FT t t, + He down his own life's Vir "und, but with a strange sort of ex- he been converted to the use of the He was strong, and handsome, and i » beloved, and loving and z _ im, and the fire of his soul on his With mother and sister and sweet "heart, his safe, glad' days went Till his country called on her child- ren, to fight and to die. oh da i ¥ "Good-bye to mother and "good-bye to my fink od 3 hnaety. : 7 fight you--you pray for me, we shall not be apart." The 'Women prayed al the sunrise, they prayed when the skies grew His mother and sister prayed ior the . onuse, his sweetheart prayed for him. sister; weet- For mother : and gister and sweet-, "heart, but most for the trae snd hopes, and led his men to fight. Skirmishing ing, scouti and spying, sight-wateh, attack aud defeat, The resolute, desperate fighting, the hopeless, reluctant . retreat; Ruin, defeat and disaster, andl loss 'and despair, J And half of his iment hidden, and only this man knew where «Prisoner, fast bomnd, sore wounded, 'bro Mim roughly along, With his as weak and broken ad his spirit was steadfast and strong . eapture Before the Prussicn general, "Where are _vour men ?" he heard. He looked black: Death in its ugly face, and answered never a word. *Where is: vour regiment hidden ? Speak, you are patdoned straight. No? We can find dumb dogs their tonghes, you spy, you reprobate!' They dr: his' mother and into open hall; i "Give up your men, if these women are ir to your heart at all." He turned his eyes on his sister, and- spoke to her silently; sister TOUCH OF THE CZARINA. ¢ Like a Miracle Cure -- Her Dangh- ters Nurses, Almost in the shadow of the Im- perial Palace in Tsarskoye-Selo, the winter 'home of Emperor Nicholas, there isa low building half hidden behind villas, artificial . ruins, and triumphal) arches, which is perhaps the most remarkable hospital impro- during the present war. § Come out not'only healed and Sol- fon that one might expect to find in a patient who had been cured by a The ballding was formerly the bar- racks of the Imperial Guards, but during the absence of the troops it (oven that men set their trust | She apswe his silence with speaking and straight from the heart spoke she : "If you betray yous country, you spit on your father's name; And what is life without honor ? What is death if void of shame ?" He looked on the mother who bore him, and her smile was splendid to gee; | ; He hid "his face with a bitter cry but never a word spoke he. "Son of my own--be silent. My days at the best are few, And 1 shall know how to give them, son of my beart, for you." 'He shivered, set teeth, kept silence, with never a glaint or ery: + The women were slain before him abd he stood and saw them: die. Then they brought his lovely he loved, desire of his heart and eves; 'Say where your men are hidden, or say that your sweetheart divert She threw her arms about him, she Inid her lips to his cheek: "Speak for my sake, who loves yom, Love, for our love's sake, speak." Long he looked at his sweetheart, his eyes grew tender and wet; Closely he held her to him, his lips to her lips were set. "See, I am young, T love you, T am got ready to die; One word makes us happy forever, together, you and 1." ter arms around his neck were clinging, ber lips his cold lips caressed; He suddenly flung her from him, and folded his arms on his breast. And still he stood, and his silence like fire, was burning him through, The muskets spoke once, and were silent, aydishe was silent too. They: turned to torture him furth- er, if further might be--in vain, fle had Held his peace in that three- fold hell, and he never spoke again, his is the story of Renyea, and now you have heard it through, Pray God He send no trial like this to try the faith of you lt if His doom be upon vou, then may God grant you this, Fo fight as good a fight as he, and win a' crown like his. duchess Olga and Tatiana, work among the: other Red Cross nurses from 10 o'clock every morning till lute in the afternoon. There is nothing either in the na- ture of their work or in the appear: ance of their gray gingham uniforms and white, nunlike hoods to distin- guish them from the others. They attend lectures on surfical and gen- eral nursing with the other student- nurses, dress wounds with their own hands, assist in operations, make the rounds with the