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Kefuse CUSTOMS OF WAR Rules That Contending Armies Are Expected to Obey. | The Enemy May Be Starved to Death or Into Yielding by Stopping His Supplies, but His Food Must Not Be Poisoned--Prisoners of War, War--that 1s, warfare between civi- known as the customs of war, some of which are written, others tacitly agreed as sacred and to obey them rigidly. Red Cross flag of the ambulance and forbid the use of explosive or, within Hmits, expanding bullets. Nominally a general may nse any | means in his power to bring his foe to | subjection, but there is a well defined | boundary line. A leader may cut off bis enemy's food and water supplies. | He may subject him to all the horrors | of famine and thirst, but be must not | poison his food or water. Suppose a place 1s besieged and that | outside the walls are wells which the | besiegers cannot effectively hold and {which the besieged can reach under | cover of night, The besieger would be | justified in sending parties to fill up the {wells with earth and stones or to de- |stroy them with dynamite, On the | other hand, to pollute the wells with | poison or to throw dead animals inte | | them would be an infamy. | A "prisoner of war" has his rights. He may be asked to give his parole-- !1. e, to promise not to escape--but he (must not be forced to give his parole and is not to be punished for refusing | to do so. A prisoner on parole who at- | tempts to escape is liable to be shot, either when escaping or if retaken alive, | Ap unparoled prisoner may also be ,#hot while in the act. of escaping, but if recaptured it would be murder to ! shoot him, and he should not be pun- | | ished for his attempt, thotigh he may be placed in more rigorous confine. | | ment. { A prisoner may be compelled to earn | | his "keep" by working at his trade, if | be has one, or by doing work for his | captors not of 4 purely military nature. Thus he may be ordered to assist in | @raioing the camp in which be is a prisoner, but it would not be fair to put him to building fortifications, |. The customs of war justify the em- ployment of spies, but under certain rules. If a soldier voluntarily turns traitor the other side Is entitled to make use of him, but it is not bonor~ "able to tempt a soldier to betray his "own side. | | 1f thus tempted a man may pretend to turn traltor and deceive the enemy | with false information. On the other i bhand, voluntarily to go over to the | enemy, pretending to be a traitor or | deserter, would be dishonorable con- | dnct--that is, if the pretended traitor fs an officer or soldier. A #Dy. ot course, comprehends the | hazardotis nature of the mission he undertakes and Is painfully aware | of the fact that he carries his life in his bands, so to speak. Courageous | and daring though he may be, the spy | ras no rights and is at all times liable '0°be' shot or banged at sight. Now- !adays, though, he is usually given the | benefit of a trial by court martial. | An officer or soldier, however, caught | in the enemy's camp must not be treat- ed as a spy, but as a prisoner of war, | provided be is not disguised. - 3) If a commander takes part In & { charge or persistently exposes himself | to fire hé must take his chance of be- | "game" to detail marksmen to try to '| piek off your opponent's general, though | every effort may be made to capture him. | When a city or town Is bombarded | public bufldings--unless used for de- fensive purposes--should be spared as far as possible. When a place Is cap- tured the victorious foe is entitled to seize art treasures, and so on, and to bold them to ransom. To injure or de- stroy them would be.the act of a '| vandal. When a country 1s invaded the In. vader ¢an compel the inhdbitants to supply him with food and other sup- phes and. to act as guides, workmen and drivers. A person who, not belonging to any recognized military force, takes up arms against an invader is lable to be shot like a dog when captured. Re taliation is sanctioned by the customs of war. It is military vengeance and takes. place when an odtrage commit- 'ted on one side is avenged by the com- 'mission of a similar act on the other. Thus an unjust execution of prison. érs by the enemy may be followed by the exécutilon of an equal number of prisoners held by the opponents, and Myron Chesebro has purchased the Welsh homestead, Picton, Out. The buildings, of stone, will Be remadelitd. John Allen, son of Bryée Allen, Napanee, has been appointed deputy attorney general of the province of Manitoba. 