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The Brussels Post, 1904-10-6, Page 7The ricc of Libcrty OR, A MIDNiGH-IT CAL4' n,u,, nn!yy.,,!f, CHAPTER XIV, There was a long pause till the sound of the horse's hoofs 'died away, Bell was waiting for his companion to speak. Her head was partly turned from him, so that ho could only watch the dainty beauty of her profile. She stood there cold and still, but lie could sec that she was profoundly, agitated. "I never thought to sec the clay when I should trust you again, sho said; "1 never expected to trust any man again," "You will trust inc darling," Bull said, passiouate1'. "1f you still care for me as 1 caro for you. Do you?" 'The question ctuno keen as Enid shivered and hesitated. Ball laid a light hand on her arm. "Speak," he said. "I am going to clear myself. I am going to take back my good name. But if you no longer caro for me the rest matters nothing. Speak." "I am not one of those who change God pity foe," Enid murmured. Bell drew a long, deep breath. He wanted no assurance beyond that. "Then lead the way," he said. "I have come at the right time; I have been looking for you everywhere, and I find you in the hour of your deep- est sorrow. When 1 knew your aunt last she was a cheerful, happy wo- man. From what I hear now she is suffering, you are all suffering, under some blighting grief." "Oh, if you only knew what that sorrow was, Hatherly." "Hatherly, How good the old nano sounds from your lips. Nobody has over calleh me that since -since we parted. And to think that I should have been searching for you all these years when Miss Ruth Oates would have given me the clue at any Mine. Arid why have you been play- ing suck strange tricks upon my friend David Steel? Why have you -What is that?" Somebody was moving somewhere in the grounds, and a voice shouted for help. Enid started forward. "It is Williams coming Prom the stables," she said. "I have so ar- ranged it that the dogs are holding up my hear cousin, Reginald Henson, who is calling upon :Williams to re- lease him. if Reginald gets back to the ]rouse now we aro ruined. Fol- low me as well as you can." Enid disappeared down a narrow, tangled path, leaving Bell to limp along painfully in her track. A little way off Henson was yelling lustily for assistance. Williams, who had evidently taken in the situation, was coining up leisurely, chuckling at the discomfiture of the enemy. The hounds wore whinining and baying. From the house came the notes of a love song passionately declaimed. A couple of the groat clogs came snarl- ing- up to Bell and laid their grimy =zees on his thighs. A. cold sen- sation crepe up and down his spino as he came to a standstill. "The mutest" bo muttered. "Mar- garet Henson must be mad indeed to have these creatures about the place. Alit would you? Very well, I'll play the game fairly, and not move, 1f S call out T shall spoil the game. if I remain quiet I shall have a plea- sant night of it. Let us hope for the best and that Enid will under- stand the situation." Meanwhile Enid had cane up with Williams. She laid .her hand imper- iously upon his lips. "Not it word," she whispered. "Mr. Henson is held up by the dogs. 110 must r•emiiin where he is till I give you the signal . to release him. I know you answered his call, but you are to go no farther." Williams assenl,ed willingly enough. Everything that. tended to the die - tendert of Reilnrald . Henson filled him with a peculiar and deep-seated pleasure. "Very well, miss," he said, demure- ly. "And don't you hurry, niiss. This is the kind of job teat calls for plenty of patience. And I'm really shocking deaf to -night." Williams retreated leisurely in the steel. land raising a cloud of pallid dust behind her. "l. -I am sorry," Enid said, falter- ingly. "Ano all these years I have deemed you guilty. But. then the proof was 80 plain; I could not deny the evidence of my own 500505. And Von Guldfn canto to me retying how deeply distressed he was, and that he would have prevented thio catastrophe if be could. Well? A servant stood walling in the doorway with wondering eyes at the eight of a stranger. "I'm sorry, Mies," she said, "but direction of the stables, but his mar lady, was not so distressing that he failed to hear a groan and a snarl- ing curse from 1lenson. Enid fled back along tiro track, where she found Bell standing patiently with a dog's muvxle close to