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BEM r—
BELGIUM'S
S BEM QUEEN
SORROW THAT IIAS SUDDEN-
LY DESCENDED ON HER,
loNRi(ll vox TR1.1'rS('illtII.
The Man %Vho Sent` the German
Natton Insaune.
Heiauich von Tre•itsehke, lata pro-
lessor of modern history at the Uni-
versity of Bernie who :lied only a
few +•ears ape was curiously more
Wavle in blood 'than Germanic yet
he
1141a Germany's fort most. apostle
of w' laid -e=mpire, and is arow called
"the chief inspirer, on the spiritual
side, Of Germany's present mood.
Ven Treitschke it is, says Air. .'r -
cher in the' London Chronicle, who
-"has provided militarism With a
peen's:philos•,phy, and enabled it to
drape its naked a- z ressiviuess in
phrases about' the mission at Ger-
man •culture " He has, we aro
toed, "extreetei from history tho
doctrine that the lust for power is
a virtue and its gratiiii•ateni a duty
—ler Germany.
yen -thee Von Treit cdrlce lost what-
ever liberalism he had and became
excitrd over tho possibilities of wear,
cunrpalsitin, and aristoeracl }ie
did not go geographically crazy,
like the Patn GermaniSts, but ethnic
to Bism.arek's priue,ples, emphasiz-
ing: however, the wta.r•likr, and chau-
l vuvstic Bele of that, and doing it
w-ith s'ueh brilliancy that he must of
all made intellectual • Germany
drunk with the idea of her ,o enllac1
destiny: lie taught her thea a,11
leetory° led up to the leadership of
the Teuton. Little of his work has
been translated, The etyle is furl
of color and movement•, btillianb,
a d thought -abounding ; nervous,
energetic t getic fc eling swings the reader
' along vast learning is wholly di-
gestalt a vd best to the author's
purprate Germans quote him as no
historian is quoted by the I+.n;lish
t his-
ot the French, In •tntel'ptetttg
tory, he ea their Bible. '.Cit pi, 11
"Treitschke was eminently typical eel � thiukers never tire of hint. .) t grene within forty peaces of their
of the (lermauy of to day, inasmuch 1\'hatever made ayrainst militarism ea, ,,t ,'", �1 �I U'a SLIP � oven regiments 1a go aft ill
as he was spiritually a product ei • he derided, It was chaha. terist•ie U ug 4f lY ` to attempt to rescue them,
Sadowai and Sedan. He was thirty -1 of his philosophy, for example, thrtl —
two when Sadowa, to use the words. he at,taeked tyre decay of duelling.
LNG -
of the French eritie, Guilland, eel' I He depl;,red the a•dvence of women. 'TIa.II.IUBLi. EFFECT 01? LI t 1N G
formed the Leine Kaiser Wilhelm's precursor.
him from a+ liberal moiu.i'elt t• to in withwg thein to remain limited 1\ T1lENC'1IES.
an aait•horitarian Cecsarist,' LIp to
that point his views had been com-
paratively human. He had been in -
Thi: Standard LUe o
Canada. H a s 11r<l at a11j
Imitations but HIO equal
CL1rppA�HAey AND
1S N� CTS
100 %PURE
is.
-�y1•, J` ,;„T=- s, TCO �1•Y�
�,.,..
w•Ihieh,•as the guiding genius and in-
spiration of her ambitious husband,
she bade fair to realize in actuality.
Sudden Blasting of Hopes.
Now she can but rely upon the
caprices of fate, which may elect
that the Belgian kingdom no longer
shall exist, the royal rank of its
sovereigns be nullified, the king and
The Inspiration of Iger husband, queen and the heir apparent be
Idol of her Children and thrown into the world as untitled
persons who. needs must toil for a
Angel of IIer People. living.
