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' left me a legacy," sho said with a toys
-' of her head, "Ifo told me more than 01100
110 was Irving to do so.'
"That ]e' ver ,.poseihle,"' said Mr, Nor-
ton genially, •lvooiting at Jahn Carw'ttr-
_99
' m;Insiders,lit neither made ay
Primi
Willi 0r0 /MOW the
%eee ed and shen110tired ando1nrtD�li
were very different.
"101, Carwardine made re Will when
your smother died ton veal'( ago." sold
Mr, Norton, "tender ,which he divide(' his
Or, money between his two. daughtersee
It was 000 ulOtller'6 money, you linea,
sol
Mr. Norton,'d Duleie diet(notly, "Aly
Duloie's
Confession
manna VI: -(Continued).
"Please let me. go!" she cried, and
struggled so violotilll+ that lie released
bor.. "'tote must be lead! I have never
Said' I loved sadu l Bow' pan I when -I am
engaged to etre Belturbet?"
Hallett looked at hor with surprise,
1)0 yon inean..10 tell sae," he asked,
"that you love Belturbet?"
Of course I do, smiled Duleie de-
fiantly,
"You poor little thing," said Heriott
el Z (lona ,know what yonmean,' she re-
torted, duelling.
"0h, yee you do." averredher eompan-
lon with an unpleasant smile, "You.un-
derotand that Z. know you don't 0ar0 a
button for Belturbet. It is his house and
money Viet appeal to you. Well, you can
have theta; .but. I will tell you this -yon
will never have ,tie love. 1 may he Penni'
lees,: butat least'I love you, although I
know you are not worth it, But I have
done with yen now. lake Belturbet and
his money, but •don't forget that I have
badthis:'-•
lie naught her 121 1116 arms and lcieeed
her Cl the lips,
"He never kiesed you like that," he
eaid with a eneer, "and never will!"
Then he Maned and left her alone In
Lila duck .of the w00(10.
Duleie'ran - quickly home. She locked
herself lir her xoom, and endeavored to
calm herself. But it was not easy to
shake off the recollection of Jim's knese0;
the memory: of them still moved her and
brought the''color to her cheeks. Boor
Jilt, she thought, how fond he .was of her!
Quito :.different •from Arthur! Yet what
oottld e,ha do? Give up Arthur for point -
lees Jim? No, Somairls might do it,
but not Dtt101e Carwardlne, who meant to
be something more than the household
drudge of a poor. man. Still, it was
pleasantto dwell of the recollection of
Jim's lovei.-it was flattering to think she
could inspire such feelings.
She longed' to 'meet him agate and tell
him- how sorry she woe that circum
stances would not allow her to return his
afeeetion-Por ehe did Ulm him, 'much bet-
ter than Arthur. She'nnderstood him and
could 011001 'talk freely to hien, and , he
enjoyed his merry Jokes and gibes. Poor
Jim -yes, and poor; Duleie, too! She
ed to halo his arms round her, and to
have his kiesee. It Was very hard to be
obliged to marry Arthur Belturbet,
Dulcisbegan to be influenced by
thoughts andfeelings to which she had
hitherto been a stranger. It mig'h't be a'I
very well, the derided, to flirt lightly with
a-nean; but to discover that he wile in
earnest, and that she had to discourage
hili? because .she was engaged to home
one .for whom the did not once in the
least, was a serious matter. Before long.
her •feelings towards Jim underwent a
bores tale to exhaustion. We have not a
single taste in common, and I would re,
tater die than marry UM."
Atter this ebullition she felt better, al-
though a little ashamed.
"How was I to know?" she asked her-
soif I]eiplessiy. " that Arthur and. I should
not stet on together? It wasn't my fault
that Jin] fell in love with me, or that I
Prefer him to Arthur flaw could I tell
what was going to happen? And now him
Pretends he doesn't care for me."
At this point ah0 began to cry, and to
11111 herself greatly. Here was Dulcin.
Carwardine who .a few weeks ago had
made en her mind to marry for money
and position, in love with penniless Tint
Heriott, who declared that site was a
mercenary, and that he did not intend to
have anything more to do with her! 0h,
why had sho not been rich that site could
,have married whom she liked? If eh0. 1tnt1
ever sueh a little motley elle need not
marry Arthur Belturbet, and by rights,
site and Primrose ought to have the
money which had belonged to their mo-
ther.
