the time he was halted.
Once outside, he reedily found a way
to the street,
It was in great commotion.
hundreds of excited Celestials were
clamoring in front of Kai Wang's domi-
cile,
As yet he had not admitted any of the
mob, but was pas'Jeyilg with them In
his own inimitable style, agreeing to a
search of his house from one end to the
other; but the work, must be done, in
order not to bring down (Ile vengeance
of the outraged gods, by a respectable
committee appointed by the people.
01 course they would do this, for Kai
Wang had a strange influence over the
minds of those who came in contact
with hies, so that they were in a mea-
sure aisles of hhn; and once this was
done the maker of idols would befuddle
that wretched committee until he had
them in a condition to believe black
was white, while the object of all this
inleense solicitude was steadily placing
a greater distance between the coign
of danger and his own person.
Larry cast one last look at the scene
of turmoil, and mentally thanked his
lucky stars he was elsewhere than in
the midst of those excited Celestials. A
mob is had enough even under the most
favorable conditions, and pa•ticulurly
to be dreaded when composed of ignor-
ant heathens, inflamed by religious
bigotry and hatred.
Tlsen he moved away.
This departure held no comparison
with the magnificent position he had
occupied when posing as a wearer of
the yellow jacket, and drawn in a noble
jlnrhrkshaw; sell, he had high hopes of
passing unmolested through the narrow
streets of the native quarter, and pin-
ing the European section, where solely
was assured to a peripatetic son of New
Y-ot'k.
IIe had occasion to rejoice that the
Chinese render a certain amount of
homage to the attendants of their tem-
ples, and that his passage through the
street was not apt to be obstructed by
evil•disposed persons, for be it known
Larry had experienced as much fight as
he craved for one night's entertain-
ment, and if given his way would have
kept the peace henceforth.
He missed the link -boys, with the con-
sequent glory and excitement attending
this other triumphal passage through
these same streets; and it was not long
before a certain tact began to loom up
before him with tremendous force;
three was a strong possibility that he
night get lost to the labyrinth of cow
petite whicih the swarming natives
called streets.
And the odors ! tint Larry had by de-
grees become accustomed to their inevi-
table presence, and, being something
of a philosopher, endured what he
could not possibly cure.
It aright be entertaining reading to
tell how Larry stumbled along once he
lost his bearings, utterly unable to ask
his way because of the peculiar condi-
tions surrounding him, and wondering
if ha were a child of misfortune,
doomed to walk on forever, like the
Wandering Jew—but time and space
forbid.
Besides, other events of a more Ira -
p10 and deeply interesting nature await
their turn, and these minor matters,
upon which no particular action hinges,
can be readily left to the imagination.
Larry looked upon his predicament as
anything but trifling, and was seriously
concerned lest be should bring up again
in the street where stood the pagoda in
which he had struggled with he priest;
he had head of men who were lost In
the desert almost invariably moving
around in a circle, and he did not see
why the saute thing might not apply in
a city where the miserable streets turned
and twisted in a most confusing man-
ner.
It was in this sore strait that his good
sense and stubborn British nature
played him a favor, for he resolved 10
I
keep working to the right, In order to
resist this tendency to bear toward the
lett, and keep pushing on—that last
meats victory in nine cases out of a
dozen, and with Larry the result was
joyful enough, for he detected a change
in the appearance of things, and sounds
came to his ears, sounds that must have
their origin in the quarter where pago-
das and kiosks were not known, and
where, instead, the ringing of church
bells summated the few faithful to
vorslrtp on a Sabbath morn.
It was an intense relief to find himself
gainn
beyond the spell of ancient witch-
craft at
cra.tt and mummery y th bald sway
within the region of Canton proper, and
see signs around him that told of civil-
izntIon, enlightenment, progress and
Chre ilanily. After crossing the bridge,
away went the sable -hued garment into
the canal, and Larry blossomed out as
Ihtusself, in nil the panoply of lotsd-
checkered garments, tourist, tepee and
divine little side whiskers, while strap-
ped to his back was a bundle which
contained the amount of his present
worldly possessions.
It erns easy travelling new, for his
longue could aid him if necessary.