It is a sudden blasting of hopes
which has brought sorrow to the
young and affectionate Queen Eliza-
beth. Since their ascension to the
throne, upon the death of the profli-
gate King Leopold II.. Bing Albert
I.and his wife, who was Princess
Elizabeth of Bavaria, daughter of
Dolce Charles Theodore, have
fought great difficulties, met many
antl
handy•icaps and emerged triumph -
First of all, they had to live down
the reputation of Leopold, Albert's
uncle, who had prepared a book of
advice to the then Crown Prince
Albert, only son of Leopold's
l-
younger
to folk* on
obis sue-cessionfur �lto
the crown.
That the barbaric precepts were
not heeded by the ambitious young
king has since been shown by his
activities in the encouragement of
the eommeroial, literary and artis-
tic prestige of his country, the
Have you ever worked and slaved
and sacrificed to build ahome and
furnish it and then been forced.,
suddenly. in the midst of the reali-
zation of your highest hopes, to
stand by and watch it go up in
flames? Have you ever felt the in-
expressible sorrow attendant upon
a catastrophe that dashed to the
ground your castle for the erection
of which you had struggled so in-
dustriously; that eclipsed your sun
of happiness and engulfed in the
shadows your dream which had
become reality'1
If you have, you can realize to
some extent the sorrow that sud-
denly has de ucended upon the
young and beautiful Queen Eliza-
beth of Belgium, formerly Princess
of Bavaria. After inspiring her de-
voted husband, Albert I., third
king of the Belgians in his success-
ful fight to live down the reputa-
tion of a profligate ptede essor on
to kitchen, church, and childrean.. .
England Meat Be ('rushed.
He belittled Enxlane's services in
opined to rationalism in rets un, developing semsdtutiontul govern -
and had not yet. become a devoted' meat, �Ite started the statdied hate
of the tribal God who smiles upon j of her w pricer has gone so far that
all cername that is cotmmand'ed by the crazy Pat-Get•,nanists, although
the throne to reeenstruet the eemp'lete democracy of les manner
When the British Got Beds They
Were Too Nervous to
Use Thrill.
the pins House of Hohenzollern. , they count enc political influence to The New York World prints the
He had not yet s e -Fee: e, to the a1:mcst the whole world, including narrative of a correspondent who
fell, as any rate, that bitter hatred our earn hemisphere, look upon has been on the firing line
of 'England Which breathes from his pngland. Germanic as .dee is, as. "An Euglislt British•ent that can
later writings. merely something to be crushed, not sleep --mien with nerves so raek-
But the years 1566-70 wrought a Says Von Treitschke `Shall the glue- ed by the terrific struggle 11 the
sinister change in his spirit. They inns menysideness of the world's trenches on the Aisne that they
left him, as they }eft the German history which once began with the cannot bring themselves to go to
nation, siegestruknen—drunk with rule of the monosyllabic Chinaman, bed—i5 the grimfest spegtae1e I
victory. He came to think of ruth- after running its joyless course, end have met in this war. 1 spent
less, aggressive war as the noblest with the reign of the monosyllabic night and day with these men, and
of national functions, and the in- Brfton?' left them. rather hysterical 'myself,
etrnment by n -blob Germany was iron Treit chive first popularized only a few 'hours ago.
the idea that British naval suprem- "We parted coln»anv, and"still it
icy must be destroyed. In 1884 he
said: 'We have reckoned with seems to me like a bad dream from
France, Austria, and Russia; the which it is hard to wake. This re -
reckoning with England has still to giment is made up almost entirely
come; it will he the longest and the of Welshmen and has one of the fen
most difficult.' est records. It was visited and con -
"Von Treitschke sat in the Reich- gratulated by Field Marshal
stag and supported legislation to French. It has been mentioned in
suppress the Socialists, Poles, and official dennatches for bravery, and
Catholics. In every branch of poli- e w it is paying the price.
tics ha :taught the gospel of crush- When :lien Went to Pieces.
ins. Of course he was religious. "Men did not begin to •break un -
Von Treitschke said: I have
grateft ply seen the work of Prove- til after the tenseness had passed.
