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CHAPTER XXVIII.—(Corlltnuede might have had a depressing effect upon
Plymplon knew these Black Flags
the
adventurers at another time, when
Wiper -
feared nothin on earth, either sacred y ]stayed for a slake of lessor lmpor-
or profane nothing
could the wonderful lance; but just now they drew inspire -
or lion train Kai Wang, who strutted
dragon seen in the usual Chinese pro- along, rubbing elbows with those upon
cession have been trnnslormed into a the street, as though to the manner
terrible reality, breathing and born • indeed it must have been a
terrible
pesos, 1Pllaws woul'i popul'ar belief among those who made
gladly hall the opportunity for a fight. haste to give him room that here was
The Black Flags must, in reality, be a mandarin of the second degree at
the Irishmen of China. least, followed by his retinue of ser -
Lord Beckett also knew that It was yenta, and heading for the chief On-
to thele sudden and fleece assault the penial peluoe of the Golden Dragon, In -
partial 151101'0 of the other expedition tent upon some momentous question of
had been due; also tine capture rr state.
death of Dr. Jack ; and deep down in And in this way the tittle company
his (Heart the gallant Englishman progressed until at lingth Kai Wang
prayed that they might be spared the suddenly ceased to move torward.
pleasure of running up against any of Waiting until the others were close
these wild tribesmen. about him, he pointed to the stone flags
It was Plyntplon's first appearance and whispered the thrilling words :
before the public,. of the Imssr sane- "Behold where 11 happened—gaze
tuary, 0nc1, as everything was novel to upon the spot whore Dr. Jock fell l"
trim, he kept his eyes constantly on the
alert, intent on seeing as much as the CHAPTER XXIX.
conditions allowed.
In days to come, should a merciful If the words of the Chinese guide were
Providence allow him to escape from thrilling to Larry and the big English•
this trap with his life, lie would like to man, It may be readily understood they
tell the story of his adventure, end de- possessed unusual significance for the
scribe that Sacred City upon which few other one who made up the party of
foreign eyes had ever fallen, daring explorers.
Besides, 1t was the part of wisdom on During the terrible weeks that had
ills behalf to note the various stages of elapsed since she received the message
the game, in London ,bat told her she was a
Who could say what might happen? widow, Avis had seemed to cherish
There wos ICai Wang, as bright and but one eager desire, and that was to
bald a nen as iho whole Chinese em- visit the spot where Dr. Jack had
pine could boast, and devoted heart and fallen.
soul to their service, as his great sacri- Here, then, was the Mecca of her
flee in coming up boon Canton to join hopes—here the place where his last
the raid on the Forbidden City had brave stand had been taken, and his
proven. , he was but one man, and hu- courageous spirit mot the onslaught of
the Philistines with undiminished zeal.
man al that In imagination she could see the man
It was always possible that some- she loved better than her lite battling
thing might happen to the loyal guide; against the horde of savage Black
and if this came to pass, they would slags, holding his own to the very last;
flnd thenmseives in a pretty pickle, lost and, perhaps she. could even imagine
within the confines of the region whereleer tortured ears heard the wild shout
it was death for them to remain. that announced their ultimate victory,
That was why Lord Hackett tools his so graphically described by Larry.
bearings with so much pains, and even Lord Beckett and the others stood
went so far as to slyly mark a cross with folded arms and bunt heads.
upon the door of the house from which What sombre thoughts dashed
they emerged in order that he might through their several minds as they
find the tunnel under the moat should gazed upon this spot, it might bo dilll-
en emergency arise. cult to describe; but they were not un -
A wise old boy Plymplon showed mixed with hope.
himself to be, looking out for a possible As for Avis, no such gleam of sun -
retreat even while resolutely pushing shino penetrated the gloom which sur -
an advance. It is thus warriors aro rounded her.
butt and renown won. That she was a woman of unusual
From various coigns of vantage he powers they already knew. Perhaps
'had in days gone by looked in upon the Plympton night have anticipated some
territory where "no trespass" was the scene at this climax, for he could for.
