"the" "whole of. the army: charges, man army has risen during the past reservists called: out ~ in the Landwehr. 'have been published. a 3 + a among whoin there ipe oni eee sii the gorge just below 'the rasias +says the New York Sun.> .- bat of. $712,509,- r year ending $1, 1910, the sum<allotte expenditure Way $202, this does not represent which are nearer $240,000,000. Bhe- peace strength of "the -Ger- - year to 620,000 men of all ranks: and 111,820 horses. 'The number of for training: duting the year has risen. to 46,;) _ 888, excluding. officers, or an in- _ grease of more than 119.099 over the figures for 1906. "The Gesman plan is to train each soldier: twice for fourteen days while in the reserve and once for fowrteen' days. while The number of reservists recalled - curing the year for training has risen of late at. the rate -of 30,000 a,yéar and 'will continue to vise un- tii the plan is IN FULL OPERATION. Thus there be more than a arms at one time or year. «The year 1907 is the last for whic complete statisticg of recruiting The reeruits 180.8 '435 were 532,092: of were examined In all he. armed real uu are and hereafter will roillion men under another each examined ee d the age see 20° who for the' first time. wére incorporated forces, including 212,661 in the a¢- tive army And "er im the navy. About one-Balf of the army re eyuits were 20 and the remainde: Zi on 22. There were only two-one- hundredths of 1 per cent. of ilhter- ates. Voluntary engagements num- bered 53,900. for the army and. 3,- 629 for the navy. "Germany leads aeronattics,'? says "and the last year has only con- firmed her Supremacy in the air. Her. aerial fleet consists. of twelve dirgibles, systems Zeppelin, Parse- val-and Gross, while there are fif- teen other . dirgibles in ~private hands susceptible of being requisi- tioned. ; "The German plan is to act by methods of registration and. sub- sidy; to prey as for the navy, 439,983 the world in this - writer, SIs B+ are, Wild Pow, Of eved, on Since oe conatrnétion -- ss the tunnel at Niagara! an annual ice bridge The big tunnel, has its: outlet 'an | der 'the first steel arch bridge. The water rushing out-forms a power-| Jul cross-eurrent, which, for two-. 'thirds of the distance across the: gerge acts.as.a dam, catching the broken ico: whith .canies over: tie falls and carrying. it to the Cana- dian 's of the: river: Phere itis cought by an eddy and } borae again un the. giver. If much ice. is: run- wing over the falls.in. time4a. solid jam is formed, which if the weather is right soon freezes into a conipac Mass: ~As.sooh as the bridge is: strong enough a trail is\made across it. Along this trail there "quickly pears a-row of Shacks in which ven-4 dares of pean: ubs, polit drinks an Canadian. whiskey--chie BY the 'last "do a thriving busin Here the saloon keener may his wares, usually : for *révenue, license or Sunday laws. He is usually wise enough to ereet his shack somewhere near the centre of the river so that he is' on the international boundary lime. At any rate he: is rarely if ever bothered. ft see a. score hangi front of ti Le happen te a le sell upeommon more ot string They : is. nob an or trom. & re on ihe. sOrtsman bars. you fail to discover a shot has entered their bodies. After you "have bought a dria! or two the man who owns the dukes will doubtless enlighten you oa the subject: He will probably.take you on the trail over near the the bridge facing upstream. cits oub to you § several other fea- thered forms, either floating about in the water or washed mp on the edge of the ice jam He will show you, gitar some birds which are still alive but crippled to fly away. Then after he has drawn your attention to some of these he will poe i th the roaring arol above ancts "Got 3 and too if AD bly ind t sis > bend bt over : Commivsicaiionear's © Ly Rs eee s edge, of | p one times Puiled for no 'Beason Whaterer. " 'Phe: 'Sak ee eons of rail- way, trains are! often pulled for. strange. reasons, said an official who hes: seen many years" service oa the inoh voxds of Great Britains The communication- -gord in general use' runs in' length. from. fifty to one hundred yards, and is laid on from the guard's yaa to the cab of the engine, where. it-is attached fo a gong or an automatic whistle. It pilled-in any 'one. of the carriages sm gong or whistle of the* cab: of the locomotive must respond, and thus apprise the driver. unica tion= --, & agents of pro doubs, but when they by 4rres sponsible: POLse fellows.