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The Brussels Post, 1906-7-19, Page 2KAI @SD@ 43 A TALE OF SOUTHERN' CHINA. • • l:(4);(+):(40+3:(+)Vrg-iit:(441+-4-):EILK:i+):4•4-30-14:(+X(-8-rE-t-v.0,44:00-0:(4- CI4APTitil XX. Larry uttered a feeble cry of die= when his eyes fell upon this wale soaked Russian,and he knew the hopes of a peaceful entry into the city were on the verge et dais:potion. Even the bold and reeourceful Lord Beckett apparently experienced some- thing of a disagreeable shock when liet realized that they had jumped from the frying -pan into the fire. The Russian did not present a very delightful appearance ae he stood there, after havieg, roughly thrust the curious Chinese aside, might a mangy wolf that fulls into nit power. Y Leery afterwards deelered the felion''s teeth rattled liko a set of Speniell cas- te I When Pipet)ion desisted long enough I to give him a breading spell. Ihe fel- low had guile lest his haughty and sar- castic demeanor In feet, bc teeked His idea embraced soneentng tryout the mere shaking up of the conspirator —he nuist be utilized to rerry them nut of this Slough of Despond into which they had fallen. thanks to its scheming. Exercising his wonderful strength, Pip -rapt= dragged the Rue -stun back to He had been in the river, our friend Tmew that, and his appearance gave th fact away, for his clothing was soaks and 'middy, and sane of the rualie • atilt clung t� his garments, Both Lord Beckett and Larry saw, to thee. surprise, that this was not Count •Petoskey himself, and, pulling several things together, they were compelled to klecide that the count ha.d had a com- panion on the junk, tvlie was now about to play his little part in the dratna, which might be elther comedy or tra- gedy, as fate decreed. At best the Russian was no beauty, and as he stood there, glowering upon thein, with the rough usage he had lat. • terly experienced adding to his frown- ing appearance, he looked simply devilish. • Apparently there was that about the situation to please the men from Neva, for, despite his overtowering rage, he allowed a diabolical smile to creep over his faoe. So Satan might smile upon surveying a fresh batch of victims whipped into his hands by the lesser imps of Hades. Singular to state, in all probability that same smile was the fellow's un - Being. It aroused fierce anger in the breast of the Englishman, and caused him to throw caution to the four winds. The situation was desperate, and, if they were to be saved, it could only be through heroic treatment. Doubtless, with the subtle power which his race seems ever to exercise over barbarous or semi -civilized people, the Russian would gain the good -will of the Chinese, and. being able to speak their tongue, might incite their animosity against the trio through some specious tale that was utterly without founda- tion. The result would be a sickening tra- gedy, nor would it proveethe first time that Anglo-Saxons met a dreadful 'death beneath the very walls of the Chinese metropolis, thanks to the fleece hatred with which they have always been viewed by bigoted natives. Plympton could see this resolution in the cynical smile of the Muscovite, and It was Indignation that aroused his honest blood almost to fever heat—in- dignation because there was no reason for such desperate ladies on the part of the Russian, whose country was at peace with Great Britain, so that only trade clifferences and a mad desire for gain forced the conclusion. Plympton was at his best when thus stirred up • his brain, while surging with excitement, could grasp the situation in an instant and .see Ibis readiest way of release, Men so constituted the specially for- • tunate, eine° the majority become rat- tled under sudden pressure, and find it hard to recover. The Russian, having surveyed the situation with the haughty air of a • master, shouted out some words in the • Chinese dialect to a couple of betraggled fellows who had evidently accompanied him during his sub-mnrine journey. •• Plemplon caught enough Le telt him •' the other was explaining that these par - Bee were spies seeking to overtime • their •religion. defile their pagodas and steel lttctr g• 'de. Titus he wineil Inflame their minds• , opine! the 11111s piney and insure IheIr ' 'des' illation. If the fellow labored tinder the lin- • preseion that Plymplon and Larry would surrender wilheut a