either knee. His face was white and shining, otherwise ho showed no signs of fear. Enid laid a hand on the head of either dog, and they rolled like great cats at her feet in the hushes. "Now come swiftly," oho whisper- ed. "There is no time to be lost." They were in the noose at last, crossing the dusty Ilea., with the motes dancing in the lamp -light, deadening their footsteps end muffl- ing the intense silence. Above the stillness rose the song from the drawing -room; from without came the restless murmur of the clogs. Enid entered the drawing -room, and I3e11 limped in behind hor. The mu- sic immediately ceased. As Enid glanced at her aunt she saw that the far -away look had died from her s3 4 vl 0\ THEFARI1 f7i J Teas are on the down grade, to stay clown - the sales continue to dwindle. SJr1';l) POTATOES. Thu object of sclertitrn le to obtain a strain of potatoes which shall ex- cel other Ignites in HOMO ilnrrortunt ca:tlee or features, The one usteally onsldertsl most Important is yield, nit jjsnfity i5 likevivo requisite. )flier important co sidonatinns aro Miss Christiana is worse; need, she c quite frightens mo. I've taken the liberty of telephoning to Dr, Wal -rt ked, „ The words seemed to bring con- sciousness to Margaret Benson. "Ohristinna. worse," she said, "An-. other of them going; it will be a happy release from a house of see - row 'like this, I will come up, Mar- tin," She swept out of the room actor the servant. Enid appeared hardly to have heard. Bell looked at her in- quiringly and with some little dis- pleasure, "1 fancy I have heard you speak of your sister Christiana," he said, "Is she ill?" "She is at the point of death, I understand; you think that I am cal- lous, Oh, if you only knew I But the light will come to us all in time, God willing, Look at this place. look at the blight of it, and wonder how we endure it. Hatherly, I have mado a discovery." "We seen to be living In an at- mosphere of discoveries. What is it? "I will answer your question by asking another. You have been merle eyes, that the sparkle and brightness the victim of a vile conspiracy. For of reason were there. SIM diad come 'seven years. your career has been out of the mist and the shadows for blighted. And T have lost seven time at any roto. year's of my life, too. Have you "Dr. Fatherly Bell to see you' an"NNotethelo faintest,aourobut,ybelieve me, aunt," Enid said, in a low tone. I shall find out•in time. And then-" Margaret Henson shot up from the A purple blackness like the lurid piano like a statue. There was 31° light of a storm flashed into his eyes, welcome on her face, no surprise the lines of his mouth grew rigid. there, nothing but deep, unutterable Enid laid a hand tenderly on his contempt and loathing. arm,. "I have been asleep," she said. She "Your enemy is the common en- passed her hand dreamily over her emy of us all," sho said. "We have Taco. "I have been In a dream for wasted the years, but we are young seven long years. Enid brought me yet. Your enemy is Reginald }See- beck to the music again to -night and son." it touched my, heart and now I am "Enid, you speak with conviction. awake again. Do you recollect the Are you sure of this?" 'Slumber Song,' Hatherly Bell? The "Certain. Mian I have time I will last time I sang it you were present. tell you everything. But not now. It was a happy night; the very last And that man must never know that night in the world to me." "I recollect it perfectly well, Lady Littimer•," Bell said. "Lady L' ittinhor! How strange it is to hear that mune again. Seven years since then. Here I am called. Margaret Henson and nobody knows. And now you have found out. Do you come here to blackmail and rob me like the rest?" "I come here entirely on your be- half and my own, my lady." •'That is what they all say -and then they rob mo. You stole the Rembrandt." The last words came like a shot f5•om a catapult. Enid's face grew colder. Bell drew a long tube of discolored paper carefully tied round a stick from his pocket. "I am going to disprove that once and for all, he sale. "The Rem- brandt is at present in Lord Litti- mer's collection. There is nn ac- count of it in to -day's 'Telegraph.' It is perfectly familiar to both of you. Ana that being the case, what do you think of this?" I3e unrolled the paper before Enid's astonished eyes. Margaret Monson glanced at it listlessly; she was fast sinking into the old, strange