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A Foolish Young Man
Or, the Belle of' the Season.
-'C1L11PTE11, Xy/XII.--(Continued).
The morning after the' funeral. Reward
found Stafford sitting in a darkened
room of the great house, hie head in hie
hand, a, morning paper lying open on the
table before him, no raised his white
and haggard face, ae Howard entered 6,71(1
took his friend's hand in silence, Howard
glanced at the paper and bit his lip:
Yee," said Stafford, ''l have been read
ing thie. 'You have seen it?"
• Howard nodded,
"You know ,what means?' I want Yon
to tell me I have been putting off the
quefiblen bY dal', selfishly; I could
not face •it until -until he was buried
But I can put it -.off no longer; I must
know now. What was that cablegram
whieh they brought lilin just before -
which you tried to. keep from him?"
•''Ye!a have not, read any of the' news
p811080?" 8813104 PiDelionui
shrank.
Stafford shook hie head,
"No; I have not bean able to. I ',have
not. been able to do anything; ecarcely
to think. The blow came 60 suddenly
that have felt like a num in a dreaan-
dozed, bewildered. It I have been able to
think 0.1 all IL le of his love for me, his
• gooduese to me. There never was such a
• father---" Hie voice brolce,_ and he made
a. gesture eyith hie hand, ..l'Even now I do
not realize that he is gone,' f,hat I shall,
• never see kiln again. I was so fond of
hien, so Proud of him! Why do you heel.
tate? If it Is bad news, and I suppose
it is, do you think I can't bear it? How-
• ard, there is nothing that you could tell
me that could move me, or hurt me. Fate
has dealt me ite very point blow in telt.
ing him from ine, end nothing elee can
tnetter, The cablegram, this that the Pa;
Per SaYS. 1,,11ELt does it mean?"
Howard eat <311 the table so that he could
lay. ills hand, with a friend's -loving and
consoling touch, on Stafford's arm.
"I've come to tell you, Staff," he said,
"/ knoiv that you ought to know -but it'e
hard work -that cablegram contained
'notes that the Zulus thad rieen en milese,
and that for a,time, perhaps for years,
the railwaY scheme eves blocked, if not
utterly ruined. It was the one weak link
111 tho chain, and your father was aware
of it and had taken what =canines he
could to guard against the danger. but
Pate, cireunistances,.wete too niudli. tor
hitn. A eillY equabble, so silly as to be
almost childieh, between soihe equattere
on the border and the discontented nit.
tires, upeet all his earefully laid Illerie,
and turned gigantic suceees, at its very
zenith, into a, tragic failure."
Stafford leant his head upon hie hand,
and looked steadily itt, Howard.
"It waa that that killed him?" he said.
"It meant min, I supposes ruin for him
and others?"
"Yee.; he had staked upon this last
throw, and. the Sudden reverse eame,ak a
moment triten 111e nerves were 81171811104' 410
the 'Omelet, when lie. 'WAS excited with the
.honor and glory he had achieved. The
• blow was too sudden, the *revulsion of,
• feding from exultation to despair too
swift, too zareat. It is one of the most
awful Mime or avlich X had ever heard
or read. Men are still epeaking about it
with bated‘breatli. There is nothing but
1) or him, nothing but regret at the
etrolce, of misfortune which out hint
dawn in the moment of hie triumeh,"
"And others?" repented Stafford "It
has brought ruin upon otdiets. Whal can
/ do? Is there anything can do? I ato
so ignorant. I do not even know whether
I sit hen absolutely penniless, or whe-
• ther there is anything left that I can
give them."
"Mr, Falcone', and Murray and the 14.10.
ler are in the library," said Howard.
• "They have been going into affaire. Thor
would hare liked to have bed 1011 With
1a19111 1)01 I begged you off, I knee, You
would be of no nee to them.
Stafford looked hie thanks.
"No, 110081141 not have helped Munn," he
eaid. "No one knew less of zny poor fa-
ther'e affairs than 2, 110 one is less care
able of dealing with them than I. Mr.
Falconer will know what to do. It is very
geed of 111331 to come to iny assistance. I
have scarcely seen him; I have not seen
anyone but you."
"And Maude?" ,said Howard, interroga.
said Stafford, ids brews droAvn
tOgether. "I have not seen 'her. She has
been BI-"
"Yes." amid Howard, in a. low voice.
"She is proetrated. by the ehocit, poor
girl! You will go to her as coon as she
le able to leave her room?"
"Yes. of couree," eahl Stafford, very
gravely and. wearily.
Thore was a knock at the door, and tho
footman, in 1111 mourning liVera, came In
0204 said, solemnly:
"Mr. Falconer would like to know if
you will lee him, nay lord?"
A frown. crossed S.te.fford'e pale face nt
the "my lord." It, sounded strange lind
mockingly in hie ears.
"I will come at once," 110 91,141. "a01110
witli me, Howard."
They 'went to 'the library, and the three
anon litho were sitting there before 11 mites
of papers rose to receive 11101; Falconer
with a face as if it were carved out of
wood; Murray with anxious brow; the
lawyer with a grave and eolerne counten.
mice, and sharp, alert eyes. Stafford wav-
ed them 110 their eeate and took n, <hair
at the tnble, and Falconer, with a straight
underlie, and eyes • half 00010077184 by
their thiclf Side, spoke for ill° others
"Very sorry we cannot leave you ill
pence for a little longer, Stafford," .he
said, "Bub X ant quite sure you woulti
have blamed us lied we done 'so, We have
been going into your faldier's affairs, and
/ very much regret that we cannot give
you'favora,ble report of them. As you
know, the 10111, *which Mr. Chaffinch," ho
nodded at the lawyer, "read Mile morning,
leaves you everything, and maraca Mr.
