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The SS, Andaman, a cargo tioat,
yet earrying a few passengers, and
belonging to (Mc! et the log eastern
ineS, Wan 1.11111.41111; easetward ecruss
tbe Indian Ocean, Presently her 00-
; gines stopped and the ship began to
lose waY, in obedience to the per-
emptory gtinshot a. grey -colored
cruiser which hatl gradually come up
on the starboard beam.
"I thought they had !Misled with
those tricks!" said the captain,
typical, well -set-up, grizzly bearded.
ekipper,
A steauglaunch, witich had put off
from the cruiser while the Antturnan
wee si mailing demanding to know
why she was Moppet, noNV Canal
alongside. The skipper went to the
starboard rail, and. eheuted 110300:
"We aro the Andaman. for Singet-I
pore and Hong Kong, with Govern -I
meet stores. Du you want to conacti
bo rd?"
"Yes," WAS the reply from the
launch.
"Get the gangway lowered for him,
and bring him up here!" gfronted the
skipper, who then left the bridge
and wont to his cabin for his papers,
A few moments after ins return to
the bridge the chid mate returned,
conducting a Russian lieutenant, who
saluted the °lacers on the bridge,
with an indolent sweep of the hand.
"You wish to examine our papers?'
queried the skipper, after a tew
formalities,
"No, thank you," replied the Rus-
sian, with a most affable smile.
"Quite unnecessary. Your cargo and
destination are as you say, but you
also have no board a supplementary
mail for the Far tz:est., and my or-
ders are to demand the Japanese
portion of it."
The others looked amazed, John-
son, tho third. and the quartermas-
ter on the wheelhouse, looked anx-
iously at the "old man," and wait,
ed.
"The latter's face clouded and his
lips compressed; then, In a hard, dry'
voice, he said:
"You have been correctly informed;
'but by what right do you make your
demand?"
"The Japanese mail is contra -
fennel."
"No, no; not at all, Please con-
vey my compliments to your cap-.
tain, and toll him that' I cannot -
that I refuse to comply. The mails
in my charge belonfr to the British
Government, and are even more in-
violable than the cereo!''
The lieutenant repeated his re-
mark about contralto/el.
"Excuse nie, but mails aro net
contraband," retorted the skipper;
"and I am legally right in refusiug
to give up any pert of therm"
''llut." urged the lieutenant, 3n
persuasive tones, "if it is illegal, 1011
redrees will be given nly GOVerit-1
Mellt later on."
"My dear sir, I don't doebt that
for one moment." said the captain.'
with a queer little laugh. "But I
am going to hold to my legal rights'
from the start. What you hex° no
right to demand I certainly am not
going to give upl"
The Reset/ea whose pose Seemed
noNV to have assumed a lnore Mas-
terful g•azed thoughtfully acrossl
the water at the cruiser.
"Your refusal," he said, at length,
"is a breach of the laws of neutral-
ity, and I am afraid" -his Lone be-
came apologetic -"my captain will;
pot a prize crew aboard you. I am;
gfoing aboard for instructions; mean-
while, I shall leave a guard in charge'
of a midshipman aboard you!"
The: midshipmen waif 1411111moned 011
• I
.o ee, lame emir put
aboard, and in a few minutes hIs
launch was speeding back to the
cru ser.
To the few Passengers the captain:
turned, and explained that they,
need feel no micesiness, INS it was.
only a matter of vexatious delay.
Not that a few hours' delay matter-
ed on that particular voyage; but,
captains hate to be pelted ep in mid -I
ling a a run.
gCruiser's moving, sir!" cried'
Johnson. 1
"Ah! What's sho saying?" queried:
the skipper, striding to the binoctai
lar -case.
" 'Stand fast -sorry to keep you,' I
Johnson read off. "She's after mal
other prize, sir," be added, as he.
swept the g.lasses tilting the course'
she eves heading, and saw a steamer
miles aaay on the starboard quarter,
coming along a course parallel 1,0
that of the Andaman.
"I3y Jove, Sir, the Ruesian has
caught a tartar this time!" cried
Johnson, jumping at tho same time
to the telegraph, and ringing "Full
speol ahead!" "Demi aport!" he
called to the quartermaster.
hearty things 11143mm/el in the memo
of a few seconds, A blinding flash,
amid flying fragments en the
cruiser's upper deck, closely followed
by a sharp, shattering report, evok-
ed loud exclamations front the spec-
tators on the Andaman, and the cap-
tain understood at once the notion
of his subordinete.
The steam stoering-gear throbbed
teveriehly for a momeete
"Why aren't We niovitiee?'•!
The mote 31111117M1 to the S.:peaking-
tabo at the same Meting, es it Whis-
tled from below, end also at that
moment the middly, in a lone of
atithority, told the skipper that he
evonld not allow him to Inclreed• Tho
mato meting mend team the Mee.
"Macele says the guard threatens
to shoot him if Ile tote.hes the throt-
tle," said be exaspetatodlv,
the capatein managed to choke
down his rage somehow.
"This 11. fictions Matter." 110
$cticl Co the young officer. "T want
to get the ship out of harm's way;
yOu steely cannot object to that'?