'i'he hotel was his objective point, the
Isobel mud Avis, about whom he felt pm'-
Ucularly onxlous, since a new fear hail
flashed into bis head. What if this
lordly Russian, noting in conjunetion
Ilse powerful e, nfssnrle of he
with r s the
n
Dowager Empress, and s s co
llag that
b i n
the valuable pillion ers nrighl hnvr, already
pissed into the keeping of De, lack's
wife --as indeed limy positively bed,
though transferred by tact' In the secur-
ity of the British conebleles safe—
whet if, under these rondillons, 'lite
Molten had conspired to rob Avis, or
to ehduct her, after the winning fashion
Of Chinese chicanery end trickery, and
Min wiihnut. Ilea aid of a sirarger arm to
drdertrl hj
]t ii s]s. er Ilorry groat to remember that
Inn arra wldeh hid so often end 30 ley.
Ally ,rime ihetween lids cementing woman
end trouble could' never again be raised
in her behalf.
Alis 1 Dr. Jack WSs rho more --
treachery had laid him low.
With stmt Imeasy ibmighis tatting.
ossesslon of his disturbed mind, Larry
after downing his antagonise might p
woow_swo,
ON THE FARC.
DAIRY WISDOM.
A new milker will et first get less
mine from a cow than one to whom Ura
auluusl Is accustomed.
Anything irregular affects the percent-
age of butter fits,
Never strike a cow. Never speak
toughly to ]ter.
Pet the cows; pet the heifers; give
their a little sugar with the salt,
Sugar will help gentle any cow that
is Inclined to be nervous and wild. Try
it pays to be ainlable in the cow
stable.
Oatmeal, boiled and made into a gruel
encs
added to the sweat skimmed Milk
is one of the best foods for calves. Adel
a little flaxseed jelly, and your calves
will grow like weeds.
Use small inn pails or buckets for the
calvedaily.s, and wash and scald the pails
More calves clic from scours caused
by drinking from filthy pails where all
sesta of germs multiply, than from any
other cause.
Too much cannot be said in favor of
the farm creast separator. The argil,
snenis for its use are many and con-
clusive.
A scrub at the head of your herd
means ultimate failure.
Same of your cows may be eating
your money in feed and not even be
giving hoose the interest.
pooKreepones. few good cows rather than many
The greatest leak in the dairy busi-
ness is the lack of a knowledge of es-
sential requirements.
You cannot afford to use cheap salt
in your buttal'.
Keep your cow's hide clean and free
from barn yard filth.
The wastes in dairying mine from ap-
parently slight causes.
The cow which well not eat abundant-
ly will not produce liberally.
Keep your hands soft with vesline
and you will not hurt the cow so much
a; with hard and horny ones.
The milk scale is as essential to dairy
education as the keystone is to Use arch.
A good, properly ]sept cow stable isas
00 offensive odor.
Land plaster should be used freely
iu the stable to absorb ode's.
Plan for plenty of soiling crops. I9ave
an abundance of sweet corn to follow
the peas and oats.
They get uneasy at this time of the
year and want to get out to pasture,
but clon't be in a hurry about it. Lel the
grass get a good start, and the ground
get good and hard before you let them
go.
No person who is affected with a
cough or' consumption should be el-
lcwed to care for cows or mills.
Every milker should wear a clean
on emit suit, kept for that. purpose.
The hands should be washed before
intik/Lig, and lite finger -nails cut short
and kept clean.
We are all of us forgetful, so let me
whisper in your ear once more that
nobody ever invented a strainer that
would take impure matter out of milk.
You must keep it out, or it never will
le out.
Perhaps we shall have patent milking
machines In their perfection, by and
by. In the meantime, a mal who can
milk a cow quietly, expeditiously and
gently, is still prefes'i'od by the cow her-
self and by the farmer as well.
If for no other reason, the dairy far-
mer should have a separator because he
will get it all, and the skim milk will
be greatly increased in value for footl-
ing purposes. The calves and the pigs
may have it while fresh end warm,
when it is not only more palatable but
dlgeslible.
MATCiHING UP HORSES.
Few farmers realize the advantage
deducts by having the farm teems well
matched for worst al least. It is always
desirable to have 'them colored asda
orated alike, but this is not as neces-
sary as having them matched as re-
gards size and disposition. A large
and small horse do not work well to-
gether neither do a fast and slow one.
111 muted teams do not work as easily
together for eitlser teams or driver, nei-
ther do they .do ns good work.
hs. nearly all our farm work it is desirable
fat a team to work straight ahead, This
I; particularly true in drilling grain,
at length pattered into the hotel, totally
unprepared for the shock that lay await-
ing hies there.
ITo be continued/.
