to send rse suffering | sgh never Aoigei Be seh trouble and expense ofa fe prt journey. Surely it is time that all oer manaaensiadamee, ree net hong be tn the sie to "WAUSE POOR mM FRENDS] hack to "VIVED LIGHT ON ae TRAFFIC IN OLD HORSES. TALATION HY conver THE VENGEANOE/YOW AND ITs CONSUMMATION, Geasky of un t Possibilities Lacks keculeg 6 RAE Meson tar ena Coast. _ Be q Remarkable Man. For sheer versatility, for devo. | BELGIUM'S INVASION A GOOD). tion to work, and ae 'fearlessness | THING FOR FRANCE. - sport, Saint Nehal Sing in he Strand Mf Magazine, the Mahara-| ee @ ers, men ahd women, Sts chop tot beatles e--a trade Busi-« | this that is re of Gwalior is unexcelled amon * ' \ Telling the Tale. of the Oreel ges a disgrace to ed, but the ths fee pajees He can carry P| he Kalser's Staff Made the Vital of s constitutional regime, the Telling as Few Instances Where ness and of Britain's greatest of all Oe in i Sepia | his ead the minutest details of the} Blunder of Underrating rapid spread of industrialism, the Nothing Seriously Shame. aly ie adam ati , edtainieteastos of his state, which . Opponents. greatest agrarian reforms since Reaulied: t gg it our}is more than 95,000 square miles é : emancipation, and a 'paiaatkably in- \- Ev very y year @ procession of tired, siieliaere> to 'nee at these ei area--about twice the size of brave} In the Bulletin des Francais, pub-| telligent study and handling of the} Some convicted . prisoners: i worn,out old horses marches weer: beasts, w ae Seneca: us eo. 1088 | Belgium. He can do the work of} lished at Bordeaux, France, there} problems of primary education;|their sentences philosophi ly from/all parts of Bogie to ae €| and faithfully, 'should die painlees-| the lowest olerk in employ in pears in an issue of the present | agriculture and intemperance, enough ; others rags for a bit, Secs of London, Uecragy Holy al 3 ly. the remotest part of his dominion, | 'month an interesting comment dn Along with this has come a clear | then quiet down. Others burn wi le, Grimsby 1, wri : . pa perform © most complicated German strategy in the present/ appreciation of the richness of her|the lust for revenge of the real,- age ts Hon A? i aiid M. ' BARBED WIRE IN WAR. highest-pai With sagal facility he can discharge | The caption of the article ia "German Strategic Errors," and resources. world there exists to-day a famine "In the markets of the sort; and it seems to give thent some kind of ghoulish satisfartio: Pose old fellows 'ay are, too! -- ne ; ; the duties of the trooper or in-|jn it is pointed out what are con-|in meat, lumber and breadstuffs,"' | --it alleviates their thirst for blo have fol eeeniecdy on sonny one eee ---- ask GON fantryman of his army, or can head | sidered to be, from a French stand-| say the Russian economists, and |--if the ey can, with mighty oaths) : with never - the brilliant column of his military | point, Germany' @ greatest military! Russia has, or can develop, all ansiaes what they're going to ""banlk"" at the stifest fence. and there Anay™ seen a stocky little pony, who for years has taken the kiddies of the -- cart--and brought them , too !--willingly and --7 A few sturdy Clydesdales; who have served their masters faithfully and long at many a ploughing and har- vest, also take part in this sad march past. ily out in a With the aeroplane and motor traction, barbed wire is among the latest innovations of modern war- fare, and in order to appreciate the difficulties which our soldiers have to face is attacking a German posi- tion it is necessary to know exactly what these wire obstructions are, and the conditions under which they are used. There are two classes of wire en- tanglements, namely, high and ow, and both possess that essential forces. With perfect sangfroid he can jump into the driver's cab and pilot a heavily laden railway train over the steepest gradients and around the most treacherous curves. For him to see a broken- down motorcar is to feel his fingers twitching to put it into.action. And he is no mere mechanic, but is an inventor as we 1 have been told of times when this ruler--only 38 years old at the errors up to the latter part of No- vember. The article as translated is in part as follows: "Tt appears that the German Genera] Staff has begun to pay for the great mistake made in the pre- paration of its war plans, w ich was to underestimate the worth of