I here are paseengere aboard to 0011 -
id der."
"Yon are all right here: yeti ern
tiot in the line of fire," mild the
Russian einem' ineeeettly,
• "No; but tee soon may be, if they
alter their positions." The skippee
Velma at the etranger. "She le al.
tering kar course 1101V, Why, what's
she flying, Johnsoe?"--reachiog for
the glasses.
apanese flag, sir."
111:3:4 1 • e t
ntY4g '"1;
- 1.
Ceorge, it is, too! tlet out of dan-
ger.' 1 le istrnee to the middy,
"She means businese, you Nee. We
uught to eheer off tW(..1 or throe
1 le then (Tiler/xi' the reply io he
run up, !'liot ullewed to move."
"Private or int ornational code,
sir?"
"011rs. 1 weeder how they got
II lel of "
A. taxing of flags Was soon flutter-
ing from the Milliards, but only to
cone, Move again with run the
nest minute, for tho cruiser had
' 11.1 "L' .1,11111-
;10g, or fire."
''Whet do they mean by that,
Isir?" this captain angrily asked. of
the middy.
"They aro susisioious because 3 oft
gused a. secret, code, and thav won't
. allow communication with the en-
emy."
The Russian Icept up a furioes lire,
without appareet offeet, elthough the
slow, accurate lire of hve ade tweeter
heel made a woeful inees ei low upper
weeks. She could still answer her
helm, however, for peeeently she
turned to starboard, and beaded a
course that would 50011 plare the
Andaman between her and the en-
emy.
"Good heavens, they want us to
protect them now! cried the cap-
tain, ventiug his indignation on the
Russian.
-1 don't quite understand," said
the young oflicer stiffly.
"Likely nut ,'' said the captain
drily; "but don't you see what your
ship is doing?"
'Perfectly."
"She is going to uSe US aS a
screen."
The Russian shrugged his should-
ers, end was silent.
"le is what I shall record as a
cowardly, mean action -a disgrace to
your flag, sirl'e,
IL
The Jap eettsed flring, but the Rus-
sian kept up a furious hut ineffec-
tive flre, as, although she scored.
several hits, no remittent clamago
eas apparent. There was 110 delib-
eration in her lire. 11, seemed as
though her gunners reasoned that
the faster they fired, the greater
their chances of hitting.. This made
it very uncomfortable for the Brilish
ship, and such conduct ems even
more UnscrupulOils than the captain
had believed possibie.
Ile ordered the passengers beloiv,
and everyone off the bridge. It Was
only needless risk to remain there.
"I suppose you don't wish to re-
main?" he Locked the middy. "You
can't help your people. and yell
might get killed. "Where's John-
son?" he turned tenet asked as they
descended,
cang.ht the ege of the "third,"
who einked significantly, 3118.0 then
the engine -room speaking -tube whise
tleci, and tho two hastily returned to
tbe bridge.
In the waist of the ship stood tho
Russian midshipman, with half a
cloven of his men. They were leaning
0/1 their rifles watching the cruiser,
anti exchangiug remarks in the split-
iery tongue. ehile the sentry, rifle in
hand, leant against the engine -room
skylight, loulting intently into the
bewildering depths of gratings glist-
ening rods, and shining cylinders.
As the captain anci mate approach-
ed, the group seemed more excitedly
intent on their ship; and no wonder
-she was on lire, volumes of black
smoke wreathing upwards. Suddenly
there was a smothered yell behind
them. The skylight sentry's rifle
clattered on the (leek, while the man
himself reeled away with his hands
pressed to his face.
So intent were the middy and his
men on them bureing ship that they
merely glanced round at the noise.
Being completely off their gutted,
some seconds elapsed before they
realised that they were dominated
by the British captain and SOme of
hie officers with revolvers in their
hantle, backed by a formidable num-
ber of his creve
The middy reached for his sword,
"11 you resist, FR fire!" cried the
captettre covering hm. Oise up
your arms, and you will be all right.
We shall land you at Colombo. But
wo are going to get telt of this."
The ship trembled with the vibra-
tion of tho engines, now going at
full speed,
1Vhereupon the 1311thly, choosing the
better part of valor, folded his arms
with a shrug, ancl gave an order to
his men, who iratuediately gave up
Choir weapens.
The armed guard being thus ren-
dered powerless, the skipper return-
ed to tha bridge, end took "barge
of the ship. To his surprise, the
Russian cruiser neither signalled him
nor (Med a shot in his direction; but
he noticed that she was melte. way
aga n, and leat lig to o oe in his
wake, while the Japanese, dead as-
tern now, was fast coming round to
aterboard.
"ledge away to etarboardi" he
called to the steersman, and then
shouted down the tube to Mimeo to
go% every pound out of her. "Site
beggar wants to get alVny 11010, and
LC trying to keep us in the line of
fire; but he'll have a job," he cone
melded,
Indeed, the leussian watild have a
job. for at that instant the Jap
opened tire again. A column of splay
firege under the Ittessian'e stern, mut
falddenly listed 10 port, and then
tame to a stop, both her rudder
and proPellor being ceippled.
