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- A French peasant and his wife leave their little baby girl to the protection of their elder child, a boy about ten years of age, whilst they go to their toil in the fields some distance away. During their absence, the children are startled by the sound of heavy blows on the door and harsh voices demanding admittance. The boy immediately and correctly divines that a band of roughs are endeavoring to force their way in to steal what few possessions his parents may happen to have. He is badly scared, for he is well aware that the wretches are not likely to stop at even inflicting bodily harm upon his little sister in the event of her calling out. His thoughts move quickly, and in a few moments his resolution is taken. He must fetch the gendarmes. So stopping only to enjoin his sister to feign sleep, and to assure her that all will be well, he leaps out of the window and runs as fast as his short legs will carry him to the constabulary. Meantime, the little girl, half dead with fright at the entry of the thieves, does her best to feign sleep. Once a sneeze almost betrays her, but luckily the men seeing her eyes to be tightly closed, continue to ransack the humble little habitation. They have almost finished their work when the parents return, and they find themselves caught red-handed. A desperate struggle takes place between them and the father, in which the latter finds their superior numbers heavy odds. His case looks almost hopeless, when a joyous cry from his wife announces the appearance of the gendarmes, and in another few minutes the roughs are overpowered, whilst the plucky youngster with his arms around his sister lavishes kisses upon her in his joy at her escape.
- The boys of the X Bar L outfit have just been paid off and great rejoicing in the Miner's Rest Saloon is the result. Soon an Indian enters and buys a drink, but his squaw, closely following, interferes. This infuriates Thompson, who starts to manhandle the little maid and only the timely gun play of Williams saves her. Of course, Thompson has it in for Williams, and after the boys have left Thompson robs the saloon till and shoots the proprietor, leaving Williams' revolver, which he has also stolen, as evidence. Out at camp Williams wants another drink, and riding into town for it, finds the saloonkeeper's body and his own gun. While he stands thus Sing Lee, the cook, sees him and notifies the Sheriff. Summary justice follows fast and Williams is led out to execution. He prays, with the noose about his neck, and is about to be launched into eternity, when the Indian who originally cause the trouble races upon the scene and points out the real culprit, whom he had seen through the saloon window. Best of all, the saloonkeeper himself recovers and appears, too, upon the scene.
- Thursday morning. Everything goes wrong. Wife leaves a note for her husband reading: "I am going away for a little rest. If I don't do anything to suit, you won't miss me. Jane." Wife retires to the hayloft and watches developments. Thursday noon. Wife's plan isn't working. Thursday evening. Wife can't stand it without the children. Wife makes a clandestine visit to the house for food and is suspected of being a burglar. Friday morning. Wife is hungry. Suspicious noises induce hubby to call the police. Captured.
- Three young ladies at the death of their father, are left a claim for a mine. This claim is accompanied by a map showing where it is located. The girls make preparations for the journey, and start to the north. Arriving in the north, they engage guides, who, while the girls are sleeping, steal the map and desert them. They have no other alternative than to gather up their belongings and start on their homeward journey. During their peregrinations then encounter the dishonest guides, who are forced to give up the stolen map by a couple of young chaps who are also in search of wealth. Needless to say, these young men form life partners with the girls.
- It tells, in a convincing manner, of a faithful page, who protected his lady from danger and sorrow, at the risk of his own life. After many thrilling adventures in her behalf, he finally loses his life to protecting her lover from the irate baron, her father.
- Helene de la Croix, an aristocrat of a proud and passionate disposition, has been brought up to look upon the peasants as little more than cattle. Bernard, a blacksmith, conceives a passion for her. She is storm stayed in an old hunting lodge, which is struck by lightning, and Bernard rescues her from the burning building. Her castle is besieged by the Revolutionary soldiers. Bernard, now a sergeant in the army, pleads for her, renounces his allegiance to the Republic, espouses her cause, and chooses death with her rather than freedom without her.
