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The Brussels Post, 1915-10-14, Page 2The Green Seal BY Ct1ARLBS BDM,9NJS WAi.K Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby,, "The Time Lock," etc, 404 CHAPTER VIL—(Cont'd)t I However, dead for sleep as I was, Half dazed. and frantic with rage ' 1ilp late ff n thday investigating hiethh, matter at the indignities T had been made to it will be recalled, was Sunday, suffer, I tore and clawed furiously at I may dismiss this phase of the the confounded thing about my head, but. several seconds elapsed before i matter with a few words. As in most was free of it. similar establishments in California, I was sitting at one side of a coun- our club's subordinate servants were try road in a hilly region, In no mostly Chinese; and when any diie- direction was there indication of hu- covert' of anything hidden is depend - Man habitation, and, no sign of the. ent upon a Chinaman's communica- at away in the tiveness when he chooses to remain secretive, it must stay forever unre- vealed: at once the investigator col- lides with a wall of suppression and concealment that neither diplomacy or coercion can penetrate. Thus it was after 1 had,cemplained to the steward: our Chinese room ser- vants either in fact knew nothing of flower stems of three century plants ; the invasion of my apartments, or rearing ghostly aloft; empty distances'' else they would not tell whatever they and unpeopled hills and ravines; the did know. The difficulty the steward and ravines; the vaguer blur of the lead in suppressing his amusement farther mountains—these alone met suggested that the night elevator my vision. I"might have been in the; operator had not been discreet, middle of the Mojave desert, for all I A Sunday morning walk up Hill the idea I had of my whereabouts. Street to First Street is not the least In one respect at least all roads' enjoyable exercise one may indulge are alike: one and all they lead some- in, for in Los Angeles, where the air where; and so, with the mountains as is always dynamic with that ethereal a landmark, I set my back to them • fluid which enters into the veins and and commenced walking. I shall not transforms the blood to Olympian dwell upon that long. painful pilgrim- ichor, most Sunday mornings are age back to the city. When, some- pleasant. time after two in the morning I came ; i soon arrived at police headquar to the end of a trolley line far out ,tors, in a mellow mood that was in at the northern edge of town, the sharp contrast with the fierce sense of cars had long since stopped running, outraged dignity that some hours pre - and I footed the remaining weary dis- yiously had made me resolve upon tante to my club, It was dawn when this errand. I entered reluctantly, I arrived there. ?and sought out the chief of police, The period, however, was not with- with whom I had some acquaintance. out its alleviation. It gave my use- ; Upon this official, to my surprise, less anger time to cool and afforded the enormity of the offense against an opportunity for rational reflection. me produced no very marked im- If to the diamond was to be ascrib-' pression. In fact, he ' checked me ed the motive for the outrage, then it before I had fairly launched upon my was no longer to be doubted that my kidnapping narrative. possession of it was downright don- «Just a moment, Mr. Ferris," said gerous for me. The nature of to- he. "Didn't one of our plain -clothes night's attempt was sufficient to re- men call on you a day or two ago ?" veal the extreme lengths. to which "Yes," I acknowledged; "chap ham - somebody was recklessly daring ed Struber,I believe." enough to go to obtain it. And this The chienodded. "I'll find out if could be looked upon, probably, as he's in; T want him to hear your merely a beginning! What desperate story." measures might be next adopted! I perforce waited, for the chief im- And how did it happen that the meditely left me alone in his private search was directed toward me at all? office and went in search of Mr. Stru- It was possible that at present the ber. In a minute or such a matter he rascals were not certain that the die- returned with that hatchet-faced in - mond was in my keeping, and were dividual, which made me regret still only trying to make sure of its more that I had brought my griev- whereabouts; this being the case, 1 ances to the police. I didn't want might look for an attack from some other unexpected source. Not ' a pleasing thought; but there was re- lief in knowing that. hereafter I would be on my guard, and not to be snared so easily es I had been to- night. The comforting reflection had just entered my mind that my suite at the San Gabriel Club, owing to its more or less public situation, to say nothing of the guard of servants on duty at all hours, was next to inee- cessible to any unauthorized inva- sion, when I limped into the elevator. Inspection of my disarray and gen- eral battered appearance brought the sleep -drugged operator broad awake. The knowing Ieer that finally overspread his features invited friendly confidences, an" exchange of passwords that denoted' us as being on an equality in the Universal Or- der of Gay Birds who know a thing or two of -the