"She is helpless new," said Lhe
skipper; "bot we'll get net of range,
Or perhaps they will senk us for
6P'111-1°;e'ssie to be dropping by the
stern" interjected Johnsen,
"Sim is :Juicing, Jolmsots, and rep-
ftWeep the ship round to port;
we must. help to pick the poor 113/9115
up! :Hallo! What tint slap saying
11"V/event/I your voynge. Ain pro -
Pared to Melt up survivore,' "
"She evideeLly does 1101, want us
to interfere."
As the Andel:Ian remitted her
0111/1.80 at half-epeed, to 118 10 SCO
thd end of the tragedy, tho Russian
INSECTS WALKING SETS
GIFTS WITTI WIlICII NATURE
PIAS ENDOWED TPIENG.
Each Is Pitted: -to Dwell in Ilia
Own. Particular Environ-
sieve/robe:Iv 0 e, is familiar
with the eurnelon bluebottle fly and
has observed its six Meek legs and
probably eofteletied that these We-
ndt:ate in six feet.
Now, if a thettellect log of the blow-
fly is even. by it peesoit
permed V101011 ho w0111.1 little
diniettity in arriving ai. the concin-
F1011 thee he Was looking 111, the leg
01 a ily, and 11: it. ehould Ise viewed
through it retoinee glass it 1vould
Probaloy 1,0 Leen mote. easily casein-
guisinet NN rites John .1.
Ward in the English Illustrated Mag -
elite. But now let us place ureter a.
inicreseope a einall motion of this
insect's leg, which roughly ineaflUreS
three -eights of an Melt in length; soy.
Wo magnify the twentytifth part of
an inch of teet foot end, end see what
Is then revealed. 1 wonder bow many
of my t•eataws would recognize these
oldeets as Liny portione frail' the,
toot end of the legs ol the familiar
blowlly-yet s11011 IS the fact. It will
be even that verities details have
come into vietv which previously
were quite unknown to us. What
are these curloos structures and
th•tont, nsattlim,utly tifictedloo,‘0.? ale ques ta s
In the first place, it is obvious
that each foot. of the Moselly is pro-
vided with a pair of stout elaws.
Those are of service to the insect
when. walk -lug over sough surfacee or
penetrating tiny crevices quite 111818-
ible to human sight. For exaemple,
when it climbs a perpendicular wall
or
WALKS 'UPSIDE DOWN
upon a coiling 'the apparently
smooth surface has sufficient rough-
ness for these tiny claws to get a
pep on it. ileavever, it occasionelly
occurs that the blowfly has other sit-
uations to meet, where 11, cannot, use
theve hooked Haws to any advan'ea•e,
Por instalice, In its casual ruantiog
it, may ttlight ripen the smooth sur-
face, of the butcher's scales and dish-
es. or occasionally it appetites to
confuse the traneperent wisolow panes
of the shop with the- surrounding at-
mosphere. 3 n the latter case we see
it butting at the glass, with elter-
. I 1 a
as lett were in a great state of per-
plexity over the inexplicable discov-
ery that a portion of the atmosphere
had soddenly become tough and hard
to penetrate.
The Point we 1100d tO particularly
observe, however, is that the fly
walks up the perpendicelat• smooth
glass with perfect enee, although
there is here no rough serrate on
which its claWs can flod n. hold, This
brings Its to the next point in the
anatomy of the foot of this insect,
namely, the two pads seen between
tee claws. Tbeee pads are brought
into play on such smooth surfaces as
that of glass am! similar materiale.
the claws being then thrown back,
ono to oath side, beneath the foot
arid out of tho way; just as when the
claws al' e in use the pads are lace
up between them, also to be out of
the way.
These pads or flaps act by adhe-
sion and for a leng time wove
t loug it to hotel, like suckers, by
healing a vocuum; but, when some
flies Were put into a VOSS01 front
which the eh. was withdrawn, and
the flies etill adhered it was conclu-
sively shown that
A MIS"PAKie IIAD BEEN MADE
and smile other explenation NVaS ne-
cessary. Since then 11 lies lievil ob-
. served that the under side of these
foot flaps are Studded With tiny
halve which exude a Micky fluid, end
3 1 has therefore been SUrillised that
11118 Seeretion both expele the ale
from beneath the pads anti the same
1 into genie the pads to the entooth"
surface, In this Way it is ex-,
pa -lined that 1011011 We 1111 11 a dead fly!
still adhering to a window pane or'
frame it secreted this sticky fluid
Iwhile its steength was falling, and
tater became too foehle to remove'
Its feet again. Of course, a hold of
this kintl would stand a considerable
pull, and so it bears the weight of
the fly ,when upside down, When the
active ny would lift itu foot 10
loosens the pad by rolling it off the
surface front oppogite Miles, just as
we might readily open 11 11 envelope,
by pulling up the flap by the point, I
befare It has Property Muck, al-:
R would be exteetnely diff1-:
11' • •
above,
Although various views In explana-
ti t •
sive Organs, which aro familiar on I
many other ffles besides the blowfly'
01111 alSO 00 boos, butterflies and
other insects, have been put for-,
ward from time to time yet that I
given here is perhaps the most pro-
bablo and the one neoet largely ac-
cepted among zoologists.
