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Show MEANS HARD WORK OM BRAZILIAN A Excitement of Trying to Distinguieh Birds from Orchids in Run Through Flowery Paradise. MEN HAVE THEIR OWN TROUBLES IN WINTLih RAILROAD Thirty-fou- 8YNOPSIS. The story fie 1 I'hl sin 111 oil mi l tic with wlilcll uii-i- A l, an of slupvvrcik Aliwi OcntwIf'Vi1 I .mu W in-il.i--, iiisilifliiiiiiii, iiinl Tom l.l wire iiki jui Almiliiiil, tlllVt- - WITH tllKSi-l- l II led Island . l HI one, Mhicli grew nearest to tho sea Mttzd side of the cl. ft. "Here's our ladder.' mi said, "(let some tiiewond. Hound the bushes, lliiuu-.lk- , licroC you go pi king into III! II II ! : them. ill II' and were tin? urfy cni-imt lruMuit-dfrnm 11 iliiiHk-li- i Jil.j kr I II I HuII on lllllll, stupur. Hl.ikc, k ecsuxn f lii.s ruimlim-ss- , le rimii- - it tu rn la preserver of the pair. The CmrllKliii.nii w.ii suing fur the bund of Hina ltliike Hurled to swim ti.c'k i. Jo tbo slop in recover wliiit wux Bisks returned sulely. Wlntlirnpi wuxiec la lust m.Ttrli on it cigmvlle. l'nr wUleli ke Mils scored liy Hlake. Tlieir I'ixt nn'iil fuii it (lien lish. Tlie trio kmiiiiI a ten title hlkii for liifl.i-- l.md. Thirst lilaliii was compelled id tlii'in. on uei'oiint of w enri-eatarry Miss 1 taunted XVliii lirope. Tin y entered the jungle. Tlntl night w.im Tim next niniii-ui- g foliating liiiili In n tree. tlm open iigum.a tltey descended to All three constructed huts In shield from the win.' Tl.ey tln-feimte, tn I'ocoanuta, tlie only jmsuir.itde allowed n liking fur fiat but defeated hi rnnglinoss. ts-- ly established a I'onio in some cliffs. they fnu ml a fresh water sprint;. .Mm xiiiiniiou. Leslie fHeed an iinplena.int They planned their ciinipiiliiii. hia surveyor's iiiugiiifvir.g' gigs, tlma lnaurlng tire, lie sinned n jungle lire. s I : . i ger .she luul iikvndy iaeiirred. The Pre bad burn itself nut on bare bilge of rock bclccn lb. mi and the bill ibali, and the dumps of dry brush !ei slat ding in this end of (he cleft Men wry simg-siivof s'utkes. now tlmt Blake tool cubed at lent ion to the of tln-ipiesence. He laughed al Ins hesitating companions. "t!n on, mi on! Don't squeal till yoii'ie bit. Must snakes bike out. If you gr, u them lmif a chance. Take a stick cadi of you, and pound llm bushes. Thus urged, Imili started to work. Hut neither wnnircil into tint thicker dumps. When they returned, wiilt large urinfuls of sticks aud twlus, bis they found Hint Blake luul glass to light a handful of dry bark, out in the sun. and vs as nursing it Into a small ihe at the base of (be tree, Oil Hie side next tlie din. "Now, Miss Jenny." in directed, "youre to keep ibis going nut too big a fire inniersiand? Satin' filin' you can keep on fetching brush to fumigate your cal hole. Il needs it, all s i r r a. p.c-sc- ilieni-telve- , e CHAPTER IX. Continued. Blake pickeil a path along the edge of the till, where the moist vegetation, In hum. though scorcht'il, had After the first abrupt ledge, up whieh Ttlake had to drag hit companimii;, the ascent was easy, lint ax they clitnlied nmund an outfitting corner of the .it cep right wall of the cb.ft Bliiko mu tiered a curse of disappoint uu til. He could now see that the deft did tint run to the top of the cliff. 1ml iltviuigli it, liko a tiny hoy canyon. The sides rose sheer an: mix nub ns walls. Midway, at the hi", lien point of tho deft, the baobab towered high above the ridge crest, its gignnito trunk tilling, a third of the brxnilHi of Hie little gorge. Vnforl'itiaU ly it Stood cluse tn the left wall. "Here's luck for von;" growled Hlake. "Why couldn't the blauied old tree have grown on the other Milo? We might have found a way to climb It. C 5 ues well have to smoke oaf. another lvr mard. We're no nearer those birds nests than we were yes- terday. "By Jo vi, look here!" exclaimed klntfirope. This Is our fhanc for antelope! Here by the spring are bamboos real bamboos and only balf the thicket burned. "What of them?" demanded ltlake. "Hows arrows and did yon not agree that they would make