donee in the fortunes of any eoun- were cool and in commandofthem-
try, as well es my own house, and selves; but the position they held
I feel more keen.] than heretofore wan so exposed to fire that they
the need of bowing humbly before never had a moment's rest, and af-
God • ,, ter a month, when they were order -
The Boston Herald finishes off a ed back, they went to pieces.
survey of the Berlin historian in "I had spent the night before
these words:
within a mile of them and them
"Treitschke died in 1896, looking were other men there nearly as bad
forward with •confidence to the day off, but they held an advanced post -
when, as Giebel sang, the world tion and had blocked the German
would find healing at the touch of advance."
tine German character. He looked He tolls of .a captain and six ser -
forward to this day in a pious, geants arranging shelter for their
that
prayerful
mend,
re ur d will
a drastic regiment in two farmhouses, and
goes on: The sergeants prepared
i medicine for the human race. That places for 600 men, but all night
Treitschke was not spared to be the they kept knocking about with pan -
head of the German press bureau in terns There were :beds for a11;
1914 is a severe loss to the cause of they tidmittecl they had not seen
Pan-Germcnism." beds for six weeks, and professed a
desire to get into 'them, but dict not.
ANIMALS AT TDB FRONT. Why De Couldn't Sleep.
finances and rernancrce of the na- and les dress and living. He le a
tion, and to rule happily and peace-
fully, silo pias' seen her countryalmostthrown, unwillingly and almost as
an innocent bystander, into a titan -
is struggle for the military suprem-
acy of Europe. 'Phe cataclysm came
quickly.
It. \Vaas Night.
Queen Elizabeth, one of the most
beautiful and acknowledged the
most intellectual queen in all Eu-
repe, had gathered about her the
royal children, Crown Prince Leo-
pold, Prince Charlesand the little
madcap, Princess Marie Jose. Theis
kinsmen, the enemy, were advanc-
ing upon the capital city,
The order for the .peaceful evacu-
ation of Brussels was given. In a
few hours the national offices were
transformed to the ancient and
devoted husband and an affection-
ate father, averse to pomp and
display, affable and free in manner,
profoundly interested in social and
economic questions, and, as is his
wife,
An Artist of No Mean Ability.'
When the Princess Elizabeth as-
sumed the duties of housewife in
the royal palace in Brussels site
found it denuded of its statuary,
rare paintings, tapestries, brit a -
brae, silver plate, expensive furni-
ture and ornaments of all kinds. It
was like entering e beautiful home
from which. poverty had taken the
furnishings. It was the result of the
late King Leopold's determination
to circumvent his daughters' ambi
tions and leave them practically
poverty stricken.
heavily fortified town of Antwerp, What with this disposal of the
and the queen and her children fled 1 beautiful furnishings of the royal
from the palace in Brussels and 1 palace, the consequent scandal
took refuge iu ' am unaccustomed brought about through the suit of
predestined to impose her tic ,an-
parable culture upon a te-nporarily
recalcitrant, but ultimately grate-
ful world. This is no caricature of
his doctrine, He clothes its wicked-
ness in all sorts of fine phrases, unci
would have us understand that,'for
all non -German people to be ruled
by Germany is the first step to
nmral and intellectual regenera-
tion." •
Detested the English.
hoame. The young king had assum-
ed command of the army and the
mother and children were left
alone.
