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jf'!' Miaby'M 'Tender Skin Cuticura FLASH GEORGE MARSH r Paaaangsr-Carrylng Whselbarrow In Sischwan. (Prepared kr th National Oeetrephl Society. Waahtnstoo, D. a) TEW nation have a greater prob- M lem in feeding and clothing their X. citizens than a ilngle province In China, Stechnan, where approximately 00,000,000 people live isolated behind great mountain bar Tier. Stechwan is the western most of the province! of the middle ione of China, lying over againit Tibet. None other of the division of the great republic haa to many In bablta'ntl There la a moat Intensive, If primi tive, domestic commerce In Szechwan, and millions of the laborers of the province spend their lives on Its roads, bearing burdens on their backa or pushing the wheelbarrows which aup ply the only wheels that ever touch the network 0 roads and trails. Sharing with theae carriers the bur den of the nation's life Is the prover bial "Man with the Hoe," usuulty poor tenant giving half his crop for the rent of his acre. Frequently, how ver, he Is able to own his own Imple ments and a water buffalo, with which lie plows his own and his neighbor's plot, receiving In turn his neighbor" kelp In seed time and harvest Still others, and on the rich Chengto plain they are numerous, are wealthy farmers, who live in fine homes and till their estate with the help of sons and grandson or with hired servants. To these farmer Is given the task of feeding nation of 60,000,009 peo ple; for Szechwan, Isolated by moun tain barriers, most be self-sustaining. The measure of this task is appreci ated when w consider that fully 50 per cent of the 1S1.0H0 square miles of Szechwan la too mountainous for culti vation, which means that these 60,000, 000 are sustained on an area less than one-half that of the state of Texas. Add to this condition his lack of scientific knowledge and the primitive Implement with which be labors, as , well as the necessity of securing and returning to the toll, as fertilizers, all that be reap from It ; remember, also, that rice, his chief cereal crop. Is the most difficult of all cereals to produce, especlslly In country where the hills must be terraced and water lifted to fill the paddy fields,' and It becomes evident that the Szechwan former's task Is next to Impossible and Its ac complishment little short of a miracle Rich 80II and Plenty of Rain. He Is, however, favored with a tem perate climate all the year and a naturally rich .ll. an atmosphere saturated with moisture, an abundant rainfall, and never-fulling supply of , water for Irrigation from the melting now on the mountain near by. He produce nenrly every vegetable nd grain found In our market and others to which we are trangrra. The fruits that are ours are his also. Apples are few and poor In quality, but the persimmon and orunt-e are second to none and are produced In great abundance. One thousand oratigf-s on the upr-er Yangtze can be purchased fur ,V cents. He knows little of the sconce of gardening, but much of In method. Hy Interplantlng. em-liilly beans snd pears, which he knows Improves the quality of the soil; by crop rotation, which he know Increases his yield, nd by Intensive fcrtllimrjj and the owing of vetrh In the fallow season, he manages to keep his fields rich and raises from two to sli crops year. He has made Szechwan known as the Garden of Asia, the land where famine never comes. The tenant farmer pays his rent with the major portion of his rice, which Is the master crop snd his chief concern and Joy In life. In the early spring he plow hi paddy fields, and then prnvs for rains to flood them, offering Incense to the god of the gar den, whose shrine la built near hy. When ruin and gods full him. he sets to work with endless-chain, foot treadle pumps, laboriously lifting Into his terruced fields the water that he has conserved In the valley. Then, breaking up the rice snd, which bus been grown from early (owing In highly fertilized plots, he transplant It In hills In the watered paddy field. The roily water make the hoeing of his rice field Impossible ; so he does not hoe It : he toe It. With bare foot be feels about the plant with his toes, and If he finds weed, he toes It nut ; then presses the dirt firmly In place gain. With hi right foot he toe two rows, with his left fool he toes two rows, and thus he toes four rows as Joe goes. Tliut's the way he hes. for the harvest the furmers combine and render mutual assistance. The rice Is cut with the sickle, gathered In bundles, and the grain beaten out by striking It upon slats In the center of large bin which Is pulled along after the threshers. Dried upon bam boo mats, rolled and cleaned, It is then ready to be transported