- Jones is sick and a friend tells him he should go to a sanitarium and recommends Dr. Crow's Retreat. Accordingly Jones bids his wife good-bye and is off for his health, arrives and is received by Dr. Crow who promises great things. He is assured that he is in a very serious condition and must diet and train down, is shown his room, is disguised and writes his wife as follows: "Dr. Crow's Bug House. Dear Wife, This is no place for me; this is a dippy factory. I tried to leave but they won't let me out. I am to diet and train down; I can see my finish now. Farewell, Willie." Watching his chance, he makes his escape. Arriving at the quiet, peaceful home of the Joneses, he writes the Doctor the following touching testimonial: "Dear Dr. Crow, Your institution is a wonderful benefit to mankind. If ever I have an enemy who is seeking health, I will take great pleasure in recommending him to try your nut college. Affectionately, Jones."
- The widow visits her cousin Ned at Springtown, her hair is golden; she calls it auburn, 'tis false. She is bald. The girls plan to show the young beaux of Springtown how they have been fooled by the charming widow. When she retires they take her wig and throw it out of the window, make a fire in a can outside her chamber door, cry fire, call up the Fire Department, of which all the boys it town are members, hoping that when they come to rescue the widow, they will see her baldness. She has an admirer, lame, fat and fifty, he finds her wig beneath her window, restores it and saves her from ignominy of detection. The firemen arrive, conduct her to safety and she rewards each with a golden curl.
- A comedy showing two "would-be" boxers end an argument on a raft in the river. Both knights of the padded mitts are terribly punished, but have nice clean water to fall in, they did not show the real effect of the encounter. You should see some of the new blows introduced; they would make Corbett and Kid McCoy wonder how they were so stupid as to not invent them.
- Mrs. Martin tries to forget her loneliness by mingling in the diversions of society. Mr. Martin for the same reason finds no comfort in his home and gives himself entirely to business and his club. They do not have even the consolation of each other's society, while one is engaged in her or his pursuits, the other is occupied elsewhere, they yearn for that pact of human love and family unity which makes the home a place of happiness and a joy at all times, the influence of the child and the affections of one common interest.
- Max secures entrance to his sweetheart's home disguised as a gas repairman and while his "repairs" flood the house with water, he wins the girl's heart.
- Our hero is anxious to imitate Blondin, and win a prize of $5,000 offered at the Montreal exhibition to any person who crosses the Niagara Falls on a tightrope. He essays a practice on the kitchen broom, with disastrous results. His wife then drives him out of the house with scant ceremony. He next tries to perform on a bench in a park, on which are seated three irate old gentlemen. Suddenly he alights on them, and throws them violently to the ground. When they have picked themselves up, they start off in pursuit of him. He gains fresh experience and victims in the shape of a man with a hose, some masons, and a number of laundry women. A cold bath in the river does not damp his enthusiasm and he climbs up a high building, and also endeavors to walk on a telegraph wire. He descends rather hastily into the midst of his angry victims, and for the next quarter of an hour has rather a bad time of it.
- A bridal tour through the beautiful scenic sections of the Emerald Isle. A little comedy mingled with scenes that have made the land of the Shamrock famous.
- The commanding general is invited by the governor to attend a banquet at the Executive Mansion. The general arrives with his escorts, composed of his aides and a company of cavalry men. There is another feast being served in the kitchen of the executive, the servants with the soldiers who have escorted the general are having the time of their lives. Suddenly a crash is heard below-stairs and everybody at the banquet jumps up in alarm. The governor, the general and the hostess rush downstairs, find the kitchen scattered with broken china and furniture. The general calls his men to attention and marches them from the room. The strain has been too great for the butler and his assistant, and after it is over they are all in.
- Twilight in the mountains, on the river, over the fields, on the ocean, and in the village gradually dissolving into moonlight views of the same scenes.
