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THE SUTAY OREGOXIAX PORTLAND, "AUGUST 29, 1915. . 1 T IT - 1 ' oils flnflQfeistMe) MflMetsMTrafliti aTJ7 TK-: Maharajah Biadha. of Clllor mo.t p.r.l.t..c to? i. .aid to hav off.rad th whol. lat.re.tlng plc. f proporty. Th. tu ef fc h.redu.ry Itium tl. waa largely B ruin and It wee .up- mounting to ,l....e.. t. th Klag ef t:o-rtnd. to help carry th. war to a .jcr.tut termination. TM r.1.4 of .a Independent .atlv. tat in India maintain IB pe time, a -nail 'standing army cempriei.g tar reaim.at. of Imper.l .ervte. cavalry aa4 two re.tmeot. of Infantry. All ef the, troop or new at in front, la -.. Bat th Maharajah la no ordinary Prisma H I aa honorary Colonel In th British army aa4 aid-d-camp to th Kin-, a Doctor of t-awe th de irx beetowed hy tn. r.lvere'tr ef Cambridge) aad a grand commander ef th tar of liwit. th decoration ef wMeh adorn th breast ef hi military uniform. la abort, ho cooeider. hln- ) uniform, aa'f at aa ' least batf aa Engliahmaa and I anxlou. to glv. utmost proof of hi patriotism la '! hoar of "rial fey Grl Prltala. Eve after giving aw.y th .- hi wealth will be wall-alga febuloua. For. be It Bnjd.r.tood. th feat tim la qu.tloB I a-i.rely th family hoar of th ln4hal P..J. which. heo-l-d down from g.a.r.tloa to generation. ha beea acoumuiatlog for contarlej. rvery Frlttc ef India ha a hoard of tM kin, which la fa ir Jitwlen. and hkh It I roo.lder.d a motor of honor nr to loach. With th hoard of th Firdh.l Raj. ewvr. I connected a tory which, while .ntlr.iy authentic, u crtalnly more romantic than that toM of any o'her buried treasure. It I o -traordmary a to verge upon th weird. Th. bectnnlrt- f It dates bark to th. Vm of oar own Revolutionary war. whn the the. Maharajah, with a for midable army at his back, was rls-ht-ln th Prltleh. Hi defeat was fal lowed by a treaty of peace and It was not until lone afterward that a O'? eeseor of hli led a revolt which termi nated with th Bnal destruction of th chieftain mltltary power and th con. catlon of his fortrese-eastte of Cwallor the moat picturesque strong hold la all India. Th. Brttieh kept the rastle. But th. present Maharajah, whoso name Is Bob and A1 .... a NT r who liv. near a rn.r that to f.rly al.v. with parch au4 wa. oe. flah.ag for th.ra ..., wh -h .- thu.ia.rn P-i Thompeon and hi. chum. Al .v.nv. -Corned ,h. opportunity ... ou, to .U by th.tr.elv... The, r. cautioned .60 U bel" ,.r.f 'l .umh.n. from ... rock .0 - - ' , n, n,..th-r. fixed P a fin. lunch lr th-m hard-tolled . wicoew. ,.,it. little rhoeot.t. c.ke. purchased at th. trf grmery .tor.. tarnfl . h m.rm not "turn" f tw"i and Mt rwally diftl- ull la cal'-h. they ar. MBillDO very paatuular ahout what on a hook they ar. etpeeted I. alhbl. at -m. dij. f r etample. lr. rer.h will awim alor. la th. MlH. ana lurw up - - rica. ft rm. wri.l.n -n . ho-.h II. ut find n.'thlBg tempting in . l.....rul mint Bu, Mr. r.rv- may fr.tlt cm. ..roe. ' " ' ., iu.i.. m e or loil-inciicq . . . I ..... it., bottom, and. ....tie.., . I - 7.k ,. kuik anJ all. A f.w hour, later, ao, a perrh la ta. tima w.ll tar. for cr.b. per laaa. tut will eeem l Ju, dot. on rials, common worm.' And a wall. 4atr It mr that in. ooiy fal bait I. minnow. . aa oo can 1 uiiiii. Hot ana .l wr t. r.r.4 for any mr(By. wr.ll. th. a.mt morning, bright and arly. th.y .farted np.tr-.m aad pr..- .atly f.u- wk "V'- b.agmg IS. swift-ru.hlag rtv.r. Th.y . xj.. R.-.B - called out Al from sn Mahadhao Rao tnahe. anl who uc- amouniea .o i V ' . " t . f. And ,.d.d to hi. anctral honor. In 111. When th. fact that th. r.aeur. wa. coru he, the rock.n. being then only . sm.ll boy. ha. .1- Intact had be.n a.rerts.nen. ,n. mason, ,i -- -"- ,,tenc. tha ancient a. .a - v.rv frl.dl term, with walled op th. mouth of th. tunnel Poasesslom b.dkno n of the existence tn. th. Imperial government, and for manvjijtaiiejrn.-.-.