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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1914-09-24, Page 2ODERN NB IS GREIITE5T rom - • - • y3 German Artillery Officer in Letter. ters Tell Awful Tales of Their • Losses. Bordeaux, Prance, Cablee a --There s been given out officially hero the !lowing information concerning M- eats of the fighting and personal Pericnces, which has been furuis11- by German Prisoners or obtained am. doeumento seized by Prenelt cons. it relates particularly to the isining around Rheims, between the 1 th and the 16th of- SepteMber. A (Iceman artillery officer wrote: -Modern war is the greatest of Companies of 250 men, in the Oth army corps, have been reduced to 0 men, and there are to -day compan- es of the guard eoulmanded bY voI- inteere of a year,. all the offleers have ng digappearea." ite 10110Witin is' talon from ti letter wiettsit Isy a German eaptain of Mien- ry: • . -We setae etworised by the Preach, ine 1 Ion rify conipany, Searching ior it in a village, 1- was Made u Pris- oner. New my tate he in the hands of God." Another German officer, who was lietptured at Rheims, said:, For tactical reasons the guard had ili,:w',Seeteut. We had many killea and injured. The first battalion of the tirst regiment of the guard has not another °facer. Tee French artil- • lery defiled so well that we could not discover its site. General Von Schack ' and the colonel of the second regiment of arttllery of the guard are among the killed. ie.- "With what grief we learned each es•ening of the death of out- comrades," °Ulcer continued to one at his vaptors. "It is necessary to have lived the battle nods to find one's self in the evening without coed and with' only the hard earth for a bed to apPreCiate the truth 'of the words: 'Wane. .was toe clay and bloody the battle; cola , is the evening and calm is the night.'" ' The following is from a letter writ- ten by a lieutenant of the' 2Gth Ger- man ertillerY: 'lite tenth corps has been constant- ly upon the breach since the opening of the campaign. Nearly all our ' liorses have fallen. We fight every day from 5 in the morning till 8 • at night, without eating or drinking. The artillery fire of the French is frightful. We get so tired that we cannot ride a horse, even at a walk. Toward noon our battery was literal- ly under r. rain of shrapnel ehells, and that lasted for three days. We hope for a decisive battle to end the eituation, for our troops eaunot rest, A French aviator last night threw four bombs, killing four men and wounding eight, and killing twenty horses and wounding ten more. We do not receive any more men, for the postal automobiles of the corps have been destroyed. An officer of the Prnssian Gutted Regiment said; "My regiment for the front with CO officers; it counts to -day only five. We iinderwent terrible trials." NEW CABINp' Demanded by Roumanians, 'Oould Favor Allies. London, Sept. 21.—The correspon- dent of the Express at Bucharest, Roumania, says: "There has been a wIdespreaeletopu- lar demand for ,the retiremenh Ot the Cabinet, because of its a.ction , al- lowing 800 German sailors to pass through Reurnania to Turkey, and for allowing forty' carloads of am- munition to pass to Turkey. "The King, who alone has the pow- er to disiniss the Cabinet, states he eannot ignOre the wishes of the pee, Pte. "The general demand is fOr a new coalition Cabinet, favorable to the allies." GERMAN'S DEATH MYSTERY. Ghent, Sept. 30.—The topic still upper- most in Brussels is the reported visit of the Kaiser. This report coincided wait the statement that one at the EmperoVs wounded sons died in the Belgian capital recently. The feet is a wounded officer of high rank was brought in to a hotel which had been fitted up as a hospital • His face \ was masked and all the hingligh .and gine doctors and nurses on duty nad been iiitiereil previously to leave the building. The officer who subsequently died wee ;Mended only by German duetors and his ideutity was never disclosed. GERMAN- MEDALS ARE READY.. Bordeaux, Sept. 21.—The Petite Gir- onde has published a despateh from Verdun, setting forth that French eoldiere near that point found a valise belonging to a Prussian officer, con- taining a quantity of little iron cross- es, strung on black end white rilo bona and bearing the inscription, "1814-1014." These presumably were to have been distributed to German soldiers after the entry pf the Ger- man army into Paris. TO BESIEGE ANTWERP. Aeteeen, Sept. 20.—It is learned teem a habte source that in spite of. it )10avy raii. the Germans are bringing up to- v.ards Antwerp siege guns with, a retie,' ilf at least seventeen miles. It is t tate(' on gelid autherity that there has been dining the past few weeks.a move - Merit or 4PrIslall tielopit at Liege. seen.. keel ate (gelded as to whether these are e„,ine te Buono). or tire (-inning to 14.101. fol v.. 1100 4 krill:111N in ISMOMI lit, A la- w erp is provisioned 1:0 etantl tweive- moetiv Vattle liaVe been arriving front America at the late ef gm heed 11 ei.h. for the puet i.ix M1+1,41. SERVIANS CONTINUE ADVANCE. Neel, Sept. Tilt. St.rviano 1131,10: havt• pessasssion id' VS:el.:rad Mid buy,. vaies.4) ilit. hal hard: of the Drier( e.,Minte. their advance in Beenia, tsiehmetite eroseed the Drina have eeetieled l'achinortel0 utter fierce. Int and udvanceil in the direction of when vietent feshtlne is in prweess. Ali attempte of the enemy to ere;,s the Drina have failed. Pt reit:era WtlIeen declined to reeettse Herm(' . Tirana, ef Chimes), who t ,inte IlrfAllt MM4rhtge•A frOM sevteal 4;•enten-Aniellear reranifations. a :ling, rtgainet the t bargee cf afro 1- ; tii e by the Ileleian venni:taint nrrainet the German ar.ny. TRUE. TO 