- Rhayader Bridge and Builth Rapids, "a rush of many waters." Symonds Yat, a typical view of the Wye country. The old and new in locomotion. The Chepstow Railway and an old English coracle. Seven Sisters Rock. Tintern Abbey, a gem in a beautiful setting. Chepstow Castle. Hereford, the many-arched bridge. Ross, the market place.
- Bertha is a young lady with grand aspirations for high social and moral reform. She attends a lecture on the "ethics" of life and is inspired with the lecturer's ideas. She starts out in search of an opportunity to do goo. She comes across some urchins who molest a little girl and spill her pail of milk. Bertha talks to them and comforts the little girl. The girl's mother rushes from the house, whips her daughter for the mishap to the milk. Bertha lectures the woman and hands her a leaflet, the woman turns on Bertha, abuses her and tells her she is no lady. The woman's husband takes a hand in the matter and tells his wife that she is wrong, the wife and the husband get into a squabble and come to blows. Bertha's first attempt at reform is a rank failure. Her second is a worse one; entering a pawnshop she tries to interest the pawnbroker in her mission, while she is talking to him the police enter to arrest a man who is in the shop and who has just offered for pawn some stolen jewelry; to escape detection she slips the jewelry into Bertha's coat pocket, which is found there by the police and she is taken into custody in tears and locked up in a cell. She sends for her intended and he comes to her assistance, she is released at once and promises she will give up her mission and devote her time and attention to doing something in which she can be more useful and successful.
- Margaret is the older and Betty the younger of two sisters. Their brother Jack brings a young unmarried millionaire friend to spend a few days with them. Margaret gets in line for the young visitor and warns Betty not to be too presumptuous, for Betty has the advantage in winsomeness. To give her sister every chance, Betty plays waitress. Jack's friend is so smitten with the pretty maid that he can see nothing else. Margaret loses, Betty wins. Her identity is made known and the young fellow proposes then and there, Father gives his consent, and Margaret joins in with the rest in offering congratulations.
- Betty's cousin Ted brings a pair of roller skates to show his uncle and aunt. Miss Betty, of course, takes possession of them at the first opportunity, and decides that self-teaching in the art of skating is a thing to be practiced. Havoc and chaos naturally follow upon her first movements, and the room in which she commences her trial spin is quickly in a hopeless state of confusion. Chairs are broken, tables are overthrown, and glasses are smashed. Leaving this room, and abruptly descending the stairs, Betty finds herself in the street, tumbling into passers-by and bumping up against the world at large. On one occasion, she takes a flying leap through a painters' canvas, which the artist happens to be trying to cover with a masterpiece. Other accidents of a like nature occur, and the upshot of it all is, that Betty has to make good use of her legs and her skates to get out of the line of vision of a large number of indignant and panting pursuers. As might be expected, she overreaches the mark, and skates off the steep bank of a small pond into an expanse of mud-colored and green covered liquid. She is fished out and carried home, wet and shivering; her mother gently tends her, but her father, as he pays out damages in coin and notes to the victims of his daughter's exuberance, says a very naughty word.
- This film shows us the interesting industry of making potteries in China. In the first scene we see the natives preparing the paste, varnishing and decorating the potteries, and then baking in the oven. We also see the mounting of the different parts of a dragon, and the gilding of some of the artistic works.
- A thrilling story of the devotion of two soldiers to one another until one loses his life in battle. The other at great risk, carries the dying man's message to his old father, and while there finds an opportunity to further serve his dead friend by giving his life for that of his comrade's father.
- Robert, the son of a wealthy factory owner, falls in love with Lillian, one of his father's employees. His parents, having already chosen a wife for him from among their circle of wealthy acquaintances, object to an alliance with the poor girl. Robert, however, marries Lillian and is driven from home. Through his mother's help Robert is enabled to establish a private fortune, while his father suffers greatly of lonesomeness, until an accidental meeting leads to reconciliation.
