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Water Estimates That Four Million Men Rave
Been =led or 114e41 From Wounds
Perhaps the Twist outstanding plmee
*the war at the end of its first -ear
Only 28) ie it 'unprecedented berror,
and it ahall be the objeet of this ar.,
tie% to bring it before the Mind of
the reader ate /sharply and grapincally
es possible by the use of a number of
vivid illustrations and by the efri•ange-
meet of statistics 1/v*1-level fashinee
These illustration* and statistics were
teittpiled by, A. E. Stillwell, an Ant.
erican Ananeier of renown, for use in
Ida hook "To AR the Werldr''•
"In the French and klerulan war of
1870 there were, in both armies, just
over 1,709,000 men engaged- The
mortality lists in both armies were
about 800,00Q killed, or about 19 Per
cent. which ignores the 'timber that
died from wounds and exposures
within, BIWA SIX Months of the eon.
elusion of hostilitie-about another 5
per cent. To be conservative, hew-
• ever, and err oa the side of under-
estimation, we will ay that the total
caitualties, mounted to 20 per .ceut ot
the contending forces;
' One -Fifth Meet :Death,
"But how different islhis. war froni
, all others. The war -of 1870 was 'de;
gided, within a fevr weeks,. excepting
• the elege of Paris, where hunger was'
. as great a factor as shot and shell.
4t1m, it was fought entirely on land;
and, further, the implements then
used were hy no means as destrective
is these now exxipleyed. There were
PO dirigibles, no aerePlanes, no "75,"
and the grupP guns -were very- infev,
lot to those of to day Indeed,. :the
death rate could safely be estimated
itt 20 per cent. We must remember
the cauaualtiee incident on,' sea ew,
gagements and the destruction of the
merchant marine, deaths. from hunger
end suicide amongwomen linable
longer to bear the strain iinposed
enthem
•
"To err On tlie safe'Side' we wlli as -4 agin.•-• -
senle tlmt there are 27,000,000 men The Pensioner's r ate. •
"Take the case of young vnfe
the .
Before her Were years of hope: Her
husband was able to .a. good hy-
ing, and.' their home was partly paid
for: ,One or more children: have bless-
.
TWIN DISEASE BEARERS.
The Mosquito end Fly Are a, Positive
Menace.
Selehtiste have mule a few 'start-
discoveriea during the Jost few
• years as• that the two Most eelinnen
housed -told insects are the most per-
sistenr bearers sof typhoid• awl ma.
laths. •
We have long dreaded the mosquito
and ily as personal nuisances, bot•
never more. That they are a Fes.
itive menaee to the lentan race has
• but recently' been fully shown. And
now, those convereent with their
methods are determined that thvi
'Should, be fought out, starved out, ex-
terminated.
thirty-five yeara. Calculating on this
basia, we have 140,000,000 yeara of
life that /eve been taken from, .the
world, leaving out of account the
ether 2,000,000 'whose lives trill pro.
bahly be shortened by the privations
of campaigning. Altogether we may
say that the tax on years of human'
life will amount to 200,000,000 yeara
snatched from the lives of young and
vigorous men.
• 'tPerhaps the most tragic feature of
• the war is the suffering. of the wo-
men. is it difficult to conceive of
their anguish? The motbera, bow-
ed with years, standing at the portals
of the next world, awaitieg the last
call, their heads with halos of white
born from the long tell and sacrifices
for their loved ones; and now, when
peace- should be their .portion, their
manly sots, in answer to their court -
tree .eall, are taken ' from, them to
'fight in distant lands. Where are
they to -night? Perhaps Suffering in:
those muthsealted, germ-Preducing•
trenches, or shot or left .dying alone);
en the battlefield, 'Are their names
ameng theenissing? Are they dead,
burled in unknown graves? Are their
bodies floating,' with hundreds' • of
others; in livers .and seas? Or have
they been burned ,on some obscure'
field? The nights are long and al-,
most drive theta mad, and the morn-
ing brings no relief. • •-••
"Millions of women, too, are driven
from their homes by the advance of
the conquering force,. or left in the
district. with their homes . utterly_ de-
stroyed and themselves forced to herd
in fields. and hedges with cattle. Sure-
ly
their lot is far worse timn that of
the soldiers in the trenches. He has
the Red Cross to attend hint 'when he
is injured, because he is a • fighting
unit, Of value to the nation, fodder
for cannon, and they feed him and
care for him so that be may fight
in the armies ana navies. of .the 'eon -
tending nations, and that the death
rate will not be 20 per cent as before,
but 15 Per. gent. This implies a list
of 4,00,000 men killed or dead from
,imunas received.7-a very conservativeed thir eAlbion, ,HowlixIght-Wtts the
,
eitfinate. Twenty-seven million men
future with its store of Yearseits,un-
engaged in 'e war; while the total of trodden Paths, hopes,
tim
all_ the men, engaged in -all .the wars Now she is alone, with
and ambitions!
