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I‘ve rk (;!;. h t $ art me 1 gent 1C c 1 in fi‘ rtaking * _ system, r gen@® unhappÂ¥ y0se this 000 som, We OUPS )e !- pecially U ?” . A Foolish Young Man: i the first glance, and 1ore at the second, as {ty eyes fixed on her halfinsolently admirâ€" rying to eat the elice rs. Heron and Isabel she were some aborigâ€" ind distant country, os at each othler. unâ€" halâ€"envious llnfl eauty of the face. an 1« on the table, the by no means clean; contained quite cold racked and did not wae of the commonest is called "household;" «dly cleaned, and the the forks and spoons. nelegant to have gas n,. therefore a cheap ev. ‘Never sa this boom it iing that ne you about, a alf wild ab will run to im before the got any . uno vald recomme ER XXVIN out is legs still id admire his I:brv‘. e‘ ‘It‘s about t )rd, and is going to \!! the big ‘une are i Wirsch and the " Stephen has made evr out of it already. ke a couple of milâ€" lone with it. There City today that he io: away from He n‘rder of the â€"man * The name struck take caneing a0t t perfectly atill, a 'no;- lap. as * Or, the Belle of the Season. romarked his father, nciating something ‘‘Nothing is accomâ€" ny dear Joseph." rded his father with expression he had ire a great many here," said Mr. He n, but I trust Godâ€" e are conui:\ct. ‘w‘xith inge from t aek. You will fllg burnum Villa." 1t the famvily, could â€" ithey were indeed haste to say that vâ€" excitements and petairs for the waeh, Miss Ieabel had â€" so r of, she found that : and fairly comfortâ€" appearance _ seemed ige and oldâ€"fashioned e furniture was ehom ‘he towels were am t pictures, l:‘?”li'.- s searred the walls ounds. and the plno we look which made bnabdnichAs. 4. ABM ... .. iuty of the face, -n: re in its black dress, is, seemed to make wdy and vu‘gar. In ubrious account . of worries of the jourâ€" â€" off to ask: esessing young man hick lips, over which vise of him to wear . it was the fashion an<haven, and Mr. mself the pink of fAtted him too tightâ€" eckties, and _ readyâ€" . of patent leather. lastered on the low. on. that‘s what I am," to a chair and reâ€" untempting . food r. "Been hard at it poke with a Cockâ€" it, and was rather aspiratesâ€""I work hon ehe went down « her any more faâ€" >, the furniture was sticky kind of shiniâ€" varni«h had not yet i comfortable chair tures were the most re‘e, and there was telpicce . as I‘f.. n coloring as those varm leg of mutton, e water, Ida?" said hat 1 cannot offer ive no intoxicants all total abstainâ€" came round and iamp and cold like Heron introduced vhich unpleasantly that he was glad id the radiue of ameiling lamp, #0 perceive +he sudâ€" I: seame! io her office," replied his hope he is not ‘as been kept workâ€" this week." it Ida, for what guess; and while ere came a knock i1 presently Joseph he "Cousin TIda," eflantly, for there @nity of this pale, him. It was perâ€" ie life Mr. Joseph able with a lady; 1 married beneath d in rezirin‘:"rom d been an obvioue to the society of the centre of the beral of ecent than > the window were which ehrieks down they made lda‘s : face wae Aushed me would expect, f it," replied Ida. ugh London twice ce to Herondale, > all about your i an air of overâ€" his . nervousnees; . about London a s of knowingnese, meerted that Ida 0o been devoid of hink that it was round the table «r pretence of a@ fin.shed, Mr. Joâ€" ut in what was easyâ€"chair, . and the convereation. » the City," he mpressed by the nd to hamed > work Sir ate replied Joseph murmure hat new comâ€" bout. and the ild about it. run to a hunâ€" ore the week‘s ny money to scommend vou deu ndon family look to Ida‘s sar up his ears erest which his eaintly el, Proprietor _uttlono:t. mt‘ t . o0 s late mixture of ew a rded ," ovring the saw such in South e acked Bs credit per cent Cou a P Viped as sheâ€"was, it v*s~ . some time 0¢â€" tore she could get to a‘«ep. . The change a her life bad eome =+ suddenly that she feli confused and bewildered. It had not needed Joseph Heron‘s mention of Sir Stenphen Orme‘s name to bring Stafford to her mind: for he was always present there;: and ehe lay. with wideâ€"open eyes ind aching heart, repeating to herself the leiter he had sent her, and wonderâ€" inz why he who. ahe had thought. loved her so passionately, had left her. Comâ€" vared