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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1917-11-08, Page 7HYDRAULIC RAM FOR FARM WATER SUPPLY Principle of Hydraulic Rams -How -By Thomas to Determine Daily Capacity Stansfield There are, no doubt, many PeoPie in our rural districts and farms who have heard of that very useful and in- expensive machine, the hydraulic or Water ram; but how many are there who really understand the principle Upon which these rams operate? I Venture ee say very few; otherwise the hydraulic ram would be More Fre- entently. in operation where Water nom are available, or where lakes Or ponds are locatea and a slightly higher elevation than where a rem could be placed. • The princlple of the hydraulic ram may be briefly explained as follows: A quantity of water situated at a leigher level Is piped down to the ram, "en tvee"the ram. E is the supply ptpe te the cistern or other source or storage up whieh. the water is to be rideed The operation of the ram is as fol. love: The water enters the drive pipe A and at eirst flows through valve B until the flow becomes Sufficiently powerful to force the valve B upwards and closing it suddenly. This sudden closing results in a Presser° being exerted upon valve D opening same. The water thus ar- rested in its flow towards B rises up into the air chamber ,C and eonfines the air in the upper part of the caarn- ben As soon as a force has been ma erted against the compressed air A,DR1VE PIPE. B,WASTE VALVE. C.AIR CHAMBER. D.A1R CHAMBER VALVE. E.DELIVERY PIPE. F.REGULATING E SCREW a NUT. FIG 1. This drawine shows clearly the simple principles underlying the working. of a hydraulic ram. Many springs can be turned to cood account mereld by the installation of a ram. By the sudden opening and closing ot certain valves and by confining air in a vessel, a eushion of air is cora- pressed., and alternately released, musing the air to contract at certain perfects and then to expand. The lat- ter operatiou forces the water, or some part or it, to a higher level than its source. The accompanying illustra- tions will be of value to those who are interested in the subject. Suppoee e pipe were craeying wat- er from its source to •a lower level, and a valve in the pipe lino were to be suddenly closed, what is known as a 'water hammer would be set up, that is, an. impact or blow would re- sult, and under certain conditions it neuld be quite possible to burst the pipe. Now the power thus suddenly 'emerted in the cese of the eudden closing of the valve, Is in the case of teemhydraulic ram, utilized to lift the water or some of it to a higher level. There are certain condetions to be taken into consideration in using a hydraulic rani. First.. A fairly large volume of wat- er is required, as a rule not less than 2 feet of a head, although in certain cases witere the quantity of water is almost unlimited a ram can be made to work under a head of 18 inches. Secend. Tho distance between the -wanti ed the ecurce of water, and equivalent to the pressure in the drive pipe and against valve B, valve D closes and the compressed air in the air chamber C forces the water up through the supply pipe E.. The moment the water is thus forced up the supply pipe, the opera- Re!ative Sze s for Drive and Delivery Pipes ts-ti 1 inch lee inch 2 inches 3- inches 4 inches 6 inches 61 1.• 0 C.) n te; te, A A P. 0 F3 711 -44 gl a:8 gl a 8-4 inch 1-2 inch 1-2 inch 3-4 inch 3-4 inch 1 inch 1 1-4 inch 1 1-2 inch 1 1-2 inch 2 inches 2 1-2 inches8 inches table will be found useful in comput- ing pipe sizes. In the first place it is always well to know the exact volume of Water at tae disposal ef the ram Many a rani has been installed and the SUMO pf water has failed seen after it has beee put in operation, Fig. 3 shows how the volume of water can be gaug- ed 1 the supply is small and can be dammed up with a board or some oth- er method. By using a bucket and a watch, to find out how much water will flow through the pipe or hole in the board per minute. The hole ahould b.e the same size as the pipe necessary Or a pipe drive. A stick should be driven into the bed of the stream and marked so as to make sure that the water does not decrease in height to any appreciable degree. 11 the water level does fall to any great extent, it shows that the supply would soon run out unless re- plenished by rain. When the stream or spring from which water is to be procured is less than one-quarter of a mile distant, the ram may be installed as shown in Fig, F., viz., direct from the stream to the ram. But when it is necessary to place the ram at a greater diatance from the stream it is well to install a stand pipe made of a larger sized Pipe than the drive pipe. For example, if a 2 -inch drive pipe is necessary, a 3•Inch stand pipe would be advisable. To determine the location of the ram, the information may be procured in the following manner: Turn to Fig. 3 and let us suppose that a 1 1-2 inch pipe is used to fill a 3 -gallon pail and that is is filled in 15 seconds. That would mean that 12 gallons of water per rniuuto had flowed througa the pipe. We will suppose there is 3 feet of