Germany's adversaries. The er- mans permitted themselves to be persuaded by Pan- German coast is too small for so state and- she is bound to demand fables | more. three to an indefinite amount. Rus- sia has a geographic basis for a great nation such as is by no other people unless it be our own, possessed It is wanting, however, in one important respect; it lacks an ade- quate coast line. Rusésia's sea large a Indeed, that is what she bas concerning the alleged undisciplin- | been doing for centuries, her coast- hen the day of freedom comeé, writes = prison chaplain in London Answ - Murder Bent. I remember one man saying to me, with vicious bitterness and an evil light in his eyes: "You wait, parson, till I get out of this} Give me twenty-four hours, and I|'])} hash the life out of him! The scoun- rel!' And he grits his teeth. "You check him, or try to; but it's You might,~ aps, 'think that |, ie : ions) Present time--has sat through the condition of the French soldiers,) ward movement has been in pro- these nig erin. these old "eimpherty an = pe peer inan best part of the night puzzling over = miserably insufficient prepared-| gress for at least four hundred | useless. He'll admit the truth L. friends, 'are ending their way to] tion . the details of revenue and expendi- ness of the English, the supposedly | years and we are witnesses to-day what you say, but, 'Wait and Lyou'l] some Py grazing ground where, High entanglements are most/ture of his state, jumped in the poorly organized Russian Army as of another gigantic step in this di. | see! See you back here! og after their years of faithful service, commonly used to protect trenches; Morning on the engine and taken a jidged by the Manchurian cam-| rection. he Germans block the complete, with | significance. "t they will be allowed to pass the re-| against bayonet charges. For this! party of distinguished hunters over] paigns, and, finally, the worth of |)way, and ultimately, combined with|don't care! I'! swing for him! Well, there you have to leave it. mainder of their days in -pine SS and peace--that this procession is vpe of honor, beth to them = and their masters. ut it is neither. On the con- trary, outside England it is known as 'England' s Shame." In Eng- land itself it is called the "traffic in old horses." In everyday life, in sport and war, our horses have taken their share. purpose stout stakes some five feet long are used. They are planted jin the ground about six feet apart in rows in front of the trenches, which it is desired to shield from assault. If time and material per- mit at least six rows are driven in, and sometimes the stakes are made more secure by being fastened '; " Sa agp of wire to holdfasts or pegs. f ach stake is then connected to the mountainside into the jung'e, and spent the whole day stalking lions and tigers from an elephant's back. mcne such occasion he and the back of an elephant in a sort of balanced saddle. The maharajah was placed on one side of the huw- dah along with another heavy-set hunter, while two lightweights were three other friends were riding on]. the little Belgian National Guard. Drunken with self-confidence they thought, 'Is there an enemy we have not conquered ?' Presumed Too Much. "Their plan has always shown a singularly impertinent presump- tion. We saw much of that in their inspired a oe concerning the crushing of Frattce in six weeks, af- them, the Swedes and Danes. hat Russia with her population of 175,000,000, increasing at the rate of nearly three millions a year, and with resources so vast and undevel- oped that they can only be roughly estimated, will be kept permanently bottled up is not likely. Her coast- ward advance, however, will follow lines of least resistance and the con- quest of an outlet by way of Con- You've done your best. Cenvict 168 is going to do his worst, and you can't stop him. He served his time and went wut. Also, he came back. What happen- ed? By pure chance I can tel] the awful story. He went back ta hid town, reported himself, and imme- diately sought the man he intended to maim, or murder. He made the True, the pick of British horses are : . i bought A foreigners, and. pass a ond _-- together on the other side. With-|ter which they would execute a gi stantinople to the world's trade is round of several public-houses, and, their days in comfort. But what arranged horizontally ant dls out warning; just as