Tho :tiny kingdom, which has seen
only three rulers and yet has be-
oosne powerful financially and com-
mnereially, is disrupted, its fields
laid waste, its men mustered into
sleaviee in a eonfliet in which the
Belgians have no interest, and its
fate as a nation 'hung in the ba•1-
enee:
The king has .shown his deep in-
terest in his people by going tothe
front to assume command of the
ermyl and repel iiia invaders. The
gime!), with the .heroic. seleetterifice
she has .;t'lwa es evinced and which
lois end, area her to the hearts of
her peen' 1 "Mier there -0 in the
e f 5 r and '' c me r s
'sc,, row• dust, has sed- her krnamen, her res.. ,...,,ice taken
Tlhie is tat. Frani he•r, .and the Mand under her
doily been eeered,epee the ]oveete i. ,o -
one'lovely queen of Belgium. This hnsbaner rule overrun with bio d
ratthe eltattering Of her liop'es for a
yeanefel, proe^tons . and hap iy
reign, ±he eruntl''i*:,t 4her ideals,
'the di»turbtalblre of her dreams,
Professor Guilland sets forth
Treitschke's view of th.e Englisch in
words written in 1900, "before .the
Entente Cordiale was dreamed of,
and at the tine when Frenchmen
were not themselves daaposed to re -
the daughters to share in the im-
mense fortune of their dead father,
the ,shameful stories circulated by
the late king, the Congo expose,
and the demoralized condition of
state affairs, rho young king and
queen entered upon a tremendous
task when they assumed the rider-
ship of Belgium and undertook to
make their reign happy and sue
eessful.
They were successful from the
first; their people loved and res-
pected them, wad their work has
been ee conscientiously devoted to
the welfare osf their subjects as thole
personal lives have been devoted to
tho principle of dem.ocrm,y. Yet,
itt the amidst of their triumphs, their
work hits keen halted. Herself a
lilr_cVss m,i! of t1,t siranpiil}tics
cur a {r of the German err Queen
tt;�r,. F,lizri,c•t1 1,, lotted h• ueset by
and enr�,:::� .t u 1, cl ('r.�ss nt 1 k.
thirstieg armies.
Nothing succeeds like success —
stokres it is the way failures .fail.
1 er om,
em would mean throwing away hundreds
more.
"Shrapnel is breaking around
you all the time. I have seen shrap-
nel so thick that it did not seem
possible for anyone to live through;
but it doesn't seem to kill much.
But those big shells—`coal boxes'—
they're the boys that do damage. If
they break near you, you are gone.
Fortunately, they don't always
break right. I counted thirty-
seven yesterday morning that pass-
ed over us into the valley that did
not explode. Thank heaven, the
Germans are poor marksmen, or
none of us would be here.
lloiwes, Elephants, Camels, Dogs "The captain was the worst I
and Pigeons. have ever seen of a strong man go -
We little think in times of peace, ing so completely to pietas. He
stood 6 feet 3 inches and weighed
as we pct our clogs and cats and about 200—in bone and sinew, one
horses, of the various parts that of the test ty*pe,s of Englishmen: 1
animals play in times of war. knew by his teee that he by habit
Manymen and women and all boys
iteein1011 von •lrci•:4elriee and irls have to stay away from and training was reserved, but his
the danger line, but the honor of tongue was loosened and he talked
"going to the front"' is given to for hours. 1 as learning aston
ablel the British with a very favor- many an animal, writes a eorres_ ishin:g things, but tried miany times
ablc.eye• ' pendent at the front. Think of the to get gum to go to bed, but he
schke, trite greet crime of this
"We see clearly that feeTacit- horses—high-bred hunters and would not even take off his shoes.
Co -heavy -hoofed dray horses—brought He said he could sleep :better in an
burg (Prince Albert) was to haveletogether to work for one common armchair :before the fire, and in the
become an ran, Englishman. A double- cause. Like •officers and private eel- end he never closed his eyes. The
dyed Prussian, our historian wee
diers, all share the labors and all captain eaid:
one of tea heads of that • group risk the clangers. Other minks use "Sleep? Z How could we sleep,
sitting 'tense all night in the
-.,
HOU MEW OLD ENG1.4 �U
Used to Shell Fire.
" 'You know, I miss shell fire. I
am used to it, It has got so it tor-
tures me, but I' have grown used to
it, It seems to net on m+' nerves as
if it were a drug; bu't it does not
make ane dodge the way it used to.
If a shell breaks within a few feet,
you ordinarily duck. You can't help
it; but it doesn't make ale dodge
any more. I hate them just as
much, but they don't affect me.
