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What happens in amt aeout an et .
ectry liernieht trowel when the Fr Ine
75enittimetre gnus are turned upou it
eold in a remarkable way by one W
the Front writers Mahn the ghvern-
meat permittell to see the army in ae-
tlon a rew Weeks ago. The Freneli
eeventy-five is now regarded as, the
greatest field gun in the world. Lt ift
capable of twenty-five aimea rounds as
eilaueee It fires etthee R11.11).1)144 sheltie
oe eixteen 'rattails or„ high explairee
shale w eigh lugs a 41 tile less ehan'tevelve.
pounds. Tbeelighter ehell has.. a nine.
zie valocity.itaeal tee that of the' smelt
bore rifle. 0/ip bttliting, _charge is
mellnite. ." •
On the daY'when the- writers were
permitted to see the French flela gnus
in action the batteries were getting
ready to shell An expanse or German
trenches iwo miles away; • The observ-
ers were statroned witle a captain of
artillery, some distance from the bat-
terles, under an old roof, from which
posllion. they watched the German
treitehes through pdwerful field glass-
es, The artillery captain gave WS
ordere be telephone. The first shot
was fired at 3,600 yards. It went :
little too far. The next was at .
Yarde. It was a little toe short. '..
obsetwers ten expected the ea'
to say 3,450 but he said 3,00.
were astonished to see a batfery
mender handling fractions of f I.
yards in a range two trales. Also, lea
wercr a little sceptical. But that eh:.
burst on the parapet of the tremeh
Thehe to their greater surprise, tbc,cap
tain ebangee to 3,443 yards, ahd that
shell burst in the trench itself. Then
ae gave the order for rapid firing from
the whble group of batteries, and they
burse into the much dreaded rafale, or
storrie' of fire. One of the obeervere
who Was watehtag the German trench
es through a fine field glase descr:bet
what' followed:
"Att.this the din becomes deafeeire
The thumping behind us merges ire"
sane* roar; but • only for a; mom: nt
Suddenly the whole Cermet,. free: •
a width of 200 yarde. Is black r!
bursting melialte. The inferno n
inates• everything else: The see-
flye.',s take complete. charge of tbe
natien, The rifle Yire dies down et
both sides and 'oar infantry stAnda
rapt in amazement in the midst of the
commotion. The rate*of fire dies not
for 'a* 'moment. if anything it in
creapes in intensity. Lumps of shape
less 'debris, whole eandbags, bits of
heaths, bit of planking.. a rifle; the
head and shoulders of a llteless body,
the arms fliekering.loosely in a way
which tell of broken bones. One Meet
another the scrap heap hurtles hige
in the air as the melinite explodes e
•the yery midst of the German dueentt
The lumps of stuff turn slowly ote'
en the air, tulip following lump .
seizes y,on Can't you stowthe bt .1. .1
din r
Tken the storm cif fire is 'beer. et,
as the smoke rises they see the reeult
ell. long shallow depression full'. te
delleis where (ince the trench had beet.
The, Germans. were wiped out.. Slow-
tly one clay colored lamp detaches it-
self from the .rest, and with an infin-
itely pitiful weariness scrambles to Its
feet. Blind, half -naked, groping witb
outstretched arms, it stumbles towards
us; and falls flat.en its face, Ali is
still.'
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A LONG' WAR.
Clew leirk sun)
Mr. Asquith declares the purpose
Alliee to be not only the reetorat, e
iseigium Mit (obviously convent
tor her sufferings; the rechnstruct:
Serbia, and; as one reads between tie -
sautes, au addition to. her territory; r
;.erance security against aggreesent,
f: which etth. only mean. a new eastes n
frontier; for the small nations conserea-
tien, or their rights, that is to say, elm-
. ...plete and final settlement of the clusa-
lion of nationality in the Balkans; and
itnally the extinction of Prhssian minter-
isni, that is to. say, disaisnament by Ger-
manY, or Well defined limitation or ar-
moment that will insure neace.
T,his is a plan of high resolve, of unfal-
tering courage, of adamant resolution,
but as the suecess a it would mean for
Germany the abandoment of all her hopes
of cinf,Sre. economic disaster for her peo-
ple, and. her reduction to a second class
Power, the war will go on until the
sword is broken in her hand and :be-
falls exhausted. Germany, boweseo•
does not accept the view proclaimed v *tit
stout heart by the Allies, that. the. WA!
ean end only in their.lavois • Her (too
fidence hi final victory has not
shaken. Then there Is but one•eoneltis-
slow that the duratlotr of the war ean-
not`be meaeured by months, that it may
go on for years.. -
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MERCHANT STEAMERS, SAFETY,
(Philadelphia Record)
'The Freneh aud English vessels enter-
ing our ports carry no guns. The filet
; t.141 11,f t save the Laisits.nta, or Seventl
other vessels. The commander or au
Austrian submarine mistook the Ameri-
tan tanker Petrolite, in ballast, for an
enemy cruiser. Such by a war atmos-
phere upon the Open sea. Only the
itailan liner carry guns, but if the Pet-
rolite could be mistaken for a cruiser,
lisw easy it would be for the commander
of a. submarine to make a mistake about
tne nationality of the vessel In the as-
tance. or about the fact of guns On lierl
If mistakes could be averted with rea-
gettable confidence, it might not be Im-
proper for us to 'sanction the treatment
of merchant steamers with guns as naval
vessels. Still, it Is beyond question that
to change any rules recognized by Inter-
national law, at the instance of one bel-
ligerent and for the purpose ef injur-
ing* the other, would be a *slain and un-
mistakable violation of neutrality. I3ut
of this point should be waived,.it would
still reinain a fact, amply demonstrated
daring the war, and if a merchant steam -
es may be suininarily torpedoed liccause.
there are. or are supposed to be, guns
on lire stern, then no merchant steam-
er is safe from being sunk 'without warn-'
leg and with all on board, and the law
of nations and the law of humanity are
as fragile 08 a scrap of paper,
4.
THE MODERN CALIGULA.
