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'- .
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Not many, and when you are
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hair, which ends in baldness,
you want a Rood remedy that
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and grow hair on the bald head
BAKE-TOHAIR is what you
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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.
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