"'A few days ago I was talking
to my Sergeant-Major, the beet
man we had. A shell broke over us,
and a big piece came .between us,
smashing one of his feet. If I had
ducked it would have cut my head
off,, „
Welcomed Night March.
When the regiment arrived, most
of then stayed outside of birouae
fires. He proceeds : "The colonel, a
kindly -eyed, grey -faced man, with
service ribbons half -way 'across his
coat, kept saying that he was going
to :bed, but stayed up for breakfast
at 5. Then he said it was too late.
They talked about the big sleep
they were going to have the next
night, and kept talking about it un-
til noon, when a despatch came or-
dering them to move on at night-
fa'll. Then they agreed that it was
too late to try to get any ,sleep.
They seemed to welcome the night
march."
sufficiently numerous in Germany,
which sees in the Briton .the na-
tional enemy, He detested the
English. While he recognized eer-
tarn qualities, even in the French
in the English he could see
none at all. For him the English-
man was 'a Baconian, a low utili-
tarian, a narrow and selfish island-
er, a hypocrite, who, with the Bible
in one hand and an opium -pipe in
the other. diffuses throughout the
universe the benefits of eivulization,'
"This hatred of the English peo-
ple , . Treitschke displays without
stint throughout his history. As
soon as an Englishman appears, he
ridicules or denounces him. He
makes an exception only for Car-
lyle, `the only Englishman,' he ways,
'who has thoroughly understood the
Gerina.n•e, and the first foreigner
who has risen to the heights of Ger-
man thought.'
"As foe British politics, the Prus-
sian historian sees, in them nothing
but mercantilism, immorality and
arrogance, pitiless to the, weak.
An American Fiew•.
In a recent number of Harper's
Wcekly_Mr. Norman It.apgood gives,
a yivaetatnr caharecteeizetion of the
aurin wlro has be•nn called Ge.rm•an4's
stormy 1' trel:
"IIe stu:_ nn odcl little man. with ,r, who 15 so inteni; on iiia job
a voles so ba': it could hardly he ll:at� he backs into people 18 ob
r omsstood in college pectate- ''nests thorn and blocks the Pave -
rooms, As a yon.th Ise ha a n +:t' tent until he hears end feels the
al tendency toward lemming. but a,
natural tendency also toward using
his facts to prove what he liked to
believe. Aflee Bis m.arck's fleet
great exhibition of masterly wicked -
noes, when he tore Sehlcswig-llo.l-
stein away from. Denmark, the
more animals than we eke The In-
dian regiments use elephants and
cancels; and mules are often used
by soldiers in miottntaineus coun-
tries. The Belgians, however, are
the only soldiers I can think of at
the moment who use ,dogs and pi-
geons. I daresay you have lately
seen pictures of the sturdy dogs
drawing the ammunition oats. And
many Belgian soldiers ride into
battle with a crate on their backs
full of homing pigeons, which, when
loosed. carry back important in-
formation :bo the base, the letter
under the wing tailing ofthe dis-
position of the enemy and other
valuable details, It is sad. to think
that'the u•s•eful little birds who do
so much for their country's success
shoii'ld, in the hands of wicked per-
sons, work evil also by unconscious-
ly playing into the hands of the
spies, Even at home :enimails do
their share of work for their open -
try in war time. The horse draw-
ing his load for the troops is earn-
ing our gratitude. And who has
seen the faithful clogs with their
Red Cross collretfng boxes s goin
g
from person to person to ask for
help for the sielc anti wounded?
They are good. beggars these four -
footed Red Cross helpers ; indeed,
Or +e is one collie in Scotland, I
desired coin fall into his box.
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Definition.
"lpa. what's a siege gun 1"
"It's a rneohanical device used
for altering maps, my son."