with this aorrow, and that of her father‘s death. the emailer miseriee of her present condition counted as naught. Tired a= «he tore she could in her Tife E she feli conf RECIIEEE + "Oh, woll. of course, if you don‘! like to tell me," ahe said, with a little tore of her head: "but perhape it‘s too «00n; when we know each other better you‘l! be more open. T‘m sure J sha‘! be glad | of ecmeone to tell things to." she sighed, and looked down with . a@ sentimenaal air: but Ida did not riee to the cccasion; and with a aigh of disapâ€" nointmeut, and a lset look rourd so that uou‘no should escape _her." Inhei ©took ciously she sighed, and looked sentimenaal air: but Ida, the cccasion; and wilh a nointmeut, and a lset loo nathing should escape â€"he her decarture, i8d ita 400. L Ida looked at her in amazement, and Isabel laughed knowingly. "Jme&h goes to the theatre and plays billiards." ehe said, with sisterly canâ€" dor. "He worke it very cleverly; he‘s artful, Joseph is, and he takes father and mother in nicely; but sometimes I find a theatre profrmme in his pocket, and marke of chalk on his coat. Oh, I don‘t blame him! The life we lead in this housee would make a cat sick. It‘e like being on a treadmill; nothing happens; it‘e just one dreary round, with mother always whining and father always &reach- ing. You heard what he said to the serâ€" vante toâ€"night? I wonder they stand it. I should go out of mind myself if I didn‘t get a little amusement going up to the shope and -neakins into a matinee on the «ly. I‘m sure I don‘t know how you‘ll stand it. after the lifeâ€"you‘ve led. What do you use for your bair? It‘s eo eoft and «ilky. 1 wish 1 bad black hbair like yours. Do you put anything on your hands* They‘re rather brown; but that‘e because you‘ve lived in the open air so much, I suppose. 1ll lend you some etuff I nee, if you like." . t uk. "Were there any young men at Heronâ€" dale? You didn‘t eay anything about them downâ€"stairs, but I thought perbaps vou would like to tell me when we were alone. I «uppose there was someone you were sorry to part from?‘ she added, with an inviting smile. _ _ tw e . i Ida declined the lible preparation hands; and not at went on : _ Ida represeed a shudder and plied her brush vigorously, so that her hair hid the acarle: which suffused her face. _ . "What long hair you have! Do you brush it every night?. I don‘t mine, not every night; it‘s too much trouble. Are the tops of all those thinge real gold? What a lot of money they must have cost! What a prot.tyypeignoir you have on: is it real lace? Yes, I see it is. You have nice things!" with ‘an envious sigh. "Don‘t you ever have more color than you‘ve got now? Or perhaps it‘s because you‘re tired. You must be tired, when I come to think of it.‘" She dropped her voice . and flaneod round _ cautiously. @Wanld van lika toa hava a littla brandv. "Would you like to have a little brandyâ€" andâ€"water? T‘ve got some in my roomâ€"â€" of course, the rest don‘t know angthin‘ aboui it, father‘s testotal madâ€"but keep a little for when I‘m tired and down in the mouth; and when I run out I get some from Joseph‘s room. Of course, he ien‘t a total abstainer. I daresay you guessed that directly you saw him toâ€" wight, and weren‘t taken in by his ‘late at the offico‘ business?" 6 "I thought you might like a little, my dear," she eaid, as Ida eyed it with astonâ€" ishment. "Of course we are all total abâ€" stainers here, but we keep a little in the house for medicinal purposes, unknown to John; and it‘s a great comfort comeâ€" timese when you‘re tired and in low spirite. Let me give you a glass.‘ Ida would have liked to have accepted it, and was sorty that her refusal seemâ€" ed to disappoint Mrs. Heron, who retired as nervously ae she had entered. A few minutes afterwards, before Ida had got over her astonishment at the incident, there came another knock at the door, and Isabel entered in a dressingâ€"gown which was own @ister to Mrs. Heron‘s. "I thought there might be something you wanted," she said, her bold eyes wandering over Ida curiously, and then roaming to the contents of Ida‘s dreseingâ€" | bag which glittered and shone on the dressingâ€"table. | f | "I notice in the hon-ekeofing book that a larger quantity of candles than usual has been us>d during the past week, and I fear that there