medical staff, and pagiicipate in the general life of the hospital in all its details. Their rank is not made the excuse for any escape or respite from the hardships or unpleasantness of the daily rout- unded, and is supported by funds at the disposal of the minister of the | ipperial court, At the 'special re- | 'of the empress, a part of the | pian has been set aside as the, rt hospital where the empress and hér two eldest daughters, the grand RE 4 bey a ine. At all the most difficult oper- ations her majesty acts 'as head nurse, handling the operating sug: geon his instruments, while the two grand duchesses pass the necessary cloths and bandages, It has been the desire of the em- press that her two daughters work Cressy, Aboukir and Hague. ssued to all nurses and hat the incognito of the yithstanding their rome known. The effect of this im- »erial presence on the simple peas- int mind cannot be fully appreciated without understanding the religious iwe which thé peasant feels toward he imperial family. The actual pres- mce of members of the family at the edside strikes him in itself as noth- ng less than a miracle. This semi-religious exaltation of he wounded soldiers has, according 0 the surgeons in the hospital, noti- eably hastened their return to ieaith. One reservist from Northern tussia had to be restrained from dis- urbing the ward by his joyful repe- tition of the fact that "The Little Mother talked to me and gave me my nedicine."" Another patient declared with apparent conviction that he had rrown five years younger, because she bandages on his arm had been 'hanged by one of thé grand duch- esses, Once a week the emperor himself son and his two youngest daughters, Marie and Anastasia. During these vigits it is his custom to make the ntire rounds of the 121 beds for privates and twenty-nine for officers ind to question the men as to how they received their wounds. All the hospitals in Tsarakoye.- Selo and Pavlovsk are under the pa- tronage of the empress and the wounded are conveyed from the hos- pitals trains in the automgbiles of the imperial garage. At present the ordinary ceremonial life of the court ir suspended, while high officials, many of whom serve on hospital com- exclusively in the ward for private | Efficienc is Looking With and of the new army. nervous energy. Your blood must be ness, and lose your effic "and is in you if ing in order to replace the célls and tissues . wasted by the activities of life, for other~ wise you become weak, feel tired and easily discouraged, suffer from headaches, indigestion and sleepless- ciency, This age of keen competition demands rest that y and Health To this Man of Red Blood and Steady Nerves the Whole British Empire Confidence. Efficiency everywhere marks the work of Lord Kitchener as organizer of campaigns Recognizing that man's efliciency depends on his health, he has given strict admonitions as to the diet and habits of the men under his command. Whether working with brain or muscles You cannot do your best unless you keep the machinery of the body in perfect work. ing order, and maintain a reserve force of S50 rich, red, nourish- nervous, irritable, you are to 8 . Chase's Nerve Food will help you by forming new, rich blood and filling the | body with new vigor and vitality. Mr: John Stevens, Glenella, Man., writes :-- "Three years ago I was so severe- ly injured that 1 was left with & broken- down nervous system. I could not rest or : Sleep, and though 1 tried several medicines | cou! get no relief. cured by Dr Reading about many . Chase's Nerve Food, I : ed to try it, and after using. nine boxes e and healthy, and well fitted TE ELT > : felt like a different man. oe Suh sleep, instead of feeling tired in 'morning, 1 1 now enjoy am strong and for my work." visits the hospital, with his yo gl SENIOR LIEUTENANT WEDDIGEN, SUBMARINE The most popular man in all Germany, with the possible exception of General Von Hindenburg, is Senior Lieutenant Otto Weddigen, com- mander of the submarine "U-9", which sank the three Emperor Franz Joseph, of Austria, has conferred on him the Knight Cross of Leopold Order. SAR A AA A AAA A AA in soldiers, and instructions have been, mittees, COMMANDER OF GERMAN Burns before the inmost shrine, Where the lips that Jove thy name Consecrate their hopes and thine, Where the banners of thy dead