deeperate • resistance he showed extreme simpli- city. His recent experience should teach him better, for Me man who had • swept the clerks of the junk of a crew t nutithering fully twenty armed coolies; could not reconcile himself to a meek • surrender. Lord Rackett had a thought. ' He was wont later on to dell it an insplration, nor wouid anyone dispute his word. The Russian, by chance, was wfthin ten Met of him as he skeet • Ten feet may seem quite a little dis- • tance on ordinary occasions, but it real- •ly does not amount to much when an • infuriated and aroused giant puts his nether MAI into Winn where the others stood spellbound by d his daring action. Ile thrust his revolver squarely into the man's face, so that he might exper- ience the peculiar chilling sensation which cold steel is apt to erente. Then, in his sternest tones, he ad. dressed him, nor could his language have been much more io lite point: t "Your life is in my hands. As certain 11 as there is a Heaven above, I will sacra s nee it unless you Reece to assist us to 1 rench a place of safety. If you consent, n nod your head, and unless you do so Instantly I shall blow your infernal head off and hike chances afterward. Your decision—quick I" The Russian might have had a will of his own, but it had to bow before that of a master. He looked into those blazing blue eyes, and saw his doom there if he refused. Doubtless life was too sweet to the fellow, and he would have beea a fool to have thrown away all chances of a continued exietence. He nodded his head with a great vehe- mence, as though to emphasize his dis- like for the chilling sensation of the steel upon his brow, and the strong possibility of having his thatch blown away should the Englishman's itching finger press too heavily upon the trig- ger. "Enough!" cried Plympton. "Now, tell these fellows to disperse—that you are about to accompany us to the cily." The other rattled off some jargon, which was to the effect that his plans had changed, and he meant to go with the little party befere the yamen (or court), where be could get justice. Thie was only a blind, of course, to dull their compreheneion, and keep them quiet, for the average Chinaman has the deepest respect for a court of law, and desires to keep clear of it as much as possible. At least this little speech had Its effect, for the crowd began to melt away. The grower of silkworms was still available to serve as their guide, and they cheerfully accepted his services. Thus they approached the city walls, and all seemed well. Lord ilackett had put his arm through that of the Tiussian, so that they were linked together, He did not mean to trust the fellow more than necessity required, and all the while he held his revolver ready in the ether hand, Nor did he forget to keep a close look- out, remembering that the Russian had allies. end one of them might oreep up from behind, snatch away his shooting - iron and give the prisoner an tunny to escape. Larry was lost in admiration of his colleague. To him this was the acme of diplo- mncy, and he grinned almost constantly at the idea of making their enemy lead them out of the wilderness. It was turning the tables with a ran- geence, and revenge is sweet to the ordinary man. Larry did not pretend to be an angel, and made no concealment of the fact that the present. peculiar condition of affairs was exceedingly gratifying bo him. One thoroughly appreciates 0 caltn after enduring the torments of a storm. The Ruesian carried out his part of the programme very well indeed, and yet he hardly deserved the credit for doing so; a man who valued bis existence would have been next to Menne to have dreamed of any trecthery, nnich less attempted it, while arm in arm with that giant Britisher, who had declared bbs •endinees to snuff nut his life as one ex- tinguishes a candle if the occasion CIPOSO. Thus they reached the walls and missed within the limits of the city, Well did the grower of silkworms know how best to guide teem to the oreign quarter so !hat they should al- ract the lea& possible. attention Irwin the wnrms of natives to be found upon the tree's, where colored lanterns hung and Wings of firecrackers sine burst in a onlinuous clatter that brought agony o the tympanum unaccustomed to such lamer, Perhaps it was strange they had not lewd this mien when endeavoring to Weald the city ; hut what afr there was