-w- - - - . . SS ' . yr". igaOIB .M) PICTURES fOKIilS UTILE QMS jf!gi ad of lo ro-a. -waat eau r going to flr.t- -III try a worm and you try a mlaa.w. AIT Bob anwrd- "And wll . which of u. g.ta blta But. alafc .r S Blnute. .f leav lag th.lr line, overboard and winding them up aasin ' t'1 wa. .till on th. hooka, a.aher boy fc.4 been rewarded with eo much a a -Blbt.i."" " KOBclui.4 to try at th. .oft-craa. tnoua they felt ta.y must coaonus. on them. But th Chang, of brought no re.ult. Eith.r th. f.h w.r. v.ry -ehoo.y- that morning. It ir..d. or thr w.r. bob. la th. rlvr. Th.y chac4 tak to worm an4 thn to mlrao-a. but .till th wily p.rch f.e.4 t b. curloua. 1.4ed. a.aly two hour b4 lapMt b.for. a flak waa caught. Al wa. th. Uchy ftaherman. but h. waa ..ck b tlay. friht.n4 Utile prch that both or. bln portsra.B a wl a. flsh.rm.n. thrw klm back tat. th. river "t grow." -we alt antll thU aftarnooa." Bob de clared kp.fjlljr. - th.a I bet yen w.U puillBg IB B fast aa w. e.a thraw oar Ubm vrbrd. T.b Al. tk U4. will out thn aad th fi.a will com In on th. .hb," Then wb.B they Judgi It to b. ..r. he netlUoned th Uiur with that ha wanted it Baca m.rwiy for th aah ef family pride. At length h w uecful; th tta wa given hack to him. and th British troop, a mU garrison. wr withdrawn from Owailor. Hardly had thy lahn thir departur whn thls wa only a fw yara ago th Mahara jah look .tep. to aceompll.h th -rat object which h had long had In mind.' It waa nothing Important than th ending of th treat hoard ef cold and aiivr which wa hidden la roch-hwa rkimbin beneath a corner ef the cea tie. A sr-w-Msl reaeon of the Maharajah'! for helrg anxloua to recover possloif of the raetle with a l;tM. delay a po.aibl. and which account for th ea.er persiat.ne. of hla petition to th British fOMrnmtnL lay In the fact that the looa-lon of th tre.eur. rhimber waa known to only ena .urvtvint per ion. a yry old men. who mlfht dl at any time. If ha paad away the hoard would he lot forever. TM wat lncldntally the reason for th hast with which, aa aooo aa tha troops had taken their departur. a force of skilled masons Waa broujht from Benarea. Belnf rst sworn to secrecy In the Temple of the Holy Cow la that elty. and with promise of tempt in f pny for their services, they were fetched hy train to Owiilor, and. on arrtvlnv at th railway station, wer earefuly blindfolded and put into car rle. -a-hlch conveyed them to the castle. There the old man who held the secret Indicated the place wher '' ow.in.dio a suo- ferranean mnni wni- i " only mean, of .ccea to the trcasurs chambers. Th masons did their work, th tun nel was opened and presently the Ma harajah beheld for the Brst time the treasure of Ms ancestors, the total value of which was estimated at erore. of rupees. A crore Is about .4.v. pounds rtsrllna-. so that th accumulation, which consisted In part of j.w,:a. ,oM.n duhe. and cup., etc mainly of old mohur. (a monur is 'and coin. In ck. worth ITt . iiuiuiAu Go Fishing 1 ... , lh.lr IlB.fc - ' " 7 - .pn.d ' unV b"k' nd r..l.d in th. good th " " v;h:t;;;V;;L,Vh.rVp; nd o :n: ' ; fu b.. w bl... J,,;, Bob l.nded .n. th.t h. Juded to b. at l.ut tlv. inch.. Ion .d I.C .00. Th.n Al pulled In on. :r.",h." "- '- " ' ',. k. ,h.lp 1,.., mnA throw them overboard. Ana any . . b. B,d . . . them eemed to b acieptabl. to c-t : A4 ,h. a .tr..A thing happ.ned. Bob suddenly fit a w.m.ndou. ,ug ... li-I .nd hi. rod ben, almoa, . . . -Look! ' " Wh.t U It! b.wr --..y htm- I'Ur him:- Al shouted i,k KroDoin his own rod on Ih. - - ro. k and hurrylnar up. "Le, him run . ' 1 ro.k and hurryin, up .tl'i U. abandon tl. perch B.hln, for , hi. v..t with It! Tir. him out: I be, you It. .,- ,DOrt. ... Xlr. Klm . Bob- Bob ... .lted h. could .care- ,y ,..... th. cm on hi. reel land U, ,h. f..h a, th. other n,. with th. line- But h. did hi. b.., 10 ae-p 1001 ' - p9 had oft.n n hi. f.ther "play to hep cool and -play Bim. j a oaea. Pre.ently th. tug at th. oth.r nd cam ! and lM and Bob ' victim In nearer to th rock. Both r rou m.y b. .ura. w.r. M .- elt.d th.t th.y w.r. tr.mblln. aU is. proper thlrwr to ao 11 n.a . 