Chaffinch and Mr. 'Murray here execu.
tore, That's all very proper and satis-
factory 08 it gOeti, but, unfcrtunately, we
find that there is no estate,' .
Murnty, tlie secretary, Inwood his hand
over hie wrinkled forehead and eighed,
its if lie (himself had made away with the,
vast sum of money, and the lawyer
frowned anti shuffled the papers before
him, Stafford eat with hie hands clasped
on the table, his eyes fixed 0// Falconer's
i12113}leeiV0 face.
"Your father's 10113110,180 fortune was
wholly embarked in this last bueiness,"
continued Idr. Falconer; "he believed in
it and staked everYtlintg on it. A verY
large number of the eliares were held bY
him. They are down to nothing to -day;
it is very nnlikely that they p111 re
00110171 112 10 poseible that they never may;
and if they ehorild it would be too late,
for ,the sharee year father 1181411,1 03
of
couree, go to meet the claims -and they
are heavy -on •the estate. I don't know
whether I make myself understood; I am
aware that you are not a bueinees man,"
Stafford inelined 3116 head.
"My father's debte-will tliey not be
paid, will there not be sufficient?" he
asked, in a dry voice.
Mr, Falconer pursed hie lips and shook
hie head.
fin tely that they will not." he repied, in
l
"Cm ,afrairl not; in fact, I can say de.
a aid, unedmproinising way.
Stafford looked round the large, eu.
perbly furnished room, with its book.
oases of ebonybraong.,eWedgewood, its costl0081111,Valtaureiv'nitiintite lustiry and .splendor and
s, 178011110(1 the
"the vast eums 71,111011 Sir Stephen had
spent during the /aet few months, • It
seemed difficult to realiee„that the wealth
wae all gone.
'
"What is to be .clone?" he asked, in a
low voice.
Mr. Falconer Vets silent for a inoment,
a, be regarded the handsome face, which-
eeemed 11.0 have lest its aspect of youth
and talcee on the lines aild hollowe of
0,310.
-"I do 01011 11880(0. It le not 301 11111 130 sa,y.
There will be a meeting of the directors
of the South African Clompany end otheze
fio•morrow. and eome decisiOn will be
, 003E0 to, I have rio doubt."
"And I -I can do nothing?" said Ste&
fcad, Ituelcily. "I am penniless,. I 'stip-
.
Beth Murray .and Mr. Chaffinch raised
their heads with an' air of surprise,
"Penniless!" echoed Mr. chagibeh,
"Certainly not, my (lord! Surely you
know?"
Stafford regarded him -gravely; it eosin-
ae if lie himself were too erushed by
his grief for surprise.
"ffilow?" hsesaid, "What le it 1 should
know? I do not, uorieretarid."
Mr,,Falconer coughed.
ewe thought you were aware of 41110
-
8101030008 of the deed; that Your father
bad informed you:"
"What deed?" asked Stafford, dully, "I
am sorry tO appear 90 dense; bet I have
not the least idea, of your raeaninF. As.
yon. say, Mr. P,alcorier, I know nothing of
business"
Pit ie evident t.hat your fathet did not
t veil that he exocuted a deed of gid
in year favor, gift of ono hundre
thousand pounde," said. lalooner.
"Whia deed, being made when he Pee
quite solvent, cannot be, upset. The 11101197'
tree -placed in &met, and as quite beyond
the reach of the creditors," said Mr. Chaf-
finch. "We thought you were aware of
this, my lord."
Stafford shook his head. Ile evineed no
sign of relief, the color did not rise to his
face, and hie eyes were etill fixed 00..
Falconer.
"It wae a very wise provision," said
Mr. Chaff frith, appaovingly. "And die.
tinotly 0110, I should have recommended;
but Sir Stephen -Loral Higholifte-did
of his Own accord. Ho was a 3771-0001113111111.11, and be "0700ae aware that fortune
might.fail him, that 11 was necessary he
should place you, my lord, out of danger
I can yell believe that, even at that 111117
%
00210he ethe peerage coining, and felt the
You ehould be 107740 890111'0, that you.
should have a Sufficient income to ellsa
Dort the title. 11 18 not a, tenth, a twerp
tietit of, the sum you would have inherit-,
ea, .but for this unfortunate accident of
the native rising, and the collapse of the
South African Company."
Stafford searcely heard him. Ile wile'
thinking of hie father's loving foresight
and care for his eon's future.A Pang
of bereavement shot through him.
"Very 'wise," said Mr. Falconer, grimly.
"Whatever !happens, Lord Highiiliffe 19
•safe, high and dry above water mark.
Carefully invested, the capital sum maY
be made to produce an income of four
thousand, or thereabouts. Not too much,
but- Ab., well, it might be so inneh
worse."
"The servente-the small debts -this
house -le there enough for them?" asked
Stafford, after a pause,
Mr. Olia.ffineh waved his hand,
"No need to trouble about that, my
lord. There will be auffloient at the
bank to pay eac11 email claime. Your lord-
ship will keep the house on?"