Weave their shadows overhead, Watch beside thine arms to-night, | ! Pray that God defend the Right. Think that when to-morrow comes War shall claim command of all, {Thou m ist hear the roll of drums, Thou must hear the trumpet's call, Now before they silence ruth, ) Commune with the voice of truth; | England! on thy knees to-night | Z19 Sut Sud; defend tus Rog, 3 , Single-hearted, unafraid, SAL ) Hither all thy heroes cam § On this altar's steps were laid 1 Gordon's life and Outram"s fame, ; | By heir if thy will be yet By their great example set, a4 Here beside thine arms to-night * Pray that God defend the Right, 1 So shalt thou when morning comes 5 Rise to conquer or to fall, ! Joyful hear the rolling drums, Ei Joyful hear the trumpets call. { Then let Mémory tell thy heart; "England! what thou wert, thou art!" Gird thee with thine ancient might, Forth! and God defend the Right! SHE LIVES ON, # Empress Carlotta Taken to Wales at Beginning of War, Inexplicable and pathetic is the mystery of the clouded mind «- the death in life. that causes physical bodies of men and women to linger on earth when the soul seems to have fled! How grateful to many who die in the midst of happiness at an early age would be the prolongation of ex istence which in the case of mental alienation seems not a blessing but a curse! In the range of human history ns and ladies of the orderliés | with one another imperial {time and money itp arses be kept a striet secret, not- | conditions identity has be- | wounded Russian soldiers. A PRISONER OF UHLANS, { of silence one of the cavalrymen, in|' "Who are] fear of what would happen in case of -- American Pressman Sees a Captive Executed. London Graphic. 2 Phil. Rader, an American newspa- perman, who was made<a prisoner by Uhlans, has (says the Central News Paris correspondent) enlisted iin the French Flying Corps. Mr. Ra- der, a native of San Francisco, had intended to accompany Lieutenant Porte in his contemplated transat- lantie fight. Mr. Rader was made during the German advance upon Paris, and has given an account of his exciting experiences during his captivity. Mr. Rader says he espled a cavalry detachment, and ran his car into their midst with a cheery salutation of "Hello, boys," After some seconds perfect English, asked, vou? Where do you come from?" Mr. Rader's explanations of nents was cut short by his interro- zator's statement, "1 wuppose you know that we are Germans--Uhlans and that you are our prisoner?" After a visit to the Uhlans colonel, Mr. Rader was taken to St. Quentin 1nd put in chains. Late at night he was joined by an- ther prisoner, George Wheeler, an American, from Boston. 'ans were taken before a court of rerman officers. Wheeler was sear- 'hed, and this so enraged him that he cried out, ""This is a --of a way fo treat an American." An standing by told him that if he did not like sueh treatment he should sed, Wheeler swung round and,cateh- ing the officer under the jaw, laid word was spoken. Then a command was rapped out in German and Wheel- er was unchained from Mr. and led to the other side of the room. A few more questions were address- ed to Mr. Wheeler, and the two were led back to their improvised goal, Next morning Wheeler was placed against a wall and a firing squad put thirty bullets into him. And to close that ghastly scene Mr. Rader saw Wheeler's body thrown into the shal- low grave. Mr. Rader was led to a waiting mo tor-car and takem to Valenciennes, where he was led before the general, who, learning that the captive de- sired nothing more than to return to Paris, made out a pass for him, pro- mising to jein Mr. Rader iat dinner in Paris very soon. BRITISH COLUMBIA PORTS Benefit By the Opening of the Pana- ma Canal. That the Canadian Railways oper- ating in Western Canada intend to make use of the new water route placed at their disposal by the com- pletion of the Panama eanal, is the opinion of R. E. Mansfield, the Unit- ed States consul at Vancouver, B.C. An official report filed at Washing- ton, refers to the great harbor and carried out at Prince Rupert. He States that many millions of dollars have already been expended there, or the expenditure ple and satisfactory as any on the the western terminal' of the Grand Trunk Pacitic railway tapping the new and rich country of the north. British Columbia, Mr. Mansfield