The remaining structuree worthy of
notice in the blowfly's foot are the
stout bristles which clothe its joints
and also the long.er and more deli-
cate cees, termed touch bristles. Nven
neartet the pods, which are probably
associated with the Sense of touch
told servo to direct the ineect to
suitelde footholds. The coarser
bristles Inny serve a variety 13f 011r-
p0S08 in the vcr»unry of the insect,
acting as brushes, combo, ete„ es
rimy be observed by Watching a fly
arratigIng Be toilet.
Ifflere another variety of the
pad end clew arrangement. Tele eae
ample ig that of en 301111181mm fly -
A PARASITIC FLY
whoeo bumineets I 1 is to seek out
plump and healthy cateroillers and
carefully deposit lis egge 111 their
bodies, its offspring eventually reed-
ing on the substance of their cater-
pillar Itoet.
e.„.. .
stole/ply appeared to fty to pieces,
with a teeniest/loom explosion. The
Lime rapidly tipptemehed the siesta
and, with niervelloue alecrity, hef.
bonte Wen cett, :pleading like Week
110L13 over the losavinfe stee11,-Londort
Answer&
Now, if the reader will think feel
one moment of tide Meeet's occupa..
Don and then glauce at. Its strong
eontbliko claws end consider the'
lilump and soft bodies ef the eater -I
Pillar:4 it, has to Med with, no large
tassel of the imagination will be re-'
quired to unden•stand how the cater-
pillars aro persuaded into n, gentle
ettleniesion to the egg dement ingi
bus i nese when gripped with six feet I
We begin 110W to gramp the fact
that the vateed end wonderful ;true-.
Cues and modilleations rove:tied in
Insects' feeL when viteved by tho
edema/tope heve to die with the
economy of the imitiplual nosect.
This fact legumes plainer still as We
inVestigirt 1'. For example, take the
head mot este of the fore legs of the
eommon flea. We see ill this fore leg
some ceett•aortlimu•y lamed pales, C1.111-
sidering it 111 Clay an ilisert's
and great. nmecelar development -es
ono might expeet, considering. the
ilea's marvelous jumping capabilities
-and mono more of the spinee and
beistles so characterietic of the legs
of inscscts. 'Also we note that the
feet terminate in two delicate claws,
bv 111011118 of which it retains its con-
hiite,esttinn wiLh the soft skin of its
It will be interesting to make a
little comparison with the legs of ,
this parasitic insect,. Lot us, for ex-
ample, consider another familiar par-
asite, the common sheeptielc, which
is largely in evidence ttt sheepshear-
ing. lf wea,conmare the feet of these
two parasiles we see at once the del-
icacy of the one compared with the
Mime, The legs and feet of the flea
aro adapted for a soft bodied host,
while those of the sheeptick aro spec-
ially formed for creeping about
anmeg the wool on the tougher skin
of the sheop.
Although fully developed insects
possess only six legs, yet in their
larval or caterpillar stage We often
1111d 1.110111 with OS many as sixteen.
On careful observation, however, we
diecover that the legs of caterpillars
are of
TWO DISTINCT KINDS.
The !lest three pairs taper
from the body, are jointed
und terminate in a claw,
and these are the chief organs of I 0-
comoLion. It often happens, tgough,
that tho caterpillar, while reaching
out, to the green Maves on which it
feeds, has to loose its hold with
these first three pairs of legs, and
then the hinder pairs of "pro -legs" or
claspistg organs come into use. Tbeso
prO-legS Can be lengthened out ancl
w thelrawn again , much a ter the
limning of the "Moms" of smells, and
each foot is terminated with a row
01' horny hooks on the inner edge,
wbich penetrate tiny inequalities of
surface in the branches and leaves •
anti so give the caterpillar a firm
grip. In this manner is explained
that clinging or creepy sensation
which n. caterpillar gives to the hand
When D. crawls over 0.
Only the first three Pail's of jointed
legs are logs proper, however, and
these rcsrmin throughout the meta-
morphoses of the insect., becoming
the true jointed legs of the Peefect
insect. The fleshy pro -legs, cr cling-
ing organs, being' mere mentheanetis
projections of the Skin, disappear
when the caterpillar makes its last
molt, before becoming a. pupa or
chrysalis.
11.to principal swimming organg
with nearly all adult. aquatic insects
are the hind logs, and anotlur very
beautiful and remen•leable example
In:1y be insteinced in the log of the
little Whirlwig or whilligig beetles
seen on almost any sunny day during
the summer or wintee in quiet nooks
of rivers carrying on their limey
turnings and allirlingS en the sue -
IMO in the water in 111051 merry faehe
tom Of course, tp carry out such
malleUvres as theSe S1111(1011 twistings
tool turnings, a special cygnet is
needed, and in !hie enfle the hi -Icier
pairf4 of lege aro the modified struc-
tures, the joints foriniug serieS of
plates which epen out mid foera art
expanding paddle, each joint being
fringed. with flat hairs, which mob -
ably help to present a ggeaLer slue
face to the water.