watchword, and envied the moon- give even the heroine Avis had proven
eyed Celestials whom he saw saunter- herself to be, should she allow her m-
ing hillier and yon, never dreaming at serve to break down at such a critical
the time when a day would come when stage in the game.
his long -wished -for opportunity to in- Again he underestimated her quall-
vade the realm of the gods would ties
come, and that, toeing his life in his Not a moan, not a tear, nothing be -
hands, he would venture to brave the yond a deep sigh, that seemed to come
terrors that lay In the way. from a ]heart too full for other utter -
These observations had at least given erica.
him some knowledge of the lay of the She was on her knees. They saw her
land. head droop lower and lower, us though
Thus he recognized close beside she would touch her lips to the stones
them an elevation known as Kingshau, that were still mayhap discolored with
which foreigners had named Prospect the lifeblood of that brave man, and,
11111, because its top overlooked the therefore, as- sacred to her as the caba
walls, and afforded a view of all Pe- or black stone of the inner temple is to
king. the myriad pilgrims of the Mohamme-
11,was well within the boundary and dan faith, who yearly shake the tedious
only a canal separated it from the For- journey to that city of Arabia where the
bidden City. shrine of the faithful is located.
Lord Beckett might have wished for 1t was a solemn moment, never to be
more light from above to show him the forgotten by those who took part in
many strange features of the Sacred the scene.
City around hien ; but it was perhaps Then Avis arose.
fortunate that no moon glowed in the "1 em satisfied," she said, simply.
heavens, else they might have met "Then our duty is tosee you safely
with trouble sooner than was otherwise back to the hotel again," suggested
probable. Larry.
They had speedily left tine moat be- Feraaps en eager inflection in his
hind. and were between the walls of voice aroused some suspicion in her
buildings. mind, which was already in a feverish
Nowhere in all China could more state, owing to the peculiar conditions
elaborate temples and pagodas be by which she was surrounded.
found -than In this place devoted to 'Is your mission done here, cousin?
royally and the sacred council of the You will not return, to risk your We
empire. through sbnplo curiosity?" -slle asked,
lice had been .batched all those etre- quickly.
legit moves by means of which the nes And then Larry found himself In a
tions of Europe had been outwitted it quandary.
the past, until their play descended to Ile dared not answer in the negative,
demanding a concession, and a naval and yet deemed it poor policy to tell
or military base, as a fitting tribute in Avis all, lest the possible disappoint -
return for real or fancied Injuries which mens, in case of failure, might work
the heathen of the interior bed wrought cruelly with her.
upon certain of their subjects; and be- "We—that is—it is our duly—ahem—
fore this latter-day diplomacy, backed the truth is, cousin, Lord Sackett has
by battleships and armored cruisers reason to believe an old friend of his is
golnre, the puzzled Tsang-ll-Yamen being held a prisoner somewhere inside
have proved as helpless as a ship with- the limits of this beastly place, and he
out a rudder In a stores. thought --we all thought, to tell the
1t was historic ground which they wimple truth, that, while the were at 'it,
were passing. The record of centuries we might as well see if we could get
would prove very interesting reading 11 the poor old chap out in same way."
It could only be written out In plain Larry believed that ire hqd clone, fair -
English characters. ly well, considering the many difoul-
None of our friends was just now at ties with which he had to wrestle,
all concerned about this romantic and Still, he was much in doubt as to
historical past, The dark tragedies of whether he lead succeeded in bis ob.
ages had line interest In their eyes jest,
competed with the success of the during Ills expesienee With the clover wo-
•l!flan that just at present engrossed man bed not been of a character to In-
tl -tole altenlion. spire confidence in his own ability,
Nor cotfld It be expected that material Avis looked at hitt fora moment ns
things could be forgotten because a holo though she were revolving some
of Iragioat history surrounded each thought, in her mind, Then she burned
marble block Composing bridge and to Lord Hackett,
palace and council chamber. "This supposed prisoner—he Is lin old
Yonder the Palace of Ileavenly Pur- fiend o1 yours, Larry says?" she re-
ily embed its massive pile against the mnrkod,
heavens ; and not far away stood the Plymplon was in a position where he
Hall of Grand Harmony, where the int- could not deny 1h0 soft impeachment.