stirring came from the opposite quer- ter, and Iles may have accounted for it in a measure. At any rate, no one gave it much thought now that success had come to their banner, When ihe foreIgn gentler was reach- ed, Plympton dismissed the nueslan. The fellow said something in his own lenient which to one understood, al- though they could guess that it woe n hint concerning some future day when the chances of war might be In his favor—and then he bolted. Danger was now a thing til the pest, sloop they were surrounded by the bra- fightS of civilization, end no 'trouble was experienced in reachIng the hotel, Where the silkworm merchant was re. Warded accierding lb promise, and sent tort his way rejoicing, While our three friends held commui Ion together to compare notes of the :dourly voyage that had so happily reuelted its conclusion. Cli ePTER XXI. From tropical Chalon to the far -away northern capital, Peking, is a huge step, and the modes of travel and communica. lion so limited, primitive and cumber - sows that an overiend journey from the one to the other would consume 50100 months in the accomplishment. Fortunate', for the traveller desirous of looltiug upon thee two extreme types 01 Chinese life. Mere are other 111111111S of annihilating distauce than the tedious methods that have been in vogue in thel empire Mr thousands of years, Anglo-Saxon 'enterpriee has stepped in and provided a line of C01111111111idd.. hen quite equal to the demand. Front the w•onderful metropolis et sad/tern China une may drop down the !Yeti River fer some Miner miles. end bring up at the busy English mart c f Iloilo Kee g, whines eommerce holds sway. and the mailed hand of Great Militia holds feel to the pulse of huge, unwieldy Tuition, formed of many province; and held together simply through the power of cohesion. Here elegant 511111111M sailing under the British flag carry passengers to Shanghai and otlier ports slit' further north. where conveyance to the old cant - tot can be seeured. The situatiim of Peking line amazed all travellers, since it does not lie upon a great stream like the Yens -lee -Kiting or the equally famous Yellow River of he mirth. Lying net far from Me Great Wall ot China. its situation is admirably edam ed for defense against Tartar (oes; and ince the present, dynasty is of northern ympathies, it is protably only proper hat tide stronghold of China should be maintained as the capitni. There were other days far back in th past when a city more central find in more salubrious climate held this prou position, and this niay occur again wit a change of dynasty. A crazy old railroad lakes the adven turous tourist, to the outskirts of Pe- king, and dumps Min out unceremoni ously, So that he is compelled to charter conveyance in order to reach his in tended destinatioe in the European quarter. A little party had thus been lune loose one pleasant afternoon. not great many days after the events whic took place in Canton. At their head was,a strapping English man, whose knowledge of Chimes methods seemed to be equal to the test of handling those with whom he cam in contact. This was Lard Raekett, of course, and his companions could be no other thai Larry and Avis. The latter bore a mystic scrawl in the routine Chinese characters, addressed to one Fou Chong, in the Imperial city of Peking, and upon this letter they ex- pected to depend in carrying out the desperate mission that had taken them thlL1•. 1er• Dr. Jack's widow had made up her mind. and nettling could change her determination. Again and again had Plimpton and Larry consulted; various were the de- vices to which they resorted in order to bring about some alteration of her plans. It was useless, Lord Raekett's accounts of the difnctil- ties that lay in the tray, and all Larry's vivid descriptions of the horrors to be met, only quickened her pulse and add- ed fire to her eye, as she, in imagina- tion. pictured her Jack in the midst of these scenes. When a women of her determination concludes to do a certain thing, diM- entities only serve to make her the more positive. The others had recognized this, and yielded to the peculiar conditions, W- ing under the belief that "what can't be cured must be endured." So long as Avis was bent upon under- taking this astounding adventure, they were bound to stand by her. True, the chances seemed to be that not one of the trio would ever return