Stafford looked up with a sudden energy.
"No," he said; "not a moment longer
than le necessary. I shall return to my
old 200100."
"There is no ocoaeion," began Mr. Char.
finch. "I need 00080017 say that the bank
win honor ypur lordship% cheques for
any amount.'
"Please get rid of this house ne soon as
possible," said Stafford. He rose as lie
Spoke. "You will reznain to lunch?"
Illiey murniured a negalive, and Staf-
ford, begging to be exoused.,, left the room,
signing -to Howard to follow him. He
did not mean it. but.his manner, in the
abetnaotion of Ide grief, was 11 101C1.11 as
• if lie had succeeded to an earldom of five
-centuries. When they had got beek to
the little darkened room in which be had
sat since his father's death, Stafford
fumed to Howard:
"At what time end place le this meet -
111g tooriorrow, Halyard?" he asked.
"At Gloucester Home, Broad Street.
Stafford nodded, and teas kat in thought
for a moment or two, then he Bald:
"Howard, will you send ray. horses to
Tattersall's? And the yacht to the agent's,
for sale? There is nothing else, I think.
used to have some diamond studs and
rings, but I've lost most of them. I wee
alwaye careleee. Groat heaven! When
X think of the money I have silent, meoloY
that I would give any life for now!
"But, 8117 dear old chap, a hundred
11101187711(1 P01111416 I 181011r rt110119lItIld a year
-.Ws not mach for a /817711 in your posi-
tion, but there's no need to eell youx
borsee.
Stafford laid hie hand on lloward'e
shoulder and looked into his eyee and
laughed strangely; then hts hands drop.
pod and he turned away -with a sigh,
"Leave mo now, Howard," he said. '1
want to think -to think."
He eank into a chair, when Howard bad
gone, and tried to think of life future;
but it was only the poet that`rose to his
mind; and it 'MS not, altogether of hie
father that lie thought, but of ---14a. In
his sacrifiee of azimeelf, he bee sacrifioed
her. And Pate had punished him for him
forced treachery. Hoset, p1111; his head
In his hands, • for bounr, recalling those
love -111 hours besido the envoy], when he
had looked into lier eyes, ande-yee, lase.
ed her tweet lips, Nov, what .0. bankrupt.
he wael His father, lois elieetheart, hie
wealth -all had been taken from him.
He clid riot think of Maude.
• CHAPTER XXXIIL
At, noon the following day there IC119 a
largo meeting at Gloucester House. There
gathered the Beltons, Bruen Wireell,
Griffenberg, and the titled and untitled
folk who had been concerned in Sir Ste-
phen Onne's big ethente. And they were
all gloomy and in a bad temper; for ell,
of them had lost money and some of them
were well-nigh ruined by the collapse of
the company whieli was 6o have Made
their fortunes. They came before 110081,
the appointed hour, and talked, eometimes
In undertones, but not eeldera in loud and
complaining voiced. By oue end all the
dead man wasahlamed for the ruin in
whieh he had involved them. They had
left the 'whole thing in his hands: he
ought to lv,o foreseen, ought to have
taken proper precautions, They had .been
-well, if not.duped and deceived, the vit-
time of his cx.iminal sanguineness and
carelessnese.
Griffenberg, being one of the heaviest
loam, was elected to the ohair, but be
Yond making a statement -whicolt told
them nothing, he could do little. 'When
ho informed them that Lord Ifiglicliffe
hail died practically insolvent, .01.
111171' arose, a deep gatturo) 7/1 11,111 111' 1,111011
was something betaveen allies and a, groan
and ft, 109.8 while thie unpleasant sonnd
wae filling 'the room that Stafford eutea,
ed.
The groan, if groan it can he ealled,
died away, and they all turned and look-
ed. et hie pale and careworn face. The
tall figure ln its deep mourning 4109418
silenced them for the moment.
Griffenberg signed Stafford to a, seat be.
side hitn.
"1 ant sure 'we can tell Lord Iligholiffe
that we are glad to seo him, that we are
much obliged for his ,attendance,"
Some few said "Heart hear!" but the
rest were silent and watchful, As Gaff-
foubere epoke the .door opened again and
Ralph Falconer entered, Bo glanced at
Stafford and knit hie brows, but (100111104
heavilyinto a chair, and sat with eteny
'face and harlf-lowered lido, lie had scarce
ly taken his fleet when Howard entered
In hie quiet fashion, and he 'went and
stood just behind Stafford:
"I was just tellingthe meeting, Lord
Highcliffe, that I pas afraid we -were in
a bad W117," eadd Griffenberg. "We all
relied eo completely on Sir Stephie11-1 beg
pardon, Lord 'Higlicliffe, your father -
that 100 feel oureelves helplese 0021-01'-'
1e31ill the lurch. The company is in
grmt Dern; there .1100 already been heave
loss, and aye fear that our property will
he swallowed up-"
"Ask him what Sir Stephen did with
ell hie money!" cried an excited share-
holder.
"Order!" said Mr. Griffenberg. "Lord
Highcliffe is not beta to answer ques.
Moue."
"Then what'e he herefor?" retorted an-
obher man, whose loos amounted to a
few hundreds, but -who was more excited
and venomous than theee who had many
thousands at etake. "He's all right, flee
a lord -a pretty lord -and I'm told the
gentleman he's next to is hie future
father-in-law, and 183 rolling In money--"
•"Olderl order!" called Griffen.berg.
