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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Or.) 1903-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1907)
t - THE 9 TRAIL 5 - CHAPTEU V. The ann roe; It beams played on the trembling yellow leaves of the trees, and tinged them with n thousand shade of old and purple. The birds, coilljr nestled In the bushes, struck up their matin carol: the awakening of nature was as aplrnilld and Imposing as It U In alt mountainous countries. The leader of the caravan left his tent and gavj ordera to strike the camp. The leut was at once folded up, the mules sxere loaded, ami, so soon a the horses were saddled, the party atarted without sxalting for the morning meal, for they Krnerally breakfasted at the 11 o'clock bait, Tbe caravan adranced alone the roa3 from Santa Fe to the United States, at a itpeed unusual under such circum stance. When he left the camp, the chief of the caravan spurred his horse and joined the Indian, who was marching alone In front, examining the bushes and apparent ly performing all the duties of au expe rienced guide. Curumllla. though he heard 'the hnrrled paces of the Mexican's borse, did not turn round, but continued trotting along on his sorry mule. "Indian." said the caravan chief In Spanish. "I with to speak with you on an Important subject : be good enough to put ol your usual silence for a while and answer like an honest man. You engag ed with me at Santa Fe to lead me, for the sum of four ounces, safely to the frontier of Upper Mexico. Since you hare been In my service I must allow that I hare only had reason to praise your prudence; but we an? at tbts mo ment In the heart of the Ilocky Moun tains, that la to say, we hare reached the most dangerous part of our Journey. Two tlaya ago you lifted the trail of Crow Indians, very formidable enemies of caravans, and I want to consult with yon as to the means to employ to foil the snares In which these Indians will try to catch u." The Indian felt In a hag of striped calico thrown orer his shoulder, and pro duced a greasy paper, which he opened and offered the Mexican. "What Is thtsj" the Utter asked. "Ob, yea, certainly; your engagement. Well, what has this to do with the questtou I asked you?" Curumllla, still Impassive, laid his fin Sera on the paper, at the last paragraph of the engagement. -Well, what then?" the Mexican ex claimed Ill-humoredly, "it Mld there, It U true, that I must trust entirely to you, and leare you at liberty to act as you please for the common welfare. What pro res to me that you are acting for our common welfare, and that you are not a traltorr ;At (his word traitor, so distinctly ut tered by the Mexican, Curumllla gate a tiger glance at the speaker, while hit -whole body was agitated by a convulsive 'tremor: he uttered two or three Incom prehensible guttural exclamations, and ere the Mexican could suspect his Inten tions be was seized round the waist, lifted from the saddle, and hurled on the around, where h lay stunned. Curu mllla leaped from his mule, drew from Ills belt four gold ounces, hurled them at the Mexican, and then bounding orer the precipice that bordered th road, disap peared. The situation was becoming most crit ical for the chief of the caravan; he found himself abandoned without a guide, ta unknown regions, doubtless watched by hidden foes, and exposed at any moment to an attack. Tbe inarch was continued; no suspi cious sign was discovered ; and the Mex icans were Justified In believing that, with the exception of the time they would bo compelled to lose, the flight of the Indian would entail no disagreeable con sequence. Singularly enough, Carnero seemed rather pleased than annoyed at the dis appearance of the guide. Far from com plaining or deploring the delay In the con tinuance of the journey be laughed at what had happened and made an Infini tude of more or less witty Jests about It, which considerably annoyed bis mas ter, whose joy was merely on the surface, and who, In his heart, cursed the mishap which kept them In the mountains and eaposed them to the Insults of the, plun derers. "X'ray, what do you And so agreeable In what has happened that you nre or effect to be so merry, No Carnero?" be t length asked. "Forgive tue, ml amo," the capataz an swered, "but you know the proverb, What can't be cured must be endured.' " "Hum J" nald the master. "And besides," the capataz added, as be stooped down, "bAwever bad our po sition may be, Is It not better to pretend to consider It good?" A little beforo 11 a. m. the caravan readied the terrace, and it was with a feeling of Joy, which they