Duleie cried with renewed vigor 06 she
remembered what Primrose had said
about their father's determination to
leave them only a iittance.
Then she suddenly stoppedcrying and
held her breath between quivering sobs.
If there were no Will, the money
would be mine and Primrose's," she whie-
pored.
Her robe ceased, and for a long time
she stared with wide eyes into the dark-
ness. Before she fell asleep, oho had
formulated a plan, which, if it succeeded,
would, she believed. bring her what she
had desired more than anything else -
marriage with Jim Heriott.
CHAPTER, VII.
For several days Tinkle meditated
whether to tell Arthur Belturbet at once
that she only loved him as a brother -
or in plain English, to end her engage-
ment to him --or to wait until she was 0s•
sured of a definite position. That wag
haw she preferred to describe the situa-
tion in which she would find herself after
the termination of her father's illness.
John Carwardiue was undoubtedlydy-
ing. Martha's grim features wore, if pos-
eible, a harder look, and Primrcee's pale
and pathetic face, her deeply shadowed
gray eyes, filled Arthur Belturbet with
the keenest distress whenever he saw her.
1t wee sat very often, for he seldom called
at Blue Poste, and Duleie had reduced her
walks with him to one every other day,
on the plea that she woo needed in the in-
valid's room, but in reality because oho
feared she might betray herself when
she was alone with him. Belturbet was
relieved. but politely ew'pressed his re•
gree at seeing her so little.
"Everything seems different now father
is 111," Delete said to him vaguely, one
day. "I don't seem to know what to do
change. It was several days, however, or think,
before ehe realized the real hneauing of Belturbet remarked that illness was
the alteration, vary unsettling. He felt that he was un.
She did net visit their :private 1etter- sympathetic, but his engagement with
box, and spent her afternoons In dreary
solitude, -wondering how on earth she
couldet through the. coming ,tutor :f
ber only relaxation from the tedium and
'quietness of the house lvae to be a morn-
ing 'walk with Arthur Belturbet.
Ot; elle fourth day after Heriott's de-
claration, Duleie conquered her .pride suf-
ficiently to vieit the letter -box. It con-
e tainelt' nothing. She experienced a great
sinking at heart. and before she reached
Blue Postsfelt that the only thing that
mattered was another meeting with Her -
lett, A thought struck her. Suppose he
bad left Old House? But if he had, all
ly Belturbot would have mentioned it. himself repeatedly for lits folly in being
She must see Jim somehow and put 'beguiled by forget-me-not blue eyee and
things right with him. red lips. If Philippa could have read his.
She was feverishly anxious by this time, thoughts she would have been able to
and
the;next few days, butiwitthoutl result! so, nlwith
y youtruth:
would not have believed you
One meeting she put a sheet of notepaper 1 A hundred times, he wished himself'
Dukie was so unnatural tient he wee un-
able to attempt to console or comfort her
as a lover should have done. He caw
that Primroso was flu' moro in need of
help than Duleie, and it was for Prim-
rose, that his heart ached. Duioie, he
knew intuitively, merely h'egaaded her
fatlter % illness, now the first shock was
over, as an irksome and unpleasant buei-
ne06 which could terminate in only one
way.
He supposed that when Duleie was
fatherless, he would have to marry her
gas soon as decorum permitted; it would
naturally be 001100ted of him. He blamed
between the stones anti wrote on it the
words: "Stone Gap. Sixhhir'y to -night."
' If 11e doeen't go to aur p lar -box; be
won't know I have written to him," she
told herself, "andif be does go, he will
-00ati0 to Stone Gap."
Hovee there when Dnlcie arrived a few
minutes late,
"I thought I should never get here," she
said breathlessly. "Bertha has watched
me like a cat watches a mouse."
She. smiled at her lover, but no answer•
ing smug met her gaze. Jim regaaded
her with hard eyes.
"What do you want to see me for?" he
n,ked brusquely.
Dnlcie, who had expected a very, differ-
ent greeting, felt a shock of 0urpr]se.
'For ninny reasons,' she said in en ag-
grieved tone.
Well, be as quick as you can," was the
cool retort,"because I have only n few
minutes to spare."
+"You are forgetting your manners,"
said'Dulcie, crimsoning with mortifica-
tion.