But the man declined to he silenced '
'Oh, it'e all 'very well to call 'Ceded'
But I've a question to ask. I want to
know whether it's true that Sir Stenhen
-blow 'Lord Iligholiffe,' Sir Stephen'e
good enough for met -made over a hun-
dred thousand pounds to his son, the
young gentleman eitting here. Some of
118 ie ruined. 1)), this company, and we
don't see athy we ishobld 'bo sheared while
Lord Itigholiffe gets off Idt,h a cool hun-
dred thousand, 3 aek the 0118010110 and. I
W11111 for 0/11 answer.
Staffm his
Stafford roomile, hencleome face
leaking almost -white .above life black
frock -coat arid blaelc tie.
"Sit down! Don't ansiver ' him," Mid
eriff en berg.
"It ie quite true," ise said. "The moneY
-a hundred thousand pounde-was given
to me, It was given to me when 31111 311,
ther"-lie voice broke fop a, moment -
in a position to give it, woe soh
"1 ooi,1 90, 41(11111 I?" yelled the man
who had put the question,
"Ginter! order!" eaid Griffenberg,
,,And ,are informed that, the gift was
-legal, that 01171001 ,1,8 tour:hula-- '
"of course it can't, 'rrust Six Stephen
to look atter bio 021I3 !" Availed the 100,0,"Bu11 I yield it, give it lie," eald Stet
ford in the mine level voice.
Faleoner started from his' seat and laid
1 hand on 'Stafford's arm. •
"Don't.he a fool!" ho whiepered in his
thick Voice. 2'
Bat Stafford..did not ,Ifeed 311081.
"I give It up, relinquhieit." lie mild in
Lite same low, clear tones. t"Witen 1117' fat
ther"-this voice again, shook far a mo.
ment-"made the deed, ho thought him-
self a rich Mall. If ,wore .alive to -day"
-there Poe a pause, and the mooting hung
on hie ‚1V01'40-"110Would entirely agree
With What I ,on doing, 11 give ne the deed
of gift, I rellnquieh it M7 lawYers have
made -me the proper document, .and 3,0010
-Y1)giiii:e.:010.wkiy1,10.efiali7t10.11luie„,rdr mnweL?a:Lie1"aln:411iounioIdita'dbrlyeeanillta,' °III;
Ito Placed the deed bdfore Griffenberg
and Frank into his .seat. There was a, me
reonste, °Ifedi(bItmy nt0100 e v6etizey"me.an ttilvell10 hA'adaTill0rt•
tee- question. ' Griffenberg sprang 'to nie
feet. "I hope yen 1110 satisfied, gentle
men," 310 said, with en nude emotion, 0.e
a City man may permit himeelf., "Lord
Higholiffe hive behaved like a gentleman,
like a nobleman, "I can assure you that
his sacrifice is a real ,one. The. deed of
gift which lie hits suerendered. ia a, per,
featly Hound one, and could riot have been
touched. All honor to him for Ins our.
render, for 1110 generosity.
Another cheer athee7-again it waS'atart.
ed by the very man who had attiolted
poor ,Stafford, and before it had eeased
to sing through the exceeded room: Staf-
ford lad made his Way out. Mr. Pa/Goner
<aught, him by the arm ae he was going
down the stairs.
"Do you 1E11010 Whitt 7011 ha," don°?"
.demanded in hie dry, harsh voice,
"Yon have made yourself , pauper.
Stafford etonned and looked at him with
fir dull, vacant gLizo.
"A pauper!" repeated Falemier, huskily.
"I <larceny," 'said Stafford, woarilY.
"And you e, peer!" eaid Falconer, his
tfhaebey awalirilelikv-doustanryed.pi't`yDpo
313031 thny.
They'll take you et your word. T31e7'1 I
have every penny! How do you mean to
live? You, lord Higholiffel"
(To be continue(3.)
TIIE FOLI,35 THIS WAR.
ley Chas. M. Bice Denver Colo.
The present dreadful Earepean
wee is' a, senseless, aimleee, soulless
conflict, without hate except-, such
as it engenders. &Licitly speaking,
it is more of a holocaust than a
civilized war, the. slaughter sur-
passes anything in the woold's. his.
eery, and yet the -world knows bat
little of the details of the tertible
Goallidit going osn behind the can-
011.rtaill in Franee. It is all
the work of the sabre-rattlets and
those ambitious fiends who trade in
war and connived at it in the coun-
Mle of Europe.
It seems the inevitable culmina-
tion of those accursed and degrad-
ed notions of ithe nations respect-
ing the "Ballaaee of .Power" and
the "Armed Peace," resulting in
hidden deals of what theyt all di-
plomacy, under whieh guise they
prepare for war while outwardly,
proclaiming a disinterested peace.
The 300,000,000 of peace -loving
people of Europe eoulci not pre-
vent it. They have postponed it,
but for ithe pa.st ten years the
trend has been towards war, for
the war -makers .00ntrollnel the ma -
thievery.
The voice of reason was com-
pletely silenced; war mast be de-
clared on the instant or it -would
not be madm 'Those who made it
gave no- brae for protest, -and no
force ev-as ale hand to stop them.