perlal cabinet was in the habit of meet- ' "Yes," he replied, weakly,
Ing at early dawn, to gravely discuss "it is noble at you to risk your life In
What new mennees Ihed Como from diose the endeavor to Hid his mope."
Imprudent sons Of Bella'. who Insisted "Nonsense) Only a Mlle thing, niter
e harm
n s the dell 111s and fortunes all; and besides, e.
g g 1 nes r,t al r , w have merely halt
the favored children of men, whose,
empire was tate sent of the hmivorsc,
welled by 511 nations.
The fact 111111 ,seals Myposing stir•
roun$Ings guarded them on every hand
"Oh, pray don't feel any anxiety
about us. We shall be so pleased to
know you are in a place of safety
through It all," he hastened to say.
"1 cannot help it. My cousin is all 1
have left now, and hie welfare is of
considerable moment to me. On the
whole, dear friends, 1 must decline to
return lo the hotel until such time as
you can return with me. 'Truth to tell,
I feel safer baro In your company than
I would were 1 there atone."
Leery was mute. lie readily grasped
the idea that Avis dimly suspected the
truth,
Lord Racketi's first thought was to
protest.
To have a woman with (tum In the
dashing exploit which, they meant to
undertake would lessen their chanees
of success. At least, with most w oaten
IL must have been so.
Then he suddenly remembered libel
Avis was guile unlike the majority of
her sex.
Besides, what could ho say? \\'ho
had a .better right to neonnpany them
on this sacred expedition to vescue Dr.
Jack from a Chinese dungeon, if he
was to be found, than hie brave and
devoted wife, who bad crossed oceans
and seas when warned of the disaster
that had befallen her reale?
So the worths he meant to speak were
never uttered, and the remonstrance
was allowed to die a natural death.
What he had seen of Avis told him
her bravery would equal that of the best
of thein.
Besides, had he not heard how she
reloaded Ilia ci•oapons of her defenders
in the Spanish railway coach when at-
taciced by brigands and Carlists, and
on numerous occasions defied the ter-
rors that would have utterly over-
whelmed many of her frail sex?
Perhaps it might be for the best, and.
that her presence would yet prove a
blessing to them.
"AL any rate, his philosophy taught
him to accept in the best spirit what
could not be declined.
"So be it; but f am sure you will
acquit us of all responsibility In the
Premises, should disaster overtake us,
se keen disappointment be the only
reward of our labors."
"That is already taken for granted.
Whatever your mission may mean, I
am positlee that it is urged on by feel-
ings of humanity and a desire to liber-
ate one who is in captivity, and as such
1 call upon high Heaven to bless and
prosper it•."
Somehow they seemed to feet es
though the blessing she invoked would
help to bring their work to a success-
ful end; and in this manner to begin
with, her presence served to encourage
them.
Thus it was settled.
Avis had her way and was to be with
them in their assault upon lite royal
palace.
She seemed satisfied with the ar-
rangement; and, although Larry be-
lieved she had certain suspicions, not a
question did she ask.
Evidently she was content to leave her
case in the hands of those who had al-
ready managed the preliminaries so
well.
They could not but appreciate suet,
confidence, and again resolved to Le
worthy of it..
Kai Wang had observed this little
scene in the drama without appearing
to relax his duties of sentry one iota.
Perhaps be was secretly pleased.
Knowing Dr. Jacle so well, and hon-
eying him as a good friend, he may
have been proud to learn that Evans
had so devoted and tearless a wife, one
who seemed every inch his equal.