• nothing to live
. of the world since 1,708, is only 15,500,- neon but the beggarly pittance grant -
000.' If the Mortality lists of the
present war iCd by the got/eminent.• if her hue
run as as 20 .per i
,
band s' killed out into the world she
Must gq-iferhaps to starvation, the,
future a •blanle ".Cor he .may return
- to her. a helpless invalid, able only to
sitand Watch her and his children. in
cent the lose of life will be dommen-
Mite with -that of all °the ware of
the last 122 years.
A Grewsome, Picture.
rt,
'tit us look More closely at this
picture •of slaughter. ,The averakge
width of a mati."S bead, from ear tip tb*
ear tip is abent nine inches.' Suppose
that the heads of all the killed were
placed together in a line, :each head
ceveripg a space of twelve inches
This would mean 4,000,000 feet' of
heads -say 800 miles-ferming a hu-
man hedge from London to Berlin. Re-
meinher, these are not the heads of
the weak and sickly and useless, but,
in 00 per-ceet of -the -cases, the heads
'of youth and strength, the 'flower of
their respective nations.
"Let us regard it from Another age of men, but in the country wo-
.
angle. . Say that the average' height men have greedy done whatever lies
of each soldier is 5 feet 9 inches. If nearest to their hand. ' •
each one of the, dead were lined up,
occupying six .feet f space, they
• would „form a line 4,800 miles long,
'tear one-fifth of the world's circum
ference If the average Speed of a
train be thirty irides per hour, that
train •would requite"nearly .six days,
, tuning continuously, to pass this
line. Again, if these 4,000,000 dead
were laid in rows of 500 and stacked
body. on body- in tiers, the stack
would be over a mile and a quarter
high. .
. •
These are the 'thoughts that must
Come to one as the ,first anniversary
of *the •world's greatest war draws
neat And the end s not yet in
sight. .
.. 'VILLAGES RUN BY IVOMIOL.
Shortage of Mitt in: Europe- Making
Geeat Changes.
Ovring to the warewomen in Eng-
land and France • are taking up, many
Odd' Callings to Make up for the short-
Intim village, the hatcher, thObalc-
er; the 'candlestickmalcer, niay all' be
warner/Tee...and_ there is 'at' least One
small town in Devon in which women.
form the chief •bueineds,element. The
principal hotel, is run by .a woman
and her daughter, a woman deftly
cuts- the joints and orders her son
about. '•• ' •
, A halceress bakes the nicest bread,
andliee. daughteretrudgesfar_tnto. the
country with two baskets slang - on
her back, a Picturesque figure of the
"Take another ..:iietration. Say female worker.- The wine.rnerchant
that fair feet is ',distance *oxalis a woman' who worked up a nice lit-
• tle to tip of the ou tretched hands of tle business, while a chemises shop is
theaverageperson. We may take it evened by *woman, tcroay-nothing
L.--that-50 Per, mit 'of-Ithere dead are the trades which. are to be found
Qarried; and, on, this basis, if allethe everywhere, sweetstuff shops, fancy
widows canoed by the war were to shops and the like, •
No. 8965. No, 8967:
WINNING DANCE DRESSES. cords. Sizes 14, 16, IS and 20 years,. ' WINNING EVENING DRESS.
,
Undoubtedly more grace, charm and
individuality is expressed in an even-
Ing"gown'than any other kind of
that e.woMan wearst-eher tastes, her
graces are all tacitly expressed in her
choice ora gown. Some very :winning
evening gowns are ,Ladies' Home
Journal Patterns No. 8966 and No.
8967. These frocks are not at all de
ireth have infinite possibilities -for the.
expression of individual taste in the
various ways` in which they can be
made up.. Pattern No, 8985 opens in
back and has a baby waist with.short
sleeves and fitted lining. One-piece
gatheeed skirt with raised waistline
Size 18 requires 4 yards 36 -inch ma-
terial, with 53 yards narrow lace for
ruffles.