NIIW8 11 M.t,1i, .tBillie! JOHN
1111 Lb AND 111e 1'1':AP111.
Oeetirreaees lit the Lana Teat
Celsus Supreme In the Cone
cacre111 61'crel•
Four thousan1 Landon It
are eager eo fig it:.fur Britain.
'1'he National Relief bund leas
now reached a total of o1'01' $17,-
000 000.
Free entertainments for the
troops in Plymouth garrison arc to
be held nightly in Plyrneuth garri-
son
.1.t Weston -en -Thames extra este-
dal constables enrolled include.
Ba-
ron Prothlno, a popular local
spc resmen.
Ten per eeet. of the miners in
11'"ollaton and Radford pits, Not-
tingham, have enlisted in Kitchen-
er's new army,
The number of post -office ser-
vants now serving in the naval and
military forces of the (frown
amounts to ever 20,000.
Tihe Queen hes given hoe patron-
age to a Sheffield lady journalist's
scheme to provide sucks for the
soldiers serving at the front,
A .large notice board bearing the
names of local men serving with the
colors is to be erected at the tor-
net• of Arneson Road, East Malesey.
Sheffield cutlery and plate mane-
feeturers are running their works
night and day to complete War
Office orders for bayonets, knives,
etc.
Queen Alexandra has leased six
furnished houses at Hunetamton for
the wives of men serving in the
Household Regiment at the front.
The name plate of aGuildford
road bearing the words "Berlin
Road" has been covered with one
inscribed "Tipperary Road, late
Berlin Road."
Tons of apples have been des-
patched to our soldiers anti sailors
by patriotic Devon farenens, and
further consignments will be sent.
A large number of London teach-
ers have volunteered for service
with the farces, and in consequence
there is a great demand for tem-
porary teachers.
112enibers of the Metropolitan po-
lies force are supplying between -
5,000 and 6,000 blankets in response
to the appeal made by Lord Iiia-
chence on behalf of the troops.
A firm of Liverpool merchants
have received a largo consignment
of tomatoes from a Jersey grower,
%vho asks for them to be sold and
the proceeds given to the relief
fund.
It is understood that the King
has given instreetions that plant-
ing is to be undertaken at Sand-
ringham on ai scale that will afford
a considerable amount of employ-
ment.
Se,rgeant R. G. Grossman, the
first British soldier wounded, at the
front to die in Fort Pitt Hospital,
Chatham, was buried in the Sol •
-
diers' Cemetery there with full mili-
tary honors.
With a view to securing that 114)
German or Austrian musicians shall
be employed in England during the
war a meeting of London musicians
is to be held under the presidency
of Sir le Cotten.
A rad fatality occurred at the
London Hinpodt'nmo when two
young Belgian sisters, while per-
forming on the trapeze, fell to the
ground. One was so badly hurt
that she died in a few minutes:
The great armor plate works of
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth &
Go., of Openshaw, Manchester, are
now working at fell pressure on
Admiralty orders. Over 10,000
hands are employed.
At noon every day the Sanceus
Bell of St, Alpha *e, London Wall,
is rung to remind all• Who hear it
that silent prayer may be said for
our soldiers and sailors, and also
for victory and peace.
The vicar of Braunton, Devon,.
announ•ce•s that at the close of the
war ho intends to place a handiirana
brass tablet in the parish church
hearing the names of every Than
fr•otn the pa1iih who served with the
colors,
Ex.-Oolor-Sergi, Lane, aged 78,
of the old 44th Font Regiment, who
served in the Indian Mutiny, and
who has been pensioned for 84
years has received a e0unnunien-
tian from the war Office asking .if
he is willing eo serve ae .an 0x•
N.0.0,
•1• —
Golden invitations.
