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MAIWA'S REVENGE ? ? oit ? m ALLAN QUATERMAIN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE B H. RIDER HAGGARD. Author of"W "Kimg Solomon', Mtnrt," Etc. CHAPTER VIIL 13 Continued. "Then, of course, be guessed that I had had something to do with your seizing the kopple and holding It while the Itnpi rushed tbe place from the mountain, so he determined to torture me to dea Ji before help could come. "Oh, heavens, what a mercy It Is to hear English again!" "How long have you been a prisoner here. Every?" I asked. "8ix years and a bit, Quatermala; I have lost count of the odd months lately. - "I came up hero with Major Aldey and tbrce other gentlemen and forty bearers. . "That devil AVambc ambushed us and murdered the lot to get their guns. 'They weren't much use to him when be got them, being breech-loaders, for the fools fired away all the ammunition In a month or two. "However, they are all in good or der. and hanging up in the hut there. "They didn't kill me, because one of them saw me mending a gun just be fore they attacked us, so they kept me as a kind of armorer. "Twice I tried to make a bolt of it, but was caught each time. "Last time Wambe had me Cogged very nearly to death; you can see the scars on my back, "Indeed. I should have died if it hadn't been for the girl Maiwa, who curved me by stealth. "He got that accursed iron trap among our things also, and I suppose he has tortured between one ?nd two hundred people to death with it. "It was his favorite amusement, and he would go every day and sit and witch his victim till be died. "Sometimes he would give him food and water to keep him alive longer, telling him or her that he would let them go If he lived to a certain day. "But he never did let them go. "They all died there, and I could show you their bones behind that rock." "The devil!" I said, grinding my teeth. "I wish 1 hadn't interfered. I wish I had left him to the same fate." "Well, he got a taste of it, anyway," said Every. "I'm glad he got a taste. "There's justice in it, and now he's gone to a place where I hope there's another one ready for him! "By Jove! 1 should like to have the setting of It!" And so lie talked on. and I sat and listened to him, wondering how he had kept his reason for so many years. But he didn't talk as 1 have told it, In good English. He spoke very slowly, and as though he had got something in his mouth, continually using native words, be cause the English ones had slipped his memory. At last Xnla came up and told us that food was made ready, and thankful enough were we to get it, I cau tell you. After wc had oaten we had a consul tation. Quite a thousand of Wnmbe's sol diers were put hors de combat, but at least two thousand remained hidden In the bush and rocks, and those inen, together with those in the outlying krnals, wore a source of possible dan ger. The question arose, therefore, what was to be done; wore they to be fol lowed or left alone? I waited until everybody had spoken, some giving one opinion and some an other, and then, being appealed to, I gave mine. It was to the. effect that Nala should take a leaf out of the great Zulu T'Chako's book and Incorporate the tribe not destroy it. We had a good many women among the prisoners. Let them. I suggested, be pent to the hiding places of the soldiers and make an offer. If the men wculd come and lay down their arms and declare their allegiance to Nala. they and their town uud cat tle should be sparej. Wnmbe's cat lie alone would be seized ? s the prize of war. Moreover. Wambe having left no children, his wife, Malwa should be declared chleftalness of the tribe, un der Nttlo. If they did not accept this offer by the morning of t lie second day. it should bo taken ns a declaration that they wished to continue the war. Thiit- town should be burned, their cattle. which our men were already collecting and driving in in groat num bers. would bo taken, and they would bo hunted down. This advice was at once declared to be wise, and acted on. The women were dispatched, and I saw from t licit* faces that they never expected to r.'ot such terms, and did not think that their mission would be In vain. Nevertheless, we spent that aflor noon in preparation against possible surprise, and also In collecting all the wounded of both parties Into a hospital which we extemporised out of some huls, nnd there attended to them a# best we could. That evening poor Every had the first pipe o tobacco that he had tasted for six yofcrs. Poor follow, ho nearly cried with joy ?v$r Iff The night passed without aujr sign of 4llftck, and os the following morning \ ? we began to see the effect of our message, (or women, children, and a few men cami In tn little knots, and took possession of their taunts. It was, of