-Patterii-NV:78,96r-eceistets of: a -
waist -opening in the back With round
neck, plaited on the shoulder in the
front and having scarf 'drapery in the
back, Short sleeves to be 'made with
or 'without , the frills; one-piece
straight gathered skirt with or with-
out .easeadoi , and...sleet( $1tee
14, 16, 18 and 20. Size' 18 requires 7'4
yards. 36 -inch material. •
.. Patterns, 15ents. eagh, Can_ be pur-
chased at your ' Ovvri Ladies' Home
Journal Pattern dealer, or from the
Home • Pattern Company, . 1834
and to be gathered at the waistlineee 4-.4.etrge ,Street,. Toon Ontario
WAR A',ND:111i BELLS.
Associated With the Hour of Nation-
al Triumph and Disaster. -
When, more than a ;century age,
newt reached' England of the Battle
of Trafalgar and the death of Nelson
in the hoer of victory,•, the bells of
Chester Cathedral flung abroad peat
after peel of air -borne triumph; but
"ater .every peal; deeply,.
Mournfully, the greatest bell tolled
•once, a single booming note Of grief.
• Bells fee Many centuries have been
intimately associated with thehour,
of national triumph and disaster. In.
fanieus as a land' of bells
and carillons, the -ancient tocsin of
Antwerp, cast in 1316, and named the,
"Hoerida," has been long diitised; it
did • not, in this year Of battle, cry'
Vend the city's danger or proclaim
fall.. Its. younger • comrade, the .Santa
Marie, Which'first rang 1437. oiithe
entry' of \.Charles - the Bold into the
city,was also silent 7and : Sit was the
•
favorite Caroles, the gift Of the
Em-
peror Charles V., richly case of cop-
per, siker, and gold. Perhaps, like
Roland,. the zreat. helljef Ghent, they
only sound foe, victory. • '
The Belgian hells are, many of
thein, among the: finest products Of
the ,great bell founders, -when their
set was in its prirhe, in the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries. :•Few
French and English bells are as no,
table for perfection of tone, *Wit a
great 'many are renowned through
tradition and association. Many of
the infost famous( French hells like
Jacqueline Of Paris and George
.. •
• 'walk are transmitters ef" diva*:
and when either typhoid or 'malaria
exiete in a neighborhood the common
••housebily stands 'ready to 'carry the
one and its hineiCalcoasin the other.
The surest way to stamp out the dis-
ease is to wage war on the six -footed.
Rain barrels- and stagnaht pools are
the 'breeding places of • the mosquito
where it is commonly. knOwn in .its
infant. days as 7"wrigelee.". • In its
larval stage it is aquatic, and by coy-.
ePing the surface of the water with A
thin ceatiog of oil . it is destroyed.
LOQIC cerefelli• after. tbe rain barrel.
• Dcenoteallow r:ain-watei te stand leng"
enetigh' to 'br./ed. these Testa:VIVI it
there' are peels of ,water, drain, them'
or spray frequently with kerosene:
, The hose fly, is. tht'emest persistent„
More' nearly, omnipres0nt. It hreedi
in fllth and the '‘.Mare Campletely. all
refuge is kept ,cleaned up the los per
sistent will be lite battle. Stables in ,
the vicinity qf the house alwais bring
troubles, unless they are cleaned daily.
A lady on the outskirts, of a 'town,
wondering at the matked increase of
flies. one summer, finally traced the
Source of trouble "to the fact that tbe
field Across the _street, instead, of
cultivated, was converted' into a
horse pasture. ' Strive to destroy
their breding places. Convert the
animal refuse in which they lurk into
fertilizer on the fields, and half the
battle is won. •
.Screens are so Cheap that 110 one
Can afford to be without them:This ;is
more than a matter4f pleasure and.
eenyenienceeit 4s- a 'Sanitary measure.
If some of the screens are defective,.
Mend then' with black cloth. Better;
get a piece of wire cloth ,and with it
you can quickly Patch up or replace
any defective screens.
There' are good fly killers on •the
market, for # nt you
can easily make one equal to any of
them by taking a small piece wire
Cloth,--doubl# it and .then tack firmly
on a wooden, handle or cenienient
length: . , A window stick •answers the
PUrPeee nicely. It is light andreachei
any part of the room without being
so large as to Prove awkward and
Maribersome. With this,. one inay
strike a fly, being almost -eertain to
stun it , so that it will •fall and yet
there, is no danger of inning even a
fine fabriee in the Process.,The double
piece. of wire cloth 48 sure' to injete
the insect so -that it will fan. It Can
then be•disposed of before it has time
to regain its, flight. . With this de-
vice One May, in e short time, rid a
room' permanently of the pests: 'That
is, yet -Twill -know that the Smile. in-
dividuals will never return. •
Undoubtedly ' more grace, choral
and -individuality expressed -in -an-
evening. gewn. than enyother'kind ef•
fro* that a • woman ‘arears•-her
tastes; her, graces, are all tacitly ,ex-
pressed la her choice of -a gown. A
Very winning' gown is Ladies' Home
Journal Pattern No. 8965, This frock,
not at all de trop, has infinite 'peasiz
'billed& for the 'expression. of individ-
ual in the various ways in -which
it can he made up. Basically ithas-a.
baby waist ,with short puff sleeves, 'a
fitted lining and opens in back. One
PieCe gathered skirt with raised waist=
THE CAPTAIN OF THE SitIP.'