to market. Salt Industry at "Flowing Wall About midway between Chung-king and Chen gt u the traveler in Szechwan is tempted by the long train of salt carriers to turn aside and see the renowned salt Industry at Tszllu-chlng, which means "Flowing WelL It origin Is lost in antiquity, being first mentioned in the reign of the Minor Han dynasty In Szechwan, A. D. 221-203. With Its forest of derricks. It re sembles an oil boom town. The weila have been, drilled by foot power to a depth of 2,400 feet for brine, and about 2.800 for natural gas, which Is used exclusively for the evaporation of the brine. Salt Is the unfulllng source of gov ernment revenue and its production Is guarded most jealously to prevent monopoly. The proprietor of the salt well cannot own a gas well or evap orating plant Likewise, the owner of the gas well or evaporating plant can not engage In the other branches of the Industry, thus making each de pendent upon the other and prevent ing fumlly or government control. There are no flowing well Dow, the brine being lifted In bamboo bucket about SO feet In length, and 4 to 8 Inches In diameter. The power 1 sup plied by water buffaloes, hitched in fours to a 60-foot horizontal drum. about which the rope fastened to the - bucket wrnds ss the animals are beat en around the circle at wild gullop. The magnitude of the Industry may be gleaned from the fact that every family demands It weekly pound of salt, and that many tons are exported each month to other provinces. Returning once more to the Rig road and passing without comment Its towns and cities, located about ten miles apart, one comes to Chengtu, the Perfect capital, vice-regal city of half million people, ruling over Szechwan and Tibet. It is surround ed by a finely constructed brick wall, 35 to 40 feet In height, with a thick ness at the top of 20 ff t and a cir cumference of more than nine mile. Chengtu Is an ancient capital, Ita first recorded wall being built 2.3I.1 years ago. Marco Polo described It as a trinity of cities beautifully em bellished. Its approaches were carved marble forltk-es which spanned Its moat Its wall, nearly 20 miles In circumference. Inclosing a population of nfnre than a million, was surround ed hy rows of hibiscus trees, which In autumn bloom made It the "Em broidered City," name that has long outlived the nail and Its trees. Some conception of the toll required to erect such a wall may be gained from the historical records, which state that thu construction of one of Its extensions, eight nillea In length, required an army of 100,000 men and 0.0O0.OOU days' work. Anclsnt Irrigation 8ytm. Chengto has given Its name to the plain on which It stands. This plain is suld to have one of the finest and most ancient systems of Irrigation In the world. It wns perfected ab.iut 2i) R. C. hy 1.1 I'lrig, who has since become the patron saint of Chengto the only Instance, perhaps, where a civil engineer has become patron saint He dlvhled the Mln Into three great delta systems of rivers arid canals, whlcfe radiate to all part of the bO-inlle plain. The wjiter. ;ire united again in two main streams. which leave the smith went and 'south east borders of tlif plain ' try' the Alln and the I.ln rivers." Htf left the peo ple this motto for regulating the canals: "Keep the banks low and the bottom clean"; and this wise coun sel has prevented the disastrous floods of ancient times, while furnishing never-falling supply of mountain water for the fields It Is not however, this fertile plain, with Its Irrigation and teeming mil lions; nor the city, with II ancient culture and modern shops; nor yet the wall that claims chief consideration, hut modern Institution, the Christian college, rising Just hVslde It; for, In teresting as ,1s Old China with It walled In people and civilization, It hold no such world significance a the China of today, which such Insil tutlons havs In large measure made possible : The Lead W. H U 8orvfae SYNOPSIS t'p th wild water cf th un known Yellow-Leg, on a winter' hunt, journey llroi-k McCain and Qaapard Lecrntx, hi Krench-Cre comriul, with Flash, Hrock' puppy snd thalr dog team. After iovft-tl battle with th stormy water they arrlv at a fork In th YIIow-Lk. II rook I unit ly Injured In making- a ports and Flash lead (laapard to' th uncomclou youth. Uuspard tell Brock ot hla determination to find out who killed hi father. Track sr discovered and th two boy aepnrst for scouting pur pose. Brock la Jumped by two Indian and a whit man and knocked Unconscious, II I held prisoner. Gaspard rescue him while hi captor sleep. While cut slop (laapard I shot from am bush by an Indian and kill hi would-b-lsyr. While out on hi trap line Drock I cnusht In a heavy snow storm. tiaapard