course, rattaer difficult to prevent our men from loctlng, and generally going on as natives, and, for the matter of tbst, white men, too, are in the habit of doing after a victory. But one man who, after warning, was caught maltreating a woman, was brought out and killed by Nala's or der, and though tbe^e was a little grumbling that put a stop to further trouble. On the second morning the headmen and numbers of their followeds came in in groups, and about midday a depu tation of the former presented them selves before us without their weap ons. They were conquered, they said, and Warn be was dead, so they came to hear the words of the great lion who had eaten them up, and of the crafty white man, the jackal who had dug a hole for them to fall in. and of Malwa, Lady of .War, who had led the charge and turned the fate of the battle. 80 we let them bear the words; and when we had done an old man rose and said that in the name of the people he accepted the yoke that wan laid upon their &houlders, and that the more gladly ttecause even the rule of a woman could not be worse than the rule of Wambe. Moreover, they knew Maiwn, the Lady of War, and feared her not, though she was a witch; and terrible to see in battle. Then Nala asked his daughter if she was willing to become chleftainess of the tribe under him. Maiwa, who had been very silent since her revenge was accomplished, answered yes, that she 'was. and* that her rule should be good and gentle to those who were good and gentle to her, but the forward and rebellious she would smite with a rod of iron, which, from my knowledge of her char acter. I thought exceedingly probable. The headmen replied that that was a good saying, and they did not com plain at it, aud so the meeting ended. Next day we spent in preparation for departure. Mine consisted chiefly in superin tending the digging up of the stockade of ivory tusks. which I did with the greatest satisfaction. There were some five hundred of them altogether. I made inquiries about it from Ev ery. who told me that the stockade had been there so long that nobody seemed to exactly know who had originally collected the tusks. There was. however, a kind of super stitious feeling about them, which had always prevented the chiefs from try ing to sell this great mass of ivory. Every aud I examined it carefully, and found that although it was so old, Its quality was really as good as ever, and there was very little soft ivory in the lot. At first I was rather afraid lest, now that my services had been rendered, Nala should hesitate to part with so much valuable property; but this was not the case. When I spoke to him on the subjcct he merely said: "Take it, Maeumazahn, take it? you have earned it well." And to npeak the truth, though I say it who shouldn't, I think I had. So we pressed several hundred Matu ku bearers into our service, and next day marched off with the lot. Before we went I took a formal fare well of Maiwa, whom we left with a bodyguard of 300 men to assist her in settling the country. She gave me her hand to kiss in a queenly sort of way. and then said: "Maeumazahn, you are a brave man, and have been a good friend to me in my need. "If ever you want help or shelter, re member that Maiwa has a good mem ory for friend and foe. "All I have is yours." And so I thanked her and went. She certainly was a very remarkable woman. A year or two ago I heard that her father Nala wss dead, and that she had succeeded to the chieftainship of both tribes, which she ruled with great Justice and firmness. I can assure you that we ascended the pnss leading to Wainbe's town with feelings very different from those with which we had descended it a few days before. Hut if I was grateful for the Issue of events, you can easily imagine what poor Kvery's feelings were. When we got to the top of the pass he actually, before the whole Imp!, flopped down upon his knees and thanked heaven for his escape, with tenrs running down his fr.ee. But then, as I have said, his nerves were shaken; though now that his beard was trimmed, and he had got some sort of clothes 011 his back and hope In his heart, he looked a very different man from th^ poor wretch whom we had rescued from death by torture. Well, we separated fron Nala nt the little stairway or pn?s over the mount ain, Every and I aud the ivory going down the river vhleh we bad come up a few weeks before, aud the chief re turning to his own krnal on the farther side of thj mountain. lie gar'c ua fed escbfl of lto men, howtrer, with instruction* to iccWh pany as for six days' journey, and k??p the Matuku bearer* in order, and then return. I knew that In atx day* we should be able to reach a district where porters were plentiful, and whence we could ?a*Hy get the irory conveyed to Dela ?oa Bay. "And did you land it up safe?