has been grievous waste of this usefu! article. Do not let it occur again." The servants went out cuddeniy, ard rra. Heron suggested, much to Ida‘s reâ€" <ef, that Ida would no doubt like to go to bed. While Ida was brushing her hair and fighting against the natural fit of depreesion caused by her introduction to this cheerful household, there came _ a knock at the door, and she admitted Mrs. Heron. That lady was in a soiled dressâ€" ingâ€"gown, bought at a «ale and quite two sizea too large for her, and with a nervâ€" ous flush, ehe took from under thie capaâ€" clous garment a emall decanter of wine. ET eR ie AMOF were very much impressed; specially «o when she mentioned Lord and Lady ian nerdale‘s kind offer, and they exchanged glances as the titles loft Ida‘s lipe "quite as naturally as if they were common names," as Mre. Heron afterwards . reâ€" marked to Isabel. "I‘m afraid you‘ll find it very dull here, Ida," said Mrs. Heron, with a eniff. "You won‘t find any societv in Wood Green; they‘re nearly &ll City people, and there aren‘t many +large houeesâ€"this is. as large ae mosetâ€"and John is very strict." Bhe sighed; and it was evident to Ida that though her cousin John‘s "religion" might be some amusement to him, it was rather a bugbear and nuisance to l‘s family. .‘"But we must get Joseph to take you about; and perhaps you and Isabel might go to a matinee or two; but John mustn‘t know anything about it." Ida made haste to assure them that she did not need any amusement, that she fireferned to be quiet, and that she hoped er cousin Joseph would not take any trouble on her account. At this point Mr. Heron and his elegant «on came in, a bell was rung, and the two servants came up for family prayers. Ida noticed that both the maids looked bored and disconted, and that the "parlor maid," a mere bit of a girl, appeared to be tired out. _ Mr. Heron read a portion _ of Seripture and offered up a |onfii prayer in | a hareh and rasping voice, with the man~| ner of a judge pronouncing a sentence of seven years; and as the servants were | leaving the room, called them back, and | remarked sternly :. | C RDRIIUY MR Em PARNT TCOW "I knew «o few of the people." she ea‘id. as I told you downstaire, my father and ted the moet secinded of lives, and eaw arcely anyone." R ; Isazbe! eged Ida sharply and . «t&p!â€" 4. 2 ,} _ 30 inkind; they were really sorry for the homeless orphan; they were preâ€" pared to like her; they reluctantly and grudgingly admired her beaukt{ and her grace, and had a eneak ins nd of awe of her higher social position, of which they were reminded by every word she spoke, the highâ€"bred accent, and that inâ€" describable air of delicacy and refinement which indicate good birl-g; but they were devoured by curiosity as to her mode of life and her friends, a curiosity which they were too vulgar, too inconsiderate to restrain. So poor Ida had to describe the Hall, and the servants, and the way she managed the farm, and the way in which she rode about Herondale. They more merciless than men in inquisition ; and Ida, weary | body and spirit, suffered a« the ordeal. ‘The two women tend to be unkind; they were medwads o 0 0 e nys HEVC §0L on to business, my dear, I think we had betâ€" ter retire to the drawingâ€"room," said Mro. l‘l‘:’rop. with an attempt at the "grand iady." ‘They returned to that apartmentâ€"Mr. Josenh did not open the door for themâ€" and Mrse. Heron and Ieabel at once stantâ€" ed on a series of vnest.iom calculated to elicit all the details of Ida‘s past life, her father‘s death and her present deâ€" ploraible condition. Women can be much more mercilees than men in this kind of inquisition; and Ida, weary in mind and b;:ly and spirit, suffered acutely under + meukam Lo t mt soon," remarked*Joseph, with a u repraznine wl rivan»/ 4e dlhsi /.. dB . DWE ... There‘s a rush for t{em already." "ioy that the gentlemen have got o husimase es ol e ts â€" ty tal Isaze! had intimated, life at Laburâ€" Villa was not altogetber hilarious. environse of London are undeniably y. prettier than thoee of any other al in Europe. but there is no ehirkâ€" the fact that the Northern suburbe ur great metropolia, Are somewhat and _ coulâ€"depressing. Laburpum was in a long etreet, which _reâ€" ‘ed the other streets as one tree CHAPTER XXIX brandy and the infalâ€" for whitening _ the all discouraged, Isabel women did not in at Meron yawn Farmerâ€"That‘s ‘cause his horse wuz eatin‘ my hay. There ain‘t no danger o‘ yew eatin‘ it, I reckon. any hurry. Motorist (angrily)â€"You _ seemed in a hurry to let that other fellow‘s carriage get past. speaker The German Ambassador replied in effect : ‘‘There is no time. It so happens that during the autumn manoeuvres our troops are on the Russian frontier. I am directed by my (Government to remain at this office until I receive your answer, and to say to you that unless I have your assurance that Russia will remain neutral while Austria takes over Bosnia and Herzegovina, the German troops will immediately cross the Russian frontier. And yet Germany expresses surâ€" prise that it anpears to have no friends throughout the wor‘!d by ‘This has been the diplomacy of (Germany ; the diplomacy of force, and it now finds its expression in the 14â€"inch siege guns, which were never built for defences within Gerâ€" many. The Russian Prime Minister proâ€" tested that he must confer with his associates and the other signatories to the treaty of Berlin. "All the time I am permitted to give you in which to make answer is 15 minutes." to annex Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Russian Prime Minister was seated at his desk one forencoon when the German Ambassador was announced. The request of the Ambassador was for an immediate response as to the position of Rusâ€" ria should Austria annex Bosnia and‘ Herzegovina. The picture on the right shows Braddock, a wellâ€"known British boxer, with his unit at Ostend. His duties now consist of preparing (ood for the marines who have been landed at that place. On the left are two English soldiers at Havre, with a French youngster, who is trying to keep up. In 1908, when Russia was sufferâ€" ing from demoralization following the war with Japan in 1904â€"05, Ausâ€" tria, in violation of the treaty with all the powers of Europe, proposed Surprised She Has No Friends In the World. The world does not know what was behind the important declaraâ€" tion of the Russian Czar when, toâ€" ward the end of July, over the Gerâ€" man parleyings, he declared, ‘"We have had too much of this already."‘ What he referred to, says the Bosâ€" ton News Bureau, has never been printed. From financial interests which are so necessary to governâ€" ment interests when war preparaâ€" tions are at hand, we can now give the inside scene which was at the bottom of Russia‘s _ resentment against Germany. given away by some periodical; admirâ€" able patterns, which, in e«kilful hands, no doubt, produced the most useful re eulte; but Ieabel was too stupid to avail herself of their valuable aid, and must alâ€" waye add something which rendered the garment outre and vulgar.. It was the routine, the dull. common routine, of Laburnum Villa which irked so badly. Neither Mre. Heron nor Ieabel had any resources in themselves; they had few friends, and they were of the most commonplace. not to éay vu{f‘r. type: and a ‘"Tea" at Laburnum Villa tried Ida almost beyond endurance; for the visitors talked little else but seandal, and talked it clumsily. Most of Ieabel‘s time was spent in constructing q.rmenu by the aid of paperâ€"patterns which were She wes, indeed, tiving in the past, and it wase the present ‘that seemed a dream to her. Of course she missed the great house, where she had ruled as mistrees, her horses and her cows and dogs; but what she missed more than all o‘se was her freedom of action. , there was always a wind, Isabel declarâ€" ed, to blow her hair about If she went out, she liked to go up to London, and eaunter about the hot étreets, gazing enâ€" viously at the "carriage people‘ as they drove by. Ida didn‘t care for London, took very little finterest in the ehops, and none whatever in the carriage folke. She was always pining for the fresh air, the breezy common, the green treee; and on the occasions when she could persuade Isabel to a country ramble, she walked with dreamy eyes that «aw not the cutâ€" andâ€"dry rceticity of Wood Green ani Whetstone, but the wild dales and the broad extent of the Cumberland hille. _ "2_U=TC gone through thr purgatory to the psu:?u of conn.r{ anes which lay beyond if she could onlÂ¥ have goné alone. But Mre. Heron and leabel never left her alone; they seemed to consider it their duty to "keep her company," and they could not understand her desire for the open hair, much lees her craving for soliâ€" tude. Until Ida‘s wrrival, Ieabel had never taken a walk for a walk‘s sake, and for the life of her she eould not compre hend Ida‘s love of "trapsing" about the dP‘t.y lanes, and over the commons where Motorist (blocked by load of hay) I say, there, pull out and let me Farmerâ€"Oh, 1 dunno ez I‘m in My wife is a mind reader."