5 . A GRIM CODE OF ETIQUETTE. | lized nations--has its code of etiquette | to, and these rules and regulations con- | tending armies are supposed to regard | Obvious examples of fighting eti- guette are the rules which protect the | The Proper Kind' of Case For These i | Sensitive: Instruments, | { The violin and violoncéHo are mest | sensitive to atmospheric conditions and | | suffer from atmospheric variations quite as much as the tender vocal cords of the singer. Those who have | attempted to make the violin an orna- | ment by banging it upon the wall have had reason to repent taking such a liberty. The violin loses its varnish | and gradually its pitch and timbre. ' The artificial heat ¢f rooms in winter makes its tone rxucous when it does | | not obliterate it entirely. Matal cases, | morocco covered, are equally unfit for it. A strong, well varnished wooden | case, even though it be not especially, | attractive to the eye, suits the sus. | | ceptibilities of the violin much better. ' Certain qualities, sometimes unsus- pected, in the wood play an important part in the falsification of notes, caus- ing progressive deterioration. There was a time when manufacturers ap- | plied to their product several coats of | "paint"--i. e., a concentrated solution of bichromate of sodium potash in boiling water. The wood soon acquir« ed a yellow tone, and under the action | of light after drying the color dark- | ened and took on the aspect of very | old paint. : | Hor commercial purposes this was | alt very well, but what happemed to | the purchaser was that as soon as he began to use his instrument exposed to the light the bichromite worked on the gelatin, which the manufacturers | employed to color the wood 'and pre- | vent the penetrating of the varnish, | while some element in the bichromate | of soda was converted into stone. The "violin suffered petrifaction, which im- | peded its tone and rendered it useless. ~Harper's Weekly. |" JEWELS MADE OF ROSES. | How the Dainty Petals Are Turned | Unto Fragrant Trinkets. There could scarcely be a lovelier | gift than a string of tiny beads, an amulet or a trinket to slip among your | kerchiefs and laces to keep them | sweet, made of roses and of the love and' taste apd patience that must go into the fashioning of such a gift. The making of rose trinkets is an ancient custom revived, and rosaries made hundreds of years ago are fra- | grant today. Gather the rose petals when the dew is on them and screen them clear of every foreign substance. Put the clean, dewy petals through a food chopper--the finer they are ground the better--aud all the house will smell of | roses. ~ Spread the pulp on a china | platter and set it In the sun for three | days, stirring in a few drops of spring | water now and again to keep it moist. 'When the pulp "works" in the sun and reaches the consistency of a light foamy dough that can be pressed 'smooth without crumbling it is ready | to mold. Before they are quite dry run a good nized hatpin straight throogh the mid- dle of the beads or amulets into & board and set the board in the sun for ten days, and they will grow hard and | fragrant. Thread the beads on a | strand of silk, the amulets on fine rib- | bon, and the older they grow the | sweeter they will smell. -- Christian | Herald. \ & (# Plucky Birds. | Compared with mammals, parental | love is stronger in birds. In protecting | their nests and young, birds often show courage and strategy, more or | less of which is doubtless inherited. | Hven the so called dangerous mam- | mals, the bears, mountain loons, wild- | cats and other mammals that are best | able to protect themselves, seldom i make a stand against domestic intru- | sion, Rarely do they attempt to en- { tice an enemy from their home by | strategic means, but at the first warn. | ing of danger they either hide or watch | the intruder from a safe distance. But | there are very few species of birds | that do not attempt to defend their | homes in some way, and even the most | timid evince more intelligence than | most mammals.