'HIS RACE CHAPTER 1. "Why, what a pretty boy! Bat sere- ly, Charlie, dear, you never got this boy Out of the workhouse!" exclaimed Mrs. Fautkner, half in admiration, half in Pity. as she gagea at Benny. "Well, I did, then, and I have got him regularly Indentured to me," ma swereci the ceeitain, drawing a docu- ment front his poeket and holding it up before his wife. "Put then this fair, refined -looking lad! lIe never could have belonged to the workiog classes! Aril I'm sure che for a Flerva,nt," said Tbe captain shrugged his shoulders. "It's hard telling where such child- ren come from, I like him all the bete ter for his good looks. And as to his itigu, doing for a seryant, we'll see "But what odd clothes he 'has get on!" "It is the workhouse uniform; but we'll change all that to -morrow, and put him into a rage's livery—army blue, with brass buttons. Eh, my lad! wouldn't you like a -dress cf that 'vort?" inquired the captain. good- naturedly. turning to his pew servant. "Oh, yes, Or, please!' eagerly an- swered Bexley, smiling all. over his face and gazing around upon the pret- tiest room he ever was in in his life, egeept the grand drawing -romp at Brunswick Terrace. Brighton. "You most look straight tat me when I -speak to you, I3elijamin; do you hoar?" said tho cantain. "Nes, sir," said the boy. "Ts hts name Benjamin?" inquired "Yes, Benjamin Must. And he is bound to me until hp'a eiehteen years old," replied. Captain Faulkner. "He is toceeelicate to make a good servant, You'll repent thin bargain," persisted . gee; Benjamin, ran you wait at table?" inquired the captain. "reFl, dr," anewered the boy. "Pict you ever do it?' inquired Mrs. Faulkner. • "No, missus, bile 1 know I could," said the boy, still ktting his eyes wander aroupd the ebarnting room. "Bravo!" exclaimed the captain, ap- provingly. "Aro you• an orphan, Benjamin?" kindly inquired the lady. The boy's face clouded over, "No, missus," lie answered, sadly: "Well, then, where are your par - cute?' The boy hesitated for a moment and then answered; - "Mother's in the 'sylurn and father's runned away," arid as he spoke the tears filled his eyes. "Poor fellow! Well, never mind. You will be happy with us here," said Molly, pitifully. "if you do your duty," added the captain. "Now come in to supper. Charley," said Molly, rising to lead the way in- to the neat dining room. "And yon dome, too,- my la& end take yeur first lesson in waiting," slid Captain Faulkner. And the husband and wife went end sat down to the well -spread table, and Benny stood waiting, attentive, eager, anvions to be 'useful. With his quick intelligenee 'and eeacly obedience he easily learnel duties, and completely satisfied his new master and mistress. When supper was over, Mrs. retake neromng for the cook, and fold her to take the new boy into the kitchen and give him his supepr, and then to malce a bed for him in the loft over the scul- lery. "And mind," said the cook, as " She took him away, "after this yer to clear off the table as 'well as wait on it." "reser," said -Benny, cheerfully. "And you must be up early in the, morning, and come dotvn here mid matte the fire for me against I get up," continued the cook, who seemed to think the boy was taken info the house only for her benefit. But Benny willingly agreed to all her requirements, for he was pleasee with his new master and mistress, pleased with the cottage and the coun- try, and pleased with his own pros- pects. And when he had had a geed supper and found himeelf in bed; in a clean, bare, well -ventilated loft„ he could not go to sleep for thinking how prosper- ous and happy he was. . • Benny, haying charge dhimself to do so, awoke early in the morning, - and went down into the kitchen and made tip the fire for the cook. And then, as no one in the house was stirring, and as he did not know what else to do with himself, he went out into the garden. ft WaS midsummer. There wero greea trees and shrubs and grass, and ripe fruit and bright flowers, and a soft blue sky, and a pure fresh atmosphere. "This is heaven! Yes, surely this is heaven!" he mused. Beatty had never in his life seen the country in summer! No Wonder he thought it was heaven, Presently the children; up long be- fore their parents, ran out into the garden, and, seeing the young stranger. gathered around. him with childlike friendliness, and asked hine what was his name, and where he was from, ancl Whether he wouldn't like to see the beehive and the henroest, And Beatty, (Alarmed with the beapty and brightness and kindliness of his little friends, told them that he was the new boy, and meant to do his best. And then Charley would have taken hint off to look at tho duck meet only that the shrill -voice of the cook was heard, loudly calling for Benny to come Iraq the house and learn to lay the cloth for breakfast. And Benny, though loath to leave his little friends, ran eagerly bite the house to do as he Was bid. - That day Benny was put late his yaw page's liverya-a *dark blue jacket end trousers, with three rows ef but- tons on the breast of the jacket. And a very pretty page he made, fit for any lady's boudoir. He was very happy in his new situa- tion; there was not a good thing in It that he dil not keenly appreeiate; bla own elean clothes and aity lodging and good food, and the pretty cottage and fruitful garden and pleasant court - try, and the good-humored niastieee and mistress and the frieridIy ehildren! CHAPTER. n. The Month drew to a came, and the day tame when the boy was to have a half holiday, And at twelve noon Benny, in his chi* titian exad welleterwelted page's taut, wed his weileponencel Wawa and' new cap, and reeling happy prince, set out to Walk to London. lie