did not at tempt to conceal, that the peons recog nised the strength of the position, "We shall stop here for the present," the Mexican said, "Unload the mules, oad light the fires. Immediately after breakfast we will begin entrenching our dves." The peons) obeyed with the speed of tarn who have made a long journey and sue beginning to feel hungry; the fires were lighted in an instant, and a few mo menta later tbe peons vigorously at tacked their maize tortillas, their tocina a4 their ceclaa those indispensable ele-1 it RED I M ,4 - menta of erery Mexican, meal. When the hunger of his men was appeased the chief rose, ".Now," be said, "to work." CHAPTKK VI. The position which the leader of the caravan fancied he had been the first to discover, and where he hsd made up his mind to halt, waa admirably selected to establish an Intrenched camp. The Im mense roladero homing at a prodigious height above the precipices, and guarded on the right and left by enormous masses of rock, offered such conditions of secur ity that the peons regained all their merry carelessness, and regarded the mysterious mglit of the guide as an accident of nol real Importance. It was, hence, with well promising ar dor that they rose on receiving their chiefs command and prepared under hi directions to dig the trench which was Intended to protect them from a sur prise. This trench wns to be bordered by a line of tatt stakes, running across the open space between the rocks, which gare thi sole access to the terrace. At the moment when the lender pro ceded with several peons armed with picks and spades toward the entrance, with the' probable Intention of marking the exart spot where the trench was to be dug, ths capatax approached, and said with a re spectful bow: "Ml amo, I have an Important commu nication to make to you." Ills master turned ami looked at him with Ill-concealed distrust. "An Important communication to mak to ineT" be repeated. , "Yes "Whit Is It? Speak, but be brief." "I have discovered a grotto." "What?" his master exclaimed. In sur prise. "Yes, excellency." "Where?" "There." he said, stretching out his arm : "behind that mats of rocks." A suspicious look flashed from behind bis master's eyelashes. "Well, we will enter It together. Ketch seme torches of ocote wood, and show us the way. Ily tbe by, do not forget to bring weapons, for we know not what men or. bist we may find In caverns thus opening on a high road." Tbe Mexican selected six of his peons, on whose courage he thought be could rely, onlered them to take their muskets, and, bidding the others keep a good watch, but not begin anything until he returne.1, be made a signal to the capntai that he was ready to follow him. Carnero had followed' tbs arrangements mail by bis master with an evil eye, but probably did not deem It prudent to risk any remark, for he silently bowed his bead, and walk ed toward tbe pile of rocks that masked tbe entrance of the grotto. These granite blocks, piled one on top of the other, did not appear, however to have been brought there by accident, but, on tbe contrary, tbey appeared to have belonged In some early am) remote age to a clumsy but substantial edifice. "It would not be prudtnt," said the chief, "to venture without precautions Into this cavern. Prepare your nrms, mu chaebol, and keep your eye open ; at tbe slightest suspicious sound, or th small est object that appears, fire. Capatax, light the torches." The latter obeyed without a word; the leader of tbe caravan assured himself at a glance that bis order had been prop eily carried out; then taking his pistols from his belt, he cocked them, took one In each hand, and said to Carnero: "Take the lead. It is only Just that you should do the honors of this place which you so unexpectedly discovered. Forward, you others, and be on jour guard." The eight men went Into the cavern at tbe heels of the capatax, who raised tho torches above bis head, doubtless in order to cast a greater light. They thus reached a rather large hall, Into wblrh several passages opened. All at once the leader stopped and listened. "Listen," be said to the capataz, "do you not hear something?" The latter bent his body slightly for ward and remained motionless for some seconds. "I do," he nald, drawing himself up, "it sounds like distant thunder." "Is it not? or, perhaps, the rolling of subterranean waters." "I can swear that you are right. It would be a piece of luck for us to find water In the cave, for it would add great ly to our security, a we should not be obliged to lead our horses, perhaps, a long distance to drink. ' "I will assure myself at onco of the