fall from tb.e high water mark to where the water enters the ram (see figs. 4 and 5) and that the water has to be raised to a cistern 30 feet higher tha nthe rem. Multiply 12 gallons by 3 feet and again multiply the result (36) by 40, and divide this result (1440) by 30, ,the height to which the water has to be raised. This. gives us 48. Multiply this figure by 24, and we have the number of gallons of water that the ram will deliver to the cistern every 24 hours. The above rule can be followed and results will be found to be approxi- mately correct. Without mentioning the figures as given above, the plain rule is as fol- lows: Multiply the number of gallons per minute* available for supplying the ram by. the number of feet fall. ' Multiply this amount by 40, and then divide by the heiglet in feet to which the water is to be delivered. Multiply tion is repeated. The sudden closing of valve D creates a slight vacuum caused by the recoil, which recoil is taken advantage of to keep up the supply in the air chamber C, which would otherwise become filled with water. This slight vacuum operates - 1744. lb,„7,%),,,zoramii _ATT • r 7-0 FIG4. 1. .ST8IY0 P)PF llotA5e RaN this amount by 24, and the result will he the number of gallons delivered per days of 24 hours. It will thus be seen from the foregoing that the hy- draulic ram constitutes a simple and inexpensive method of raising water wherever a flow of wate with any ap- preciable downward grade exists. The steeper the grade with volume, of course, the more efficient will be the ram. • °EL/V(RY PIP keefTER LEVET:- ./P100/ff OF FAL Fl G 5. S1IPP4Y PIPZ TO .5-1-1ND PIPE. ,a55. mmil - ow? Falig 1111011/117 Of FALL WASTE Pi/V DEL/YaRY Fyn, °Pr ve- pip4e, • These diagrams show all the essential features of hydraulic ram installation. Refererice to the accompanying article, written by an expert, will explain clearly any point about the working of the system. The chief es- sentials are an abundance of water and a fall of a few feet to the ram. r- -I theta the heleat to which the water is to ae lifted, or if the water has to be forced into a pneumatics. tank, then the pressureerequired in the tank. hs. to be Very carefully calculated. . Fig 1 is a sectional view of an or- dinary hydraulic ram, showing the principle upon which seph rams near- ly always operate. hens . the drive pipe, or pipe which coeyeys the water from the source of posierito the ram. The term "drive pipe" is kiven to this pertion of a Tam because of the fact that water flowing through this pipe the Small swift or air supply valve air, which is then forced into the air chamber .0 at each stroke or pulse- ttoe .pf the ram. The air being elastic and compress- ible, it is pnesible to keep a steady flow of water running through the suPain nine. A drive pipe should be capable of conveying at least three times the amount of water required for domestic Purposes, and a delivery pipe should not be less than half the diarneter the drive pipe. The accompanying The utilization of this convenience of civilization should be instrumental In many cases in providing a country dwelling, or even a commtmity, with a sanitary system and water service. There is less chance of the water be- e.oming polluted if pure at its source than is the case with a well. The latter may become fouled by.the very sewage disposal system in connection with the residence, because of the tact that the well would be lower -generally than the sewage disposal system. -Canadian Countryman. BRITISH REET CORD NOT itCT Sir Eric Geddes Defends Its Baltic Course. Would Enter at the Mercy of • the Foe. , , Leedom Nov. 4. --The ptiesage in the in. terview of Preinfer IterensIty recently given to the Associated Press which the aroused the greatest interest here was hl onqiiity us to why tho British fliott had not been sent to the Battle Sea. A detailed end authoritative reply to that qUeetion was given by Sir rio Gedclis, Yirst Lord of the Adrotralty, in his -speech in the /louse of Commons, deliver- ed that sante evening on whielt Premier I./erensky told the correspondent, Sir Erin referring to those critics who )11d asked why the British Beet had not peen tent to the Baltic, ,remarked: "/ tun very doubtful whether any of those critics have studied with care it chart of the entrance int..) that sea. I Onl of the opinion that they formed their views efter looking tit e schoolboy's at- las, talihich 011 the sea is colored pale kion1e of Sit. Brie'e remarks On GO . Stlbject follow: "Before the Germans -.attempted oeerations hi the Gulf of they deemed it neeessary te oectipy ▪ ithe Wands eontreending the entrance to . the Gulf. The ielatidit Jtekteli tore/nand 'the nttanee to the .Ssilein. netting to a tieutrid power, Denmark. Would it not it an stet. e; madness for the reetialt •IKS.S0 thirfe 11)0; Baltie 4/144410 elsMit4iffs1101114104.V110VICI4nreranS 'Would Campy and, fortify these islands itt eur roar? Atedid Telef.; through, Omuta we eind the German eleet thefe on our arrival? The operation of passing throtigh would occupy a c0ru3iderable period of time, as, putting aside the ques- tion of the neutrality of the Danish In- tends, there are