- Having stolen a paper windmill from a toy store, Dusty Rhodes, an unwashed tramp of dubious antecedents, dashes along the highway to escape from the pursuing storekeeper. A man with a bicycle offers little prospect of resistance and the tramp secures his machine. He mounts it, and in his wild flight runs into a milliner's girl and a porter, whose big hat boxes becoming affixed to his wheel, form the body of an aeroplane; the windmill serves for a propeller, and it is thus that Rhodes mounts into the air over roofs and chimney pots, far from the reach of his enemies. In the clouds he enjoys himself serenely. The efforts of his poor fellow creatures to bring him down to their planet amuse him intensely. The military are brought out and a round of firing ensues; this is followed by the cannon shot of the artillery, but none of it disturbs the airman, who sails comfortably on his way without hurt or harm. The least of things, however, causes his fall. A youngster shooting with a popgun, directs his aim at Rhodes, and that bold and intrepid aviator comes to earth amidst the ruins of his machine within the space of half a second. He is captured and his flying days are brought to a conclusion by his hurries departure to prison.
- Marken boys and girls clattering across bridges in their wooden sabots, or studying their lessons on their way to school in slow-moving barges, is one vivid impression. Then we have babies in their cradles or in little wooden chairs on wheels; also Volendam girls in pretty pointed caps and precocious boys smoking long Dutch cigars on the quay. Charming views, too, are those of scenes at a juvenile fete, and the smiling infantile faces, the waving pennants, and the mass of muslin bonnets like a field of white fragile flowers, form a thoroughly enjoyable and goodly sight. The boys, too, win our hearts with their dabbling in the water, and the ingenious way in which they will rig up a sail on their sabots to make serviceable and seaworthy toy boats. Zeeland children next figure on the screen. Dancing, playing or smiling shyly at the cinematographer they pass in review before our eyes, a happy crowd fresh and pleasant to look upon.
- Tired Thomas is pressed for ready cash as a square meal is almost a stranger to him. After a heavy snowfall he is offered a quarter to shovel off a sidewalk. He accepts the contract and starts in to work, but finds work a little too hard. He is about to give up when he gets an idea that almost throws him in a snowbank. Looking down the streets, he sees several of the neighbors shoveling their sidewalks. He starts to cry, the men and women from the different houses run to where he is and ask him what is the trouble. He puts his hand in his pocket and shows a hole, telling them he has lost his last dollar. The kind neighbors agree to shovel off the snow in the hope of finding the lost coin. After the sidewalk has been cleared and they fail to find the money (Thomas has been crying all this time) they take up a collection and realize a fair sum which they hand him. He thanks them. After they leave, he picks up the shovel, goes to the door and receives a quarter for cleaning the pavement. But just as he is receiving the money one of the neighbors spies him and informs the rest. They have a little rough house with our friend Mr. Jackson and the picture closes with the people throwing him down a snowy hill.
- Mrs. White is compelled to discharge her nurse on account of carelessness. The following day her friend calls to take her to a matinee. But she cannot go, as there is nobody to mind baby, so they decide to leave it at Mr. White's office in his care. Arriving at the office, they find Mr. White has gone out on business. They leave baby in the clerks' charge, who do all sorts of things to keep baby quiet. They play hide and seek with it, next they play policeman. Jimmie is the policeman, and the wardrobe is the jail. Jimmie locks baby in for not having a license on her teddy bear and pockets the key. Now, Jimmie is sent out on an errand by another clerk, and forgetting all about baby, rushes out of the office. In the meantime Mr. White returns to the office, and finding it near closing time, orders his clerks to go home. They set the time lock on the safe and lock it. The scene now reverts to Jimmie, who is home eating his supper. Suddenly he remembers that he locked baby in the wardrobe. He arrives at the office just in time to prevent the men from dynamiting the safe, who are under the impression that baby is in it, after hunting all over for it. Baby is restored to the arms of its parents, and Jimmie gets his.