:Another pond lneect that presente
t•t curious leg modification, but, in
this instance the fore leg, is the wa-
•ter scorpion -a flattened, clingy col-
ored insect of sluggish habits, wheel
is as oftets pot mistaken for
el BIT OF DEAD lefeAle,
and in this way it probably deceives
ots prey. Its method is to lie in wait
until a worm or some acmatie larva
comes near, and this it enticiesely
seizes with a fore leg. This rote log
acts el espirnif fashion , the broadent
joint being. grooved and poseessieff
:along mu:ales, by means of te
the bladelike jtortion is pullet] down
1117011 it, the victim, of 0011rIce, being
gripped between ehem.
As o. concluding example, we may
/cave aquatic insects and consider
ono of Subterranean habit:3, namely,
the inolecricket. This infieet 0.50a."
• .•. • • • • 1 • f •
marvelous.; fore leg's, Which are Won-
derfully specialized for the woelc,
briuging forcibly to mind the serong
hands of the fainilier mole, from this
feature, 111110ed, the insect derives its
popelar totem.
The fore logs, like the heeds of ;
the 1110 10, poesess extraordinary'
strength, feed those joints of the fveL
which in insects are usually slender
helve developed Imre into four 10g.s
and eteolig projections esed for dig-
ging out the soil, the foot being ter-
minated xi Rh a smell Mint, WhiCh
bears 1 Nvo claWS.
Another feature of interest is the'
curione oval openisse seen at the heck
portion of this ClIggieg !legate This
ORU (lf the ears of title insect. The
hearing orgasm of crickets pad greeol
g•rasshoppers, etraege in sae, ere;
Mufti placed in this curious positeon
below the knife.
On the opposite nide of the fore
leg, on the digging parts, aro ;Aimed
soinn other farong projections whieh
point otaward and serim the insect,
to ent ihrongh any strong roots
which it 1120,v heppen to Meet While
making ltn exenvatimiS, These pro -1
jectiolifl are brought ill cont.aet with
Similar prominences higher- up the.
log, the tWo Sets (orating 1110St. 0.111•••
Client ShenrS,
:ft is plain, then, that the woodere
of anatomy .gehibited by the a:dere-
.
4:
6.
T1 1 le TitleATMENT OF CANCER.
in 1.111-811 (111,311 Of eager Search fOr
rapid Oissonanntitm of neWS, 11M0Y
Of the (118CoVerieS In medicine, as 111
other fielolleefl, aro OrOmattirelV (118-
Oct:fed, and things whieh aro mile
Probalile or poseelite aro excepted es
• II .1,1f .•I 1 ,• I /Mi-
lle, which Is always loingrY foe iimre
vets and laces the wise skepticism of
the see ntist, This remark 0 1,121101
eepecially to the new "mires" for
comeimption and for cancet, the pub-
licatton of which lms done so much
harm by (ileollraging Nis( hot", 01
benefit in the Minds of many euffer-
ors front tom or the other al these
nutladies.
Meth lias boon written of the na-
ture of eancer anti of its LreatentelL,
Ind nothing has been definitely estab-
lished in relation to it The Lime na-
ture and Lhe cause of caneer ere fella
unknown, for although many be-
lieve that it will eveutually be found
to be n germ -disease, the proof is
:Mill lacking, As regards the Mire
alSo. We are still fax from the de-
sired certainty, Much lute been said
of treatment by -mewls of light rays,
Roentgen rays, antitoxin serum; and
euccese has teppaeently followed 0110
or ether of these methode in the Cane
of certain supeteicial temeers or of
S01110 of the less malignant 101;1015 of
growth, But there is nothing. defi-
nite yet to he seal of all these nen,
metheels. In some cases, after tin
apparent eillre, the Olefins° has re -
titmice] and progressed to a fatal ter-
mination, in spite of a renewal of the
treatment that Seemed at arse to be
o e .
; The most that can be said is that
it seems to Neve been demonstrated
that cancer is not aliva.ys the inevit-
ably fatal disease that it was be-
lieved to be, ancl that therefore its
treatment is not. an absolatnly hope-
less task. But the uncertainty of
success in ally given case 1:3 so great.
that ono Is not jugthled in postpon-
ing surgical memos:es. An early
°potation is still the most certain
nwees of cure -the only means of
which The past results give us any
real assurance oi cure; and if resort
is first 11111110 to (110 r the other of
the new methods the danger is that,
if they the opportunity for com-
plete removal may be lost 110y01111
rOCall.
TRENT< PI,ENTY OTe WATER.
Otte womea in a hontired drinks
enough water to keep her system in a
Ite thy ce edition. A sluggish circle.
tenon and torpidity of the liver will
bring the disfiguring blenriehes. Park,
shadowy, puffy places under the eye
maeo One look haggard, tired and
weary of life, Maseage and electric
tree t e t are g ood, but the .m0111
part of 1110 work of beautifying must
be accomplished by oneself,
.Any flight kidney disorder brings
tho puny look, and fur this disorder
drinking plenty of water is one of
the fitre8l, remedies looeve. feTip the
water elowly, one do not have it too
cold. Throe pints a el ty is eot
drop too much. A good way is to
sip a big tennblesfel half an. hoot' b
fore encb meal, to take another big
turnblerfol about two hours after
each -meal, another just before retie-
ing, and another immediately after
riging.