I am not going to forget again that
you aro engaged to Arthur Belturbet,
was the eignifleant repay. And since you
are, it -will be better 1,1 future for us to
see very Tittle of ealh other. You undo a
' fool of me once, but I don't propose to
give you the opportunity of doing so a
second time."
"You,
ire exceedingly Andel" Dried Dul-
cio hotly.
"We- need not discuss my manners," re.
plied Jim. "Yon 'wished to see me, and
I . am here."
He looked at her unmoved. Duleie
- struggled with her disappointment. In-
stead of the tender words and glances she
hadexpected, and, indeed, hoped for, she
emonntered only Mile frigid demeanour!
'I think yen are very' unkind. she said
in an' itiiured tone,- which, however, ale
neared to have no effect on the man who
etoad looking at her. "Very unkind in.
deed. I am some it wasnotmy fault that
'you.1011 in love with me; you knew I wars
engaged- to Arthur, I suppoee it was
wrong of me to meet you ]iero; but I
do,ntb yee why you need be horrid or um
Rind 1110:
She+'looked pathetically at him with
wietJal :blue 01000,
Daloie,"' be eenlied etetnl1, "'I. am not
going to, aretto with -you-but I want you
to understand that t'. have come to my
souses, I ]nave been a cad to make love
JO, 700 in Belturbet'i.absenoe, and worse
than a cad to behave as I did when we
last met; huh as you are going to marry
Belturbet, I have determined to put you
• out of: my mint,. Philippa and I are re.
turning to London next week, and when
we meet again you will be Belturbet'e
wife, and 'eve shall have both forgotten
• the folly of •this summer."
His calm volae and the finality of hie
words angered Dulei0 beyond control.
"T congratulnto ,you on the wisdom of
Your decision, she said. "It must he a
relief to .you to And the wound that You
Pretended Vag so deep, Is only a super.
Will scratch!"
It 1s, 00 'om sunnier), a. great ooneola
tion to Me," bo ant veered, and it -must
also be a rclfef• to you to know that you
Ifeve inflicted no tneemanent injury,"
Dnlcie laughed lightly.
OP course: I am bound to believe you,"
ri1i0 soh!, rhednuldenne0e, of the Imre i.
almoyd. as 0em1rkable ae the gWeknees
•w11(1 'vetel1 ,you caught the coMplal
Goo1'i 7L (1>ve 0017 1ntd cash.'
ststbr,'
With a little hod she left him and a e
back in hie chambers, a brieflese bar.
edger, poor, it is true, but happy and un-
fettered, bound by honor to no woman,
and at liberty to woo where be those. He
had been far happier, 'he told himeelf bit-
terly, It year ago. There was np. doubt
about it, he was a fooll He confessed 1t
many there, yet he was prepared to
abide by the consequences of his folly.
It never occurred to. him for a moment
that Dulcio might give hien his freedom"
She seemed so entirely satisfied -with his
perfunctory attentions that he took it
for greeted that hie extremely cool 100O-
ing suited her mood.
Many plans were maturing in Duleie's
Pretty head, but she feared to break with
Belturbet; lest the precautions ehe liad
taken to (prevent herself and Primrose 'be-
ing left practically pennileee on her fa-
ther'e death should prove unsuccessful.
The Herfotts had left Old House and
returned to their flat in London, both in
bad tempera owing to the failure of their
plans. Jim worked furiously in his little
workshop, haunted by exceedingly un-
pleasant recollections. He had made lova
to the girl his beet friend was engaged
in fact he had beghavedllike a cadith all
the' way round. He knew that Duleie was
a pretty, mercenary little creature, but
eines he happened to be in love with her,
he regarded her failings and peccadilloes
with a very lenient eye. She might be
selfish and untruthful and a host of other''
thiugs, but ehe was bewitching little Dul-
ale Carwardine, and he loved her, and -
there it was! So he glint himself up •in
hie workshop and spoilt a largo quantity
of good materials..m a savage endeavor
to invent something that would ---to use
his own words -make the engineering
world "sit aro."
While Dulcio woe trying to make tae
her mind 10 regain her freedom Beltur-
bet struggling to reconcile himself to the
unenviable state of being engaged to a
girt he did not love. Primrose striving to
undo'stand i'Jil ,everything had .gong
wrong in her little world, and old Martha,
trying her beat to conceal the triumph
ehe felt in having achieved the object for
which she had schemed during the last
ten years, John Carwardine died.