- At the wedding of Miss Anna Page, Sir John Falstaff notices that Mistress Page and Mistress Ford possess certain means. The owner of the Garter Inn is asking for his money. Falstaff, whose pouches are lean, covets the fortune of the ladies and feigns to fall in love with them. Falstaff writes two love letters to the fair ladies, using exactly the same words. Mistress Page and Mistress Ford speak to one another of Falstaff's letter in the relation of the Knight's effrontery arouses the anger of the two ladies, who agree to encourage Falstaff's proposals with the idea to wreak revenge upon him. Mistress Quickly bears a message from Mistress Ford to Sir John, who immediately goes to the rendezvous, but Pistol and Num, companions of Falstaff, inform Ford. Falstaff is amorously speaking to Mistress Ford when one knocks at the door and the squire lets himself be hidden in a basket, which is thrown in a pond. Ford, who has been unable to find Falstaff the first time, waits for another occasion, which comes soon after, for Mistress Ford, wishing to see her ridiculous lover after his unexpected bath, calls him again to her home. During the second visit, the husband suddenly returns, thundering, and Mistress Ford pretends the bulky man of Falstaff to be her chieromancer. Ford, who is forbidden this woman to enter his house, belabors the unlucky knight, who reveals himself much to the amusement of the whole company. Mistress Ford and Mistress Page then explain to their respective husbands the scheme for getting rid of Falstaff, and they obtain their pardon, while Sir John, ironically saluted by all, retires.
- A clever comedy built upon the idea that married people are more thoughtful of strangers than of one another. Through two family quarrels many very laughable events come to pass.
- This entrancing story, drawn from the world-renowned tragedy of Goethe, opens in the mysterious working den of Dr. Faust, who, old and worn out with years of stern study, and on the verge of despair through longing for the pleasures of his bygone youth, all of which he has surrendered to his learning, thinks of resorting to in order to end the weariness of his declining days. He, however, dashes down the cup at the last moment, and calls upon the infernal powers to aid him. Immediately Mephistopheles appears and offers him youth and pleasure in exchange for the surrender of his soul. Faust, dazzled by the splendor of the vision which is to him by his alluring companion, accepts the compact, signs the fatal paper, and is at once transformed into a handsome young man. Mephistopheles then shows Faust the beautiful Marguerite, and immediately he falls desperately in love with the innocent girl. Finally, aided by the perfidious suggestions of his companion, Faust succeeds is in winning the heart of poor Marguerite. Valentine, eager to revenge his sister's honor, is killed in a duel by Faust, who seeks safety in flight. Betrayed, deserted, demented from sorrow, the unfortunate Marguerite is thrown into a dungeon and left to her grief. Meanwhile, Mephistopheles endeavors to make Faust forget the unhappy girl, but in vain; love has overcome the powers of evil, and all his magic is In vain. Faust hastens to the prison and seeks Marguerite; his passionate words of love restore her for a moment to reason, but only for a moment. She is just able to offer him forgiveness, and then dies in his arms. Rarely has there been a better representation of this wonderful drama. The pitiful story of Marguerite and Faust makes its appeal to all humanity, and words cannot add to its charm and effectiveness.
- The local organization of Suffragettes is in session. Its motto is "Equality with Men." It passes a resolution to demand from the mayor a job in one of the city departments. "Just in time," says the mayor, "the fireman have gone on stroke. I give your organization charge of the fire department." The Suffragettes are elated, but the firemen can only construe this latest order of the mayor as a huge joke, so if a joke is to be played, they're going to be in it, too. They set fire to some brush and send in an alarm. Now, it is well known that Suffragettes are used to many hardships, but handling a hose is not known to be exactly in their line. Consequently, great is the confusion when they arrive with the engine at the scene of the fire. As one of them later said, "We did our darnedest, but there is no getting away from the fact that water is wet, and we girls feel those things terribly." The fireman's joke worked. The Suffragettes, soaked to a woman, in their endeavor to put out the fire, were cured of the desire to have charge of a city department, and resolved to be just natural women thereafter.
