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Used In Millions of Tea Pots |>aily«= Every Leaf is Pure Every infusion is alike delicious IICiiT Aniii Black, Green \ or Mixed J H15S Sealed Packets only. "^^ A LONE HAND; or The Capture of a German Pirate CHAPTKR I.â€" (Cont'd). As he wandered back by the end warehouse about five o'clock, however, he saw sometliinn: that (galvanised him into activ ty. A train of cars had bet-n run alongs de the warehouse, and a gang of porters were busily en- gaged in loading the long boxes, with other merchandise, into them. Also, the big, (lark man was there, oversee- ing the work and evidently enforcing speciil care in handling. John Crane walked rapidly back to his hot«l, but (^topped at a Kccond- hand s'.or- to make some purchases. He kne-., that the next train across the isthmus to the Pacific side would leave in ha!f-an-hour, and would al- ready be made up. Those cars, then, could not be a portion of it; they would probably leave the next morn- ing When he hurr'ed back and caught the train h? was dressed in the soiled dungarees and cap, and carried the dunnage-bag, of a common sailor. Carrying out the part, he purchased a second-class ticket, and passed an uncomfortable night in a reek'ng day- car. Arrived in Salina Cruz, the Pacific port of the Tehuantepec Railway, in the early morning, he secured a room In a sailors' boarding-house near the water front, deposited his bag, and, after assuring himself that the lock on the door was a serviceable one, drop- ped the key into hi.s pocket and set out for a tour of inspection. Along the docks several small coasting-steamers were discharging or taking on freight. The big cross* seas freighters whch, l)efore the days of the Panama Canal, had picked up the burdens laid down by their At- lantic mates on the other side of the isthmus were conspicuous by their absence. He visited each of the coasti'rs, making casual inquiry for Work. Kverything seemed entirely re- gular. Only three ships lay at anchor in the harbor. At a ship-chandler's he was told that two of them awaited ovi rhauling at the dry dock. The oilier was the Cocos, a Dutch pearl and copra trader from the Islands- something rather unusual in this port. He picked up a glass from the counter and examined the (,'ocos with interer-.t. She was a ship of some thousand tons burden, low in the water, and rather narrow in the beam and keen in the stem for a trader. She wds painted a dull gray, except for a broad red band around her hull at thf portholes, and her two funnels were rrd and black. She carried the flag of Holland. A number of sailors were busy on her deck, and Crane not- e<l Iha' they were all white men, a noteworthy fact, since the bulk i.f the crew on most ships in the copra trade is made up of Kanakas ami other Is- land natives. Crane loafed around the water-front nil morning, ate his lunch, 'hen retired to his room for a «Ie«ta very welcome after his* sleep- less night on the train. About five o'clock he sallied out. still dressed in his sailor's dungarees, and went back to the docks. He found the Dutch ship at the wharf, and the reeking stench of shell that met him as he approached left no room for doubt, that she was a pearl- er. She had unloaded some shell and copra, though a small cargo for her tonnage. She was now taking in supplies and the ordinary assortment of Island freight, a large part of which consisted of kerosene-oil in wooden cases, each ease containing two five-gallon tins. A big hos- writhing across her deck was filling her fresh- water tanks; while a close scrutiny discovered another big hose passing under the dock to a value be- low her deck-line, and this, he knew, conveyed crude oil. 'Must be a small quan'ity for her donkey-engines,' he thought; for an oil-burning Island trailer would be a novelty, and the smoke floating lazily from her funnels showed that she was a steamer; also that she had steam up and did not intend to linger long. Her crew, busy with the cargo and routine work on deck, were all white men, so far as he could see; a stocky, heavy set lot many of them bearded. Not an Is- lander was in sight. The portholes were closed by wooden shutters out- side the glass. Crane walked boldly up the gang- plank, but as he reached the deck he was accosted by a seaman at work near by. Speaking in Dutch, the man asked his business. Thanks