truth. The noise proceeds from that Das- sage, so let us follow It. As for our men, they can wait here; we have nothing to fear now, for If the pirates or the Indian are ambushed to surprise us, they would not have waited so Ions before doing so, and hence tbe assistance of our peons is unnecessary," The capatax shook his head doubtfully, "Hum," be said, "the Indians are very clever. I believe It would be more pru dent to let tbe peon accompany us." "Nonsense," said bl master, "It 1 un necessary; we are two resolute and well armed men; we hare nothing to fear, I tell you." Tbey then entered the passage. It was very narrow, and ran downward a steep Incline. Tn further tbey proceeded the more distinct tbe sound of rrater became : was evident that at a very short dls- tance from the spot where they weiw, per haps hilt a few steps, (hero ran one of those subterranean streams so frequently round in natural caverns, 5ll at once, without, being warned, by tne siigntest sound, the leader of tbe cara lan felt himself seised round lie waist, his torch siintched roughly from his hand, and extinguished amlnst a rock, and him self thrown down and securely tumml, be lore ne was ante to attempt the slightest resistance, so suddvn and well calculated had the attack been. Camera had been thrown down at the mine time as his master, and bound. "Cowards, (Ninons!" the Mexican yell ed, "show yourselves, at least, so that I may know tilth whom I hate to deal." "Silence I (Jen. IVm Sebastian Ouer rero, resign yourself to your fate, for you have fallen Into the power of men who will not liberate you." Oen. Ouerrero made a movement of Im potent rage, but he was silent; he per ceived that the originators of the snare or which he was a victim were Implaca ble enemies. When his conqueror had born hlra to the halt, where his ien were dis armed and guarded, he saw, by the light of the torch that faintly Illumined the hall, that among the men who surrounded him few wore tho Mexican costume. It was true, and they had their faces hidden by a piece of black crape, forming a species of mask, and so welj fsstcnVd round their necks, that It Avos entirely Impossible to recognise them. "What do these men want with me?" he muttered, as he let his head fall on his chest sadly. "Patience!" said the man who had al ready spoken, "you will soon know." CHAPTim VII. There was a short' delay, during which the conqueror appeared to b consulting together In a low mice; while doing so, an Indian chief, who was no other than the Jester, entered the twill. The reneml and the capatax were then again picked up by the redkln, and at a sign from one 'of the masked men, transported on to the roladero. One hundred and fifty to two hundred Indians, mostly armed with guns, and ranged In good order round the terrace, the center of which remained free, faced the cavern, having among them the dis armed Mexicans, the baggage, horses and mules. The tent still stood In the middle of what was to have been the encampment; but the curtain was raised, and a horse man was standing in front of It, as If to ueiend tne entrance. At the moment when the party emerged from the rave and appeared on th ter race, tbe horsemen draon up at th en trance of the defile opened out to the right and left, leaving a tvuur far a small troop of men dressed In hunter" garb, and whom it wns easy to recognise as whlto men; two ladies, mounted on ambling mules, were In the midst of them. This troops of strangers was composed of eight persons altogether, leading with them two baggage mule. As th men were disarmed, and walked on foot amid some fifty Indian horsemen, they had, In at) probability, been surprised by a party of redskins. The two ladres. one of whom was of a certain rv wblltv the other appeared scarce 18. anSTwTio might be supposed loeIy related, through tbe resemblance of their featurrs, were treat"! with an exquisite politeness they were far from expecting by the Indians, nnd conducted tn the tent. The curtain was then low ered, to conceal them- from the glance of Ike Indians. The newcomers, at a slrnal rtrom their conductors, ranged themselves with' the other prisoners J they were powerful men whom the Indians had probably, not given a (banco to defend; otherwise ihey look ed as If they would sooner be killed than yield. Two masked men look their seats on th granite blocks, and the Indians who carried the general laid him on tbe ground In front of this specie of tribunal. The rson who seemed to be the president of this sinister assembly gave a sign, the prisoner's bonds at once fell off, and he found himself once more able to move hi limbs. The