Exorcism (lane, maritious food,
deep hreethinte a quick hand batb
with tepid salt waeor every day oe
cold bath every day, sleep enough
the:myelin.. to rest you, n thoroughly
ventilated lied chember-all these are
bca.1.1.iY.. .11
Veettables are very medicinal, To-
matoefs act on the liver, spinach on,
the kidney8, aSpayagus and all hinds
ef greens purge the blood. Lettuces
onel cucumbers are cooling. to the
eyeless), while celery is excellent, too
rheumatism. anti the nerves. The
French regerd a eoup made with on-
ions as a restOraill'e in debilit3r
weakness of the digestive ()even.
Leeks and gets•110 promote digeetion,
and beetroot gives energy and cheer -
fiances.
HEALTH
blaelcberries, Willie find blank grapes,
orttrigrS, and peaches are 11111011g 0110
table fruits, toed it Is 111111011 to say
which is thu best for n pretty cons-
pleeion, If lite aid)) 114 liept 11'1%11
and 110 (1101 18 lafOltlVii the faro Will
110 gotld 10 leek 111'011, People cat
tem touch breed:settles, A pretty wo.
111;111 will bo able to keep her charm
if elle (011811010S lesa starch, glue, and
sitecilege than the L.:mum/and, A mud-
colured 813in is eseitily nn
of huplire 1110(111.
ROYALTIES' ADVENTURES
KING EDVJARD SLEPT
ON A SITA/CEDOWN.
Late queen Victoria Tleard. Sonie
Candid Opinions About
Thu sLory which has been going the
VoUnda of the Press M the Prince, Lif
lefeles's recent. entusiug experience 111
an Irish village reeallS 1.0 the mem-
ory 3;111111:11. stories of some of his
clisinguisheel relatives Bays Loodoll
A 111S1!ve°11r811.18 uncle, the Duke of on -
naught , Was soldieeing in I talent!
nearly thirty years ago, lio paid a
Visit. to the Q110(111'8 Cotnity 140$(.1
iShow, AS the Duke was glanding by
1110 Side of els Waage 011 the plat -
rutin of the Maryborough Steatite, an
uler Indy bore down ou him in a
state of great excitement, evidently
misletking 'Royal Highness fOr a
railway official, and told him te look
for her banC11305, will(11 she had lost.
The Duke good-humoredly ransacked
his luggage tit stearch of the missing
prmterty, and when, naturally, be
failed Lo find 1t, Lim old lady rushed
away in searele of someone 1110re com-
petent., Milling this parting shot nig
him: -Remember, it ie a while 0130;
unit, if you find it, it's mine."
King Edward tolls molly amusing
h I • 1
ago, when ho was a boy, be was
trevelling incognito with his tutor
, and another gentleman 131 Das West of ;
England, and late one night ilea
party, dust -covered and weary, pre-.
seam) thenietives aL the plincipal
hotel of a small town. The landlord
10118 evidently not impressed by the'
appearance of his would-be guests, for
he gaVe 00111
A CHILLING REL.! fele1e10
and it was only after :tome hesitation
that Ile consented to take them in at
all. At last, however, he said, "I
Carl find a Mem for two of your
Party, bet tho boy will have to sleep
' • • .
as "Master IlobinsOn," 110 doubt
slept as soundly on his shakedown
tts In any palace state-rooln.
her very early married days at
Balmoral, Queen 'Victoria paid niany
V1811. to the neighboring cottagers
without being recognised, and listen-
ed to some candid opinions about
tbe Queen, One old lady remarked
to her confidentially: "Moly a laird's
daughter is male grandly dressed
than tbe (Veen herser. Aye, alld
She'S nee pride neither, for she en-
ters a' the houses of the Puir fit the
neighborhood, and alWaya partakes of
their humble fare,"
''Aye," interrilpted the lady's gold -
maw, "oneo I hed the honor ef hencl-
ing I fer 'Majesty the bread and
, cheese, and she ate it hettrtily too."
"And that's mit ae" continued the
'housewife, to Her Majestyas vowing
amusement; "she thinks nuething
when she's out. on her visits 0' node-
-1 • f t ‘• • 0• d
taking them hang: hoesel'1"
It was another cottager W110, after
a long chat with the unknown lady
who had made herself 80 11111(13 at
home with her, et lust. remarked,
suspiciously, "Ye ne'er say enything
about the Queen. I reeken ye:re Mrs.
A 1 beet horst:P."
