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iihi mu PillSflllS. RED ZEN AS EXPERTS IN THIS METHOD OF KILLING. â€".-! mm Potions for “‘Im-h .Vlclllcal Niel: llnve No! Ill-en Alm- to Find Anlldnli-sv-l'olsonn llrcwcd will: .llucli Mystery by (‘on- iuron. “The wonderful poisons concocted and used, with deadly effect by the Indian tribes of middle llritish (‘oluaiibia have baffled the keenest medical experts for‘ years. They can find and on analysis have been able to throw the faintest light on their naâ€" lure.“ These words were spoken by Dr. Aaron llliploy of \\'innipeg to a. small circle of liswneu‘s. He went on. to say that the medical fraternity is firm in the belief that no poison exists, or could exist, which cannot be positively iden- tified after the victim's death, either by the Lesions produced in the organs affected or by extracting from the corpse and testing the poison its if. "No doubt this is true,“ he Continued. "of the poisons that may be called sta- ples on the market, from the painless morpliia and similar narcotics, on through the series to hydrocyanic or prussic acid. Chemical tests are very effective and preciseâ€"so much so that no poisoner could ply his trade long without detection. There was really no mystery whatever about the poisoning perpetrated by the Borgias. crimes and methods were but their power protected them. “Yet among the Once and Salteaux Indians, 1,000 miles north of Winnipeg, the ‘medicine men" juggle with poison~ ous drugs that. ' DEFY ANALYSES. and achieve results unmatched unheard of in any other part of the ‘world. "We first learned of the almost. in- credible particulars through missionarâ€" ies who had passed many years among these tribes in making vain efforts to overthrow the power of these conjurâ€" ors. We smiled at their stories in our self confident, medical way until the proof came to stampede us. We had been fold, for example, of one drug in use which caused a. horrible eru.p~ tion to break out upon the victim's body. The poison might be administer- ed any time of the year. but no signs of its presence could be detected be- fore spring, when the some would. ap- pear. .Latier these would heal to all appearance, and scales would appear in their places. Then the scales dropped off and were replaced by an‘ abnormal growth of hair. Shortly after this death always ensued. "One day a. missionary blroughl; down one of the Indians thus poisoned for the army surgeons of Winnipeg to in- spect. They did nothing but. examine this poor doomed creature, day and night, her a. week, noting each change up to the moment: of death. and apâ€" plying every conceivable test. .They were finally forced to admit that no case of the kind had even been reportâ€" ed to the medical profession, and that they were utterly unable to ex- plain it. The deadly mixture used, whatever it may be. is quite unknown to science. .“.Th:o poxsons used are breWed b3 the oonjurors or these two tribes in the most mysterious and baffling manâ€" ner. It is their main business, and the secret has been closely guarded. No remedy has ever been found. Death invariably follows, sometimes swiftly and With dreadful agonies, but usually after months of suffering almost: un- bearable, even to those rugged redskins, inured to pain and hardship from the cradle. ’l'he'conjuror boasts of the number of victims, just as the Sioux boasts of the scalars of his enemies." The doctor proceeded to explain that. the conditions of life among these two tribes. their peculiar habits and traits, create a. demand for these con- jurors and fl‘lHJi'llR DEADLY DRUGS which is entirely unknown among Inâ€" dians anywhere else on the globe. As a rule, although the indian will occasionally resort. to ambush and treachery, he delights to face his foe, and. take the fortunes of war like a brave. But the Oreo and the Salteaux, .awey on the borders of the Eskimo country, are cut from wdskin cloth! of a different texture. They are habitual- ly peaceful; they never take the war- iiznth at all, and the traditional scalpâ€" Lnig knife and wmaiiuswk are unknown among them. They have. however, enough of savage nature to make one- mies and. to Wish to get them out of the way; and as tiny are not accusâ€" tomed to settle their disputes by open combat, they go be the conjuror with Heir feud. He promptly comes to their sscuievwith some kind of deadly decor.