knives? "Hinph we'II see. What is It, .Miss Jenny? "Isn't that a hole "Looks likn it. In the big t roe?" These baobabs are often hollow. "Perhaps that is where the leopard had Ills den, added Winihrope. "Shouldn't We'll wonder. go and see. "But. Mr. Blake," protested the girl, "may there not be other leopards?" "Might have been; but. I'll bet they lit out with the other. Look how the tree is scorched. Must have been stacks of dry brush around the hole, nougb to smoke out. a fireman. We'll look and see If they left any soup bones lying around. First, though, here's your drink. Miss Jenny. As he spoke, Blake kicked aside some smouldering branches und led the way to the crevice whence the spring trickled from the rock into a shallow stone basin. When all had drunk their fill of the clear cool water Blake took up his chili aud walked straight across to the baobab. Iass than 30 steps brought hint to the narrow opening in the trunk of the? huge tree. At first he could make out nothing in the dimly lit Interior; but the fetid, catty odor was enough to convince him that he had found lie leopards' don. He caught the vague int lines of a long body, crouched five or six yards away, on the far side of the hollow. He sprang back, hlx club brandished io strike. But the exported attack did not follow. Blake glanced about ax though considering the advisability of a retreat. Winthrope and Miss Iioslie The were staring at him, while-facesight of their terror seemed to spur bravado: though Ids him to dare-devi- l set Ions may rather have been dm! to fhc fact that he realized the futility of flight, and so rose to the requirements of the situation the grim need to stand and face the danger. he "(Jet behind the bamboos!" called, and as they hurriedly obeyed, be caught up a stone and Hung it in at the crouching beast. lie hoard the missile strike with a soft thud that told him he had not missed his mark, and he rwunt up h.s Club In both hands, (liven half a of chance he would stnm-- tho her the femalo as he had cru-b-'- d blinded male. One moment af'er another passed, and he stood poised for he shock, tense and scowling. Not so much us a snarl came from within. The truth Hashed upon him. Smothered! he yelled. The other saw him dart in through the hole. A moment later two litrp grayish bodies were flung out Into the open. Immediately after Blake reapr peared, dragging the body of the mutli-leopard. It's all right; they're dead!" cried Winthrope, sad he ran forward to look at tbs bodiva h May lie snakes lie-e,"Snake?-oh- !" tried Miss la-sllltd she H:. ml ilnuld.'ring at the dan- ridit." One Moment After Another Passed, and He Stood Poised for the Shock. Miss l,cslie followed, hardly loss curious. "Are they all dead, Mr. Blake? she inquired. "Wiped our whole family. The old cut stayed by her kittens, and all smothered ingot her lucky for iib! (Jet busy with those bambuos. Win. I'm skins, and the going In have tln-s- i sooner we gel the cult meat hung iiji and curing, the hotter for ns. Leopard meat again!" rejoined Winthrope., "Spring leopard, young und tender! What more could you ask? (let a move on you. "Can I do anything, Mr. Blake? asked Miss Leslie. "Hunt a shady ssit. "But I really m an It." "Well, if ihat's straight, you might if go on alutig the gully, und see there's any place to gel to the top. You could pick up sticks on the way back, if any are left. Well have to we fumigate this tree hole liefore adopt It for a residence." "Will ft be long before you finish with your with the bodies? "Well, now, look hen. Miss Jenny; It's going to be a mess, and I wouldn't mind hauling the carcasses clear down the gully, out of sight, if it was to be the only lime. Hut It's not, and you have got to get used to it, stone r or later. So well start now. "I suppose. If I must, Mr. ltlake Really, I wish to help." "timid. That's something like! Think you can learn to cook? "Sec wlmt I did litis morning." l.kike took the cord of coroamit fiber which site bold out. to him, ami tested Rs strength. he said. "Well, I'll lie This is