obli- vion again. But Enid was all rapt attention. "I would have sworn to that as Lord Littimer's own," she gasped. "It is his own," Bell replica. "Sto- len from him and a copy placed by sono arch -enemy in my portmanteau, it was certain to be found on the frontier. Don't you see that there were two Rembrandts? When the one from my portmanteau was re- stored to Littimer his own was kept by the thief. Subsequently it would be exposed as a now find, with sone story as to its discovery, only, un- fprtunately for the scoundrel, it came into my possession." "And where, did you find it?" Enid asked. "I found it," Dell said, slowly, "in a house called 218, Brunswick Square• i3righiton." A strange cry came from Enid's lips. SIM stood swaying before her lover, white as the paper upon which. her oyes wore eagerly fixed. Mar- garet Henson was pacing up and down the room, her lips muttering, Weakness From v ,Causes Feeble Aotion of the Bodily Organs anti Brings Tired, Exhausted Feelings The Exceptional Blood -Forming Qualities of Cr. Chase- s Nerve Food Enable It to Entirely Overcome Weakness of Every Form. It, may bo weakness of the muscles or weaklte88of the nerves, weal: ac- tion of the beast or fco111eness of the organs of digestion, weakness of the liver, kidneys and bowels or weak- nesd';audirregularities of the organs peculiarly feminine, Wherever located, weakness is due to poor, weak, blood anti corn be over•eone by the 1150 of Dr. Chase's Nerve T,Pood. Because digestiort is impaired or the heart action irregttlnt, you lutve no reason to suppose these organa ere •diseased 10 themselves, 'Pliny merely ]nek the nerve force which is, in reality the motive power of the `body trod its organs. A. few weeks' treattnent with Dr. Chase's Nerve Food will eonvinco yotr of its exceptional blood -forming and nerve -invigorating power, and bynot- iieg your increase 10 Weight while aging it you can prove that now, firm flesh and tissue is beteg added to the body. e Palanesa, 'weakness, mold hands and feet, elcopiessneee, irritebihity and low vitality soon give way to health strength and vigor when this great food care is used. . • Mrs. Alexander Buchanan, Island Brook, Compton Ca., Quo„ writes "illy system tens very meth ran clown end I was troubled for et long time with weak stomach and dead - floss. I could sanreely got about the liousc to attend to my work, and feit very miserable most all the time. After ]laving used a few boxes of Dr, Chase's Nerve Food my condition is entirely ahneged and my system Wondered* built tip. I can With all confidence recommend Dr. Chttetes Nerve food ter any person troubled with week stomach or weakness of otiy ]rind." If you would be Well and live in the full enjoyment of health, restore your vitality by the use of Dr.' Cheetet Nerve :Food, 50 cents a box,- sifted they are teetered to e sacred at all dealere, or ledmanson, Bates tree. Night after night Oho cones, elo Co., 'Toronto. The portrnit and to the tree, adding 000 01' two nails signature of Dr. A. 1V, Chase, the ci ni1 ,epeaterg liar ,prayers, 1)01,snail- oii that the wed Will not hesitate to every box, sacrifice the man to save rho tree. you have been near the house to- night, not so much for your sake as for the sake of your friend David Steel. Now I can see the Providence t behind it all. Hatherly, 'tell me that you forgive.= before the othors come back." "My darling I cannot see how you could have acted otherwise." Enid turned towards him with a j great glad light in her eyes. Sbo said nothing, for the simple reason that there was nothing to say. Hath- erly Bell caught her in his strong arms and she swayed to reach his lips. In that delicious moment the 1 world was all forgot. But not for long. There WAS a sudden rush and a tumble of feet on the stairs, there was strange voices speaking hurriedly, then the drawing -I room door opened and Margaret 'Henson came in. She was looking wild and excited and talked inco- herently. An obviously professional man followed her. "My dear madam," he was saying, "I have done all I can. In the last few days I have not been able to disguise from myself that there was small hope for the patient. Tho ex- haustion, the shock to the system, the congestion, all point to an early collapse." "Is my sister so much worse, Dr. Walker?" Enid asked, quietly. "She could not be any worse and. be alive," the doctor said. "Unless I eon greatly mistaken