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CliAt'TEH XXVL At the same lime It removed the one
Everything now seemed to bo about
ready for the opening of the campuign,
One thing only remaineul.
This concerned the disposal of their
suspicions in connection with the
guide.
The fact that Lord Beckett did not
consider his prejudice without some
foundation gave Larry additional
strength, and caused him to press the
question to a speedy settlement.
As a consequence ho suddenly con-
fronted the Mongolian in a dramatic
manner, hoping to catch him una-
wares, andabruptly said:
"Fancy our meeting again."
The heathen Chinese, taken off his
guard forr once, could not refrain from
showing plain signs of perturbation,
and Larry chose to look upon his atti-
tude as most highly signtticant.
If treachery was back of it, better
that they should meet the trouble here
at the start, where 1t could be eon -
trolled, than later on, when dangers
surrounded them.
One experience of this latter sort had
been quite enough for the little man.
Larry had leaned to act promptly
when an emergency threatened; no
one could bask in the company of Dr.
Jack 'for any length o1 time and do
otherwise.
He believed he had the fellow on the
run, and hastened to get in another
blow.
It's an odd freak that brings us to-
gether once more, my good fellow.
Suppose you let me have a fair and
square look at your face. In such an
undertaking as this one wishes to be
quite certain of his friends, you know."
• His intention was evident.
Indeed, if the words he uttered hail
failed, his belligerent attitude would
have proclaimed the fact that he meant
to enforce his demand.
The Chinaman seemed to hesitate, and
Plympton moved a little nearer, not
knowing but that there might bo need
of his strong arm.
He had seen a native, when cornered,
strike out with a murderous knife, and
Larry offered a tempting bait to any
one thus inclined.
11 was quits a dramatic picture.
Avis held her breath, awaiting de-
velopments, and only vaguely compre-
hending what it all meant, beyond the
evident fact that some trouble had
come upon the carpet before they were
even well started on their enterprise.
This element of uncertainly only
lasted for a brief minute.
The Chinese guide seemed to under-
stand that further secrecy was out of
the question; doubtless he realized that
it was folly for any man to think of
rubbing wits with a fellow of Larry's
accomplishments ; others had tried the
same thing in the past and made a
failure.
AL any rate, he suddenly turned his
face toward Larry, and one of his arms,
encased in the flowing sleeve of his
Chinese garment, went up in the en-
deavor to remove his hat; for In colder
Pelting the natives adopt a headgear
such as is seldom seen in the more
tropical regions of Southern China.
Larry stood on his tiptoes, the bet -
ler to see, such was his great eager -
nese.
Lord Racket's muscles were set for
action, and be drew a long breath,
such es a man naturally takes ere
plunging into the melee.
11 was not needed,
Larry came down on his heels again
—Larry, who seemed to have been the
recipient of a shock that rendered him
absolutely speechless, so that at first he
could only turn and motion toward
Plympton and then point at the guide.
Finally, in a hoarse whisper, he
ejaculated :
"Glorious 1 Good news l It is Kai
Wang himself I"
The secret was out.
For reasons best known to himself
their old friend of Canton had desired
to keep his identity secret, and perhaps
might have continued to de so much
longer, only for the sagacity of Larry,
who saw suspicious actions back of ht's
demeanor.
What his reasons' really were for de-
siring to thus hide his light under a
bushel none of them might ever know.
Undoubtedly Kai Wang had good
and sufficient, cause for doing so, since
he was not the kind of a man to at-
tempt such things through some pelty
prejudice or a desire for dramatic sur-
prises.
In all probability, it was petition] In
its nature. Ile had been under the dis-
pleasure of the authorities of late, and
must needs exercise a mare as to how he
walker!, unless he meant to have his
queue cul off so short that his head
wouldgo with It.
Presently all of them were wringing
his hands in an enthusiastic manner
that made. the old fellow's eyes sparkle
with keenest pleasure.
He explained so far as to .tell them
nese tri had left a double, an under-
study, as It. were, to run his Canton
business, and play the part of Kai
Wang, while he journeyed to the capi-
tal, •
Of Course, he had Come in disguise, so
that no man might know of his iden-
tity; for, whileall Chinamen look
s
pretty much alilco iso foreigners" eyes,
they poems
d tog ishtng traits
among 11eimseives.
Larry was overjoyed.