alive from beyond the walls of the For- bidden City, but that was a contingency that had little bearing on the matter in Plympton's mind ; he was bound to do his level best, as though success minted those who dared. (To be continued), 1 Plympton gave vent to a roar that was not unlike the sound to be heard 1 • In African wilds where the lordly Icing of beasts roams in 'search of his prey, The British lion was aroused. Even as he thus bellowed, he sprang Straight at the haughty Muscovite. The latter saw his danger, but too late to avoid it by leaping eside, and (Wallet/10 weapons he lied Ilene after his irenterskal. True, he did let out a Shout, 11111 11 had no effect whatever in retarding the swoop of the aroused Britisher. Thus Lord 111101rett fell upon him in his might, and though the Russian doubtless possessed en erdintary man's power eit endurance, he found himself. little better than a mere pigmy in the Itemise of his enemy. • Plyninterr laving inicl hands Upon the man Meettlrei whom Ids Vonore was Oroueed, Itheek hint much all the lion teneeYeestetionaseAoltileeeeeteeeteiliA.W00.40 Ok THE FARri totkoeeteseetteeseisivesweieeseeAWAAt ee• MILK FOB CHEESE FAC.TOIRES, So =oh has been written and said o 1 this question that no doubt the men who are patrons of the cheese factories are tired of the subject, writes one who knows. But after attending between thirty and forty annual meetings • ol cheese factories last winter, and discus- sing the care of milk and the patrons, 1 ant of tne opinion that a very great llItiIlbt?1' (10 nleeelinriguilieUiirleisliind he 0111111? mut. I also found that a great inany were of the opinion teat the milk should he exposed to the air by clipping to at the animal heat of it. Now, if the air is absolutely pure, I do not think the intik would be injured fly being dipped up in it or exposed to it; bet where can yoii) get the air free from odors around the where manure is befit stables being cleaned, an Illy cows standing around the milkin yards twee Age'. It was a fact that during the yetu aeration of the was advocated 11 qualify of Um milk delivered at th cheese factories was gelling worse h cause people were dipping and expo ing the milk to the aid in many ease right beside the hog pens and in lb barnyards, and the' longer they dippe it the more bad flavor it took in. Now during the last lour rears w 3 r ng P , I ints °F 10.!.7..!naguirowavarsraveanumnancorerzEFeasesulnammoiasna,tamurneassoralmeastramanalcit CEYLON GREEN TEA Unequalled Purity — Strength — Flavor Lead Packets only. 40o, 50o and 69a per At all Crecers. ItiGIDIST AWARD ST. LOUIS, !DOC GREAT BRITAIN'S GIFTS HAS PRESENTED $5,000,000,000,1103 TO V011ibalINEAS. Enriched the World More Than All the Gold Discoverers 'Thai olive , Ever Lived. The foreign press is 1/111011 given to rannteling lengiislimen of :ill the wealth i Met, Iona liegitiveit by seising bher peuple's teraitery. 11 11311Y01. deknOW. lettgeS (8.111V010 feet—that England lege given le the tv nett a bit men nil tittles unwe Man she has got tense nays Lod. 111)11 A newers, Weill has been the value of Me steam- engine 1,0 Ratline& of the earth? Sines re invention il, has probably leo:eased ilAentitl',etinoi(1,11.1)(eli),10011,1e wito111.11d El:gland, nor flerniany, nor Belgium, 0(11 liolland—not even France—could septtte, one-third of Me population tem, contain. All Europe would stilt be pretty much lite 5111111' CO1ldiii011 de (Nita or India. It would lie impossible le transport perishable food ia hop qua/inlets from one country to another. I love at home meat would he double the releo it is now sold for. Bananas, grapes, orangee., • apples, tomaioes, and other such modern nd0CS)3111111'S would be bhs pensive, Books, newsimpees, furniture— Minitel, every commodity we use—would. ol.uxutees only of the rich. Cotton power Tend he WO 1/0/' OW. more ex - be heyonil the menus Of all hot the welt - goods and woollen goods made by hand - RICHES WE HAVE WOVEN. Ili would be ditneult to (Titillate the value to the whole world of the various inventione by wilieli the eiiiiiniug tout et•eaving by machinery of cotton, flux, wool, etre, have been brought about. And these inventions hive conferred as much benefit on the h•seel invilized as they have on the moat Middy civilized people, That the cilinaman of the In- dian or the African ran clothe himself at a trifling cost is 11 fact dee