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The Brussels Post, 1916-2-10, Page 6..• , . • .. , • • •• • ' - " The Green Seal BY CHARLES KIMONOS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Look," eto, CHAPTER XXIV.—(Corit'd), Ile WS8 a stockily built chap of thirty or :melt a matter, smooths ithayed, with a serious cast oe eoun- teininee. Just now it was an injured, bleeding countenance, as was clear- ly evidenced by the bloodstained hanikerelder he was holding to one &wk. "Wing you bad?" asked Struber, "A scratch," was the indifferent ;answer. "Reckon there's nothing hi trying to make these yellow devils talk?" 'Nix.' Then Struber turned to "You two 've been together quite 1 awhile to -night," he said, "but I reeltun yuh haven't met yet. Mr, leer-! ris, shake hands with my partnere Mr. Farlin—Harry Perlin." "Oh, then you're a detective—a bull --too!" voiced my surprise as 1 we shook litinds. "Hove—how does! that happen?" I added in bewilder -I ment. Struber pushed his derby forward jauntily anti hooked a thumb in an, armhole of hie vest. 'I'll tell yuh. But first 1 want / yuhto meet another friend o'mine Nt.. tat had happened in town wit t he' , a lie walked over to the seated strange dug up, how Parlin here—beeause h er, Perlin and following, When he savvies Chink noises—took Chauffeu halted in front of the man he looked Dwight's place in a auto he knows in up at us with small dark eyes that' stead o' Ralston's machine which h possessed a peculiar penetrating! doesn't. The Chinks never got sex quality. that it was him waitin' in place o' -Ur -Mr. Ferris—Mr. Fertile" Struber: guy they'd hired. performed the ceremony of intro- "Dwight didn't come all the way deletion, waving a hand palm outward here with Miss Fox. She an' the stal with exaggerated self-assurance,' what led her into this, a sneak call "shoke hands with Mr. Samuel Wil- ed Dave McGuire—he's the Car lets, otherwise and mebbe better easel dame's son—got out bank oi known Jamey Strang, late o' .To- the road, an' Dwight beats it back t( here, Metay Peninsula, an' before that town with the machine to get you. The , old man nailed him first, though. a resident e' most o' Chiney." I was not unprepared for the revel- ' "So, yule see, we've got a hot trail. ation, and when James Strang held un It was our auto that passed yuh this aide o' Alhambra. Perlin an' me was a-lookin' for each other, on the chance that he'd be headed this way. 1 puts peal for us. Besides," he aided shrewdly, "we made a pot o' money at It." He was in high good humor and continued to joke and make fun while Struber and Perlin got their heads together in a whispered eonsulta- time I was too much at sea, however, events had come tumbling about my ears in such a chaotic fashion, that I was in no frame of mind to partici- pate in whatever was engaging the others. Apparently was no nearer Reding. Lois than when I had started, and delay in the search, without manifest cause, was intolerably irk- some. I felt that could not go on without some sort of immediate ex- planation. When f made known my desire Struber wheeled round to me. "We're in a tremendous hurry, Mr,. Ferris," said he, "but I'll tell yuh tide' much. I found Mr. Strang right where I went lookin' for him. On the way down to Sierra Madre we had a heart to heart talk, an' as soon as I, could find a phone I called up the chid an' put him wise. FIe told me For That Irritating Cut or Scratch There ie nothing mere healing and soothing than ase line 'retina Mark hitt intreletm Sold in glass bottles and sanitary tin tubes, at chem- ists and general stores everywhere, Refuse substitutes. Free booklet on request. CHESEBROIJGH MFG. CO. (Coteolinated) 1880 Chabot Ave. Montreal echoed with the hysteria of despair, repeating over and over again—"God • GgItMANS NARVOITS NO% No Longer enbilent Over Early. Peace ;With leletory,, Writing on conditions M Berlin, the New 'York Werld's eerrespondent, who recently visaed Germany, emit A great charge has come over Ber- lin. Eight months ago you •eould Scarcely notice while on a visit to the capital that Germany was engaged hi Wer and that she and her people were fighting for their existence. True, you noticed a let d soldiers, minty wound- ed and some crippled for life, but the city itself, and the people, appeared to all outward indications as if nothing unusual was transpiring. The citi- zens looked. What a difference to -day! The Bars lin people seem to have changed com- pletely, Last spring they appeared a happy lot, with no cares to worry them, certainly not so far as outer appearances were concerned. To -day you find only a solemn people—a peo- ple who appear to, and who do, 'realize what this war means to Germany and her millions. They are no longer the happy-go-lucky and care -free crowd. They are stern, severely so. They are no longer a smiling crowd. They are very, very solemn, indeed. They have come to look upon the ntire situation in the most serious manner imaginable. They know that he longer the war lasts the more ives must be sacrificed. They realize, oo, that many industries must suffer, d that f .t b hel hes! God helles'!" F' •e Lois had called across the distance to me, and 1 was found wanting. t I reflected bitterly that from the I very beginning I had presented only t g, s in a d competency. 