He believed success v
2 a5 about
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Lifter all.
o standard
p This Coming of ICai Wang was a
Ged wend, not one of .the hind he manu-
laetured, either, but a genuine favor
fiotn on high.
weak spot in their ranks.
Treachery could not harm then! now.
Besides, this action on the part of the
other spoke volumes for his devotion
to the interests of Dr. Jack, who seemed
to have hypnotized the maker of hea-
then gods, so that the influence still
remained, even after the cause had
been removed.
Larry could not stop to analyze the
whole subject, but he was sure it con-
tained much of encouragement for
their cause.
Hence he rejoiced.
Deep down in his heart he believed
Kai Wang must have received addition-
al information concerning the myster-
ious prisoner in the palace, and was
urged to come on In order to have a
hand 1n his rescue.
Larry would have been delighted
could he have been given Live minutes'
private conversation with 111e maker of
idols.
It would have done much toward re-
lieving his doubts and tears.
Under the circumstances, however,
this was not to be thought of.
Kai Wang was with them, and this
oust suffice.
His coming meant a tower of strength
Lo their desperate cause.
Who knew the devious walks of the
Forbidden City better than he, and who,
besides Kat Wang, could take them be-
yond the walls, even though wide-
awake sentries stood touching elbows
upon the ramparts?
So Larry's heart beat high with new
hopes, and his courage surged upward
in mighty bounds.
He even allowed himself to indulge
in rash dreams for the moment, and
fancied he could see Avis in the loving
arms of one who was, -as it were, re-
surrected from the dead, for, indeed,
the person whom misfortune incarcer-
ated in a Chinese prison might well
consider himself as good as dead.
This was only transitory—then Larry
resolutely thrust all such visions out of
his head and gave heed to the condi-
tion that confronted them.
Their guide considered 11 worth his
while to go over their disguises one by
one, adding a little here, and arrang-
ing a. garment so that it might appear
more in harmony with the style of
dress worn by those whom they might
meet beyond the walls..
He must restrain his exuberance and
act the part assigned him.
Who could blame him if his thoughts
wandered back enviously to the occa-
sion in Canton when he rode in such
style from Kai Wang's abode to the
foreign quarter at Shamien, the obse-
quious crowds bowing and salaaming
at all sides, as though 11e were a
prince of the royal blood and carried the
peacock 'feather of authority.
That was an event he could never
forget, although its companion picture,
when he was fleeing through the
streets in the guise of a native priest,
must have aroused emotions of a dif-
ferent order.
Everything being now in evidence,
there scented to be no reason why an
immediate advance should not be made.
Larry sought the side of his cousin,
perhaps with the vague idea that ids
presence might give her additional
courage; but Avis had summoned her
reserve stock of nerve to the fore, and
was in no .teed of assistance in any
guise.
Indeed, when the supreme test came,
and they were compelled to face dan-
ger, perhaps death, she ought even be
in a position to sustain Larry with
brave words of hope and courage.
1t had happened on a previous occa-
sion, years before, and there was no
reason to believe her nature had under.
gone any radical change in the time
that had elapsed.
When the massive gates in the walls
of the Purple City were closed, and the
sentries stood thickly upon the walls
above the moats, it would seem utterly
impossible for anyone to enter or leave
the place without the knowledge and
permission of those faithful guardians,
unless they possessed wings, and were
able to soar above the domes and min-
arets of palace and pagoda. `
There was one route, however, over
which the authorities had no control,
Kai Wang managed it for his exclu-
sive benefit.
Perhaps in times past it had allowed
the entrance of such an illustrious pil-
grim as tihe great Li I•lung Chong him-
self, desirous of a secret Interview with
the prisoner -emperor•
If so, then the same Li flung Chang
had his eyes bandaged. like all lite rest,
for this was a rule that could not be
broken.
Lamy knew what wos corning—Lee-
ry, w110 had been through the 211111 be-
fore—and he waned 1111: friends with
regard to what they alight expect, so
that neither Plympton nor Avis were
surprised when the guide binndiy gave
notice that the time had come to press
a soft Windage over the eyes of tech.