entirely to the inventive genius of Englishmen. Drawing -rolls in the spinningendimins 0.015 the ind011ii011 Of 11101011`d A rise weight in 1701. Saimiel Crampton vented the mule-epinner in 1771. (n 1785 Richard Arlin -rigid invented the wonderful powerdoona lior- rocks was the author of the 11PnliddliOn 01 Sielln1•11011:011 it) tine boom in 1801. The knitting-in/whine was the invention of Brunel in 1810. In 1850 memorised cot- ton was invented by John Memo, late- ly deceased. And, while dyeing nelli the old vegetable cranes wee brninint to great perfection in EnelanJ, Ilio aniline Oyes, which hove Indeed beiiiitiftilly- colored fabelee within rearli ofptslruliciji;loseirri- est, were discovered by efie 1850. Ing, and as we had a piece of ruugh land where turkeys Num range at win, without having. access lo the growing crops, we deckled to give them a trail. Late in the fall we bought a trim They have succeeded with. us very well indeed iSe 0' course, as beginners, we made some ti mistakes, but we try nol to repeat them. g The better we get acquainted with their habits the more successful we are in 's coping with thole dillicullies in raising le Mem. We would not be without 0 keys now for anything, There Is eyi Mem when properly handled. They st must be allowed to range. Rutdo not s attempt to raise Mem if they have 011- eeversil it'oesigertoeitteng crops. If you do you 1 would advise every person interested • in poultry to take A01110 reliable It have been trying to get the patrons t stop exposing Inc milk to the air, an have advocated cooling with weler n water and ice, and instead of dippin the milk up into the air, elle it in IA eons or pails, without lifting it up in to the air. At one of the annual meetings I et tended last winter, a •good old gentle O mei which discusses poultry problems, d find give experiences of different poultry ✓ raisers. le this way we get ideas from g time to time winch aro beneficial to us 0 and which otherwise might, end us by experimenting ourselves, many times the subscription price of the journal. • man, whose hair was getting white, said: "I have been Inking care of milk a, for a great limber of years; this is a new doctrine, are you sure will have the right method now?" We can say with out any hesitation, that, by getting the patrons to adopt cooling, instead n aerating, the quality of the milk has improved very much; it is sweeter be cause cooler; being colder the hanteria which may be in it do not develop so rapidly. Exposing the milk lo the air under d the ordinary conditions at the farm, a Wilt simply load it with gas -producing bi bacteria and bad odors. The air will not cool the milk low enough to pre- vent the growth, and the result is very bad milk. Two or threesu cans of ch milk may spoil the whole of one day's 0 make of cheese, hence the necessity of mevielkry, patron having clean and cold The past 2 summers have been remarie ably cool in Ontario. If (his season Should prove as warm as some people predict, we will see very large amounts of milk returned, as many patrons have become careless about cooling the milk • during the two years. trust the makers will exercise more care in selecting the milk, as it is' the only way improvement can be made in the quality. One of the most encouraging fea- tures about the milk supply is the num- ber of new cans that have been purch- ased during the past two years, yet the instructor still reports rusty cans at so s me factories. At several amulet meet- ings collimate was appointed to ex- amine the mins with the Instructor this season, and notify those having rusty or unclean cans that they would have to remedy the defects. I hope the Instructors will be able to do considerable visiting among the pat - P005 this year, and when they call on you, endeavor to pt all the information possible from them. None of us know ft all, but there is always something to learn, and if a inn is looking for in- formatton, he sometimes gets an idea worth many dollars by talking a few minutes with another person interested In the great dairy industry. I am receiving from the instructors weekly reports of the amount of money 'M being expended at each factory s year in improvements. The a motints ran from $50 to 800. This shows that our faotorymen are making a splendid effort to keep up-to-date. Will the Wrong not make an extra effort this year to send to the factories