121 OUR PUZZLE CORNER E3 ....aaaeaeeeeteeeeeiiit' J DRiuno lessor rtni-E. t mend, a pyr.mld .nd a o,uar. -1 uVf'vCNV'"----'- - -2 I ' V ; k-JlA S.fli I rv: if V fir A4j m l - . 4 ry Utence beln. p.,n.Uk,n,ly obliterated, . ,he,r tK ... acain tney were oiinuiuiu. ( . carrlsre. and taken b.ck to the ra. 1- ...iiai, vhnL nnoer tn. same ce- . k... .ni flash of wrlcclinr silver pop V:. T popped up out of th. water, high In and landed on tn. uat .unac. " rock baatd them. Th boy. pounc.d upon th. eaptlv. slmultan.ou.ly. Then they .tared at .ch other in araaxemeni. a herring, and at le.rt 10 But tne thlnr tnat .ur- p .h. ,n. th., m. w..n't wastened In th. fish", mouth bu, In hj. sld ""...ed th. , herrln . Then Al t a hook And Ik. .h.d. nev.r bit. at . hook. And Bco.tTatf. but Al went on wlln hl. pr.p.r.t.on. Ho look six of hi. very largest hooka anu 1 A VI ' ' ' " bound them tightly, back to back, ao hnr -"- ......... ,v. . .. to mak. on hook with th. sharp w--t ,h. .urfac. of ' Then b. -cast way out 10 xh stream and b.n ,0 wlP po .i.hi ia.fi h.rk and forth, wind WU. .---w Ing In .lowly on th. reel every now and then. Pre.ently hi. lln. straightened out with a Jerk h had "anagged" a her ring! It took Bob Ju, two roinuie. 10 rh rlv.r ... literally alive with jJ",,,,,)MM1 of fh.ra could b. J, he and th.r. in S. .Jlfl current. And. though ,h. boy. e Mme tney, -m lh,v ... to lan 2t of them before the time cam. to w - BA aeAii at at CAak.jL ..hiblt.d th.lr catch to their parent, and .aplalaad how th.y had J h, ,h. hirrlg on hooka, B.v.r trl.d this - ABd 117 ,.v. .iMiikt lln. you eaa block. liii . t . ? V..; 1 A i. v s Sx -i si m pr... "r; , th. ramD.rt. of th. fortress of ....,:,. e the vast G-.Hor TlnJe thalr " 1 1" . there It still remains, in wn chambers, untouched hoard of the Slndbal Raj. to be at last withdrawn Spiders Trapdoor SPIDERS ar. an rery-day sight to us. wo se them oft.n either spin ning their beautiful cobwebs or auspended from a shimmering silk thread, waving their eight legs help lessly In th. air. But there ar. hidden and strange things about thera that w. do not see every day. and should not know of at all but for patl.nt watch ing and observation. On. of th. mot Interesting spiders has a trapdoor to hi. littl. hou.. in the ground. He 1. the on. we have to watch for carefully, for he will hide from us If h. can. The door to hla house Is woven of fine silk thread, a thread that comes from hla own body. This littl. trapdoor has hinge, so that he can open or shut it at wilL When It Is shut It U difficult to find th. door from the outside or to know that th. house is there, because clever Mr. Spider covers the door with littl leaves and bits of grass. Thus he la able to rest comfortably within, and his enemies often pas his door not know ing he la near. . His prey. fll and beetle, pass too, but he ta on the watch for th.m. Wh.n b. I. hungry ha standa behind hla door, which be op.n Ju.t a little, and through tht crack h. peeps. When an awkward black beetle goes lumbering past, out darts Mr. Spider In a flash and drags hla prey Into hla lair. Thr. he binds him with silk thre.d. quickly put. him to death with a tiny drop of poison, and make, a hearty meal. Sometime, th. table, ar. turned on Mr. Bpld.r; Instead of a nice fat beetle, B waap. passing, discovers his door and knocks to bo admitted. But no, th. pldp wilt not admit him; Indeed h object. vry much, he brace him self with six of his legs against tho wall, of his vestibule, and hold, the door with th. oth.r two legs. When li. I a ion atrona for him and succeeds in forcing th door h find, that Mr. Spider i prepared for even this misfortune. Uk B flash th. Spider retreats to th. back of hla burrow and opena a .eeret door which appear. Just Uk. th. .Id. of hi. .Ilk walL Ha ! through thl. fn a twinkling and up a . crt paasag. to th. surface of the oil before his enemy ha had tlm. to realla. that th.r. t. no on. at home. The larger of the trapdoor spider, burrow nln. inche into