‘ Lucky dog!: My wife is a mind GERMAN DIPLOMACY. 4A Horse Laugh. (To be continued.) Envied Him. Tommy Atkins in France and Belginm. Homeâ€"made Canned Soup. â€" A vegetable soup to can for winter : Oneâ€"half bushe) tomatoes, oneâ€"half peck okra, one and â€" oneâ€"half bunches soup greens, one stock celâ€" ery, two heads cabbage, six mediâ€" umâ€"sized carrots, three mediumâ€" sized parsnips, three white turnips, three ears sweet corn, oneâ€"half peck string beans, one cup salt, three red peppers. Boil tomatoes first, then add vegetables and boil one hour. Seal while hot. This is fine to add to a soupbone which is nearly done, and as it is already ecooked it saves time and gas in the winter time. It is also an economiâ€" cal way of saving garden crops for a time when one wishes one had them Spice Cake, 2.â€"Add two teaâ€" spoons cinnamon, oneâ€"half _ teaâ€" spoon cloves and oneâ€"half teaspoon nutmeg to nut loaf cake. Spice Cake, 1.1â€"Make like nut cake, using two whole wellâ€"beaten eggs insteadâ€"of three whites, and one teaspoon cinnamon and oneâ€" half teaspoon ground cloves. Put in nuts and raisins to taste just beâ€" fore last flour and baking powder. Bake like oatmeal drop cakes. Oatmeal Drop Cakes. â€" Cream oneâ€"fourth cup butter and one and oneâ€"half cups light brown sugar thoroughly. Add oneâ€"half cup oatâ€" meal cooked very thick. Beat hard and add two wellâ€"beaten eggs and one teaspoon vanilla. Add alterâ€" nately one and threeâ€"fourths cups sifted flour, with milk and water enough to make a good batter, putâ€" ting in two teaspoons of baking powder with the last of the flour. Beat thoroughly and put in muffin pans. Bake twenty to twentyâ€"five milpll_tes in a fairly hot oven. Nut Loaf Cake. â€" Cream oneâ€" fourth cup butter. Add gradually one cup granulated sugar and then one teaspoon vanilla. Add alterâ€" nately about oneâ€"half cup milk, one and threeâ€"quarter cups flour, sifted three times. Now put in about oneâ€" half cup floured hickory nut meats and fold in gently the whites of three eggs, beaten very stiff. Mix well, adding two teaspoons of bakâ€" ing powder with a little flour kept from the required amount. Bake in a loaf about fifty minutes in a moderate oven. Measure flour after first sifting. | a cloth or two white paper napkins and a tight lid, it will not form a crust, as most cornstarch mixturés do. ' Salad Dressing.â€"Take ten tableâ€" spoons‘ strong vinegar and add enough water to make one and oneâ€" half cups. Break the yolks of two eggs into a bow!l and beat with a fork, then add two tablespoons sugar, oneâ€"half teaspoon salt and two and oneâ€"half to three tableâ€" spoons of cornstarch, according to thickness desired. Stir until the sugar has partly melted and moistâ€" ened the cornstarch, then add oneâ€" fourth cup of water, and pour into the vinegar and water, which has been heating, but is not boiling hot. Cook until thick and the cornstarch is done. Let cool slightâ€" ly, and then, using a Dover beater, beat in the stiffly whiped whites of two eggs. This is equally good for fruit, potatoes or fish. If, as soon as it is cooked, and before the egg whites are added, you cover it with Plum Marmalade.â€"Wash plums, put in preserve kettle with two cups of water for a half peach basâ€" ket of pluimg, Cook until soft and But these in sieve, Bome of ‘the pulp and skins will still adhere to the. pits, so return all to the kettle again, add another cup of water and cook until mushy. Put through sieve again. Measure a cup of sugar for each cup of liquid and boil until thick. Pour into glasses and cover with paraffin. ful of sugar, two cupfuls of water, and a quarter of a pound of the best prunes, soft and plump from soaking, in the top part of a double boiler. Steam three hours, adding more water if necessary, but do not stir as the prunes should not be broken. Cool and serve with cream. Tested Recipes. Prune Tapioca.