a tiger had gantic right-about-face, attack the/ as inevitable as is its geographical while he was in one, the man ine happens to the ordinary "middle- na : 8° | been struck with a bullet, but had Russians, and leave the occupation | reasonableness. Toward the Per- | 88 looking for entered. oF i he new-comer looked, recogniz- class" horse when he becomes too old and tired to hunt, to plough, A'line of trenches so defended is, with reason, regarded as impregna- rushed away into the jungle unkill- ed, the ill-balanced saddle sudden- of conquered France to their sec- ond line. troops. It was in order to sian Gulf the way is also open and inviting. Indeed, everywhere in Asia she has the unique advantage ed his old pal, slapped him' on the back, seized his hand, and shook 14 or to pull the governess cart? ble against a fro ly lurched, throwing out the ma- himself of the excellence ntal attack unless} /¥ *U ' & convince himself o e e is allowed by his affectionate | jt. defenders have been completely harajah. The elephant plunged] of this plan that the Commander in, of internal lines of development and again and again, and, in the ex master or mistress to pass into the! demoralized by well-directed artil- ahead, leaving his highness, who! Chief in Berlin multiplied writings | therefore also of attack. Geo-|uberance of his joy, called | for a graphically the serious menace to | bottle = his friend's favorite re- hands of Continental dealers in lery fire. Entanglement of wires still clung to his rifle, sprawling on in which it was abundantly demon- horseflesh--callous brutes, for the| can be demolished in a very few|the ground. Without hesitating a] gtrater, both from economic and| British world supremacy does not fres lio arte i Without one spark of! minutes by men equipped with! moment, he ran into the thick for-! military arguments, that the war| lie in Germany, but in Russia. "Te a "+ Ig! sore eyes to #66 indly feeling for the old horse,| pliers. But in the face of a rapid| est after the disappearing beast, | of the future would be a short one. * you again, ow're you feel- whose only interest in him is the pe he will fetch in the meat mar- et. "One think that this last journey would, at least. be made ~as-comfortable as possible, but, to our everlasting shame, the exact opposite is the case. Many boats are tmployed in this traffic, but ' only one--the Harrowgate, owned}: by Messrs. Wilson--is fitted espe- clally for carrying horses. With Sticks and Knives. In the majority Of cases, stacks of hay may be'seen on board these would a fire from magazine rifles at practi- cally point-blank range those few moments would suffice for the anni- hilation of whole regiments. The low wire entanglements are designed almost exclusively as cav- alry obstacles. Pegs, eighteen inch- es or two feet long, are driven into the ground in rows a few feet apart, 'and the barbed wire is fixed be- tween them so as to form a sort of network. In its simplest form the low wire obstacles consists merely of a trip wire. In either shape it is frequently and was not again seen until late at night. Then, when his courtiers were beginning to grow frantic a his long-contirued absence in such circumstances, he suddenly appear- ed, bringing along the skin of the tiger, which he had relentlessly pur- sued on foot, shot, and flayed with his own hands. 18 SMOKING HARMFUL It All Depends on on the Man Using Events have proved this a radically false idea. Dare Not Abandon Berlin. "The first decisive battle of the war is probably the one which is now unfolding in Poland. We shall see how the beautiful theories of speace work out, which were to dop the capital, if neeasiary my of the east in order to : enemy of the west in a minimum time. Do not forget that the first sudden attack by Russia on oa Prussia provoked a stream of Lonaies. and accurate knowledge of | ca and---- had as it was that the unsuspicious KING HAS PRIVATE WAR NEWS Gets Confidential Despatches of War Office and Admiralty. When King George visited a mili- tary hospital on'a recent occasion the wounded with whom he chatted were astonished at his Majesty's ex- rs under whom they pyle and also the intévimation he possessed of the movements of the troops on the Continent. As a mat- ing? I am sind to see you! When did yer come out? Give us another shake |" . The Silent Man. No. 168 'shakes,' drinks, and starts reviling a