th. ground. Th. peaeg. widen, into B comforta ble little room .ofUy lined with silk, where the lonely spider can rest and medltat. Here in olltude he lives, dry and warm In bad weather, and safe from friend and foe, A spider must sometimes save him aU from hi frl.nda. for wh.n th.y ar. angry they eat each other up. For this roaaon th.y ar. solitary creature, th.r Blone. th.y find it aafer .0. Th. wlf. ha. b..n known to t hr husband, th. father hi. children. W. do not find th. happy vtllag.. wh.r. all work tcg.th.r, aa wa do among ant. It Is trua that Mr. Spider paya visits to his friends and relatives, but b. will not risk living with th.m. Th. hou. of the frash-water .plder I. under wat.r. but It op.n. on th. urf.c when he will, it o; It 1. a moveable houa. like a house-boat. It - ; o 'Xiir-' ' from Its hiding place for the benefit of the British to pay for arms and ammunition and the feeding of their forces fighting In France? A strange use it would be for the money of the earlier Princes of the house of Eindhia. who strove so fiercely against the Eng. lish, hating them with a bitter hatred for a treasure that was in process of accumulation long before our own Declaration of Independence and pos sibly before Columbus landed on the shores of America. The habit of hoarding is one of the most curious characteristics of the people of India. The poor save every possible coin and deposit their money in hiding places, distrusting banka. For them the favorite place of conceal ment is a hole under the bed; next best a' disused well. The rich. Instead of putting their cash out at interest, inter It in secret vaults, preferably under ground., This is a practice that goes back to early times, when the armed fores of rival Princes and minor feudal bandits continually ravaged the country. Un der such conditions no property was safe. The only way to keep the money was to hide it. Even the strongest f- might he captured: hence the ... n.ki .nd to it the spider brings bubble, of air. for he must breathe. Sometime. h swim. n veloped in an air nest, like s tiny ub marlne, aeeklng ita prey from beneath. In spit, of th. aplder. being at on. moment like a cannibal devouring his own kind, and at another like a tiger In th. jungle- watching for his prey, yet h. Is frl.nd to mankind (which would surprise him very much If you should tell him)! For tha pry that he watch. And wait, for mo.t PB tlently Is our enemy, th. fly. The tiles that troubl. u so in Summit would swarm about in greater numbers, a menac to our health. If it wer. not for the diligent perltene. of Mr. Spider behind his trapdoor. Setting the River on Fire j ; "" " IN ENGLAND many, many y.ar.aa befor th millers had the wonder ful machinery they hav. now for sift ing flour, each family was obliged to lft its own flour befor. It could bake bread. Aslev was necessary, and the .lev they used was called a "terns.." This tern was so fixed Bt th top of B barrel that It could be turned round and round. Now you all know that If you turn anything around vary fast the thing will get very hot, and when th. t.ms. was used very hard the friction would sometime, caus. it to catch fire. Th. smart, or th. hard-working boy. who alfted flour could mak. it go .0 of pointing out a lasy boy and .aylng: -H. will n.ver .t th. t.ms. on fir.. By and by wh.n machinery took tha place of th. boys who turned th. sivM. there wer. still plenty of stupid boys left in th. world, .nd good folk kept on aying that they would never set the temse on fire. You might rightly say: "I thought the expression was 'Setting the river on fire.'" The River Thames is pronounced ex actly like the word "temse." and so after many years, the persons who had never seen or heard of tho old-fashioned sieve, called temse. thought that "setting the temse on fire" meant set ting the River Thames on fire. This expression was not confined to England, as it traveled far and wide, and very soon people living near other waters began to apply it to lazy boys by changing the word "Thames" to the WNow wh.n'th.y want to tell that a boy 1. stupid th.y .ay: "H. will never set the river on fire."