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CL and 11011101
The season's first cold
may be slight—may yield
to early treatment, tacit but the
next cold will hang on
longer; it will be nsore
troublesome, too. U n -
necessary to take chances
on that second one. Scott's
Emulsion is a preventive
as well as a cure. Take
SCOTPS EJIIIILSIIJ$
when colds abound and
you'll have no cold. Take it
when the cold is contracted
and it checks inflanljna-
tion, heals the membranes
of the throat and lungs
and drives the cold out.
SCOTTfg,' Asa sample.
SCOT d & DOME, Chemists
Toronto, Ont.
A'OB. And Net* r 1 r /Ell di igent
PURITY 1'1,1ANS H LALTU
That's why you should use
CEYLON GREEN TEA
Instead of the adulterated teas of Japan.
Load Paokete only, 40o, 50o and BOO per Ib, At all broom's.
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Is a question 1 int appeals to a I in these br sy 'Mee. To the
Business Man, the I rotassionel Man, or the Workingman — it is
a question of vital importance.
As an ever ready and economical means of quick locomotion,
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whether for Justness, exercise or recreation
A Cushion Frame Bicycle • filled with Hygienic Handle Bars
.—Morrow Coaster Brake, and Rainy Day Mud Guards, is an Ideal
Mount.
It induces those to ride who never rode before, and those who
ride to ride the more.
CLEVELAND, SILVER RIBBON MASSSEY,
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GENERAL OFFICE AND WORKS - TORONTO JUNCTION.
planting of potatoes, or cuitivathlg.
Even on a mower or harvester one can
du much more satisfactory work when
the horses work well together. Another
Igcint that should not be overlooked in
mating torsos is to get those that have
like menthe. A tender and a tough
billed horse do not snake a mated team
either, any more than a small and a
lia'ge one.
These things may seers trivial, but
when one comes to work a team tin•ee
hundred days in a year it snakes a con-
siderable difference whether they drive
together and ire easily handled or the
reverse. Usually one can male up a
team if he keeps on the lookout with very
litho extra expense. It is well worth
the cost. When one gets a pair of
horses that are well mated and have
the size and quality that are dosjrable
in a team be can not afford to part with
them, even if he if offered twenty -flee
more than he 'thinks they are worth,
As a rule, it will pay best to keep then
and wear them out. Few farmers make
anything by continually changing horses
Get what your work demands, being
vary sure to get them heavy enough to
dc their work easily; without having
to use up their nerve, and then hold on
to them. \V]ten one stops to consider
the days of hard work a well muted
young team will perform before they
as'e worn out, the purchase price does
not cut muck of a figure.
One point more. The renlly desirable
hired man will always take muds bet
ter care of a teem that he takes pride
in, than an awkward mismaled one,
enc] this also means dollars to their
owner.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
Overfeeding is just as bad for a horse
that works isarcl as underfeeding,
It will be found profitable to milk the
better as long as possible the first year
St her dairy life, giving her generous
feeding to make rich blood. This will
Thy the foundation for a profitable dairy
cow.
Scalded mills with a teaspoonful et
black pepper in It, is a good remedy for
scours in calves. Scorched flour macre
into pellets about, as large as a hickory
nut, given eacis day, is almost a perfect
specific for this troublesome disease.
Begin early to teach the heifers to
eland amend in the stall at
milking
time, but remember that they don't
know at fled what you are driving el.
']'here is no use of gelling yourself mad
the heifer nil wrought up over nothing.
You don't like to stand around t cry
well when somebody else says you
must, slutY ou come to 11 after a bit,
end se that it is all right. ill
e t g 1. So w the
heifer.
FARM NOTES.
Iron will rust as well as wood will
rot. have a place for each tool and
heave 11 there when not in use, cul l0
sure that the place is under shelter.
Potato stub 15 similar in its nature ro
eat smut. To still ifs germs on the tele
crs, put a pound of formalin in fifteen
[(Miens of water and soak the send 00
minutes, then cut and plant. Do not
soak alter cutting.
tie g
Atmore laced on old land will
we n 1 in-
crease hey a ton an acre, and there will
he more for'ngc for crane. There will
1:e eight or len morn bushels of wheat
to Um acre, len to fifteen more bushels
of rials, etc. Eight in ten tons of ma-
nure should be wend on each neve, and
its crop. produceag power on eve crops
will be «20 to 511 an Sere, in addition
In whet the land previously producers.
Phis means 50 cents a ton annually Le
the credit. of the =mire
NOT IN IIIls t"lPbbING SEASON.