warder. The two stayed until closing-time, talking ond ddlcking. and getting more and ben brotherly. They went out to- pal was suddenly attacked? Then it was that the long-meditated re-| venge was consummated? No. The! boats--in "compliance with the | fixed along long grass so as to be Tobacco ter of fact, King George and Lord i i . = two walked to the outskirts of the/ Board of Trade regulations--but |¢oncealed. The low entanglement 1 I ; German transports from the west) Kitchener undoubtedly knew more|town, and proceeded to "'crack a there they remain, voyage after is calculated to bring down horse Until manhood is reached and full! to the east. concerning the activities of the Brit-| opi." They were caught red-hand-| voyage; for not ene mouthful of | and rider, but from a humanita arian growth attained there is not the | i "The second axiom of German, ish troops than any men in Eng- ed and full-pocketed, and, after the} nt 2 ; slightest doubt that the use of to- . by | a or Water is given to the poor Point of view it is a considerable im- it g tecidedly h ful. | fie strategy, namely, enveloping landsSir John French's private de- seurlons, iy reesnaeiel Tend! 64 rates from one end of the misera-, Provement on the cruel obstacles | yacco is decidedly harmful, It often! | wings, had as a direct consequence | snatches to Lord Kitchener are eared with the balance of his ble journey to the other! j formerly used against cavalry. arrests growth, and is the cause of | ithe invasion of Belgium. This ié) shared by Kin George. Almost : | On arnving. at Antwe rp. et , many youths being undersized a the place to tell of the colossal das th 8 - old sentence to serve, and 4a new r aoe eS every Gay the newspapers report] one after that! And when in duel with eyes gouged out, and many lamed and bleeding from the fright- ened struggle on beard, the weary| old things are driven through the strects of the town to the quaran- tine stable, four and a half f miles| away. Here they are examined by a vet- erinary surgeon. Those considered. THE eguarur OF HEALTH. | Story of the Man Who Followed the Doctor's Orders, | Along the pike I sadly hike, clear to the county's borders; o'er sand | and rock I daily walk--it is the doe- tor's orders. { O'er hill and dale I} under- -developed generally. terferes with mental alertness sil intelligence, and might very failure to get on in life at a time | dustrious. when he should have been keenly ambitious, mentally active and in- I. But provided a man has} fairs, attained his full growth he shou! d) Germany, in /politieal error of this enterprise. | The seed of that will be reaped in Belgian Attack Aided France. 'But to speak only of military af- | it is not enough to say 'that | attacking Belgium, | that the Secretary of State for War | has visited the King, and it is dur- pra- | Germany when the treaty of peace | perly be blamed fur many a man Siig signed. ing these consultations that the vi- tal facts concerning the troops are laid before his Majesty. Of course, not the slightest rumor i of what has occurred at these meet- ings ever leaks Gut. Directly the | King has left his i private apart- course I greeted him, he was full of fierce threats against the gentleman: whose life he had desired before In the circumstances I dispensed with a rebuke. A lurid revenge) which evaporates 80 quickly: is not! worth tilting against. A convict who says but littie, but: that! who can carry for three years fit for human cohsumption have a| 3 = i stern look in his eyes which shows hole punched in one ear in which o| hit the trail, and sigh, "If Heaven | suffer no ill effects so long as he! did a benevolent thing for France. | ments a secretary enters and de: AS ae sett wlen continues to smoke in moder ; ngland united on the . metal button is clenched. This but-! pleases, this honest toil, close jo! ' bg r td oe ation Kainart made Englar diate dior j stroys the contents of the wasie- that he is keeping a purpose ever in. ton has to be returned within ten | the soil, will cure my twelve dis-) +2€ amount of tubacco which is im question of an immediate expediun- | Paper basket or any odd scrap of his mind. is much more dangerous,! days, and the amount of suffering|©#8¢s."' The farmer's pup would | plied by " term moderation varies' ary army, and the great -- | Paper which might afford a clue as That sort of man acts = " rhnies , ,| sO much that