thinks, will make considerable use of the canal for its European trade. It will be able to ship, 'without break- ing cargoes, to-any port of the world, and the almost untouched natural re- sources of British Columbia, it is said, will find a market abroad for many years to come. root which reason? of Maximilian, she lingers yet, she talks of him as if a prisoner | violence know no bounds. the presence of her royal brother Leo- his move-|caused her removal where she now is with her physician uncle, Lord Macaulay. a thousand feet. it purposely. tention to it he sald: moving one step at a time, It is not deaths than any other single disease in India. there has been no sadder instance of & mind o'ercast than that of the Mexi- can ex-Empress Carlotta, sister of the late King Leopold of Belgium. In 1866, when the fortunes of her fll- fated husband, Maximilian, were waning, she sought to secure help for him by exerting her personal influ- ence in Europe, It was while she was in the midst of a private 'audience with Pope Pius IX. in the Vatican that her reason suddenly fled. Was it Fellow | that the horrors closing in upon her fated consort were strained beyond her strength, or had she, as was re- ported and believed at the time, been fed by treacherous attendants a slowly undermines the She never knew of the expulsion At times to-day, for he were still alive. Usually she is quiet, but when excited her anger and She hated pold, and on the occasion of his last visit to her hurled flower pots at his head and kicked his ulcerated leg, hurting him so severely that he took to bis bed. For years her place of confinement has been the chateau of Bouchot. On the invasion of Belgium the natural the soldiery overrunning the place to England, and the members of her household, in a beautiful country house in Wales, surrounded by a private park. Prisoners of War. York Castle, which is being used as a place of detention for prisoners of war in England, is one of the fin- > : est of the nation's old buildings. It is Early next morning the two Ameri 'well situated for its present purpose, being between the rivers Foss and Ouse. Its walls enclose no fewer than four acres, with space to contain 40,- 000 persons. The castle dates back officer | oo rtainly from Roman times; possibly from the days of the ancient Britons, Clifford's Tower, the chief of the have stayed at home. Further incen-|.qyigting buildings, was reduced al- 'most to a hell by fire in 1648, but i wag surrounded by a strong project- lim prone. For a few seconds not & ing wall, erected in 1836. This tow- er was the scene of a massacre of Jews in the reign of Richard I., the Rader| pumber put to death being chronicled as 500. held in an outbuilding which dates back to 1777, and the prison, which is not yet a century old, is also with- in the castle space. The Yorkshire Assizes are A Famous "Bull" Vindicated. John Morley was dining with Sir George Trevelyan and was chafing him about a famous "bull" of his "You remeém- ber it--the thunder of the oncoming host-----a thousand tongues, a thous- and spears, a thousand feet." observed Trevelyan quietly, "a great deal of sport has been made of that "Yes," supposed blunder of the army with But my uncle wrote It 'was no slip of the pen, When some one called his at. "My army is jumping like a frog.'™ And when you come to think of it the noise of a thousand men marching is made by a thousand feet. Love of Knowledge. 1 solemnly declare that but for the love of knowledge I should gonsider the life of the meanest hedger and dock improvements that. are being greatest and richest man in existence, for the fire of oyr minds is like the fire which the Persians burn on the mountains--it flames nigh t provided for, so that the harbor facilities may be as am- 204% immortal and not to be quench. Upon something it must act and Pacific coast. Prince Rupert being. a abel the pure apifit of kale luting passions.---Sydney Roudln. Malaria In India. Malaria causes more sickness and Busy Monto Carlo. HEDGE Mrs. Kelly Advises all Women to Take "Fruit-a-Tives" they did me a world of good. We t a good many dollar's worth, they dia all that you cla ey di you Their : : read han -- if ra oe g my letter, lo, 1 am satisfic the results will be the same as in my own case", Mas. W. N. 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