the gentleman behind you is Mr. Hatherly Bell. I presume he has been called in to meet mc? If so, I am sincerely glad because I shall be pleased to have a second opinion. A bad case of" - here followed a long technical name -"ono.of the worst cases I have over. seen." "You can command me, Enid," Bell• said., "If I can." "Np, no," Enid cried. "What am I saying? ' Please to go upstairs with Martin." Bell deported, wonderingly. Enid flew to the door and out into the night, Sho could hear ,Henson curs- ing and shouting, could hear the snarling clamor of the dogs. At the foot of the drive she paused and called Steel softly by name. To her intense relief ho came from the shad- ow. "I elm here," lie cried. "Do you want me?" "Yes, yes," Enid ptnted. "Never more were your services needed, Mysister is dying; my sister must ----did. And ITatrorly Bell is with her, err d- yott understand?" "Yes," said ,David, A vivid flash of understanding had cone to him. "Bell shall do as I tell hind. Come along." "Hold him up, dear doggies," Enid murmured. ITold him up and I'll lave both of you for ever." (To be Continued.) JAP MAID'S111SVITNGE. Ween a Japanese maid is jilted by eer lover she takes a peculiar and picturesque revenge. No longer doubting his fnithlessncss, she gets up in the middle of the night and puts on a pleasing dress and wooden sandals, Attached to her lienddress she carries three lighted candles, and seiopendeel to her nets Hangs a small mirror. She takes in her left Band a small straw effigy pf the faithless ono and in her riglit a Hemmer and nails, Walkiig gravely to the scam - teary, she selects one et the sacred trees, end nails the effigy securely to the trunk, Sho then larays for the death of trio traitor, vowing that if Her wish in greeted she will take oat the nails which trouble tier god, earliruss, crimps, color of skin, 418- ua5c, reslstertce, etc, A bag of sxxrdl potatoes of one of our best varieties will vary widely in yield. Recently we weighed the product from 600 hills of selected tubers of Early 'Michigan, weighing meth hill by it- self, writes Prof, Samuel Fraser. The number of tubers produced by a plant varied from one to 17. an one ease, the weight of the product from ono plant was but half an ounce, while in other's it was nearly 2'* pounds, 1n other words, one plant yielded 80 limes as much as its neighbor. This illustrates a common state of aeries, that the va- riety of the potato Is secondary to the strait, 1.11 s'elect'ing early varieties, we have deckled here at the experiment sta- tion that n plant roust yield at least a poured of tubers in order to be worth growing, and that most of these meat be of marketable size and shape. Fox late varieties we have fixed o"ur eta clard at two pounds. Wlitli these weights mid potatoes; planted in rows 8 feet apart, with, the tubers 15 inches apart in the rows, there are 11,610 plants pec' acre. If 19 per cent, of the seed tubers grow, the yield will be 10,455 pounds or 174 bushels per acre for early varieties and double thie, or 848 bushels, for late. As an ex- ample of what con be attalned by careful braiding, it is worthy of note that in England Northern Star last year commonly yielded from 30 to 14 limpets of tubers per hill and Eldorado is reported ne producing oven higher yields. The grower may begin selection by digging carefully, by hared, a number of hills of a variety, say 500 or more, and leaving each hill on the ground by itself. The boastiest yiel+d'- ing plants should be taikrnt and weighed, if desired. We usually use paper sacks for collecting and find that weighing is the only satisfac- tory way to determine the best lotus, Often half of the good yielding hills must be discarded on account of imperfections. Plants producing rough, diseased or unshapely pota- toes, or Whose showing second growth HOLLOWNESS IN THE MIDDLE, deep eyes, or having a marked ten- dency to grow too near the surface, so that ninny are saltlruirned, should be dis'enreeci, although in the latter case this defect can generally be re- medied by deeper plantimg. If one or two tubers shoe an imperfection, it conslentns the hill. If 35 or 80 good hills aro obtain- ed front 500, these will form an ex- cellent start. Deep the progeny frau each hill by itself and plant them so that their progeny may be watched. Some will fail; their vigor will be slho telivud. Perils s the plants from one hill will be of sneer