exulted in the consciousness or be,.ng clean, well lodged., well fed, well cloth- ed, well liked, respectable and inde- Pendent. Yes, even independeut! rer the yoke of the kindly, shiftless leo.ulk- leers ales so light that he scarely felt it. or felt it only as a protection. fie was eager to reach, I.fondon and. the Thespian. Yard to show tints& in his new clothes to Suzy Juniper. He welkeci very fast, he rate and sometimes he sprang up behind a Cab and got a tree ride for a mile or two before he woule have to juliap down again to avoid the lash of the driver. Thug in less than an hour he found himself on Waterloo bridge, and in a few minutes more he entered the dark alley leading to the courtyard behind. the Thespien. Theatre, at the back of which stood the old pile of bundings where the Junipers lodged. He found the father and mother, with their large familY, sitting at their early dinner. Benny took off his smart cap, and bowed to them; but they teeny stopped eating and stared at him, mail Suzy sprang up, overturning her chair in her haste, aud ran to him, excIteine- "Why, Ws Benny! Why, Benny, whatever has come to you? Where have you been? They told us you Nis. died in the 'ospital.' "I think I must 'a.' died there, Suzy, and gone to heaven; 'cause. I'm so jolly 'appy now!" replied the boy, laughing. But before another word could he spoken all the other Junipers, who now recognized Benny, left their seats at the table and came expand him with more exclamations than I could repeat, and more questions than he could answer. "Let the boy sit down and have some dinner, and theu he'll tell us. all about it. How smart and hand- some lie do look, to be eure!" said hers. Juniper kindly, as she placed another chair at the full table, and. made Benny crowd in. "Nov/ all on you sit down again and eat your dinner before it spoils. We'd enly Just begun, Benny, which it is a baked leg o' mutton and pota- toes, and a happle tart, being Sun- day," exclaimed Mrs, Juniper. BennY, having a fine appetite of his own, did his duty faithfully in helping to demolish the joint, and af- terward the pie. But in the intervals of his exertions, he managed to satis- fy the curiosity of his friends by tell, ,ing them all about his being removed from the hospital to the workhouse, and his being bound to Captain, Faulkner, and about his life at Wood- bine Cottage. ftWell, if you ain't in heaven you're in luck, that's certain, Benny," said Mrs. Juniper, "Blit, Suzy, you've lost all your nice pink and white color, and you're just. as pale and thin as—as—as auye thing!" said Benny, lookkeg at hiSlittle friend. "That ain's polite of you, Benny," answered the girl. "But what's the matter? Are you, ailing?" he persisted. "No," answered Mrs. Juniper, speak- ing for her dauguhter. "lt's the life she leads; practicing and rehearsing all the morning, and studying all the afternoon and acting all the evening. I wish the child had never seen the stage, that I do. But now I believe it would break her neart to take her off it. And besides, It do pay hand-, some, that's a fact, and it promises. 'to pay handsomer still; for they do nay as she'll be a star some ce these days," • "Beney, did you say as Woodbine Cottage was near the Helcnic Gar- dens?" inquired the girl. "Yes, Suzy; wife?' "'Cause I'm engaged to dance there to -morrow. It is only a shilling, and maybe You can come." "Yoll going to dance at the Helenic Gardens! ' exclaimed Benny, in sur- prise. • "Yes, Benny, Our manager have a many bids for me to dance at places. And o' Monday I'm a -going to dance at the Helenic. Maybe you can come and see ine." "I should like to, Suzy." "And maybe you can get your mas- ter and missus to come and bring them nice children as is so fond of you, Benny. I'm sure rd. dance my best If I thought they'd 'be there." "If that'll do you any good, Suzy. I'll do MY best to get 'eni leave to go," said Benny, though his heart ached at the idea of his "respectable" master and mistress finding out that his own little friend Suzy Juniper denced on the stage. tut the very next words of SueY relieved his mind on that subject. "They're not a -going to put me doWn In the bills as 'Little Miss Juniper, the Want Wonder,' any longer, Benny," She said. "An! they an't, an't they!" exclaim- ed the boy. "No; and as I am too tall to pass for an 'Infant Wonder,' and they don't care about My appearing as a half- grown girl, which is never interesting, they're going to Make me out as a fairylike young lady, and set ine down in the bills as elademoiselle Arlene. Isn't that a pretty name?" "Beautiful name!. But the people who go to the Thespian will knoW yeu are the 'Infant Woilder' all the time." "No, the Manager says not. The 'In- fant 'Wonder' has taken leave of the Theepian forever. And now WO are go- ing On a tour through the countrY, where I tint to appear as leademoiselle Arielle, from the Theatre Pranealse, Paris. And I am to come back to the Thespian. next Winter and appear as the Signorine. Sephyrine, from the Italian Opera, Ploreace. Don't you see? And theY'll never know me again as the 0Ia 'Infant Wonder."' White the boy and girl were talk- ing, Mrs, juniper was making tea. And she soon called them to the tea table. After that refreshment Badly got Up and took leave of the kind fainilY. and set out to walk back to Syderee ham, He reached home in suck good sea- son aft to receive the praises of hie Master, Benny, with the pertnissime of hie master arid undress, took the children to the Helaine Gardene, and arrived early enough ta find them front seats, where they sat watching the curtain eager anticipation until it arose. There were several perfornterts Who sang and daneed, to the great dellght Of the Children, as