*' I asked. "Well, no," ssid Quartermaln, "we lost about a third of. it crossing a river. "A flood came down suddenly. Just as the men were crossing, and many of them had to throw down their tusks to save their lives. "We bed no mesns of fishing it up, and so we hsd to lesve it, which was very sad. "However, we sold whst remained for nesriy seven thousand pound*; *o we did not do so badly. "I don't mean thst I got seven thou sand pounds out of it, because, you see. I insisted upon Every tsklng a half shsre. "Poor fellow, he had earned it, if ever a man did. "He aet up a store .n the old colony on the proceeds, and did uu commonly well." "And what did you do with the lion trap?" asked 8ir Henry. "Oh, I brought that away with me, also, and when I got to Durban 1 put It in my house. "But really I could not bear to sit opposite to it at nights as I smoked. "Visions of that poor woman and the baud of her dead child would rise up in my ?''Ind. and also of ?he other hor rors of which it had Leeu the instru ment. "I began to dream ~t last that I. had me by the le*,. "That was too much for my uerves, so I packed it up and shipped it to its maker iu Sheffield, whose name was stamped upon the steel, sending him a letter at the same time ,to tell him to what purpose the infernal machine had been put. "I ^believe that he save it to some museum or other." "And what became of the tusks of the three bulls which you shot? "You must have left them at N'ala'a kraal. I suppose." The old gentleman's face fell at this question. I "Ah," he said, ''that Is a very sad story. [ "Nala promised to send them with my goods to my agent at Delagoa, and so be did. "But the men who brought then were unarmed, and. as It happened they fell iu with a slave caravan un der the command of a half-breed Por tuguesc, who seised the tusks, aw] what is worse, swore that he had shoi them. "I paid him out afterward, however,'' he added, with a smile of satisfaction, ?"but it did not give me back my tusks, which no doubt have long iigo beeo turned into hair brushes." And he sighed. "Well, ' said Good, "that Is a capital yarn of yours. Quatermain, but " "But what?" lie asked, sharply, for-1 seeing a draw. "But I don't think it was *o good as mine about the ibex? it hasn't the same finish." Mr. Quatermain made 110 reply. ' Good was beneath It. "Do you know, gentlemen." ho said "it is 2.30 in the morning, and If we are going to shoot the bis wood to-mor row, we ought to leave here at 0..'W) sharp." ' Oh, If you shoot for a hundred years, j'ou will never heat the record of those three woodcock." I said. "Or of those three elepuants," added Sir Henry. And then we all went to bed. and 1 dreamed that I had married Mnlwa, and was much afraid of that deter mined lady. f The End.] Logical. When a small hoy recently asicet. what was meant by the Darwinian theory, he was greatly shocked by the statement that many people believed that monkeys were the ancestors of man. "But that cannot be." he re peated, many times in dismay, evi dently searching for a more satisfac tory answer to this startling theory. Finally his face lighted up at the dis covery of a conclusive argument against it. "Don't you see." he ?ald, "eomo day we shall be ancestors, nnd we're uot monkeys!"? Harper's Maga zlne. A Ulnnor. The bosom of n mallard duck stewed down until there are no Juice* going to -waste, n baked potnto nbout the size of ft goose egg, two slices of Bos ton brown bread right out of the oven and spread with bulter that has no nthletlc reputation, a spoonful of rasp berry Jelly, a cupful of Young Hyson of moderate strength, a piece of pumpkin pie. man's size, ntul you have a dinner that ought to keep you In goo:1 humor until curfew rings.? Nebraska State Journal. Rpok* niirfiprellall; of Kal?er. A Berlin butcher unnr.-d Klsker hat been sentenced to six months' Impris* on men t f<*r having spokci disrespect fully o' the Kaiser. The f.ft Mint the cflVnso *v:js ?otnniltifd ti vee years ngo had uo weight with tf? Jurige. Infor* .nation was glren to the police agalnsl the butcher by rt former friend, with whom he had quarreled. The Kflisei t?kes a more lenient view of lesc ma Jeste than his Judges, and has frequent ly annulled sentences which they havt pnsfod on his subjects for this offense. Hot Patented. An old French womau, exasperated by the continunl boasting of h (laugh ter-in law who considered that her own children were the flnett and befct tht Bon Dleu ever made, exclaimed on? day to a friend: ."Really one would tblnk that Attfele had Invented uiatet' PREMIUMS fOR YIELDS Premium list Committee Makes Im portant Announcement for the Farmer*. At a recent meeting of the prem ium list committee of the State Agri cultural society it was decided to of fer prizes for the largest yields of the different crops on one acre and