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If ftvyc$A !vo,\^ : *"i&.-.J v'/'. »4,i- •.•^,^,-;.'.-gi^Vo. •"*? %: u. TALK ON WESTERN HE war has made the cut a changed man. Instead of the in­ visible aristocrat, concealed from his people behind great palace walls, enormous parks and flies of Imperial guards, pro­ tected with infinite care from the assassin, he has become al­ most a democratic ruler. * Everywhere he appears among his people and among his sol­ diers, returning their greetings, blessing them and encouraging them. Discre­ tion is thrown to the winds. Several times he has penetrated to the battlefields of Poland and would have exposed himself to the shrapnel of the Prussians had not his entourage skillfully rendered this Impossible. His dress is simpjb and he is often seen In peasant garb--that is a suit of some fine ma­ terial cut in peasant blouse style, a manly-look- ing costume of which the true Russian Is very proud. More remarkable still, the queen, always be­ fore the most exclusive of royalty, has gone among her people, visiting the sick and wound' ed. The Russians scarcely knew her before. There is In' all this ostensible activity a little more than the desire to arouse and encourage the fighting nation. There is more, for instance, than inspired the visit of King George to his troops in Flanders. This extra element is anxi­ ety, a lively fear and not of German howitzers. The victories of Russian arms have their sweet­ ness mixed with bitterness for the czar and his family Why? The reason is none other than the ma­ jestic figure of the Grand Duke Nicholas Nich-V olaievitch, the commander In chief of the Mus­ covite forces. The czar Las long suffered by physical comparison with his soldier cousin-- now he suffers in a more serious way. If ever there was a king in looks it Is Nich­ olas Nicholaievitch. He is full six feet six inches in his stockings, lean but graceful, with a head In which the keenest intelligence is combined .with vast dignity and force. When he is with the czar the latter by com­ parison is weak and insignificant looking, a cod­ dled monarch. In secret the czar's subjects are not slow to speak of this and many avow history of the past twenty-five years would have been far different if this tall Mars had been in his cousin's place, that the humiliation of the defeat by Japan would have been spared the proud Russians. It has to be remembered that the commander in chief has taken his commission to make him dic­ tator of Russia. The proclamations to the Poles and the Jews promising liberties in exchange for loyalty during the war were not signed by the czar, but by Nicholas Nicholaievitch. This was astonishing in itself and many have maintained made the promises null and void because the promising party would never have the power, if he had the wish, to carry out his obligations to the oppressed peoples. Tet, would the czar dare to oppose his victori­ ous general by refusing to grant a request to carry out these promises? Such an issue might prove a popular one for' IMcholas Nicholaievitch. The history of Grand Duke Nicholas begins in an unhappy youth. He clung to his German mother, whose Russian husband had woefully wronged her and ruined the family fortune. But come to manhood, he followed straight in his father's footsteps, for the parent was one of Csar Alexander H's famous field marshals, who many times had scourged the enemies of Rus­ sia. Alexander III was not especially fond of the young Grand Duke Nicholas, for noble and peas­ ant alike consciously or unconsciously gave more homage to this splendid giant than to the three spindling, dull sons of the ruler. He ordered that the grand -duke's army activities must be limited to the cavalry--but the only result was soon to be told that his horsemen, thanks to 'Nicholas Nicholaievitch, were now the best in Europe! Meantime the Nicholas* family life was not free from the scandal which so often has made the title "grand duke" a reproach. He first mar­ ried the middle-aged widow of a wealthy trader. He did not bring her to court, but left her at Moscow, where she would be safe from the slights her extraction might earn her in higher company. She died and her husband, now a rich man, only too quickly wedded the Princess Anas- tasia of Montenegro, with whom he had long been in love. It was while she was the wife of another man, the duke of Leuchtenberg, that Nicholas Nicholaievitch wooed and won her. She persuaded Czar Nicholas to permit her divorce. Anastasia is a large-framed, vigorous, ambi­ tious woman, devoted to the cause of the Slavs. She is a firebrand and unscrupulous in methods to further her husband's progress to the position of natural leader of the Russian Slavs. It is said her husband is altogether too intimate with a certain lady of the imperial ballet, but this does not seem to affect the relations between the wedded couple. She is always magnificently clad and is as regal in figure as her husband. Throughout the Japanese war the soldiers hoped Grand Duke Nicholas would be r.iade their leader and he was again and again promised to them. Many believed final disaster would have been averted if the czar had conquered his jeal­ ousy of his popular cousin. After the war, when the throne was threatened by the revolutionists, the czar was forced to fall back on the man he had slighted and the grand duke restored order by stern means. He was in danger