to his four years in Belgium and Holland, Crane could speak Dutch like a na- tive, and was also proficient in C!er- man. Constant contact, in his work, with men of these nations, and his natural hal)it of doing well anything he did, had kept his linguist'c abilities at par. Now he answered in (Jerman, l)ut the man shook his head. So, feigning to speak only a smattering of Dutch, he laboriously explained that he wanted to see the captain. Ths, the man said, was impossible; the cap- tain was ashore, he did not know just where. Crane asked for I bo male. lie wanted work, he said in broken Dutch. The ship was full handeil, re- plied the man; and as Crane kept edg- ing across the deck he roughly ordereil [him back to l\w dock, saying that no 1 one was allowed on hoard except on business. So Crane, making the best of abad job, turned and saunter- ed away. He now headed for the railway sta- tion, as the train from the Atlantic side was due at six o'clock. Sloueli- ' ed on a truck, he watched it pull in. There was his man all rght, the first 'off the steps. He struck a smart gait for the dr)eks, and Crane following at I a discreel distance, saw him go straight up the gang-plank of the Cocos, touching his cap in response to the salute of the sailor iieai' its head. (Irane d'sposed himself on the shaily side of a pile of bales, and set- tled down to watch developments. The (irst came in half-an-hour. A puffing switch-engine baikid a string •^'L''''''''''niiillllllll|||||||||lH^^^^^^^ STIFFNECJl Why bear those pains m m A single bottle will convince you Sloan's Liniment Ajrvsts hijlammntion. I'rervnlH sffcro compli- vdlum^. Just put a frw ilrojis (III thf iminl'iil spot iind tippvurs. thi> piiinfiil llii; piiin (lis- OTffi^^HfiHWMMHWHMMHMH of cars down the warerhouse track, a car door was opened, and the steve- dores swarmed in. They began to unload freight from trucks and wheel it directly aboard the ship, where a donkey-winch lowered it into the hold, as the big dock cranes had stopped at sundown. The deck was brightly lighted with electric globes, and hum- med with activity. Evidently she would fin'sh loading and sail in a few hours. Crane sprang to his feet and hurried uptown. One after another, he visited several ship chandleries, second-hand stores, and pawnshops, and made a strange assortment of purchases. Then he hurried to his room; and when he left it, a few minutes later, the dunnage- bag he carried was both bulky and heavy. He slipped quietly down to the docks, avoiding the brightly lighted places, and sought out a landing- stage in a dark corner, where he had marked, during the afternoon, sev- eral small skiffs tied up. Plac'ng the bag in one of these, he cast off its painter and pushed it back under Ihe^ dock, then paddled cautiously along | between the piles toward the Dutch ship. The velvety-black tropic night had now descended. He felt his way along with the prow of the little boat, through the warm stench of rotting piles and the echoes of the water lap- ping against them. Presently the Cocos's bulk cut oflT the starlight out side, and he located the gang-plank by the rumble of the trucks overhead Here he tied the boat to a brace, and climbed carefully up its sl'ppery length till he reached the cap timber, on which rested the sills of the wharf- floor. I In the black darkness he worked his way along on the narrow, slippery timbers till he reached the edge of the wharf and found footing on the walling strips against which the ship's hull restetd, rubbing slowly up and down with the slight swell of the har- bor waters. Then he felt along her till he located the cover of one of the portholes. His exploring fingers soon told him that this cover was of wood, with heavy iron hinges, and was fastened, inside. He had seen similar ones many times. So he produced from his pocket a Yankee tool set, with numerous small tools concealed in its hollow handle. He selected a thin steel blade, fixed it in the handle, and set patiently to work; ho had no de- sire to excite suspicion by leaving a plain trail behind. After about ten minutes he had the satisfaction of hearing the bolt slip back; he cau^j tiously pr'sed the cover outward till a' gleam of light showed through, then j applied his eye to the crack. What he saw brought an exclamation from his lips a good deal louder than he could have wished. He had