find him and th two start out on Brock's, trap line. They And an Indian who had been tlkln them cauiiht In a trap, dead. On him waa knlf thnt belonged to aaspard' father. They decide to ramp until aprlne and then con tinue their Journey. Two month inter they start out and recon nolter an Indian camp. They avoid th camp without making tblr preienc known. CHAPTER XI Continued 22 "Cree camp four men below here Black Jack five sleds at little pond. Etlence," slowly translated Brock. "Creat glory, Gaspard, that'll run 'em out of the country P 'W'eo dey see dat. dey head for de coast, elr?" luughed the crafty half breed. "I geeve dcra good scare w'eo dey hear Black Jack ees 00 dure trail wid five-dog team." "That's a great Ideal Tnlesa the lnd rises they'll know that some body' walked the lake trail, last night In that snow. Now, Instesd of following as up today, they'll likely quit trapping snd carry the news to that while men I got my books Into, and tbe big boss at their main camp. Tou're genius, old pard. Tut r there T The grinning frlenda shook each others' mlttened hand. Gaspard's stratagem was flash of genius, for five sled teams meant at least ten men on the trail of the free-traders' Cree servants. The new thai five sled teama of provincial police were In the country should cause a speedy stam pede north If they didn't smell s rat In this bold message left on trav eled trap-line trail. "Of course." said Brock, "they may spot this for just what It Is a blurt." Gaspard nodded In cgreement "Oey t'luk eet vef strange for sure, hut dey weel have worry Just de tarn', I know dem Cree." Gaspard's Indian blood ennhled him to read only too well the mercurial nd su;erstltlous mental makeup of bis mother's people to know their weaknesses and value their sturdier qualities. "Well, let's go, we've got a long day bead," suld Brock. "I'll take a lust squint at the lake trail to see if they've started this way." Returning from the shore, he suld, as he allpied his feet Into the thongs of his shoes and fol lowed Gaspard Into the southeast, "No Sight of 'em yet they're lazy crew." Through quiet February days the two iiiowshoed through forest and scrub, over rlilgcs and around pomls, sometimes, for miles, following the convenient thoroughfares of deadwn ters uud streams, but they s voided crossing nil lakes and barrens. These they circled, for on open lake or mus keg they could tie seen for great dis tances. But, to their surprise, they crossed no country trapped by their enemies. Evidently the mysterious Uls appeniance of their friends had aroused In the truppera of "lied Beard" whilesome dread of the Tel-low-Leg Luke watershed. Neverthe less, not for an Instant did the tunny Gaspard relax hla vigilance as the two traveled soutueast In the direction of the outlet of the big lake, frequently through the day, while Brock kept on, the halfhrecd burled himself in a clump of spruce or fir 10 wutch the bak trail. If there wns bold and shrewd enough imin In the camp they had seen at the luke, the boys would be followed. Gaspard took no chances. ' But lute In the afternoon, fur south of the divide between Carcajou and fellow-Leg water, when the leg weary snowshoe were beginning to look for 1 good camp-site, and their clamoring stomachs chiefly occupied their thoughts, Gaspard, hundred yards to Rrock's left, suddenly stopped with raised arm. Hurrying to his friend. Brock's eyes swept tfie snow In front of them for the cause of the gesture. "Look I" At Cuspard's feet ran a settled trail filled with new snow but plainly dis tinguishable to bushmtin. "Dey not use dls in some day since de las' snow." "Yoo mean tbe one before lust night's fall?" "Ah-hoh," nodded Cnspord. "We fol low it piece." They had traveled mile, single file, when the halflireed who was loesd stopped and pointed. Fifty yards way wn snowed rtr, brush lean-to trapping camp, Dog : C.rWaMW Th. 1'tnn Publishing Co. similar to those Gnspnrd and Brock bad built at the fur end ot their own trap-lines. As the boys reached snd curiously examined the nbnndoned camp covered with a foot of new snow, with an exclamation Gaspard suddenly walked up the trull and stood looking at a blazed spruce. "Listen to dls I" he culled to Brock who wns scraping nwuy the snow from the tire-hole of the camp. Brock quickly joined his friend, who read: "Antolne not come back. 1 wult ten sleeps. It I stay dey weel find nie here. I go to Beeg Carcajou. Leetle Jacques.' "Ah huh I" grunted the halflireed with ' shake of the head, his deepsot eyes glittering In satisfaction. "Antolne weel not come hack ma fr'en'. An tolne put bees foot een de bear-trap.' "By the horned owl, Gaspard I" ex ploded Brock. "They must have made this camp to hunt us from. He dldu't stop to hunt