coke' and liner -flav- ored milk than they have ever done Seep the milk coot and it will Ile SWeet, keep It clean and away thorn bad surroundings and it will be fine flavor- ed. • LIVE STOCK NOTES, Heifers require a larger amount of furl foe the production of milk than do older COW& - There 15 no such thing as colored or i peen -colored breeds being move hardy I i than while ones. Ail depends upon the condition of the breeding stock, and the - care they receive. In the flush of the pastures it may not he necessary to feed much grain to the cows, but do not allow them to shrink in their milk flow. If they are allowed to fall off for any length of time the milk secreting glands shrink, and no after feeding will enable them to per- form their full functions until they are fresh again. If you have good horses keep a close watch on their teamster. If he henriles the horses brutally, 01' with poor judg- ment, pay him off at once and get an- other man. It is easier to get another teamster than it is to get another team. Don't fall to keep an eye on mischevi- ous boys, for they will tease and tor- ment a horse for the fun they may see in it, which may result in a horse de- veloping the habit of kicking, striking or biting., PRIEST'S IRE EXC,ITED. Arrested by Pace for Disflourtme Many Works of Art in Germany. An eccentric individual, giving his name as abwkoff, and claiming to be a Roman Catholic priest, residing in Wilna, Germany, has been arrested in Dresden for mutilating nude sculptures in ninny towns throughout Germany. In Dreecien alone he mutilated statues of Alexander the Great, Mercury and the Dying Wurrier in the famous ?Ober - (Miura on the Bruen' Terrace, overlook- ing the Elbe. On searching his lodgings the pollee found them full of fragments broken from statuary. He explained that nude works of art shocked him, and that, he had received a messege from heaven nommanding him tn conduct, a single- handed cruse& against all sculptures of this deecription. An investigation is proceeding with a view to ascertainIng the full extent of the damage chine, and meanwhile Mnr- knit will be indicted for damaging pub- lic properly and for making himself a public nuleance. ....111.4.1.1410020,10.1VITIVUIrra. co TINUE Those who aro gaining 'Moen And strength by regular treat. relent With Scott's Emulsion should oontInue the treatment fit hot witatheier treaties ddsei W3 nd \ti'h ktl!:tVCatlohelditl'trfit'thiyeitbtti•SP. due a during tho heat° d gap:eon., Rood foe (too IMMO. se:OTT 5 DOW Ng, clamed*, Termer., , °merles tee, tied eseel dal dreeeleci IMPROV1TG THE FARM POULTRY. A few years ago the only poultry we had 011 our farm consisted at about score of small scrub hens, writes a itor- respondent. These hone would lay only when they took a notion and very often this notion was rather into in coming and did not last long. So we decided that seine change must be made or else we should go out of the hen business altogether. We read about some of Ma improved heeds and after a careful study of our needs, our choifell WM° We•andolle. Early in the spring 005 sent away to two different ce bornedethres for settings of eggs. Our idea in sending tot two settings in this way was that we might mete the pullets of one lot with the best corkerels in the other. The eggs arrived in good scaenn, were hatch- ed out tinder hens and the Chickens were reared successfully. Wo sold Inc extra cockerels to neighbors and reel. ized more than enough from them to repay us for the cost 01 1110 eggs and the rearing of the whole bunch of chicks. We found that these pellets were meth better Inyere than the scrubs, end also were nine market birds if we so wish. ed In dispose nf them. We have since purchased an incubator and brooders, and found that it was n good literal - rent., since we ran raise more birds for the market and can get Mem reedy Mille warty in season when the prices "° IialgrIlle Atne can, in Ibis way, add ninny shining dollars to his income and Mem the little boys end girls, or 'Indies, will look after them, and the mew will not need to lose Ulna from the other work We twee sintred ti nice flock of Pekin mid Cayuga ducks, rind have followed the pin ot introduelng new bleed every yen', They nee ensily relsocl and ere ready for market 111, from 10 lo 12 weeks or ego. There is ft ready demand Mr nil of them Ma we ran 1.0180 And as 1100 supply is inereased, the