â€"To make this dainty put a. tablespoonful and .a half of tapioca, a quarter of a cup The Uses of Salt. Salt is a capital thing to use to When you have bread very dry and stale hold the loaf under the tap till wet slightly, put it in a loaf tin, and place another on ton. and bake over again. The result will be practically a new loaf. Use a very hot oven. ‘‘Try one of these cigars, old man, they‘re the best thing out." "How are they when lighted." If you put two tablespoons .of vinegar in the water when boiling eggs they will not boil out if they are cracked. Eggs slightly cracked can be had for half the price of sound ones. ‘‘My boy, I hope you keep the Sabbath.‘‘ ‘‘No, sir; it always slips away.‘ Before using tea spread it on a sheet of paper in a warmâ€"not hotâ€" oven for 10 or 15 minutes. It will greatly improve the flavor, and it will also go much further. After cleaning brass or nickleâ€" plated bells or doorknobs, rub them over with a little vaseline with a woollen cloth. This will keep them bright for a long time. candy into it. If a small piece of salt is added to all fruits when cooking half the quantity of sugar is wanted, and it also improves the bavor. Place a lump of salt in the kitchâ€" en sink. It will dissolve slowly, and keep the drainâ€"pipe wholesome. Boiling hot salt water is the best liquid for flushing drains. When grease or oil is spilled on the carpet, spread fine meal over the spot ; it will help absorb the grease. R For something new and dainty, spread the buttered fudge pan with minced dates before turning the candy into it. Pencil marks should be rubbed off with an eraser before soaking, as hot water sets the lead mark. A few pieces of gum camphor kept in the boxes in which silver is packed in wrappings will prevent its turning dark. & A teaspoonful of vinegar added to the water in which black stockâ€" ings are rinsed will keep them a good color. A nail, if it has first been stuck in a cake of soap, may be easily driven. One mediumâ€"sized loaf of bread will make 20 threeâ€"cornered sandâ€" wiches or 10 large square ones. A tablespoonful of water or milk should be allowed for each egg in making an omelet. Two quarts of soup will serve from six to eight persons. When breast meat is tender, chicken is sufficiently cooked. _ _ Allow two level teaspoonfuls of baking powder to each cup of flour when no eggs are used. When washing colored handkerâ€" chiefs soak them in cold salt water for a short time béfore actually washing. The colors will then be prevented from running or fading. Common salt placed on a tablecloth on which tea has been upset â€"will take out the stains. The salt should be allowed to stav in position for a little while, and then when the cloth is washed all the stains will have disappeared. If milk is scorched while it is beâ€" ing boiled salt again comes to the rescue. The pan should be removâ€" ed from the fire and placed in cold water. A pinch of salt is then dropâ€" ped into the milk and stirred up, and the burnt taste will disappear. Balt is also useful in -thg- treatâ€" ment . of. lamp chimxleys. Aiter washing the glass is polished with dry salt. The result is that the chimneys take on a brilliant shine and areâ€" Also rendered less Jliable to crack. . A little salt sprinkled ‘over paraffin oil that maybe spilt when the lamps are being filled will reâ€" move the unpleasant odor. | _ keep the milk cool. Directly the | supply of milk is left at the house it should be taken in and placed in} the coolest place in the house. It should be left to stand in a basin of cold water into which a, handful of salt has been thrown, the water reaching the milkâ€"line in the jug. A piece of wet butterâ€"muslin should; then be placed over the top of t jug, these precautions resulting in the milk keeping mue{: better. than under the ordinary chanceâ€"itâ€"turnâ€" ingâ€"sour conditions. Some such treatment ‘shouldâ€"certainly beâ€"adâ€", opted when babies are being fed on‘ milk. Cream. t may be added, can be treated similarly. ° A Humorist in Embryo. A Pertinent Question. Household Hints. ‘‘No," was his ready respons», ‘"‘and you are not so buoyant a: when I was a boy |" "Bo Jack‘s married?! Did he marry for beauty 1 ‘"No, bootsy," The old gentleman‘s wife was getting into a carriage, and he negâ€" lected