In the rape of Belgium Great
Britain 130811114, 10. moral sanction foe
doing what she had pledged herself
to do. A falee "step in the diplo-
macy of Austria set the world on
fire, and the fight now is practieally
for existence on the part of Gee -
many and Austria. That no one
3111143 has 41, eight to- bear the torch
and start such a quenchlees fire ie
a lesson most obvious. Oivil law
in Europe is paralyzed and Mar-
tial law holds the clematis. Thus
barbarism takes its revenge. There
can be no security even in demo-
crasey as long as tthsolutism oe mili-
tarism prevails . The victory of the
one nation ancl the defeat of the
other, forty years ago, after the
fighting over these same grounds,
are the main fasctors in the war of
to -day. Ilhe infection that arose
front Gratvelotte and Sedan has
spread over all Europe; and the
13111118 are now being r coped .
When the hour of meditation and
sanity conme, atter the war has
spent its force, lot us hope that in-
-stead of the "Concert oE Powers"
ever out of harmony we shall hare
a "Cermet of the Peoples" ever in
time anti devoted to the .common
welfare of mankind.
We have much to be thankful for
in the Pewee policy that has pre-
vailed between Canada, and
Americas since 1817. In that year
Great Britain and the U.S. eigned
a memorable streaty relative b0 dis-
armameat cm the Great Lakes and
all along the boonclaey line.
-Negotiations having in view the
dismantling et hostile fleets son the
Great Lakes, and .hostile forts soe
both sides of the boundary, were
began by the U.S. inernedeastely fol-
lowing the claw ef the, second war
with Erdedand, end were oeneluded
in A,pril, 1817, by an agreememt,
Whielh is .ye.t in force, cempletely
neutralizing our mutual boundaey,
Ate a resuet, of this tre.a.ty it would
he difficsult !to atm up the saving in '
military equipment and ermainents
drindh both -countries have been
spared. He re is a, 1008017 our
European brestbers weuld do wen
to study. 'For nearly 100 ye.asre 010
hostile fleele, )10 feowning fort et
battlement, hes reeved its nisei -tee-
ing form as an Inietatiou to war. tl
True, in 1837, 00121,0 a.gitatkin (110
ii‹)th Sides et the borders,appeased
a little Ithreatehing fere time, and
afe4,116,antegine 1.18r0eeit
l' 1:eseer7tol,
e
two natio-ie, but the aliSende, of
fosits and!' fleets, 'wad before pre-
paratioere 'for *Dor -could be made,
the war fever happily eubsided and
(lied out, entirely., Here we have a
practical itest ef what a mutually
agreed dislarmarnenst Unklerslanding
can effect's- The IdeberY, sot Eueop
in 1914, now being written in the
bleed of bay 0,111-v03rie and. -noble
esonS, would have been spared had
she, sadeptid ,and lived up to the
same human policy along her many
national boundary lines ^
The War system must go, and let
1110 not -forget, that while 011,0
&boat dart:a-in 330 erush the Gmanan
machine, which, pedleape, the <aro-
genee of 'Heals Imes done meteh to
alibi:did, the machine will soon rise
again unless all the 'rival mechinee
ere sevept awasy with it.
.
Let theme 11111. 330. The eevilei own
have no abiding civilization or
peace without seeurity-iof property
and life, so long 415 a. War Lord De-
niable to apply, the tooth ot destruc-
tion. Let us bend every effort pos.
'Bible for a, sailer, wiser and more
patbeiotic public opinion, and for- a,
public) ooneedeesee which will make
another great war impossible.
May God bless America, in her ef-
forts to eeeth out the theand of •CtNIL..
011011121031.
The ,grea,i, masses a the contesad-
ing natiendlook to Ameties, for, the
final decisive action, the final help,
It is her greatest opportunity, and
I am glad that .President Wilson is
alive to his, God-given duties, and
is putting .fortal every endeavor
possible to quenth 'the mad war
spirit that is driving -Enropean
civilization to its utter destasuction.
While England is one of .the
boli-
geronts, she clad Eta voluntarily °01 -
ter tate contest, and would gladly
have shifted the reereensibilitY
but it WaS fight osr humiliation and
forfeiture of national. -honor. Her
polticie,s and her acts were always
fox peace; and jusb becauee the
has asser,ted .11 (higher vietue and a,
more unselfish purpose than other
Eursopean nations, and because she
has been foremost n deploring war
and -condemning militarism, a
greeter circumspection and a more
conservairive -attitude have been de-
manded end may be expected of
her. She 'has already shown a
1ngness to censsider 'terms of peace
as soon ,as the proper momen33 ar-
rives, but 430 18771020-81 the .other con-
tending nations are not yet ready,
though, in 031 probability, they will
be sooe, for Germany, shut al
from the wonleids food supply by
the British Navy, and hexing for
many years discouraged agrieulture
120 bui1 up her manufactares,
soon be starved into submission.