<who consider. it oe up" for. no mn hapsver, officials a a are yery. ction, no Lre pulled nd young 'fumay to reason ret Pe ta) 9 =a train raibvay it "Parliament passed GS ordering commupieation-cords ta be installed on certain trams. ; EXCUSES. without regard ie a train London because rad been the guard s to learn the pushed his coolly dently pu rar along the use a you through im' that: | and an 3 pulled the Gime Mf land Some bu Sec carriag: stated Hosite- her The fly turaed to light .a whieh the " » pistol barrel. eres on the Semtes had: produced Mase Out. bl: lady had mis- Fl myst line the had 1a diondon me and Men raorau last night in the windst Ii-you happen to be man who knows abouts ps } - ae owl he the fox- rapid const: in particular as to-obtain. relative asd of the weather. The suc of the Gross III., which made over 67 miles an hour on her-trial trip on December 31, is A CASE IN POINT "The Dentscher Luftfo aspires to preserve' for German) the lead on aevonantics that she ha airgady acquired. Without exag- gerating achievements, German sol diers are inclined to believe that the aerial navy uetion and aim to ak avis Qu McCrea ttenvercia moy. reader geod service in the, field heth Et tactipal and for < slvategical. exploration, while experiments have been made in dropping explosives from the ale- ships. "Tt is thought that the zone of exploration. of the dirigibles is al- ready greater than that open. toa cavalry division. It,has, moreover, boen openly stated that explora- tion by-dirigibles witt not ave ait & -doelaration. of war. "Tq mane other direction®: there has Keen steady progress in euegl ing the army for war. The-officer gt the war school have been: in- "ereased from 400°t0 480. A census of motor carriages has shown that 'there are 41,727 of all classes avail- gable for requisition, afid during the manceuvres of last. year great fase was made of them and also of motor-cyelists, who -- will ,probably 'he? formed int® special corps. The tompanies of machine guns are increasing, and there will even titally be cne company with six guns with each regiment-of infantry. The "cavalry is now for the greater part "armed with the 1898 carbine, m4- : ~ dified to take the S bullet and sight- * ed up to. 2,200 yards. The cdistribu- fhen of the new automatic pistol, pattern 1908, ith be completed this year. "MOBILE FIELD KITCHENS have given good results and will soon be in general use. © Wireless 'Btations are being erected at vari- our places. The latest census of herses shows that Germany pos- sesses 4,345,000 horses of all sorts, including 8,600,000 four-gear-olde and tpward. 'fn many other minor details the progress of the army has been very satisfac take sand the chief causes i pee nt are, first, the deficit 900 officers in the army, and see- "analy the manner in which the Em- peror's military cabinet déals with questions of selection and proma- A meal kind 8,000,000, Waivaiced or superficially trained 'Landstrum and 've, there are over 4,- nod soldiers. now avail- establishments and the means) dr i been Enown to a time ha te such a fate and that be himse has perhaps picked as é reat of the single Some, he killed jock ¥o out ning. a iN Putting anes (i I N4 ek rR Means of Bad Peopie in Always eat ing. That cure for the side Mood. is wrong feeling ut many the says the London Mirror: 'Pox many years," a aént writes, "<I have been the-vic- tim of my own ungovernable ten per'and have never been able te get myself amiable" before Initch time.. Last weelk'a friend pre ed me with a jar of preserved ey and my good fairy sus Foghshaien 10 morn? correspon tem malade. ; 'Sines I have been 'taking it my fvame of mind in the morning has rapidly improyed and. "now I. am able to start the day ns cheerily as a typical country farmer. Is it the ginger that has worked,this eure?" 