to assist her. t ‘‘You are not so gallant, John, as when I was a girl," she exclaimed, in gentle rebuke. ‘‘Moreover, as a consister; memâ€" ber of the German _ Reformed Church, it seems to me but a shade better than sacrilege for the Kaiser to continually refer to God as being with him in this crusade of murder and pillage. If the Kaiser is not responsible for this war, he cerâ€" tainly did nothing to prevent it. One can hardly believe that the venerable Franz Josef would have attacked Bervia without the sancâ€" tion of the German Emperor. To me it seems as absurd to call upon God, the Prince of Peace, for aid in an avoidable war as it wou‘!ld be for a bank burglar to pray to â€" the Lord for power to murder the night watchman, blow open the safe, and make good ‘his escape." ‘"‘Being of German parentage, 1 sympathize with the Germans in the great struggle now in progress in Europe. But why so many Gerâ€" mans in America so rabidly espouse the German cause when it repreâ€" sents all that most Germans left Germany to escape from, is more than I can see. There is probably, however, no siege which Britishers like to read about so much as that carried out by France and Spain in their en deavors to carry the Rock of Gibâ€" raltar, 1779â€"83. Altogether the siege lasted nearly four years, and as the world knows, resulted in a comâ€" plete triumph of British arms, in spite of the fact that the enemy numbered 30,000 to 40,000 men, while the defenders could only musâ€" ter 7,000. Unable to Understand Espousal of 'Kllser’s Cause. Mr. Otto Stuntz, Wilkesbarre, Penn., writing to The New York Evening Post, says : Even these sieges, however, are somewhat insignificant when comâ€" pared with some others. The longâ€" est siege occurred in the American Civil war, when the Confederates defended the town of Richmond for 1,485 days, or just over four years. Bebastapol, in the Crimean war, held out for eleven months, while General Gordon defended Kharâ€" toum against the Soudanese for 300 days. The sieges of Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafeking, in the South African war, lasted 120, 123, and 261 days respectively. GERM ANâ€"AMERICAXN sPEAK®S. In QOttomanr and Russian military history there has never been a siege like that of Plevna in 1877, when Osman Pasha defied the Rusâ€" sians for 144 days and finally surâ€" rundered on December 10th, with 30,000 men and 100 guns, owing to provisions and ammunition. running short. In the. same years Kars, long the bulwark of the Ottoman Empire in Asia, was stormed by the Russians after a siege of five months. That lengthy sieges are quite pnsâ€"l sible even in these days of huge guns is ilustrated by ‘Chukri! Pasha‘s gallant defence of Adrianâ€"| ople last year for 155 days. Then | there was the comparatively recent | great siege of Port Arthur in the Russoâ€"Japanese â€" war in 1904â€"5, | which finally capitulated after beâ€"| ing blockaded by Admiral Togo for| 210 days. The name of General| Stoessel will rank with those of the | greatest soldiers of modern times. Twentyâ€"two _ years earlier the fortress had been brilliantly de fended for eight months against the Russians by the Turks under General Williams, who had . put 15,000 men against 50,000. The defence of Liege by 30,000 Belgians against three â€" German army corps numbering 125,000 will go down to history as one of the most brilliant feats of arms in the annals of war. The Francoâ€"Prussian war of 1870â€" 71 was remarkable for its sieges. Bazaine held out at Metz against the Germans for nearly two months and finally surrendered with 6,000 officers anrd 173,000 men. For this he had to submit to courtâ€"martial and was sentenced to twenty years‘ imprisonment. _ Afterwards came the siege of Paris, which lasted six months. Thousands of shells were rained on the city every day by the Germans, and no fewer than 40,000 of the inhabitants succumbâ€" ed to disease and hunger. dn | J nmmmmmmomnmnmmemmmmainmn inlenomnemecoumnmmmcemonncoanne | Gallant Defence of Liege Against Three German Corps. sOME FAMOUS SIEGES. Fortune Hunter. Reasons. ONTARIO ARCHIVE TORoNTO « Giirett Company Limitep Toronto, ont. MONTREAL oR s0o1c aLumiNic SUVUL«, PHATE is NoT onte or THEM. THE worbds "no ALUM" WITHOUT THE inâ€" GREDIENTS is NoT surriâ€" CIENT. macic saktnce POWDER Ccosts No more THAN THE oRroinary KINnDs. rFor Economy, Buy THE ONE roundo tins. TO SUARD AGAINST aAtuvnm °__IN BaxiNGâ€"Prowotnr stt THAT aLlr INGREDPiENTs ARE PLAINLY PRINTED on THE LABEL,AND THAT aLum OR SULPHMATE OFf aALuMINA HEVHEHT ' ‘‘There is no middle way in this war. We do not doubt our ultimate }viotury any more than we doubt the ;justi(w of our cause. 