They had passed through a portion of
the native quarter and entered a mo-
dest native dwelling that reared its
thatched roof in the shadow of the wall with lhel(1 nor they with him. The 1
surrounding the inclosure. nvernge nem Icnnws the joy of seeing
Blindfolded,
Pdelightedly n f1) ted
d they lout r•-nlboysplash a r
l hold 's 2 nt d 1 sit lclr hlydl 1
Y of o his in
nnothe•'s hand, and allowed Kot Wong hi+ 11n111 -Iib. ad of pleyingghide and- 1
to fend the way. seek with him all 01e. the Mouse; hut
Lord Racket knew readily enough Ilte rich loan is expected In keep out of 1
that they were passing through some 110 w:'y til. Ietby's bath time. Lastly, rl
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sort Of underground passage, 111 rr •i r
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smiled ath Idea n •i
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tievhng Uuey could keep strangers be- who 11oV'er mound 111tH, The avcrngo s
yond the limits of their myslic city. lean can. b
Presently they stumbled tip sorer. -- - - e •- - -•
states, and ageln felt the refresling Money talks -- and the shall change
511011 un acquisition c1ou ?tiG their re. night air as their bluuleges were 1115• you gat Is mach emsq carded, while Kul Wang solemnly da- No man is interested in another man's
ttoureee. elated 1 troubles—Unica 110 Is a lawYer,
"Excellencies. you are now within the
walls of the royal Forbidden City."
CIIAPTEII XXVIII.
Tho Information was just what they
expected, still it thrilled them to hem it,
When the Rubicon has been croeoecl,
when their boats or bridges hove been
burned behind Ikon, men am apt to
feel a brief sons tio nw•t nt the •
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desperate task to which' they 11nv
pledged Meir fortunes and (heir lives
and then Potties a stern resolution l
conquer o1• fall.
They had defied the edict of the Chi
nese aulharilies that no feivig211'
should act font within the Meteor
covered by these walls.
Thus far had they role.
Presently they would see.
As to whether they night add 111
third chapter to Alexander's laconic
message, and conquer, it remained to
bo proven.
If an earnest prayer from a woman's
trusting heart cuuld have any influence
upon the status of antes, 11111' chances
were goad.
Kai Wang took advantage of this lost
opportunity to Impress several things
upon their notice.
These were points that were bound
to have a distinct. bearing upon thegene that called Inc 111011• attention,
Then he spoke of weapon.
He would be sorry 1f they were
brought to a point where armed resis-
tance must be shown, knowing what a
stir such en event was apt to mance In
the royal neighborhood, but their pre-
vious experience had been a lesson
that must warn them to cult no means
that might add to the success of their
venture.
The showing was all right. •
Lord Hackett had seen to this, with
the result that both himself end his
comrades were literally walking arsen-
als,
When Kai Wang saw the martini dis-
play his eyes almost popped out of his
head, and he held up both hands In
dismay at the possible slaughter that
must follow any attempt to interlope
with their purpose in the Forbidden
City.
All the same, he was secretly
pleased, for 1110 sympathies ran not, to
the line of talose ferocious Black Flags
and other fighters from various parts 'r
of the empire between olgkfng and
Mongolia, Knnsuh and the sea. 2/110
bad been brought to Pelting in order to
guard the imperial city against domes-
tic, rather than foreign foes. •
11 appears to be one of the tenets of
Chinese belief that battles are won
chiefly by noise and the exhibition of
monstrous ugly demons along the fir-
ing line.
True, the war with Japan knocked a
little sense into some of these Chinese,
and there has been a great improve-
ment since in the pummel of their
army. AL line same time the old reliance
in the efficiency of the ugly demons is
still rampant throughout their civil
institutions, and maintains a firm hold d
upon the soldiers from the interthr pro-
vinces.
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OThEFARM. �
JAIPOId'IANC13 OF THE 511.0.
Evidently the silo is increasing in
Polarity. l became in101101ed in the
of silage as u feed a number of ye
ngo. writes 1111'. 0, Latimer, When
years later 1 started in the dairy 111
nes,", I fully .made up my Mind to h
Doe (15 60011 OS posSibir, P2'0210081
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had fed corn sloven and 1111x01 bay w
corn end oats 121100d OS a grail tali
1 all 1u12 using the silo a 111frcl s
son. 11 is '1.5x.11 feet a1121 is located
1110 end of the barn rued connects
rally with a Teed alley 111 front of
cows. IL cost $188 above 111e fount
lion.