Kai Wang was, however, a men of
few words, in common with most wise
men of the Orient, and he had grown
accustomed to keeping Isis thoughts to
himself. Where the very walls have
ears this is surely a wise policy.
He saw the little discussion was over,
and concluded that their plans were to
bo materially altered, since retreat had
been postponed.
"To the palace!'' said Larry, boldly.
"To the palace!" echoed the maker of
heathen gods.
That was all there came of 11. No
negotiations or consultations seemed
necessary, since they understood each
other so thoroughly,
Avis east one look back over her
shoulder toward the spot where had
occurred the desperate hand-to-hand
engagement between those bold adven-
turers who had sought and gained an
audience with the imprisoned Emperor'
and the dashing fighters brought from
the south to „guard the Forbidden City
gates against conspirators seeking to
overthrow the dynasty.
It teas almost pathetic to see her evi-
dent reluctance at leaving Lila place:
and Larry telt a hump rising in bis
throat as he noted her yearning, back-
ward glance, mentally picturing Melt
as he lead last seen hen—tall, stalwart,
bronzed and absolutely fearless, and
Bien striving to think what he might be
if still alive, after weeks of dreary exis-
tence in a loathsome Chinese prison, a
wreck of Itis former self.
So they moved along.
In one thing, at least. fortune had
been exceedingly kind to them.
This was in the fact that they had
not been annoyed by passers-by while
gathered in a group around the scene
of the former engagement.
People there were upon the streets t f
the Purple City. They had met them In
squads; apd Kai \Nang oven declared
110 had seldom known such a suspicious
bustle in the place 1 but just at that
auspicious moment they seemed to ab-
sent themselves in a very considerate
manner; leaving the field to the little
comphny of intrepid sates.
It augured well for line future.
Straws show which way the wind
blows: and event a small thing like
this betoken good luck.
The easier stage of their venture lay
behind, and they now faded the Jasper.
ate part of the undertaking,
Larry took a long breath, and nnen-
tally prepared himself for. the, fray.
Little Sian as he was, the warrior spirit
swelled within his fano, as well as in
Ilia Of his more bullty doInl'ade ; and
he was resolved to strike -a loyal blow "Yoe poo' man," said the kind lady.
in behalf of that beloved friend whose "Cant you find anything to do 7"
Tate had cast such a shadow over his "NutUn', mum" replied Frayed
a tope. In ly int tn. It clay not prove to latter clays. Franklyn. "But 1 gob a premise el
be the poly al. 5111. In this sph'it they one and alt went work yesterday,
"'Po Into me tuck In the hetet, and forward to solve the mystery of the '',low nice 1 What doing';"
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C tc Mum hem, means crossing for a first
nem r ar s 4 double share royal solace, "Flagmen oil a c g d
1 g
of danger for you;' (7`o be Whetted), Afiishlp litre what starts, unto•"
MANY MYSTERIES BURIED
PEOISL, . WHO Alibi MW iN NAME-
LESS GRAVES,
Unfortunate Who Do Not Wish ']'heir
Friends To Know of Their
End,
Who was "Marie Dorval"? She was
n worsen who committed suicide in a
.Landon. England, hotel a little while
ago, She left a letter, apologhing to
the proprietor of the place for the
trouble aha was causing ben, and no-
thing more. She died absolutely un-
known. No friends came forward to
Mahn her dead body, says Pearson's
Weekly,
Not until she was buried did I1 trans-
pire that "Mario Dorval" was a llussian
conspirator, who had betrayed her com-
minions, and had bled for her life. She
had been hunted from country to coun-
try, by the friends of those whom she
liud sold to prison and Siberia. Final-
ly, hopeless of escaping the vengeance
of her enemies, she had committed sui-
cide, and had done ail she could to die
unlcrlowlr, because she was unwilling
that those who knew her should learn
to what an end she had come.