1 had been remiss in 1 e every emergency, while the man be - r side me, whose inelegaeee of speeeh, manner and attire had constantly jar- t red upon me, whose blatant self -con- fidence I had secretly disparaged a • despiss•d, had surmounted every ct 1 stack", prevailed over every handica ; and shown himeelf to'he capable e ' efficient. With all his limitations a natural disadventages—and he ma no pretensions to' attributes that did not possess—not once hnd he fa • ed rue or my interests; which last, in ' the performance of his daty, for the time being happened to accord with his own. Eren IloW without him I! would be helpless. ot unes wille swept away 1 this war should last for many more ears to come. They are no longer of hem in the near future. he opinion that peace is to come to resh and Refreshing [ONE YEAR MORE MEANS VICTORY BLOCE ADE 13Y THE BR ITISBI 1%1 Y .EFFECTIVE. 13 76 is compo?.eci of clean, whole young leaves. Picked right, blended right and packed right. It brings the fragrance of an Eastern garden t your table. avicx2imazo © oi.:immadmiNT The Feeding of Heifers, been. very favorable to corn feeding I have at various times dealt with , sticking close to my outs and brat tthheeirfenerdsitngyeoafr,healftiedr chaallv,ees ,tellz,ainygs.:; with a little flax seed and oil rake. This experiment would make it ap. placed the emphasis -on growth, writes: Pear that it would he worth while to "Herdernan" in Farm and Dairy, 1_, mix considerable corn or corn pro - believe 111 ee • b d Germany Will Be Beaten on Son is 1011, 2cibyfiivna,e1IN.,reutritl A SeundinaVien WrBor, ieterViewed oy the Milen journal "Secolo;" says he is convinced that for the next 12 months Germany will be able to cope with ler difficoltiee, external ae well us internal, A peace concluded before the end of 19111 would be bound to be ndvantageous to her. But if the Bri- tish and their allies can continua the war for another yoar tho Germans will not entertain any hope of vie - tory. • The greatest . WOWS at Germany have been struck by the British—the loss of her colonies, the loss of her much more effective than the Germans commerce. Tim British blockade is .; would like the outside world to be - Neve. g caves oral; acne along with the oats Let's try , quantities of whole mine then skim , it. . _ I milk, and then finally good liberal; ' ' feeding with grain and the best hay: that the farm produces. This same 4 Cement Ice Ilona,. feeding system during the yearling nd stage of growth would develop n fate concrete ice house are from Farman' ' The following hints for a small, b- • - . Pudgy animal of inferior dairy qua:. I Ike. During the yearling stage, Bulletin 021, United States Depatt- p, Victim of a Fly 11 ment of Agriculture: nd nd de'•1 citsma nto edxecveielleonpt tizreceittyo.r Gxed pasture , heifer. During the winter yearling i eolid concrete or of concrete blocks, months i The foundation trenches should be The building may be constructed of he ie, the very best roughage should be fed, , dug 10 inches wide and 21, feet deem a hand—his leis one was the uninjur- ed member—I took it cordially in. mine. Said he, humorously: 'I'd get up if this belly Chink out my lights an' turns round an' wouldn't scoot like a lizard; but I'm trails yuh. What gets us now is: none the less proud to meet Peter some one's put the Chinks wise to us Ferris'e boy. You're a whole lot like comfit' along behind; they must have your dad was when we used to ship a phone. Perlin tells me this is the bales o' silk an' caddies o' tea an' San Felipe ranch—" crates o' lacquer out o' Canton, Shan- "You don't say!" I broke in. "Then ghee Mulkey, or wherever they 1 know where I am." weren't watching us." "Ain't that lucky!" was the He chuckled throatily while Strub- drawling rejoinder. "Because some- er and Perlin stooped and seized the where inside a million or two 00005—"prostrate Chinaman who, after he was "It's only eight thousand," 1 car - dragged to his feet, proved to be DO rested him. "I'm attorney for the Ar-, other than my erstwhile guide, the guano hairs." ! old ivory carver. "Well, then, eight thousand, if that' Strang shook himself and con- makes it any easier. Somewhere on! -aimed, his keen eyes, from under this ranch there's a Chink settlement, their thatch of grizzled brows, tak- an' if yuh think yuh can locate it this ing inc in from head to toe, time o' night any quicker because "Yes, sir, you've got the same yuh have only a small matter o' eight height, sante hig chest and shoulders; thousand acres to look around 'stead again." 