(Itoehester Iterniti)
'rhe 'Kaiser tuts 'always beeit too 1...s,
*given to malting speeches. Sons.. .....
bee a uozen years ago, a great tleisisis
Lenolar. 1)1.. Ludwig Quickie, putl:stieti
• stuuy of the Iteilnan Emperor ealisees
that tutu tremenuous circulation IA
Germany and set Germany to muel.-
mg, tor the neopie soon discovered that
every ulsoteasIng, quality of Caligula to
rhich Dr. QuIticte called their attention
v as- to be round in their Raiser Luso,
eat! teat was precisely what the Iftrned
I -14 mum writer intended that they should
tiiseover. canaille, Was great's+ ve01
10 making apeeches; he never knew *when
eelt was silver or enov-r or Wad, IWO
20,01(.0 golden; ittld the Kaiser In lb,:
us in many other particulars, seemial 1,,
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, THE LOYALTY OF INDIA. ..
mewl:elan Science Monitor)
Theo, le no one thing Whiell hat mere
cezionetway; surprised politicians in a.
smell a ay, In the course of the tremens:-
c.,W3 political eyclorie- 'Which buret mite, aa
araoutatra wood, late in the surnta.,:. ..
mg4. than the magniCicent loyalty 0; toa
intlattl 1•:111M1P to the gov•frnment 41 the
nings People nlio really thouglit t!.st
lite' only painc,lilets itmorant
Mho undo:ADO nu more about
fleet.' mine than ahnit the Idea on wilRit
the Erinsh loalire hoot founded,
'were (-oho 11,,,q1 out or, anything mote
tioni Goer own vanity. •taitiii and ore
till waiting for the crash. Men who
mole/slued IIITSI•thing Ittere Nrhat the
B ritt: it Ilttintre means walte 1 with es-
t ilittlity for the iteNttable develtgeatest
et the situation.
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The many adniirers of Caruso hoped
he would be !Demuth,- front the grip, Ind
he has fallou a victim. 11, etttight him
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'T IXT LOVE
hi ND IDFLji
ay.
.44.Yes,• but would not have married
Harry for all the world," Mildred de-
clared. "He b very Mud and good, I
know, but he wOule not sult mei and
there are ea many Harrya In' the
Orld. Besides, if I am to be ,rearrlect
amnia, why, I mut you lenow, •and 1
eee.say 'be' will eonaescend to. cotem
'ye so far' ea this -fer Me, Indeed, it
ill be better far us to stay' at home
...tietly this year."
So the Matter was settled, and the
-Mune staYed at home, Sir George
fretted *and fumed over it a good eleel
for a few. days, and finally tried to in-
sist upon their going, offering to sell
all manner of thihgs abont the farm
to enable ehem. But Mildred was firm
and after a. time the question was
dropped. Sir Menge, Lowever, -efoipg
ne to London himself on. business for
e day or two toward the close of July,
erought back to Mildred a very hand-
, me bracelet, which she felt Was
-wing as soma sort of cenipensatIon
• er the loes see had sustained brave-
:, and prized WaccordinglY,
The Trevanione were *determined
a.so to follow up their lately begua
economical deeigles by having a quiet
aututnn and winter' at home, and had
-Actually made up their minds, with
Spartan heroism; not even to invite
their usuel number of friends for tne
hunting season at King's Abbott -a
determination tltat agreed very ill
with poor -Sir Mcorge'e dlgestioe, as it
was his delight to see the old house
:trammed with vieitore ot all ages -
when there reaebed them the unlucky.
letter from the Younges, saying how
much the head of the family desired
ei see the friend of ids boyhood,-
.arnely, Sir (loom.
This letter put a full stop to all
ieir plans, and was looked upon ae a
„rain blow in more ways than one,
; not only did it ensure an expenelve
winter, but, what wae worse, upon
4xamiiietion it was ' ditscovered• that
these frieiede of Sir George's youth
were most dIs.repeteble in their Antece-
dents, having been in trade. A cotton
merehant! It sounded. horrible. Cot-
ton 'could net passably mean anythmg
but low nirth, and tow birth, of course,
meadt vulanritY• •
"Who was the old man's father, my
dear?" Lady Caroline had asked lier
husband; and he had been obliged to
confess that the rank held by hie
friend's father was utterly unknown
to him.
"We were great chums at school And
tt, college," he Eaid, "and. Younge came
tatme. with me once for a vaes.tion;
t tit I do not remember -ever being at
els place or hearing what his father
teas, Perliaps I knew tbeu, but that
is ,loag ago., and I -certainly have no
recollection on the subject now."
Whereupon Lady Caroline groaned
in spirit, and thought dismally, of
what the. Heverills and the Blounts
and the Stanleys would say, finally
going off to consult with her Prime
Min ster, Mildred,
.• "It is -all- °yore'', she bdgan;• "they
must be asked,"
"I never beard. of sack a :thing in
my Wee! said Miss Trevanien. "It is
perfectly indecente-their asking tliem-
-,elves here. But what can one expect
arom such people? Good gracious,
mamma, fancy. a eotton Merchant! it
quite makes nee shiver. Hove many
of them are there?"
"Fourekee answered her -mother.
"Father and mother, daughter and
eon." .
"Any more?" inquired Mildred, sar-
castically.
"No, no- mere. Do you not think
four too many?" asked Lady Caroline
with surprise• -never in her life, good
soul, eould• she understand anything
approaching sarcasm. "Of course, now
they are r.eoming, Mildred, We must
c.nly make the best at it, though I do
Nvish it had been wine instead of cot-
ton -it is so much more respectable -
and I, wish also that Miss Rachel
Younge and her brother were not com-
ing." • .
• 'What is his name?" Mildred de-
manded.
yo'u'Degnezfl, I believe -yes, ' Denzil
"What a pity they didn't call him
Brigham Younge whoa they were
' about it!" :Miss Trevonion said, and
they both laughed. :
"How can you be so absurd?" Lady
Caroline exclaimed; afterward thing-
ing her tone to one of entreaty, she
:mid, "But, really, you know, daring,
zwe muit be very civil to tbern, if Only
to please Your pa.pa. You will promise
to be that, Mildred, will you not?"