Who has not read of "Mr. Nemo," the
haunting Character In Dickensis "Bleak
,louse," who died under such peculiar-
ly grim circumslanoes in a Loudon gar-
ret? The man lay dead—dirty, neglect-
ed, utterly alone. No one could guess
who he was until long afterwards,
when it came out that he had been an
officer In the Arany, who had come to
disgrace and poverty, and had done
everything he could to die unicnosvn, so
that the world should never learn to
what, depths the had sunk. There has
been at least one parallel to "Mr.
Nemo" in real life.
FOR MS DAUGHTER'S SAKE.
An oIDcer, holding a high position in
the service, was accused of a serious
crime. He recognized that his own
caner was blasted, and that there was
no hope for hien. But he was willing
to do anything to prevent his disgrace
from daeicening the life of his only
child. a daughter, who was engaged to
be married. And he knew that if he
committed suioids openly there would
baa scandal and a revelation of the
trails.
So he ostensinbly lett England to
travel in the East. Six months aftet•-
ward ie was given out that he had died
1n Cairo. But the authorities knew that
he bud dole nothing of the sort. For
the sake of the innocent girl the truth
was hushed up.
But, shortly after the officer's disap-
pearance, a man who seemed nothing
but a friendless outcast was found, seU-
poisoned, in a London lodging -house
frequented by the lowest and vilest.
Nothing was found on Minn to show cello
he was, He was buried in a nameless
grave, and the world never guessed his
secret.
A DISSIPATED LITE.
A remarkable case was that of a
famous forger, whose real name it
would not be fair to drag into light.
When he was sent to prison his two
little daughters were too young to un-
densland the facts, They were brought
up in Ignorance, of everything, and
told that their father was dead. When
the convict was released, after half a
lifetime spent in prison, they were
happily married.
Fie never went near them. For some
years afterward he lived a dissipated,
disreputable life under an assumed
name. Frequently he was hard pushed,
and could have obtained money from
his daughters had he gone to them and
told them who he was.
But he never did. And when at last
he' learned that he was suffering from
an incurable disease, he destroyed
everything that might have revealed
his identity, and tonic to the streets as
a common tramp. He died in a casual
ward, refusing to the end to ,tell who
he was.
Vindictive malice was the motive for
silence attributed to a man who died in
the infirmary of a provincial prison
soma twenty years ago. He died of
consumption, and would tall nothing
about himself. It was certain that the
name by which he was known was not
his own.
A LOVE TRAGEDY.
But years before two sailors had
quarrelled in mid -ocean, and ono had
knocked the other aveebonrd, and had
been sent to penal servilude for life in
consequence.
And' some people believed that the
supposed "dead" man had been remitted.
had stolen back to England, and deli-
berately made up his mind to live and
die unknown se that the other man,
whom he hated venomously, should
newer be proved innocent, and should
continue to eat his heart out in prison.
The death of one of these "un-
knowns" concealed a love.tragedy. A
young country squire, whose life seem-
ed full of every bright prospect, mar-
ried a pretty but poor girl. Scarcely
had they returned franc their honey-
moon, however, when he had to con.
stilt a doctor. With a staggering shock
of surprise he learned that he wee dy-
ing. And he had but a life iftereet in
his properly. At Itis death all was to
go to a distant cousin, and his, wife
would be a beggar.
He gave out that he was going to
South America on business. keeping the
slate of his health to himself. Instead,
Els wife's brother wont. and for years
sent letters Thome which purported to
00r110 from the dead man. For he was
dead. lie had gone secretly to London,
and there breathed his last among
strangers, nameless and -unknown.
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SOME QUEER DISPUTES
PRIVATE PEOPLE: AS T11111R OWN
JUDGES AND JURIES.
A Valuable Tree That was Claimed by
the Proprietors of Two
Gields,
A strange dispute, and a still stranger
struggle by way of settlement, was dis-
closed in a Norfollcshire police -court a
short time ago, says Pearson's Weekly.
A valuable timber tree which end grown
In a. hedge, the ownership of which was
claimed by the owner of the field rn
each side, happening to be blown downs
In a gale, it, like the hedge 10 which
it had stood, was claimed by each cf
the rival landowners.