',the day that followed was 10 Primroee
and Dulcio a. waking nightmare, Beltur-
bet called and saw two white-faced girls
with eyes swimming in tears. To Prim-
rose her bathor'o death was pitiful in its
lonelineee, and she sorrowed honeetly for
,him. Brittle wept in sympathy sand be.
cause her tears cams easily.
Tltey had few friends, and Belturbet
was earnest their only vieitor. Martha
poseeseed herself of the keys of the house,
an Primrose felt too ill to request, them
to 1, handed over to her.
"You are too yielding, Primrose!" said
Dulcfe, 'But. never mind, perhaps Mar-
tha in not Quite as clever ns ehe believes
herself to be. There ie. emit a bbing as
counting yeti' chiekone before they are
hatched,"
Pr rose looked blankly at Dulcio, who,
in spite or the shadow that lay on the
house, did not seem particularly diepir't•.
ed,
"Mr. Norton, the lawyer, will be here
to -Morrow,' she salt,. "Then I auppo00
we : shall know rho worst,"
"Don't, worry, P81m' replied Dulcio con-
solingly, "I dare 6av things. won't be so
very bad after all. I can't believe that
father meant it when he told yon that he
regards to yrn bad only loft rte fifty ,pounds tt year
rhe id."
^xena
Reasi d
turned to hor room full of anger and
something very mint like dsnny,
ltorictt, 'whom she thought she could
twist around herlittlefinger, had ttnex'
pectcdiy heroine a very different, persoi.
mho nrtient lover had turned into tris wool
critic NAVY admitted that 11e had bohaveNI
dishonorably, but was: determined to do
s(1 00 1110r0.,
5111e1t a dise0very was extremely nnflo.t•
tering, and 1)111440, 'whose regard for
' had been. growing,, warmer, felt chilled
191111 disanP0lnt?nont at Ilio repulse, sho
had - reeelved. Ono Insietent thought
*Mild trot 'attire' Mur'nth teen^d have
110thid1("lnmem10 do wijh her. It was in.
credible, ink6inrable, unpermissibls1 Why
should slhe..Dulcie, be separated from the
only .moa ,the' hnd aver loved! For she
know now that silo did cart' for Jia.
Ata for Arthur Belturbet, 1 etm.11y
leatho hint!" she broke mit suddenly. Ile
"Ah, well," 101d Dulcio, Se is always
darltest iuet before tbo dawn."
Then alio changed the subject,
John Carwardi110 was hit 1'10(1 in the 111.
110' churchyard) itis two daughters, Ar -
thin. Belturbet Doctor. Crewe, Mr, Nor»
ton, and Mantras, were his only mourn,
ors, Martha Crsddooh--for this wee her',
name -with a nc,w and very ttnbecehileg
fol o webonnet,
Tri 111066 it
1)nk'io 1(14 dress,
he
lawyer into the room that hod boon Afr,
Oprwn.rdlin0 s study, when they returned
from the funeral. !'
itl6hnrtf ilort0n twas•a pleas.nnt, 1,1ladle ' 1
aged num, who. made ,kimealf very ag100• ,
04,10 ee the daughtershie or late 01103,0,
whoseunou0tate easirs lir, hnd Managed
for many years. When Marthit followed
them into the acuity,; 110 looked inqu!ring-
ly at kar,
"i am 1,600, 1,081000 1 believe the 1006101
father l,nd nota nonny of hie own, whon
my mother married mini, so, uaturi411y our
another's money will • come to us.
""Qielte so," said Wolter(' Norton pleas.
astiy, and I have hero the W111 lthiut
lea.ve,s. 111e money W .s you and your .
ter."
As he drew a legal -looking envelope
from his po 11,01, Murtha Craddock ree0
from the chair on ,nhieht she had scatty,
herself and spoke brusquely.
°Mr, Cnrwordine made another wineras weeks ago -11e told me 80," 6110 ate
Pounced.
Indeed," staid' Richard Norton, a Wilgl.
.hie eyebrows, "Who drew up the Will
and witnessed it?"
The master asked Doctor Crewe to write
it for him, and the doctor witneseed it,
and James ehe g,u'douer," replied Martha
shortly,
"Indeed," remarked Mr, Norton again.
"Do you now where the Will is?"