: euppose I could not go to Aunt
Agnes for the next two months, could
I?" Mildred asked, irrelevantly.
"Oh, eilldredl" cried poor Tertee
Caroline, togs comipg into her eyes
at the mere idea of being thus deeeen
ed in her need.
"I am a Selfish wreteh," declared
Mies Trenamcn, .co,ress:ng her
motherii.hand and beeoming penitent
on the epot. Of come, mamma, I will
not leave you on any ateount in the
hands 'Of these tetrible barbarians.
onlY said it half out of mischief and,
bad tenipee; why, you might he de-
voured by the time I got tack! Have
you told 1111thel?''
"No; 1 eame to YOU first about:it.
What rooms shall we give them? The
blue rooms, do .you think, ,or the
rooms in the western wing?"
"The blue rooms; they are the fur. •
thest off," said Mise Trevanioa, *en-
-amiably.
"Very gored; I well tell Holland, Do
you know they are coming on Whittle
if -as Mr, Younge Bays in his letter
wo can .cenventently receive them on
that day? Dear me, Mildred, 1 -vvesader
what they will be like, and How long
they will. stay?" •
"Oh. as to what they will be like,"
:WO Mildred. toaating her pretty fret
teonfortably Were the fire, and look-
ing ao wise na Solomon, "I tan tell
yen thet, The oid man will be like
a Yorkshire fanner, only wotie, be-
callue he will Imo a ;Areal dm% of
Manche:4er mixed with hie tarnies,
and be will b.: always nelag horriblY
old-fashioned worde, and he will be
very attentive le you, and will prob-
ahly can you One:Wu: And Mrs.
Youhge be Three and fat and led,
like the eook; teed Vouttee
be a. mincing, fi illy refttlY to
dlo with laughter ut everything Mabel
eaya; and 'Brighten' will be a boor of
estitee."
"'What wiei the tenuity 1•.ay?" ejaea-
inted poor tads' Caroliae, elevating
her Iteede end eyes, perfeetly aghast
• A. •
at the pretty Mauro her daughter had
drawn, "Really, Mildred, shall die
of Femme."
',Mat will not do a bit or good,"
returned „Wee Trevattreue "and of
'puree yeti 1111.13i: be Prepared to hear
the &nutty say till manner of uneloas.
Mit things -that they do not know
what Sir George coule be Waiting Of
to invite such people to his house, and
that the said people are eetremely
disgusting, and so on."
"But for all that you will be hind
and dell to them -will you not, Mil-
dred, my love?" her mother usked
again, analouely wetclting tbe girl's
Proud, beautiful face.
. "Oh, yes, 1 will be civil to them,"
'Miss Trevrtnion said; and then she
klEsecl her mother and went out ot
the room,
CHAPTER. IL
The eventful Friday at length are
rived, and with it the unwelcome
Younges. They came by the late instil,
whica „enabled them to remelt King's
Abbott just one hour before tee din-
ner -bell rang, and en gave them suf-
ficient time to dress. Sir George met
thlein warmly, feeling some old, half-
forgetten sensations cropping up with-
in lds libelee as he grasped between
bis own hands the hard brown one
oe his ci-devant school-trlenti The
old man he now met, however, was
widely deffereut from the falr-haired
boy and light, active youth could
just barely remember both at Eton
mid Oxford, indeed, Mr. Younge,
oddly enough, did etrangely resemble
the fanciful picture (Trawl). ef him by
Miss Trevanion, being fat, "pursy,"
jolly, and altogether deohledly after
the style of the farming, gentry.. This
might be accounted for by the fact of
his• lowing at late years -that is, ever
since Ills retirement from trade --
taken lovingly to the euittive of mau-
golds and the breeding of &mew
But, however ri,ght about him, Miss
Trevattion's progncetications with 're-
gard to the others wore entirely
wrong. Mrs, Younge, ear from being
fat, red and cookish, was remarkable
slight, fragile and very lady -like in
appearance. Her • daughter, Miss
Rachel, resembled her ntother strong-
ly, though lacking her gentle expres-
sion and the inlet eir 'of self-poesee-
sion that sat so pleasantly on her.
-Indeed, the general impreasion con-
veyed to' the observant stranger by the
firs.t glance from Mise Younge'e eyes
was that her temper might be better
than it. appeared to be, or, as Eddie
very forcibly, not to ally elegantlY,
expreseed. it, "The man who gets her
v Ill eatth a Tartar, and 410 mistakee'
She was pretty, though, for all that,
having good dyes, and altogether re-
lined features, -and wouhl pass in a
leirutose\u'dpLeth.yingp.robably without over -
But in her description of Denzil,
Miss Trevanion had been very much
at fault indeed. • Anyone more unlike
a "boor" could not well be Imagined.
Denzil Younge was 'a very Wendt:nem
young mao, Tall, fair and dletin-
guished-looking, with juse the faintest
resemblance to his mother, he might
have taken lits place with honors in
any society in Christendom. He wore
ueither beard nor whiskers, simply a
heavy golden moustache, which cov-
ered, bue scarcely concealed, the
almost feminine sweetness of his
mouth. Perhape his fate, on the whole,
would have been almost too beautiful
for a man, had not certain expres-
sion ot firmnesS and -determination
tho lower jaw suggeeted an amount
of will lurking beneath his calM ex-
terior which entirely prevented any
suepicion a weakness in his character.
His smile wee in itself perfeet, illue
hiinating, as it did, each handsome
feature, and lighting up with sudden
brightness his kindly large blue eyes.