lightly guessed that this porthole looked into the engine-room; and he knew that he could judge a shi]) by her engines as a racehorse by its legs, of a wrestler by his shoulders. i The room into which he ga/.ed was extra large for a ship of this size, I and was literally filled with massive machinery. A single attendant loung- e<l beside a small motor which hum- med iiuietly in one corner, supplying the lighting system. The electric llgh's glittered on polished metal, and showed everything spick and span as the power-plant of a millionaire's yacht .Moreover, he saw that these were not steam-engines at all, but large inter- nal-combustion engines of the Diesel type, which has been brought to grea' perfection in (lermaiiy in recent years. These massive units were evidently of tremendous power foi' so small a ship, and must lender her capable of extra- ordinary speed. Using cruilc oil as an automohile engine uses gasoline, they dispensed with ciiul-buiikers, boil- er-room, and s;ok«'is, giving space for fuel-tanks of great capacity, and giv- ing the ship u cone.spondingly wide radius uf action. .Al.so, she could be ruslini into full speed at a moment's notice, without awaiting the slow pni- cess of getting up ii high hea<l of steam. A most remarkable power- plant, truly, for an Islimd copra-trad er, .Aiiollier thing he noted, for he re inembeied those red-iind-black funnels land the .smoke rt(>at,ing from them. 1 There was a sm;ill fuinace aniidship>i. I from which two pipes ran up through the ceiling. Doubtless a smudge was jk.'pt up in this whenever it was desir- ed to comidete the illusion of the t'un- |nel.s. Such deliberate plants to crca'c ja false impression could be fur ne ,h(.nest purpose. 'I'his thought ran i through Crane's mind as he looked, and hardened his (letermiii;il ion to .see this niMlter through. CHAPTKR II. 1 He closed the shutter, and patiently worked Ihe iiolt back into place, llll" iiig the tiny crack made l>y his tonl \vilh rotten wood from a pile; then he found his way back beneath the gang- plank. He had decidoil that this ves , sel must be a scout for «ome hostile ; war-ship; hence her elaborate pre- raufons to sail under false colors in waters where the natives of the Allies were in enntiol. However, there was no war-vessel of any Power in this port just now, and she would doubt- less slip away to sea before he could arrange an etreetive plan to stop her. Only OIK! plan seemed to offor and , elinnce. The risk whs great, but he j determined to take it. Hut how ' , Kvery inch of the ship was brigthly I lighted; men came and went every- I where. He knew that, in spite of the j casual appearance of things, a sharp I lookout was being kept. As he pondered he heard voices pieces of larger tubers. Five series THE KAISER'S LOST EiVlPIRE. close over his head carrying on a were arranged as follows : â€" | .^^ heated colloquy in bad Dutch and 1. Seed pieces of a given size from Particulars of Captured German Colonies. Mr. Bonar Law has furnished A worse Spanish. He drew himself up selected tubers. to the edge and risked a peep. The 2. Seed pieces of this same size bulky captan confronted a swarthy from small tubers or culls. i . , , . . *. - „ . »â-  „,_,. little man in uniform, who seemed to 3. Small seed pieces from tubers of ««Me giving the follo^nng particulars represent the harbor authorises, a given size. °'/,^« German colomes captured^ This functionary had informed the ^- ^''^<^'^^rrr seed pieces from tnh^rs,^'^^ '^f ^^^^^^ '^^^^^ captain that he could not sail till "f a given size. > „it, Tn ToiT l!fi'n;»T;r rpT^! mornin,.. Certan regulations of the 5. Large seed pieces from tubers of ^^^J- ^^ ^ -tlmated^ ™«! '' TwI \^^^L. f „i f ,...,.. .nrrioH ' "OO. In 1913 imports valued at 43,-^ these series of plots were earned _„. .„. , ' . . _.' â- ..â- L ^ â-  ^. . ..1 000,000 marks, and exports at "Oj- out with two varieties of potatoes „„„'„„„ _ , ' ^ ^ T7 1 nu- jr. XT o 300,000 marks. Early Ohio and Carman No. 3. i /-.' » „„^ .„^„ wffi, _„ 1 » *u c * â-º . ,.„,:». Cameroons â€" Area, 300,000 squara With regard to the first two series, ., . ' ' ' . „.,* ,* „ t » 1 < â-  f ,„„.= miles. In 1914 estimated revenua out of a total of nine pairs of rows, »-,.,««« j i-i. ..o,.onnA' „â-  ,.