A successful M•oseow mereha.nb
named Spiridanow, ladle had made
a fortune., thought of a novel
Ivey of inviting the guests to his
golden Wedding. The invitations
Were engraved en golden cards•
When the recipients opened the o .
voloposi they were naturally pl00s-
ed with the beautiful invitations,
but supposed that they were only
gilded, A closer examination, how-
ever, showed that the mrliiemnfre
had .actually sent out Studs of real
gold. Monsieur Spirialnnow sent in
all two hundred invitations. The
cards were mule by 11 M Iscow j03?
cher h e'?, pee!! and ile
ntatcri rn n a mine
owned by the ncilliona:.'e, 1.?act .
card ivas worth about. $i1
"EDNA.1 E1lII♦I_i!"
Pathetic Tale of the Death -Bed of
a Gernutat Soldier.
Professor J, H. Morgan tells in
the ler e nlinster Gazette, London,
this pathetic talc of a• scene wit-
nessed by prim in a French hospi-
tal, t. German soldier lies w'ound-
ecl :
"His face is white as •chalk with
a kind of misty pallor, glistening
with cold sweat. One bare arm is
extended with the finger pointing
upwards to the 'ceiling, the other is
curved as 1f he were holding some
one in a long embrace.
"The fingers are plucking, pluck-
ing, as though at an invisible rope
which is forever escaping his grasp.
His teeth are clenched—it is a ease
of tetanus—but thimegh them there
escapes a mournful and imperative
cry thatnever 'ceases—Memel Em-
ma I Emma I'
trenches, knowing that the Ger "The nurse, a brave little Eng -
milia were less than a hundred lishwoma.n, whose ministries never
yards away, :and' were watching tire, whispers to me that it is the
every :moment to overrun us/ Even
in the day we had to lie just behind
our trenches, always alert, sleep-
ing an hour at a time, waked by
rifles on either side, and knowing
that the country was filled with
spies, telling everything we did,
Eounal Spy in haystack.
"Why, only yesterday, unearth-
ed a spy right among us, in a hay-
stack. He had been there at least a
month, and had provisions for two
months more. I only got hiss be-
cause the haystack w.as torn to
ag-
ents.
pieces getting straw Sot! our
outs. Down through the centre at
the stack he had a telephone wire
running across the lines. I had
leaned against the stack ,and talked
many times, He knew everything
we were doing, and kept sending it
Won. That le just .one ease,
"'I sen a soldier. I follow war
as .a profession. I have fought in
South Africa and have been in • In-
dian campaigns. I thought I knew
what war was, but never have seen
battles ':, iween 'savage tribes 50
fie•- is the fight back there I rum
s;ric. of war. I am no coward, but
1 want to lest, to forget Thislast
month:
Dying in .reticles.
"Idhave seen papers from home,
and it has struck ms• how 111111a
people at home really know alma
this. If I only could show England
one of these trenches, with Fng-
lishmen dying of thirst, and gan-
name of his fiancee—he has never
ceased to extend his arms axial to
call upon her name. Poor boys per-
haps even now in this thy hour of
perplexity and anguish thy Emma,
in sono Bible village far, far be-
yond the Rhine,is upon her knees
praying for the over who will never
return,
"The cry grows fainter and more
faint, the yearning arms relax, all
heads turn upon this pillows to
look with mut fixity at their dying
comrade. There is a rush of doc-
tors
oetars and nur.se•s .around the bed.
The room is flooded with the soft
radiance, of September sunshine,
yet never has a room seemed to ane
so dark,"
African Shea Nut.
The nut ofblast •African Shea tree
has n soft external cover resembling
that of .the walnut in appearance,
This fleshy pultp is eaten by 'the na-
tives when ib softens prior to de-
taching itsel=f from the nut, and it
is also eaten by sheep and other
animal, but not the nut itself. The
pulp is sweet and has a not dis-
agreeable taste, and might possibly
be used for bile mannfaentre of al-
cphol,
Mrs. •Roxley.--I'1n afraid there's
not math energy in that young man
who is Calling 011 out daughter, He
doesn't seem to shave anneh snap,
Mr, lloxley—Ho, but 1 think he is
after one, though,
Porn has the highest enii ca+l slit•
tion in the world; 13,1;.,-1 1. it above
sea level, at Tial'o.