every m ' n wings the . ' inflicted on the. frightened, half-| C46 me up, and chase me o'er the cide - his own pee erien rg "1 jof hs of Sp aay hat pit ery | to what took place during the inter- One tokl me, quietly and with no, . starved, ill-treated animals during ridges; I'm full of sears where | ' is te be snter (el: GA ' ce en ¥ bd eft v--e of th : ; ce Beis | view. These precautions are taken |Tnelodramatic b: vastingy © xactly! that period may be left to the ima-; @etor-ears have knocked me off the hi k: bt k rect! | Mapeet vert Si eof th nost | before any servant is allowed to en- what he mabended! to do to a certal ini gination, Even then, many of th: lbridges. But still I toil across the! 48 @ remarkable but perfectly well' Bical surpY! ise is one of the most te, 4 I ilits a of the eeeaNiatd tack that ' ' umes er the recom. mportant military man who had "let him in J ann! buttons du not cone hack, w! Lich | soil where @rinning jays behold | : g « et tl one may To i eresnas elements o succes . - de espatches King George keeps lock- bound to sav that it seemed ¢ bad means that the " unhap py beasts have. me, until L lame my withered frame! F able to ---- ie times as muc! all events, we have not seen_a bril- ed in his safe and desk. of which , say pe Nia ptoalee been doomes drag on i because the Say] anuther without injury e{Hant quick movement, nor has an+ case Of TANK Gisiavaity anc a as out still me int yecause the doctor told me jury. Thej lant quick moyvemen or he E time: we, : v "ae : ; he 7 ithful mount " oki silt bee eal ese eae th: 2 forti- there are but single keys, which his ery. 7 rking fur masters x 'ithe The dec's command! When 1 chen | a fo smuking will unexpected one come from the forti Majesty carries with him . ; itv. in a state af wie neer he hands down from his « _e found to he the nerves, and. fied regions of Mi ti Thig nville to : His Long, Lome, Journey. - ened aj ; i Sil wy | ! i ews FT a hiske rea | chen 'aly! nad P eas € gi 4 It was & wou nded soldier who f un ISery, whone he patien: howe qi wt me atter ating A : le: } } fer oti fier te: P | mes, the patien me ana wiged reat F said that ' 'King George carried the On his release he asked for 4 An } a ea lane. SY ne an i "ati. ? 'a pears has it in his head," but the en-/ rnailway-ticket t ye tow? ' uge aw bene: ) prince or king on FEMI at 'such formidat app 4 uest ir nt to , pe his uy Wort, miles te some town! earth, by jing' a rake the peo- | uf fulness | ended, in that since the b att] e of the 1, Tommy" in q gens toe . pe i Pn a wearled: Boden, A v jing' can make the peo Th: ses j Pe .t here dyad 1 . the | Yo Md} pre obahls be more surprised aminer MW PucK : x i it We rive roche kept leg ike our ole wil: % re stinking is ear to ex.| Marne, i y é ats Poet : 4 ; } r 'i g by Grovers armed with ! mind ik : nd de i Wes oes thers nea 3 be a continuo wy le abe ENS TAS _ ' cy es a if he knew the full extent of hial asked for hi A tetaeedd so Liine ret >, P ine ess. there ? c 1WUs 18 re operalions ai oles . . ak Blicks and knives, which ther use | rr ar mak, Gut just wbep. sladl blind ! ness of the mouth, ang d an 'snfinenca| tte wat re the mie on has arriy red | Majesty's knowledge of military | man, with two frightened child unmercifully : him ! -. andi i h ' ; ma " and naval affairs. During his many clinging to her si , opened the He feels my wrist and mutters, {condition of the mucous membrane }iwhen we attack the Germans at W) ' _ d \ tg t | vears in the navy the King had am- | door. Vhere was her hus band!' The Shame of England, ; 'Hist! Your heart is out of kilter ; | of the throat, which causes a tick-} will. If neither of the two belliger- ipl tunity of stud B h| She burst into tears. Doing seven j i ling cough. Other signs are dys-| ents has been able to surround his | P'®, OPPOF unity of studying Britis mb Rares sale: Sears. = Others may go a three or four eune lungs hid punk--this is oe oe sia. nervouatees. a finttar r| 4 & dqnenek Gf the Mork and foreign coast defences. He years! Been sentenced but tivo days' journey by train, herded to- | vou fice te, rit do not filter. es heart, and sometimes bie oF . dere on becataad us Eas is knee every weak and strong spot | months before. gether anyhow, without one drop of | You live a ugh, eat too much pie | of the hands. In bad cases ti hal ea, 1 in ie tb ttle which effected the North Sea and Channel| The ex-convict