Silage kept perfectly the first sensn
end wee till good Mb 1renewing abo
8 inches of black silage o11 lop. T
5eeentl season the corn was badly fro
ed, eight or len (Ws before being p
in the silo, and did not slake us go
feed us the preceding season, It ld
well, however, except the first 4 cr
feel at the top, where !hare were sun
spots here and there, 4 or 5 dnrhen
diameter .and 2 or 3 inches thick, he
together with a white mold, wipe
aliened would be free from mold. I Ih
a simpler experience last year; sue
spots continuing down a little forth
than the previous year.
The corn was about the right stn
of maturity, or perhaps a little riper
the parts where the spots were foul
than where they were absent. 1 ba
Leen told by several men who used 11
some power and cutter just 10000din
C1' following me, that they found simile
spots In their silage. None of tiles
spots was within o foot of the wall
where line silage hod been tramp
down mare than elsewhere.
My method of feeding is to give en
milking cow 20 to 25 pounds feed, a
cording to the appetite, and the 0nloun
of milk given. 1 feed three to lou
quarts bran in the morning when mill
ed, feeding silage after milking. Cow
are turned out for water and cxercis
enc to three holes, accordbng to th
weather 111 the afternoon, and they ar
under cover if necessary. The len
amount of silage in the evening, sprint
led with one to one and a half quart
On process oil meal is ready for th
cows when they are turned in to be milk
ed. A ration of clover or nixed hay 1
given at noon and sometimes a re
stalks or oat straw when out for
change.
My former method was to feed con
stover In a manger.0r, when the grout
wee frozen, in the barnyard or field
near by, using the ear, either whole rr
chopped, with oats as a grain ration.
MN was never a satisfactory way of
using our most valuable lenge crop.
More recently the huskers end shred -
ors hive come into use and left the
fodder in a condition to he fed with less
waste and to better advantage. But
even with this impairment, there were
seasons when it was impossible to "et
the shredded lodder dry enough to pre-
vent molding' in the mow. Nov, with
the silo, there are 1220 weeks more (1.
less, according to the 500301, 111 which
the corn crop eon be secured in the right
condition. Then it contains the highest
percentage of digestible matter of any
stage of its growth and can be led
without any loss whatever,
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Will be fo rn Vk t Beneficial
this warm weather.,
LEAD PACKETS ONLY
40o, 500 end Sen par Its,
At all Grooms.
cleaned before each milking, wrIles M
Fred Evans. We use a colder cream
in summer, setting the milk 24 hour
hi winter we use pens, leaving the mil
111 a warm roan 30 hours. We 011111
every horning 111 einnmel• and two 0
three trues per week 10 winter, usln
a barbel churn. The cream is elnu'11e
at a temperature of 40 degrees in sunt
nice and 63 degrees in winter. \\'e usu-
a11y churn Pruni ten to 30 minutes. The
bultlormilk Is then drawn off, and the
butler rinsed in cold water. This water
Is drawn off and Ilse butler rinsed in
another water in which has been placed
o handful of salt. After this tato but-
ler is weighed and sailed to snit the
taste of your customers, Irom 13; to 2
ounces salt per pound being usrod_. The
butter Is worked twice, first in the
churn after salting and again in from
three to six hours. It is worked Ay
hand, packed in half -gallon crocks and
delivered to our customers every two
weeps.
NEXT AFTER TIIE QUEEN.
The Beautiful Life of the Baroness
Burrell -Coutts.
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meanie
FEATS OF THE BEAVER
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ABILITY TO CiJ'1 TIdJBisRA`.D
a DANDLE I'1'.
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Busiest on Moonlight Nights — Some-
times Repairs a Dam in
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Thus many of talose whose duties
took them to Pelting to guard the
palaces of royalty had brought 111ch•
convictions with them. and it may be
readily assumed that, were a foreigner
allowed a chance to snap his camera
within the confines of the Sacred City,
lie would secure some amazing pic-
tures, Illustrating Chinese ideas of what
a doughty warrior should loop like m
order to strike terror to the hearts of
his enemies.
Toward (he general run of these
chaps, Lord Racked, felt only con-
tempt. Their ancient methods of fight-
ing were hardly' in line with modern
quick -firing guns; and, should fortune
throw them into a contest with 111e
(heathen he would have but 1111.10 doubt
as to the issue.
There \las one class, however, of
whom 110 stood in some awe, 0i', ra-
ther. for whom he entertained a fair
share of respect.