--Collier's. || atew 4 Where the Audience Was. ' A Londogjactor appearing at a cheap '. theater in Salford found so small an | audience that he sought out the man- | ager for an explanation. "You see," | the manager told him, *my people are at the Halle concert." . "Ob," the actor sald, surprised, "I should hardly have ! thought your patrons would care much i for high class music." "No," the other ' explained. "To the truth, they go : to pick pockets."--London Mail. | : Mo sdf: 7. A Rank Offense. "May we have the pleasure of your company this evening, colonel?" she asked. : The colonel drew himself up haughti- ly and replied, with every evidence of offended dignity: y "Madam, I command a' regiment." " _ Neighbodly. Dobbs--So you're living in the coun try, eh? What kind of neighbors have you? Are they desirable? Hobbs] Desirable! Great Scott! We haven't a thing they don't desire, especially in the way of gardening implements.-- New Orleans Picayune. he The Wind Month. November was called by the ancient. Saxons the wint monat, or wind month, 'on account of the gales then prevalent It was also named the blot monat, or blood month, from the ancient practice of then slaughtering cattle for the win. | ter provisions. : A ---- AA i p Society takes ns away from our selves.~De Lambert. hii al ini Charles McConnell, senior, living a short distance north of Roblin, died on Wednesday epeving. While reading 'a paper he suddenly fell from his chair and expired, : Wonderful Mirage That Is Said to Have Been Photographed. ? One of the best stories regarding a mirdge is that told in Alaska concern ing the appearance of a city in the sky. .This "silent city" is said to bave ac tually been photographed, and, though there are skeptics, enough people claim to have seen it to make the story inter- esting. The first account of this "city of si- lence" was told by a prospector named Willoughby. He was a miner in Call- fornia and went to Alaska, where he settled in the vicinity of Muir glacier. In fact, it was Willoughby svho pilot- ed Professor Muir when he ascended the immense ice field which now bears the scientist's name. Willoughby al- ways told the story of this city which appeared in the sky with much ear nestness, and he carried a photograph which he said he took after several visits to the spot whence the vision could be seen. ; , 'When Willoughby first went to Alas. ka natives told him that at 'certain times of the year when the days were longest and the atmospheric conditions right they saw suspended in the heav- ens a town with streets, houses and many different kinds of buildings. So impressed was he that he engaged the Indians to take him to the place where the city could be seen, and in their ca- noes traveled to the spot. = After several attempts Willoughby at length saw this "silent city," as the natives called it. He said that the at- mosphere was so clear that mountains many miles away seemed near and that as he gazed the outlines of a city gradually assumed shape, and build- ing after bullding came to view. He distinctly saw tall office buildings, churches and spires, houses and ev- ery indication that the city was in- habited; but, though he saw it several | times, he could never detect a human being. A halo of light seemed to cov er all. As he gazed the vision faded and gradually receded. So convinced was he that he was looking at the mirage of an actual city that he made rds to show that he had been on the exact spot whence the picture in the sky could be seen. - Willoughby's photograph was crude, but enough could. be discerned to lead persons to assert that it was a view of Bristol, England, many thousand miles away. Willoughby told his story in 1888 or thereabouts. Since then sev- eral persons have sald that they saw the mirage. In every instance the mirage was surrounded. by a halo of light which poured a soft glow on roof and walls.--New York Sun. 5 1 / Jenny Lind Hated Us. ' Jenny Lind hated the Americans. She abhorred the very name of Bar num, who, she said, "exhibited me just as he did the, big giant or any other of his monstrosities." "But," said I, "you must not forget how you were idolized and appreciated in America. Even as a child 1 can re- member how they worshiped Jenny Lind." "Worshiped or not," she answered sharply, "I was nothing more than a show in a showman's hands. I can never forget that"--From "The Courts of Memory," by Mme. Lindenerone. Wholesale Favors. ~~ _ The young man entered the presi dent's office and stood first on one foot and then on the other. He dropped his hat, handkerchief and umbrella. Altogether he was in a highly devel- oped state of nervousness. "Well, well!" said the employer. "Out with it!" "I have come, sir," sald the young man, and then began to stammer. "Well, speak up! Have you come to ask for the hand of my daughter or a raise in salary?' "If you please, sir," stammered the young man, "it's both."