11 is not con lceiub‘e that we should fail, for if | we fail the lights of {reedom go out |ll] over the world. | Duty Done Means Sueeess, | ‘They may glimmer. for a |iml» in the western hemisphere. but a Germany dominating half the world by sea and land wili most certainly extinguish them in every quarter where they have hitherto shone upon mankind so that even the tra ditions of freedom will pass ont of remembrance, If we do our duty | we shall not fail. by Plato, former‘ly prevailed here of puatting to death by exposure all weakly or delormed children,. and it is said by the most credible hisâ€" torians that this custom continued until "modern times." As a result, the inhabitants are far superior in pbysique to other Highlanders, and consyumption was quite unkrown urtil> ‘recently â€"reâ€"introduced by sickly Southrons. The Isiand of Lewis in Rcoriand, where practically the ontire male population has yolunteered for ac tive service, holds a proud record for military prowess, and furnishes the finest recruits for the Highland regimente. A practice. approved "I1f we are to win bne Pighi tor ourselves and for freedom to exist on earth every man must offer him self for that service and that saeriâ€" fhice, while the state sees to it that his dependents do not suffer. Arm Against Fate, ‘‘We are against such a fate. We enter into a new life in which all the facts of war that we had put behind or forgoiten for the past hundred years have returned to the front and test us as they tested our fathers. 1t will be a long and hard roat beset with dificulties and discouragements, but we tread it to gether and we will travel it togeâ€" ther to the end. ‘‘OQur petty social barriers have been swept away at the outset of our mighty struggle. Change in Short Time. "All the interests of our life of six weeks ago are dead. We have but one interest now and that touches the naked heart of every man in this is‘and and in the emâ€" a nation. We shall become an out lying province of Germany, to be administered _ with what «#everity German safety and interest reauire pire ‘"Through no fault nor wish of ours we are at war with Germany, the power which owes its existence to three weill thought out wars ; the power which, for the last twenty years has devoted itsel! to organ izing and preparing for this war; the power which is now fightine to conquer the civilized world Must Mave Men. "For the last two generations the Germans in their books, lectures, speeches and schools have been carefully taught that nothing less than this world conquest was the object of their preparations and their sacrifices. They have prepared carefully and sacrificed greatly. "Have no illusions. We are dealâ€" ing with a strong and magnificently equipped enemy, whose avowed aim is our complete destruction. The Germans‘ real objective, as she has always told us, is England _ and England‘s wealth, trade and world wide possessions. "If you asgume for an instant that attack will be successful England will not be reduced, as some peop‘!» say, to the rank of a secondâ€"rate power, but we shall cease to exiet as a nation. We shall become an outâ€" lying province of Germany, to be administered with what #everity ‘"‘We must have men, and men, and men, if we, with our allies, are to check the onrush of organized ba rbarism . This was the statement of Rudâ€" yard Kipling, the author, in a stirâ€" ring address to a mass meeting at Brighton, England, where an imâ€" mense crowd had gathered in the Dome to listen to speeches in sup port of Lord Kitchener‘s crusade for recruits. The meeting was pre sided over by the Lord Mayor o# Brighton, _ seconded by â€" Herbert Bumuel, president of the Local Government Board. _ Mr. Kipling said "It is not conceiyable that we should fail. If we do fail the lights of freedom go out over the whole world."‘ A DEATH BLOW TO FREEDON Rudyard hipling Sounds a Call o Arms in a Stirring Address, sHoULb cGERMAXY rRIUCMPH IX THIS WAR. Ti Germany‘s Objective, Isle of hewis Seots,