'A well-known doctor said that if people would only eat ginger at} breakfast their health would im- prove in. many respects and they would start the day much. feadier for work. than they do now. "Ginger," he said, "contains av exsential oil which acts as a fine nerve tonic. It promotes digestion, is an excollent stomach tonic and is extremely good for the liver. "The liver is the. organ which makes people so. morose in the morning. Until it has been well stirred up by the day's work it is in a lethargic condition, .and fre- quently the brain is in the same state, for its blood supply is not right. "Now if people who experience these symptoms would only take plenty of ginger at breakfast their pert would act properly and their digestion would improye to an ex- tent they cannot realize until they try the eure. They would go to . bt a normal state of tem- mare ginger were ee sai rt u cand: bright i. are at an "evening: baat. ~~ ' left eto ate Tempered | o A> COOI Just after "Milan coolly his wal i baek for it. was ouce A Italian ik a th ire 1 tne witt pela class compartin rent; and w former fell asleep the latter amused itself by swinging the commeuni- cation-cord. A pasrot suececd driver of -an. express he had run over a-woman. Sudden femimine cries, followed by-a- lov moaning, rang out. from below the wheels of the locomotive, and the driver immediately shut-off steam and brought the train, fo a stand- stills The permanent way was seare shed, but 'no. body 'was found. No clue lta the situation could bo diseover- ed until -a.large green parrot was seen clinging to the cig one of the engine. The bird, 'transpired, was the property. oe a aes travel- ling in the first carriage, and had escaped from its cage while she was asleep. The plaintive cries heard by. the driver 'were undoubtedly made by the playful "parrot. --~ Lon~ don. Tit-Bits. . fain ECONOMIZING. Ye, ho, the cost of living's up, » Our food begins to vary, We can't afford a porter-house, : So = the Suga etek, eee he ray On d jn: making the beheve that 8 Pia is-40 ingeniously fxed that if it is} Larmed 5 : pale ie summer a- i reached the western. world of the experiences: of a British expedition |: 'which was turned out of southera' Arabia. These details were con- tained in a letter from Mr. G. W. Bury, the leader of the expedition. 'Mr. - Bury 'has not yet returned to England, but "his companion, Mr. PP. Bo Ls Gethin, gives-the frst! per- 'scnal 'account: of the undertaking. The sie of our. party, said Mr. Gethin, which-: comprised Mr..G. W... Bury gat myself, was to pene- trate into. the unknown part 'of svuthern-"Avabia known. as the 'Dwelling ofthe Void" 'The re- sion 43.absehitely anknown to meod- €'H gsographers, none of whom 'has snecéeeded in .penetrating its -mys- teries.. We were anxious to reach the buried. cities im.the interior, al- though the principal object of the journey was to make natural his- tory collections. ' When we arrived fishing village>of Irka orderly Sareb ashore ter to the chief, who. came- ont 'to Instead- of really helping: us he was conspiting with the interior chief of Haura to get. us'partiy up country and LEAVE US: STRANDED: off the Httle we sent our with a let- we got away. from t of fifteen men We were both turbans; ..as-the that Christi- wear 'hats to hide their On. -the: following day the Haaira:. sent a messenger letter to say that he would receive us any. price. ~ Our whole caravan ed, our boxes were dumped in t open dese and we found what shelter we could under one tree. "We got our into a state