- iun. it is than the Indians business 3 see that this fatal fluid in some way caches the stomach of his hated rival. liter that his anxiety over, for the lrug can always be depended on to do ‘he nest. “When called. upon to perform this mathâ€"dealing service, the ('onjui'ors steal off in the forests, where they col- lect various unknown herbs and barks. These. are brewed with great care and plentiful incantatione in their wig- wams. no one but a fellow conjuror beâ€" lug allowed to witness the dread cere- many. So the 831.163.". is kept invigolate and the con‘uror's power in the tribe is unbounde . Even the chick; take a back seat which tire conjuror appears on the scene." "Do these conjuynrs constitute sort of hereditary pripéthood?” WkUdt l h ‘I " o exact y creditor ." re liked the doctor, "but the line is o’ontinfious and em'nswe at seems. from all I can a no antidote“ .Theirlpert and no secret, World I learn of those. slrung‘ely murderous peo- ple, limit a conjuroi' is held to act on some sort of inspiration when he takes . his first steps to join the order. He gOt'S through a. singular and l SEVERE couusn or TRAINING. Elllnunling to the summit of the high- gest cliffs, he will sit there alone. for lliours through the night, (‘onununing , in a low nmnotcne with the clouds and hearing the messages bm‘nu to him by the. winds. During the daytime he lies hidden in a cave, surrounded by great mystery. For months he will continue this programme, starving himself unâ€" til he is little more than skin and bones. “hen the period of his spiritual pruâ€" l bation is ended he returns to the tribe, l l l land is then looked upon as qualified .lo practise the conjuror's art. Unâ€" ‘dcubtedly the secret recipe by which I then- mysterious drugs are brewed, and ltho ingredients as well, are communi- rated 10 him by some master of the craft, for the secret has bcenl so care- fully preoerved for generations flat none outside of the order has been able to fathom it. “In addition to these deadly drugs the rionjuror has a shock of milder. avengers on hand. All the men of these tribes are remankalble lonig distanoe runners. Rivalries and animusities spring up among them over trials of endurance and speed, and it often lizipâ€" pens that some over inabihed young brave will feel moved to square rthings with a victorious buck. As tho case is not thought extreme enough for mortal vengeance. the defeated. redâ€" skin will be content with cripplimghis adversary so as to inmlmcitabe him in the future. The oblilging v-onjuror ltlierewpon supplies a dose that will either permanently paralyze or stiff.â€" en the victim's limbs, but affect. no other (part. of his body. These medir icine men are undoubtedly the most exâ€" cmysterious poismiers in the â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"' DOGS AND BICYCLES. _ flow the Germans Will Fight the French Bicycle Riders. This bicycle is becoming so prominent. and in military manoeuvres. especially abroad, that means of defense against: these flying skirmishers are already be- ing devised. Theth soldiers haveboccirne es- pecially proficient in bicycle tactics, and seem by nature the best fitted to quick- ly learn the art of riding. lThese troops have scuirrived here zund there almig the frontier, covering immense distances in quick time without fatigue. Germany has rarefmlly noted these movements and does not intend to be taken unawares. The military auth- orities are training a thousand large dogs to drag bicycle soldiers from their wheels and otherwise annoy them. They are taught to attach; only riders dres- sed up in various military uniforms.‘ Alny mistake in mailing a friendly uniform is punished by a. severe beat- ing, and the animals soon learn whom to regard as enemies. It is difficult enough to propel a. wheel over a. rough oourntry. laden down with a. guln and. the other equip- ments of a. soldier, but to have to face a. pack of savage hounds in addition will at. least cause disorder in the sol- diers' column. This revolver mod the magazine rifle will help to equalize the struggle. but they are hard to handle on a wheel when the rider is taken una- wares. The bicycle scout who would have to make a (single-handed fight would stand small chances of success. The importance of a bicycle brigade in war times has been acknowledged by all of the leadiln‘g military authori- ties. A troop of Ulric kind can beeasily wheeled a. hundred miles a day, even on poor roads, w'hlillue the marching limit in only fifty.