--Exchange. ¥en TT viweael " Dead or Alive. ' Two Irishmen were working on the roof of a building one day when one made a misstep and fell to the ground. The other leaned over and called, "Are yez dead or alive, Mike?" "Of"m alive," sald Mike feebly. "Sure you're such a liar Ol don't know whether to belave yez or not." "Well, then, Oi must be dead," said Mike, 'for yez would never daré to call me a lar it Ol wor aloive."=Phil adelphia Record. § . % Simply a Bad Actor. The Lady--How did yon come to be thrown out of employment? The Thes- pian--"Tis a sad but soon told tale, madam. An apelike audience threw ancient 'eggs at moh; a mangy and mercenary manger threw muh down a flight of stairs; a dull witted doorman threw mub out into the street, and a twice taxicab threw muh twen- ty feet. Thus it was, lady ~Judge Evolution. "Of course you believe in evolu. tion?" . ] "Yes," replied Mr. Comrex. "My own recollectiuns of early days in the west remind me that many a sixty borsepower limousine can trace its financial ancestry back to a. 'prairie schooner.' "--Wiishington Star. . The Main Difference. "What is the real difference between mushrooms and toadstools™ ' 'One is a feast and the other is a funeral."--Baltimore American. : Merely Fiction. Minerva -- Isn't it strange, mother, that all the heroinée in novels marry poor men? Mater--Yes, my dear, bus that is fictlon.--judgs, : . Every being that can. ire can do something. This let him do.~Carlyle Miss Annie Armstrong, Napanee, re ceived a messdge announcing the death of her brother, tieorge Arm- strong. Melita, Man. Deceased was a former resident of Napanee and was injured last fall when his horses ran away, ; .diameter. It swarms with lizards, frogs, 'I ain't never bad a doot.'--Cleveland Her Nest Ablaze, She Will Stay by and Perish With Her Young. So strong is the mother love devel- oped In the stork and the lark: that i amounts to a- heroic passion. The stork, which spends the winter in Egypt and the summer in northern and western, Europe, likes to build its nest on the top of some 'steep gable roof. ISuch & nest is often a real nuisance to man, It is from three to five yards in -- dH i toads and other disagreeable creatures. It becomes in course of time so heavy : that it will break tbe roof if not artl- ficlally propped up. Nevertheless for various supersti- tious reasons the stork is not only wel- come but even courted by the Euro- pean peasants, and it cannot be denied that the respect with which the bird Is regarded is to some extent deserved. If the house takes fire and the young storks happen to be of an age at which they cannot be saved by being taken away from the nest the stork mother does not abandon them. Standing erect in the nest, flapping her wings to waft away the smoke and the flames and crying out now and then, she re- mains with ber young, perishing wit! them. . : The skylark, which builds its vest'in the meadows, runs away from it when frightened. She proceeds for four or five yards under the clover and rises perpendicularly in the air, pouring forth hér song in its wildest strains in order to divert the intruder's attention. But the peasant boy knows that so long as she remains hanging at the same point In the air he is still four or five yards from the nest, and be uses the direc- tion of her movements and the ring of. ber song to ascertain the exact spot. If it chances that the young larks are Just about to break through the hell of the eggs, at which time the mother Instinet is at its height, it is sald that at the very moment when the nest is touched the little bird will acually at- tack the intruder.