of defence, an Eventually we Irka with an Sacbrt and eight. camels. and wore people there declare rans -only | horas: oF with a wot Het nic et &D ston rb, canrp 'pe e410} sur-| ep. in turns to 'snatch f st un- yed'm The chief of Haura pro Lf ] fe would not send us ont} @ Quart ith:| ls- ai lat ns damage was camels, to the rribly :, but we had ta 'ches, and sleep. WD: PAS We teat our Papel Saal A dhew andin two days took us to evel original 1904 uP AY, pL? Aden. pee ee My een, ein STUFFED BOY. UP CHIMNEY. A Bunatie's P -ank ~Proved Nearly t Serious. An alarming adventure happene ea tc a boy at the lunatic asylum at Klagenfurt, Austria, recently. He was passing the puilding with his oo when one of the patients allied to them and invited: them to Se) promising them a: pair' o skates. Oue of the 'Kbys, who is aged thiteen,. scalded the wall: and: ac- 'eompanied the man to a cellar. There the idiot,: who was consider-. ed quite harmle ss! seized him, strip- ped him, tied his feet together, and then hung him up, head downwards, Afterwards he é¢ut the boy down and. stuffed him up 'the chimney, blocking up the hearth with pices. of mH. Meanwhile the other boy return- 'ed home and told his parents that his brother had entered the asylum. ne intmediately applied there, but sthe lunatic said that the lad had one beset receiving the oa hot; and . | Sa years of | quently | et | Lore only; we | A TERRIBLE MISKORTUNE On the ane ae clseny: ate E Jacques Bertillion, the Freneh sta- tticlan;. explains his' reasons for believing: that: marriage: and loage- viby go hand in: hand: He calls in the aid. of dhalbaticd 1o. prove: his, contention that a niar--- pried. man or woman has three times as 'much chance to attain a ripe-old age as a: bachelor ora spinster; and with regard to men he shows that] the mortolity among avidowers is greater than among married men. Ds. Bertillon. says that his father went thoronghlyinto this question |! and obtained statistics from other European countries which complete- ly 'support this-opimion, while he lumself has studied later figures in France, So his" advice to young: men. Tuns? e "Marry; you avill do well-even from: a selfish standpomt.-- "But watch carefully "over, your wile's: health; as even from: this exotisti- 'eal point of view her Joss bill: be a' terrible misfortune, for your life depends in a great measure on her aun: : i? Addressme Kimself to young Wo-) men he says: "To you I pive the counsel 'to marry in yeur most:selfish interest, as inavried women haye less mortal- ity than spiasters of the same age, at least: after. the age "of 203-bub the , difference is less for "women than for men. The-mortality among spinsters is much greater than among married w omen, but. it' is not twice as great, as in the case of men. Dr. Bertillon rack not take a cheerful view..of the lot ef the wi- dow. He: says: "Phe mortality among widows: is distinctly much greater than among married women. of; the same age. 'The swect state of widowhood' is, or, the contrary, fatal to young wi- dows. Their death rate from 20 to fave is twice that of mar- rie do women at the corresponding |. WHY: sn. why matri- : ieads te j ity. neevity thus: lead more + € sur: | econ- | & nore 10Tre this con- aust be rh seful, "Lh 7 oug rh lis-4") =} meral @ nai ife,| i more hee thousand the. age yeen ineteen, while were only of 55 and orty- : hree one TORU! "bof th & jury in. CASE State was unto 'iy he verdic that vate break fal atterney in-his The *defence put that the defend- eile, and to distinguish In. bis is address, rvd had. been imbee copse- unable and nt was 2p tween tight wrong. rap eng of this poimt ;but;-when expressed hit nself acrdinary manner: tlemen' of the jury, gaze up al rbunate defendant. Re gentlemen, that ~ receding the. stenificant angle oars, thre: lac! those eyes. Need. remind men of the jury that these alkable evidences: of: Nac ion of the power to distinguish right from wrong! Ig- norant of