city's night life, but which, in my present frame of mind, only annoyed me. A second or two later I let myself rightly and. capably attended to. into my own particular haven,• with a Just in time to catch him," said muttered prayer of thanksgiving. It was gray dawn. Straightway I became conscious of an unfamiliar atmosphere. I could not for a time define the feeling or fix upon its cause; but by and by I came to realize that the general as - distance I could "hear the purr of a motor rapidly growing fainter. Overhead the stars; behind me a straggling hedge of ancient giant cacti, relics of a byegone period still to be seen here and, there about Los Angeles; across the road, in an un- fenced expanse of waste -land, the. Struber to hear my story. He took my presence quite as a matter of course; as if I had come by appointment instead of unexpectedly. This superior assumption of fore- knowledge and omniscience by a fel- low of his apparent calibre impressed me in a way, I might have told him, quite contrary to the one intended. I was aggravated and provoked at the idea of being supposed to lay a mat- ter requiring skill and finesse before a man who, with all his insolent cock- sureness, could not even put up a con- vincing front. On the other hand, you at once re- cognized in the police head an extra- ordinary strength of character; his magnetism you instantly felt as a big and moving realty. He was an enprmous man of erect bearing, his dark curling hair graying at the tem- ples, his moustache and carefully trimmed Vandyke of a reddish hue. Briefly, he was the sort of man to whom one could confide one's troubles with confidence that they would be the chief of police. "Struber was just going home. Now go on." The chief focussed his calm gaze, upon me. His eyes were blue and usually bore a humorous light; but; they possessed a trick of suddenly' narrowing at times into a fixed and pect of my rooms did not appear just uncomfortably penetrating regard, as it should. Here, in the midst of behind which one felt the whole force surroundings that were as intimately of the man's virile personality. They common to me as my two hands, I assumed this cold, discerning look was filled with a sense of strangeness. more than once as I proceeded. It was a nightmarish experience that From the time the page notified me made me impulsively turn on all the of the telephone call until my return lights. to the club, I recounted circumstan- In the brilliant revealing glare I tially what had happened. I held had it brought home to me precisely back lithe facts of the burglary until how difficult of access my rooms real- I could hear some expression upon ly were. Somebody had been in them during my absence. CtIAPTER VIII. I am rather finicky in some respects and it is almost second nature with ward, pressed against his chest, while me to have a place for everything he regarded me from time to time and everything in its place. with a far -away, detached look, as if I could not say that my belongings engaged with his own thoughts and what to me was the more heinous crime. But for some unexplained reason the two officers remained apathetic. The chief glanced ques- tioningly at Mr. Struber, who stood holding his derby "hat, crown out - my office had not been overlooked. But I could not see Struher's motive for milting that particular question, "No,' I replied at length; "but had intended going there." Then I went on: "Fact is, I haven't told you the ex- tent of last might's happenings. While I was being 'forcibly hauled around the country In an automobile, Seine - body broke into my rooms and ran- sacked them high and low. «I'm clear up a stump about that, too; so far as I've been able to dis- cover, nothing was carried away. I tell you this because it suggests the possibility of ney office having been entered also during the night -- though not having been there yet I don't know this to be so." Mr. Struber's countenance' took on a ciu•ions expression that I was un- able to read; longer acquaintance with him suggested that it might have been a pale outward manifestation of some inward excitement. But the chief all at once stabbed me with one of his steady disconcerting stares. "Have you some particular thing— paper, document, anything of the kind—that some person is especially anxious to get hold of?" he question- ed. "Nothing uestion-ed"Nothing worth taking such desper- ate risks to secure—at least, not out- side the bank." "But if such a thing exists," was the chief's comment, "nobody besides yourself would know positively where it was." True enough," I admitted. "But the person who would restore my watch and purse and break into my rooms without stealing objects of unquestioned value, is plainly look- ing for something of still greater value—something common sense would tell him I Would not guard carelessly," I was still constrained to keep sil- ence about the diamond, for I was filled with conflicting doubts and mis- givings, among them being an absence of certainty that after all the dia- mond was the cause of the inexplic- able machinations being aimed against me. It was Mr. Struber who put a per- iod to the situation. With surprising animation, he clapped his hat upon his head and moved