of assassina­ tion, and commanded admiration by constantly going about the streets unattended. Just what happened when the present war broke out remains to be told. It will be an in­ teresting story. It is known that the czar aspired to follow the kaiser's example, take the field with his soldiers, and "be his own field marshal." What pressure was brought to bear to dissuade him from this purpose and to force his accept­ ance of Grand Duke Nicholas is hard to say. But there are rumors that the mobilization was well along before the czar knew of it. It is to be remembered there is a Junker party in Russia as well as in Prussia. And this party claims the grand duke as leader. The present situation is this: The cabinet council of the empire meets every day at Peter- hof. Its resolutions are outwardly submitted to the czar for confirmation; but, as a matter of fact, the cabinet simply O. K.'s the orders of the all-powerful commander in chief and the czar then also attaches his signature. In time of war the cabinet does not dare defy the army head, nor does the czar. If all this is concealetTHfrom the mass of the Russian people, it is entirely clear to that astute German, the czarina. Supposed to be a nervous t invalid, she has suddenly donned the garments of the Sisters of Charity with her daughters and entered the hospital wards. She is even present at operations and has bound up the soldiers' wounds with her own hands. Anyone who knows the almost religious attitude of the Russian peas­ ant to the "Little Father" can realize the wild' enthusiasm aroused among those whom the czar­ ina thus visits^ Can the czarina be striving to win back for her family the personal popularity the grand duke is taking from her husband? It may be so. Her little Bon, now ten years old, is suffering from an obscure ailment and may never grow to maturity. ' If he lives he might have hard work in gaining the throne, for the tradition of blood Inheritance is not any too strong in Russia. Many times in her history Russia has seen inheri­ tance by might instead. If the czarevitch dies the ̂ succession would fall to the Grand Duchess Olga, eldest daughter of the czar. To bolster up her claims the czarina is said to be working for a marriage with the Grand Duke Dmitri. Dmitri is closer to the PUC- cession than Grand Duke Nicholas. But he Is little of the soldier--a handsome fellow, yet too elegant and irresponsible. If the betrothal were announced of Olga and Dmitri with the proclamation that Olga is to ascend the throne in the event of her brother's death, the party of the Grand Duke Nicholas would know what that meant. It might be well followed by a conflict. Would the army stand by the czar or by their leader of the great war? WORK ON THE FIRING LINE Monk Went Into Twelve Battles With Bavarians and Was Wounded in Foot. • A South German monk who entered the First regiment of the Bavarian Royal Guards as a vol­ unteer officer at the beginning of the war, is now lying wounded in the hospital at Freiburg. He described his experiences when he was Inter­ viewed: "On August 10 our battalion was sent direct to the frontier. Then we proceeded in forced marches as rapidly as possible to the Vosges mountains, where the French had already taken up their positions. "The French had intrenched themselves so se­ curely and firmly that they could hardly get out again. All who fled we shot down. At nine o'clock their positions were ours. They threw away everything they had--rifles, blankets and knapsacks--in the panic of fear. All their trenches were full of dead and wounded. "Our artillery had come up meanwhile;( their shrapnel tore fearful gaps in the ranks of the fleeing Frenchmen, as they could not scatter in the narrow valley through which they had to re­ treat. "The French prisoners we took seemed to re­ gard us as monsters. Everywhere we went after­ ward the French terrified the people by crying, 'The Bavarians are coming!' They remember us still from 1870. "I took part In twelve great battles. The last was near Epinal, where we .were lying three days under fire. I was wounded about four o'clock in the afternoon of the third day. That was the worst day of all. The shrapnel burst over us from two sides at once. We sought protection even behind the dead. "It was the fiercest fire I ever saw. I pushed my way back through the hail of bullets, and a piece of shrapnel tore my knapsack open. Finally 1 reached a dismantled battery and lay down under cover of the timbers. The bullet which passed through my foot was buried in the sole of my shoe, and the shrapnel was found in the meat tin. I have them both as souvenirs." THE WIDOW'S HINT. "Is it true that the widow proposed to Tomp­ kins?" "Yes, In a way. Tompkins was calling there one evening, when she handed him a novel to read entitled "Put Yourself in His Place.' Tomp­ kins took the hint." PLAYED A DUAL ROLE. "Now," said a newly-made husband, "I am your captain, and you must let me command you through life." "Yon have a dual capacity," replied the former widow, "because you are my captain and my sec­ ond mate, also."