These were the peculiar, tall, muscu-
lar mountaineers from the Inc South—
the men who wore no queue, their
11x1014 black hair being bunched at the
back of their heads under the odd coy
eriug of rice -straw thatch, and who
had become famous as the Black Flags
when Chinese Gordon, of Khartoum
fame, led the imperial forces against
them in the Gaping rebellion.
These- were the natural fighters of
the whole empire—the men who, living
amid the mountain crags, imbibed the
spirit of liberty from the clear air of
those lofty retreats, and refused to be
slaves.
The French in T netting could not
conquer them ; and other foreign na-
tions will, in lime to come, have an
opportunity to lest thele mettle in com-
parison with Afghan tribes or natives
of the PhIlipptnee.
ell be continued).
PITY THE 1'0011 RICH I
The rich man looks very enviable—
from. a distance. But get really Inti-
mate with him, and you wilt be aston-
ished to llnd how greatly his wealth
makes hint stiffer. TIM glut of money
Imetes hien to eat more and richer food
than Nature requires, and he has to
pay the penally in impaired health and
shortened life.. He any have lour hand-
some houses, but. he can only live 1n
ono at a time, end the worry of the ser-
vant question drives 111111 to distraction.
Ile can have unlimited leisure, but loo
ntmclh leisure is a bigger koro then too
1nu011 work. Ile misses the excitement
of the game of making a living—hisses 1
its hopes. !ears, pleasant surprises and
•dtsnppoiuhnenls. Ile never enjoys Ilio
company of his children so ouch es the
peer nen enjoys his family life, foe
they are sri t,edgod round by solvents
that he never gets into lull sympathy
FAR\! -NOTES.
One good ear to each stalk and two)
stalks In each hill will make corn yield
more than 100 bushels per acre. Many
people try to have from three to fivo
stalks per 11111 and get much less than
100 bushels per acre.
The whole point of forest men0gement
is to have new Trees of the most useful
land tale the place of the old just r•s
soon as possible after they are cut. One
thoughtless stroke of the exe.will get
rill of a One sapling half the size of a
men's wrist. mid a dozen years of
growth is lost• On the other hand, the
cutting of a good tree may simply open
roost for worlhlese trees.
A light application of manure will
benefit all crops. Some soils will take
more manure than others. Care should
be taken to put"the manure on the land
when fresh. It should not be left loo
long in small piles in the fields before
spreading.
Although the farmer may often be
crowded with work, a little leisure time
ought to bo marl in which to cut those
weeds in the fence corners and along
the road. This will odd to the appear-
ance of the farm, and keel) the weeds
from ripening their seeds.
Weeds and bugs Mahn much of the
attention of the farmer 111 this screen;
but if he be !taster of his business, he
will destroy the former as soon as they
germhlnle, and the latter during the
earliest singes of their growth; to neg-
lect the destruction of either for but a
few days will often reduce the crop one-
half end may cause its entire destruc-
tion.
LIVE STOCK NOTES.
A spirited horse holds its heed high
without n check rein, and no check
rein in the world can melte a broken
down horse loolc 111(0 a spirited one,
If one has profilnble 00128, 11won't
goy to allow therm to get out of condi-
bon by economizing on teed, and if
they are* not ail proOlable, now is the
ime to do some effeelivo milihrg, and
thus seam teed ler the paying animals.
During lite heated season the animals
should have mu opperhmily to drink
late in the ovr•ning. This prevents ex-
cessive thirst in the forming and con-
sequent overlondtng with water. Even -
rig watering also gives the cnretnker
he neceesery opportunity for a general
tnspecli011 of lite animals and stables,
which is nenessery for the best pare.
Pedlgeee alone is not of 11111011 account
11 51220(0 breta.ing, but coupled with in -
111(11 nl excellence, is evidence that tllA
Minn] 11215 been bred all right, g , find
0utde for a meet deal,
betonso it
bows the nanmls goodrunllli0s
have
Den bred tele 111111, and his progerl,v
'111 slew 11,
MAKING •IIUT'rtli ON Tillt FARM,
Cleanliness begins in the stable, Our
0215 1(020 a good, dry bed and are
Icing Edward, when Prince of Wales,
once said of the Baroness Burdett -
Coutts, who lately celebrated her
ninety-second birthday, "She is, after
my mother, the most remarkable
woman in the kingdom." His words
became still more true as the long life
draws to its gracious close.