How Matrimony is .Conducted Among
••••••
••.• the Tagbanuas. •, •
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, That the idea - of marriage reminds
others 'besides Anglo-Saxons of the
launching of. a ship On 'a ;sea 'appears
from the habit of the Tagbanuas a•
people that are scattered over 'the
Calamiazies group of the 'Philippine
Archipelago. • They,. toe, have looked
dpon the ocean, with its -calms- and its
storms, its ebbs and floods, its power
and its uncertainties, and have seep
in it much that is emblematic of hu -
Man :life.
Accordingly, the agent 'who carries
the initial proposal from the. hopeful
youth to the hopeOor young lady, or
rather froth the father of the one to
the father' of the other; is called, "The
Captain of the ship." If the cap-
tain proves suceiiiffir the,
girl's parents name the date, on which
they . will deliver the toothpicks. For
every toothpick sent, the yotingumen
or his parents must produce a dollar.
At the appointed • time • and Piece,
the captain sends a Messenger to the
bride's home with the query, Can the
ship enter?" On recerimg a fever -
able response, he sends a. second mes-
sage: "We have ,anchored." That is
•the signal for the toothpicks to be
predated: Not always is it possible
to agree at the first Sitting. The Cap-
tain of the Ship considers it his duty
beat down -the -do justeasPfareas
he can. •
The 'bargain concluded, the family
of the groom; repair to the home of
the ,bride, where the messengers of
d'Arnbois of Roueisewere melted down the t;wo sides engage in a • lusty fist
for gig'. and metal during the'ReVolti- • fight from which the 'groom's repree•
time Of the. English bells, monk- in. eentative always happens to come out
join hands the line resulting would
be 1,600, miles long.
."Each of the clead no deubt had one
parent living, which gives us 4,000,000
bereaved Piltentep who, grouped in the
• same *ay, would form a line .3,200
Miles long. Then there will :be at
least 4,000,000 fatherless • children,
"1.00, by joining hands, Vvtifilt.streteh
• for MO0 miles, Thus we have total
• of. 7,200 miles of ..mourners -wives,
parents and children.
f`Therie illustrations are undoubted-
lyghastly-to' eontemplats, but If the
•'victims could endure the suffering ane
• death that. came to them in battle
surely' the, reader eon endure to con-
template these cenditions.
• Shocking. Total- "Maimed;
. •
••••• ."It .1e.estimated that per cent of
. the Men engaged will lose one or both
_*rxns, and that the •.same „proportion
.1011 Thiel' One. or both- legs, let US Employ.ks at Front.
•• ' figure, however, :that less than. one- postmaster -General Herbert Sam-
ba( Of 1 .per cent of tits -m(121,000,006' uel astonished the British, House of
• NW -deprii/ed of an arm ,,and the commong„__66... other_ 0004. by re,
The-4,"re_g4
• n of the rithilan arm as eighteen itya4aes ha.,70 enlisted in the army and
'this; navy Since the 'Start ettlfeWee: More,
If each amputated could' he, saki; are ariX1Oua to go. and so
.1hCktllltlit tfoitit'z'arit, their 'pleeeit-earr bel-filled,;by
t • would, be thirty•-•milea of mins. wonien, •wounded or invalided sol5liers.
the lege were Placed they '
WOO •extend 'for,0 forty Vileei and
' *Om and logo, lining each side of the
toad, would reach froili.X.aniden.to the
Pica, •7' ' ' • -7
M.Whett.. the present ,,. cattielYanV has.
France, being a country where urge
versal, service is the rule, is nowadays
depending largely on the work, of
wethere but evezein the times of peace
there 'were_ places ;vhere they were
the ehief citizens. At-Probisy; in the
Department of the Oise, Most of the
public appointments ,are held by wo-
men and will be until their present
holders die.' ' • • '
postmistress insteadof
_ . • • • _ .
a Postmaster; the telegraph depatt-
meal's run by a woman; a station
mistress directs-41Wporters- alt the
local station; a lady barber cuts the
hair of the eoninnfitity, and ;the town
crier also ticks. t"ess" on to the name
of her callhig. • ' • •
3%090 POSTAL MEN FIGHTING.