extensive mine fields to be cleared. .A.Iso, the leading vessels of our fleet, debouching from the Great Belt -the oely possible paesage-In a necessarily deep formation on a very narrow front, would find the whole German fleet deployed and concentrating its fire on them. I have found to re- sponsible navy officers of any school who would support stieh a enterprise to - to -day. "I de not touch upon ,sueh questions as those of line communication to be maintained with it fleet once in the 13a1- t1c, and the fact that every supply ship passing through would do so within. thirty miles of Mel, It is certain that only it small proportion would succeed in getting through unless a heavy force were detached to protect them. "Our fleet In the 13altie4 if it get throeith, would soon wither to impotence with its vital conanunications cut, and our Itusslan ally could not simply it With fuel, ammunition or btores. .GURIE0 VS. ICERENSItY. Russ General Defends Brit- ' ish Na,vy's Course. London; Cablet-Generel'Otteke, of -the tuselan army, who arrived recently in' Drigland Ir Om Aussie, irt an interview In the 'Daily, Express', says nett Premier Nereusky shoued lack of politleal sense and tact in blaming the 13rItish fleet for not entering the Baltic. He declor., ed that smelt entry Wee not only Moog. bible, but that it could not have been carried out In thne to prevent the Get" mann front landing on the islands in the Gulf of Riga. General t4Urko dontilders it true to eertain exteat that ittuntio, bore.the brunt of the fighting in the first 15 months ism the ever, but It reelteea that if the Al. - lied tense Was tiot to,bo ruined this eves f MOSItallti Re *greed etimpletely vita leterenek.y thee Russia is exhausted for the thee betng, but Adds thet Buesia should be able to anderteke her ehare of the fighting, - 'rho 'reeks hed fOrtified the line between Gaza and Jerusalein, but they evidently were not Ztroug enough te Lola both male of it, and the Constant ;Series of., Britiele rai(10 for a Month er two haa left Wont unaecided. as to which point would be Gen. Allonby'e objective. General Allenby was telePeinteil to succeed aiterray in the Egyptian Conn mend June 15, and arrived in Egypt June 29, He had previously tenon a Most distinguished part in the war on the western trout. His only son died recently of wounds. taltAIIS CUT HEDJAZ RAILWAY LINE. London Cable. -The following of- ficial communication Was issued this evening concerning the operations ni Arabia: "It is repotted that Arab troops of the King of Mecca raided the Hedjaz Railway recently, kitting or capturing tho Turkish guards and de- stroying a considerable portion of the railway." LOYAL SUFFRAGISTS Reorganize On War Plat- • . form to. Aid Britain. London Cable. -England's faanous suffregc tte organization, the Women's Sochi and Political 'Union, reorganiz- ed to -day on a war platform, The women who, before the war dem tried evert' means to embarrass the Government, now appear as its firmest sum (eters in the 'War against Getinany. * The panto:me it was announced, in- cluaes a pledge to fight "until a vic- tory will make it a physical impossi- bility that Germany can ever wage another war." The women urge food rationing, drastic curtailment of non-essential industries, better co.ordinetion of all allied military efforts and an alliance eetWeen the allies to continue after e 110 war. Mrs. pankhurst ms to address an ini- tial mass meeting of the new organ ization next Wednesday. PALESTINE WIN IS IMPORTANT British Forces May Be Able to Flank Turks. Arabs Have Cut Hedjias Railway Line, WILL NORWAY ION AWES? Recent Signs Point to Break With Germany. London Cable. -A British official communthation issued this evening dealing with the operations near Je- rnsalem says: "General Allenby re- ports thee he is now holding the pa- sition covering Beersheba on the earth. We have successfully raided another portion to the Medial, front. "A large humber of Turks were killed and fifteeri prisoners and a Maehlhe gun Were brought back," Considerable importanee is attach - (id here to the ettpture Of Beersheba in Southern Palestine. It is assumed that General Allenby Will now be able to outflank the Turkish positions at Gaza, whieli have held tip the British forces since Sir Archibald Murray's recent ftVerae Innttypt. Bea -Sheet is ret the end of a volley which leads straight to Hebron and thence to Jerusalem, through which the Beertheba-Jerusalem railway bat been laid. It is obvious that thit broad valley Will afford a meant Of approfteh to Serumalent, even thetigh the Turks succeed in destroying the railway ltnes. Could Be of G-reat Aid to Entente. London Cable. -The stinging note aelivered to the German Foreign Office by the Norwegian Minister at Berlin yesterday. apropos of the re- cent sinking of a Norwegian ship in the North Sea, part of the convoy de- stroyed by two German raiders, is re- garded as particularly significant be- cause of the tone of the closing para- graph, which suggests that Norway is approaching the end of diplomatic relations with Germany and is pre- paring the Norwegian people for the. most vigorous possible measures thereafter, which could