- The annual parade of the volunteer firemen of Nassau County held at Freeport, Long Island, giving an exhibition of what has and can be done by the men at the hose. The regulars haven't got a great deal on the volunteers when it comes to coupling, scaling, vaulting and climbing the ladders, even with the buckets they are right on the job and keep the stream a-playing all the time; they can cope with and put down and out the most stubborn flame that ever started a blaze. In the parade itself, seldom if ever has a finer appearing body of men lined up for the inspection and approval of the public. The volunteer fire ladies of today have reason to be proud of themselves and so have those who depend upon their tactics.
- Mr. Johnston, being left a widower with two little children, Bob and Bell, finds it a very difficult matter to give them the care and attention which only a mother can bestow. He decides to marry after having found an excellent young woman, whom he believes would be the proper person to care for his loved ones. He sends Bob and Nell to his mother's, the children tell her that their father is going to marry again. Their grandmother is very much disturbed and tells them that stepmothers are not the most desirable kind of parents, and the children make up their minds there and then that they will never go home to their papa and new mama. The father arranges with his wife for her to act as governess to his children, not letting them know that she is their stepmother. The children return home when they hear that their father and his wife have gone away and left them in charge of a governess. The stepmother as their governess makes every effort to win the children's love, and she succeeds by making herself sweet and lovely to them and soon has them completely won over. When the father sees that the children have given their little hearts to his wife, he is delighted and introduces Bob and Nell to their new mother, whom they so dearly love. His wife says, "Yes, I have won their love, but how about their father's?" He tenderly embraces her and tells her that he loves her, and their happiness is complete.
- The incidents that make a very interesting film involve two youngsters, a boy and his sister, who "sample" their daddy's cigarettes. That awful sickness, the result of a first attempt at smoking is their punishment.
- Because a soldier is rewarded for bravery Lincoln's son "Tad" demands and gets a commission Armed with this he enlists the children. He goes through the grounds and finds a sentry whose place he takes - all on the strength of his commission. The soldier flies to the bedside of a sick wife, is arrested and taken to the President who hears his tale. The President and the private go out and find a very tired little boy still faithfully keeping watch.
- The story of Verdi's well-known opera is generally known. Briefly the old Count Di Luna gives his two young sons a locket. Manrico, still a youth, is carried off by the gypsy Azucena. Their father having dies, Count Di Luna is a rival with Manrico for the affections of Leonora. After many sensational adventures Manrico is caught and placed in a dungeon by the Count. Leonora to free him promises to marry the Count, and then takes poison. The Count, finding Leonora is dead, orders Manrico to be executed. He then discovers from Azucena, who sees his locket, that Manrico, whom he has had beheaded, was his long-lost brother.
- We first approach the city on a steamer, getting wonderfully clear panorama of the city of Havana. Upon reaching the city, we are introduced to the principal squares and some of the more important buildings, including the Cathedral of Cristobal, the oldest church in Cuba. We next see the place where political prisoners were shot, from 1895 to 1898. After several beautiful views of different points in Havana, we are shown the carnival in a number of attractive scenes. The film closes with a beautiful view of moonlight over the harbor.
- The son of Emperor Nero's poisoner drinks the fatal potion prepared by his mother.
- Jiggers makes a record as a most rapid worker, when his sweetheart is looking on. He builds walls, digs holes, carries stone and mortar at a rate never before accomplished by man; he easily breaks all records.
- He has miraculous luck with a charmed fishing pole and finally sells it for a huge price to an old-time enemy, who finds that in changing hands the rod has lost its power.
- The clever boy devises a new method of inducing people to buy life insurance. He frightens some of them badly, but manages to do an excellent business.
- Documentary showing the aftermath of a 1911 battle in Juarez, Mexico, during the Mexican revolution between the forces of revolutionary leader Francisco Madero and troops of Mexican President Porfirio Diaz. Madero's forces, led by Pancho Villa and Pascual Orozco, won the battle, which led to Diaz's resignation and his exile in Europe.