general drew himself up, crossed his hands nn bis chest, threw his body tsck haughtily, raised his head and look ed at his Judgo with a glance of with ering contempt. "What do you want with me, bandits?" he said; "enough of this; these Insolent maneuvers will not alarm me." Silence!" the president said, coldly; "It Is not your place to speak thus." Then he remarked to the Jester, who was standing a few (nice from him : "llrlng up tho other prisoners, old and new; everybody must hear what Is going to be mid." Tbe Jester gave a slgnol to the war riors; some of tbem dismounted, ap proached the prisoner nnd, after loosen ing the cord that bound the capataz, they leu mm, as wen as tne (won and pris oner of the second caravan, in front of the tribunal. Then, at a signal from the Jester, the horsemen closed up round tbe white men. (To be continued.) Hardest of All Metal. Tnntalum has been hammered Into sheets, which nro extremely hard, Mr William Crook.), F. It. R, utntcs Hint "n hole had to be bored through n pinto of thin mo tul nnd a diamond ilrll) wns used, rcvojvlng nt tho ditto of 15,000 rev olutions per minute. This whirling force wns continued ceasolcasly for threo days and night, whon It waa found that only a small depression.' 25 mm. deep had been drilled, nnd it wns it moot point which had Buffered tbe more damage tho diamond or tho tan talum." It Is only a waste of time to look at the ashes after yon bare burned the money. ?rv&?3!Z&rJSS -rim old joke nlit eating "hot dog" S ii in tiirr lesl, The Illustration Mioivsonoof the most destructive of the summer Insect posts, which uttuek Uth fruit ntut orna mental trees. It Is known n the yob low-Jiu-ck caterpillar. and I" usually found In numls-m nlong the branches of trees, fettling on the foliage until the limb Is entirely denuded, when they migrate to miotlier lltiiK Tho female !flta the eggs mi tho lenf of the tree! where they nro usually hutched during July, nnd the young Insect be gin fcedluit on the leaves. Tho full-Kroivn moth Is shown tn tho upor part of the Illustration. The mterplthir I ntmt two Ineh.s long, ulth'n dull yellow band Just tuiek of the blnek bend. This jiest Is familiar to most farmers, for It may bo found In nearly every ,vtlon of tlio country. SU- GU-isf.r,f w Tilt ttunw CATUiriiian. A good way to rid the tree of them Is by spraying with .jwrl green, tint If till Is not desirable Uvmiro of fruit on tho trns, n torch mnde of cloth or small rag ami snturnttsl with kerosene may bo npplled'to the lufestwtl limb ami tho Insect destroyed lu this man IKT. More lluuU Lesrulusr I'sr "ItiKik learning" for farmer lia liccn a tiling to laugh nt In tlio past. It uil to le thought Unit nil ntmaiinc and one or tuo patent oilleo ntrts wero all n man needed to make hi in eomjietcnt to "run n farm." Wo nre getting post that day, and doing It at a pretty fast puce, In our times. Think of the re)rt Just published by the crsmmhvtloncrii hiukMiiIiiI a couple of yerira ago In tho State of Louisiana to Investigate crop mss, with wrtlnilnr reference to tho boll weevil nnd tho ter rible Injury It lia tiroiight to tho ot tou crop. For two year those tiimml skincrs have I till studying and exiKir Imvntiiig on the Ktato fnriim In tho Itcd river region, uiid now they send wonl out to tluuworld tlfnt they Imvu mctctslisl In growing eoltou tlmt can not 16 hurt by tlio lll wyivll. Just how tliey have done this we must wait to leant. (Tlio great fact I that they Imvu done' It. Think what till will mean lu money to tlin'fii nners of the cotton growing Stalest Nor will the beucflt of their work stop I here. Other peoplo than tho cotton growers are In terested In cotton. Wo nil have mo for the plant and lis products. From tlio !xir man down lu the most obscure quarter of tho city to tho millionaire lu hla beautiful liome, wo all need cot ton In hdiiio form or othur. And "book fanning" cut tho cloud which lias dung over tlio men who grow tho plant and lets tho nunslilno out all over tho world. i ' Csetl as SIncU I'oo.l. The Now Mexico KxiHirlmcnt Sta tion has I h tied a very creditable bulle tin dealing with tho composition uud foiling value of tho prickly sar and other cacti.' The npltica of tho cacti aro removed by singeing with a torch. The protein content lu tho ntr-dry ma terial ranges from '1 to 10 per cent, tlio fruit being tlio richest part. Tho cacti compnro favorably with many forage phint. Heretofore tlio groat lllllculty In the way of utilizing cacti ns forago Iiiih been the spines, but since thoy can bo removed by tho torch a largo nmount of cheap forago la mndo nvallablo to tho stockmen of (ho arid plain. The Collie