only mean war. Among all the minor neutrals none could so much injure Germany by en- tering the war as Norway. She pos- sesses ports that would be of inestim- able value to the Allies' naval forces if given for their use as bases. The employment of these bases would greatly shorten the Britsh naval lines and render it muck easier to in- tercept raiders and submarines in the North Sea. Aliso, possession at these ports would perfect the heeekade of Germany by shutting in Sweden and Denmark and release much British naval power now used for operations elsewhere. Finally, a declaration of war by Norway would compel Sweden to re- main sincerely neutral or join the Allies. HEAVY LOSSES OF MN AIRMEN Paris, Nov. 4. -The Parts War Office announces that during the course of the battle of Malmaisan, which ended in the withdrawal of the Germans across the Ailette, French aviators attacked the enemy troops with their mariniiie guns, liombarded stations and points of concentration. They fought 611 aerial engagements. Sixteen Ger- man aeroplanes were brought down, and three ,captive balloons set on fire In addition, 50 enemy aeroplanes fell inside their own lines, the greater part of them being completely destroyed. NEW GERMAN PLOT To Block U. S. Mails With Chain Letters. 11•••••••••MONIMMOM New York, Nov. 5.-A German plot, the appareet purpose of which is to clog the mails, both domestic and for- eign, is under investigation by the setret service, it was learned this morning. The scheme, which cane for flooding the Mails with millions of Raters, each letter a lihk in one of a dozen or more chains, is Said to have originated in Bostoh, Some of the lettere, which have fallen into the hands of the GoVeriunent, are out and out propaganda documents, while oth- ers are on their face harmless affairs, usually prayers for peace, or for the protection of American soldiers atid sailors in Europe. 4 WISE WORDS dr fmpib.•Ira...I.P•k••*Mp.• • e'etae4ettereee+++.4eke-reene aiettnitieete**-4-1.4t-a+++++•++++++++++44+4 "The Butcher tf Eur pe" Rupprecht of Bavaria Will Sit on British Throne if Germany Wins. +++++.4, -+++4 -44 -.+.4 -1 -4 -++4. -.+*+++.4 -•-**-90-* +4. 40- *11, -04 -44 -**4-40-41-*** (By Count Battyani ot the Bavarian staff). At first blush,' it MEW gem more than a little curious to the readere oe tiais paper that I, .Couut Louie Batty- aul, by birth a MagYar, and a lineal descendant of the great Hungarian patriot, who fought with Koseutla, should be ready to place at the dispo- sal of the Editor the exclusive and re- markable information concerning the private life ot Crown Prince Rum- precht of Bavaria, which 3 gained whilst an officer on his staff, and dur- ing two and a half years of the pre- sent war. It is not the way of a .Magyar -need I say? -indeed, it is not the way et any gentleman to betray confidencee given him while in a position of trust - :.but the obligation to preserve sec- recy is, after all, conditional on other obligations being fulfilled toWarde one's self; and I have sustained injur- ies, at once so foul and so cruel at the Prince's hands, that I feel at liberty to tell the truth about him, not mere- ly to a few privileged person% but to tho great mass of the people in these islands. It was in the early days of the war that 1 was despatched to act as Aide - de -Camp to the Prince. Frankly, I had no wish to go. To fight for one's own country, and that country. Hungary, with its fierce but candid and brave and chivalrous pecple, is one thing; to fight for the cold, domineering, treacherous Prussian is another. Still, Germany was our ally, and as a sol- dier I had to go where I was sent. DRUNK WITH SELF-CONCEIT. The German High Command, I should explain, insist on each of her allies supplying so many staff officers to the different geneeals controlling the forces of the Fatherland, wailst in return the 'Germans allocate to the staffs of their allies some of their most alert and thoroughgoing Junk- ers. This serves it dual purpose. First- ly, Potodam is kept absolutely inform- ed as to the aims, *wishes, and disposi- tion of its allies; and, secondly, those allies themselves are infused with the spirit of German militarism -of that blind, unhesitating, slave -like obedi- ence to brute force which Prussia has imposed on the whole of Germany, and seeks now to force first on her allies -or, shall I say her vassals? - and then upon the rest of Europe and maukind. Prince Rupprecht explained this to me with the overbearing arrogance and cold, superhuman assurance typi- cal alike of the man and of the Ger- man of to -day, who, drunk with self conceit, imagines calmly that thee is nothing' he cannot do-nothing-8,nd no one he cannot conquer. "You know, Count," he said, "you Hungarians are bravo, but need dis- cipline, and we Germans are the only people who can discipline you. That Is our special, our divine, mission. No other people can undertake it, and unless we discharge it decay and death must overtake the human race." It was amid the choking smoke that came from the ruins of a burning Flemish village that he spoke, and as I watched the blue-eyed Bavarians, looking strikingly like "the beautiful blonde beasts" whoni Nietzehe des- cribed as "avid for bled and slaugh- ter"; as I watched them driving the women and children of the hamlet be- fore them with their bayonets, kick- ing the little ones with their huge boots, or striking at them with the butt end of their rifles, I could not help shuddering a little at the pros- pect of that sort of discipline being applied to my country. 