‘ As {scouts soldier-wheel- men are invaluable. The bicycle will keep the cotmmamder of an entire army in tcuidh with the movements of eac division. and can forestall to a large degree ainy sulrprilse om‘the part of the emmy. A distance that would mean death from exhamstian to a horse. can be easily accomplished on this Silent steed. Til]er is no feeding or stabling» necessary, and the dangers of being disâ€" covered by U116 weighing or untimely noise of a beast are) avoided by the sil- cube of rulbber tires. Vl’hether the ri: ht defense to the inâ€" sidious alttasks bhlese noiseless ens-- mics has been foumd in dogs must be proved by actual warfare. It is well known by experience that a pack of wolves are dangerous foes. They know onlly one desire, the extermination of their victims, and yet are filled with a contemptable fear. Dogs are of a better breed and still inherit such fierce instincts. . M CA DISlAPP‘OIlN ’l‘hTEN T. 001. Bibbles didn't stay long at the seashore, remarked one of the men who were sitting in front of the) drug store. No. He left the family there. But he got insulted and came home. L‘idn‘t he like it there? He says this place was very nice and Lumfortable. And he could have stood their habit of closing all the saloons on {-Lundziy if they hadn’t played a prac~ tical joke on him. He always was a sensitive than. Yes. And this time his feelings are worse hiurt than I ever knew them. to be before. He says it was the'mean- est trick that never was played on any- body. He was fieeli‘ng quite thirsty and gloomy when some of the family chanted to say something about a bar that was located a little way out in the ocean. The colonel didn‘t lose a minute. He went out and got a bath- ing suit and waded a quarter oil a mile in the blistering sun. only to‘ disâ€" cover that it was a sandbar. A GOOD CASE. Lawyer Aâ€"What do you think of tak- ing' Snowden's vase? He doesn’t seem to have much chance to sustain his al- legations, but he has lots of money he was; is willing to put into the trial. Como, what do you say? You have looked in'o the limiter. Has he a good case? Lawyer B.â€"I think we have. You say he has plenty of money. m SUM Will. cooling [leverages That May In, Prepared will: the ill“ or l'rult .lllil'l's. When the mercury ls not satisfied to remain at summer heat, but weeps up until almost. out of sight, there arises a mighty desire for cold drinksâ€"someâ€" thing cooling. refreshing and palatable. \Vitli the markets filled with tempting. juicy fruits, one need not be at aloss to have wholesome and refreshing )cv- erages always at hand. For a fruit temperance cup, cut. the yellow rinds from four lemons, very thin, and drop them in a large cartlu-n howl. Squeeze the juice from one dozen lemons onto the peel, and add two pounds of granulated sugar to the juice ; cover and let it stand over night. Into another bowl put. a. peeled and shredded pineapple and one quart. of small fruits. such as strawberries, cherâ€" ries and raspberries, taking about. an equal amount of each fruit. Cove." the fruit. with sugar and let it stand over night. In the morning crush thorough- ly the fruits and strain the liquid into the lemon syrup. Add one pint of freshly made cold tea and put the mixâ€" ture in a cold place for several hours. When it is desired for use add two quarts of iced water for this amount of fruit juices. Olmrgcd waters may be used. in place of plain iced water If they are liked. To make a refreshing summer drink. to two pints of water add one pint of granulated. sugar. Plate over the fire long_cnough to entirely dissolve the sugar; take it from the fire and. add to the syrup the juice from three fine lemons and the grated peel of one. the inside of one orange and one pineapple peeled and picked into pieces. Let the 11.- quid mixture stand until partly cooled and then strain through a coarse sieve. rubbing as much of the fruit through as possible; then place it where it; will become perfectly cold. At serving time add to the liquid 3. pint of ice-cold ap- ollinnris water. LAn excellent drink is made from rasp- berry juit-e. To one quart of fresh, perfect fruit add the juice of one lem- on and one tart orange. Bruise the fruit with a. spoon and add one pint of water. Let it stand two or three hours. Meanwhile dissolve threeâ€"fourths of a pound of granulated sugar in one quart of boiling water and let this beâ€" come cold. wa the fruit through a fine sieve and add it. ii) one cold syrup and serve with shaved ice in the glasses. Strawberries and currents may housed in the same way. only with the latter fruit more sugar is required. For a fruit lemonade put one and half pints of sugar into a saucepan with one quart of water. Place the pan over the fire and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Peel and grate one pineapâ€" ple. and add to this one banana. slicâ€" ed. hallf a cup of cherries. from which the stones have been taken. and the same quantity of grapes cut into halves and seeded. Add the prepared fruits to the syrup when it is taken from the fire. and when the mixture is cold add the strained juice of two oranr:es, half arpinlt of lemon juice and the same quantity of the juice from berries. When perfectly cold odd shaved ice and some water. Serve in glasses with a spoon. There are many desirable cold drinks that may he kept at hand which are not made of fruits. Iced chocolate is an especially good one. To prepare it put into a porcelainâ€"lined or granite ket‘ tle foutr ounces of finely powdered, un~ sweetened chocolate and six ounces of granulated sugar. Add one quart of we... ter and. when they are well mixed.plaoo the kettle over a moderate fire and al- law the contents to boil until the'll- quid is of the consistency of a think s nupi. Take. it. from the fire and stir t e mixture frequently while it is cool: ing. \Vhen cold flavor it. with vanilla extract and serve in tall tumblers part: ly filled with cracked ice, adding a can: plc of spoonfuls of whipped cream to each tumbler. 