Itosr. The Intelligence of tho colllo Is bo Keyed by many to cotilo oh near to hu man thought aa that of nny nnlmnl, and It la poiMlblo to teach them no many things that Homo very remarka ble storlit) aro told about them. They aro for this ronaon tho great sheep dog, and no Scotch border would attempt to got along without bis col lies, with which ho Urea nlono far off on tho bills, says tho Circle. And that In saying nothing of their beauty and charm as companion. WrTjK, v Iti Oi iri .i-i t S 11 M ..Oje-l .LswJrlV. y f A. 1 VJr iiyvrtf ' Is no Joke In (Icrmnny any more, for nn less than 7,Uo canines of various breed wore slaughtered and oaten by the subjects of Kaiser William last jcitr. according to a report from (Vimul (lisirgo N. Ifft nt Annnls-rg. The eat ing of horse meat seem to Nt ij-llt" general In Oermnny, for no less than tW,Hl line wero slaughtered f't human food lu tpod. "Ilorsellesh Is iery generally ndier Used In tho Herman miners." say Consul ifft, "esWlally lu those In large Industrial centers, nnd most tler lunu cities Imvu nt least one market wulch make It a specialty, clatmlng fbr It n higher percentage of nourish ment than that of lef, leal, mutton or istrk. Neither Is It unusual to find adierClsements of dog meat or for the purchase of dogs for slaughter, lu thu elty of Cassel nvently the tolloc, In searching for n lost dog, illscoicnsl n private slaughter house and arrested the proprietors, who wero iipjKirently making n regular luisluc of stealing and killing dog." In the city of ClieuuilU alone, Con sul Ifft rejMirts, UW ilons iii-rc slaugh tered for human food In Itssl, this U lug nn Incnsiso of elghty-clglit out tbe previous )onr. f'stilisife Ititl, The disease known to the cabbage grower as black rot, or stem rot, has ciuiie Into prominence within the Inst few yoirs, and Is mIiI to lie a serbms hindrance to cnbbago growing In sev eral State. Fnim n nvwit fanners' bulletin prejHinil by tlio chief of the division of vegetable isitholocy, It -pisirs that no way Is known of curing tin dlsctiso or of entirely ridding a locality of It when oIKV It I well es tablished. The wholn subject of treat ment mny 1st summed up In one word pteventltig. Tho disease ! not con fined to the cabbage, but attack a nil in ler of sjsvle belonging to tho mustard family. The planting of other cnijx for a long scries of year I said to le the only satisfactory wny to get rid of tbl dlseasn of the cabbage when It ha onco become ncrlouc lleilae Trimmer, Tho trimming of a hedge I properly the work of an cxcrt, many year of practical rxs'rleikit Mug required Is- fore llrst class work can to accom plished, A a rule exsrt hedge trim mers' employ a cut ler having Iml n sing In pair of blades. A Virginia man tlwught that n trimmer could bo devised which would simplify the trimming ami as- IIMsiK inimiiu. sunt greater accuracy. Accordingly ho designed thu Implement shown lu the Illustration. It comprises a pair of knives, containing uuuieroii cutting teeth. The knives nro attached to piv oted handle, one kulfo moving over the other. When tho latter am grasp ed, one In each hand, considerable Mwcr can bo applied to tho cutter, whereby over n foot of tho hedgu can be trimmed In n rIiirIo nit. It would bo IuiikmhIIiIc, with this tool, to trim too much In spots, forming an uneven surface to tlio hedge. Tho ext renin length of tho blndea Insure nn oven cut throughout. Keei Ilusi frtmi Tunis, To keep Iron and steel goods from niMt, state tho Mechanical World, dis solve half nn ounce of camphor In one pound of hog's lard; take off tho scum, mix as much black lead a will give the mixture nn Iron color, Iran and steel good niblsxl over this mixture nnd left wltli It on twenty-four hours, nnd then dried with a Illicit cloth, will keep clean for month. IIIOHt. An old flonuan who doctor cnttlo prescrllica a drench of two tnb!cioon. fills of ojNom salts, two tablesiiooufuls of linseed oil, ouo tablcHjtoonful of black iioppcr nnd one tablesjioonful of turpentine, Ho puts tlio medicine In n quart bottle and 1111. It with warm water. In nbout fifteen minutes tho tloatlng Is gone. Unseen Workers, Karthwormn hnvo a spwlal duty nnd tbey perform It tho iiumberleaii mill ion of thorn scattered far and wide, unseen and o oliHCtire. Thoy have cre ated nil tho loam and all thu arable hind of tlio whole globe. They pas through tholr bodies tho fallen leave nnd decaying vegoUiblo matter nnd by tholr labor rendering cultivation nnd harvesting possible. When one kills an earthworm, an agricultural laborer of tho most re spectable class I destroyed. hkhkvi: in nuN m'ots. ,1 Went Almttt 1'itiiirlle