merit teat they stand in a class by themselves. Such will more than pay for all the trouble, and, in rimy case, the telliers from these secretions will furnish much bettor seed than those taken promiscuously from the field, or purchased. le is nut necessary to go elsewhere continuously for seed potatoes. The best often grow at home, if one starts with a good strain. Selec- tion is the only way to naintetin a sttain at n point of profitable pro- duction. This eon be clone by the grower, or he must con•linually re- plenish his stock of seed from some- one who 'does select. Store the selections properly 01 a cool cellar and give them a chance to grow wlien planted. Do not rut the'seecf trawls into too small piec- es, but have thein about the size of an egg, and do not ruin 0 good thing by forcing it in the greenhouse taking rooted cuttings, etc„ which is no commonly done, to the detri- ment of now varieties. The Relcrt!oe of the beset :the;prcl tu!bees Itt spring 4s of .Little valine. Frequently n plant Will produce only one good tuber, and, in this latter Method of seleet•ion, surli might be. taken, If seconds, or small tubers, are nice] for seed, they should be from pinni.s of latowll vigor ani, not from plants which can produce no- thing but seconds. 'Art present , wer fed that: the plants and not the tu4b- or, is the unit for selection. Prof. Goff merle selections from the bast end poorest plants of potatoes for 14 consecutive ,yens and the resents obtained phew that the yield can be doubled by ,judicious raeleet!on, apart from any immense obtained by better tillage ani, fertilization. FEEDING CORN FODDERS. I floor that the most satisfactory way of lioullingg corn is to cut with a harvester, writes L. D. Watson, 1 Have done this a member of years, tieing two each 50.0,000, amui find their exceedingly satisfautery. Har- veeting by nerchinor'y is mach metro ecan7mtien•1 tlinn the old method of cutting and shocking by hand. I. believe in making large sl'ac'ks, and always put el0 to 50 bundles in easel shook. 1)0 not be afraid that they will not keep well, for I fluid Wert as a rule there is very little itatna•ge of corn fodder spoiling In the sh'odk, Tie trio top of the shock together very tight and you will not ]rave muelt trouble of rlhochcs going flown, I feed any corn fodder direct from tlie slioglt ns Ter ns possible. I keep e small amount ie the stackor barn to feel in case4 of very bed wdathe, Do 1001; for a moment compare corm feed from the leini to weal' haateeed Ceylon Natural Green tea by its purity, double strength and de- licious flavor is in popular favor. Sold only in sealed lead pack- ets, sante toren as the famous "SALADA" Black teas. 25e and 40c per itr, By all grocers. corn. The former, covered by ne- sending him spinning round like a tures shelter, keeps pollee -My. '1'lie roasting -jack. ears are sweet and are entirely con- When brought to the surface the winced ey cattle. Sheep will eat any sliver was almost exhausted from corn front the shriek feed troughs, His exertions. The ehnek followed even though the corn be shretldedl, his ascent unceasingly, and as the Cattle never Have sore mouths from man was hashed out of the teeter the eating shock corn. Their mouths brute made one terrific leap, missing the diver's foot by a hair's breadth. A DUEL ON f'HI: SIIA-71IOD. "One of the meet exciting encount- I Have been a feeder of cattle an a ers I remember," continued the diver large scale for nearly ..ei0 years.1 who had narrated the above incident, have fed all kinds of feed -ground , tvas a duel between two divers while engaged in heading the suibruemed famous receipt book author, are on are fracluenely injured when the corn is husked and fed to them dry. Of course I have my hogs follow tide cattle to get all the corn they waste feeds, ear corn, shredded corn, old- part of a breakwater. They were fashioned and new shock corn, For both oxpor eThred men, wire were economy of labor ani, the greatest working endo by side. Presently one profit, f find that feeding chock corn, without the sligNimst wanting save has been out with the corn agely attacked his conbpanion, who binder, the most economical and the more best in every way. It, is taken unawares went sprawling on mach sea-bed. The other sprang at Satisfactory Il an husking the corn Nim, and they grappled and roiled and gs incling• the feed. I 7cisii I and about, with tho result that