'l‘his chocolate syrup can be kept in glass- jars in a refrigerafap and will remain good for a long time, To make pineapple cheer. wash a ping: apple, peel the fruit. and then with lfi silver fork begin at the stem end and pick it into smull pieces. Put the pieces into an earthen dish and cover than} with powdered sugar. 'l‘éake the peels and put thorn in a saucepan With water enough to cover them and let them boil to RXl.I‘.fl"t the flavor. 'l‘hen strain the liquid through .’I fine sieve over the pi"k9d f‘nuit. Let this stand in a cold place several hours lls'fllY‘P adding a quarter of a. pound of sugar and a bottle of link. When these are well blended and it is tinm folr serving add onp bottle of seltzrir. Serve cracked ice in the glnsws. Wmmonrtrles are lie-st if the sugar is d'ssolved in the water by ill :iting them together. thuls making a syrup. This p-ro‘ess seems to give more consistency to the drink. 'l‘ho white of an egg bent: on ilL‘Z‘illl and mth to lemonade gives the drink inulrimont. A refrosli‘ne: drink is Real; tlic white ofnn egg light. Stir i.: to it three te:isii~,i;.iifuls of powderlfd sugar and tho juilm- of alemon. Boat well together and mill agill of rum with the S‘l'lll‘.’ qu-tntity of rich with. Partly fill a pitcher. holding about a quart. with (marked ice. and pour (hf; mixture over it. Add :i small bottle of Seltzer and it. is ready for use. A syrup may be conveniently kept at hand to die fotr Gu'roloning punvl‘Afi. lemonade and other drinks. It will re: main good a long time if kept where cool. To make it. exirurt the oil from the peel of half :1 down lemons by r1 h: ' bing them with out sugu‘. Squeeze t 1g. juice from the lemons and strain the juice over the lumps of sugar, Add flu. juice from six mung-cs .‘lllli five pnllnrlfi of cult sugar. Place those ingredient-i in all] a-gn‘tle olr porcelain lined kt'lli‘d with two quarts of water. and add a couple of blades of iiizice. .1 small pli’i'll of stick cinnamon. and four Chives. 'lml' made thus: SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MAN. w Somrlhlng About Liplon, Ilie Merchant Prince of London. Lipton's parents were poor. His fa.- i.her. Ihougli a wage Worker. was thrif- ty, and at the age of fifteen the son sailed away to America, as many an- other Scolchâ€"lrish Lad has (lone. to seek fortune in a new land. He sought it in the rice swamps of .50th Carolina. where for ll‘VO years he had experi- ence otf the maximum of work and the minimum of food and pay. He took pas- sage as a stowaway on a steamer from (‘harlmston for New York, and was al- lowed to shovel real on the voyage. He sought work and found it. barely living until he went back to Scotland. :1 man grown, seasoned by adversity but undaunted. Six months ago Lipton, while speakâ€" ing of. some of the new men in Eng- land said: " it's only eighteen years since i was standing behind the coun- ter waiting on customers." This was after the story had been circulated in London that he had sold out his tea business to a company for $9,500,000. He said the only foundation for the story was the fact that an of- fer had been made him to cell at. $12.- 000,000. The offer he had refused be- cause. as he said. the ten business was still in its infancy. The capital with which Lipton start- ed eighteen years ago was just £100, or $500 furnished by his thrifty parents. Any man who has been able during the past eighteen years to increase_acap- ibal of $500 into tens of millions in per- fectly legitimate business and by hon- est methods is not an accident. He must be presumed to have brainsâ€"to be shrewd. quick in action, fertile in re- sources, farsighted. courageous. self-re- liant, masterful; otherwise he could not do it. Lipton would probably pro- test against any such flattering attri- bution. but he would also probably ad- mit that he was A GOOD ADVERTISER. For his first invoice of provisions be selected the 'thO fattest hog-s in the . marketâ€"variable monsters. 