the following schedule was made up. particulars of which may be obtained from the secretary at Columbia, S. C. For the largest yield of corn, oal?, rye, sweet potatoes, cowpca hay, al-| falfa hay or cotton, one acre of land, during 1907. Farmers wishing to compete for these prizes .should notify the secre tary now, so that full information may be sent and the entry mad2. ! Later on the rules may be complied with and the decision will be made by the judges at the next fair, or later, as the harvest is completed. It is the especial aim of the society to pro mote the growing of more cereal crops in the State and the production of laurrer yields per acre, and tb<; society hopes there will be a number of contestants for caeli prize, because the data will be published for the benefit of the whole State and will be widely distributed. Free Delivery for Newberry. Newberry, Special. ? That free mail delivery for the city of Newberry is near at hand is no longer in doubt The authorities a short time back I promised that 'as soon as the post oflice receipts amounted to us much as $10,000 for one year and that the streets were pioperly named and the houses numbered the system would be installed. On the 20th inst., the re ceipts for the Newberry office had reached $10,200, with several days to come to complete the year. Si: within a few months this city will l>c enjoying another convenience alon:* the line of progress with the othci progressive cities ol' the State. Marion's Civic League. Marion, Special. ? At the recent an nual meeting of the Marion Civic league the following oflicers were elected to serve the ensuing year: President, Mrs. C. A. Woods; vice president, Mrs. Mabel Montgomery; secretary, Mrs. 11. Bick. Mrs. Wood lias been president of the orgnization lor several > cars, and her a Juiiuist ra tion has been a marked success. Sho has been untiling in her efforts to carry on the great work of the league, and its achievements in the line of civic improvement arc wonderful. Whose Pistol Was it? Aiken, Special. ? On Friday night Mr Buck Jordan had a very narrow escape. He came down from Cor bett 's boarding house on Park aven ue, and just as he got upon the side walk he shook an overcoat, which he carried in his arm, causing a large 44 calibre pistol to fall therefrom. Upon hitting the pavement the pistol was discharged, the hall going through bis leg and lodging in a sign hoard above him. He stated that he was not aware of the pistol in the pocket, as the coat was not his. Bishopville Town Election. Bishopville, Special. ? At the gener al municipal election in Bishopville for town officers, the folowing were releetcd without opposition to serve the town for another two years: Mr. J. Kdd Stuckey, mayor; Messrs. J. I). Hill, W. K. Scarborough, .las. A. DuKant, W. M. Reid, A. M. Lee and ?J. W. Davis, aldermen. Mr. .1. M. Heamon was also elected commis sioner to fill the place made vacant by the resignation of Mr. W. K. Crosswell. Constable for Atken. Aiken, Special. ? Mr. Musco Sam uels lias been appointed dispensniv constable by Gov. Ansel for Aikeii county. Tbe sahnv of the constable is $2 per (lav and actual expenses. It is understood that he has accepted. Negro Kiled at Bishopville. Bishopville, Special. ? Capers Rem* bert stabbed and instantly killed .Jed Friday at Mohock, a negro section in this town, Sunday night. Both of the parties are colored. It seems from the reports that Capers Keinbert was (or friednly with Friday's wife, which was the cause of the trouble. Sherifl Muldrow immediately arrested Rem* bert and safely lodged him in jail. Tuberculosis Congress. (Jov. Ansel has appointed the fol lowing delegates to the American Anti-Tuberculosis congress, which meets in Atlantic City on June 1: Drs. George R. Dean, Spartanburg; \V. II. Nardin, Anderson; Dr. O. B. Mayer, Newberry; J. 11. Mcintosh Columbia; Joseph H. Karle. Green* ville; Manning Simmons. Charleston; A. H. Patterson, Barnwell; Theodore D. Croft, Aiken; S. C. Baker, Sumter; John \Y. Corbet t, Camden; R. L Kdwanls, Darlington; T. K. MeSwain. Bingham; .1. L. Napier, Blenheim; F. il. McLeod, Florence. Another New County. Mr. Jennings of Branchville was ir Columbia to consult with the gover nor as to the requirements for ap plying for a commission on propos ed new county. Mr. Jennings state that an effort will lie made within ?i few weeks to have Gov. Ansel ap point a commission and order ar election for a new county to be com posed" of parts of Gfangeburg, 'Colic top and Dojr.hester bounties. ' \ i , * ? ?'