toward the door. "Leave it to me, Chief," he said bluntly. "I'll go with Mr. Ferris." And addressing me: "I'd like to lamp that office o' yours again before any- body has a chance to mess round in it. ' Let's beat it." As we walked down the slope to Broadway I observed that my com- panion moved with a peculiar shuf- fling gait, apparently indifferent to things about him. The impression of laziness and slovenliness produced by these characteristics was quickly dis- pelled; however, when I found that I had to hurry to keep up with him. At the corner we took a car that carried us to the monolith of steel and con- crete that housed my offices. (To be continued.) AURORA WAS FEARED. Ancients Looked Upon It as Omen of Direful Slaughter. Many people believe that the aurora borealis is a phenomenon peculiar to modern times. But this is not true. The ancients used to call it chasmata, bolides, 'and trabes, names which ex- pressed the different colors of the lights. The scarlet aurora was looked on by the, superstitious barbarians as an omen of direful slaughter; so it is not unusual for descriptions of bloody battles to contain allusions to northern lights. In the annals of Cloon-mac- noise its is recorded that in 688 A.D., accompanying a terrible battle be- tween Leinster' and Munster, Ireland, a purple aurora lit the northern skies, foretelling the slaughter. A Long Farewell. Private Doherty was six 'feet four in his socks; the sergeant was much shorter. The sergeant looked along the line. "Head up there, Dooley!" he cried. Doherty raised his head. "Up higher," said the little sergeant. "There, that's better. Don't let me see your head down again.» "Am I. to be always like this?" asked Do- herty, staring away above the little sergeant's head. "You are." "Then I'll say good-bje to ye, sergeant, for I'll never see yez again." Land in Bond Street, London, has fetched 186 per square foot, or more than x1,500,000 per acre. Not until about six months after his marriage does a man begin to realize that courtship may be a pre- face to hardship, "What's In A Name"? Ruffles and Plaice. Many of the velour oats for elill- dren of 10 or 12 years of age are made with considerable fullness,, the skirt portion being cut circular, with a straight threadin front andthe back seam cut on a true bias. For juvenile wear, the broad belt remains good style. A stunning oat of two -toned plush in brown has its skirt part extremely full, the sleeves are set in at the arm scye, and a standing collar of fitch comes up straight and snug about the throat likea bandage, Another coat is beaver trimmed upon a foundation of Sofro blue broadcloth, The belt is novel, as it is very wide under the arms, and narrows front and back. Flat, smoked pearl' buttons are used. Wide -wale corduroy, trimmed with black skunk, is employed extensively. It wears well and looks well, and what more can -mortal woman ask? Velvet will predominate this winter and faille will be strong. Short hooped petticoats are attach- ed to some of the abbreviated dancing frocks that have come from Hullos. They produce a flaring silhouette that is very dancy and quaint. Tulle continues the beat material for dancing gowns and designers 'have found that it is particularly beauti- ful when draped over metallic tissues. The new evening frocks are elaborate- ly trimmed with paillettes, and un- usual laces and embroideries. A petticoat, which is gorgeous enough to be a frock itself, is made up of peachblow silk, veiled in spang- led tulle. The effect of iridescent fish scale spangles, rosy -hued silk and white tulle is flowerlike and beauti- ful. Another fancy petticoat is made of jetted net over black pussy willow taffeta. The flounce is outlined in close quilling. A charming costume in Nile green taffeta has the base of the skirt caught up with ovals ofpink roses and leaves, giving a scalloped effect to the hem. The short -waisted bodice is decorated with rosebuds—white straps of crystal beads go over the shoulder and end in tassels at front and back. There are very short sleeves of Nile green tulle and a large , butterfly bow with, sash ends of tulle extends from the centre -back closing. An afternoon dress of black crepe has a princess effect obtained by straight folds hanging from the bust nearly to the hem of the skirt, the fullness being held by a dull gilt girdle. A cuirass of taffeta is shrouded in. crepe and headed by bands of dull gilt. Festooned crepe gives extra full- ness to the skirt. A simple semi -mourning dress on princess lines is of black crepe de chine with collar and cuffs of white organdie embroidered in black. A Hess of striped poplin, brown and black, has an overdress effect shorter at the back than at the front. The sleeves and vestee are of crepe de chine. A 'model in white striped taffeta; brown and black, is cut with a _very deep yoke empigcement front and back, but shortened very materially on the hips. A full, circular skirt joins the yoke and follows its line with two rows of piping on the hem to accentuate the fullness and short- ness of the skirt. The chiffon drop sleeves have oversleeves of the silk. There are two styles of fur coats this year, the coat that fits and the coat that doesn't. Both ripple in godet folds