for his partner this Lit tie Jacques but made tracks. Not much like a partner I've got" Two days later they were back In their camp south of Big Yellow-tag. Through. February, or Miklslwlplslm, the Cree Moon of the Eagle, there was little rest for the two trappers, who were dully adding to their fur-pack. In the timber the snow bad settled and In the barrens, the wind had hammered and packed It greatly Im proving the sledding. Kvery two day now, Brock made the circuit of his line with Flasu. The fur wss not so prime as In the early winter, but, after the winds snd blizzards of Jan uury, foxes and lynx were traveling more, fisher and marten extending their ranges, and the otter seeking new fishing water which he entered at the broken Ice of fulls snd rapids. Often they found their traps sprung and bait eaten by thieving aqulrrel and whisky-Jack. Sometime the tal ons of the horned or snowy owl marked the snow around a pilfered trap; and once, a lynx trap held the legs and feet of an Imprisoned snowy" which a plundering wolver ine had calmly torn to pieces. For ten days this carcajou baffled the In genuity of Gaspard and Brock. Time and again, with an uncanny shrewd ness, he avoided lbs traps burled In the snow beside baited fisher 1 thanes and lynx aeta; but In the end be fell victim to hla owo cunning. For, one night In the act jf tearing down the rear of a fisher cabane, to avoid pass ing the trap ael In front of tin bait he steppe-. Into the circle of trap burled In the snow by the boys In an ticipation of this very maneuver. it was a veritable demua o. fury and aavage desperation that Brock and Flash found wultlng them, on quiet morning. As be watched tlici. approach, the evil, fed eyes of tbe trappeu carcajou flamed with hate. Crouched In the mow, bis rust-brown hnlr stiff 00 neck and hack hla ov-er- ful forelegs, armed wltn clirlterllk claws which would rip a wolfs pelt Into ribbons, ready to strike, the In Jun devll lifted bis hairy I'-. from the moat feared teeth In th . forest In a warning snarl. With a roar, Flash started to the battle with the strange foe who chal lenged him, but with a oulck move ment. Brock had ilm hy the collar. No. you doa't old hoy !" Tied Brock, holding his enruged husky, hurneased to the sled, as the crouched wolverine, anchored to the caught clog of the trap, snarled hla defiance, his thick forelegs tensed for the double slash of knlfe llke claws which awaited Flash's lunge. "We need you whole and sound, for Murch, old part ner! You're not going to get sliced up fighting that feller I You might kill hi m In the end break his neck; but he'd hurt you for sure, before be died." 80, lushing the maddened puppy, hot for bank-, to a spruce, Brock ad vanced cautiously, with his ax, the head reversed. Built somewhat on the lines of a small bear, but more ranglly, tbe wol verine, pound for pound. Is the strong est beust In the north. To this- he adds a lighting fury which commands the respect of all, beust .or humans, who meet hi la. The killing qualities of the great tusks, and the .savage strength of the I'ngava, might over come the flying knives of the carca jou's feet, but Drock bad no Intention of seeing the slate-gray nintie of his puppy smoariedr. with,, slashes which, If they xlld out kill, would cripple film for Vweek lot'iisual burner fashion he fcoaTil atlta and kill lha wolverine wit the dt-' 1 O f. ITEMS' CONTINUED.) fcghthoui Centuries Old SvN At the most northerly point of Jut land, whore the North eon and the Kattegat meet, la an ancient light house. The waters (here have a bad reputation among seafurlng men, but the men who have manned the beacon have Just the opposite, most of them having been heroes of a high order. Many centuries ago, says tradition, this lighthouse wns built hy a peasant, Thorkei Hkarpa, and his shepherd clan. A fishing village In time grew op around the beacon and King Krlk of Comment, a he wn culled, though king of Denmark, granted It a town charter In 141.'). The shifting dune have so burled the church of this vll lags that now only the top of the tow r Is to be seen. Detroit News, School for Commuter Something of Novelty Currying still further the now Idea of educutou In the home, several ed ucational Institutions of southern Cat Ifornln have combined to offer courses to suburbanites for study while travel lug to and from their work. Fcce are small, the pupil la self taught, but may consult an Instructor If he wishes, and the text-books are small and easy to carry. More than twenty course are listed by th school with more to follow If the demand warrants. Subjects which appeal especially to the auburban res ident are Included, such as home build ing, home gardening and real estate. Among the others are