'My impulse was to tell the Prince that, like Belgium, we weuld die, fighting against such discipline, but I restrained myself and asked - "And after Austro-Hungary and Your other allies, your highness, after you have civilized the Turk, for in- stance, whom then are you going to take in hand?" For once the Prince's calmness left him. "Britain," he said, his usually stoical voice trembling with fierce ex- citement. "Britain, the country ot whose people I am to -day the lawful sovereign, and over whom I shall rule, when we have achieved thecer- tain victory that lies Within our grasp." CLAle.IS EIN,G GiFeORGE'S CROWN He stopped to light a cheroot from the burning embees of a cottage that was Gaining close to where we stood, theft, speaking with the insane certi- tude of a man who had brooded long •and anxiously over an idea, and has persuaded himself that it Is correet "The English," ho proceeded, "are aot a bad people; but they must be made to feel the whip, to be taught to obey. That is why we Germans have become great. We have kept the masses itt their proper places. We have made the common people do our bidding, In Germany men of Kultur" By Young 'Greek Xing to His Soldiers. Washington Report. -Despatches from AthOttS to the Greek Legation to -day told of a visit by King Alex• ander to the batriteks yesterday to \Manes drill and get into neesonal Omit With the soldiers training to join the allies at the front. In a speech to the officers, the Ringo said:, "I Mu very happy, realizing that yell are working bard. 1 want to recom- mend you to be all heart with your 9erv1c and to keep away from poll - tics, you must keep on working more AO more, bemuse we havei to be vea.,1, at the earliest possible mo.' nystri no as to pertielpatn in tale War w'th i.or to try to break dept,Vri enctiliee !zing influence ot Prussian Militarism, has helped to produce in him a type of brain that does not exist outside Germany -cold, remorseless, cynical, and overbearing, and as foreign to pity cr compassion as to patience and reenonableness; able to parry out dev- ilish plans, to witness the fulfilment of inhuman craers with a emile, and to regard war or torture with a calm more frightful than the most viMent rage. Sometimes I was tempted to thinit that this dreadful composure, this un- natural restraint, was it part that the Prince had set himself to play, not out of regard of popular fooling, but becauee he had good reason to fear that, once itis iron control over him- self had relaxed, the madness which has dogged his family for generations might break out in violent form, It was in the early days of the rtam- palga in Flanders that I obtained my first glimpae into some of the dread- ful recesses of the soul of this man, who was destined to play eo terrible a part in the war. A MADMAN'S DEVILTRY. -he tapped his breast significantly - "control the mob. In Britain the mob control the country. Things would have been different if my ancestor King Charles I. had kept las throne and subdued and punished his traitor- ous people. By God, the British peo. pie* will know soniething different when Germany has conquered and 1 am restored to the thrOne that is mine by right." For, strange as it must seem to all sane people witli a sense of humor, this "restoration" of Prince Rule procht, and, in his. person, of the Stuarts to the Kingship of Britein, would Undoubtedly haVe forined part of the Gerntart progratinne had they triumphed; and were, they now, by any miracle, to succeed they Would demand its enactment as the price Of peace. Prince Rupprecht, ethange to say, boaSte no lees than nineteen descente from the Royal House of Stuart. I shall never forget the day whee ho first made me acquainted with the rattle pointing them out to me with calm insistenee on the geftealogical ehart, which he keeps alwayt in his traveling valise Personally I have vary little doubt but that this matter of hit descent has been allowed by the Prince to so Ob. Sees his mind that he hi hardly now able to take it sane View ether of hie OW -31 peaitiOn or of Britain. It is for that reason that 1i i perpetually ex. horting.hit. trim -0 to punish and sub- due "our not hated foe," the British. Picture the drawing -room of an old- world chateau-Met:ay, thouga witha, tastefully, decorated, arid with its beautitul furniture uow iristrauge dis- array. The marke of muddy hootb are verywhere on the thick velvety pile, of its carpet, its glorious pier glass it. omashed, and most of its rare anti more costly ornaments are tumbled and broken. In an easy chair, upright and mil - lug cyneeally, with myself in attend- ance, sits Prince Rupprecht, and op. potato, but some distance away, and guarded by two Bavarian privates with fixeti bayonets, stands a woman -tall, erect, defiant -with an unnatural pal- lor on her face, and a twist of the tip that told, as I thought, of contempt rather than of fear, "You were seen handing cartridges to the Belgian soldiers who were are posing our advance," he said to aer, coldly. 