below the waist. As for furs, two kinds are in vogue, caracul and Hudson seal, but this is only the first style feature of a fur coat, for they are to be trimmed with a contrasting fur this winter. The collar, which is a big, soft, high chok- er, into which one can sink the chin; the cuffs, which are wide bands about the long sleeves, and the bottom edge of the fur coat are made of a con- trasting fur. This contrasting fur on a Hudson sen; coat 18 generally beaver, otter or nutria. An attractive boudoir in very pale —including; all the odds and ends of not heeding me at all. — junk that in time accumulate to litter I I was nettled at this show of indif- a bachelor's quarters—were disar- ference. ranged, but at the same time I knew 1 "Is it possible," I demanded, "that SPARTAN MOTHER. WOULD GIVE that every movable object had been you will matte no move to apprehend ALL HER SONS TO TI -JE EMPIRE disturbed and not replaced exactly !the scoundrels?" as it had been before. I Once again now I was subjected to I made a hasty examination of the detective's tool, deliberate, com- drawers and closets: my linen and prehensive scrutiny, as if I were other clothing were still neatly fold- some strange species of fauna ad or hanging from their hooks; my I brought to his notice for the first papers were all in plane; but here ; time,;. I resented it. were numerous little details of evi- "Well V.; I curtly urged them to dance that made it plain to me that respond. everything bad been overhauled and The detective's regard shifted to the. place thoroughly ransacked by an the chief. They exchanged a meaning adept at the game. I could not die- look. Struber coughed' deprecatingly cover that anything had been taken; behind his hat and raised his eye- butif a letter, say, or some article as brows in an expression of disavowal, small as the diamond had been the as if his unspoken thought were one object of the search, it inevitably of wonder that I should have burden - must have been brought to light. ed him with a recital of my misad- Of a sudden I recalled Struber''s de- ventures; then for the first time since scription of the burglarized room at entering the room, lie spoke, address - the Republic Hotel. There were car-: ing me, Lain striking features of resemblance "S'pose yuh haven't been to your between the two episodes that made office this morning—what?" the one affecting me something more Now as a matter of fact, I had in - than annoying; it became positively tended going there from police head- quarters, but as yet I had given no hint of my intention, nor had 1 men- tioned the burglary. It had already occurred to me that last night's mar - enders had made a complete job of their enterprise, and consequently disquieting with a hidden, indefinite note of menace. It was as if 1 were encompassed by maleficent unseen far cespbent upon m undoing. My faith in the permanenntee p ofestablish- ed ed conditions Was rudely shaken. k; vM �, i�arrie7i�7 . Shove ore blr, 11 if -1:1',1 three of whom le' e' ,,. oar 11 .!.o.>., iirr c 1; sixwete able to go a,•d .kssepkt.i amen]]., 'it Dint:'. tr uol'r, trod two Cif his puna, -all w volors, There are fon. other Sons and -;:r1 The mother 1.e1.,05 that site'whilics nil bight for Ring; anti country., it means irreproachable quality and value. ... Foods for Growing Poultry. One of the most important things demanding the special attention of the poultry raiser at this season of the year is the matter of developing the young stock and of securing rapid, healthy growth. There are several items, of care and management which affect the growth of the young chicks butnone is more important than in- telligent feeding,_ and while this is true, itis well to remember that food alone will not accomplish the desired. result. Our remarks at this time will be confined to the question ` of feeding, but we cannot refrain from calling attention to the fact that feed- ing is not • the sole factor, as many people suppose, and who consequent- ly do. not get results because of lack of attention to other details. The list of poultry foods is long and is very generally known. Briefly, it consists of all kinds of grain, whole and ground, including small 'grains, such as buckwheat, millet, kaffir corn, etc. In addition to the various grains, there is green food, such as grass, dlover, alfalfa and all kinds Of growing vegetation and all root vegetables. Animal foods form an- other important group, and under this head may be included all forms of insect life which is usally acces- sible to fowls that have free range' and the meat foods in the form of fresh meat scraps, which many poul- try raisers can procure at a reason- able cost. Bowel Regulators. There are also various meat meals, beef scraps and concentrated meat foods on the market that are of value if procured and fed in a fresh condi- tion. Oil meal, linseed meal, cotton- seed meal, etc., are valuable only as occasional additions to the rations, and they serve principally as bowel regulators. Condiments and similar prepared foods are not necessary and frequently are harmful in their effects.. Skimmed milk, buttermilk, and other milk products are of value. The beginner in poultry raising is bewildered when he starts