demand Will Met; Incense. We read quite 0 la &MA terkeyerates OLD SCOTCH VOLCANOES REMARKABLE FINDS OF THE NEW RAILWAY AT ROSYTIL Convincing Evidence That the Inside ol an Old Volcano blas Been Discovered. A rock section of some geographical interest may bo seen on the new rail- way of Rosyth In a cutting that has been driven through the ridge at Linmetness on the west side of Si. Margaret's Bay. The Took in the immediate vicinity b, winnstone; one Is surprised after pene- treeing the whin a short distance to Ilnd strata of a totally different char- n acter. At the west side of the section nearest tiosylh Castle there is a large . mass of whinstone; abutting against this is a thick bed of volcanic tuff which dips to the east, and passes under a seam of limestone. The latter in turn is overlapped by a bed of shale, while the outer facing of the east side of the ridge is a sloping bed of trap rock. From its harsh feel, coarse texture, and mixed ingredients, thisetuft may be at once recognized es a very character- istic example of volcanio tuff of aggla merate. It is made up of merino, pu- mice, and other fragmentary materials, such as are discharged by volcanoes, and are often toped tilling up old vol - canal neeks, Lines of stratification in- dicate that the conetiteents of the tuft owe their arrangements in part to the nction of waves or currents; they mite!, therefore, have been thrown out of a submarine volcano or fallen in showers into water. At Idle deepest part of the ;netting, where the ridge is HOW, tr- m010111)10 evidence convinces the obser- ver that he is here practically inside. an cid volcano. Scoriae and oilier loose materials brought to tile surtnee • arell plied up in cones afford proof of thL explosive character of an eruption. VOLCANIC IllXPLoSioNs. ere caused by Meant; geysers and vol - mimes itre in all their essential char - asters alike, except thumb the geyser dls- eLerges boob water instead id lava. As molten rock reaches the suplace volumes of steam escape, because of Mc dimin- lebed preesure, 'rhe bursting gas bub - hies also dissipate the fluid ruck into impalpable powder, which may be pro- jc-cled to a great height, and becomes widely distributed the wind. Vol. cccijiiiiliciof raiively tittle lava, and in earn° Me explosive type discharge eases none at all. Heaving in mind that the volcanic tuff Is a supoeficial deposit 01 reatevials pro - dined by• explosions, we can form mini teed 01 the conditions under which it was accumulated. The explosive orup- lions must have been long continueib to furnish materials for a deposit of this thickness, but the period of quiescence which ensued after they ceased was pro- lahly of much longer duration, for in the immediately succeeding layees nI strata no trace nf volcanic action can be discovered. One of the pecolimellee of volcanic agencies is its Rip Van Wink- le character. Vesuvius remained inac- tive all through Boman history down to 71 A.D., when the eruption occurred by It Mete Pompeii and Hermilaneum Were overthrown. 13111 700 or 01'0111,mo .years would not go very tar to account for forty feet of sedimentary rack, The time of tranquility, however, came to an end at last; the volcanic forces onee more awoke, but their character \vas aneeed, the explosive being ex_ changed for the effusive type; instead of showers of stones and ashes great streams of lava were now sent up from the ifflerler of the earth. One feature in the section is the REMARKABLY EVEN OUTCROP of the sedimentary beds, which book as though their ends had been pinned off to make a perfectly horizontal surface. the most probable explanation is Met it formed part, of the internal surface c' tile volcanic vent, and thab the ends of the beds were sawn off by explosive blasts issuing from the mouth of the vnutt ic tannhis inclined mirface, Ino, the stream of lava has been forced, and in- truded over the shale. In any case the displacement has been subsequent to the intrusion o( the leap; the upheaval has affected tuft, limestone. shale, and tree Mike. The cause of this upheaval Is perhaps to be found in the upward pres. sure of a groat body of molten rock, which at a much later date found vent for itself through the loose materials forming the old volcanic funnel, end at the same time greatly emerged that opening. The mass of whinstone at the nest end of the milling is a memorial of this later