'They were firing from the cover of your garden wall, and you and your daughter are alleged to have been t h" • the means to kill our men as they advanced. Do you deny of them, and to have kept them well eupplied with hiding in the bushes at the batik The Belgian lady gave a scornful toss ef her head that rendered speech aaperfluous. "And you know the penalty that a non.camhatant pays who is caught fighting?" She nodden with exquisite dignity. Prince Rupprecht rose, and with a sudden gesture dismissed the sentries; then he croseed the room and spoke with a quiet seriousness that made his words all the crueller. "Listen to me, madam," he said. "I can shoot you, as you well know, like a dog out of hand -you and your daughter. You took part in military operations. You helped to kill a hun- dred of my men. Your life must pay" the forfeit -it is mine according to the laws of war. But" -he paused 14n- pressively-"tell me in confidence along whicli road the Belgians went" -he pointed through tho window to the land:map° outside -"and I will spare your life and your daughter's. More, you shall both go free, and," he lowered his voice to a whisper, "no one need know that you have told me." For a moment the lady of the ehateau stood hesitating. Then she gave her reply, but not witlether lips. She lifted her hand as though to strike the Prince emcee the face; then, changing her mind, she snapped her fingerseand, anticipating his decision, turned quickly on her heel and. march- ed firmly from the room. Two minutes later he stood erect as ever, facing the firing party that the Prince had called into the garden. She had disdainfully refused to have her hands bandaged, and I noticed that when this was pressed on her she gave the first sign of agitation that she had shown. I noticed also that from first to last she did not look once upon her daughter, who stood by, a white, trembling figure, her hands clutching each other convulsively, and her eyes fixed on her mother, who, as I have said, did not dare to meet her gaze. THE CUNNING OF A FIEND, "I am told that tb.e young one has a fiance," said Prince Ruppreeht to mo. "nne will certainly speak if the mother does not. Life ie sweet at sev- enteencti Al he turned confidently to the "111.adem ggirlOiselle," he said, "you know the information we want -the informa- tion that will save your owu life as well as your mother's, and which, it given, will prevent my carrying out the death sentence. Be sensible. Speak, and let me Spare pier mother's life." The young girl hesitated, then look- ed piteously at her mother, who gave no sign. Then 1 heard her give a groan that was half a sob, and, shaking her head, elto buried her face in her hands, 'rho Prince signed to the captaite whose comMands to the firing party sounded almost inhuman in their crisp staccato tones, The soldiers advanced, raised their rifles to the "ready" and thea prepared to firm "I will tell you, 1 will tell you," the angulehed girl exelaimed, with a shriek of dreadful intensity, and the rifles foll automatically ltiek int° the old pceitiene, when the mother,. who . had been standing firm and Unmoved throughout, fell to the ground, as I thought, in a faint. But it was the daughter who inter. eeted us, and we turned again eagerly to the girl. Per a lamina she was silent, them seeing her mother fall, and, 'realizing the dreadful truth, into burst bite a loud, agonizing, Wild Ehriolt, followed by burst upon burst of laughter, and. we knew that she Was mad-bopelessiy, pormatientlia Weir - able mati, and that never trtOre would it be in her power to give or deny information to any one in this world, Prince Itupprecht turned from her with a gesture of elitioyance, "Seize the Mother," he said ;"Make her Maar' upright and meet her pun. isliment." There Was that in her faett When they tenni t� plek her ap. that Wide resist everything, save Witneesing the itio torture of her child, oho had taken r K. own hand. Realizing that she could r nor pion loot 1).er tongue should hotraY her fellow-countrYlilen, Thea, terrible eene was only a fore- taste of the prince's cold calculated cere have learned to know as more aeviltry. - "1 ani determinea," he Said, in the Slow, inflexible manner that hio offi- sinister than the Moot Violent wratle "I am determined to find out tails in- formation, It's Military Value isn't worth a pfetinig, Bee We Meet teach these People a leSsou. They must learn, to obey, and I am going to make tlaepe do ao turn. Within ten milt- tttes I Will bay° that lesson brought' home to every mate woman and child illieTfteeevitillantgien.'111tes later I found inY fears on their behalf was more than justified. We were standing in the market -place, tite prince holding nim - self aloof even from his own eta& of - Boers, ais heavy, leapassive features looking as immebile as destiay itself. A TERRIBLE TEST. Fronting us was a motley crowd of villagers, driven here at ins orders 