„ . '^, , .. „ £565,000, and expenditure £803,000. SIX gave differences in favor of the . imo •_ ^ i , .. n. -nnnnA' o«.i„„f„j t 1 *i. u lu. c^oj •'» 1913 imports valued ab 34,t)00,000. selected tubers, though the seed , ,^ .-^n^nnnnn- „;„ , . . â-  ,, „„. marks, and exports at 29,100,000 pieces were equal in size in all cases. , ' ^ ' ' port had not been complied with. The captain expostulated; he wanted his clearance papers. The oflficer ad- mitted that the matter might be ar- ranged, by the payment of fines and other means. It was a plain case of hold-up for a substantial sum. The big captain d'ti not take kindly to it In face, his attitude toward the suave repres- This superiority for the two varieties . entative of the authorities was decid- nveraged 5.53 bushels per acre. Togoland â€" Area, 33,700 square miles. In 1914 estimated revenue' cdly discourteou.s. He raged and I" the series 3, 4 and 5 the ^^^eot^ expenditure f '209,000.' swore; he would not be blackmailed, the seed pieces was the only vanab e j j„ lbl3 imports were valued at 10.- so he would wait till morning, and factor, each piece being reduced toig^ J •, have this person fired. He stamped one eye^ only. In every io:j.au..A=^i..c.« q^^ marks instance there 2'?arks""" ^"'^ '"""*' ""' ''"^'' off the sht,, muttering. But, under 7«/» pronounced difference in favor â-  ^^"[^^ Pacific-Samoa 650 squar« the Kang-plank. Crane drew a sigh °f ^he large seed pieces and the in- ^. ^ . of relief. This would give him his ^^ease in production varied with the j„ ^' ,,^5^^^,^ revenue £595,000 '^•'*"''- ..^ u ., ''""^«^« "» ^'",f ^J'^^^'^f^ P'^-^^-' and expenditure £690,000. In 1918 (To be Continued). 1 The average results of the two vane- ^^ ^^^^ ^^,^^^ ' , ties (8 plots) were :- | ^ J ^^p^^^^ ^^ 5 g^g (J^^ '„,^^,^^ Bushels per Acre Per cent. ^^i^g^ Wilhelmsland and Pacific Small seed pieces ..174.73 100 Islandsâ€" 70,000 square miles. Node- Medium seed pieces. 271.71 155.5 tails of revenue. irck Archipelago â€" 26,640 miles. The chief towns are and Herbertshoe, both in New To Make I'irst-Class Butter Caroline Islands, Pelew Islands, I from small seed 64.8 per cent, weigh- Marianne Islands, and Marshall Is- ed 2 ounces or more, whilst the per- Begin by having the milking done' centage from large seed was 67.5 thus in a cleanly way and in a clean showing a slight superiority in the stable. Keep the separator in con- Qual'ty of the crop from selected dition by washing and scalding thor- i Rubers, oughly after each using. Cool the lands â€" Area, 1,000 square miles, and estimated population, 70,459. Re- venue estimated at £105,000, and ex- penditure at £191,500. Imports of Kaiser Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago, esti- mated at 5,872,000 marks, and these of Caroline and Marshall Islands at cream immediately to 50 degrees or Warm Water for Cows. lower, in a tub of ice and water and Care and attention to the little 1 keep cool and sweet until the churn- things pay. Often, little improve- j 3,385,000 marks, a total of 9,'207,000 ing is gathered. Keep the cream ments in our system of methods ac- marks. Exports for the former esti- covered .securly, but not air-tight. Let complish surprising results. mated at 6,041,000 marks, and for the temperature rise to 60 degrees or Milk is nearly 90 per cent, water, the latter at 7,046,000 marks, a total thernbouts, and add a good starter. To make large quantities of milk a ; of 12,087,000 marks. There is nothing better for this pur- cow requires a large amount of water. ' Kiao-Cbau â€" Area, 200 square pose than well flavoured butter milk. In summer she usually has access to miles. The principal town is Tsing- Stir frequently until the cream is water at all times and helps herself tau. Revenue for 1914 estimated at thick, sour and has a glossy appear- at will, but when winter comes she 8,060,000 marks, and expenditure at ance, when it is ready for the churn, j is in the barn most of the time and is 18,410,000 marks. In 1912, imports Scald the churn and rinse with cold 'â- ^^«'-»'<l «'ater only once, or possibly , valued at 121 254 000 marks, and ex- water before putting in the cream, twice, a day. To make matters ports at 79,640,000 marks. The temperature should not be above ^^'O"*' the water is often at or near â€" - â€" "*â- - 58 degrees in summer and 62 in winter freezing temperature, the cold water Probably the best way to get rich and the butter shoul.l "come" in fr;)m chills he entire digestive system. The