the Kie- fermoney I have paid in tolls and for grinding feed, and also the mon- lines and air -pipes wore soon en- tangled. Try how he could, the at- tacked diver could not get the upper hand of the confliot. Ilia companion appeared to be possessed Of super- ]i uman strength. en the first place it is neecesery for "I'fnelly, however, he desisted upon a nose. He fell prone upon his hank ey paid for husking corn. All pro- cesses are unnecessary. HINTS ON BUTTER MAKING. the milk to be strained immediately and feigned eneemeiousne e.. The and cooled ns quickly as possible to other paused in his attactks, but to get the most and best ereann.'this the horror of the feigning aver, he vessels and kept sweat until a short drew his knife and made a big gash nt the air -pipe. This was the sign prefer butter made from sweet cream, for a renewal of the consist. The But the n, thusty of people ripen prostrate diver sprung up and seieed their cream, giving the butter his mate by the throat. Animated its chb etter isistic taste, zind, too, by desecration he deckled to settle the matter, which was now growing mora butter m clue d wi le it isd cream than cream churned w9rilo it S•wr'et- i For a dairy of but few cows sour skim milk is the best and most prac- tical starter. For larger dairies ar- tificial starters are very common and work much quicker. It should be well mixed through the cream, which is kept at a temperature, of 60-65 degrees, and ripened in 12 to 24 pieties. Well ripened cream will stir (like thick paint and should be at a (temperature of 56-60 cleg+nrees, though this varies with different cows and their feed. A. few drops of butter color is quite. necessary, especially during the winter months. Thirty minutes' churning is requiral for the average cream, the existing structure. They were Widen the butter forms in kennels surveying the end of the stone -work. about its large as a kernel of wheat Suddenly one of them gave a start- led immediately and wash but 01110. I 1001 jump backwards. From a ere- About ro- Abonit ono and one-eighth ounces of lettered be put in stone or granite I tree before churning though sono SACRED OTT! OF FROM! IT WAS THE CRADLE OF THE MANCHU RACE, Death For the Chinaman Wl1.ol. Attempts to Loolf at Tomb of Nurleaehu, Itlbik4en is generally and not in'ac- curatoly described es the Cradle of the Menden Race, In the year 145e, when the Ming Emperor teh1u Ohingi Swayed the sceptre of the ,Son of :Heaven, a petty Nuchen noble Whe owned half a dozen villages in the retreaded valley of Htotuela, 0(M miles east of kluiale , bed a . sort born to him whom he named Nusbe Genu. The property of this chieftain; 10118 one of live holdings which bac/ already been consolidated intoe a pet- ty state anti called Manila;, Wheel Nuldiaehu was 24 years old a cousin) of his was attacked by another chief named Nikon. Nucha Iuu and ]fie tether went to the assietarrce of their kinsmen, but Nikon called to his aid the Chinese Warden of the Marshes, and Nuriiachur s coarsim ar father were slain. Nuihaclru vow vengeance, and with a small force waged War against both N•ikavn and/ the Chinese. In a few years hie name became u terror in the lanth In 1607 he drove the Chinese • out of what is now Manchuria., and four years later ere attacked and se!iceie the city. of Shenyang, the name of which he changed to Mukeen, or "TieF, FLOURISHING CAPtITAL,"1 establishing there his seat of Goon ernment. When lie died in 1615 the kingdom of Manchuria was an ace complishecl fact, and Tdu1 leis was its metropolis. His son and groan leen' extended their dominions cnormourtlea The Lerner' reduced Coma in the south, and pierced the Great Wale in the east, and the latter, taking advantage of an insurrection which, had dethroned the last of the Mink Emperors, invaded China, acid imr posed the Manchu yoke on Pekin and the whole empire. Muleden then be- came a provincial capital, the chief town of Fengtien, but it assumed a sent -sacred character, which it has retrained to this day, as the cradle o$ the Manchu dynasty and race. Muleden Is a stately city,. and, in the Chinese fashion, strongly fortt= fled. Its population is about half a million. It has always been a b:usyl serious, 0000 and for all. He gave centre of trade, and an object of fn- hitn a terrific Irick mthio abdomen.tense interest to travellonrs orad pT3- knocking his wind completely out of grims. Within a few miles