something liko. If you don't look out. you'll make quite a camp-imt'Miss Jenny. Hut now. trot along. Tills Is hardly arctic weather, and our abattoir don't include it The sooner these plant. latnlx are dressed, the better." e. cold-storag- e CHAPTER X. Problems in Woodcraft. no pleasant sight Miss Leslie's gaze upon In-- retni n. Tie can hardly In1 iioaVst of buich-Titiformed aesthetic; and Blake ami VI:i-- t h tope lacked both skill and tools. the penknife and an iinpruv.i e I Made of bamboo, tlmy had flayed the two cubs and haggled off the lleili. The tugged strips, FpiUml on larh-.rods, were already seating in the fierco T WAS that met n sun-ray- Miss Leslie would have slip; ml iipn the hollow of the baobab wi'h Imr hut H'ake armful of fagots and lirtp-hwaved a bloody knife above the body of the mother leopard, and beckon) d the girl to come nearer. "Hold on a minute, please," ho said. "What did you find out? Miss Leslie drew a few steps near ; er, and forced lie! self to look at the levelling sight. She found It still more difficult to withstand the odor of the fresh blood. Winthrope was pale and nauseated. The sight of his distress caused iho girl to forget her own loathing. She drew a deep breath, and succeeded in countering Blake's expectant look with a "How well are you getting along!" she exclaimed. "Didn't think you could stand It. Kill you've got gill all right, if you are a Say. lady," Hlake suit! admiringly. you'll make li yet! Now, how alsuil the gully?" There is no place fo climb up. It tuns aloiig like this, ami then slopes down. Hut there Is a cliff at the end, as high as these walls. Hlake. muttered Twenty feel, "Confound the luck. It isn't (Hal Jump-off- ; hut how in how arc we going io get tip on tho cliff? There's an everlasting lot of omelet tes in those birds' nests. If only that bloomin' how's that, Win, mu b'y? that bloomin', blawsted baobab was on t'other side. The wood's almost soft as punk. We could drive in pegs, ami climb up the trunk. 'Then are other trees beyond It," remurked Miss Leslie. Thou maybe we can shin up " "I fear ihe branches that overhang the cliff are too slender tn hear any weight. "And it's too infernally high to climb up to this overhanging baobab limb." "I say. ventured Winthrope, "if wo bail an ax, now, we might cut up one of the trees, anil make a ladder. "Oh. yes; and IT mo had a ladder, Me might climb up flu cliff! "Hut, Mr. Hlake, Is there not some May In cut down one of the trees? The tieo Jisdf would lie a ladder If It fell in such a as to lean against tho cliff." an"There's only the penknife. swered Hlake. "So I guess well have to scratch eggs off our menu card Spring leopard for ours! Now, If you want to help, you might scrapo the soup hones nut of your boudoir, und fetch a lot more hiitsli. It'll take a big fire to rid the hole of that cat smell." "Will not the lice burn?" "No; these hollow baobabs have ecu b: i k on tho Inside ns well as cut. Fui. ny tiling, lhal! We'd have o :i( Pro gnim; a lung time to hum l,"nii; b. Vrllt Win'd bum In time?" "Yes; but vtj'n nut going "Tiicu why not burn through ihe in;: !i of one of tltosi; small trees, instead of t Imppip:; 1; down?" gy, you've got "By berk, Vp-- t Como on. tn Anil rii'in 1 l a l, ::orie:r mis f.et the thiir; s'arled, the hi Ber." NVMicr Will1 lire; i imr Miss Leslie was i,'.'iu-,,,- iiif to Mil vo the vicinity of I le cart a sses. Hey Mlowd Close after Kkike, aciuii.d Hie mou:. irons bole of tie! baobab. A little il stood a group of slender trees, whose trunks averaged eight Inches st ihe base. Hlake slopped at the second half-smil- lx-o- to" J.