quicK is to go slow. 20 minutes to half an hour. Stop water must be warmed by some means ' churning when, the butter is in gran- ^^<^ » considerable amount of heat ulcs about the size of small wheat, energy is required to do it. This can ; draw off the lutter-milk, and rinse he supplied either by feeding the cow , with cold water until no trace of milk plentifully and letting her warm the lemains. Care in this matter has , water, or by heating it with fire. j much to do with the keeping qualities The question of warming water, of the butter. then, resolves itself into which Remove the butter, < which should method is cheaper. Corn is a gr still be in grains) to a ves.sel in which heat-supplying food. It is not profit-' it can be weighed, I use a shallow "hie, however, to burn it in a stove ; candy pail, weigh, turn out on the but- to heat a house, because coal aecom- ! ter worker, and apply salt, from one Pl'shes the same result at a small! pound to one an<l one-half ounces to a fraction of the cost Then why use j pound of butter. You will have to re- corn to warm water for the cow ? | gulale the amount to suit the taste The amount of water that a cow i of vour customers. Much of mine is 'hinks will be found to have a direct sold unsalted. Work very gently, be- relation to the amount of milk she | ing careful not to spoil the texture of produces; in general, the more water. | the butter by unnecessary pressure, the more milk. It is essential, then, | Let stand half an hour, work again, to- provide all the water that a < and print or pack. In printing, make will dnnk at any sea.son ol the year, the prints full weight, perfectly shap- In the winter, especially in the north- ed and wrap neatly with a good qual- ern states, water must be warmed in [ ify of parchment, bearing your name <^rder to produce the best results.' and aihbess, or farm name. Keep in Probably the easiest and cheapest way' a cool place until wanted for market- to accomplish this is by using a tank ing, then place in a clean box or has- heater.-Circular No. 21, United ket, having a dean white cloth around States Department of Agriculture. and over the butter, and paper over * - that and under the box lid. Never let What Piano Would Say. cream or butter stand when there is| "So Miss Banger played for you ?i an odor of any kind. she claims that she can make the I When you go to market be sure piano speak." your butter is good and say .so. Have; "Well, I'll bet if it spoke it would it looking noat and clean, yourself (or say, 'Woman you have played me salesman) ditto, and you'll have no false.' trouble in making good sales. | No, I didn't forget the coloring.' A horse may pull with all its might. PAINS AFTER EATING WIND IN THE STOMACH- AClDlTf, HEADACHESâ€" CONSTIPATION ARE SIGNS . OF INDIGESTION. Indigestion â€" the complete or |\irli.il failure of ihe digestive processes fre- quently throws out of ((ear tlic u !ioIo machinery of the Ixxly. You can't enjoy the vigour and vilality of good li-.alth unless your stomach, liver ami !h>wcIs do their work reijiJarly and cliieicnlly. MOTHER SYRUP The above describes my way of mak- but never with its mane. ing butter and I never use butter col-: A" Irishman had just landed in New oring.â€" Mrs. Alex. Agilary in Farm York, and as ho made his way from and Dairy. Cutting Potato .'^eed. In a bulletin issued by the South I Dakota Agricultural College, it was shown the the yield of potatoes from pieces of large seed potatoes was 28 per cent, higher than from pieces of small seed potatoes. .\ more recent bulletin is now to hand from South Dakota, giving a scries of experi- ments designed to determine the re- lative influence of the mere size of tuber and the strain of tuber in the increased yield obtained by planting the docks he came upon a street fight. Going over to the nearest policeman, Pat asked- "Well ye kindly tell me, sor, is this a friendly fight or can any- one join in?" As a digestive tonic and stoni.icbic renicdy, Motlicr Scijtel's Syi;ip is esteemcct in tens of thousands of homes, wherever the English Ian;;iia.ne Is spoken. If you buffer much or little from disorders of the ptom-ie'i. liver or bowels, try the effect of taki.it; 15 to 30 drops of this (.uiious remedy In water, after meals, for a few days and note its beneficial effects. 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