•I heard the master ask the doctor to
11(11 It in one of the drawers of hie writ-
ing -desk here," -she looked toward the
desk in question which stood in a recess
in the room, "And I believe the doctor
did so, and locked the drawer and re-
turned' rho key to the master."
We had better see if we can find Mile
document, said. Mr. Norton drily. I
doubt, however, whether Mr. Carwardine's
medical adviser could draw 119 a Will
which would be legal. Nevertheless, we
will have a look at 1t. Have you the key
ofyourfather's desk, Mies Carwardlne?"
"Martha took all the keys immediately
our Pother died,' said Dulcis. "By what
right I have not the slightest idea, he -
comae I cannot believe ehe to entitled 4o
do 00,"
lhe keys, of course, should be in Miss.
Carwardine's possession," copped Mr,
Norton.
Martha shot a. venomous glance at the
two girls, thrust a hand into a capacious
Pocket, drew out a heavy bunch of keys
and flung them on the wrltiug table.
There they are!" she sale' rudely.
Mr. Norton picked thein up and handed
them to Primrose- -
Do you know Which ie the key of the
writing•tablo?" he asked.
There were a good many drawers to be
opened and a quantity of papers to be
searched through. -but Mr. Norton found
no trace of a Will.
"There does not seem to be any such
document," he said, turning to Martha.
"It must be somewhere;' sloe asserted
doggedly- "I remember the master tell-
ing Doctor Crewe to put it in his desk."
"Shall we help you to look through the
rompers?" asked Dulcio sweetly: Per-
haps Martha can find it."
Thereupon they all began to search the
drawers of the desk, Martha with feverish
haste, Dulcfe without pouch sign of aux•
iety, and Primrose with careful thorough•
nee*. But they could discover nothing
like a Will.
Sunoco we send for Doctor Crewe and
question him," suggested Mr. Norton.
Martha went off hurriedly to fetch him,
and when she had gone Mr. Norton look-
ed at the two girls 'with a slightly pus•
sled air.
It is rather odd," he .said, "that if your
father intended to make another Will
he did not send for me."
"I think it meet peculiar," agreed Dul.
Me. I don't understand it at all, do you.
Primrose?"
No; answered Primrose quietly, "be.
rause 1f our father made a Will, it
ought to be here."
"Well, let us have tea, and when Doctor
Crewe comps, perhaps he can 'throw some
light on the matter," said Duleie.
It was nearly an Hour before Martha
returned withthedoctor,
"Here they are!" cried Dulcfe as she
sa1't them coming up the drive.
I should like to speak to Doctor Crewe
first, with your permission; said Mr.
Norton.
Please do everything that ought to be
done in the circumstances," replied
Primrose.
(To be continued.)
GERMAN DEAD HERE LADS.
French and Germans of Every Class
Lost Flower of Youth.
A Belgian 'despatch recently .call-
ed attention to the youth of the
German soldiers as if this were a
sinaprising thing. But the German,
like the Fr'enc'h, standing army is,
of course, composed of 'boys be-
tween the ages of eighteen and
twenty-four. Each year a third of
the army goes back to civilian life
and a new third is recruited. None
of these are, Of coarse, married;
hence there are few widows being
made 'by the German fighting round
Liege, if this is any compensation
for the loss of the flower of the
country's youth..
It is only when the French and
German reservists join the first
line that married and older men
are in action. This is, by the way,
quite unlike the record of our own
volunteer regiments in which so
many of the men were married. As
for the French and German non-
commissioned officers, they are, of
course, in large,part professional
soldiers and family men, like 'their
officers. But their soldiers are too
often mere boys just out of school,
without the faintest' appreciation,
perhaps, of what the war is all
wbo]lt.
In a Sense these armies are de-
mocratic, 'because the sons of rich
and poor alike serve; the educated
for a year only, and perhaps in
crack regiments; but there is no
class in France or Germany ,that
will not pay a terrible price in
young men for the inhumanity that
is going on to -day,
The Real :fest.
"Success (brings out a man's
friends."
"'Yes, but if ,you want to know
,your real friends count the few who
support you when ,you don't seem
to have a ohence,to win,"
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THE
DEFENCES OF PARIS
STRONGEST FORTIFICATIONS
IN THE WORLD.
nate 'a ;anon Hen Neeessary to
Invest the French
Capital,
While details' of the defences of
Paris ere guarded with strict secre-
cy by the Fre'n'ch military attthol'1-
ties, yet their general character
and formidable strength are well
known to military experts, who re-
oogniie them as among the strong-
est fortifications in the world.