to investi- gate the feeding question and is con- fronted' with the long list of avail- able foodstuffs. He is apt to become discouraged if he gains the impres- sion that he must have everything in the list, which is, of course, impos- sible and undesirable. Each section of the country has its own local con -i ditions, and no matter where the poultry raiser is located, he can find sufficient variety in the foods at hand to serve his needs. He should not be misled into thinking that there is a set formula comprising a few special feeds, which is better than. any other combination ,that can be secured. We make that statement because readers of poultry literature have no doubt found certain combin- ations described and recommended as being the most satisfactory and pro ductive of greatest results. They are therefore Confused in Tlieir Ideas and do not know what course to fol- Iow. For the benefit of all such breeders and those who have not yet learned the facts, we wish to state that there is no one formula which can besaid to be positively the best under any and all conditions. What has been said thus far applies to the food question in general, regardless of whether the object be to obtain in young stock or for any other special purpose. Feeding for growth requires differ- ent rations than would be the case if the object was to fatten fowls or to encourage egg production. The mis- take which most people make is to assume that flesh -producing foods, or rather fattening foods, are more de- sirable for growth than any others. They overlook the fact that growth means the development of bone and muscle quite as much as it does addi trona] flesh and especially fat. Young chicks intended for broilers or fries may be confined and pushed to the limit with corn and other fattening rations, but much handling fits them only for table poultry, and they are, ruined for other purposes. The young stock should be given as much range as possible, and the poultry raiser should start his plans with that thought in mind. A plentiful supply of green food should be within reach, and if it is not growing in the runs or yards, it should be supplied from the list of articles previously men- tioned., Good General Formula. Readers who prefer to have a regu- lar formula and who do not wish to be bothered with trying to provide a changing variety will find the follow- ing a most excellent combination: Cracked wheat, 25 parts; pinhead oatmeal, 16 parts; millet seed, 10 parts; granulated charcoal, 6 parts; chick size grit, 10 parts; buckwheat, 5 parts; rape seed, 6 parts; broken rice, 6 parts; cracked peas, 5 parts, and ground beef scraps or other meat meal, 6 parts. Some of the above articles are not easily obtainable in all localities, and the mixture should be made with the ingredients at hand and considering cost. A dry mash consisting of ground wheat, corn and oats may be kept in hoppers where + the chick can go to it at will. A little 1 granulated charcoal and cottonseed meal make a desirable addition to the dry mash; the former sweetens the crop and aids digestion and the lat- ter is a good regulator. blue crepe de chine has wide; deep armholes, edged with fringe. The fichu shawl collar is also edged with fringe, which follows down one side of the front opening. On the upper front, over the shoulders, and ac3•osa the back there is a decorative design in rope silk embroidery of the same color. WILL USE PRUNING KNIFE,. British- Government Will Cut Down Expenses. That the British Government actu- ally means business in its inaugura- tion of a national campaign of thift is proven by the feet that, when, in the House of Lords, a resolution was moved in favor' of economy in public expenditure—the mover,. Lord Mid- dleton, sharply criticising many im- portant items—the Government, in- stead of resenting the action, actually accepted the resolution and made the vote in its favor unanimous. Lord Lansdowne, a prominent member of the. Government, while declaring that the first rush of preparation for war meant extravagance and loss, yet ad- mitted frankly that there were ways which present expenditures could, be curtailed, and promised that the re- solution. in favor of economy should bear early fruit in the way of real economies. It is pointed out by the Economist, one of the greatest au- thorities on financial questions in the world, that the expenditure of the Government has immensely increased en many' new services, while old ser- viees, on which economies might he expected, call for just as much money as ever, The wisdom of much of the new expenditure is sharply questioned and the use of the pruning knife to bring the whole tree of public expen- diture down to the requirements fixed by present conditions is strongly re- commended. _--_ MOLASSES AS MUNITIONS. '" Large Quantities Wanted for Making Explosives. There has been an unprecedented demand in the United States recently for blackstrap molasses. It is needed in making alcohol and is part of a for- mule for the manufacture of powder. A Cincinnati dealer in sweets placed an order for ten tanks of 8,000 gal- lons each, or a total of 80,000 gallons of this blackstrap grade of Cuban molasses that is to he Used by a large powder concern in