He ems sweet -tempered also, more eo
than most men, though at times he
was. capable of beitig very much "put
Out:" '
Denzil Younge vas abotit seyen-and-
twenty at the time, and had not as yet
felt the slightest inclination to "mil -
mit inatrimoey," although many were
the girie who would. have g•ladly given
their life's happiness into his keeping,
Ho could have married almost whom
he pleased, with his handsome Saxon
face and reputed Wealth; and Indeed
it was an undleputed fact that Lady
Julia Hatingten, down in his part of
the world, would willingly have gene
te the kingdom's end with him. 10
fact, to such an extent did the in-
fatuation of Butt foolish young helmet
reach that "my lord," her father, wile
*as one of the proudest Men in Eng-
land, and "my lady," her mother, who
was one of the proudest wanton., vere
obliged to promise that, if the young
man came to.the 'mint, their conaent
to the Union would not be withheld,
But Denzil, having no desigas What•
ever in that arietoeratie quarter, be-
yond a quiet little flirtation new and
then in the hunting field, or in ietired
conservatories, never did come to the
point; whereupon Lady Alain having
felled, after tt few weeke of blank
&span. that she was not likely to die
of it, like 4 sensible girl, went up to
Lcndon, anti married the old Marquis
of Tonwyn, very much to bor parents'
and the rest of the world's tatiSfaCtiea.
Oft of course all this 'Wag supposed
to be strietly private, and by no merles
to be told ift Gath, or published in the
streets' of Askelen, lest the daughters
of the Philistinee should rejoice.
tiled Trevaniott, having made up her
mind that there would be plenty of
Lime just before dinner to get through
the introductions, stayed in her own
room until exaelly five minutes to
seven o'clock, the usual hour for din-
ing at Xing's Abbot, when she eweut
dewnStairs and into the drawing room
in her beautiful griteeful fashion, cleft
in pure white from head to foot, with,
the eXeeptimt of a eingle .ecarlet rose,
fresh from the conservatory, la the
middle of her golden hair. Arid cer-
tainly Mildred looked ea exquisite A
Creature that evening, as she walked
up the leng drawing -room to where
her father Wile Standing, as any one
ceula wish to see.
"Title is my eldeat daughteessuns
married," Bitid Sir George, evidently
with great pride, taking the glrles,
band and presenting her to his gust,
who lied been. geeing at her with open
benest admiration ever since her en-
tranee.
"Is it indeed?" the old men abswee.
ed; and then he met her with both
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eande eeteeeket ana,•loelting kindly at
her, declared out loud, for the 'bena-
flt of the aseembled company, "She is
the bOttnieet MO I have Seen for manY
a nal,
At this Mabel laughed out londl
merrily, without Ma an atterapt at
the concealment :of her amusement, to
Lady Caroline'a intense horror AO old
Youngtee intense delight, Ile turned to
Mabel inetantly.
'Yoe !Me to hear your (lister ad-
mired?" he said.
And 'Mabel answered:
"Yes, always when the admiration is
sincere -as in your case -because X
too think elm is the bonuiest lass in
all the world,"
"Right, right!" cried old Younge,
approvingly; and those two. became
friends on the sPot, the girl. chateer.
Mg to him pleasantly the greater part
of the evening afterwara, althellglothe
old man's eyee followed isilidred'e
titer. haughty movements with more
earnest attention than lie bestowed
upon those of her more light-hearted
sister.
Mies Trovanion, when air. Toting('
had called her a "bonny lass," merely
flushed a little and flashed a quick
glance toward her mother which satd.
platnlY, "There, did I net tell pea so-.
Yorkshire farmer, purt and siniplet
and all that?" and moved on te be ins,
troduced to the other members of ,the
unwelcome family. She could not for-
get, even for moment, hew
sive their visit' was, and how uuelea-
saut in eVery sense of the Word, She
Was only'three or four Years
senior, lint in mine and feeling ahe
might, so to speak,'. nave been ner
mother. When she remembered how
leddle always required mon:ey, and how
difficult they found -it to send Charles
regularly Ills allaWance and still to
keee up the old respectable appearance
in the county, she almost hated the
new•comero for elity expenses their
coming would entail. What numerous
dinner parties Mid evening parties
would have to bagiven! And probably
enotigh. Sir George.. would considee it'
necessary to glyeethem a ball -and. all
for What? A. sot :rif country bumpkins,
who were of course illiterate and ill-
bre,i, and Mr -abominable thought--
mita° their ppressive riches be cot-
ton!
Haw couldt "the queen!' laugh so
at, that dreadful old man's vulgarity?
Mies Trevadion raised her head half
an inch higher, and went through her
Inclinations to.the others with a, mix-
ture of elide and extreme'.' hauteur
that made her appear avert more than
commonly lovely, and caused Denzil
Young/3 to lose his place in the languid
conversatiou he had been holding with
Eddie Trevanion. She had not so
much as deigned to raise her eyes
when bowing to him, so he had been
fully at 'liberty to make free use Of
his own, and he decided; without hes-
itation, that nothing in all the Wide
earth, could be mere exquisite than
this .girl who, he could not fail -to
see, treated them all with open.cold-
ness,
lie took her in to dinner preseutlY,
but not until soup had been removed
did Miss Trevanion think it worth
her while to 'look up and disecrver,
what style of man sat beside her.
Glancing then suddenly and supercill-
aesly at bim, she found that he was
the yery handsomest fellow she had
ever seen-well-bred-lOoking, too, and,
in- appearance at least, juet such. a
one as she had been unnamed to go
down to dinner with even in the very
best houses. 13ut then had she 'not
frequently heard her father say that
the largeat amount of good looks was
always to be met with in the loWar
classes? So she coneidered the
Younges, and, therefore, according to
that theory, this man's perfect fea-
tures need not surprise her. Doubt-
less, when Ile opened his lips, his
breeding would proclaim iteelf.
•
Ile was staring across the table now
to where Mabel sat, laughing and con-
versing merrily with old Younge, and
seemed slightly amused with the girl's
gayety. Was he going to fall in love
with, Mab? Very likely, she thought,
It would be just the very,thing for an
aspiring cotton man to do -to ger and
lose his heart ambitiously to their
beautiful "queen."
Then. Della' turned to her and said:
"You were not in tome this season,
Miss Trevanion?"
"No; mamma. did not care • to go,"
she answered, reddening a little at the
Pious fib, and feeling intensely wroth.
ful, as she earne to the hurried con-
clusion that he had heard all about
their straitened eircemstances, and
had asked the queetion luiowing she
cOuld not have gone there bad her mo-
ther wished it ever so much. This was
unjust; but her pride and dislike had
brought her to 'this -that she, the
open-minded Mildred, could feel un-
generously toward this stranger, who -
under the circumstances could by no
pcosibiltty have learned anything'
about her father's affairs. • - •
"1 do not think you missed muCh."