of the him, Then tugging at the life -line, walls are the Imperial Mausolea and ho pickerel up lids now umeonsctons other sacred movements. Those con mete, awl was hauled with him to sist of the Tcn ere of Heaven, con - flip surface. strur.'ted by Nurhaclnr's son, Tai 'Phe reason for the attack was as- Tsang, in imitatic n of the marble certaincd when the diver returned to sanctuary at Pekin, the ruins of the consciousness; he was proved to be Temple of the Earth, and the Tombs raving orad." of the leings. Among the latter is Some of the encounters below sea- the Fining, or Happy Tomb, whore level, although, perhaps, exciting at lies the Taitsu, or "great ancestor,"e the moment, catiso a hearty laugh at Nurhaehu. It is a wonderfully im- the close of trip day's work. Such posing and picturesque resting place. a case was that clruring the Extc'a- 33o ono but a Manchu may enter the. sion of the Admiralty pier at Dover, enclosure, or that of any of the other• England. The divers had to dove- Ssntbotinl Tombs -to a Chinaman the tail the new blocks into tlio end of punislirnent for trespass is death, salt to a pound of butter is the rule, vice between two stones a bead and but if the butter contains a great about two feat of a sinewy body amount of water more salt is re- foamed out Brea lightning with an quired. Work slightly are let stand ominous again. maarl, and then duse.ppear- until the next day, then give the In e nl working, whicli is just enough to A CONGER'S FIGHT. take out the streaks and most of the Every time the diver approached water. the spot this performance was re- pealed. Suimmoning his compan- 1pn.5, an attempt was mode to solve FIGHTS UNDER THE SEA the mystery. A crowbar wan brought into service, and was plrmg- ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN DIV- strange viciously in the lioleiwhere the tlarnge creature wus in residence. ERS AND GIANT FISB'. There were ugly snarls for a few misrules and then all was still. Then Attacked by a Shark -Divers they raked the body out. It was a Fight at the Bottom of the stiff task, and the knife had to be Sea. used, When, at last, the strange brute was examined on the seaebed The steamship "London" was ly- it was found to be a huge conger! jinn: in Mott in Coe WIndDu;Another exciting incident ocmnired lien voyage, norosrests the Atlaies.ntir-c dusting the Melding of a new pier her prolel4er had come into contact The sliver was on the sea -bottom with some submerged wreckage, and swinging twenty -ton stones into po- while in port a diver had been coin- sition, when a liege body lumped mdssioncd to go down to as:ertain against hien Haid kooceed him, off his if. any damage diad boon caused, A feet; nearly co -Metalled out of lits sling was thrown over the vessel's wits the man struggled to Ibis feet, stern for the diver to sit in while and looked warily round. There, not two feet away was a towering monster, l:l'nstily seizing his crowbar, he at: tacked the brute with all his might, and tugged desnematoky at leis lite -line. Attracted by tho excited signals on the life -line, his compan- ions brought him. sif wtly to the SW - face, face, sale landed, him mare dead then alive front fright on the sleek, Shortly aft rcnrds Gm body of the sutbnuat•ine monster caino nn the sar- face, and was seemed by the peen. It was a largo sea -lion, flue feet in length and weighing 270 pounds, by no Moans a light. weight to Bonne agelnat one. It probably intended Presently, however, a dark shnclow leo harm to the diver, amd had ear- pa nedtl betweoat hill, and the Ohfp, Id0i?t.ly been carried o+t of its course. annsi the dilver inen.rly fell ell 1145 seat in terror. The ]igult from hie elec- tric lamjp showed tris White under- body of a huge shark. The brute severe silently by, and then elected rotund, alile diver followed the fish's sinnoua movements, meetly drew his sheatlfkuife from his belt with his right hand, and piokcd up his heavy hammer with itis left. The eyes of the shark glittered wioketfly in the electric light, After circling roiled for a few moments watching its prey, the brute tweed oft. This was the crucial moment, The elver realized that the whai'k was going to Menck. It rushed directly towerets him, 'Pio men swu"ng his Hammer, and crashed It nearest, the shark's jaw, Its mound gave n. ]otter swap, and broke in two, The !diver excitedly gam true signal to be•liaulod to the surface as the ehark Tnatle another ilet't towards him. Clinging, With one hand to the rope that w:as Hauling ilio to the miriade, the dive er madly biugrcl tris knife :•tt, the :brute iwitii dire other. 