--- j . Will lad that lie rather too much for Miss Leslie?" asked Winthrope. "Well, If site'll inilicr conic and rub brains mi i!u skins, Indian tan, you kmiM, or " How can you nieiiiion no it h things before a lady?" ptutes'eil W'lutbropu "Hog your puidtui. Miss Leslie! you sec, I'ni not Hindi used to belies coni puny. Anyway, you've got to S"e and bear nhmii ilieso things. Ami now I'll have to get tint strings fur Wins bamboo bows, ('(mill on. Win. We'vo got that old tabby to peel, and a lot more besides." Miss Leslie's first impulse was In against being left alone, when at any moment, some awful venom-r.u- s set peni might conic darting at her ogt of the brush or the crevices In fhe rocks. Hui her lialf partcd lips drew firmly together, and after a moment's hesitancy, she forced herself to iltt task which had liccn assigned Iter. The lire, once started, required little attention. She could give must of her ilnte to gathering brush for the fumigation of the leopard den. She bad collected quite a heap of fuel at. the entrance of the hollow, when she remembered Hint tin place would first have to lie cleared of Its of bones. A glance at her companions showed iluit they were in the midst of tn.-k-s oven mini revolting. It was eertaiiily disagree, able to do such things: yet, as Mr. Blake had said, others had to do tlteia. It wns now her (line to learn. She could see him smile at her hesitation. Stung liy the thought of his half contemptuous pity, she caught up a forked slick, ami forced herself to en. ter the The stench met her like a blow. It nausea t ed am! all Imt overpowered her. She stood for several iiioini'iits in tin center of the cavity, rick and faint. Hail it been even the previous day. sin would have mn out Into the iqien air. a little inure Presently she to the stem-li- , and b"gan to rake over the soft, dry mold of The den floor Mith her forked stick. Hones! who had ever dreamed of such a mess of bones? big bones and II t le bones ami skulls; old bnes. dry and almost buried; midd.v bones; with bits of Imncs still ficsli and gristle the remnants of the leopard familys last meal. At last all were seraped out find flung in a heap, three or four yards away from the intrauro. Miss Leslie looked at. tlie result of her labor with a satisfied glance, billowed by a sigh of relief. Between the heat and her unwonted exorcise, sin was groat ly fatigued. She slopped around to a shadier spot to rest. With a stall sin remembered the tree-cave- as queer. 1ml nrfle In three hours as express train strikes one itiit ie tlie regular sched nit between Sao 1nulfi, Brazil, and Kautos. Incidentally the mail descends S.ilu1) bet in those mile. Tito time Mould ho better Imt for tlie fact Hint a part nf tlie traversed liv a cable Mhicli is deliberation itself. It was nBglnnlly planned to make i In road all steam, but according Io tlie American consul at Siintns the mule, mat) submitted looked ton much like by the ctigini-ertin ice after a figure skating ciintesi. The sliickliolilei's protested and got. tin cable section. "Hut no one save a matt laic for bis sicatuer," says a " filer in the Travel Magazine, "is Justified in complaining of the hIom--ss of tlie cnlile division. You skirt on ifailucts, cliffs tlmt would he liars ami forbidding In other latitudes, but vvhuh here lift tn mill lung Malls of lerilant tapestries. "You Mind through gorge amid a reckless riot of tropical vegetation that easts a gredi light like that of an ice cuvern und sets you plamiiiiK In conic hack on foot the next tiny io explore at yuttr leisure Mu leafy vista opening to right aid left and revealing tantalizing glltnpsf-of tlieir ileMy depths.? You see a glint id color on a limit of a gaunt pula tree, in the Identical spot where a cluster of bright polished parasitic looking leaves leads you to believe there should be an orelild, und Mhile yen still bold It with your eyt down it ibiiter with a wild scream. Yon pelt a pack of curds at n bird perched a few feel front tlie track on a rotten stump and discover an later tlmt you have dealt to a dummy In Ihe form of a flower more splendid tlm it you ever dreamed (lower could lie. Then you become so of absorbed in the classlfleation nrehiil birds and litrd orchids (hut only the lituely jerk your seat companion saves yon from give your being guillotined by a half fallen down Inmgli Hint comes along lie car windows. "Tills short bit of eoinpoKilc railroad running down from Hau 1aulo to Santos Hirour.il scenery lovely