- N.n-Freesina; Liquid. Cornell Widow. Professor Can you name a J'l"' which won't freexe? Stewed Hot water. lr. Swlatlra t. Drawlaa Lee sow Fuslo 1 X z treasure It contained must be so art fully concealed that no enemy could find it. On understands, then, why the very location of the hoard of Sind hai Raj was at no time known, in all likelihood, to more than two or three persons. When, not long ago. the treasure vaults of the Maharajah of Burflwan were opened, at the time of his death, a secret agent of the British govern ment reported that one of them com prised three rooms, the largest 48 feet long, filled with utensils and ornaments of gold and silver and bags .of gold mohurs and silver rupees. There were seven such vaults and the doors of all of them had been blocked up with ma sonry for nobody knew how long. One vault was Billed with ornaments belonging to the special and particu lar gods of the Burdwan Raj family. In India the gods consume vast quan tities of precious metals. The hoard bad been accumulating for several cen turies, during which nothing was ever ' subtracted from it; for In that country it is a point of honor never to break into the family treasure. The owner will borrow to meet immediate needs rather than touch it. In view of these circumstances, one A Morning LITTLE MARTHA lived on a vast estate. That i. to say, it wasn't B farm nor merely a bouse In the suburb, for her father was a very rich man and be had th. thing, that only th. rich who Jive in the country can have. Looking from th. house, as far as th. eye could see were rolling hill, of green. Th. lawn was as smooth a th. palm of your hand, and here and there were great beds of flowers and roses in profusion. Down In one corner waa tha sunken Italian garden that had cost thousands and thousands of dollars. There wer. horses and dogs and cpws and chickens all of th. finest. But th. things which little Martha liked best wer the swans. Indeed, she considered them her swans; for hadn't her fath.r told her sh. could call them h.rs? Indeed he had! And didn't she feed them every morning? And didn't they come sailing majestically up to her through th. water and raise their long, graceful nocks to catch the food sh. threw to them? Of course, they wer. her swansT To whom else could they belong! As soon aa Nurse had bathed and dressed her each morning, little Martha, would take th. bag of crumbly dough Cook always had ready and go down to glv. th. swans their breakfast before ah. had Btn her own. mind you! Th. minute sh. came in sight of the pond, th. awans would set up a great clatter and splashing about; and they would follow her along as she traversed the walk until she reached the place from which she always fed them. Then, once there, she would open the bag and take out a handful of the crumbly dough. "Theresa! Marmot! Felice! Alexander! Paola! Come get your goody brekfas'," she would exclaim, calling them all by name. . And the swans would come splashing up, raise their heads on high and try to catch the crumbly dough as it fell from her dainty hand Into the water. Sometimes and that was the most fun the crumbly dough would sink to the bottom. But did that make any differ ence to Alexander or Felice or Marmot? Not In th. least! For their long necks would dive down Into th. water and they would pick up th. crumbly dough often be fore it had reached the bottom. Then up out of the water their glistening necks would rise, with mouths open ready for mora Goodness m. how Martha did love those swan. and they, too, .eemed to Jov. her! One morning she was feeding them aa usual wh.n sh. leaned way over in an effort to mak. Alexander take soma of tha crumbly dough right out of her hand. Al.xand.r was willing and, in tft w rinlnfr his best to reach her loutstretched hand. Suddenly there came a splaQ little Martha, Intent upon reaching Alexander's open mouth, bad