Her grandfather, Mr. Thomas Coutts;
was an eccentric man, and set the
fancily an example of peculiar mar-
riages. For his first wife he chose his
brother's housemaid, and for his second
a beautiful actress. Both marriages
were happy ones, and on his death (1e
left his immense fortune to his second
wife. She had no children by him 00
by her second husband, the Duke of St.
Athan; and- on her death she passed
on her great wealth to her slop -grand-
daughter, Angela Georgina, whose
sweetness and ability had won the re-
gard of lice sensible duchess.
The girl had not been brought up as
an heiress, and her plain. Christian edu-
cation stood her in good stead in her
sudden change of circumstance. When
she found herself in a day the richest
woman in England, she threw herself
not into gaiety and display, but into
intelligent charity. She built and en-
dowed St. Stephen's church In London,
and put tinder its wise dare primary
and technical schools, workshops, lec-
ture courses, and instruction in cook-
ing and housekeeping years before
others recognized these needs,
A 1181 of her charities would cover al-
most every effort for the improvement
of men, woolen and children. She has
endowed bishoprics, built, model lodg-
ing -houses and markets, planted and
opened ,London churchyards as recrea-
tion groamds, sent a whole village full
of poverty-stricken people from Scotland
to Australia, endowed a reformatory for
women. endowed a geological scholar-
ship at Oxford, built ftp the Irish fish-
eries end other industries, besides giv-
ing wise personal aid to thousands of
the needy and suffering.
She proved herself her grandfather's
Own child by making 112 1881 a mar-
riage which set all England agog. She
was teen sixty-seven years old, and
she married an Anceeican gentleman of
thirty. The marriage seems to have
been a romantic one on both sides, 1 -ie
had made her acquaintance in the
course of administering 111e Turkish re-
lief fund, and niter their marriage lie
devoted himself to the noble charities
of her devising. He hes been a member
of Parliament since 1885, and is a man
whose opinion commands respect there
and elsewhere.
'rhe whole long lite of the bareness
has been one of wise and unse]Osh de-
votion to good works, and a co115tn01
testimony to the glorious possibilities
in the hands of a rich women who is
pled with the true Chiestian spirit, and
Ands it more blessed to give than to
get.
NEW "SIAMESE" TWINS.
A pair of "Siamese" twin sisters from
ilohenlia, who, although of totaliy dif-
ferent temperaments --one being shy,
the other Inei'ry and outspoken — live
very happily together, will shortly ap-
pear. The twins have separate pulses
and constitutions, and if one is 111 the
other does not necessarily suffer, They
sleep well, one lying on her right, side,
the olho' of her left. The girls ore well
educated, Speaking Frenrih, English and
Gorman, and pleyhng the v1n111) and the
sillier. They are to be exnnlluerl under
the X-rays by Prof. Schrnter, in order
to determine, wheeler there is any clan-
ger in an operation to sopa tle them,
We lice best to call
SCOTT'S EMULSION
a food because it stands so em-
phatically for perfect nutrition,
fe And yet in the matter of restor-
if
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SCOTT 4 (3120 NE, Chcmrtle,
'reroaro, .- Omuta
. 50e.05d$1.0 All (haulers.
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the Daytime. •
It is wonderful what 'large pieces of
wood a beaver will move, says a Miler
111 Outdoor Life. I have frequently seep
cuttings of cottonwood largo enough for
fence posts that had been moved over•
level ground and through underbrush
tc water several hundred feet away.
If timber is cut on a bank where a
down grade can be had all the way to
the -streams much larger pieces will be
moved. Beaver's are very skilful wood
choppers and seldom fail to fell a true
In the right direction; that is, with Pei
butts all pointing toward the trail to
the stream, and novo' felling the lop
of one into the bop of another.
Smooth trails are always made from
the scene of the operations on ]and to
the water and all of the materta1 -is
carried over (hem If the nutting hap-
pens to be on a slide hill above the
stream a slide not unlike that sometimes
used by lumbermen will be made.
The cutting of the large growth stuff
1" mainly dote in the fall and winter;
willows, small poplars and cottonwoods
being ,used
IN TIIE SPRING AND SUMMER.
After getting down the larger"' trees the
branches are all cut off and made into
lengths suitable for Irnnsparting and
taken to 110 water, after wihich the trunk
is cut up and as much of i1 removed as
possible.
The bark of these pieces, which with
the twigs forms the principal item of
food, is all gnawed off in the water ur
at the houses. The barked sticksare
then used In repairing or strengthening
alto dams or stacked on top of the
house.