Denzil went on, pleasantly; "it wee
the slowest thing imaginable; end the
operas were very poor. You are fond
of Music, of course? 1 need hardly ask
you that."
-I like good music, vvhen I
hear it," Miss Treve,nion said;
"but I Would rather be deaf
to all sweet sounds than bave to
listen to the usual run of so-eallea
eingers-private singers, I mean."
"thie does now and then hear a
good private singer, thougle" Denzil
returned. "There etvere several 'in
town last year."
"Lady Constance Dingwall was
greatly spotter. of," Mildred said; "I
have hoard her eleeg. several times."
"So have 1, And tuimiee her voice
immensely; her pet • song this ,season
was Sullivan's *Looking Seek)! tnd it
suited her wonderfully. LW" Uf feb
lows raved about her, and old Mu-
les of the Blues wag said to bave pro.
poeed to her on the strength' of it, She
refused him, however. Odd Man,
Douglas; you know him, at Miro-
everybeely does, tio is slightly traZy,
1 fancy,. 13y the bye., yOu have 'not
Ohl me what yeti thitik of Ledy Con -
stance's 'singing."
"1- 'would quite as soon listen to a
barrel -organ, I think," Miss Travail-
tinswered, ungreciously; "there le
ni3 muck expression in one As in
-the ether. She has good notes, grant
you, Ica sho does not know in the
aeirroniteinisattalligolNivo4t:o use them,"
"Poor Lady Constance," he sak1;.
"welt, I Me ,not o, judge of innate, I
confeee, bet ler rm. part would ge
tiny dielance to hear her sing. Her
brother hag managed about, thht
appeintment-I suppoee you know?' •
"Has he? I nut glad of that, No, I
have not beard, Da what ft disagree.
able matt he is! What it cot -dolt it,
nand be to his frieeds-or relatives,
rather -to Ira hint °IWO the matub
[fart"
(To be continued.)
"Teleptione, sir. "What id
ttt,,
"Your wife wants yoe home at nee."
"Wliatili the irollbler "She WI, ft
tight gown, can't steep, and the drip
pan limier the refrigeratoiele vaulting
CeUrl'evJOUrAill.
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TIRING9 CEASELESS BACK-40HE
CAN BE RUBBED AWAY TO -NIGHT
•••••••••••---••• ••••••••••••• v vrn•—••
Relief is Almost Unfailing
From Even the First
Application.
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RUB ON NERVILINE
Cold bas a. victous way of finding
'Out aching muscles Or weak joints,
How often pain settles in tlie back,
canalng inflammation and excruciat-
ing, soreness. Stiffness and aching
all over follows,
An application of Nervilino at the
atart glares immetliate pellet And pre-
vents worse' trouble.
When tbe pain is very acute, Ner-
viline litts clumee to show its won-
d•erful. penetrating end pain -subduing
lieWer. It strikes in, deeply, and. its
strikesin-lleep quality qutekly proves
it's superiority to fetehler remedies.
Then this goodness l's ntagnifieth by,
ff•fff•fe••••`""'
its Strength, Melly five tithes greater
titan most liniments,
Surely km powerful and -curative a
liniment as Nerviline offers perfect
security against pain,
Nerviline is the only guaranteed
Pain remedy sold. in Canada, Forty
years of success in many countrieis
warrants its manufacturers. saying,
If it does not relieve, get your money
back,
No carable pain, not eveu neural-
gia, lambago, sciatica, of ritertunatism
can resist the Magic Dower or NMI -
line. • Try it to -day. Rub it on
your tired hack, Iet it ease your sore
muscles, iet it take the swelling and.
stiffnott out of your jointe. It's a
marvel -thousands say so that use
Tbe large 50c. family size bottle of
Nerviline is more economical tban
the 25e, trial size. • 131ty the larger
size to-aay. Sold by dealers -every-
wlesre, or the Catarrhozone Co., King-
ston, Canada.
What Memory Is.
„ The correct way to increase the era-
•dbetivIty of the memory le to link
every new thing with an understood
thought already in hand. *Merely to
Memorize the 13lble and thus to bo
able parrot -like to speak it "by heart"
le not memory, intellectually and emo-
tionally to appreciate and understand
cne psalm 9r proverb' is memory, To
know where to put your finger on the
right verse et limiteage ot the Bible on
your table is practical and useful re-
collection. .Thetionarles, direotorica,
eneyclopedias, indexes and reference
books do the mechanical part foe -you.
Reason, association, adaptability and
the perception of relationships "are
better than muck Latin nnd More
Greek, however beautiful and Instruc-
tive these pay be in themselves.--
Excbange,
..s.eoees_
Millard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia
Travels of a Sapphire.
A sapphire of good quality which
wa,s cut into a. gem, weighing one and
three-eighths egrets -was diseovered in
the gravel along the shore of Lake
Olcoboji, Dickinson county Ia., in 1911.
It is described as resembling a piece
of blue bottle glass worn round and
smooth by attrition and is stated to
be the cornflower blue Variety, and
to have a good, velvety lustre., This
gem was probably trammorted to the
Like Okoboli region by ice during the
glacial period along with a large var-
iety of other minerals and rocke, and
its original laome can only be sur-
mised.
Mlnartes Liniment Cures Burns, Etc.
• • •
The Red Shirt of Italy.
The red shirt. destined to 'become so
famous a symbol through Europe, was
not a first adopted by Garibaldi for any
fantastic or spectacular reason, The Eng-
lish Admiral Ingram says that the red
shirt had its origin In stern necessity and
that its adoption was caused by the need
of clothing as economically as possible
the legion that Garibaldi had raised for
the liberation of Italy. An offer was
n ado bY a tradesman to supply at a re-
duced price a large stock of red woollen
shirts. This offer was eagerly closed on.
Btfore many years had passed the red
shirt became the syznbol not merely Of
the legion, but of the new spirit work-
ing or the liberation of Italy.