The dispute was in no way simplifier)
by the fact that the tree had fallen, with
a delightful Impartiality, half in one
field and half in the other, and each
of the claimants was perfectly convinced
that 1t belonged to him. Neither would
listen to any proposal for a compromise,
determined to enforce his full rights of
proprietorship, or perish in the attempt.
One claimant stole a march on the
other at night by having the trunk de-
prived of its branches and trimmed
ready for removal. But he had not time
to remove the several branches before
his rival swooped down upon them and
carried then all off,
A NOVEL TUG-OF-WAR.
There remained the trunk to fight
about, however, and upon this a keen
watch was kept by bout sides, until one
of the claimants brought five horses on
the some to haul it away. Before this
Could be done, however, the other
claimant had his team hitched to the
trunk, and then ensued a tremendous
tug-of-war between the rivals. One mo-
ment the tree would be dragged Into
one territory, and the next into the other
and so the struggle went on for several
hours. Eventually one side obtained re-
inlorcemenitet, and as the result of a tre-
mendous tug, the otter side's chain
snapped and broke, giving the rival
victory.
Some Bene ago a really sensational af-
fair was reported from Merthyr, which
culminated in the appearance of an en.
gine-driver, named Hopkins, at the lo-
cal assizes cn a charge of imperilling
the safety of the public. It arose out rf
a veritable battle between locomotives
at the Cyfartha Steel Works.
From the evidence -given at the Trial
it seemed that Hopkins, who was replen-
!sisithg his stock of coal, refused to move
on until be had finished .1,0 allow another
engine -driver to obtain a necessary
supply of water.
A RAIL\VAR WAR.
Doth men thereupon got up steam—
in their engines as well as themselves—
and lhrioe attempted to force each other
back. In the two first encounters the
obstructive engine proved the victor, but
at the third "advance" the buffers got
jambad, and the twice victorious en-
gine was thrown off the metals. In the
excitement of the struggle, the men
seem to ,have forgotten that they were
trifling with other people's property as
well as safely.
This extraordinary incident recalled
a :battle royal which (oolc place several
years before on the occasion of the open-
ing of the Birmingham Extension and
Stour Valley Line, when there was quite
a marvellous display of locomotive and
human force.
The Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Railway claimed running powers over
the new line, which claim being repudl.
aled by the Birmingham Extension pro.
prieiors, the former determined to en-
force. Some scores of locomotives were
brought out on both Sides, each being
backed by a small army of navvies with
the lust of battle hs their eyes,
A CORPORATION QUESTION,
Tlie scene of this ludicrous and well-
nigh incredible encounter was the via-
duct at Wolverhampton, where the
forces were drawn up in martin! array.
According to the veracious chronicler of
the event, the rival bodies of navvies
stood and opposed each other on the
viaduct licca infantry supporting cavalry.
The fight was continued until several of
the locomotives had been placed Hors
de combat by being t'sm off the lines
and plunged deeply in the bitterness of
cleat, and in the newlydabd ballast.
Some time ago a roost comical kind
of fight wee reported from Sunderland.
Having a legal right to connect its drain-
age system with Ihat of Sunderland, the
neighboring township of Fulwell essay-
ed to do this at 0 point wilier( would
have rendered it necessary for the bor.
ough to enlarge its seta -Ice. This would
of course, hive meant considerably in-
creased expenditure, and, as the town.
ship persisted, Sunderland actively re-
sisted. As one of the resuiis, the rate-
payers wore treated to the edifying spec-
tacle of gangs of corporation men shov-
elling the earth bank Into the Fulwell
trench as Iasi OS it was thrown up ey
the Fulwell navvies.