Well as to thtt of tee simple orowds that Goblet there en PlIGOBIX124 0 OMAN DEPTHS, Laatiutit *east, B length Maderaoleelle Arlene flew upon the etage, elighted, and was greeted with "theutlere APPlatise." lionnws itileeahrtilileyloYinnel. his little Suzy immediately reeognized lid lit- tle friend his coniPanians, and smiled upon them as she executee her mod gracious pirouettes. To say that the children were de- lighted would scarcely be doing jus- tice to their state or ecstasy. They had never seen anything or the sort be - tore, and the exhibition had all the charms of novelty added to lta other attractions. "But Suzy acts better she dances, titeMehl" geld Benny proudly, "Wbo acts?" inquired little Mary. IRietehh1VillfSehrrelten, for a moment, that he wishee lo conceal the identitY between the dancer and Ins little frieud Suzy, "Who acts?" again impatiently re- Peated little Mary. "0111 she—she as is now dancing, I say she acts better '11 she dances, I seen her act at the Thespian, Yea know," explained Benny, "Oh!" eXelaimed lifiery, and she looked with more interegt than ever et the fairy dancer on the stage, And StleY, or "Mademoiselle Arlene," finishea her dance with a wonaerrel pas, kissed her hand to the children and Vanished. She was applauaed wale eatlendasin. recalled by acclamation, and danced and kissee her hand and vanished for the last time, The performance was over and Benny took the children home clitmor- oua with. delight o'er all they had heard and seen, CHAPTER. But Benny's path was not all roses. Out of his great kindness of heart Ite brought upon himself a heavy wird. To save his little, friends from punish - Meat lie took the blame of a certain piece of 'mischief on himself, and was from that moment shut out from the society ot the children, condemned to remain silent in thbir preeence lest lie contaminate them. ' The exclusion continued for days and weeks, and Benny felt the isolatioa more and more oppressive. At length something happened in the autumn that determined him WM step he had vaguely contemplated. Captain Faulkner had a visleor stay- ing with him, at Woodbine Cottage. This was a visitor whom Molly did not like at all, but whom she tolerated tor "dear Charley's sake." This was a Colo- nel 13rierly, late of her'majesty'a ser- vice, now retired upon half pay. This colonel was a e,hildless widower, who need in London lodgings whenever he duoiduuntoryt gheotuasen. invitation to some gond He was addicted to telling the 1110Eit marvellous stories of his cempaigns and adventures in India. By his own account, no living man had ever fought so many dUels, bunted so many tigers, or broken so many ladies' hearts as the invincible colonel. In person, however, he was certainlY no Apollo, but a tall, thin, hard -featured, red -visaged, gray-' headed old gentleman, with a rough voice; which he -was given to exercise in very objeetionable language, espe, cially while emphasizing some of his incredtble stories. This last-mentioned habit Molly Fittlkner could not, tolerate in, their visitor, and so she often arise and with- drew 'from the dinner teble, where -they would be sitting, long -before it was time for her to leave the gentle- men to their wine. On such ocasiorie even Charley Faulkner would be halt inclined ta cala his guest out. But if the brave and gallant colonel was somewhat objectionable in the dining room, he was ten times more so in the kitchen; to everyone except Captain leaulknor, who liked the guest all the. better for hls cooking pro- clivities. The cook not only gave warning, but actually left the house, declaring that she would. not stay in any place where the gentlemen demeaned theme selves down to the level of saucepane and gridirons, and gave her so Inuch extra work cleaaing up after them in the morning. And then they had to get a char- woman to. come in every day to fill her place . until they could provide themselves with another cook. - the charwoman went. away every day directly after dinner, It, „therefore fell to )3enny's lot to help to get the aext. meal. Colonel Brierly and Captain Faulk - nor seemed to like this arrangement very much. TheY tow had the kit- chen all to themselves, with Benny to do their Every afternoon, after their early tea, Molly Feulknor would take her chilaren and go upstairs in disgust. The colonel and the captain would smoke in the garden until it was time forlhem to think about supper. Then they would call Benny and betake themselves to the kitchen, where the colonel would throw off his coat, turn up his wristbands, and go into the compounding of some rare salad, soup, or something of that sort. Benny was their most obedient slave, and did their will submissively until one fatal evening. On that evenrng the colonel:had procured a terrapin, which he wag go- ing to cook after a famous recipe. The fire was made in the kitcheri range, and a pot of water wee boils ing. "Take the terrapin out of the tub and bring him here, boy," said the colonel. Benny was half afraid to touch the ugly beast, 'whose long, snakelike head and neck were protruded trete. his shell, and reaching around as if in search of something to Snap up; but, nevertheless, the boy coaquered his fear, and took the creature up in his hands and carried him to the colonel, "Please, sir, here he is," said Denny. "All night; now drop hint into that bot of boiling water," said the colonel. Benny stood still and stared. "Well, why the deuee don't you do it?" demanded the colonel. "Please, sir, he'S alive!" said It early. "Of course he's alive, you idiot! He wouldn't be fit to cOok if he Wasn't alive. Drop him iri the boiling water at oncel" Obediently Benny approached the boiliag water, and held the straggling