"Tin rorty 1drrl," rernerkerl the, Spring
Pbilnenplsri•. "may rade)) the worm, but
n0i if 110 goes looking evhrre the an-
ihsisinstir enter has been digging over.
flight for buit.n
"ALL ABOARD" SAYS FISHER.
The First Lord of the Admiralty the
Cause of Gossip.
Sir John Fisher, the First Lord of the
Admiralty, who, when in command of
the North American station, was very
well known in Canada, is now at work
making the British fleet an oven flnar
fighting machine than it has been in the
past. He is a complete illustration of
the, old aclaga, "Once a sailor, always a
sailor." lie Inas been overheard to say
that if the Admiralty were but a battle-
ship and the Horse Guards parade the
Mediterranean, he would feel very much
more at home.
The first Sea Lord is striving to be as
realistic as possible, and his room at
tine Admiralty, says Tisa London Daily
Express, is like nothing so much as the
,see quarters of a flag omcer.
It recently occured to slim that a
direct entrance to this room, which Is
at the back of the Admiralty buildings,
from the Park would be a convenience.
Tilts suggested tine possibility of a gen-
uine nautical touch. The stairway,
erected by the First Sea Lord's own
instructions, is a perfect reproduction
of a warship's gangway ladder, of teak,
with abundant hrasswork.
An Admiralty official, in showing
this flight of steps to an Express repre-
sentative tine other day, said, smilingly,
that ha wondered Sir John did not have
a boatswain's mate to "pipe him over
the side" in regular man-of-war style.
"Never was a man's heart more in his
calling," he said. "At every possible
opportunity Sir John is off to Ports=
mouth, or anywhere else within sight
of the sea and ships.
"1t was reported a short time ago
that he intended to get all the Admiral-
ty messengers Pigged like bluejackets,
but we have heard no more of this.
"To watch him mount that ladder you
would make sure that he feels the heave
of the ship under his feet. There is the
poise of the deep-sea roll in his every
movement. lie Is a genuine son of the
sea, and everybody here loves ]nim for
IL"
A LEGION OF LOST BABIES.
Terrifying Slate of Affairs in the Great
City of London.
The ntunber of little children missing
atom London homes must be appallin
In the year :1004 the number of lost per-
sons restored to (some was 1.8,002, most
et them being little children who had
been kidnapped for begging purposes.
A sensational proof of the fact that
thousands of children are lost in Lore
don was supplied recently. A three-
yer-old boy, well dressed, wearing a
white fur coat, was found by a police-
man, and taken to the workhouse, where
he, became ill and abed of acute menin-
glt.ls, due to an injury to the forhead
s (he result of a blow or fall.
A description was circulated, but the
child was not claimed, and, after 11te
Inquest, the unknown little body eves
buried by the worklsome aulhm'llies,
Since the finding of the child was
made public the City Road police station
has been besieged ed bY inquirers. eis. D1s-
racted parents, relatives,
t s
Panal friends
have come to see the phioograpls taken
Miler the (tenth of the child, who wes,
they feared, their own missing boy. In
fart, thousands of people have, been
there to see the photograph, but the
child still !s unimnwn.
'rbc quesUan ureses,
lost legion of children' WhThenrtre 01s thlh)orr-
.s
sand or even n lnsncirect 111110 one cin
le splrlted away Men Mete Isomer and
t em bhsIy s mp.
hensoilnlhleth, endtoss to e_porosomela aiiscetarrityingre
slate of railcars.
LOVE'S Ai:TI1UISM,
"Do yen think your daughter could
live or. my salary''
"Perhaps silo could, But what wouldt
Yeti dere'
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IIEALTII
TREATiMEAT Ole APPENDICITIS.
A statistical study of canes of eel en'
(Ileitis ihas been made by 'Dr. Chauvel,
the medical inspector of the new French
army. By fur the most valuable infer••
motion brought out by this invesliga-
lion is the result of medical treatment
for the disease. Although there is a
theory that there is no such thing as
medical tenement. for appendicitis, 11 Is
claimed drat mcdlcal treatment cures 98
out of every 100,
in 1802 OM patients suffering from ap-
pendicitis were received in the military
hospitals of France. Out of this num-
ber 188 were treated according to the
surgical rile and 480 received purely
Y
medical treatment. Of the number oper-
ated upon 23 died, while out of the 480.
not operated upon Were were but three,
deaths.
Dr. Chauvel also made lnvesligatione.
to ilnd out lira cause of appendicitis.