As neither side would give way, this
went on for some tine; and it was only
after the Sunderland engineer had -made
preparations foe flooding the trench
that the Fulwell people were brought
tc see the error of their way. Then they
recognized the wisdom of coming to an
amicable arrangement with their more
powerful neighbors•
There have been lights between public
bodies for lite possession of more than
one Irish court -house. Some time ago
the Sheriff of Donegal wrote to the
County Council, which had IIs °Moos In
the Lifford Court -house, requesting that
the Council clerks be reproved from
the roams in the court -house, as the
latter would he required by the grand
jury during the assizes. The Council,
however, would only give up one of the
rooms; and, on the Sheriff seeking to
obtain possession of the other room, the
Merits intimated that they would only
lie removed by force. 711e torte was
soon forthcoming in the shape of a dis-
trict inspector of pollee Rini a number
Of constables, beton•: whose technical ex-
ercise of "force" the Council clerks qui-
etly beat a dignified retreat.
TIIE FATE OF TIIE SWINE,
A cunnus fight, the only victims of
which were 7,500 pigs, occurred at Mor-
avieza, fn Hungary, early one spring.
Owing to the thaw having set in, the
rivers and canals were in imminent
danger of destruction by floods, parti-
cularly from the Bega Canal.
Though well award that by doing so
they would inundate the lands of the
Van Royal Dutch Company, the peas-
ants determined La cut the dykes of the
canal, a proceeding which the directors
of the company resolved to meet with
force. The parties met on the canal
banks, and, after a short fight, the com-
pany's men were driven off, the peas-
ants afterwards carrying out their in-
tention of piercing the canal banks and
dykes.
As soon as this was done, the pent-up
waters rustled oul in tremendous volume
and In an incredibly short space of time
many thousands of aces were covered
with water. In fact, retribution was
nearly brought on the perpetrators by
their wanton act, for the waters spread
so rapidly that even they had to flee for
their lives.
In the flood's mad career the enorm-
ous number of pigs above stated were
carried away and drowned, while it was
only by a marvellous escape that some
thousands of cattle did not share the
seine fate.
The loss occasioned by the action of
the pesants ran into many thousands of
dollars, nor did they escape the conse-
quences which the breaking of the ca-
nal banks and dykes was intended to
prevent; so They fought their funny fight
In vain, and were almost overwhelmed
by the element they had so foolishly let
loose.
NOT AFRAID IN THE DARIC.
I used to be dreadfully scared of the
dark,
A year ago, when I was small,
1 never dared stir from the bright light-
ed room,
Even into the shadowy ,tall.
And mother herself had to take me to
bed,
And promise to sit near all night,
For once 1 woke up all alone in the dark,
And it gave Hie a larrible fright.
I thought I saw goblins up over my bed;
015, wasn't I cowardly lheni
But my grandpa says I've grown to be
brave,
Like heroes and all manly mon,
In the religious game the fans always
want their pictures taken with the pen -
mutt.
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bNdga 10 carry the weakened and
starved system Mewl' until 11 can find
Nem support
In orvit
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Seed fur fres simple,
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HEALTH
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DON'TS FOR IIOT WEATHER,
Don't deny yourself 'of a let of thing$
your system Is accustomed to Suet be•
cause they're notreeommended for hot
weather.
Don't eat a lot of fruit in hot woe
thee unless you're sure the fruit agree$
with you, Sonia stomachs will not take
nourishment from fruit,
Dunt lake loo many 0o1d baths one
less you're sure they aro beneficial to
your circulation. Many persons are
much more benefited by tepid and even
hot baths than cold, even on the not.
lest day.
Don't expose yourself to the rays of
the sun any more than you on I101p
unless you perspire freely, Many a per-
son conies back from the country with
a fine tan color and the start of a skin
disease under it,
Don't rely on blocicberry brandy and
the cathartics you are used to taking
willy-nilly. 1f your system gets out of
order in a humid spell see a doctor
and find out whether you need cathe
arlies or have an incipient sick spell
corning over you that may weaken you
for the winters work.