1th were care‘iully cleaned and decorated and made 00 waddle slowly through the stu‘eets to the shop with the banner. "Liptcn’s orphans,” over them." The joke had one meritâ€"it succeed- ed. Other advertisements, backed by shrewdness and industry. helped it, and in a. very few years Lipton's business called folr the establishment of apaok- ing lent in Chicago, and he was one of this founders of the great packing business of South Omaha. It is less than ten years since he was invited to go into the Ceylon tea busi- mass by certain banks in London which had. been fumed to take over the plsn~ tations as afresult of business deprea< sion. They nained a. figure they were willing to take. Lipton packed his grip and booked passage on a P. and O, steamer for Australia. All names of pas- sengers are cabled forward. and he, knew that he would he expected at Syda ney. \Vhen the lsteamer stop d at (3)19 ombo he walked ashore. an before any one knew he was in Ceylon he had bought out the but not at their rice. He looked over the property, oa- led his terms and got the answer, “Can't you do my better for us than that f" " When I got that message." said he. ' 'I knew that I had the plantations on my own terms.” The growth of the Ceylon tea busw ideas has been in the line of British policy. and the plantations would now sell for ten times their cost ten years 9.30. r I. Lipton is not more than forty-one or forty-two years old. Like his tea business, he is in his infancy, and has his best years ahead of him. In per: son he is tall, straight and athletic- [ooking, always well dressed and well groomed, but in every way most un- assuming- THE FIRE-FLY. [low the Bright Light It Flames on g l‘rulllu-cll. Hundreds of these common, but in- teresting beetles now may be seen ev- an evening about 9 o'clock. as they leave their resting plates in hedges and in vines, and flush their lights. which are brilliant as stars. twinkling in twi- light. i 'By what process do they produce the beautiful flashes of light?" That. is a questinr frequently asked. and as entomological books fail to give asstâ€" lgfactolry reply, the following explan- ation may be interesting to our read- W8- I have made a special study of the light. and carefully examined the me- chanwsm of the illuminating segments in both male and female specimens. The light emitted. when tested by the spec~ .i‘oswpe,_gives a brilliant spectrum, which is continuous through all the colors from the red to the violet rays. The illuminating organs consist of distinct spherich cells. each one of which is about 1â€"2.000th part of an inch in diameter; and the beetle has power to illuminate one or many of those cells at will. producing light of (oi‘respomling intensity. The cells con~ tain a. fluid saturated with phosphor- us; and the tovering of the cell is so thin that atmosphere coming in Contact with them may affel't the contents. It has been suggested that the honâ€" ile produces thellusnes of light or ren- ders the phosphorus suddenly luminous by electricityâ€"by the injection of warm fillltiS or by fi'i'dion. But it is certain that the flash of light is made in run- othe-r way. We may clearly trace a connection between the spimr-los and trachea (spiral) air (tubes) of the lice- tle and each of the illu‘niinulinur cells, and find that the. little creiture ren~ (1913 the pliespliorus contained in flu? cells lumian iby forcing :iir lllmn them. The well; when thus exotml emit light from llvrlir surfs/'9. \Vu. may llIlll 210 the fll‘t of the beetle. by dissecting one and placing Hm illuâ€" niinziling oi'gin under a nliCrOSK-upt‘, covered by a thin gloss cover. When the cover is lifted so as to admit a litâ€" tleai‘r, the rolls liwcmne luminous. We may ‘(ll’l'i that the name “fire th-s rook Sum-1V over tho firoahout om. I fly " is a misnomer. as the “ lightning Quarter of an hour. Skim out the su'; ’07 and turn the syrup into baffles. W}; the syrup is cold cork the bottles. .liulr" is :1 i'riii- lu-ullp, Lemming in the nilural ordi-r vulnoptera, and in tho . family lampyridne. 'FAREELL Tll TURNADUES. hi. 'I'URPIN HAS FIXED UP A SCHEME T0 ANNIHILATE THEM. _. The Farmer». of the Western stains (‘an Now Reich-4- for lll(‘. “our of Their Deliver- nnco Is Now at Ilanil â€"â€" Just Built a Few ’l‘oworv. If we are to believe M. Turpin, of Paris, France, und as an invenufl‘ no one has a. greater reputation. we hood. in future dread little danger from oy- clones, tornadoes, hurricanes. 0r simi- lar atmospheric disturbances. For years M. Turpin has made this matter a spe- cial study with the object of devising some safeguard against. these destroy- ers. and now at last he claims to have attained this desirable end. To Americans his discovery will prove of special importance, as will be seen from his own words on the subject:â€" " This subject has occupied my atten- tion a long time.