A ettory which i$ of peCtiliar inter-
est just noW Is told of Cear Nicho-
las. After the cute:strophe iff the
THE FAMOUS ViKIN6 SHIP
VE're'SEL ZEIAT BRINGS THE/
AGE cLosEn
Be onlvcreasneyd ,84 be Gri ear d3,7.Vtoe u 00 e r
Alliong 110 arelio0010g1 eel eVerit of'
litSt. year 1110 discovery of a ship.
from tlin \Thing age 13111.1011 111 a
graV0-1001111,1 NorWay 01111it lake a
fore.111081 1111100, ill view of the varie-
ty and interest of the objects feund
with it, says The Lonclou Times.
Pile farm of Oseberg, where this find
was In/Me, Is In the parish of Sing•en,
lying about nve nit 11.8 northenst of.
Toneberg, towarde the Christianise
Fjord, Tho district is part of the old
Iiing(1001 of Iliostfold, which ocoupied
1011(ling posit ion ill the clays when,
the Scandinavian peninsula was the
sent of number of petty kingtiome,
The most important. and populottes
1110140 Were grouped about the Pik,
the great gulf that runs up betweem
the southern extremities of Norway
and Sweden. IL was la West:fold,.
only some fifteen English miles from
the site of the present lincl, that the.
famous Vikieg ship now preserved in
; the intivereity at Christiania was/
; discovered in a grave -mound at Colt-
stad by 1-calulefjOrd in 1880.
I The actual discovery of the ship
I belongs to 1903. In, Auguet of that.
lyear the owner began digging in the
centla of the mound, and the WOrk--
;111011 500n Caine open an upstanding.
maiden pole, which proved to be
TII111 MAST Or A SHIP.
'Following this (10Wil, they reached.
' heavy oaken timbers, whieh opon,
'themstigation wore found to belong
to a grave -chamber. In 190e. the,
1Chamber WaS 1111 ly explored
As far as could be judged, there•
had been two people buried in the
'grave, probably both female. The-
' opinion that this wns a. women's
'grave waS borne out by the number.
of: articles of domestic use and 1111-
plemenes for fensele work discovered
amon ti a cant ts f 111. se' 13
sides the 101111an remains. there were.
found in tho ship the careafies of ten
horses, four dogs, a. young ex, and
2 the head of an old ox. Throe more -
1 horses were cliscovered outside the
s ship close under the prow, The•
, heads of the horses and clogs; had
s all been. cut. off. Tho horses' legs had
, been roped, and the ropes were Still
' well preserved. Indeed, all these ani-
mal remains had kept so Well that
0110 WOrk of clisiotertieg them was,
very eisagreeable, and in the horses`
stomachs the grass that they had
I eaten inunediately before they were.
:slaughtered could still 170 distinguish-
ed. in the same way the musses and.
plants that had been buried &unit
• the ehip and ia the peocess of build-
ing the 31101111d Were quite green, and
So freldi that a botanist could easily
e le e g. (
Wearing iron collars, with lung iron
, chains, One chest, in the grave -
chamber had escaped the earlier rob-
bers. This NiliS boiled with iron, and
;colitalned various beautiful objerts,
mostly Ow fernieine work, such CAS a.
,diStalY With 1110 thread Still on It, a
, betlet for beating clothes (as still
used in Norway and elsewhere), milk-,
pail, a lamp, etc, There were also
founcl in tbe chamber remains of Fab-
, ries with inNvcrien figures. Outside in
the ship there were, 13051deS ,many
kitchen utensils.
I A MACNIFICENT WAGGON,
decorate:1 with human heeds, four
; sledges beautifully carved with toll-
, mats' heads aucl partly painted, a
spinning -wheel, a loom with pert of
the woven thread still remaining,
several beds, ete The ship's gear in -
included her OarS, 50111e of which look
quite new and could be used to -day,
alai a landing plank fin•nished telth
erolcs-rills, and closely resemblieg
that of the elokstaci ship.
The ship itself is clinker-bilill, Mut
a little smaller than the Cokstad
ship, being about 121.7 tnetree long,
and noNv aboUt (3.5 metres broad.
The original breadth eitis probably
not more than 5 metres, the diner-
enes3 being due to the lallging out Of
the sides uncler the pressure of ihe
over -lying stoees and mound. She
was pierced for fourteen oars a side,
as against 10 In tho ease of the
okstad ip. Tho oar holes are in
the top strake of planking; whereas
In C.:Mesta/I ship they are In the
third Bernice from the top. There
aro likewtee no shutters to close the.
oar -ports when the ()era are not in
Use, such EIS are proVIded In the ClOk-
sled ship. From these indications ie
is assumed that the vessel lately
ilisecameed NVaS intended almost en-
tirely for rowing, and for use in tha
smooth waters of the Christiania anti
Toneberg Fjords, Moreover, both
steel and •stern post are elaborately
carved with 0.0 interlaced dragon-
enque pattern for a length of 0139110
three metres, and the vessel cerried
no olmelds ,along her sides. It ,s
therefore probable thet she \Vas 1..1,
an actual Viking of. wifeship,, :hot
rather et pleasure) yacht or &ate
barge belonging, if It was her ow ter
who wee buried in her, to a lady of
high rank, perhapa to t.he wife of a
Ring of Weetfold.