this disttactiop- between right and wrong, gentlemen "of the how can. this, poor nvicted of the: charge brought avainst him? Why, gentlemen, this unhappy man is like 2 two-year-old ehild-che neither. knows why he dees a thing nor. how. Therefore, geutlemen, ibis with peculiar pride T reflect that, Such are the institu- tions. of this, the preatest and most glorious of all nations, that my. cli- ent, imbecile though he be, to- day stands for trial by a yay of his peers!" se. on this s gard, ; ehead: ol those of 1} ntl uA deprivat gon the ga ore tire jul ry; bere ee ee A KILL-JOY. near lynchin'," the We. come * said Chapparal wrong nen yistiy, Charlies ist "As we Wu goin' swing him off, too." Ant exclaimed the Kastern tourist, 'and then you discovered your- "mistake, eh? What luck!' 'Wuzn't it, though? The masy { ever heard tell ofs"' JUST SUCH? A, GENT. "You? re looking for new quarters, T hear,"' said Aitider at the break- fast sae the talkative. -lustre expres-} ; | tutoes, i death, ans j madhouse jane iZe r] Ope | diet Te WILY |p . vFCRY OF CO ihealthful ; 1 | { imbecile | to EFFECT oF "ABOLITION 1 lace .to Up Bee. young lawyer made | se PENALTY TN TTAEY. ¥ ---- Spent. in Selitary. Con : finement.-- Schosing. to 'the Italian Penal Code, which abolished capital pun- ishment, the first five years of every Jdife sentence are to. be spent in so- litary confinement. The prisoner is left in. accell alone, watched day rand "night: dest "he should commit: suicide, is aot allowed. to.see. any heman being, not even ther guards, iSsnet allowed ta. talltto himeets or real, is Ted on'a bowl of vege- table soup and a loat:of bread only, and is allowed.two bours'-exercis ce daily in a-coursyard surrounded by. high walls, : ; PREFER DEATH, "This form of punishment which inItaly is considered more humane than adeath penalty, invariably insanity. and prisoners serving: a life pantnece prefer death and striye to commit suicide before they lose their veason conipletcly. Only.-a few prisoners succeedin committiog -suicidé, ¥° Bresci,. the murderer of King Uunibert, was one ofthese few and he hanged himself witha towel. while the guard who. was watebing' him slept. There is a. special madhouse" for criminals at ~Montelupo, near Wlorence, and the majority of its inmates"are convicts' sentenced to life imprisonment: Recently the in- stitution was visited by a party of medi al-students, who furnish de- tails-aboiit the condition of the two regicidés, ~Acciarito and Passan- ante, who are both insane. BELIEVES. HE 18: KING. Acciarito, who attempted the life cf King Humbert in.1897, believes that he is the King of Italy, and that King Vietor" Emmanuel is a usurper.. Five years of solitary ccnfinement made him forget entire- ly. that he was an Ariarchist and a sworn enemy to all kings. Passan- ante, who stabbed: King Humbert in 1878, has one hand entirely para- lyzed and is afflicted with imbeeil- fs) The. brigand Musolino has. recent- iy been conveyed to the Montelupo |r inadhouse, which is the last refuge of erimint who in other coun tries would haye been sentenced to d here in Italy instead of lives lose their mitds. a seeret of the criminal wade. public Italian's the cruelty-of cellular segs ad a reform is invoked im Deputy Di Nicola has matter up and is : abeut: the abolish- gation, sever al } iS losing® their Whenever 'Beg , n joe | } 8 | fan --lLAG pam death. ON 20 CENTS A DAY. * Believes Tt {SSH is Prof Possible. oe | Birst "Five Years: of 'Life «eee whith |» ofall the 'agitation prices and the meat | Franklin White, lieal- School, says those sppposed. tobi } should cause Wwhit-or worty. present: agitation a. pangreca to Song Ain mechanic.and= laborer, as give both a chance ae arrange th and 102 it On und econ teal ba 18, Dr. hite tates that, vwtYadictian, the warkinginan: can live the outside on 20*cents a grow. fat, harbor his ada constantly. to it. Dr. Fraaklin®- Whit menus, which should the hungry ~w« Cornmeal tre