creature over its hot steam for an instant, and then, shuddering, drew back. "Why the blitees don't you drop hint In? Are you quite a fool?" denianded the colonel. "Oh, sir—please, sir, don't make me do it! It is boilleg so hard! It will scald 'hire to death! Oh, please, sir, kin hiM easy before you drop hall in!" pleatted the boy. "You Infernal little son tit a gaiter! If you don't do valet I order you in -one seemed, I'M blasted if I don't take tad chuck the terrapin. into the pot and you after it!" exelaineed the Col- atiel, in, a oleo of thundet, se he sprang toward M 'boy. (TO eta COMIntied). All1111111111116,,,, •••••••0.11.40. kiosk -Hydro WIll Clive English Sea- side Reiortoro Oppertunity for OfetulY4 "Fome dowa and see the figh.' IdeY be a greeting at Mee lieetelde rowels. ?leveret Engliele watering-Plaeen are negotiating for the inetallation of the kieek-hydro, a neve invention, which enablee sightseer* to descend into the sea. The kiosk -hydro, which is the In- vention of on Italian engineer, °on- side of circular steel observation chamber, in the walls of whieh. aro dotage watertight windows. Above these windows are electric lamps ot 10,000 candle-power -fitted with reflea- lona and capable, it is alaimed, ot projecting light a distance ot 1,500 feet when themater is clear. The chamber has a Sloping root, Which narrows into a steel tube, through wbich two staircases, one for descent end the other for ascent, lead to the water level. The upper part of the klofik-hYdro may either take tbe form or a Boating kiosk, rising mut falling with the tide, and con- nected with a pier by a gangway, or it may be part of the pier itself, with the observation chamber sus, pended just above the bed of tho sea. Glass half an inch thick is used for the windews, and the steel shell le ot the sante thiolcness. 4 - THE BEST ,MEDICINE FOR LITTLE ONES Baby's Own Tablets are the best medicine for little ones, They aro guaranteed by a government analyst to be absolutely sate arid never fan to cure constiPation, colic, colds ands im- ple fevers by regulating the etoneach and bowels. Concerning them Mrs. S. Shannon, Urney, N. S., writes: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets for my two children and think they are just what little oneie need. I would not be with- out them." The Tablets are sold, bY Medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents hdx from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co,, Brockville, Ont. • • • THE NEGATIVE MAN, (Montreal Evening News) One or the 'nest sights in the world Is the man who never had any 9pinlon of his own, and backboneless man, the man who never differs from you, whose only opinion is assent to the one you express. We instinctly despise the man who never opposes us, who al- ways says "Yee, yes,' to everythink we eav. The negative character is al- ways a weakling; the world looks upon him ae an imitation of a man. not the real article, Tirhat the world wants is the Positive Man. the man who does his own thinking, the man who dares to stet) out from the crowd and live his own 'Creed, who dares to,have and to express his own opinions; this is the man who gains the respect of the community. • • • LEARNED FROM BOER WAR. (Chicago Tribune) It will offend no sensible ,Englishman to attribute Gen. French's ma,sterly re- , treat tu the lessbns learned in the Boer war. Gen. French went "while the going was good," He knew when to retreat and when to retreat fast. Thus he saved his army, The English general of the pre -Boer war school would have stayed to fight and would have fought until all chance of successful retrofit was past. Gen. Sherman aptly said, "The only school for war is war." In war Gen. French learned how to out- manoeuvre the general* of the most mil- itary nation in the World. Looked Like Intended Suicide . • Theseitizen who was brandishing a fieree looking razor says it wasn't sui- cide, but corns, he was thinking about. Needless to gay his wife bought hem Putnam's Corn Extractor and hid the ro.eor—very wise, beeauso Putnauee mires in 24 hours; try it, 25c., at all clatters. - • STUDY RUSSIAN CHARACTER. (Toronto Star) We know too little of the Russian character, Russia, nevellses represent it as dreamy' from sordid materialism, and fe many ways capable of adding valu- able elements to .the civilization of- the world. One of the results of this alliance should be a careful and sympathetic study of the Russian character, and an effort at intelligent co-operation with Russians. France, Russia and Great Britain workipg together could do far more than wage war. They could at least begin the federation of the world, into which all nations—including the Ger- mans—could eventually be admitted: 0 • • GERMAN TRADE TRIUMPH. (Toronto Telegrara) Low wages and a low scale Of living nave been the secret ot Germany's trade triumphs, German goods have been spread over the world at the cost of star- vation of the German workingmen in body and soul. 1f they are replaced at higher prices these higher prices will go to feed Angio-Sa.xtme. Mlearces Liniment Cures Burns, Etc. • a GERMANY DID NOT REPEAT. (Buffalo Express) • Wo.8 43 days after the war of 1370 Vas declared before the battle of Sedan. This war enters upon its 41st day.. to- day, [Tuesday). At this period in the war of MO the Germane had separated the French armies, shut Bazaine in Dietz and were crowding MacMahon toward the Belgium frontier. The first 4(1 days of this war, whire they have brought the Germans into the 'heart at France, have not led to the isolation anywhere of any consideration army or the capture 'of more than a. few thousand straggrers and outpost men. In this respect, at least, the war has proved disappointing to German hopes and encouraging to the French a,nd British. 