AN EXCELLENT REMEDY
FOR THE CHILDREN
. •
Mrs. Laura Jackson, Brantford, Ont.,
writes: "1 have found Baby's Owu
Tablets such an excellent remedy for
children that I have no 'hesitation in
recommending them to all mothers."
Thousands of mothers say the same
thing concerning the Tablete, Once a
mother bas used them she would use
nothing else. They are for sale at all
druggists or by mail at 25 cents a box
from tho Dr, Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont.
Physical Forniatfon 0 Mexico.
Mexico pessesetes a curious physical
forreatiot. Rising rapidly' by a suc-
cession of terraces from the low, sandy
coasts on the east and west, it culmi-
nates in a central plateau running in
northweeterly and southeasterly di-
rection and having an elevatidn vary-
ing from 4,000.to 8,000 feet above the
sea. High aboVe this plateau tower
the snoW.capped crests of several vol-
canoes, Most of which are extinct. Ten
of them are over 12,000 feet in height,
and three look down upon fertile val-
leys from altitudes et. 17,782, 17,356
and 16,060 feet. These are Popocate-
petl, Orizaba, and Iztaceilmatl. •
• - .
M 'nerd's Liniment for sale everyvThete
-••••
' Odors in the Arctic. '
, -
There is nothileg like polar ender&
. •
tion for itterettei,mt, one's suseeptibiliti
to sme116.'DroNaliien told how, when
approaching.' ri-tInz • Josef -Land, he
knew when he was in the neighbor-
hood of a friend Whom he had left
there in charge of a base, "I smelled
his scented soap long before I saw
him, and afterward as we allnreacined
his hut I believe I could have given
a sort of inventory ot everything .it
Contained without eatering. The odors•
Of the petroleum, Coffee, cheese, tea,
etc., readied nie quite separately and
distinctly,"
ellin••••=1•••••=11•10=MiMIV••••••••••••••••'
When Cheese Was Vulgar.
There was a time when. eheese. weir
regarded as too vulgar a diet for well-
bred ladies. Tele belief is referred to
in Mrs. Gaskell's "Wives hua Daugh-
ters" and also in "The Wits of Eliza-
beth," where Mrs. F.linor Glyn makete
!ter heroine write: "I was glad to bavo
a nice piece of cheese, All the time
I was with gothuamme, I was not
allowed to, as it isn't considered
Proper for girls." A correspondent or
Notes and Queries for April :14, 1 909,
writes: "When 1 wee living in jamae.
ica, some years ago a friend of mine
alio would now if living be about 95
told me that before ho let England
as a young man it Was not the custom
for ladies to eat cheese, though he haa
been in England so lately as 1874, he
believed that ladles nuffered the same
privation at that thne and almost
refused to believe me when T told hint,
that they did not." -London Chroni-
'ale.
ROBERT Ji; OR
62 King St. Eatt
HAMILTON, — ONT.
IMPORTS
10 CHINAWARE'
POTTERY
gLASSVIARE
FROM
THE BEST EUROPEAN
MANUFACTORIES.
ANTIQUES
IN EARLY PERIOD FURNITURE,
OLD SILVER, RUGS,
CURIOS, aTc.
Inepection and Correspondence
I nvi ted.
SINIMIN•10/1•••••••••••=01•••
••••••
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Curious Street Xames.
The list of curioue street names is.
inexhaustible. Bermondsey possesses
a Pickle Herring street. Near Gray's
Inn there is to be found a Cold Bath
equare. Most of the Nightingale lanes
and Love lanes are hidden ironically
enough in the shuns in the east end.
But for really bizarre street names
one should go to Brussels. The Short
Street of the Long Chariot, the Street
of the Red Haired Woman and the
Street .of Sorrows axe_ remarkable
enough to catch the least observant
eye. The Street of the 0116 Person is,
as 'one might guess, considerably nar-
rower than Whitehall. But the cream.
of Brussels, street names surely be-
longs to the Street of the Uncracked
Silver Cocoanut. This in the orginal
appears as one ponderous thirty-six
letter' word. -London Chronicle.
- as.
&atter Than Spankind
Spanking does not cure children of bed -
Wetting. There is a constitutional cause
for this trouble. Mrs. M. Summers, Box
W. 8, Windsor, Ont.,- SvIll send 'free to
any mother her successful home treat-
ment., with full instructiens. Send no
monerbut wrtte her to -day if your child-
ren trouble you in this way. Don't
blame the child, the chances are It can't
help it. This ^treatment also cures adults
and aged people troubled with Urine dif-
ficulties by day or night..
" Children's Pets.
Luther Burbank voibes his abliti-
ments in favor of Children's: pets in
his 'system. of "Training the Human
Plant." "Every child ehould have mud
pies, grasehoppers, water huge, tad-
poles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries,
wild strawberries, aeoras, chestnuts,
tree's to climb, book.; to wade in, wa-
ter lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, but-
terflies, various animals to . pet, hay-
fields, pine celleS, rocks to roll, gand,
snakes, huckleberries and hornets, end
any child who has been deprived of
them!, has beea deprived of the best
Part of his education, I3y being well
acquainted. wth all these they come
into the most intimate harmony with
nature, whop° tenons are, of course,
natural and wholesome."
••••••••••••=.•
PE
. •
STOP TO, AL_
CURES THE SICK
z And prevents others having the disease no matter how ex-
posed. By the bot tle or dozeu. -All good druggists and
turf goods houees. Send for tree booklet, "Distemper,
Cause and cure."
SPOHN MEDICAL Cc14,
Chemists and Eacterlologists. Goshen, Ind., U. S. A.
11••••****Iv.
2 1 COMBINATION COOKER 0 HEATER
$2040
ingineonto At
Want HOME /OWN
The most efficient and economical stove made.
Will burn coal, wood, coke, cern cobs, or
anything. burnable
Pitted with Duplex Grate, Dot Inc.st Tube
and Screw Dampers.
Will hold fire over night, cook, boil and
bake equal to the largest range.