a ordiveary strength and xg prove as "KINA AT mush, twa Breakfast cent; oleomarg syrup, ene Luneh--P margarine, two ty ping, one -eentj.cocoa inilk. two 'cents; total, : Divwet i Béans, three three. cents } cents > bread, one -tent; cents. arine, tote as *O8, four wo, cents; smoked her shells even cents: chnts;; cents tat and tota ATLME has just APPROPRIATE bd Bet pork déaler appropriate. affliction What. js.ab."" (PA stye fis even" LAD. Fdward-" Wilt your tent: cdo you "think?" Angehnas="Yerr LT oat Lt get papa to -oppest HARD HIT. Voting Bidde inten with the Stella" a be infty chgage:! bp. Maud ; posed after joc doweaip ia. our A-GGOD MEMORY "Has your wife a godd mamory ?" ~"F should say: she has. "l-bonrow: eda dollar from her six weeks ago, and she-hasn't forgotten it yet." HER EXPLANATION. Howard--Bridget, did my wife come im afew minutes ago? : Bridget--No, > sit. _ That's the parrot. you heard ahollerin' . Qld epee want you: to take s6eins-to elyl he ip hey pry. Le. pro- oe her with her hats i Pom +7) A de ne Lay? day-and | tavorite! The crew of a- anken-t is no longer . to- be def means: of: escape; ie Navy atleast. ~~ A- ree the Ilnstrated osdne an idea of a metliod b; crew may escape fram' and rise to the: surface ' pe Lr Te: ig necessary. to Be erew independent of poisonous os caused 'by. salt water com to contact with the stored ele cel energy.or open tomminals preserve the crew from drow in the bout; and to sah oe ne of eseape ftom the vessel - eont to the 'surface: , Tle *9 at present known are air- Sok eseape; detachable chambers life-boats; and self-contained wes for escape, Air-locks: ato ce of litile. use® exeept~ 1° Shan water: combined -either with: tachable chambers ar with't sel feo tained. dresses; they "are essen in all methods of escape. "ee AIR-FRAPS., "When a submarine is holed B; accident, the.) water' pournigey willy if the hole be at the top ob: beat, gradually replace the whol of the air in the vesse hole be below the then the water as ee reer press the air until the presdiche ; the Jatter is equal to thak Oh tam water outside. It is obviously essary, therefore, to provide So device that will catch -arid® conse if the vessel be holed Ligh nee the provision of a= 'he accident having taken sunk: ¢ ' npresseds the vessel: +' } aps. air he the up: traps place the either itself MEN Beneaih haying on mets, sit pressed. air; to } " >a tae and avilg botto n, under ; : under. the TO: DR Qt ADT 7 ABI t ALS spe the traps ther with their until escape, either une-tower or Lae sho and rise to the front of the water-proof tached to the diving pocket eontaining a co fler and oxygen pener: enables the same air, re-oxygenated, to. he and again. The dréss, > put son in' thirty seco prevents. the -suffocat. wearer, but. acts -as There "are fitted "to. the resupply pipes from .:t! compressed: air 'eylinde rs, ee Oxbra.,.preseusOug. turned on when necessa thro ERS Es FERBLER. ay Influenza is of Character: a Mila characte? of wins teas by | inethe Enelaodis explained reabe reipy same ore by eee of us hy § too-withst slight, most cértain abilit yery ny 8, she even dist 5 WCANIMN 1d yelled, gotehim, At Vashe? 'Hurra Physician CGooking roomy Whiases a mumber of vartatg = Wlio has been we ty the Jonge *) Patlor- Gvho he called to t his bill) Level ' doctor d.delive rea the 4] Ht 1e8- vou three years ago." Are preser MeDufi-"This payen sages that mice are! attracted: bys. muse. but IT don't believe ibe' Moh Why not-??)> Mate. MaDuit couse L never sea apy fpise : when I play the pianos MW "Well, that's 'bo reason for ing the paper's statement: Mrs, "John," said the coh tractor: his foreman, "Towill have to matters in your hands to-da that these foundation wal filed with rubbish in the ee and faced with brick, so ag pear to be made in six ek per specification. See that # use a little more gravel and hair in: that mortar, too," right, sir. Will you pe. b. "No. ¢ uinst a swindling Ge 'othes' that. he