4 • 0 HUMAN NATURE. (Ottawa Citizen) Human nature is pretty much the sarne la all classes of the social fabric. The little boy next door Makes faces at us over the fence and we retaliate by chalk drawings of the same Chap on our aide Of the wall. We do pretty inueli the .saine thing when we grbw older, and pre- sumably raore sensible, when we try to even up in business, or in any Other de- partment, by email or "smart" retorts. Most of us do it, or have done ft, ahd can understend Just how sortie of the crowned heads of Europe feel and how it helps relieve their feelings. And the best of the whole thing is that nobody is hurt. and the fellOw to whom we hand hia hat ca.n always retort that he was going to ask for it anyway. 4 • THAT'S DIFFERENT. (nochedet ererrad) The Kaiser will no doubt hove that the guarantee of the Brussels indemnity by the four rich Belgians im better than his guarantee of the neutrality- of Belgiuni. Neuralgia of the Heart Title Letter Tells of "ionderful Change Effected by Or. Chafe's Nerve Food. Mr. Jatileti G. Clark, Vostorville, York county, N. B., writes: "I have been a great eutterer from what the doctors said was neuralgia of the Ileart. The pain started In the back of the aeck and worked dawn. into the region ot the Iteart. Though I had taken a lot of medicine at one kind and another, I could net get anything to help me until I used Dr. Cheee's Nerve Food. "When I began this' treatment Could not rest in bed, except by sitting upright, au ac.couiet or the dreadful rain about the heart) and th.e quick, loud. beating. The change whiele Dr. Clauee's Nerve Food has made in my condition is wonderful. It has en- tirely overcome these sYmPtome, aud is making me strong and well. It this statement will help to relieve the suf- fering et ethers, vets are at liberty ta use it," Dr. Chasers Nerve Food is a true tonio and the greatest of nerve. re- doratives. 50 cents a box, 6 for p.m; all dealer% or rildmaresen, Beteg & Co.,. Limited, Toronto. Famous After Death. Greet men's works aro seldom ap- preciated until years atter their decitii. While displaying unnatural' powers or ability they have often been the subjects of ridicule and persecution. History is replete with. the hardships discoverers of great truths eaclured during their lifetime. Harvey, the diSCoverer ot the cir- culation of the blood, lost lxis prac- tice and WS lampooned over the then civilized world. Bartholin, who discovered the lacteals, was treated with contempt and ridicule. Even Harvey, -when lie became old, never believed 112 the thoracic duct, but believed the lacteals all terminated in the liver. Horace saw his odes despised. Elizabeth regarded Bacon as an un- sound' speculative genius and as in- capable of serving her with judg- ment. Socrates, for teaching ;the unity of God, was compelled to drink hemlock and die, Pythagoras was cast into prison for diseectiag a hue• man body. Every historian knews that Gallileo, at 70 years of age, was imprisoned for announcing the mo- tion of the earth. Aristotle's booka were burned. Descartes was perse- cuted because he. taught the innate- ness of ideas; his leaks were burned by order of the 'University of Paris. It is said of the Newtonian phildso- phy that "authority scowled upon it; taste was disgusted by it and fashion was ashamed of it," •-.•••••••••••••—.010,1.410.... BETTER THAN SPANKING Spanking does not cure children of bed-wetting. There is a constitutional cause for this trouble, Mrs. M. Sammezs, Box W. 8 Windsor, Ont., will send free to -any mother her successful ' home treatment, with full instructions. Send no money, but write hen to -day if your children trouble you in this way, Don't blame the child, the chances are it can't help it. This treatment aleo cures adults and aged people troubled with urine dif- ficulties by day or night. • • • • • Possibly So. A. hammock swung beneath the trees "Two in the shade," a lazy breeze, Small tails, the drowsy bum of bees— On afteraoons in summer Upon the lake a snug canoe, A moonlight trail, and just we two, Ho, hum! indeed a .humtnert- Ho, hum: Weatt could a poor chap ,do? enight's, indeed, a hummer; Long horseback rides through -leafy lanes The shadows lengthen, daylight wanes, The magic of Fan's woodland fanes, And golden autumn weather; • A hahdclasp and a soft good -night! And "Pleasant, dreams till morning brieht " Aye, rosy dreams of dear delight, And jus twe, two, together. Oh well. Xt may be souls akin, . Affinities—there Is no sin In euphemy--;but love will win . His way. somehow, remember, .Ald spring arid summer, yes, and fall, Are seasons that he uses all. To being about—no not man's fall— A Wedding in December. , For Women s Ailments . Dr. Martel's Female Pins have been the Standard for 21 years and for 40 years peecrIbed and recommeinded by physicians. Accept no other., At all druggists. -.,, , *- 0- . A Smile or Two. "Last summer I was engaged to? a g.r: I met here named Lottise. See, X eut an '12 in this tree." "How doea that interest ,me?" "It's like this. Edythe; I could easily chaege that 'I.' into an 'E'."—Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "Going to spend, the summer at a watering place?" inquired the first New, York broker. "You might call 'it that, answered the other one. "I am griing to stay right here on the stock ex- change."—Loulaville Courier -Journal. "Are you putting awdy something for a rainy day, Tomniy?" asked the little bors aunt as she saw him at his little savinge bank. ' "No, ina'am," was Tom- rnY'a reply; "there ain't no ball game oh rainy days."