chortled with water or one bite of food. and porterhouse and cutlets; you'll 5 1e eye-| is our line of battle coast' and of recent years he has/ fiendish delight, mingled with re No wonder this traffic is called "the shame of England' by those who witness the ill-treatment of old English horses in Belgium! What &® reward for faithful service--what a trade fora nation of horsemen to Ss up in! t Antwerp, where the ---- killed with ey blunt, they thousa; every year with sledge hanwwete while in most of the _private slaugh- ter- ---- a knife is used ! year fifty the orses HE conuemned in one bore these, tory Sot seteraneds wefe Val- ued at under £10, which puts them ecrepit horse" clans, 7 wi Parliament Act? So callous to mae, subboring do the men engaged in this-trade become that.a Government veterinary surgeon waid the other day at Antwerp that| Tsuch a talk I argue not nor ques- have to change your habits strange, like other pampered muttlets. Hereafter eat a cold raw beet, which will sustain and cheer you, and when you're dry just cast your eye upon that hydrant near you."' No other guy beneath the sky could make me do his bidding. I'd say, "Ods death! Conserve your breath! I'm weary of your kid- ding !"- But when the doc makes tion ; I live on straw and hay and slaw, and jar up my digestion. For days and weeks I live on leeks and barks and leaves and grasses, while | b neighbors boast the wvalaaees roast Bee nee IL wh: all. "theese. ns?" Why I reply with 'ae "Tt a the doc's instructions !" No wave of sympathy should ever be allowed to burst the dykes prudence. ia sight is affected, and serious heart trouble may result. As a rule al] these sy mptoms disappear entirely when smoking is given up, and as long as indulgence in tobacco is kept within the bounds of modera- tion a man is quite free from them. In cases of the amount being « ex- ceeded a mati shéuld decide exactly how much he can use and stick fi ly to it, counting out his pip pela | cot and cigarettes, and iS te go 'beyond the number fix It is * matter of will powe entire ly, and if he has any regard fo health he must exeroisé his deter. mination.--A Physician, scitinscsesisieellhatiiniaaiain Too Good to be True. pon one there if onre disagreeable 6. e won't come and play with you t= promise! the enveloping movement from Nieuport to Belfort, with the re- sult that for a month and a half the Germans have been reduced to a strategical defensive. Calais Of No Use. 'Emperor William ordered the capture of Calais at any cost. If this gee! of taking 'Oalais at any Re must Bee in it g de- tained extensive especially concerned himself with the growth of English coast de- fences. King George has also ob- practical knowl- edge of naval tactics by taking an active part in all the big naval re- views. Dancing in. Germany. Dancing at the German court is Ne ge '0 rais 'Ow in/a a matter to be taken seri- face of Tngland. pao} pa- | ously. aiser himself ig an ex- per said recently; lish, | pert dancer, will have only ex- raed r the s ty of 9H (and ave deci to send no troops to the ietinent ' New voles. Su the perts at the state balls. these functions the court dancing Taster occupies a place of vantage from which he can watch the dan- cers and any mistakes or clumsiness At all sey pontiry will b to bring the delin f or. Ww 6 08 ng the delin- ote. ay ig 4 mh tea quent a we intimation that he ifficult problem to Jand an e must mend hie steps or aiine no mary force on British od r the very good reason that iy they are having a very hard "t e feeding their troops on the. contin- ent."' eHarther invitations. It is oomee mes almost as hard to meet a bill as it is to keep out of its way. > ae { business about G---~ out of mind.' gret that the hammer could not 66 used? No. He had money, and ise kept that family for the next five years That' gs real life! Put it on the stage, or in a book, and it wouldn't be believed. Against human na- ture? Ah. but there's a lot of evil and good in human nature. Another convict; the usual threats, but not the usual result "T hope," J. said, "you put tha nt = smiled with sinister satis fac- "Fte's gone to sea, parson.' I said I was glad. He smiled again. "A wet journey, parson, and no re- turn till Judgment Day! I looked at him quasrly, said '"Good-day !" and w png but he Every cloud has a silver lining; but 'that is smal! consolation when (you cannot see through the clo'.