The fortifications consist of three
distinct circles sweeping around the
city -first, the solid wall of masonry
18 feet high, extending for 22 miles.
around the old sections of Paris;
second, the system of 17 detached
forts arranged at intervals, two
miles beyond the wall, and making a
circuit of the city 34 miles 10119,
and, third, an outer girdle of forts
75 miles long on the heights com-
manding the valley of the Seine.
Each of these circles of masonry
and steel is a complete defence in
itself, the forts being linked toge-
ther with redoubts, with bastion
and g]acis, vohioh permits a cross
fire against approaches from any di-
rection, The magnitude of the sys-
tem is shown by its area, which ex-
tends 400 square miles.
Third Line is Modern.
The wall around Paris and the 17
detached forts two miles beyond the
walls were built by Louie Phillippe.
They sustained the German siege of
1870-1871, and the outer forts have
since been greatly strengthened.
The third line of forts, an the hills
of SI. Germain, Cormilles and Vil-
liers, are of modern construction,
with the latest types of batteries
and heavy guns.
The inner wall about Paris sur-
rounds the best known and roost im-
portant sections of the city, includ-
ing the business sections along the
grand boulevards, the residence sec-
tions to the north and west of the
city etnd the Latin quarter and other
sections of the left bank of the
Seine.- Outside of the wall a circle
of suburbs extends for many miles,
including Neuildy, Argenteuil, Ver-
sailles, Vincennes and many others.
The forts of the second and third
line of defence are clotted among
these suburbs, proteebing them and
the approaches to the capital. The
wall contains 93 bastions ;and 67
gates. Some of these have been
abandoned owing to the pressure of
modern construction and trade.
But recent advices received here
from Paris state that all the gates
still existing are now closed at 8
o'clock at night, with rigid regula-
tions against movement's from with-
in or without.
The second line of forts includes
the famous fortress of. Mantvaler-
ian, whic,, was the centre of attack
in the German siege of 1870. - It is
strengthened by two groups' of
works-Pautes Bruyer'ea and the
Chatillon fort and batteries. South
of the city is the row of forts at
Ivry, Bichre, Mont Rouge, Vanves
and Issy. North olid east of the
pity are three great farts ,around
Sb. Donis, and two others at Fort
Aubervillers and Fort Charenton,
commanding the. approaches from
the great wood of Bondy.
Defences Require 170,000 Me•n.
The outer circle of forts, which
ere of the most modern type, have
From 24 to 60 heavy gene, and 600 to
1,200 men. In all the three lines of
defences require 170,000 even to
operate then, not counting troops
assembled within the city. Accord-
ing to•niilitary experts it would re-
quire .a force of 500,000 men to in-
vest these defences,
General Count von Moltke, field
marshal of the German forces at the
time of the siege of Paris of 1870-71,
stated in a report on that'siege that
the French artillery armament con-
sisted of more than 2,600 pieces, in-
cluding 200 of the largest calibre of
naval ordnance. There were 500
rounds for each gun, and a reserve
of 3,000,000 kilograms of powder.
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Count von Moltke emphasized that
the bombardment of .a fortified place
in the heart of an enemy's country
was difficult, if not impossible, un-
less the invader was master of the
railways or waterways by which
heavy siege artillery could be
brought up in full quantity. He
explains the failure to bombard
Paris at the outset of the siege by
saying it would have required 300
heavy guns 'with 500 rounds for each
gun. The movement forward of
these heavy guns would have re-
quired 4,500 four -wheeled wagons
and 10,000 horses, which were not
available.
At a later stage the Germans
brought up their big siege guns at-
tacking the enciente and ports, and
dropping 300 to 400 15 -centimetre
shells into the heart of the eity.
Notwithstanding the fury of the
German attacks, Paris withstood
the siege for 132 days. Since then
the entirely new and outer third line
of defence has been erected, and
military. experts say the fortifica-
tions as a whole are far more for-
midable than those which resisted
the siege of 1870-71.
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WRY KAISER DECLARED WAR.
Did Not Want to be Called "Wil-
. liana the Coward" Again.