—Yonkers Statesman. "Tell me about your aulet. old Mrs. Blarik. She must be rather feeble now," "We buried her list year," "Buried her!' Dear me!. Is the old lady, dead?" "Yes; that's Why we hurled her.' "Summer has its inconWeniensee." "I don't get you." "I was,just thinking or the vesless man who tried to carry a lead pencil a fountain.pen, Ids watch and his cigars in the top pocket of his coat." —Detroit Free Press. "I don't care for these viniotin pleys " But they sometimes point a moral." "Well, when I want a moral, I can get a seat in the police court for nothing. So what'sr the use of coughing ni) $27 Ion save my money for a musical corn- edy."—Pittsburg Post. e • _ Minard'e Liniment for sale every, -where. A QUESTION POR THE KAISER. (New 'York Sun) There is a question. which gees deeper even than the truth, whatevee it inay be, about thostrocities eharged upon the in- Vading Germans by the invaded Teel - emus, and upon the Jeweled Bebe/atm Ins the invading Gee/flans. President Wil- son Is not likely to ask this question of the Kaiser, but Divilizatiou does ask it and History %yin press it for coaturies to &One. Why were the Kalter'e troops at Lou- vain, or anywhere on territory which the. Gowen Goverttment had pledged Itself to respect? 4 -.- WHAT GERMANY GETS. (Ottawa Free Press.) The war for which the inilitatir PelleY of Germany was adopted half ,a century ago has come, and what is to be the end for Germany? Distress, whether eh* win or lose. it she loses, the crushing of her empire and her homea; if she wine, the iliaintenithee of her • overlord- shiirby' the despoiling, crushing mint/tn. !NM, the perpetual rule of the sword and the Krupp ellen. 4, 4. THE BETTER PLAN. on part time than ta reduce threrme or it in better, if neceseary, to keee men 11 (Toronto Stare wages. Part time eaumeee t r eainimulli. i of discontent and uneashies Y.clie man - keeps les job, and keows t .t work on full drat, will be eontlinie tui goon se 1 the circumstances vtarran .A SWIM or xarA, Exciting Adventure With tt, porton* The etury eielting edventitio with hasteneeteettei oa the Itiver Vasige is told in the "ieseltr' by Ur. B. 'leeway. lie writes:a., Wo had elnisbad our meat, andintend- ed gettutig a, fresh supply, Au when WO aPirloaelned Our alstinetIon fer the day wo were on the look-uut for Willem. At laat we eighteci one 1st:swung out plias liee a. great fat pla in the 'mallow ,• water. It woe quite an easy shot; tne di:gunge WaS net more than 0, hut -mixed. the whole animal waa expoaet. breadelde, and the canoe was heavy enough to be sufficientlY kiteady. The thud of the striking bullet "SS Lta plainly heard. The hippo jumped and diettp- Peered in deep water. ; waited. quite ready to see Ito .beed aenear near 'the boat, when euddenly felt the fraft lifted atid we were all cap - Mud. 1 yvaii going to swim back to R, when I remembered the creel:4110. "Swim tor your livea tewards the bent," I shonted to tlie men; "mind the crocodilei." I knew how to intim since I was a boy of SIX, but uezer did swim as (lid on that occasiou. I suddenly heart U. Boman of despair. Two brown arms, steetched. out for help toward me, ana the Prophet of 111 .omen, the Moluba, Was draggee under the water. • And I could not help. A.nother howl, and another man slisamared and the feeling that went up my spine I shallenever forget; I feel It now when I am writing. Thank goodness, it was. only iwig floating under water. After this I 'maid think na more; all my faculties were benched on reaching the bank, I heard, some more screams, but I just swam on. not because I knew that I Could Ile of' no bele, but because the instinet of eel/ - preservation predominated. When the survivora. gathered on the bank seven men of the crew were inher- ing. • . Fifth Animal TORONT FAT STOCK SHOW Union Stock Yards TORONTO Friday and Saturday DECEMBER 11 AND .12 1914 .ci• iirsommisosermiamm. .Elepb.ant and Tiger Enmity. One of the most interesting employments of the elephant is in hurdIng tigers. Prom the lofty back of his elephant, at a height whith, increased by the how- dah, may be twelve or fourteen feet above the ground, the limiter can take his aini at a, tiger with a -coolness that he would not possess in facing the ani- mal on terra, firma,. If, as sometimes occurs, the tiker makes a leap for the elephant he seldom aucceeds in attaining the Malt in the howdah, although the driver in his exposed position on the eta., phant's neck le in greater danger. There seems to be a natural enmity be- tween elephants and tigers, although an elephant and tigers, althogh an elephant will not attack a tiger unless a cor- nered or compelled to do so by the ti- ger's own fault. But then a good fight- ing elephant will. if, he can awe get his tusks to bear on life enemy gore him to death or' literally crush him by kneel- itig on him, It is said that the inore , presence of a dead tiger will drive Some -elephants to fury.--Spoltane Spokesman. Review. •INEM St 1sMere, P. 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MUST FIGHT TO A FINISH. (Detroit Free Presa) A fight to a finish will result in the practical elimination of armaments on one side or the other. It will serve also in large measure to eliminate the. war / ever from the veins of the victors. It w ill clear the atmosphere. On the other hand, a peace that it made while contestants on both sides have their strength whole within them -will be no peace at all. It will be a mere truce, which wilt hold good onlY until the bellIgerents have recuperated, The ronstruction of battleships and the Arilling of troops will go on more diligent- ly than ever, because nothing has been settled. 