1 up to yuh." o' eight million, why, go ahead. It'si you're Pater B. Ferris all over "I'm certainly glad to meet an old I At this moment, as if evoked by friend of my father's," 1 honestly re-' Struber's words to resolve our 011 - joined, trying hard to forget that the ficulties and uncertainties, in the dis- man was a brother to one of the tante there rose a woman's scream. It West's most notorious desperadoes: rang clear and high on the night—a and bacl men; for -which, of course, he Prolonged, piercing cry that struck was in no wise to blame. Lite dumb, that froze the blood. He chuckled again, with a sly side -1 There was one hideous, never -to -be -1 glance at Struber. forgotten,pause during which we; "Mebbe you wouldn't he so glad," stood petrfied, With an eruption of , he said, eyeing me whimsically, -if , blistering profanity, Farlin savage-; you knew what tucked away in the blistering tore the two bound queues apart heart o' them bales o' silk an' caddies , and tossed their yelping owners into o' tea," f an arroyo that skirted this part oi "}lop," Struber laconically ex-' the read. t plamed, at which I made a wry face I In another second we were in the 1 Strang laughed heartily and clap -:1 automobiles tearing madly toward t ped me upon the shoulder, The iii. the frantic, insistent call for help I S telligence made no particular impree-, In our frenzied haste each turned: sion upon rile; I wouldn't have mind- mechanically. to the car nearest him. ed if the man had been a red-handed, Thus it happened that Strube'. and 1 r buccaneer. 1 were paired in one machine, and Far- 0 "I suppose you mean opium and lin and Strang in the other. As i that you were smuggling it,"I said.. quickly as Perlin had disposed of the t "But I don't Pare; I'll stick by ay: two captive Chinese, the second or so words. I was never more pleased at' of delay gave Struber and me fully a 1 meetnig any man." I hundred yard,: start. Then eomee t "That's the right spirit, my bev,"; thing must have gone wrong with the s I was sensible of a deep feeling of shame and mortification, despite my gnawing anxiety. My pride was chastened and humbled, and I was earnestly desirotie of making some fitting reparation—as if the wrongs and injuetices committed by that .ele- mental jungle -man, the inner self, could be erased, or even balanced or adequately compensated for by any material means! • The comparatively barren stretch we bad so far been. traversing, that • had afforded the stage .for our spirit- ed fight, abruptly ended when we shot through an open gateway into a tract I of irrigated ground. Here the road was bordered upon one side by an immense irrigating -I ditch, from which, every few rods,. lateral ditches extended at right' angles. On our right was an olive orchard, presently a vineyard; 0111 our left acres of truck -garden, Here and there I recognized a land -1 mark. We had entered Rancho San Felipe- by the back door, as it were, 1 • for the antiquated adobe homesteade or hacienda, and the original ranch' buileings were accessible from a highway that lay some three or fou miles' to the southeast. I fancied Unit I was calm and self- posseseed. "I know where we are now," I in-, formed Struber in a hoarse shout.; • ; puzzled me. May It be that certain For bolting the plates on top of th, e nue as alfalfa or well cured clover, end filled with concrete proportioned se terrine t le; sai ldavgi se e, aala irnosottsf, e butewow one part cement, Vie parte sand and mueh j 6 parte broken stone. Above the grain during this period or the heif- ground level the walls may be made em's life. For the small quantities e'ither of concrete blocks, laid up in that are fed, I prefer ground oate.1 a one -to -two eement-sand money or The soiling system of feeding yearn of solid concrete. For the solid walls ing heifers is no good. If the dairy- ; above the ground level the concrete Imthran tTamis.enntopapsatsutin:eianIchwould adviee should be proportioned one bag of Portland cement to three cubic feet During the two-year-old stage, of sand end five cubic feet of crushed ould feed more liberally. Our belle I rock, or one part cement to six parts ers are timed to freshen at 30 months; back -run gravel. and the drain on the heifer's system ; In building up the concrete walls, from the lieth month to the 80th; movable forms are used for holding , month is great. I would avoid get- the wet concrete in place until it 1 ting the heifers overfat; at the same I hardens These forms should be threc. time like to have them freshen ip I feet high and extend entirely around right good condition. During the. I the building. After filling the forms last month or so I like to feed a hand- with concrete it should be allowed to ful of ground flax seed in 0 very thie atand for a day in order to harden, gruel of bran mash once a day. 