Large NumberOf ,British,Government
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A- PRAYER FOR THE NATIONS, • '
yery, Appropriate for This Time; in
• the World's History. . Almighty God, Maker of Heaven
and Earth; Ruler of • the 'Universe,
Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and
End of All; we humbly goitie before
thine August Presence, we bow in the
dust et Thy feet, we confess•ourgeeat
and maity sins, we heseecle-for :Thy
reerey and Thy pardon.- Teach us,
Great God, the meaning of the tumult
of the nations." : Why are the light-
nings of Thy Wrath poured -676i? Why
doth Thy fierce anger burn, whys are
the people consuraed,..why the agony,
the bloodshed, the misery, the hinrible
whirlwind of passion, revenge, hatred,
ragirig in the souls of Men recommended, there being • always
-.Great God„, speak clearly,' we be-
. e.- danger lest the poison be in scene way
seeth Thee„_ let Thy feople x ow
theaneanlig of tide Thy .day vki_ transferred to the .foed. ,
geieee: • Thou hag been Study . the habits . of the peat and
most merciful in the past, surely Thou
his led MY children:ire a plain path
by the hands of Thy servants, surely
the teachings Of Thy Holy :Sim IS
plain: Through Him Thou hest
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
• 1 .
INTERNATIONAL LE.SSOS.'' •
AUGUST 18.
Jeroboant Israel Into Sin
• 1.9ngs 25.33. Golden
• Text.-Esod. 20, 4.• Oa..
Jerolsoanits JealeueY of Reltebouin
,tra.
• (Versos 28-27.)
•
Verse 26, Built Sheehem In the
early days ,Siteehent WaS •strongly
fortified- eity—Iti_jarae overthrown by
Abimelech (Judg. 9. 4.5). ,Ierobeaus.
(lia not linfid it. -lin restored it. He
strengthened it by walls and made it '
his royaresidenPe. . • .
.Built • Penetel-On the east Sian at
the Jordan. Jeroboam had subjeCts
on both sides of the river: •It WAS
highly iniPertaitt that both places be
etronglY fortified. • Penuel was un. .
doubtedli near the fords of the -Jor-
dan,. ee that an outpost stationed there
could defend the lend from invasion.
Penuel was anciently called. • Peniel
(Gen 32. 22, 80.)
• 26. Said in hie 'heart -The Fent
of the Tabernacles was apprhaching ,
and inar4 of, his people would' go 0
Th?, City of. CA or HOY •
City,. still had strew attraetiims far
the faithful. It wasuptil'ier• the Poo- "
Pie Set Only to :attend the Avast, but
•to rentitin in Jerusalem many dare •
Kingdom return t� the house of Do4-
voti-Jerobora's fear was well ;
grounded. If Jerusalem was to cone.
tinue as the centre of religious unity,
Jeroboam could,not expect to hold his
people. His own life would be inse-
cure (see 2 Sam; 4. 7, where Ishbos-
heth was willed by his own subjects),
I. Teroheam's Sin (Verses 041)9
28. Two calves of gold --In Egypt.
the Israelites became familiar with.
the .worship of the sacred ox. • It was
natural that net . only in the wilder-
ness (EXod. 32. 4; 8) but here also the
calf was used, in imitation of ,
Egyptian idolatry. • But jeroboam
just as inch as Aaron, knew the
wrongfulness of idol worship.
It is too mud/ fer you to go te
Jerusalem -Not becatise the JeurtleY .
Would have been -fatiguing. The •
Israelites were used ' to such foot
travel/4 Jeroboam meant, as the Mar.
gin Says, that his people .W "goae
up long enough.", They had chosen a
new king and kingdom; it was Incum-
bent upon them to choose a new re-
ligion. Why go up 'to, Jerusalem to
-worship when they -touldedo-
29. Bethel . Dan --•Bethel
was Eit the 'ektreme... south of the new •
kingdom and . formerly Leigh, •
was at the extreme north of Piles •
tine. These places bad been assO.
ciated with .religious rites in former
tiines (Judg. 1$. 30; 20: 18; 40; 1 Sam.
ib. 3). • • •
30.. .This • thine became a sin -In \
Violation of, the sedorid comnitmdmeht.