??k . ..? i ; ? SOUTHERN ? FAR* * JtOTES. TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCK MAM ANO TRUCK (HOWE** When Fertilisers Should Be Applied. As a general rule, which has but lew exceptions, the greater part of the fertilizer should be applied to the *?U b?'ore planting the crop it Is In tended to benefit. This rule Is not only in accord with theoretical con siderations, but la also abundantly sustained In actual practice, aa shown by carefully conducted field experi ments instituted for the express pur pose of ascertaining the truth, says Hon. R. J. Redding, Director Georgia Experiment Station. Department of Agriculture, In Vlrginia-Chrollna Fertiliser Almanac. The theory underlying the rule Is the fact that most of the ingredients composing a commercial fertilizer are not immediately . soluble and available, but must undergo' certain chemical changes in the soil before the plant food will be In the proper condition to be taken up by the roots of the plants. This Is particularly true in regard to salts of potash, and in a less degree to acid phosphate. It is a fact also, that some forms of potash, notably kalnit. cause chemi cal changes in the condition of the plant food already present in a soil, whereby the before insoluble and non-available plant food already in the soil becomes available. - The organic substances which are largely used in the make up of com mercial fertilizers for the purpose of supplying nitrogen to the plants such as cottonseed meal, dried blood, fish scrap, tankage, etc., also require time In which to undergo chemical decomposition and such change of form as will enable the roots to ap propriate the nitrogen. Even sul phate of ammonia, a highly soluble chemical salt, which sometimes en ters into the composition of a fertil izer In a very limited amount, must undergo a complete chemical decom position in the soil before the plants can make any use of the nitrogen which it contains In the form of am monia sulphate. This must be con verted into nitrate or nitrate of lime. Nitrate of soda is the one chemical fertiliser salt that is immediately available, producing , a very prompt effect when applied to a growing crop (and It should be applied to none other) . Acid phosphate and potash may be applied to the soil and bedded on from two to six weeks before plant ing time. It is claimed by some ex perts that potash salts may be ap plied with better results even sev eral months before planting. A more practical and convenient rule, how ever, is to apply a complete fertilizer from one to three weeks before planting the crop, when the latter Is a corn, cotton, tobacco or other sum mer growing crop, always taking care to mix the fertilizer thoroughly with the soil of the open bedding fur row in which it shall be applied and then "listing," or throwing two fur rows on it. Experiments on the farm of the Georgia Experiment Station, project ed for the purpose of comparing on the one hand the effectiveness of a complete fertilizer applied two weeks before planting, and. on the other hand, the effectiveness of the same quantity of the same fertilizer ap plied in the furrows with the seed, were followed by an unexpected and Burprising result ? viz., the cotton seeds planted 011 the plats in which frhe fertilizer had been applied and bedded on two weeks before, came up quicker and gave a more uniform stand of more vigorous plants than resulted on the plats in which the fertilizer was applied in the furrows with the seeds. While this result was not contemplated, it was quickly explained by the fact that the fertil izer that had been in the ground two weeks had undergone tho chemical changes already alluded to, and Its plant food was ready for the imme diate wants of the young plants. This result suggests that it may be expedient, in any case, to apply a small quantity ? say, twenty to twen ty-flve pounds ? of nitrate of soda in the same furrow with the cotton or corn seeds, which may be done with perfect safety with cotton seeds, and without danger to corn If not placed in Immediate contact with the seed. This may be understood to mean either applying the fertilizer, bedding on it and immediately planting the seed; or it may refer to the practice of putting the fertilizer in the fur row with the seed. In the latter case ? here is always a manifest danger that the coming growing season may be unusually dry. in which event the fertilizer being eo lightly covered, may not ho dissolved and properly disseminated through the soil. it may also follow that the fertilizer be ing so concentrated? en masse, as it were?around the tender rootlets of the young plants that the latter may be injured, or "burned" ? a not In considerable danger. The plan is not advisable except when a very light Notes and Comment*. If you nre earning less than $20 a week your salary can be doubled by correspondence courses teaching bricklaying, hod-carrying, and plumb ing by mail. ? Pensacola News. Another desirable member has been elected to the Wise Guy Club. He is the German aeronaut, who declined to start for the North Pole with