lost her balance and fallen In the pond Instantly th. swans set up a great clatter aud splashing. And. would you beli.v. It, Alexander reached out with his bill and took hold of little Martha's dress floating on top of the water. cannot bub realize that the offer of the Maharajah of Gwalior to give his fam ily treasure to the British government for war purposes exhibits a generosity without precedent. True, he ha no use for the money no sort of practical use. as we would consider the matter. He has never felt at liberty to spend it and his Income from other sources is enormous. The Jewels he is accus tomed to wear on state occasions would alone make him a multi-millianaire. if he chose to sell them. But, in pro posing to give up his ancestral hoard he is violating evury prejudice and up setting every tradition. He Is parting with all that he sought to obtain pos session of when through many years he so persistently petitioned the Brit- ish government for the restoration of his wonderful castle-fortress, a prop erty otherwise valuable to him only for sentimental reasonB. Lettercarrler and Lover. Boston Transcript. Master Norah seems Quite gone on that lettercarrier. Mistress Gone! Why. she actually malls a postcard to herself every night so he'll be sure to call at the house next morning. Engagement Several of the other swans also paddled up and seized her dress. Of course, Martha was frightened wouldn't yon.be, too, even though the water was only up to your waist and. if you stood upright, you weren't in the least dauger of drowning? And she yelled an cried and splashed around something awful! Jacjues. the head gardener, who hap pened to be working nearby, heard the cries -if the swans and then her cry. and came running. In a Jiffy he stepped into th water and lifted her out. Then, wrapping his coat around her, he car ried h.r up to the great house where Nurse and Mamma took her in charge. But to this day, little Martha insists it was the swans that saved her from drowning. You simply can't convince her otherwise. And whisper this softly every morning when she feeds them now she gives Alexander b double por tion of crumbly dougn! Little Stories of Great War A Soldier's De.tk and Funeral. "Lit la mostly troth and bubbl; Two thlnr. stand Ilka stone -Kindness in another, trouble; Courage In your own." A YOUNG South African poet wrote those words and th.y were chosen out of all literature to be la .cribed on a great soldier's tombstone.. Major-General Hubert Ion Hamilton, killed in action In France, was much b.loved for his kindness to his troops and was noted among brave man for his courage. A shell burst in th. trenches about 100 yard, from wher. he was standing and he was hit on the temple by a bullet and killed instantly. No one else was touched. "It was a fine death," said one who was with him, "but I know how h. would fe.l that he was taken befor. his work was done. He was doing so splendidly that it was cruel luck that he should have been the only one marked for death out of that group." The fire was so hot that all day his men could not get near the place where his body was lying, but at dusk they went out and carried him to a little church near at hand. Just as they got there th attack began again violently, so that th. sorrowing men could not hear the chaplain's vole, because of th. muskettry and pompon fire close by. Every now and then a flash from the guns would light up th. half-dark interior of the church, for ther. was no other Illumination than a tiny torch for the chaplain to see to read by. And there is a little picture for you of a soldier', death and funeral. , PANIC According to Heroditus, the god Pan was supposed to have assisted the Greeks at the battle of Marathon, 490 B. C.. striking such terror into the Per sian host that they fled to their ships in great dismay. From that time the Greek word "Panikon" was used to de scribe unreasonable or sudden and overpowering fear. Now you know th origin of our word "Panic"