auch varied choice a advertising, art apprecla lion, aviation, Kngllah Investments, personal lendorshlp, psychology, radio, salesmanship and stenography. Rua.Ia'. Holy M.a If the Soviet government really means to try to suppress the "holy men" who wander shout In Uussla. it will be up against ss hard a task as It baa encountered yet writes "Looker-On" In the London Dally Chronicle. These local saint, or "el ders," as they are called, have great Influence, not only on auch highly placed people as believed In Basputln, but on the masa of pennant!" The Buaslnn villages are forr-lng beda for superstition, and the "stare!!" make the most of that f.ict. 80m of them are genuine, too, and preach with th fervor of Jewish minor prophets. Behave Dong Fairbanks snd John Barry- more chanced to meet at a Christmas benefit for one of our schools for the blind, and the talk naturally turned toward education. Boon the two stars were checking up on their own col lege careers. 'My college wss founded In 1T(H." stated Mr. Ilnrrymnre, "Good gracious I" exclaimed Doug, 1 never even knew It wss losted." Lon Angeles Time. Facts About Celaoabas Christopher Columbus did not dls In prison, as many seem to (oppose. Neither did be die In poverty. The story, often repeated, that he died la otter destitution la merely one of the many legends with which bis biog raphy Is distorted. Ill will Indicated that he possessed considerable wesltb at the time of his death at Valladolld In 1300. Pay ta Have Syttera nave a time and place for every thing and do everything In Ita time and place, and yon will not only ac complish more, but have mora leisure than those who are always hurrying, ss If vainly attempting to overtake time that hoa been lost Tryoo Ed wards. Big Demand for Cottoa The demand for cotton la enormous. Last year more than a million bales of cotton went Into the making of motor tire. India and Africa are the only countries In which the area of cotton land can be Increased. Give Cberfully We should give as we would re celve, cheerfully, quickly, and wlthoul besltstlon; for there Is no grace In a benefit thnt stick to the fingers. Seneca. PorttntOH Fact America In the next few year Is going either to hnndle or to mishandle more power then any nation ever dealt with before. American Magazine, Accidentally an Arkansas lady cored fits hi a valuable dog with Ituss Ball Blue. Many others now us It Nev er falls, aha says. Adv. "There I no disputing about tastes." Mnyfi not But people with bad taste ought to be told about It If jealoasy doesn't go too far. It Is rathe agreeable to thVone of whom some- one I jealous. , ' Every scheme for Improving the hu man ruce overtook the Ingrained faults of the human race. Do)i't ipiagii iif 1 VofeJ'ronoer in the hotolV t; J? A financier la a man who doesn't loa:iilio;jVr. tyi'- . WBoWantstobeBald? Not many, and when you are petting that way and loosing hair, which ends in baldness, you want a Rood remedy that will stop falling hair, dandruff and grow hair on the bald head BAKE-TOHAIR is what you want. For Sal AH Dealer W.H.rort,Mar. InlorraaUo Th Ideal powder for Ml dally toilet snd for inuring his personal comlurt. Daintily medalled and unexcelled in purity. It lite venti chafing snj Irritation, and soothes, cooll snd Comforts tender ikiiu, (ukl everywhere. TlcumJ1c Smp2)c Ouumtni JX. Suueleetth lite. AJJmi "Cstkua," Dept. BAMilJin, Mae. llasto and waste more than rhyme. ' Realism In painting Invariably full to exhibit a farmer sweating. From the mother's point of view an ugly baby la an Impossibility. A well digger and a columnist be gin at the top and work down. Happiness Is rare enough to Iea4 people to seldom talk alamt It You may be tolerant of one thing, but you are sure to be Intolerant ot mother. Place where thousands resort tor pleasure Is quite dull to (he man who Hires there. Liberality should he tempered with Judgment, not with profusouess, llosva llallou. At Jonesboro, Ark., while the fire department waited aeven minute for a train to clear a crossing the Mere dith (tore wa badly damaged by Ore. ''Arvmr fiva mnntfia mnrt following art operation tor rpcndtcltlj 1 djj not gain strength enough to be tip and about. Mv mother an.l lrc advised me to take LyJla . Pinkham'e Vegetable Conv DOund. I have taken fiva bottles and it has helped me to act strong so l can do my own housework now. 1 have recom mended it to several friends who have been weak anJ run. down." Mrj. Oiair Oftum, mx 474, 1 tk tiutr talis, Minn. Bilious ? Take rR-Navtms' Rtnaor-. alftiU Yea'M I "Aland Aae" b moraine -" el. hesjUrh enne, appMlta berk, bowel aelln tleeeanllr. bOkwe at tack forgotten. FranatiUuB,toe, BW. ter than an oaera lauUra. 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