the'making of ex- plosives for war purposes. The price of blackstrap molasses has doubled since the orders began pouring in from the powder mills. This is the third large order that has been placed by the dealer within a few days. As to where the powder is to he used he does not know, only that he also has received other orders for future delivery, and the Gales aro be- ing made to several powder' =nudes - fusers not only near Cincinnati, but in other parts of the country, One baby out o! five dies before it is a year old. Over one-half of all the women in England between the ages of fifteen end forty-five are unmarried. SOLDIERS AND SWEETHE MANY MARRIAGES IIASTENED BY CALL TO THE FRONT, British People Determined to See the War Through to the Bitter Bud, The other day I took up H. Q. Well's very clever story, "Anne Ver- onica." It is a story, a8 its readerp• know, of the revolting daughter; writee T. P. O'Connor. All the unrest which finds its vent in the militant suffragist movement, in the works o the feminists with their defiance of the conventions of religion and of so- ciety for centuries; all these things And their symbol and their expression in this daring and brilliant story'. Though I was deeply interested, I found it hard, several times not to throw the book down. This world of oft emotions, of the eternal feminine, somehow or other, seemed to me re- mote and unreal at a time when every day I was reading of the bodies bf young, and often beautiful, human be- , ings being torn to bleeding and tor- tured rags. Blind men whom I have seen at the Dunstan House—which was organized by C. Arthur P.earson,• the journalist, who is himself blind, and lent by, Otto Kahn—meet you in the street; men stumping on one leg pass you; At Hospital Windows or on hospital verandas you see pale- faced men with head still bandaged; everywhere, even in the busy streets of London, you come across these re- minders of the horrors and sufferings of war. What time is there amid such mementoes to think of the soft alliances of life? And yet at no time is one -more re- minded of the eternal feminine and the irresistible mating of human be- ings than at this very moment, Na- ture's instinctive tendency to the pre- servation of the race asserts itself fiercely during the war, which will kill oft' so many of the bravest and the i best. Everywhere the young officer or the. young soldier is to be seen with his sweetheart. Pathetic figures they frequently make, for the girls often seem as if they ought still to be in short frocks, with baby faces, and curling, fair hair, and peach blossom cheeks. They seem to be school girls who ought not yet to know anything beyond speculation and dreams of the mysteries of life. But they and their sweethearts snuggle up to each other in train, in street car, in parks, in theatres, in the street, and they are off to the church or the Registry Of- fice the moment it is announced that the man has to go to the war. People respect this perennial spring of hu- man hope and destinies. Clinging Like Love Birds. The other day, travelling back from Harrowgate, a soldier and his sweetheart—she looked little more than a child—were separated in the crowded carriage. A man immediate- ly got up and surrendered his seat, and the two were once more at each other's side, clinging to each other like love birds. It was all very human and very sad, and very touching, all the more touch- ing to me at the minute because my travelling companion was an old Scotch gentleman who was rushing back from Harrowgate to his daugh- ter. Taking out the London Times, he pointed out to me the name of her husband, his son-in-law, in the list of the killed. I tried hint on the ques- tion I have put to so many bereaved parents since this war began, as a. test of the spirit of the nation: "Do you feel as strongly as ever," I asked, "that we must go on with this war until we have won?" "More than ever," was the reply. Then, without any manifestation of the pain in his heart, he went on to talk of other things. I have never received any other answer, even from those whose only child's death in the war had taken all the light opt of their lives and left them in ever -enduring darkness. GERMAN CUPID. Surplus Royalties, Wedded inBalkans, Help Fatherbsnd. It has been pointed out that how- ever unsatisfactory German diplomacy may be, as marriage brokers and king purveyors the Germans are unmatch- ed. It is especially in the Balkans that this Teutonic marriage broking is seen at its best. The royal famillea of all the Balkan States, except Ser- bia and Montenegro, aro German by origin or marriage. The King of Ru- mania is a Ilohenzollern of theminor branch, the Queen of Greece is a sis- ter of the Kaiser himself, the Ring of Bulgaria comes from the house of Saxe-Cobourg and Gotha, and the Queen is a Princess of Reuse. The cornering of the marriage mar- ket is explained by the large number of princes whom Germany always has to dispose of, and the fact has not been without its influence on the.pol• icy of the States concerned, as the obstinacy of the late Ring of Rumania and the self-assertion of the proseni Ring of Greece have shown. Some machine -gime have it firing. power of over a thousand shots 1 Minute.