Wal tre Wellman in a balloon. ? Iadiana polia Newt. Plowing Stubble. Whether the seed bed is prepared by fall plowing or spring plowing, there are three objects that must bo borne in mind. First, the soil must be loosened to a considerable depth in order to receive the rain and carry the water downward. Second, the water which is carried downward into the subsoil must be brought back again to the surface soil, where the seed is germinating. Third, water thus drawn up again should be eon ducted through the plant and not wasted by evaporation, and for this purpose before the sued is planted the upper two or three inches of tho soil must be in such condition that, the roots will have ample room for development, and especially in tho drier sections of the country (hero must be a lid, so to speak, put <m tho cistern, or the water holding portion of the soil, in order to prevent waste. This is particularly true in the rase of corn, and can be provided tor by maintaining the soil mulch. Keep ing this distinctly in mind, the farm er can determine for himself, under the varying conditions and circum fctances under which farming is done, the methods best calculated to secure this end. Good Points Altout Mules. A great many, good things ran bo said of mules when il comes to down right steady work. 1. They are ready for work y< ling er than horses, enduring it well at two years of age. 2. They are shown to bo much less liable to disease than horses are. 3. They arc easily broken to work and rarely ever run away from fright. 4. They are safe-footed and h;ive an instinct for dangerous places in the road. 5. They respond readily to feed and good treatment, ami can readily be kept In fine condition. 6. They stand the extreme hot weather even better than horse*, and for this reason are preferred on Southern farms. 7. They are readily sold at good prlcee when three years old. while horses must be four to five. 8. They endure ariny service bet ter than horses, and therefore aro always In good demand abroad. 9. One steer eats as nuieh us two innlm, and when three years old seils for .?uch less as a rule. 10. When well trained for work they are docile and reliable for any work desired of them. Taxes are lowest in #Chlna aud highest in France. application Is to be made per acre. This caution is especially applicable to seeds that are planted in very shal low furrows and but lightly covered, such as cotton, and it is generally safer to Interpose some soil, or, bet ter, deposit the fertilizer in one fur row and plant the seeds in a furrow Immediately beside; or, vice versa, plant the seeds first in the furrow, and then the fertilizer in a furrow close beside it. But the preferred plan Is to bed on the fertilizer, and then plant the seeds, after harrowing down the beds. I have often applied fifty to 100 pounds of a "complete" fertilizer per acre in the furrow with the cotton seers, but it was "away back" in the .late sixties and early seventies when fertilizers sold at $40 to $60 a ton, and very light applications were sup posed to be in the interest of a wise economy. Wo did not lcnow much about fertilizers in those clays, and were afraid to "put too much guano on the cotton." That time has passed and gone, and the up-to-date farmer has found that 500 and 600 pounds of fertilizer for cotton, a properly balanced high grade fertiliz er, to each acre of cotton is not dan gerous or excessive, but simply lib eral and judicious. Indeed, it is a question of simple arithmetic. If 100 pounds per acre is profitable, and it costs ncf more labor to culti vate an acre with 500 pounds of ap plied fertilizer, then why not increase the amount invested in fertilizers, and, if thought advisable, reduce the area and the labor account? Now, the well informed farmer only wants to know if the fertilizer be properly balanced for the crop ho wishes to grow, and Is sold at a fair price, and he invests liberally, just as he would do in buying anything at such a price that he may sell at a profit of from fifty to 100 per centum and upward. A high grade, honest fertilizer will meet this requirement. There is another justification for the practice of applying fertilizers at the time of planting ? viz., when the farmer has failed to put in his order at the proper time. He may then, according to the proverb ? "better late than not at all" ? put in the fer tilizer with the seed, or at the time of planting. Item* of Interest. The total dead as a result of the Iena'a destruction is now put at 103. The Honditran revolutionists de feated the forces of President Bouli la, of Honduras, near Teprucitralpa, after 16 hours' fightiny. The revolu tionists captured 70 officers and sol diers. Many men were killed or wounded on both aides. The com mander of the Honduran troop* was miniated of war Barahona. ?V "? '