31. Rouses of high plases-Like •
the Acropolis in.Athens, so in Pales-
tine the molten or careed ods Were
set on high:
Yeriestsefromemong alt the:people
-In the kingdom Jeroboam 'wee- -
founding the priests were nee all
• Oil of_,lavender distributed E.tb Mt' a -
the' tribe -of Levi). He instituted a
taken from one tribe (for example,,
robin by means of _an atetnizer tends
to keep the flies' out and at the same new order of Fiesta. .
time imparts. a fresh odor. 4‘ you -
III. Jerciboam's Feast
use tanglefobt, place it where no one
(Verse 42, '33)
can,. get into it. •
- The polsoe fly paper- is never to be :82.. Ordained a feast --As a coun- •
ter attraction to the Feast of Taber-
nacles and for the purpose, of course,
of keeping his:people at home.:
.ta.tightnieto_loielhee with our heart,
In the -eighth montli-A. Month
•later • than the Feast of Tabernaclee:.
theAn freowb tmheemtheoeftethdeailliweepapenetnsie
the harvest was a metith-later in nor-
- de.. This feast was a harvest feast.' As
stroying- flies that enter th,e home
thern Palestine, Jeroboam- could set
much ..better than to spend weeks
fighting tyPlloid. his feast: (also- a harvest -celehratiini):
that much later.
To, help exterminate the mosqeito a
• -thoeld. used.eAfter
our soul told Mir strength, because tfilmeofekerissene
Thou haat first loved , us and -hest
sent 'Hint as t'he token of Thi .love.
Threngli Hine Thou hest taught us to
love our brother as ourselves
Great •:God, how belie we learned.
the lessonl With ;deeii'huinility we
• confess otir In -edam sif love.
hate. • We have hrolcen Thy law; we
have followed our own will, not
Thine; we have forgotten our bro-
ther'S needs- we have let ein triumph
over 'UT and reign within our souls, •
vie Litre. defiled Thy' teniple; we have
detheciated thy holy place; we have
a rain, Watch for the places that fail
to. dry ptoMptly.- Thep -get quielt
aetion on them evitie -the' Oil sprayer
and repeat the dose of oil every tee
dais Or oftener if the film is %broken
bieshowere of Wind. Rank grass some-
timajddes...psets._ of water that meke
ideal harbors for wrigglers. out all
•such grass as closjely, as possible and
apply oil. If 01 does not form • a
geed film owing to the vegetation, use
larvacide composed of nicotine solu-
tion t hill the wrigglers• '
...Bodieg of water 'which cell neither
be oiled nor treated with larvacide 'can'
•be IcePt free. of mosquito larv.ae by
.inscriPtions connecting thezti with vtctOrious. The Captain of the Ship
famous persons' or events. • '••
-• A Royalist village bell, of the period
of tile Civil. Wars, thus. penelaints
asseciation with -•the • executien- -of-
pharles I, for Which it tolled to its
then passes through between the two
Messengers; who have taken their
stand.. at the door.- The guests fol-
low,. and each receives a_ little gift.
No one is omitted„ lest the marriage'
injury, and the ;restoration ot „Charles-be;UnluckY. •Vha-dovery-4s_then paici,
II, which_itLwas repairest le gelebrate: over to. MO bride's mother, • •
i
. •• ' ., ' • • •Diiiiiii ilrillrliniiirthe- Wide-
When that my Icing° he suffered •sitting /non in, a closed room. 'When
I lost my tonge, ie he hys Head. .- • the- deer is: opened, she is fond sit=.
. Nhen that my Kinge retained 'to ting with her back to ,the door. • , The
reigne
I found my Voyse to ringe sigaine.
two .esesemigers conduct, the 'bride-
groom to the. same room, where he
tekes a seat ore the floor, his back
• • The magnificent peat of bells in the to. the back of the young lady, and
chinch .of 4bleafisr•Worcesterr Was . almost <near enough to touch
installed to. cenimemorate the '• Vic,. With a 'solemn warning- to both .eot to
tories of the °.great Duke of Marl- nieve an finch from the spot, the ines-
berdegh. Sill' of the eight bear the angers: reeve the room and close the
names' hattles,-the other ten/ these deer. , • •
the " parenta.:4:_the.
carries a patriotic inscriPtion. couple', together with the Captain Of.
- • •••-••- - - •• tha 'Ship. and two messengers,
First is my note and° Blenheim is form a ,cirOe among the assembled
;Mynas -le , • -; • •• guests and partake of a meal togeth-
• For -Blenhcim's story will be, sung-. er ',•• the gnats' may look on if they
or. Sailors, they will be allowed to go • In fame. • • desire. • A dance follows the meal,'
to the front. Stilt others are receiv,1 ••,• in which the groom's messenger de-
ft leave of •altsetiaa to help in the so proelnirns the first belWthe signates which of the men shall take
harvest fields: ' Samuel said.the concludes the ieultailt peal: • I part, while the ,bride's' represeetative
only departments,' from which men ; • • • ';gives similar directions to•thoWoMen.