'Piero after ''/min j310 AVO 'lsuustred again* hill!, at wore. Tho mon went down in the usual way, ani, was soon busy at work, hvclything was quiet on the deck above,' nothing being heard beyond the rhythmic beat of the air--parmp; but down below a tormible combat ro was in progress. g The diver wee busy nt world. Num- erous 'Wars and strange creatures of and r - ]dim a e c n Ivan upto pe h s the ora ed wonderingly nt lens t'hroug'h the 'glase of his helmet, But. they trou- bled him little, for a diver soot becomes accustoned to these steesigo spectators. DIVF.Tt V. SHARK. WIDOWS IN JAPAN. Widows in Japan -of whom there Will soon unfortunately be et greatly increased number -cut their hair shot and comb it back plainly without a parting, ,unless, indeed, they aro prepared to accept fresh of- fers, in which cam they give a Mond Hint of their inclinations by twisting their hair round a long shall hair- pin placed ho•laoutnlly acrosv the back of the Head. Marriageable maidens ciisthiguisli arid, as it were, advertise themselves by Cotnbbilrg their lecke high in front and arrang- ing them in trio form of a butterfly - which is something to be eau.ght-or a fail ]calf epee, and adorning those slgniflennt dodges with bright -color - cd balls and gold or silver cord. Watered silk is trio proper material for a floteitg gown, Mee, C,-r,It was very rude of you to.yawo0vhile we Were making that call." Mr. C. -"Well, good gracious had to open. Ley mouth sonletitbos,' THE SABLE HOLIDAY. Opening of the Hunting Season of the Gilyaks. The sable and seal hunts each be- gin a new year in the calendar of the Gilynks, who live on Sakhalin is- land, on the Straits of Tartary. These two years, which begin in Oc- tober and April, are called the win- ter year and the summer year, and are opened by ]holiday festivals. The sable holiday goes by the name of "the prayer to the lord of the for- est." Mr. Hawes, in his book en- titled "Tn the Uttermost East," de- scribes it. It is a wintry scene. telie snares aro set on logs and branches which span the nnrrow streams and creeks. Trio first snows Nava fallen. The trees stand silent in the som- ber oraber cleptes, hanging their hoary, lichen -covered branches, Amidst 1.110 liusli a shadow steals quietly across the scene. It is a sable. He goes by accustomed paths. He does not care to swim the cold, water, but seeks a fallen tree or log • whereon to pass. All unsuspectingly, he"ceceps along a trumtc, enter to end his way blocked by a tiny barrier of sticks, arranged in the einem of to fan; nevertheless, a way, one way, is loft, and that tlu•oigh a loop in the centre. Rising on his hind legs and pushing through, tie struggles, and in so doing releases a peg hitched with a ratchet, and a bent twig at ono of the cords flies back tend tight- ener the noose. Many trackers are out, but each brings his first cateli to one place, where due honor is then paid to the 9 great giver of them, the lord of the forest. It , would savor of greodiness, of meat without grace, to start on the important limit of the sables, crea- tures whose skins are so valuable that anything may be purchased with them, without dile acknow- ledgement to the giver. A feast is made, and pieces of roosted flesh, to. bocce and other things are buried iii, the ground as an offering to the god, Itis necessary, lost he he not ob'e serving or be engaged elsewhere, to can the attention of Pal nt rooich to their of ertag, so they wliIOer, „)) p Clioal.h, Clio that is, "cad, Tliou Gad!" They do this in an un-.' dertone, lest the evil spirits elicited hear; for those evil spirits dwell be the swamps and the depths of the forest, and might melee off mi �i ticn. Forthis r aeon end hecaur Pal 111 rookie generally tvalics molt. tho mountains, the Gilyeks take, the precaution of making their oltering, on high groehd, Widen the hunting season is all - winced, the metre is abandoned' and Another method for the capture of the sable is adopted. The native sots out 'with les dogs, who meekly, find the tracks of trio 111Cla aninnel, end drive it up a tree, : Teo Bunter. then lets fly a blunt throw and, if skilfnrt. steam tiis prey. With fair impress ho may th.trs take levee or, eight sables be 11 'dee,