Alre.aely we heer of her half fam-
ished soldiers, taken as prisoners
of war, and whose ton.gues,
longer under resteaint, tell of the
feasidel tondition of the German
Commissary, arid its near approach
*A) 41 total colla,pse. It seems cer-
tain that Germany .could not main-
tain a long drawn out war, and
that her greastest weakness 18 111
her scanty food supplies. But the
Chatuvinisbie cleinagegue8. will not
see or realize this until many use-
ful lives ere snuffed out. and muth
bleed is spilled. Vainglorious!, 1111
thear hero- worship of the war -god,
they. 01161 their eyes and continu.e
on in the hopeless etrife. How-
ever large the oirede, nature ever
returns into her 021013 TailtiriX, The
elements become mineral, the min-
eral advance.s to the vegetable, the
vegetable feeds the animal, but the
animal cl.eath is pulled back again
to elemental eundirtions. Out of
chaos comes the 00,513100, but ist 12
sure to return again, Out of war-
ring anti wn -trodden prin eipali-
tie.s Germany wass formed, and
forty years have welded the union,
but to-chxy disintegeating signs are
conspicuous that portend its utter
dissolution. We grieve to lose th.e
Germany of science, of art, and of
philosophy, bu,t she has herself
alone to blame,
CHAS. M. BICE.
Denver, Colo,
. , Answered.
Teadier-Who can tell me how
many teettli 11 1111.10841 being has?
Bright Pupil -A mouthful, miss.
Parishioner (to d(3paating
ter) --We're all very sorey to lose
you, Mr, Foodle. Mr. Floe -die (me-
de,stly)-Never mired, Mrs. 'Poodle.
I've 110 doubt you will .get a better
men next time. Paesiehioner-Ah,
no, Poodle. That's just what
the lest Ininis.ter said when he left,
An Irishman and a Frenchntan
were disputing over the nationality
of a :friend of theirs. "111187," said
the Frenchmae, "that he was born
in France; therefore he is a Freneh-
man.'81 "Not at all," said Pat,
'Begorr.a, 3313 a, eat ehould have kit-
tens in the oven. wousid yeti call
leen baseutts.
.,........
ticomE
Tested Recipes.
Cooking Lithe Ilea18s.-13 the lime
beans are the lea,st bit wilted,
when they are likely to 'be heteer,
first cook them tor five minutes in
:boiling etilted water, then chain
and put into :freshly ljoiuing -water,
and add a small, piece of butter
when they are half done. Some
people consider their flavor im-
proved by Cooking- them with a
sprig of mint, which should be re-
moved when they .are served. They
should 014130 110 (boiled violently, but
jusb ehnraered end may be beauti-
fully eooked in a chafing dish. In
order to be savory they should have
about a ciip of liquid to' a box 'of
beans around them when they sere
done, Pour this on td a table-
spoo11 eaelh of 'butter and flour cook-
ed together, then cook the beans in
this gravy Stir a few minutes, add-
ing [some fresh butter at the last
minute. There is no vegetable that
is more improved by generoas ilBe
a butter than the limsa heal.
Left Over Lima 13e01.55. - Mash
the beans, put them through a
sieve, and use them for thimkeninsg
any cream stoup. This bean puree
with water in which celery is cook-
ed, with some butter earl milk,
makes an exeellent soap if put to-
gether -with discretion.
Cueninbers in Butter. -Peel .and
out cucumbers into pieces an inch
anti a half or two inches long, take
out the seeds and the thready part,
Gook for about fifteen minutes in
boiling salted weber, drain, then
put into a eameepan with a pieee df
butter and sinuner dor some min-
utes. Serve with chopped parsley.
Conked Lettuce. - The Freneh
have nearly a hundred varieties of
cooked lettuce. It is .ft pretty sort
of -welting, and nooked lettuce
dishes e'en (be made ornamental.
Wadi' thoroughly after eaking off
all bhe coarsest leaves or those
which are in any way defective.
Blanch in 'boiling'- salted weber,
boiling from five to seven minutes,
then draM. Lay each bead or
bunch on sa board and split it. If
the heads are large they ana,y be cut
in four parts, lengthwise of the
leaves. Fill each of these parts
with .a tablespoon or ko of some
dainty and well seasoned chopped
meat or a vegetable mince. Roll up
and tie. Put rolls close together in
a setteepan, add whatever vege-
tables you choose for seasoning --
an onion and eareot, ab any rate,
and perhaps som10 tomato, herbs,
etc. -and then add a little butter
and water to cover, or, better,
some meat stock. Cook ovee 1111 gen-
tle flee. Scraps tif moat may be add-
ed to this stew. The lettuce with-
out any stuffing, but rolled into
bails, may- be cooked atter blanch-
ing with some agreeable flavoring
of urgelgeetables and perhaps an hb
er
Green or Red Fried Tomatoes. -
If the red ones are used take off 'the
ekin, cut in one-third inch slices,
dip in beaten egg ,seasoned with
salt and pepper, andethen in white
00171 meal. Fry in bacon fat or but-
ter. With the meal the bacee fat
is, preferable.