Beavers generally work on moonlight
nights only, and scarcely ever in the
daytime, though they may sometimes
be seen making repairs on a dam when
1t needs immediate aten1101'
Contrary to tho°"general opinion the
beaver does not always build a house
for himself, being content very often
with a burrow in the bank of the
stream. As is the case with lila houses
the entrance to a burrow is under wa-
ter, though sometimes there is an open-
ing from the surface through which
brush and slicks are curried for their
food supply.
These burrows are sometimes ' very
commodious and offer comfortable quar-
tets for a la'g0 colony. They seem to
be generally dug from the banks of a
stream which is too swift to make the
building of dans easy and which has
a deep channel. A lone beaver who has
been driven out by his fellows for sne
cause or other Is very ]llkoly to moance
such a home
IN TIIE BANIC OF A STREAK
When a colony of beaver is harassed
by its enemies or when internal dis-
sensions arise a part or the whole of
the colony will establish a new home
some distance away. They lose no 11121(1
in choosing a weak portion of the river,
where the baniks are well wooded, and
fall at once to wet.
Where the dyer is rapid one of the
slow reaches between the rapids is
chosen for a darn. The wood is cut
above the damsite, sometime at quite
a distance, and transported to the
water, whore it can be easily moved
down stream.
The sticks are placed more or less par-
ellod to each other, so es to make n.com-
paot--structure, and 'the aoulinnous pile
thus resulting extends directly across
the stream.
Mud is continenily used to flit the In-
terstices ns the dam grows in height.
Al. some distance up stream the !house
Is now built, else of sticks and mud,
in ns secluded and inaccessible a place
as possible.
SOUR SILK FOR LONG LIFE.
TL. is the opinion of Proftesor Afetch-
nlleff, an eminent R1sstah scientist,
that the middle age of man should be
shout eighty yeas, instead of forty,
and that his altolod span of life, instead
of being threescore and ten, should no
3e'ren score.
Ifis Iboory Is 111nt age, or physical
evidence of it, IS a disease, a result cif
voyages of 001101(1 forms of bacteria.
The dlt•leully of discovering the secret
of prolonged life, therefore, ley In find-
ing beneficent germs to combat and
overcome those of murderous tendency,
The microbe which causes milk to turn
sour is the most efficient,
Most famous among Europeans for
their longevity are the Bulgarian moun-
taineers; they are also noted for their
custom of OCnsu11111251 great (mantillas of
sour milk, Might there not bo an int -
mate connection between these things?
The 1ne gem eof the ferment Which 18
r
used to eftd to milk 1ntil
6
B r
aln differs
from the ordinary microbe of sour milk
only in so much as iris larger and more
Powerful. Professor Motolinikolt takes
it daily himself --hs keeps a largo bowl
'cif 41 In his laboratory—arid with him
DI Ihts are lnnny other hard-headed
baetertolagists and physlclans through -
Out Europe,
w .
CANDY -SATING.
The articles of food which go to make,
up the ordinary diet of mankind are of
hgo 10 form
ihahvo lreuheworkclasses—tofose the 21110(1,
bodythe 110110 0nd
mmsrl ,
and those which. supply the fuel
1.y whltit the 100011100 15 tun, '1'h000
ore, roughly speldcing, 111e meals and
the sweets, There Is still another oinks,
applied to the sweets, 011100ly, the fats,.
hitt these need not ha considered here.
They ponstilulo a very useful Ingredi-
ent in the diet, and are seldom lateen
in excess, except perhaps by persona
who aro themselves too hat; but by the
majority of mankind they aro. taken in
too 5111(111 rather than In loo great
011101)01. 11 i3 in ('051(2(1 to 1141) 00111151
of candy that a word 01 caution is nec-
05sa'y,
112112 Il•ed only.on meat, eggs, and the -
non -starchy vegetables, such as 120125,.
beans, stilnnch and cabbage, lite addi-
tion of candy and sweets would be most.
conmtendabie. The body nm3L have-
s"t3or' in some form In order to enable
It to tea els work. But, it should be re-
membered 41.1at sugar Is the coal of the
flumen maclur•e and a;r4151 onginmu'
knows that too /much coal wth impair
the 00120 0ney of his boiler. If the en.
gine is working to its utmost capacity
and the drafts are ail open, almost any
amount, of fuel will be consumed, and
will give out energy; but if only a little•
work id required, and if the damper 1s•
closed, the addition of coal beyund the.
n0rmel requirement is not only of ho•
service, but is an evil.