Ifs compared the figures furnished by
the Branch army in the metropolis and
those of the army in Algiers. In 1001
the Nineteenth Corps of the army to
Franca showed a record of ono case to
every thousand, while the Nineteenth
Corps In Algiers had two Jess. The next
year hese figures were larger, but the
difference was exactly the seine.
Pushing his Jnqulries still further,
Dr. Chauvel found Ihat the French army
in Algie'a included both Europeans
French and natives. In five years, out
of 14,000 men, there were among the
French and Europeans 137 cases at ap-
pendicitis, while in the same space of
time out of 17,000 natives, there were
but thirteen cases. This shows that the
disease is two limes more frequent
among the French In .Franco than tate
French in Algeria, and is ten times less
frequent among the natives. The differ.
encu Is loo great to be accidental. Dr. •
Chauvel thinks the reason is In the
oilmen lotion.
The Arabs area sober people who eat
little and are vegetarians, When they
eat meat ft is cooked to shreds. So it
happens that among the Arabs leading
their ordinary life the disease is almost
unknown. It is seen more frequently
among the auxiliaries. It is because the
regime of the latter is no mere the re -
One of the Arab. but more like that of
the French trooper. But this does not
explain why the European transplanted
to the soil of Africa, where his regime
hardly differs from 'that of the metro-
polis, should likewise be immune from
the disease.
Other medical men have testified to
the rarity of appendicitis among people
who eat less meat than we. Dr. Sny-
der, who has been eteched to the Per-
sian court for more than ten years, has
been called upon to treat only tree cases
of this malady at Teheran, three of
which were Eueopearts and only two
Persians, i-Je also attributes the rarity
of appendicular accidents to are mode of
alimentation of the Persians. Al Te-
heran abstinence from pork is oblige -
tory and the meat of cattle is ahnest
unknown, Their meats are usually
chicken or mutton, and these are always
cooked to shreds.
ARTERIAL DEGENERATION.
In comparing the human body to n
machine, which roust so often be done
to make its working;; plain to those who
have not studied medicine, the arteries,
upon the good condition of which so
much depends, have sometimes been
likened to rubber tubing.
The arteries have to dilate and con -
lead as the blood pumps through theme
and in order to facilitate this they aro
composed of very elastic material. It
is not difficult for any one to under-
stand that if they were simply hard anti
rigid tubes the sort of force -pump no-
tion the blood makes in flowing Lh:rathgh
them would result in a constan✓y sus -
rained shock to the genera? systems.
The smaller erterirs aro made up large-
ly of muscular tissue, and they are all
the Lime contracting and relaxing, lilce
the pupil of the eye. When they need
an extra supply of blood they dilate to.
receive it.
This arterial mechanism Is extremely
delicate, and it any part gels out of
as'dos' trouble will follow. One of the,
first signs by which it is discovered that
the body is wearing out is that them
marvelous elastic tubes begin to grow
hard and stiff and lose their elasticity,.
so that the blpod is sent to the different
parts with increasing dlfilcully and in,
decreasing amounts.
This is what is meant by the saying
that "a man Is as old as Isis arteries" --
his rubber tubing, 'through which the,
heart -pump must send the. life -fluid (,P
the blood is growing hard and brittle,
and any ]urease down entirely.
There is no definite age at whiett a'
person's arteries give out, although it Is.
properly a disease of old age. Same
persons at thirty have arteries as much:
worn as, others at seventy. This may
mean that they started with an inferior
grade of tubing, end poor arteries may,
run in families; but it fs much more.
likely to mean that godd arteries have
been abused and worn out before their
time. Gout is one of the diseases which'
always more or less affects the arteries,.
end • overindulgence in alcohol is be-
flayed to be another frogmen cause.
Persons wino eat a great deal and lead
sedentary lives, end else persons who
do vary severe muscle/a' work suffer
front early arterial degeneration, be-
cause both, although in different ways,
give the arteries
the iCi
to do
. Ano-
ther
ltar potent taor in the Production 01
arterial disease is Wal'l'y..
TREES THAT DEFY FIRE.
The giant enquoise of California, which'
are thousands of years old, have been
preserved to this they beealrse of their
enormolsly thiels baric. From time to
time, in the course of ages, vast forest
fires hove swept thretrgll the Fig -tree.
lends, destroying everything, ,yet only,
scorching for a couple of inches' depth
or so the almost'firepreof bark of 'these
Maga trees. The tarps, hiving carters•
!red that much of the bark, could not
penetrate farUlee, for the carbonized
portion formed ria abee'Iteely til'eps'nele
covering far tiro'racial/el/eel of the 11i'•
tetter bait'