Beets for Garnishing. --- After
thoroughly eve,thing a quart of
youeg 'beets put them on to 'cook in
a covered kettle with cold waster to
cover. Add to this a teaspoonful
of salt and two tablespoons of vine-
gar. Cook for one hour or pethaps
ten minubes longer, if it eeems ne-
ceseary. If gently and peoperly
cooked it will not be neceesary ,to
add water. When the beets are
clone skim them out into cold water
and rub off the skins. Then pet
theei into 11, etone jar -glass ,
do -'and strain over them the liquid
in which they boiled. The vinegar
keeps this teem 'burning dark,
Spread two tablespooms of powder-
ed sugar on the beets, cover, and
put away in a -mold place. Mese
are much better, tor salads and
gairnishing than are pickled beets
-andBeamtorelliedilitsoilie.s_onlp\e.ro q11
0
1
.11
5 of
beete, measured after they have
'been boiled anti chopped; one large
heed of cabbage,crulpoceoclcook
nbio
esforr:
cooking so that it
quickly; three green peppers chop -
peel; lime cups of sugar, one table-
spoon black.pep,per, salt to taste,
viIriteaiarilt-olleellysietr' es • ---- Twelve sour
annles, ssix green tomatoes, two
onions, one cup raisins, two green
peppers. 'Chop the tomatoes and
drain ; then chop the other ingre-
dients, and add tem cups of sugar,
two tablespoons of salt, tied quart
ef vine.gar, and cook all together
until all ingredients are tender.
Roquefort Dressing. -male 0,
•
A SCENE IN POLAND'S CAPITAL, MENACED BY GERMANS
Warsaw -A Jewish Market -Place
thiek French dressing by putting
.seasonings .salt, !pepper, or pap-
rika in a bowl, sadding ,a little vine-
gar, then (beating olive cal into
unbil thick. Finally rule -lido this
Roquefort ,elleesse enough to form a
thiok pante and thin, juet ,before
'serving 'With thiek cream.
liousehow
An easy method of Weighing'
'treadle is to scatter a, little flour on
thea
swibhiepeuillitedknciingthe treacle rote off
e,Bnowildouedptdttithi:igxas.ossinemclieulthyal
dneederhe
bus
bone. They axe very likely to
break if this is done,
ve.getables are overcooked
their texture toughens, their fie/T-
ar ie somewhat destroyed, land ail'
are not so digestible.
To take ot41eo scorch from a &id -
front or asnyartiele lay it where the
sunehine eall on it. It will
cleave it clean and 'white,
Tihie is just the time 43 the year
to cultivate a taste tor porridge.
Try it eor Ibreaklasb twice 11 peek
It is more economical and more
etrengthening than, bacon.
When you werdeuttiug new bread
for the table did you ever try put-
ting the knife in hot water 7 Try it
sometimes and see if you don't find
it cuts much eassier.
Don't (forget to give your heir at
least a hundred strokes with a
brush morning and evening. Pro-
per ibrashing does away with the
necessity for too frequent washing.
An effectual way to reraove all
teste 'from chipping when ueing it
for eel% is to ,squeeze the jnice of
a lemon over it ,and be.at it to a
cream; it also makes the cake
lighter.
Don't ,forget to bathe the neok
and arms in a little mill< the -night
before signing to a dance. This is
grandmother's remedy, whith never
fails to make the skin look smooth
and white.
A smoky lamp is often the result
of a clogged and dirty wick. Take
the burner out of the lamp and
soak it in a little :strong washing
soda and hot water, then dry thor-
oughly. and the lamp Will burn
much better.
To prevent new shoes /TOM pinch-
ing lay a cloth moistened in hob
water across the place where the
pressure is most felt, changingthe
cloth as soon as it becomes cool.
This will (make the leather ebape it-
self to the 'foot.
To keep water cool and fresh fill
a jug early in the day, place a wet
linen cloth -round it, and stand it in
a cool, &allow glace in the pantry.
This will 'be aeuell cooler than
drewing from a tap and using at
°lir)ounce 03 ,80(10, ewe) 011 11 en of
soft eoap, a pemnywortih of fuller's
earth, dissolved in a pint and a
hale of -water, makes an rdeellent
mixture to clean leaden sinks. A
laid on a flannel -will be
enough each time.
Peel anTtle old potatoes, boil them
with a piece of anint and eome salb;
when done beat them with a, fork,
add a little peemer, a piece of but-
ter end a few drops sof lemon -juice;
mix thoroughly; this greatly im-
proves old potatoes.
In reheating meat, do not allow
it, to recook. Merely let it get
steaming hot. Otherwise fibres
will be 'toughened and made in-
digestible and natriment lost.
!Sauces and gravies should be made
fast; and meet added.
To improve the flavor of cur-
rants and sultanas -which are to he
used tor cakes, place them in a
bowl, pour boiling water over them
and leave to soak all night. The
fruit swells to twice its former eile,
but 'should be drained from the Wit-
ter and dried in the oven before be-
ing added th the other iegretlients.
For ham pie use equal parts of
c;hopped ham and chopped liver,
boiled. Use the fat as -well asethe
tewn part of the ham. Seasou -with
salt and pepper and a little finely
ea -lopped parsley. aVfoieten with
stioek, or with water in which the
livee was boiled Put in a baking
dish, and cover with a layer Of
masslied potatoes, Brown and serve
hot. ,
17,
ROMANCE IN RAGS.
--
Diamonds and Wile 70113111 In
ep p e r.
7110 wastespap.er trade la as full, of
eurprisees as a lucky -beg at a ba-
zaar, eays the London Standerd.
A diaansond ring was 318(1(1013)13'
301211(1 at, the paper -sorting depot at
Whitecross Streeb, in . -which the Sal-
vation Army employ many meti.
The male who made this discoverer,
though naturally poor, handed up
the ring, and the owner Wee traced.