Unfortunately, 011 account of the
CILtensive damage 00 the 1 0 Wer part,
of the hull, it was retied iMpOSsillle
10 re111080 the ship Whele, gild it ig
doubtful how far elle ean be restor-
ed, Nor is her flittlre (lost Mat ion yot3
certain, owing to a disptite between
the authorities and the owner of tem
gt•ouncl as to thcs price to, be paiLl for
her, while it le doubtful how far 1110
owner'e rights 1,0 diespoge of the find
Is limited 13y 1,11e Norlvegien Jews.
BEST WAY TO GIVE MffilleCTNE,
In giving nieflicine never use a
8110011 in 1110asuring, US the ordinat.ya
11010Sell(11(.1 81.100115 811V,V verY much in
capacity. Ilse a graduated measure -
glass, end always rinse immediately
aftee use. Doctoes' physic is pro-
verbielly 1100180011S, and
east% a little may be done to dis-
guise the taste, Castor oil is beet
tahen in milk, (mace, Or brandy. It
may be medo into a tasteless emul-
sion ler adding a, tittle cinnamon
water Or orange -flower water, a few
dimes of liquor poteresae, and a 'chop
or two of oil of lemon. This is as
peletable us 1111110 if properly made.
Emote salts may lee dieguised
peppermint Water, quinine or cite,
(bona he senna 11y cloves, end
aloes ey liquorice. A pinch of salt
oe the tongue provioue to taking will
elketuelly disguise the testes of soli -
d/1 or selicylale of soda; but le the
IllajOrify of cases, 13je closing the
110e:fres tightly ‘vith the linger 01111
1 hentb during Die proeves of swallow-
ing medicine, no taste Whatever is
appreciable.
(4001•1 COMPIYINTONS.
Complexion is al1 a metier of di-
gestion, Where there is good diges-
tion a beatreiftil CoMplesion bound
to folloW. A well-eegulat 211 stomach
invariably proclains8 itself in ft good-
looking face, and to maintain this
well-regeletted condition attention to
a fruit dint is recontnomded. Plums,
scope ie the feet a.nd legs of insect:3
ere 110ti prOVided for Mere Ornarnen-
tattoo, but, Invarinbly :terve some
other and prztetien1 pnepoee the
'economy of the inseet that bears
thetn,
which cast such an mniii0118 gloom
over his Coronation, he Paid a visit -
to the hospital whole the injured
"Why were you en the crowd at
all?" asked one of his attendants of
an °let woman who had beau badly
crushed.
"I went to S00 the, Emperor," she
replied.
0 g , •
"don't yoll look at. 111111 110W7 Ile is
Standing by your
toll ino Ilea," the Woman
answered almost liereely, "As if I
did not know that Emperors aro not
made like that."
But probably the present King of
Italy has hail and enjoyed more of
these expesitnees than any other liv-
ing monarch. Not many months ago,
when he was Wa.11Cing With the QUilen
in the neighborhood of liacconiga, ho
stopped at an out-of-the-way farm-
house in search of scone refreShIllent.
Accosting a peaettnt who was et
Work I1ear the dear 1 -lis Majesty et:de-
ed, "Where is the master of thie
place!"
-"rho ,mastor is at 1101110,0e,: the
peasant,answerted gruffly, barely look-
ing up at his questioner; "it is the
King; chest thou not know as watch?"
liERE IS ANOtt`IIER STORY
of Ring Victor Emmanuel, which he
love33 to tell. One day he was driv-
ing. his InOtor-rar at a rapid rate,
when, on turning a corner, he Isar-
rowly oecaped collision with a car
coming in the oppoeito direction.
Pulling up to apologiee, he was
gisieied With a torrent, of abuse from
the (1Wiler (Jt the car-ae 'American,
"1'11 tell yoll What it 18," the lat.
ter 511001W; "scorchers: like you
Might to be strung up. You're not
fit, to bo on the rtnetts,"
"%Vitae!" answeral the King, good-
ht11110rodly: t•ic lit Root of
ray own palette'?"
"I don't care %veleta it is, so long
as it is dOne• V011're pUblie nuis-
ance," geld the Ameeican, as he
droveNoff.
A NW days later a Mr. le, P. 0-,
of hiessachlisette, wag due for an
teudionce at the Quirinal. Tile doore
were thrown open, and to hie allIENZO-
1110110 and horror the Ameriertn found
hiinself faee to face with the metalled
he litol .50 laviehly abused et, few days
earlier. The teasion was, painful un -
111 the King advanced With a ernile
and outearetehed Nome saying, "Are
all Americans 11.8 Peppery as you,
Mr, Gar/.
nALle MILLION leitago.,1S,
In Franco it is not ottly the monlit-
cated 'who Phinge in the public. lot-
terieg. They are patronized Ity all
cheseee, encl a Cala% doctor has
just found llama leoeturgt roma kind
than he Item over likely to find Ace..
pole/pine. Die 111111M fa Dr. 14110, and
110 000k a whole ticket In Din lest
isene, of Panama lottery bottele. Ile
Ilete jusis reeeived netlike -inn that
he has draWn the grand prise of
V.00,000. De. 11110 Wo0 chief entr.
gaga to tlle hospital at Cativo,