--Harper's Weekly. AN EMPEROR'S TASTE. It Was the Origin of a Once Common Saying In Austria. An anecdote which was current of Ferdinand I. of Austria at one time greatly delighted his subjects and gave rise to a common saying. One sun- mer day he was hunting in the Syrian mountains and was overtaken by a violent thunderstorm. He sought ref- uge in a farmhouse whose occupants were just then at dinner; and his fancy was caught by some smoking dump- lings made of coarse flour. He tasted thew, liked them and asked for more, and when he got to Vienna, to the hor ror of the royal cooks, he ordered the same dumplings to be served up daily. ; The courtiers were scandalized that such a coarse dish should figure on the } Real Estate, Loans and Fire Insurance --" Agent fors---- Union Assurance Soc'y & Liverpool-Manitoba Assurance Co'y. OVER NORTHERN CROWN BANK. MARKET SQUARE, 'Phone 186. e. KINGSTON, ONY. USEFUL PRESENTS When Giving a Present 5 Give Something Useful Nickel Plated Tea and Coffe e Pots. Nickel Plated Tea and Coffee Perculators. Silver Knives and Forks. Carving Sets from $2.00 to $10.00. Carpet Sweepers from $2.00 to $6.00. Or something in "AUSTRIA" AGATEWARE, the tures. At ELLIOTT BROS. Phone 35, :- 77 Princess St. ¢ best manufae- JANUARY ~~ SALE Men's Box Calf, Velour Calf, Tan Calf and Patent Leather. All sizes in the lot. Regular $4.50 and $5.00, Sale Price - $3.50 IAIN a yr menu, and even his physicians remons: strated against the use of such food. The emperor had always been the most pliant of men, but: he now. ghow- ed that he had a will of his owl and persisted in gratifying bis new fancy. Finally the physicians pretended that it was dangerous to his health to be liv- ing on dumplings and Jnsisted on his giving them up. The hitherto docile sovereign stamped his foot and declar ed that he would never sign another official document if his diet were de- nied him. "Emperor I am," he shouted, "and dumplings I wil} have!" To prevent a stoppage of the govern- ment machinery opposition was with. drawn, and his majesty clung tena- ciously to his dumplings. Then the im- perial phrase became proverbial, and thereafter when any one insisted on gratifying a silly whim some one was sure to say: "Emperor I am, and dumplings I will bave!" x Profanity and Thought. Just as soon as a man starts to swearing he stops thinking. Didn't you ever notice it? Well, just notice and see. We don't endeavor to explain it, but it is so. There must be some psychological explanation for it--as, for instance, just.at that moment the devil gets into the brain and sérambles it up so it cannot think. It is just like him to do it, for his gréatest hold in this world is murky and disheveled ! thinking.--Ohio State Journal. Where a Trunk Is a Box, Don't look for the ticket agent at an English railway" station, so that you can buy a ticket to your destination. Look for the "booking agent" and "book" to the point, and, keeping in mind jthat what you really want is the baggage car, hunt--up the "luggage van," and, baring found it, remember that if your trunk-.is in it it is fo it as a "box," not as a trunk~New York Post. > His Excuse. "You seem like a spiritiess creature. I don't belleve you've got emongh am- bition' to open your door when Uppor tunity knocks." ' "Don't be too bard on me, ma'am Plain Degler. The Indian Runner, * A certain variety of duck, called the Indian Runner, will produce more eggs than a Leghorn hen, according to a writer in the Country Gentleman, and the young ducklings grow four times as_ fast as chickens. ---------- Put Himself In Bad. The Spinster--Your face is so fa- miliar to we, professor, I'm sure we've met before. Distinguished Foreigner ~Very likely. 1 vos in dis country ven | vos a young chap. =~ London Oplolon. | |. scones a Milion Kerr Adama, mayor of Pic' ton for WII, is a som of the late Capt. F. W. Adams, and Was born H Jennings, - King St. Canada's finest Sugar at its best Your love of cleanliness and purity will be gratified by this S- Pound Sealed Package of Extra Granulated Sugar, It's Canada's finest sugar, fresh from the Refinery, untouched by human hands. = Each Package contains 5 {ull pounds of sugar. Your Grocer can supply you. ~~ Canada Sugar Refining ' near Milford, July 29th, 1872. The family moved to Picton when Milton was quite young. hia Spring 'Fall wheat. It has the bread-making powers of the one--and the pastry. making powers of the others. Every woman, who brings "BEAVER" Flour into her home, makes the right start towards better Bread and Pastry, 12 DEALERS Write us for prices on Feed, Coarse Grain and Cereals. THE T. HB. TAYLOR CO. LIMITED, » CHATSAM, Ont,