Don't fight to sleep at night if sleep
WOW, come. Cool the base of the brain
with some toilet water by laying a cloth
saturated with it on the back of the
neck, or lake a bath if you knew that
It agrees with you.
Don't lie on the bed working up s
nervous state on a hot night when you
can't sleep. If you have something to
read or can do any mild thing that you
would do in the daytime do it to rest
Lhe mind. Sleep will often come when
lite brain is being exercised along dif.
ferent lines than that of fighting the
nerves to make them repose.
Don't cut off your meat supply if you
are accustomed Le eating meat and feel
less comfortable for not eating It.
Don't continue to eat meat in hot
weather if fruit will keep up your"
strength and iho system is nourished
by it.
Don't insist on having cold consomme
for lunch or dinner If you feel better
after drinking hot soup. Hot soup is the
very best food some people can consume
in hot weather and the one who drinks
hot soup and perspires afterwards is far
better off than the one who drinks cold
consomme and sits dry and unmoist in
his collar'. Yet there am those who
would be ill after drinking hot soup on
a hot day, and they should be very
careful what they eat in any case.
Don't eat melon for breakfast if you
can still taste it at luncheon. Your
stomach may be just as good as it eve$
was, but maybe cold melon doesn't
ogres with it.
Don't drink a cup of hot coffee for
breakfast if a cup of hot milk will an-
swer the appetite for a hot drink in
the morning.
Don't drink anything but good, clean
water in the hot weather if you can get
along comfortably on it.
Don't be afraid to eat plenty of on-
ions; they are nerve builders.
Don't eat too much, whatever yes
do, and drink lots of water.
OBESITY.
It is a mistake and en injustice to
many abstemious folk to assume that all
fat persons are gluttons or large eater's.
Very many excessively corpulent peo-
ple, especially women, are small eat-
ers, while some of the most doughty
trenchermen are gaunt and titin.
It is not the quantity so much as the
quality of the food one eats which dq-
terminss the putting on of flesh. Yet
it is not always the kind of food that
snakes the obese, for some stout people
eat very sparingly of sugars and starch-
es, while there are large consumers of
sweets who never put on flesh. In such
cases it is a question of constitution—
often of heredity, and not at all, or very
little, one of diet.
Another prevalent error in regard to
fat people is that they are inert or lazy
and never exercise. Of course exercise
does increase the processes of nutrition,
and so leads to the burning up of super-
fluous fat, at the same time it causes
an increase in the appetite, and thus
tempts to the consumption of a greater
quantity of food; so one thIng balances
the other, and want of exercise along
is not a very potent cause of obesity.
Many very fat persons, are it is true,
sluggish, but they have become so since
putting on their flesh, for it makes a
groat difference whether one carries one
hundred and fifty pounds about when
one walks, or whether it is necessary
to propel half as much again, or even
double the weight. It is a Tremendous
handicap, and there Is small wonder,
that the light -weights do the most ex-
ercising.
Obesity, indeed, is usually a disease,
and not merely the result of laziness or
gluttony. Its cause lies deep down in
the animal economy, in among those
mysterious chemical changes by which
the food we take into the mouth is con-
verted into blood and bones and sous -
cies, skis, hair and brain cella. It clan
often be warded off by a proper diet
and node of living, especially if taken
in hand from the very first and not al-
lowed to get the upper hand; but the
tendency to stoniness will generally per-
sist through lite, and can only be modi-
fied, but never removed. '
Any treatment for the radical remoVat
of flesh should be carried out under the
advice of a physician, 08 violent m0a-
sures directed to this end may bo pro•
duolive of teriibio harm. to. the constf•
Ustion.
BELGIAN PUBLIC-IIOUSES.
Belgium, where public libraries are
almost unknown, has' 190,00 public -
houses. That means one public -house
for every thirty-six inhabitants, or one
public -house for twelve melt above sev-
enteen years of ago, the publican in-
eluded. During the last fifty, years the
n ulaUun has increased
50 p ad ao per cont.,
and the number of public -houses 059
per Cent.
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