4 • NO PROFIT. WITHOUT S_ERV10E. ' (Ottawa journal) A groat change seems to have come esver public opinion in regard to prices during the last ten or fifteen years. The Intense indivIdUallain 'Which Was preached and iracticed toward the close of the 'nineteenth century is getting out af fash- ion. The right of a man to "do what Me will with his own" is now aeon to be circumscribed by his duties to society; and the right of a man to make a profit 'where he ha's not rendered a service is generony challenged. This is not social- ism, but the most practical form of pat- olotism. • le DEVIL'S DEPUTY'S DEPUTY. (London Advertiser.) The deposed Sultan Hamid of Turkey need to be known as the "Devil's Dep- uty." Since going into eitile his mantle appears to nave fallen on another Mod - arch's shoulders. A FOOL CLERGYMAN. (Buffalo Courier.) A New York clergymen says "what this 'country needs for future Pence is • disciplined army of 200,000 men and it .navy of fifty battleships." Europets vast , Ornament/I tif preserving loCaCe. 1 Haar` WARitTifera Ite...4.estvow• *.e.res..."^"eNevio."0'4"0.60.""en AMIN To 1)0 ,e.LAIN A.ND 141.0.11.1 44 rewing at home, a hole 4.4' spur* time; u9oa pay; a ori‘ seat way distieuee, cluirgee prepaid. 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Percival—And he hoped eoon to be aolao4leghtnoutsad—d3tuhdegel.mles out or a feW lainard's Liniment Relieves Neuralgia SAVAGERY BA0FromgANIRTSHIP BOW 'mew a' x c erltaIne) • • 40 !la 010111414'grapv,r,oert eps.tb yozatt 1 Teti) it)tie rint):191ny ert eite el'ineatily everywhere, Mee Belgium was one of the powers which signed The Hague conference declaration uf Oct. '15, 1907, promibiting the discharge of Preiee- thee and explosives from uirstlips. Ouce .rnethods of attack flagrantly increase the horrors of warfare and. undo to a large extent the progress inatie in the litet cen- tury. toward a humaner consideratien of the rights of noncondietants. Neither clermuay•nor ',ranee eigned the declaration of 1907 regarding aerial -war- fare, anu neither of these countries hems itself bound tly it. Belgium may not be able, theiefore .to make but a direct case of treaty vielation against Germany The only International coMpact Widen holds Germany is articie427.of the Mires of land warfare adopted by The Hague conference on Oct. 18, 1907. This saYs: "In sieges and bombardments au micas, sary steps must be taken to spare, as far as possible buildings dedicated' to re- ligion, art. science or charitable purposes, historic monuments, hoopitals and places where the sick .and wounded are collect- ed, provided they are not being used at the time for military purpaens." • it is. evident that an airship operating. at night at a considerablo distance eielve a city cannot diserrn tho inark whiCh should give protection to such buildings. it is also evident that in a hurried night flight over a city "all neceeeitry precau- tions" cannot be taken to spare the build- ings Which ought to be spared. , Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills are not a new and untried remedy— our grandfathers used them. Half a century ago, before Confederation, theY were cm sale in nearly every drug Or general store in the Canada of that. 'clay, and were the recogniied cure in thousands of homes for Constipation, Indigestioe, Biliousness,Rheumatism and kidney and Liver Troubles. To- day they are just as effective, just as reliable as ever, and -nothing better.. has yet been devised to 43 Cure Co.:woman Ills By and About Women. • Mrs. Douglas of ane,, was or tee latest metropolitan Walt use, gleee the renewing &tame. .Know n toe maxis°, revel in me one-step, gany 111 tee intriccaeis or tne wane, cultivate rie,,tnm. Just dance ur least twice daily. 'rhea watch tor gooti health to repla.A.: nerves, Airs. Nathamei h.eay,. of Philadelphia. is heading a movement to change tne school system of teaching history. 'Ofe're going tu try and have the moving -plc - Lure systeni put through In the gratti- mar grades," says Mrs. NeaY. Illinois clubwomen eheered till they cried in the biennial of the Federation ut Women's clubs hold in Chicago this month when the etiftrage endorsemenr was passed by the bodY. "It should be a state's prison offense to raise a child in a flat," says Miss Lutie Ie. Stearns, niember of the Wisconsin State Lihrary Board. "It's jilt right to talk about hothe economics, she says, "but what our ciites need are real homes and not flats." The General Vederation of Womeres Clubs lias passed a resolution urging its members to promote the introduction of simple and dignified forms of dancing. . • * NCER . Book Free. A simple Rome theatment removed lump front this lady's breast Old sores, ulcers and growths cured. Describe your trouble; we will send book and testimonials. THE CANADA CANCER INETITUTE. laser= SO cHURcHILL tORoNTO " Spanish Nicknames. One of the peculiar ways in which Spanish differs from English is in the names the language gives to all people with u. certain infirmity or peculiarity. A. blind man Is referred to as el clego, a man with but one eye is a tuerto, a 1;t1g nosed man is chat°, one who is yed is a bisejo, a colt) is a lame tlI3Irfl°aFe is humpbacked he is a probed°, °and manco has but one arm. if baldheaded a calve, and If his hair is yery simht re Is a Delon. The femi- nine titles for the same classes are the same. with the exception that they end in "a" where the masculine terininate wiah "o. Theee short names are used most -commonly. In fact, they are ap- plied as nicknames In many cases, and sons are addressed or referred to only by these names, especially the lower classes per - OUT OF EVIL nom). • (Rochester Post Express) Beyond question a revelation of life is in progress; humanity is. taking an in- ventory, and much that Is meretricious will be thrown away. 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