'And when the forms may be loosened, seilgor here / want to make a codes- moved up, and again filled. I During the construction of the walls Every dairy cattle man with whom , %-inch reinforcing rods should be have talked and who bas had long used, spaced 18 inches apert, rtfiming experience, has confessed that he has in both directions. Stagger the rods had more trouble with heifers during by placing half of them three inches their first calving period than with from the outside edge, and the other mature cows. A large percentage of half three inches from the side edge the calves come weak and not a few of wall. Embed two rods, or an old are born dead, I have not had more' wagon tire cut in two and straight - trouble than most good dairymen, but ened, in the concrete two inches above this is a condition that has alwaye the door opening. "Title sear," says the Scandinavian "will either be won definitely in 1014 by the Germtins on land, or in 1917 by the British on the sea," It would be untrue to state, he went on, that public opinion in Germany is depreseed. The contention of every- body is that the war has been carried on victoriously hitherto, cie is proved by the positio»s of the German armies on enemy territory, but there is every- where a vague Sell$0 of disquietude. Much Fault -Finding. - The consequence is an attitude of eriticiem, ill -humor and fault-finding. Some find fault with the Chancellor, others with the Sucialists, some with the farmers, others again with the speculators. The long halt on the west is condemned, likewise the arrest of the offensive in Russia; there are many who denounce es midsummer madness the high faluthe about the Asiatic undertakieg. Some are for annexation:4 on all sides, others con- sider it imprudent to think of pelmet- nently annexing a single inch any- where, but these would insist on ' sone" The enemy is beaten, but not domi- nated, say the Germans, Though one ally may :meek evil of another (the Germans are alway's discovering dis- sensions among the allies), and the British speak evil of themselves, all seem to agree on one thi»g: they will go on until they win. Notwithstand- ing the Pact of London, the Germans place their chief hope in a separate peace with one or other of the enemy powers. The Chancellor spoke the mind of the nation when he described treaties as scraps of upper. Problem of Men, The casualty lists published by the military authorities are always three or four months late; they do not eon- tain the names of the slightly wound - d, and am suspected of being other wise incorrect. Hindenburg fought is last betties in Russia with the andwelne. Mackeneen spared his men n Serbia, utilizing artillery almost xclusively. Germany began the war with eight inion mon; by December 1, 1910, cm- ording to the most moderate calcula- ion of her daily and monthly losses, he will have no more than 3,000,000, icluding the youths of the 191(1 and 917 classes, of whom, at least, one ililon will be required in the auxil- ry services, feeds are more desirable than others walla sink -a bolt 10 inchee at this period ? In a recent issue of long, head down six inches into the `We should encounter another gate presently. A lane turns to the left his Ada of it. A Chinese corn eny eases this truck -patch; the lane leads the coolies' shaeks. For God's ake hurry!" Strube', made no reply;. the motor vent no faster, because it was al- eady tearing along and careening ver the level roadway at the limit of Is speed, the open muffler shattering be night, silence with a volcanic roar. No sooner bad I mentioned gate end ane than both 1 to be hurling herneeleee at us. Instinctively hrank back, but a jammingof h returned Strang—I much prefer 101 other motor, for we quickly ont- alb him that—his tone abruptly soe; distanced it, 1s bering. "1 know what you mean, an'l Fast ns we went, I sat leaning fore' I Ltd soon as we have time we'll sit' ward with every muscle taut, uneon-. clown an' thresh out the whole thing. sciously urging the flying car to' Your father and T were young bloods still greater speed. My heart was t n those days, and anything that loole-! Pounding in ray throats Automatical- 1 sd like adventure had a powerful ape; ly my brain rang and echoed and re- j I e cy AM M lo Atqz 000nirmeacimozzo5 1, rf xx :=Niertgostrirx --<,,, , -1-7------______ &Ono) X • .' e•X ' ' 0 3, ,ti,14 . 