There is no longer any doubt
that, from a very early date after
the news of Serajevo murder reach-
ed the Emperor at Kiel, his Ma-
jesty had determined "t0 see elle
thing throagh' -to see it through
against Russia, so says the Berlin
correspondent of the London
Times. In his speech from the
throne to the Reichstag the Em-
peror said that the Serajevo mur-
ders "opened up an a'by'ss." At any
rate they caused his Majesty to
lose his 'head. He hastened back
to Berlin --only to involve ]himself
in a quarrel with Vienna about 'the
State funeral, w'hioh after all for
imaginery reasons of ill -health lie
did not attend, His Majesty then
went on his northern cruise, bub
returned to Berlin suddenly en
July 26, to the open regret of the
Foreign Office, as the British
Charge- d'Affaires, Sir Horace
Rumbold, telegraphed to London.
As soon as the crisis became acute
I made some inquiries about the
Emperor's earlier frame of mind,
and was told on excellent author-
ity that for the first time he had
abandoned the part of "keeper of
the peace." There were in fact to
be no more German newspaper
articles in the press such as ap-
peared during the Morocco crisis
under the ,leading "Guillaume le
Perltron." I do not mean that the
Emperor was determined upon
war, but he had removed his re-
straining hand, and Germany di'ifb-
ed.slowly but surely through the
cross -currents to the Russian ulti-
matum and to war.' The more sin-
cere the efforts made for peace, the
more futile they were. Instead of
drawing back from the "abyss,"
Germany tumbled into it.
The only jnstifioabion, if it is a
justification, that can be offered of
the Emperor's attitude is Ulan he
was deeply moved by the Sarajevo
murders and believed that their ini-
quity would unite Western Europe
even at the cost of the obligations
and interests of the Western pow-
ens-ubher than Germany, He
could, as a matter of fact, have
achieved very different results by
almost any ether course than that
which he actually followed, a
course which led straight to a re-
petition of the effort made success-
fully in 1000 to humiliate Russia,
and led straight to an unnecessary
and immoral war with France and
England. Against France Ger.
many has no shadow of a case, and
Inas merely unreasked her contempt•
uous covetousne'ss.
GAJ10L'S IRON CROSS.
German. Kaiser Revives Coveted In-
signia Bestowed for Valor.
Shortly after the opening of hos-
tilities the German Kaiser, follow-
ing the precedent established by
William I., reinstituted the famous
Order of bhe Iron Cross. The New
York Staats-Zeitung furnishes an
interesting history of this coveted
mark of distinction which is award-
ed solely for the performance of
deeds of the highest valor on the
field of battle.
King Frederick William III, of
Prussia founded the order on
March 10, 1813, as a reward for ser-
vices rendered to the Fatherland in
the Napoleonic wars. The plain-
ness of the iron insignia was intend-
ed
ntended to remind its w'earersof the hard
times that had brought it into be-
ing. It was a email iron Maltese
cross inlaid with a narrow silver
band jest inside the bevelled edge.
The only other marks upon it were
three oak leaves in the centre, the
royal initials, F.W., surmounted by
a. small crown, lend the date 1813.
As is customary in the ease of royal
orders,' there were two clasps and
a grand cross, the later +twice the
regular size, In 1841 a permanent
endowment was added paying fixed
annual sums 'bo the wearers of the
deooration,
On July 19, 1870, the day that
France again declared war on Prus-
sia, the order was revived by King
William I. on the same conditions
as originally, in:stitu'ted.. At that
time bhe three oak leaves were drop-
ped, and the latter W, the crown,
and the da't'e 1870 were substituted
for 'the origintal marks, but the
three leaves were restored by an
order of the Imperial Council .in
1895. The decoration as revised, in
1870 has been bestowed on 48,5174
German warriors of all classes, in-
cluding those coming from German.
States outside of Prussia,
The Grand Cross is conferred
only on comau.and'ing officers who
have won a decisive battle followed
by the forced r'etirem'ent of an
enemy, for the capture of 1111 im-
portant fort, or' for sueeessfully de-
fending a fort ageing the enemy's
capture, In addition 'to the soldiers
who have won the cross for indivi-
dual acts of distinguished valor, it
has been granted to all members of
regiments that have performed es-
pecially meritorious service. There
1s no decoration fora German mili-
tary Tan that carries, with it a
greater glory than the Iron Cross,
and ib is signifloan'b "that the thou-
sands of veterans who possess 'obis
priceless deco'ratio'n have always
been looked• upon with the' most pro-
found respect by the entire German
public.