- A travel film at once educational and interesting because of the completeness with which it shows the various operations of the industry depicted, and the intrinsic attractiveness of those processes. The natives work with such sprightliness and good humor, the children amongst them smile so roguishly into the camera, that the film holds the attention from first to last. The following is the synopsis of the scenes: cutting and transporting the bamboo; scraping and splitting the cane; weaving the hats; bleaching the shapes, an army of workers with almost military precision distribute the bundles of straw over the bleaching fields; sorting and packing. The native way of cramming the boxes tightly by jumping on the contents.
- The versatile Max Linder heads a novel chase in this film, the pursuers being three dogs, the pets of the comedian's fiancée. Max was dreadfully afraid of dogs anyhow, and of these dogs in particular, because they were jealous when their mistress caressed Max. On the wedding day he had them locked up, but they escaped and ran to the parlor, where the ceremony was in progress. Max fled through numberless streets, houses, rooms, and finally to the roof, where he gave up and sent back a note by the dogs declining to marry and be devoured. The picture amuses.
- Cut off by his parents with only a dress suit, Max comes into accidental possession of an invitation to a soirée, falls in love with a count's daughter, and, using his dress suit to make a living as a waiter, is discovered and disgraced.
- A gamekeeper's duty forces him to disarm a hunter whom he finds trespassing. Although the keeper is very lenient with the culprit, the latter cherishes a vindictive attitude and sends an unsigned note to him, saying: "Idiot! Why don't you watch your wife a little more and leave other people along? She needs watching." The reading of the missive develops in the upright husband a distrust of his wife which makes his most commonplace actions seem to have a hidden meaning. A narrowly averted tragedy brings him proof that his wife is absolutely innocent.
- Here is another Pathe picture showing the industries of the people in the Far East. You will see the people of Cochin-China in native dress working in the fields, the shops and the mills. The people of that far-off country are skilled in many arts that are a curiosity to all civilization.
- The pepper industry in and around the Malay Peninsula has become worldwide. Did you ever think how pepper is made? Unless to ever want any real bad to season your dinner, you perhaps never have. The majority of the pepper used by the world's population comes from the Malay Peninsula in the southern part of Asia.
- The various stages for preserving the familiar tinned pineapple are amply illustrated in this film in scenes glowing with color. The prettiest scene of all no doubt, is the first, in which is represented the gathering of the pineapples, their spiny leaves making a mass of dull, soft green. The preparations for the preserving of the fruit, either whole or chopped into chunks, follows, and after the tins are filled with syrup, they are properly soldered. Colored printed labels are then rapidly affixed, and the tins are packed, their contents to be served up in due course as a table delicacy in some colder clime.
- Fishing for reproductive subjects; selection; installation of the incubator; collecting the eggs; fecundation of the eggs by the sperm; the spawn is washed to extract all impurities; it is laid upon trays made of osiers; the sterile eggs are eliminated; the germ of the future trout appears after twenty-five days; for a month the young fry derive their nourishment from a small sac, called a vitellus, which appears on the under part of the body; the food of the young fish is composed of liver which is first grated and then passed through a sieve; the first meal of the fish after the disappearance of the vitellus; proportional size of the fish; after three months; six months; one year; two years; during all the stages of growth, the fish breeder is careful to separate the smaller sized fish from the larger, which would otherwise devour their weaker brethren; securing the full-sized fish for sale.
- Priscilla, the wife of John Branscomb, a Puritan settler, hears a faint knock on the cabin door. Stepping outside she finds Ponus, a Pequot Indian, who has been badly injured by a bear. Helping him into the house, she binds up his wounds. The Indian, about to depart, tells Priscilla he will some day repay her kindness. A month later Ponus warns Priscilla that King Phillip has again incited the Pequots in an uprising against the whites. This timely warning permits the settlers to reach the nearby block house, where, after a sharp conflict, the attack of the Indians is repulsed.