“ he says, “ and when- ever I read in the American papers about the frightful disasters wrought by cyclones my desire to discover an anâ€" tidote of safeguard :was redoubled. Well, I discovered one day the principle of what I my style the ‘ paratornado.‘ I at once submitted it to M. Faye, who is versed in such matters. and he said that it was highly ingenious. So Iwenl: chew, and in due time I construcbed the necessary apparatus. Right here lei: me say that my chief claim was to pro- vide America with‘some reliable' wea- pon against these frightful scour-gen. In Europe we occasionally have hurri- canes and waterspouits. but they are of trifling moment when compared. with the cyclones and the tornadoes of Ann-- erlca. An American town in the path of a. tornado is doomed. I have heard of a tornado which killed 750 persons. wounded 2,500, and which. at the same time, overthrew thousands of houses. FACTS ABOUT CYCLONES. " Now, this inevitable Scourge comes at: the some annual epochs and usually at the time of the equinoxes. During certain years and notably between 1888 and 1889. there have been as many as fortyâ€"four tornadoes. Yet, though their regular reappearance has been clearly established. no practical steps have been taken to avoid them. Ttrue, watcherl have been appointed in dangerous sea.- Sons to signal the approach of cyclones. and when they give warning the peo- ple went with their cattle into subter- ranean grotbos and thus escaped the fury of the tempest. Their dwellings, however, were wholly destroyed. Now any one using my system of defence can combat and overcome these enemies. .I claim. too. that any town using thll system can effwhuall protect itself against all future cyc ones. “ To understand my system, we must bear in mind that a cyclone is a formld- able wind of surprising swiftness which is bolrn in the Gulf of Mexico. and which goes in an absolutely invariable direc- ion. from the southwest to the north- east. The route of cyclones has never changed. It is not, however. the oy- clone itself which kills the people, tears up trees and destroys houses. These dis- asters are really caused by what may be called the epi henonieua which are produced in the earl; of this blast of wind. Such are the waterspouts or tob- nadoesâ€"that is to say, funnel shaped masses of water, the giiratory move- ment of which has an unheard of swift- [less of 200 metres 3, second. They are the real danger. 'I‘OIVERJS AS GUARDIANS. " \Vell. let us asaumo that a. town oa‘ city wishes to protect itself against these cyclones or tornadoes. What it must do is to build on the side from which cyclones approachâ€"remember they always move in the same direction â€"-a certain number of small metal tow- ers about forty metres in height and having on top cylinders filled With some extremely explosive material, such as melinite. Each of these cylinders must have six arms. at the end of which are to be fitted disks similah‘ to those used on railroads. These arms are controlled by bell springs. the resistance of which is superior to all other pressure ex- cept the terrible shock produced by tor- nations. “ When a tou'nadowmes it pushes the arms violently, and they. being displac- ed. bring into motion a little chain. the tractive power of which. located in the interior of the cylinder shatters a frag- ment or priming of fulminate. after the fashion of a. piece of artillery. The e!- plosivo lights and bursts. producing an enormous development of gas, which de- stroys and dispels everything around it. including the tornado. The water- spout is destroyed and dispersed, at least for the moment. It may form again further off. but at any rate the town will be saved. ____ } DAT TH’AT DiIlVFS FUR FISH. {Most cats are afraid of water, but the tabby massot that sails the seas on board Her Majesty’s ship Pallas, a, cruiser now at anchor in Boston Har- bor, is an exception. This cat has more of the habits of a. muskrat than of the animals of its own kind. From kib- telnhlood it has had a marked fondness for Water, and improves nearly every opportunity to swim and dive. Lilac all cats it likes the flesh of fish, and does not wait for the cook to serve it. lit has contracted the unique habit of divingr off the side of the vessel when- ever it wishes a fish dinner, and sel- dom comes to the surface without a. good-sized fish in its mouth. It. hunts its water game in much, the same‘ way that an ortliuiry out hunts mica. Crouching on the deck it peers ova: the side, re'uly to spring when its pro} swims along. and then dives with un- erring accuracy. This dislinctivel sai'b or cat is the pet: of the officers an crew and is regarded as the ship‘s mascot. Its fame has spread throughout For 3‘" ijesty’s realm. and crowds colle to -' fllkfil her antics wherever the 511171305 1 into port.