outburst. Rising vertically through Its tuff es an Irregular oolumn of unknown depth its intrusive origin is obvious. Without doubt the whin. stone here is simple a plug of lava left in the plpe or fissure throng)) which rng before the =Metals of the turf and rap beds were ejected. The funnels of :any ancient volennora are found to be Slugged with lava in this way. NEVER AGAIN. -"Alt," she sighed, "I shall never hear his footsteps ngnin 1 the step t have listened for with eager ears as he came through the garden gate, the step that has so often thrilled my soul as I heard it on the front porch. Never, never (Amin 1" "Has he left you ?" asked the sympa- thelte friend, "No; be has taken to wearing rubber heels I" SEEN IT ALL. An Irishman had trouble with his Oyes and consulted a [looter, The doc- tor told him to take its choice—he must either stop drinking or go blind. The Irishman turned the proposition over In his mind, and then said; --"Webb, I'm forty-two yeses old now, and belaive I've seen iverything worth mine" ACOVITTAL. "Co, these !Myersl they'll talk to the jury Ihree hones at a stretch ebout what an hottest Man you are, and diet when they meet you on the street they wail Speak to yold" MON AND STEEL. If England had done no more for the world, she would baud enriched it to a fee greater degree than all the geld WS- COVererS that have ever lie -d. leut the catalogue of her service is le king once -much leo long to reproduce here. Let us run over a few were of the inventions of chief importimee in making the civilized world so coinfois table to live in. ln Met Won furnace; were invented ty an Englishman named Koster. It was another Englishman—lieury Cort —wile introduced the system of pud- dine . ('on in 1781. The galvanizing of invei led by Henry Crauferd bit 1837. „,„, lui idea of inealculable value, was Bessemer steel was the discovery of Sir Henry Bessemer in 1855. And the open. heavth steel process—a most important discovery—was introduced by 'Messrs. Martin and Siemens in 1800, Then the circular wood -saw, a source of much wealth lo the United Slates, liussta , Scandina v fa , Germany, end other lands. was invented by n Mr. Mul- ler in 1877; the grain -threshing ma- chine by Andrew Mende in 1788; . the woodsnaning machine by Samuel Ben- tham in 1702; Portland cement by Joe- eph Aspdin in 1825; the stolen-hare:nee by a Scotsman—James Nasinyth—in 1842Il Tess few ideas have enriched the world by hundreds of millions. But there are many more. Stereotyping, that has so cheapened literature, was the invention of William 1,Cherd'er-caoloSrc°pistillilitinn' gpinress17\3vja'saill170°IltaiOrYd by Messrs. Platt and Keen in 1783; Me fest idea of a votary steam -power printing press was evolved by William Nicholson in 1700; the first fireproof srde was made by Richard Scolt In 1801; the steel pen W118 bile invention of 'Wil- liam Wise in 1803; the miners' safely - lamp was devised by Sir H. Davy In 1815; walor-gas, now so Much used for re cheapness, was discovered by Mr. Ilibetson in 1823; the first port:001e steam fire engine wes constructed by Mr. Lerattinvaile in 1830, FOUNDED IN BRITAIN, Even itio8e recent inventions, chiefly by foreigners, which have startled the world, had their forerunners fn England long ago, Dr. John Wall was the first to produce the electric spark in 1708. The conversion of the electric current into mechanical motion was accomplished ithohnel Faraday In /821. The filed incandescent electrie lamp Was made by Grove in 1880. In 1801 a steam coach, forerunner of We automobile, was made by Richard Tem/nick. The hobby -horse, which gave the Frenchman, kitchens, his idea for the bloyele, was invented In 1870 by an Englishman. The first photographic experiments were made by Wedgwood and Davy In 11102. The percussioa or deton.atIng com- pound was discovered in 1807 by A. I. Forsyth, a Seotsman. The calculating - machine, which the United States has to greatly developed, was invented by an Englishman, C. Bribbase, in 1822. Chloroform was discovered by a &erste,. man' G. L. Gutherie, in 1831., and ap- pliedae an ancesthofie by another Seaman, Dr. Simpson, 40847,, OUR COLOSSAL GIFT. The steam-whietle—a small, but value Ole, invention—was George Skiveneon's Men, nest used in 1883, And the rotary elenin-turbine, that 15 ping to revolle, tIonieS ocean travel, is the recant 'rt. weillon of au triabinau, tliko MA. G. /6 Persens,