Theory si In filinrl Crops, In the bottom of It heart n good part of the financial community cher ishes the siispb Ion that lluaiu'lal irises, especially when caused or iieiiiiiipanlist by bud liariests, Imvtt sonietliUU to du with "sun sit." sais the New York Post. The argument I that these year of Intense olnr activity count miiiio ivhere near once lu ten year niul so do panic i that "uu iit" very prob nbly cause abnormal season on our otiu plmiet and that abnormal season cause crop failure and trouble lu tho stuck exchange, Notsidy would need tn take till seriously but for the fact that thirty-two year ago a very eminent ICugllsh economist frankly assorted III ttellcf lu the theory. Prof. Jevolls wa so confident of lt applicability ""it In IhTft he predicted a Kurvpoan iwnlo for IH7P, Isfaiiso the "unsjHit activity" would then 1st again aH.iroarlilug n maximum. Hut Ihiw ntsmt the farts? The year IS.1? was one of sun .it maximum and also a year of commercial jhhiIc. Siiii sjMts were iery actlie In lh7l, INT'J and Pt'II and we know wit At hspjx'in! In the markets. In Phm a violent maximum was reached; l!urMi had it sbsk exchange panic H petf nnd thu Pulled States olio In IVI. 'Iliere was a famous "sun-irjt.it jir" In MM nnd, what Is more to the Hiut. we are sllll lu a srtsl of solar activity ami iIIk ordenil markets. So far. this Is all my well; hot b't us be tbortHigh. Tbe panic of ISA? ws one of the worst iw tbe list, and pv't? esnee In a (vrhsl of m tit mlnimilio. In IVid, whew OfM of the worst of Kug lainr HHauchtl erls. ocrnrrrsl, siar acthlly was St tbe luwswt kvwl In a lUvsde. A )Hfkd of still jit nilnluiuiii In-gaii In IV4I ami rswtlnoe.1 into lbt "HartHg yrsir." IMH UvlOentiy. sou sfols do not alitay nave tbe ssioo effect. Prof. Jeimtt Ibought that the edect was brought lHit tbnmgn rro(i fail ure. The astrHHiittHir tell hs, how el er, that far a there I any wrc sjMimlence, "cuhl )ers, rains and In umtatjon aiqsiir t rrrejmd to IIioni when the sun Is quiet; dry and wsnu year to ej'K-hs of great solar activity," Now a dry year may ruin crops a well as a cokl year; but a a matter of reetird among panic year. 1SA7 produced an abttmlniit KurtHNMii bariest. IN7a yloMisI a "buiier cnp" lu the Uiiltnt State, with HTi a gtMst sivoud, ami PvSl was a year of untmr sllclnl wheat pnsliirtlon all over tho world. Ami what Is to be Mid of 11711 and 1M7, when tbe world ralnt "bumper envps" In tbe western Item I- sphere and bt most of the harvest lu the eastern? THE IIIIEADFIIUIT TIIEK. Ilsnss War In Wklrb This SIrsiiM Tniilral I'Unl Is iIUr,, Ttie breadfruit tree Is a ttatltit of Southern Asia, the West I miles, (ho south Pacific Islands nnd the Indian srehlHsKo, lu flptwaranrtt It res.sn hies someivhat the itlhl rltestinil. It grow to the height of forty or llfty fis-t nnd ha dark green lenies, many of then, tuo feet In leiigih, which nro deeply dltlibil Into ptdntisl biUs. Hidden aiiHitig the great hsues tho lirefldfnilt grow, mj the llnltlmoro Sun, It Is iuarly spherical, often weigh four or inoro ixiiinds and ha u thick yellow rlml. This fnilt I tho chief fissl of the South Sa Islander. ei ii ... .... . uy si'iiiiini en i n meal Wltlmllt It. 1'ho entnlile tiart lies Ndueifi the rlml nnd the core mid when fully rli I yellow mid Juicy, The fnilt Is Is-tter Is-foro It ha fully mntiir.il, nnd tho native gnlher It while thu pulp I wiine, Heforo It I ready for tehto uo It must 1st roasted, when It look like wheat bread nnd I l-ith silatnbto and nulrltloii. Usually fnilt I cut In In threo or four slice and roasted or bakisl in an oven. Fnsueutly the eople of n vlllagn Join In making a huge oven, In which several hundred breadfnill may 1st bakisl nt ono time. Thus they nro all atlppllci! with bread without Ita cost lug any of them much labor. PreKirttl lu this way the bread keep for weeks. Tho brendfnilt I In senson eight month of tho year. When tho season finally draw to n clow tho last fruit nro gathered and mmte Into a Hour pnslo called "maliel." This paste will keep for month ami made Im,, la wmpiH-d In leave and baked, just a needed, Ilrend la not tho only nmdm-i r i. breadfruU tree. From It cement, cloth, tlndor and lumber are also obtained. A glutinous, milky Juho ooze from tho tnink of the tree, which make iiu ox. rollout cement when boiled with TOcon. nut oil. From the llbrou inner bark it kind of coarso cloth I made, nnd tho big lenvea make good towels. The lum ber I iiseil for building Iioiircs ,wi many other punioses. lleshle nil this. " " "" urn useu a tlndor Whon flre nro kindled. Hunnlug for oilleo cost nii..A.i .. J much a ruuulng uu nutomobllo, Ji - U , - -.