'cannot be geared • in proportionate The immortal praises, .of !aiieen No one may refuse te &Mee if lie is
spent itseIf, and tb,3. flakes. are ap,,, numbers ere the .telegreldt• and line. 'Anne I sound satiated. • A bantriet, proVidedby the
, IMIst be borne' by ov'ery citizen a any men section's, where•only trained sub- • When union blest, and all these :bride's parents follows the drinee
• , • lAtiled - at the inereasied, taxes' that
Stitutes can , be.'utilizect ,glorieipround.. • . When eveeyon is /witted, trebe one
orget the Matt Melt. minus ante mid he geld that during 661 War no COM. 01(i BOStOn 'posiesses one of the ough--- articipate .111 the festivi-
• altogether . -turned- aside from. • Thee;
__went ,un , into the •-altarks.„ • •
Solomon dedicated •his: temple, SO
Jeroboam personally consecrated ' his
altar in Bethel for worship. ;He •eyl.!
dently let some of the new Priesta ,
(verke 34) :dedicate' the altar in Dan.'
• • *Devised of his own heart -Jere,.
booties. religion And ;worship Were
te-.--They-Inedetforthe• sanc-
tion of Gd. , They were his personal,
unauthorized, and wrOngful. innova-
tion . . They therefore became stig- '•
• • ' , • I,.
matized as Jeroboam s
we have proved ourselves unworthy _
And now,too in stoceing with eah.
of Thy loVei , Native .mninows-
-this the day of Milne anger we re- are -,best. •,
beembett-ala•si- Thou art -the same . _
,tincliangealde;- Unchanging' God. Thou- -•'714167:In.oF JoFF*-•-.
ists—gs-Av
are jehoveli6t. H , • e s
Heavenlyerather, 'I'hou (lest hate size,
Thou dest: punish. terribly those .-Whe
will not repent, Thou doth. annihilate
those who will not heed Illy -warn,.
•
And tow, Great- God, we beseieh
Thee that hilliie'poWerof Thy grace,
\by the love of Thy Son, open theeeyes.
Of the people. Let them fiee 'Thine
auger, let ',them _hear the thunder of
Thy Voice, let them feel The lightiitng
of Thy wrath until all Men shall say,
verily, there is a God Heaven;.
von -
y, His Will Shall be done on earth;
-verily; there is n� hone .fer mankind
except in obedience to Thee. We be -
/leech ef-Thei Greet:Godienot to, -stem,
•the torrent of Thispe,anger, but that
attlekly, the world may learn theawe
ful lesson of its folly and may turn
t� the living "God; wino to know is
light and joy und peace, now and
• everlinOre.-Amen and Amen. •
• , „pefurther, e en is triCn S • ' . , " rerriarke that the , bride -said 'groOm
the 0000400 mist not S • aki t t
• gs, and with livinga; reduced to #
*era Pittance. 'must remember
tOee•the 000,000 helplese wrecks, in-
,• One, biltidvweentuled, dismembered, or
• .f,60 111 eVer to work again.
, No Estintato of Aagidelt:
• aonP'tnare illnotrattori. Grantthat
tne average .age .of the 4,000,000
•. OithOO kIllod or dead from exposure
• And dismase was 80'..years, TIP ex-
• peetatiOn of ;life at that age,. sword;
jog to mortality- tab1e3 issued tho
losuroineg, 00/1apitelcie 'le •, /blether.
., • '
petitiVe .exernitiations will be held, Se finest peals of England, .4,vhose hymn ties.; ,
that the meii. who return iforn the of ; thanksgiving, alternating with Tile doors et% thiOnt'open and' the
•
front wilt be restored, With their old . wild, trhnO-hitrit ringing,. first told. two are "fautict, Still sitting hack to
finmbers. In the incantime thei• will the scattered •villages and towns .of baelt, precisely me they Were left, They
feedlot their regular 'pay, but ,muse the' wide- feta ,of iiirteelnaltire • that sit together at a striali' table, where
phy the wages bf substitutes. • Napoleon had reet.defeat at Waterloo, 'for thefirst time they Cat itt eaelt,
* Another innovetion announced was Another .EngIish Ucll, recast after itother'company, 'They rise to dance
that 00 petgort desiring to •Zend' had, On the same oceasion, cracked together, and with that ceremony the
-
books or magazine s to the ',Soldiers Ana under, the joyful f-straiit of its own inmattinionial *ship has been launched.
sallorsr*ithout4eference to a partieie. sistent thunder;',.11 • kieuliy. inscribed: • •'
•.• • ,,
•
Jar' person. may- hand -them,: in •at :any
post. office,- Where they Will Ise
warded tree 14'charg� '
• •
• r;ranp,', tha downfs,11 of ilutonaparte,
, • anti •11° •
With' the \dafe.4 of, -Waterlod.