--London Telegraph. VITAL FORCE SHOWN BY HAIR Iteeords the Condition of the Body In a Manner That Is Practically Infallible. In the course of its continuous growth the hair records the tide of vitality as it rises and falls in the body. When a hair is held up to the light it may be seen to be smaller at some places than at others. There may be a space of one-eighth of an inch, perhaps, where tHe hair is .so thin as to appear ready to break off. Such spots indicate an appreciable loss of nourishment, a sleepless night or an attack of auto-intoxication. In the last named cases the gei^ral vital­ ity is interfered with, and the roots of the hair not being developed are not as strong as otherwise. The hair grows until the weight is so great that it can no longer be sus­ tained by the roots and it drops out. That is why hairs are of different lengths. Coarse hair, having large roots, will grow long. When the vital­ ity is low all over the body the roots are imperfectly developed and the hair is likely to fall out, as in cases of typhoid fever. Dandruff is a parasitic disease, and tb^ parasites get down around the root of the hair, which becomes dis­ eased. That is another reason why the hair falls out. Wind and Water. The long-winded member of the de­ bate club haid held forth for many minutes past his allotted time, and ' ) still showed no signs of exhaustion. Feeling thirsty, he reached out for the water carafe, but found it empty. Mo­ tioning to the usher to have it filled, he wduld have proceeded with his speech but for an interruption. A member in the back seat rose and waved his arms excitedly. "I protest, Mr. Chairman," he Said, "I protest.'* "Protest against what?" asked the chairman., "Running a windmill with water," was the. reply.--Pittsburgh Chronicle DIB patch. „ Facts Don't Lie--Western Can­ ada Is Full of Facts--Here Are Three of Them. 1. C. T. Moore, Underhill, Man. Came from Bruce County, Ontario, 1882, with a capital of $2.00. Home- steaded quarter section. No^ owns 2,800 acres for which he paid average of $20.00--worth today $40.00 per acre. 2. James Steel, Battleford, Sas­ katchewan. Came from Perthshire, Scotland, 1904. His fare advanced to bring himself and family to Canada. Took up homestead, which he sold later $25.00 per acre, buying 1,000 acres at $15.00 per acre. Has been very successful in mixed farming. Values land now at $40.00 per acre, and is worth $60.00. "If I had re­ mained in the Old Country my gray hairs would have been a passport to the poor house," he 3ays. 3. H. J. Smith, Clover Bar, Alberta. Came from North Michigan, 1893, without capital. Now farming 800 acreB, valued at $200 per acre. Pur­ chased originally at $15.00 per acre. Engaged In mixed farming. Cows average him $150.00 a year. All this talk about the exploitation of labor by capital, class distinction, living wage, high cost of living, and so forth, doesn't hold the slightest Interest for the Canadian farmer. Why? Because he has proved that you can't begin too poor to- become rich in Canada; that free homesteads preclude the possibility of being robbed of freedom and independence; that the high cost of living can't hurt the man who grows most of his own necessities; that his labor brings re­ ward in exact and just proportion to time and intelligence invested. If those who whine at urban condl tlons would give a little time to in Yestigating those suburban, they would likely spy a clear way out of their difficulties. For the first step, drop a card to any Canadian Govern­ ment Agent.--Advertisement. Students Study Grading of Grain. How the grain markets of the coun try handle and grade the farmer*' pro­ ducts is being studied in a course which was started at the Ohio state university last year: The students taking the course are seniors in the department of agriculture. The students are given lectures on market distribution and study the field crops of the world. In the labor atory they study the grading of grain, testing it as to weight, color, percent­ age of moisture, quality, soundness and kind. Samples of ear corn and grains are received from farmers in Franklin county and from grain ex­ changes in the primary markets. A GLASS OF SALTS WILL END KIDNEY-BACKACHE Says Drugs Exolte Kidneys and Re» ommends Only Salts, Particularly If Bladder Bothers You. v When your kidneys hurt and your back feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract Keep yofir kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them with a mild, harmless salts which re­ moves the body's urinous, waste and stimulates them to their normal activ­ ity. The function of the kidneys Is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from it 500 grains of acid and waste, so we can readily understand the vital importance of keeping the kidneyB active. Drink lots of water--you can't drink too much; also get from any pharma^ cist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glaBS of water before breakfast each morning for a few cays and your kidneys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with llthla, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate clogged kidneys; also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer is a source of Irritation, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in- Jure; makes a delightful effervescent llthla-water drink which everyone should take now and then to keep their kidneys clean and active. Try this, also keep up the water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of your kidney' trouble and backache.--Adv. Indignation of Brother Bulginback. "T\ir's 'bout fou' thousan' cullud peo­ ple in dis town, mostly swindles!" in­ dignantly stated old Brother Bulgin­ back. 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