Has a fine oven of heavy steel sheets close-
. ,, ,ly riveted together. Day of polished
steel.
If your dealer has hot a sample for your in-
• spection, send direct to
HAMILTON—STOVE & HEATER CO., LIMITED
thiccoikkorsio HAMILTON. ONT.
TOE OURNEMILOEN CO;,:' Canada's Oldest Stove Makers
Dynamite.
Dynamite if carefully made and Unit
will not explode except by shock or a
blow; hence a cap ar detonator la fa.
fixed to a charge just before Mies to
set It off. Set fire In open air dyna-
mite burin; fiercely with seaeige
flame, but does not explode unless Bev.
eral sticks ere eloeely piled together
or packed in. a box. The anost emit.
mon eause of premature explosion of
dynamite ia aeParation of Its taro -
glycerin, elulght ifriction or shock caus-
ing this to explode aad, in turn, explode
the dynatnite. Separation of nitro.
glycerin usually occurs when frozen
dynamite IS bbing thawed out; nence
so many eases of explosion by carelesa
or ignorant persons who uae per-
feetly good stove in a couree of in-
struction tu how to belittle dynamite.
The force of a clyeamite exploeion is
usually greatest downward. Thus a
stick of dynamite eeploded on a rock
without being covered will shatter the
rock, but will -produce little effect In
other directione. Like all explosives,
dynamite must be inclosed to produee
.its MaXIITIUM effects. Dynamite is
_sometimes prepared in granular form
for producin,g certain explosive effects,
but its action. is too rapid and intense
for use ie rifles or 'cannon, ,
WRINKLES ARE
A CONFEssioN
Advancing yearS are first realized by
the change that becomes noticeable in
the complexion. If you pay atteation
to the first, almost imperceptible,
how easy it, is to avoid tho uneightlY
wrinhles that surely follow. Wrinklte
are a eonfeesion to Father Time. The
skin snust bo kept firm and ameolk br
proper rittent1on and treatment.
"USIT" itt a skin food and serial -1.1e
elmeer. It builds up firm elastic tits.
ewes, removes wrinkles, fills out (lapses-
,coptenilso.co.xn :sou sitrlylantesfsi neofansvitolintract:70trt
foiyesilenxecsi$,sstiuvuet ysovulitticlis.,. and restores to
"VSIT" Is put up in hanclsorn-e opal
bottles, op(' until the Drug Stores in
Canada tiro completely stocked we aro
filling mail orders, Aceept no substitute,
nnSti:nertnic.cleAn5:0 fenerutesixttdpaeyks.folt;s0t.riallybootItaley,
onstage tocoannyaandecelsrevsns in Canada..
Iles Avo.„ Toronto.
Unit - Manufacturing co,, Limited.
Dept, A, 470 Roncesralles Ave., "troronto
He R:new' Their Wea,kness.
During the reign of Louis XV. of
France the light chaise done into
fashion, and great ladies of Pails.were
accustomed- to drive in Weill about
the eity, But beautifel hands are not
alwayq stroeg ones. Accidents began
to occur more and more frequently
in the streeto. Consequently, says
"Das Buclt Fur Alle," the king be-
sought the minister •of pollee to do
soraething, since the livee of pedes-
trians .were constantly in danger.
"I will do whatever is in my' pow-
er," replied the police minister. "Your
majesty deeires that these accidents
cease eutirely"?"
The king replied, "Certainly."
The next day -there appeared a royal
ordinance that ordered that in the fu-
ture ladles undee tliirty years of age
should not drive ehoises through the
streets of Parts. That seems a mild
restriction, but it is said that scarcely
a woman from that time en drove her
own chaise. The ponce mihieter knew
that few women would care to ad-
vertise the fact that they were over
thirty and that the rest would prob-
ably be too old to drive anyway. •
EAT AK 1.
TIVE FOOD
To avoid inaigestion and coustipatiota
eat less of the highly refined fancy eer.;
eals and starchy foods. 'What the stom-i
ach, liver end bowels require is an unres
fined, active cereal to keep them work -I
ing right. Dr, Jackson's Rorrian Meall
has more active, stimulating power that*
any other breakfast cereal. It containa
'whole berries of •wheat, whole berries 011
ITO. deodorized flaxseed and bran.,
Makes dellelotts porridge anti all baked
prod u cts. ,
At all grocers, 10 cents and 25 cents. I
Made Ity Boman Meat Co., Toronto.
4 -
. ' RURAL .JOVS. "
Sing- a song of winter time,
Cold. and hitter weather;
Meet it with a cherry rhyine
All of Us together,
•
Shut the window, lighi.the
To the hearth. draw nigher;
Thaw out all 'the, rrost and dp.111P
A.t .the open fire,
Toss a back log 'on the 'blaze, s
Spread the. circle wider. 2
Talk hnd talk or other dayss-, •
Fetch a Jug of cider!
Cenek the nut and crack the jest
'Sind the laughter lusty -
Now and then among the r,est
One, is Stale and fusty..
Mother fetch the ginger bread
And the armies yellow:
Even lovers must be fed-
SallY's got a fellow:
Sing a soft. of ice and snow,
Goodness! How weepity
'Them that pleasure next known.
People of the city!
-Farming Business.
* fi
IVIinartlat Liniment Curea Dandruff.
e
A SATISFACIORY DIET.
A. mixed diet, including sufficient
animal foods as fresh milk, eggs, meat
ana fresh vegetables es by far the
most satisfactory diet, as it contains
suricient anti -neuritic and anti-scorbu
tic substances. The dietary habits of
the greater part of the population in
this country are such as to prevent
the continuous consumption of a diet
deficient in. vitamines. In recent years,
however, certain factors haVe- had a
tendency to reduce the vitamine can -
tent of the diet of the population at
large, Changes in our eeonon114
eonditions, food prodttetion and meth -
of ot cooking seem to reduce the vita. -
mine content of ehe diet of a large
number of persons to the danger -
point. Observations which. I have
macre in collection with stales on the
cause of pellagra bear out this a,sser-
eion The population of a large portion
of -the southern states, in whieh this
disease is prevalent to Etch a, serious
degree, lives on a diet which is, to
say the least, not rich in altaraines.