'4 •
Mt o the oiti dn exhibitioh
Anythitig htit oriizaL •
•
„ •
••• ,
Happiness.
fiappinese is the' shortest distance
between two dliappointments, is -
the background of llope, the reaction
from Despair, end the illusion of For-.
getfultiess, Happiness is a brief
mina after something attaind. 15
ie • soMething we remember to have
had aftar'it hag gone, Happiness le
what We often envy in otheri who
make us think they have it 15 10 a
ttateletit in the house of yourmind
• who is gone before yoti have -shown
him to his room, You ate alataye
waiting for his confieg. When he
• opines you never know how to treat
• •
House Where General Was Born Still
Stands • -
- • . ,
Riv.edaltes is a small village in the
Pyrenees Orientates, the French Cat-
alan. The anountains are high, the
people are picturesque. It was here
that Oen Joffre was born. Ask .him
should the efiportunity arise: "Where,
General, do you come from?" and. he
will answer, as he has on cete Km;
SiOrl on record: -"rani •a Catalan of
'
Itis in the Ronssillon.that the wine
Roussillop."' • •
of that name is made, The Village of
Perpignan -lies near by., On tba,-edp.,-e-
of the district -lies Rivesaltes, proud
that- it- is- the- birthplace -of . theegteet•
rrepch .General.
- -T-he- house -stilt'stands where he
was born, one ,gf eleven childreh whose
father was a working cooper. • But
.Ioffre "was educated by an uncle at
• Perpignan. The untie loved =the,.
antics and so he ivied tlie young jef-
• ire, who at so ettely am age left his
.playmates'.: 'to sotveerithinetieal
tangles. Even then lie was tacIturn,
as he is today, which .perhaps ea -
counts for 'the brief response: "I, em
a Catalan of RoussilIon. '•
0'
•• • Reformed.
•'"Iletv is tick- gettinettlong with
the woman that Married hire to re.:
forte hiira" • •
"She has reformed hiin, all Tight,"
• ▪ '"Sure enough?"
"Yon bet. Before he was inatried
he,used to be as good as it meal lieket
for me, kat -when 1 met him yestee-
daY and tried to „borrow a five, he
• made ine pay back 4 termer / owed
hira°,9.
• . ;
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WAR, STAMPS:
•, .
Slightly Higher Trice Than the Pre- •-•
• vailing Postal Rate.
The first sets of postage "stamp
-tniide-br tiej of the European &tun;
Containing War scenes has just
been'leaned. They •have 'been:issued -
by Austria. - Whileevailablefor-peste
age, they are -really 'charity stamps,
as they are sold at 'a price slightly, ,
higher than the - Prevailing ,peetal .
There are five stainps in the "sae -
their respective values -being 3; 5, 10, •
20 and 30 heller, theheller of Austria
being equal to the German pfennig,' •
about one-quarter of a tente--The •
stamps are oblong in shape, • neatly
engraved with thewar scene in an
oval surroundedby the word/4 "Eris
erlithe- IConigniche- OsteereiChiclif7-!7-
Peit"-elie impermal ana tOfai Aus.,
trian pest, t
"' 'The'3-holier stanip is purplish li
coior, with a view ,Showing fightint •
in the trenches. :-The' Mellor stainj
is green :with e -cavalry scene. Thi
10-heller. stamp is fedi showing oni
of the big howitzer guns 'being pro
pared for 'firieg. The 20-heller stanta
is e dull blue green, with a wet %ten
set' of the dreadnought type, ,and tht .
85-heller'stemp is ultramarine in col
or with a beautifully engraved Viet
of an aereplano in flight, •
The figures of value are in .
corners atthe bottom of these delimit
with the additional charity tax Valur
in the centre. • The 8-heller steam in'
presents an additional value of
holler, the'.5 and 10 holler stainplhavt" '
an extra value of 2 teener, ;and tie '
two hiehost t'ralues. have trn addition,
al valne of 3 helleee over the regoIal
postal •rete.' •
'These stamps do not supersede. the
rogilar pestage stanips.
•
•
,1 t'lotrit People gruinille beeausth
can find nothing to gruluble• abed. •.;
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t