0 01 0 0 oes Pain Interfere? There is a remedy to Lini e'en Reed this unsolicited grateful testimony— Not long ago my loft knee be. :tale name and sore. It pained me many restless nighto. 90 dons dud it become that I was forced to consider giving up my, work when I chaneed to think of Sloan's Liniment. Lame say— less than one bottle fixed me up, Mee. A Campbell, Florence, Tor, 11 rakes shot me against the wind-, hield, and the car went sluing to the et on two wheels. We skidded back into the straight ay. I heard the dirt crash against he fence end rattle among the trees ke birdshot. There was a smashing, er when a rear tire blew out; but we pecl on, may be a triflic less smooth- , but without in the least ehecleirig 1 our splendidly reckless flight. In that wild, foolhardy dash per- haps thirty seconds were consumed between the time we heard the cry and the moment Lois loomed suddenly in the glare of the headlights run- ning toward us. Her wonderful hair was flying, her face as white as death, her eyes were wide and staring. Again the brakes were jammed on. We came to a sliding, slithering stop crosswise in the road that noisily eliminated another tire. 1 was on the ground before the ma- chine stopped, running to meet her. She came straight into my outetretch- ed arms, and with a little sound that was half sigh and half sob, fainted. I swept her up and strained her to me, imploring her with frantic ineo- herencies to open her eyes and re- cognize that it was I who was hold- ing her; to look at me; to make any sign that she was not the dead woman she seemed to be, Her head fell back upon my supporting arm and the pal- lor of her lovely face loomed ghostily in the gloom. premed kiss alter kiss upon the parted lips, as if her salvation depended upon the fire of my love and the agony of my flings- henelon penetrating to the sleeping spark of consciousness, I stumbled back toward the mos chine with her just as Perlin and Strang recited up. "Look at her!" X eobbece my voice shrill. "She's dead!" have a dim recollection of swey- Mg unsteadily, of Strang and Perlin and Siamber leaping down and vun- ning toward me, Thee 1, too, fainted, (To he conthende ent. C I" I Brooklyn nhysiden; who is 81011(5 dying of "rleeping- siebness.', �a was bitten by the tsetse Hy' the years ego while in the Belgian Congo, anti has been 0 helpless in- vella ever shim. Be'ldom duds 081 mote tuo years. SEX WARFARE IS PREDICTED. When the Great European Conflict 18 Ended. Warfare between the sexes such as has been unknown since the days of the mythological Amazons is predict- ed for England after the war by Prof, Marion Phillips, D.Sc. Prof. Phillips bases this gloomy prediction upon the groat mass of women who will be de- pendent. A mighty commercial war is expected to follow the conflict in arms, in which unprecedented COM - petition will be the chief factor. The war has already opened num- berless positions in the working world to women, and the contention is that they will fight against giving them up when peace is declared. The prediction is made that suffra- gette militantism on an enormous scale will follow, and there will bc bloodshed if attempts are made to force women back into the niche they formerly occupied. The remedy suggested by Prof Phillips is absolute equality: the same work and the same wages for men and women; the same responsibilities and the same competitions. "The scene which confronts us is a gloomy one," says Prof, Phillips. "A. horde of men arid women, many wasted by the hard work of these years of trial, trade depression and a wave oe poverty and exhaustion are all held by the future year% Men will return from the war tp find their places taken by women, and women will be displaced because the war work has ceased and peace work is not for them, "The very efficiency and adaptabil- ity of the walla' le In itself a daeger, so long as It is not combined With the industrial pride which demancle a fair return for the amount Of labor glean, Di this scene are all the ele- Manta of sex warfare of a very ter- rible nature—sex warfare in which the male workers and the women de- pendent upon them are ranked ageinst women who must work or die," Hoard's Dairyman, the results of ex- , concrete. • periments at the Wisconsin Experi- ' Lay a dench concrete floor un the e ment Station are summarized, and 1 natural ground, and on top of this lay woultl like . e h ammeter re- three inc es of cork -board insulators peoduced: 1 embedded in hot asphalt, followed by 11,:i Effect of Feed Parturitio , ten inches of concrete stoned one inch ` in four feet to trash drein. The floor (e "Silteen young heillevie.