enough to wnrruiil its acquisition by a fairy Fy'iiilit-nli- i for subdivision Into Titan iu's bn w ers is Hu artery through Mhicli Hows nearly the whole coffeo output, of Brazil, morn than half of Hie world's supply. This in the'OOd often amounted to over 10,000,000 bags a year, In excess of 25,000 bags a day. 1 Ituuniiig a railroad at any season the je.ir is far from child's play. Kii'ii m hen skies -- nV are fair Hnd tracks clear there Is a ileal of Murk about keeping tlie linndivdx of and thousands of cars licit fit) to make up t'..e Milling slock of any lino Ilf conIII o v sequence lug huftimiilimsly. 1 s lnum-hoim- Then an silted-lilethat must III uhsen eil, lull) till' s Hoiking out of m hu h enter countless details and upon tlm failure of tiny uni! of them hinges disarrangement of the rulin' order of things, delay, po:.Mile loss of properly. and not inlreqiienl ly sacrifice of human lilt. U licit a severe m inter comes upon the scene tie troubles of summeriluu1 seem us limiting, mid railroad luen urn confronted l,y problems mIiosc solution requires tin' utmost ligilanee ami a high degree of exci-uilvability. 'I liey lime I at one tiling (o eep the trains miming, aud run iliem just tis close to the original schedule ns po.'sihli. And it Is In living up to this requirement that they encounter dlliicultii-of Mhicli the pubilo g iioraJiy knows nothing, ami ri inly cares less. Admit tedly, nothing Is more aggravating than having to wail for a train, unless It might lr rushing excitedly uni to tho station gale Just in time (o ne I In Iasi coach disap-,in- r in tin divtanc? ami learn that you Mere sium "0 seconds late. Hut if travilers knew tin1 labor involved la keeping tilings moving even in u sei mltigly crralic manner they Mould take it move charitable view of the t, ml marvel that tlie men entrusted M'itli Mil task siieci eil in doing so well as liny manage to. I'ntiHngem-iethat caiiiiut la aniicl-piiteor guarded against arise In a single moment, causing confusion lrnin one end of a division to the other. A llaiigo on a wheel to a heavily loaded freight car breaks and a half dozen cars arc ditched, tying up all traffic in at lenst one direction and playing havoc M'ilh schedules until fhc wrecker has been hurtled to the spot and the road cleared, A hot Journal und they occur even In zero weather may necessitate stopping a train ottl In the open country, and one man hurrying lorMutrd and another back fmm Hie train, regardless of Mind or weather, to guard against tho possibility of collision, while c'lier members of the crew remSome part of the edy the illltirulty. locoiiiiiiive may go Mixing, making ami lemiMirary repairs imperative blocking traffic until tho etigini Is once imili! in shape io proceed. Trains from oilier roads may he lale at ronnerliiig points the chance for delay are practically unlimited, ami each presents a problem that must lie met anil settled In Its own peculiar wny according to the needs of the occasion, never for an instant losing sight of the fact that the entire division is directly involved in tho settlement. do-k- ap-p- a po.-Ml- s s I Sprinkler for Railroad Bridges. As Is well known, very often in tho dry season a railroad bridge or trestle 1 destroyed by fire from the engine or a train or from some other source, tn order to avoid this a railroad in Oregon has pul a sprinkler on one of Trestle Protected from Fire. it trexilt'K which keeps off tho danger. It is In the form of a pipe which runs tlie rail length of the structure hoi ween the tracks, having at short apart hole from which the iHkIhiu-c- Railroad Claims. Represen I a lives of the claim department!! id Fume or the big railroads vnr- - lihire tin houxe enminitiee on ln;ei-iaiami foreign rnminerce testified that (me of tlii-n- i lnt year lie settled claims aniouiiiiiiK to more than a million doll.irs against Ills road. isn't It. a fact," asked Representative Townsend (Rep., Mich.) "that some roads never pay a claim until they have to? "Yes, it is," Rilinllied H. L. Calkins, claim ngi nt of trio