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War tefngecs-..f iflabie Sights 011 1110 Rolla T3ei.n•rt.0
hiel'cs,,
gees on foot and 111 All Rinds of Ve
lin.Ao.ivo...wt•
Treating Cattle for horn Flies.
The horn fly has so many pecu-
liarities that he is .scientifically in-
teresting. In the matter of color
he is a stickler for dark shades,
Hence, his attacks are ohielly mads
on dark cantle, writes Mr. Wm. J3,
Uncle rwood,
Cases have been noted in which
two cows, one white and the other
dark, standing sire b» side, were
enveloped in a swarm of horn fries
which attacked only the dark cora,
leaving the other entirely un-
molested.
It is claimed that the flies can
even gauge the thickness of the
skin and make discrimination, giv-
ing preference to the thin-skinned
animals,
The flies suck blood from the -cat-
tle producing irritation and worry
to such an extent as to cause a de-
crease in the milk flow from one
third to one half.
Many remedies have, of course,
been devised which have been more
or less effective and no doubt there
are plenty of newly discovered
eures on the market, but new re-
medies are not alwa"s the best.
The following is a rather old-
fashioned remedy, but it has stood'
the test of time, than which no bet-
ter recommendation could be
given.
Crude eobtonseed oil or fish oil
and pipe tar mixed about two
parts of the former to one of the
latter. The two mix readily and
are very easily applied to the ani-
mals at milking time by means of
a large paint +brush. Applied in
this manner it takes but about half
a minute to a cow, making the cost
of the application but a small mat-
ter.
As many as 350 head at a time
have been treated with crude cot-
tonseed oil and tar in this manner,
using four gallons of the oil and
less than two gallons of the rine
tar, the cattle being rendered al-
most immune from the flies.
The late Professor J. B. Smith,
reported success from the use of
fine tobacco dust in the hair of the
back and wherever it would lodge.
He claimed that tobacco dust is
fatal to the horn fly if this insect
stays long enough to 'bite the hack
of an animal where the dust has
been scattered. It is also claimed
for tobacco dust that it is a good
repellant for the stable fly.
Horn flies get their name on ac-
count of their habit of clustering at
the base of the hires of cattle.
They in no way injure this organ,
but choose it as a safe resting
place when not engaged in biting.
These flies lay their eggs in manure
freshly dropped by the animals they
attack, Moist weather, by con-
serving the moisture of the drop-
pings, is conducive to the increase
of this pest; hence, a wet summer
will probably produce more flies
than a very dry summer.
®11 the Farm
Etiicieney on the Farm.
One of the most frequent sources
of loss on the farm is an insuf-
ficient return from work'h'ouses,
Have you satisfied yourself • on
the following points?
It costs $100 annually to keep the
average horse, but this horse works
only a little more than three hours
each working day. This 'makes tihe
horse labor cost approxiinwbely ten
cents an hour.
Do you handle the horse labor on
your farm so that the annual cost
of keeping your horses is less than
the average, or so that the number
of hours worked is greater? Both,
methods will seduce the cost of
horse labor, but the latter offers by
far the greatest opportunity.
Can ,you revise your crep,pin.g
system so that fewer work. horses
will be needed, or so that the work
will be more equally distributed
and thus 'make it possible to em-
ploy them more hours each ,year?
Can you raise colts and thus re-
duce the cont of keeping your
horses ?
0011 you arrange to use your
work horses for outside work when
not busy on the farm?
Can you. reduce the mat of keep-
ing each horse by feeding less feed
or o'iheaper feed and stili give s
proper r'a'tion?
Farm work done with fewer
horses means a saving of $100 a
year for each Horse not needed.
Sufficient; Reason.
"Why don't you brush your
hair 1" asked elle man of the boy
with the -frowsy head,
"Ain't got no brush."
"Why don't ,you use your father's
bred V'
,,a
116 blilah,
He au1t, got
"No brush ? Why hasn't he a
blush?t1
Ain't got no heir,"
lit llieo5e.
Herby -Papa informed me that he
wits very sueh 011400eed to jack,
Aliee-An•d what -did ,you say?
73etty --I notified papa that inter-
vention] would mean war.
The average amount of eiekn0,ss
in humans life is nine days ' -out of
the year,
Hints
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