At the same place, two 25 motes
were found among emcee waste-
paper. In this ease they were also
haBeildtheelthtelp
.111.0e11 if-requent soarce of
piquant, dieceveriee is discarded en.
velopes. In an Ease Lontiom store
the back of -an envelope was tom
while the manager wee handling it,
and three posial orders for OXIB
pound eine' fell out. The na-nie tend
address were still legible on the en-
velope, anti by this means the postal
order's 'were returned to the oivner,
who proved to be tie aged woman.
The money ha11 been sent her by a
eon working in the north of Eng-
land, who shad refrained from men-
tioning ilia gift in .his Ratter, and
the mother -being. nearly blind,' had
not noticed the oydela• when pulling
rl''e
il .illitnIcielteteclIf'. love lathers, delieate-
ly scented aced 'tied with blue ribbon,
'was discovered among It quantity of
colored paper ueeel for lame tie-
coretions. They were human little
epistles, sstaiting in a blight, opti-
tillable vein, 'gradually dwindling
sa sad diminuendo, and telling the
whole story of a, courtship 11,
V.'..V187 1.141,0C,
13±111 it is in the rag trade that
nmet discoveries are made. For
evezy opportunity theee, 80 of losing
•
GI L LETT'S
PERFUMW
LYE
11111[11111111
THE CLEANLINESS
OF SINKS,CLOSETS,
BATHS,DRAINS.ETC,
IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
TO HEALTH.
0.11111,71.131,14110.
CiVilain Erre§
r
%Nlitp Ant, posotilff
*me
things among wastepaper there is a
dozen among old clothes. Remanee
311 rags! P70031110 3)113) a p1,11'1141 .01'00
40e11illellt tin a pocket, and, cliscard-
ing the garm4101, forget all about it.
In this way a budding ,author re-
cently lost amanuecript on which he
had pinned high hopes. While re-
vising it lie was disturbed by a visi-
tor, and placed the valuable deem
ment in an inside pocket of Ins old
working coat. The, next merning
his -housekeeper sold this • ehabby
001130 120 an "old clef." man with the
manuscript 2033-111 171 the pocket: For-
tunately the housekeeper knew the
man to whom she had sold the comb,
and the writer was able to regover
his. manusrript. .
The finding of wills among rub-
bish is more easily underetooti.
Many probate Suits are ceased by
the action of eccentric old people
secreting their wills, and seaeral
oases are reco-rded of the docu-
ments beingpicked out from among
waste materials, Marriage certifi-
cates, too, have habib 03 thrning
up 'in unexpected places.
-+
711E WOMEN OF ANTli'ERF.
Tend Beeoically to the Wounded --
Their Dear Ones Dead.
The women of Antwerp beeonie
more wonderful every day. While
their men live they eoinfort and
cheer them; -when they are dead
they put the RedCross band on
theie me -tuning and'etifte their grief
to minister to the deer ones of
othere.
There is a woman living in my ho-
tel, eays a London Daily Mali scor-
reepondent, whom. I have watched
for a -week. Her hue:leant' was a
captain of iniaatry. While he was
away on ditty she would 'sit sewing
In the salmi with ,a sverrowing faze
as she disondereti what was hasppen-
ing to her husbasnd out in the fir-
ing line. When ssclie heard hie step,
the gloom went and the senile and
joke -it was esasy :be know with
-what an effort -replaced it.. The
soldier gone, the weary foreboding
descended agtuin. After Satenday's
fight at Termonde, she came down
in deepest black. This morning I
'sew a Bed Ol'OeSt on her sleeve.
This is no xeeption; that eery -band -a
wile hae a thousand peers in Amite
werp.
It is almost -contain that the men
or WOrnall you are sitting next tO
can told yeu $11 84101717 03 persenel tra-
gedy. One morning I addressed
four people in the Cate Metropole.
Three of them were direct and dire
sufferers,. One, a nobleman, told
me, without a -word .of
how ilia 'chateau near Liege had
been razed by the Belgians to make
way for the fire of the heavy guns;
how all the homes i,n his racing estad
had been 'commandeered; how; ,
through his ruined tenants' inabil-
ity to pay any rent for two or three
years, his income wee gone.. He
asked me. anaiously whether 31 he
put the wreck of his fortunes,
nam.ely, the family plate, in a big
chest, he wouldbe allowed. to take
it to Englende
A second men deseribed
wibhglioot-
4ei''ng eyes how his cleaned friend,
a youth a tivenity, had been !tied
to, a three by Germain °teens end
told he would lie 41030. lilinstb, how-
ever, they wanted dinner, and
dined around the tree, tanntirig
their with offers of 'cham-
pagne, till they had finished their
repast. Then they shot him. The
third 108111 Wee 31 refugee from Mal -
Ines who lvad be'e'n seperated 01 week
befeee by the Germans from his
wife and two 0)15147018, "Al2, M011-
sieur," he cried, "I W,ould eathee
be <lease with them than not kidow
whethser ithey are dead or alive or
where they are."
Thalde,Different.
Mrs. Exe (-complain(ngly) - Such
servants as We get nowadays
Mrs. one can't ex-
pect all the virtues. dor $4 a week,
7012
1drknos.Bwx.e-e-But- I pay $5,
Raide-Rypoerisy.
"The best of us have to be hypo.
vaitess .at, ,some
11031' ?"
"I was just condoling with my
neighbor over the less of his graph-
opheae. It -got Splashed last inght."
Japan's empress is making bead-
agee fee the Red Prose natesee