New York Central rail roail. "lint ilmr sort is getting less ill The lime. The railroads art begin-'Into realize that Hu sooner a claim s paid the belter It Is for limit the md and the claimant." lhal occasitnially Mr. Calkins the roads were asked to pay damage on freight never reeelveil or impropfire. When she r ached it there were erly hflhil or invoiced. "I remember one claim for valuable only a few dying embers Wt. She oil paintings,' Hint had I of leaves dead and shreds gathered our road as 'rahlik skins,'" he over iibtons inner bark, and knelt 111. the diil coals tn blow them into lltu. s;t She could not r the thought of havGuatemalan Railroads. to ing to confess her carciessneas Hlake. There ure over I'rl mil s of railroad i TH BK COVJ'INrr.D.i ion in (imuci'jiiln, and now in are In prospect vuiifiu exit Drudgery in the Kitcnen. . tlie huild There One of these t tmlempbiit The path of progre.-- i lx u line from on Mm id li.:; woman lx no mtu't; rea-fthe why in iiiutb-ri- i rivili.uiitui should t'rub Non in ru railroad, id. out one hundred and tx ok and darn ami dm I limn Hero mih.'s i mil tlm sea, to Sun'a Ann, on norMjwesteni frontier of Salvador, Is why then ibintx si.'uiM lu dom ri where il will collect wbh the Hiiileh Imof nt men. Tin devckipin by already built, snd i hereby proved macliii.ery and I!1 growth of rriiroatl thof wi'h ctpltal of Salvador. labor saving devices of a!l kinds will coffee now grown in that republic tl of tin obviate doing nenusity finally llie.--t tbiii"X each day la each hnuit! will thus fid an outlet to the Atlanwldeb it 1ms long h'oii in tired, through the luvl. Co operation, which tic ofH and is highly proha hie Mint l ha hulk to a as we .urc greet l:ir:ilut; lud ort trade to Salvador will of the frbu d. will (ivireo'iii! Hu drudgery also lie conducted along this route.- aud n.ake Hie bf of a woman os ami evcuHiil as that c( the Sclent ihe: American. man. Nearing anil Wabon In "Economics." All American Built. i rali- of tho Chinese locomotives Ilflp us to ronicinlii r that grestef roads are like the rest ul the rolling than any church or weed is kindness stock, American built. Hater util In sprays, thus keeping the lire from gaining any headway. Thu 1'aihtinder. gn-M- cii-u- e Grinding Tire Easy Matter. If an itiglnt-etriee to stop e too quickly Ills wheel an likely to slif Tlmt. lx likely to mean and spin, grinding a tire. Thou steel tires art expensive, and the possibility ot grinding a tire flat Is the bane nf the lift of th engineer and fireman (iriridniK a wheel, even to the thickness of n will start it tc pounding. i Tlie st danger to the wheel is in applying ihe stir too quickly ant) trying to stop tlx train too suddenly You watcli and yon will notice that lot id time an engineer will let hi? train run past the station and applyto lock ing the emergency brake-stoA sadder, tin brake shoes instantly. application of the brakes usually iiieatiH that tlx1 wheels will slip on th rails, ti'ttl when a locked wheel slip it Is almost certain to make the tire llal. (Iriinliug a (ire often means .10 days for the engineer. r hulf-coverc- gn-.ut- g le-a- Will A new s cb-ur- Zm-ap- I r a run for tin Many Difficulties in Keeping Trains to Schedule Time Contingencies That It la Impossible for Officials to Foresee. of RAILROAD i ; Open Up Rich Country. railroad company has been organized In build a line from Tozlit Han, Mate of JMieliln, through the state of Yt ra Cruz., to lint port of Xanlla The $j,r,iiii.(nn) gold rapital has all Tilt linn will deLoci xnlisiTihotl. velop a r gliui rich In fruit, sugar, coffee, oil, etc., it ml the freight on the let-- . on trade ahum will pay thu 1 im s of tlm re td. A brunch lino will ubo ba n;i:a"d belvvtcn Ihipanlia und M bin in In. 1 Oldest Wabash Engineer Dead. Junit's Clark, the oldest engineer os the Wiibarh, died recently at Moberly, 1" Cnmlirtdge, EngMo. llu was D"1-!-. Ho entered 17, January land, the servlc of the North Missouri I now thn W'Hbaeh) road when he went m Moberly, and was made an engineer lrn in Dil. |