% allse°,e1,,,!ell,,)"..1 !Mould be finished with 3i -inch Port- ' parent equal vigor, Group No. 1. Was fed the The cork -board insulation should be elle procili'e7oef land cement plaster. wheat; group No. 2, the Products of erected on the walls and ceiling. in a i".„, oats; group No, 8, the products of eta -inch bed of Portland cement mor - mixed grains wheat, oats, and corn - group No. 4 was fed otar, mixed in the proportion of one e n the products part of Portland cement to two parte " of corn. Mark well that each group of clean, sharp sand. All vertical ‘ was supplied with the same amount joints should be broken, and all 010 of protein and other feed constituents. joints made tight. A lie -inch Porte It was not long before the effect of land cement finish to be applied to , the feeding was clearly seen in the physical condition of the heifers. The the walls and ceiling as well tie to el r. wheat group showed the least thrift, the floo the oat group next, the group, fed on Germany does not lack arms and mmunition, it is true; but the people to web aware 01 the feeerzelt, organ - ed activity that prevails in the allied ountries and in America. A German officer told the writer uoted that the Gorman army owed most all its successes to its heavy mixed grains next. The eon Ie group was greatly superior to the others in this respect. "When it comes to calf bearing, this disparity of results ryas shown in a very marked manner. The wheat group and oat group lost all of their calves, the mixed grain group did a little better, while the corn fed group produced iour well-developed and vigorous calves. There seemed to be something in the corn that aid- ed greatly in the pre -natal nourisn. anent of the foetus, as well as an im- proved condition ofthe mothers them- selves." This looks to Inc like a careful, in- telligent experiment. I have never In many cases it will be cheaper to crib the walls to their full height in- stead of using sectional forms, as a part of the form lumber can be used in the roof and ceiling, and the re artillery. Nov this advantage has been last,' for the French she eed dur- ing their attack in Champagne that to -day they 1)0800111' 00 excellent firma. ment of heavy artillery. In short, the mamder can generally be used to acl- problem of mat is disquieting, while vantage on the, farm. the advantage in artillery and muni- tions is (Reappearing, Bismare;sVreit. Bismarck in 1888 outlined the pot icy upon whin he was firm and. Social Aspirations. 'She likes publicity, eh?" "Does she? Why, she thinks the society column ought, to make an item of it when she gives a little breakfast to ft tramp." • by the Kaiser. He was absolutely op• which probably led to his dismiesal Water always freezes on the eute face first, because that comes into contact with the air, and its heat is carried away, Hums;VITAL. QUESTIONS premien Is itsenech pod eitent alter eating, with meat vita hoe, and Sonora! sonstipatioo, besdsehs are este Miele 1,04,101, Do Sou know dust deed distention of Theldettlon, iilythet Seidel's 1515 1(501 dun toandanlon el oed health: Paint and op, Isar ersedzend tosl Sib% ete rren MOTHER.. MEALS ay, Ft U rr,e v2= %Mae "4 AND BANISH STOP/1ACR TROUBLES ...—. • I INFLUE NZA grr 1601•Amnswalatseameosornearcarommeu..... 11142°°41°)In And all aunt:tee of the hare° efihoting his throat speedily ourea oolte and homes in °curio stable kept from hesvfna them by. tieing spout,* biotorapet Oompound, to It deicea often cure; one bottle guaranteed to twee ono cue, Safe for breee Maros, baby mita, atalltotta, all ages ate eon. &Wine, Most skillful sefeatike aotopoutid. Largest Bel. ling veterinary specific. Any driitegiet or delivered by mambo turere. oraitle IntsDicons. «mown, zna, posed to another war with Franca and possibly Russia, saying; "After all, in such a war we should /tot he no very certain to win, -while It would he a great misfortune, even if we were victorious, as in uny ense, we should lose a great deal in blood :net ti -ens - are, and also stiffer conelderable in- direet damage through the interrup- tion of work and trade, and we should never be able to tyke anything from the French and Russians that would compensate us for our lessee. It le only the English who would benefit by it." Bismarck would seem to have been something of a prophet. A Chance Yet. -en Tom—Is it true that you proposecl to Alice and was rejected ? jack—Not eiteeely rejeded—she said when she felt like micelle a fool of herself she'd let me know, Ibis colder in n thaw that in a frost because when water freezes it parts with its heat to the air, which thus feels warmer. In a thaw Nat is ab- sorbed from the air,