111 the bayonet point. They made an aargreesatninag, a ev rpya tthyepteic opric intuarne, a n (1Everywo. man had come to listen to Prince Rupprecht, to learn frdra hit -lips mann Lt meant to disobey the conqueror, Here stood the old padre bearing himself with a quiet dignity that I could not help but admire; b,ere an oldridelon woman, dragged along bY two Uhlans roughly, ono bade her be- have herself waen the poor old thing began to whimper; here again was a woman, but recently, in child -birth, and now more dead than alive; there were children also -cowed, terrified, dejected, following each movement of the troops with a dread in their eyes terrible to .behold. Here, too, were women, who, as they watched their little ones shivered in an agony of ap- prehension, and looked imploringly at the cold, stern face of the prince. They had not long to wait. Speak- ing with the decision of a man whose mind is made up beyond all argument or appeal, the prince gave out his ul- timatum. He required to know, and at once, he said, the line of retreat taken by the Belgian army, who had opposed heti progress. He would give them three minutes to tell him. If not, he would burn every cottage, house, or hut in the village, and they could live and sleep now any liked. Teen, taking out his watch, he wait- ed calmly as the hands went by. The crowd heard him in silence. Some, I think, did not understand aim. Some could not have given the information had team lives depended on it. Some drew themselves up proudly and gnashed their teeth in silent rage. One minute -two -three went by, and the silence was unbroken. Dread- ful as the temptation must have proved, terrible as was the ordeal, the seiconds passed --and not one man or woman played the traitor. Prince Rupprecht was foiled. The spirit of the people was unbroken. But he had a bitter, dreadful re- venge, for half an hour later, when we marched out of the village, the flames of its homes were ascending to heaven. The little cots and home- steads Were blackened patches, and the people, who cursed as we passed, were outcasts in their OWn land - a typical result, indeed of "Kultur" and the benefits of German occupation. Sad as the sight was, I was to see others more pitiful. My memory is scarred with them. Pain would I forget; but duty to humanity bids me recall and report them. Yes, there is no doubt that Prince them that it was uselets. The lady Ituppreclit's descent, With the bleltan ef the ellatetra lay detkd-clead Of her BRITISH toliti IN PALESTINE First -Line Defences of City of Gaza Taken. Turk Losses Heavy There Recently. London, Nov. 3. -British forces in Southern Palestine made an attack Thursday night on Turkish lines defend- ing the coast city of Gaza. The first- line defences on a 5,000 -yard front were captured, the Wa7r Office announced to- day, and nearly 800 prisoners and five mathine-guns were taken. The text of the statement reads: "On Thursday night, after a heavy bombardment, we attacked the western and south-western defences of Gaza and captured! the Turkish fIrst-line de- fences on a front of 5,000 yards and took 296 prisoners and five machine-guns. "Three counter-natacks were driven off and heavy losses inflicted on the enemy." The 13ritish army captured fifteen guilt in the recent attack which result- ed in the taking of Beersheba, it was officially announced to -day. The state- ment says: "Ieifteen guns were captured at 43eer- sheba. Prisoners to the number of 444, Including- 20 officers, neve captured at Gaza." THE DRUMMERS. John Lennox and R. B. Grif- fith Are Officers. DESTROYED A AMER UNIT British Destroyers, Armed With Cinch Guns, Smash Hun With 6 -inch, RILLIANT WORK Fight in the Cattegat Was Terrible Disaster for the Germans. London, Ont., Nov. 4t -The Onta- rio Commorciai Travellers' Associa- tion at the closing ineetitig of the year yesterday elected all officers by ac- clamation. The retiring President is Mr. C. W. McGuire, of London. Those chosen for the coining year were: President, J. II. Grant, London; First Vice -President, G. Moreloy Adams, London; Second Vice-Presidelitt L'. N. Hanna, Lotiden; Third Vice -Presi- dent, John Lennox, Hatnition; Direc- tors: F. E. Harley, A. lie Cowley, J. H. Laughton, L. la Kingswood, A. W. Howe, W. 13. Screaton, A. E. Forte, London; C. E. Secora, Brantford; emerge W. leulMati, Cba,thant; R. B. Griffith, Hanailtou; J. T, Grant, Kitch- ener; W. D. Martin, StratfOrd; CeOrge T. Ayerst, St, Thomas; W, Lind, Tor- onto; N. Id. Sherwood, Wotaisteek, • The 0.0.T.A, at present holds near bonds to the extent of $118,000, and it was decided yesterday to hived in tho Victdry Loan to the limit of avail- able funds. PACIFIC STEAMER WRECKED, Seattle. WW1., import, -The Alatita racket 400mor Al -Ki 15 It total, leas to- day on ChIca,gerf Island, neer :human. Alaska, where she grounded yeatcrday itt it snowstorm, According to reports re- ceived to -day by the Seattle steam/Mtn Co., which owns the vessel. X'aesengers, mail and express paeke up,o,g were taken from the last night. The Company estinlates that boat'S value at about $100,000. ror perspiration stains Make a swab of isoft white China silk fill with French chalk and rangnesia, and after 1 tinct •from the Socialitt Peace weiting.wItit -ether d -with qe.aw ah4,41.