11 Is the same with the human mech-
anism. An active boy or elan engaged
in hard 2.0114 eon talo an almost un-
limited amount of sweets and starchy
fonds so long as he does not restrict the.
amount of prol0kl food (meals and leg-
uminous vegetables), not only without.
harms, but with benefit. But women
and men engaged in sedentary purSults•
will eat much candy at their peril.
There Is no doubt that too much of
it is eaten. It Is taken at the end of a
dinner composed largely of potatoes,.
Hee, bread, ;and other starchy foods
wlhich the t3gestive juices turn into.
sugar, or nibbled between steals, and
in this way altogether too much is.
taken for the needs of Me body. The
result is a clogged liver, resulting in
biliousness and gall -stones, In malty
symptoms, and even in diabetes; diges-
tion is impaired, and the nileogenous
elements are not assimilated,, so that n•
21(2010 Is not repaired.
II, should be remembered that the ce-
reals are composed almost entirely of
starch, which is transformed in the
body into sugars, and tent those who•
live on them, under the m(5151(en 11011011
that meat -is harmful, cannot eat candy'
as well without 3`rlous risk.
HEALTH
RIIEUMA'1']sM,
Formerly all painful affections of the
muscles or joints were grouped togeth-
er under lire one title, rheumatism; but
now one after the other has been found
1.e be a distinct disease, until, In scien-
tific phraseology although not yet popu-
larly, the term rheumatism is coiling to
be restricted to acute rheumatism of the
joints, or rheumatic fever. This disease
is of unceetaln nature, although it is
generally believed to be of bacterial ori-
gin. How the bacteria act is whet has
not been determined. Some Investiga-
tors think they are carried by the blood
to the affected joints; others believe.that
they are confined to the tonsils, and
that the joint inflammation' is caused
by the presence of the poisons elabora-
ted by these bacteria and transported
in the' blood stream.
Rheumatism seems to bear some rela-
tion lo climate, as it occurs most fre-
suenlly In the winter and early spring,
and exposure to damp cold seems, et
least in the predisposed, to precipihile
at attack. Men suffer more often than
women, peo11ably in steno degree be-
cause they are more exposed to Ole in -
clemencies of the weather. Ono attack
seems to predispose to another, and not
la confer immunity, as happens In ty-
phoid fever and most Infectious maladies.
The disease usually begins with pain
and siifiness in ohne of the joints, follow-
ing a cold In the head or sore throat.
In a day or two the joint swells, becomes
red, and the pain grows agonizing. Af•
ler lasting for a while to 'one or more
joints, the inflammatory symptoms often
slop suddenly and go to another joint
—and so they may play batik and fo'li1
through all the joints of the body, the
disease persisting interminably. The
membrane lining or covering the heart
may also bo attacked.
The treatment of rheumatism is, .f
course, a metier for the doclorts The
affected joint should be handled as lite
the as possible; attempted massage, or
even the lightest -friction, 1110y greatly
increase the pain. Tho joint should be
embedded in cotton and protected by a
wire screen front- 111e pressure of the
bedclothes and everything also that
any hurt it.—Youth's Companion.
LIVING 1N CORAL HOUSES,
Tho church built of coral is ono of the
curiosities of the isle of Mahe, on of
the Seychelles Islands In the Indian
Oeeon. The Seychelles Islands, which
are supposed by many to be tine sale of
the Eden of the Old Testament, form
au nrehipeingo of 114 Islands, .and aro .
situated 1,400 miles east of Ae1011 0nd
1,000 milest of ranzibar. They rise
steeply out of the sea, cllrntnntin In -
the Isle of Mahe, which is about 8,000
feel above the level of the ocean, and
Is nearly the centre of the group. A11
these islands are of coral growth. The
houses are built of a"spooies 01 massive
coral hewn Into square blocks, which
glisten ]ince while marble, and 511004
to the lltmo
themselves sC advantage
to
the various an o the green t'
g o filo
iL
tropical 'palms, whose immense tern.
like leaves give plea/int And much.
needed 'shade. These palms grew as
high as 100 feet or more, overtopping.
both the house and the cemhhullj
church, They lino the seashore and
cover,.lhe mountains, formhtg 1n man,
pia0es ostensive Tercels,