Highly milled cereals, pork fat, in ad-.
dition to tabbage end turnips,' and
similar, vegetables, form. the staple
artiele of the diet, The tustomary
Use Of baking soda in the prepara-
tion of food, furthermore, lowers the
vitamite eontent of the diet, I have
been able to demonstrate on animals
that corn bread made from oornmeat
and nntk, witlt the addition of soda,
losos its high initial content . of anti-
neuritic Substence in the -Meese of
bakitg ae remit of the destructive
melon of the Carl Voegt-
lin in tbe &lentil:1e American.
Crawford.. -The janitor of our flat Is
going tn give 001110 kind of an enter.
tainment. Crainhaw-for your sake, 1
.1tope It will be a bousewartning.-
V
ISSUE NO, 10, 1916
HELP WANTED.
IR LA a WILLING TO WORK ON
4-4 British Army Ordere. knitted under-
wear. Seareers. plain stitchera and learn-
ers. isrlebt, healthy employment. Good
wages. Zhninerman Mfg. Cu., Idtkl.1
Aberdeen tklul Garth streete, Itamilton.
one.
FARMS FOR SALE.
MON, vvv••••••••••evsever••••••..1".••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
e4 L'A.1.4 UNDER _btowrct.tozi- uo
sse acres' la County r;f Meleitesextelei-
erovell farm wall trame buttdi»ge. rsasi
terMs. onlY, *nee down or eueurett. bale
(Ince 0_,,rs LonOns Loan compeer,
I3ox 410. London. 034
FOR SALE:
Fi OR sAr,r,-rANoy PIOHONs AND
flYtng homers; pricers reasonable. Ia.
Irolton, 62, Caroline street Malta, 'rem*
liten. Ont.
MISCELLANEOUS.
W• ANTED -GIRLS Or GOOD EDITCA.-
thin to train for nurnes, ATOM
Wellandra :ftospital, St. Catharines, Ont.
Items 'of Interest.
The fine watch is protected by a pnott,
matic pad.
••••••••••
Ratunania's cereal crop in 1815 la twlea
that of 1914.
1•••••••••
In 1013 African bought neerly 5900,000
worth vr musical. instruments,
Greenland is without infections cliecases
swing tu the dry, cold atmosphere.
In the onthracita legion or Pennsyl-
vania there Is a church fur every theme,
and Inhabitanta More than gects
are represented,
--
A fast trotting- atallion 4:ed of :right
In a NeW York State, El, Halt> W11141 Silo
(1311.111g IL thtlactee6107111. lie WKS ueveu
Years old.
Lana Itoolth, Tom Meore's pesicse;
poem, was published 100 years ago 71
was written under a curlous publisher's
agreement whereby lie nsts to receive for
• eaSterri Peens 3,000 guineas, suceees or
failure,
Pittsbing held Its first "Itite (las' rs-
cently and 0110 children flew kkee
of the public parks. A Ohtnese boY tad
e kite 70 feet less, in the lorm er a send-
..pecle. The *figure of another- kite was
that of ITnele Sam.
The chief detective of a Ne:e 'Mph. 11"-,
tO1 worked hard and earnestly on a
stolen watch "case," anti finally reuover-
ed. the missing article. As a reward 'the
owner of the watch, a womansnamed he!
dog after a. niceiman.-'Exchange.
Suffer Na Longer
From Constipation I
You eau immediately relieve and
Permanently, cure yolirself with Dr.
Hamilton's Pills. One thousand dollars
will be paid for erty case that isn't
corrected within throe days. Di...Ham-
ilton's Pills contaia inJurious
drugs; they are composed entirely 'et
soonoeteh. ing vegetable extratts that
strongtheu the .stoiniteh era bowels at
It is ,absolutely impossible for
Dr, Hamilton's Pills to fall -curing
bilioesness, sour stomaeh, indigestioe,
headitcho nr cOnsUpation. Even one
box -bee brought vigor and renewed
health to Chronic; sufferers, so you
owo it to youreelf 10 try Dr. Hamil-
ton's Pills at once; 25c per box, at all
dealers. • •
Ambassadorial indiscretions.
The first rule of an ambassador's
elfice is that he shall abstain from all
interference in the affairs of the
ceuntry in which he is living.. A
bleach of that rule enakeshim•persona
nen grata, In Engllsb diplomacy 'MO
best known case Is that et BuiNver at
Madrid. Bulwer had, by order, trang-
ndtted to the Spanisli Government in
1848 an impertinent despatelnin...whielt
the actions of the cipanish- Goveru-
meat were strongly criticised. Bulwer
received a reply stating mining other
things: "Your conduct in the execa-
tion of your important mission has
heen reprobated_ by 1)1'41,0_0MR:a
England, censured by the Brill:Ill Weal
and condemned in the British Par-
liamene:. Her Catholic Majesty's Gov-
ernment cannot defend it, and that of
her Britannic • Majesty .has not done
so." Whereupon Bulever received his
paespOrts with peremptory. ostlers to
quit the cotin4.,try within forty-eight
s_hours.--Manchester Guardian.
• I consider MINARD'S
the. ialtar't fifiliMellt in uSe,
I got My feet badly jammed IatelY.
I bathed it well with MaNATtile'S
LaNIMENT, and it Was as well as
ever next day..
Yours very truly,
T. G.
. Curious Wedding Present.
Among the Brais river tribes of West
.A.frica, wIten a young cottplo -get mar -
vied it is the custom for the oldest Meal-.
ber of the bride's family tq present the
bride with a plot of groend :six feet long,
This is for tne grave of her family and,
herself when they die, The first mem-
ber of tho new family who dies ie bur-
led about twenty' feet below the ground
and the next one almost sixteen fset,
and this goes on until all the 1401113r die
and are buried. The grave holds them.
Mt. and this they think, prevents them
from being ,seperated. This growsonia
'wedding present is the ono most valued
by tho bride, the favorite native...saying
being. "When all other things are gone
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taker.
Achilles absent, Was Achilles still.
-Romer.
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