‘m e4tokatti-4064.10 fit‘lelsivaim+ that Such marks are vary stubborn and aro promlnetfr paelfista from several the despair of aletatetir eleanere. rittreeeati CC-Wittles 11.1% to attend, London, Nov. 4. --The Admiralty an - flounced yesterday that certain British forces had been engaged in the Catte- gat, an arm ot the North Sea between eweden and Denmark; the ten armed petrel craft, ia addition to a German auxiliary cruiser equipped with tieinca guns, were destroyed, and that prison- ers were being brought in. The engagement in the Cattegat is enormously interesting and important. 11 is not, of course, by any means the " first engagement which has taken place in ther,e waters, but it is the tirst time that destroyers armed weiti four -inch gans, have engaged cruiser, armed with .six-inch guns, and got the uest or it . In the North Sea raid on the convoy a week ago, there were two or the cruisers against two de- etroyers, and the destroyers were lost. Mils time the tables are turned. It 'Phem rk Molts like a singularly brilliant piece of ie admiralty statement reads: "Further reports from our forces op- erating in the Cattegat have been re- ceived. We destroyed a German aux- iliary Criiiiier armed witi 6-hech guns, and we also destroyed ten armed pa- trol craft. Sixty-four prisoners have beca rescued by our forcee. No British losses have been reported. "Further details will beepublished on. the return of our forces to their base." Thirty men on the German auxiliary cruiser Marie, of Fienburg, were kilted in an engagement with British de- stroyers, according to an Exchange Telegritph despatch from Copenhagen. It is understood. that the Marie was accompanying a number of patrol boats, including the Crocodile, which sank after an explosion. According to the Copenhagen corre- pendent of the Central News, the Gee - man vessels were displaying no flag. When the British signaled nein to show their colors the Gorman cruiser opened fire, at the Beene time breaking out the German ensign. Tho bodies of many Germans have already been washed ashore o_n the Swedish coast. SANK THE ENTIRE FLEET. . Copenhagen, Nov. 4.-A disguised 'German commerce raider and "flee armed trawlers have been sunk -by British destroyers in the Cattegat wa- ters. The sinkings were reported. by men on two Danish steamships. They say thoy sighted the German Vessels 'in flame and later saw them. sink.. The' two Danish steamers that wit- nessed the engagement arrived to- night with twenty -ono survivors crew of the Crocodile. One of the Danislesatlers-'gayeethis account: On Thursday night at 10 -o'clock torpedo boats-oLundetermined nationality were passed by the steam- er on which the narrator was a sea- man. At 8 o'cleek this morning can- nonading was heard. Shortly after- ward British destroyers were sighted firing westward at five German armee traevlers, which were bitrning fiercely. There were no signs of life on board. All of them sank in sight of the Danes. Fifteen minutes later they passed the Crocodile, which was likewise aflame • a nal hseo ocnr oscaondki e which was a new vessel, of nearly L000 tons, with a crew of 100 men, had been disgaised as a neutral merchantman and car- ried a deck load of casks. She was probably engaged in an attempt to slip through the British cordon and gain the open sea. Capt. Lauterbach, who commanded the German auxiliary cruiser Marie, in a statement to the National Tidentae, said his vessel was armed With four guns and carried a crew of ninety. She was ,suddenly attacked in the Cattegat, the shells fell with such rapidity that his men were vir- tually unable to work the guns, and after a few shots the vessel was a mass of flames. The •British destroyers then 'ceased firing and rescued about thirty men. The captain, who was wounded, •and fifteen men succeeded in enterhig a lifeboat and were picked up by a Darlene steamer. The rest of the rrew were killed in the fight. TEUTONS EAGER TO HELP PEACE Making Great Efforts to Aid Berne Conference. Washington, Nov. 4. -Germany and Austria are making strenuous efforts to further the pacifist conference to be held at Berne on Nov. 12 to discuSe it bone§ for an honorable Peace, am cording to an official cablegraM re- ceived here today from Zurich, Switzerland. Even the Swiss, the message said, regard this solicitude Of the central powers for peace as in strange con., /rant eo- their recent declarationthat they were entirely satisfied with their militarywillatury status,o be represented at the eonference by Dr. Bernhard Dern - berg, expelled from the United Statee for Spreading German propaganda; Pastor Frederik Naumann, direetor of the review, Die llielfo, one of the defeedere of the embitieus "Middle Europa" 'German expansion doctrine; Walter Rathenau, director of the Ale gemeirie Elecktrizitata Geizellsehaft, tuia TheAustrianAru"s:4trhe' ilaneGovernment bas granted spiel passports to COunt Bargley and Severel othera to attend thinttllefinagihoritative inforination re. garding the eetiferente has been re. 'reeved IWO, bet it le eald to be dia.