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§HE great mili
tary manoeu
vers In Plcardy
by the Second
and Third
Corps of the
French army
which took
place early in September,
probably were the moat
scientifically planned and
executed of any of the
great national war games
that the nations of Eu
rope have played as yet.
In these inanoeuvers the
utility of aeroplanes and
dirigibles for actual war
fare was given its most
•evere test. The aero
planes proved to be a
most marvelous means
for transmitting orders
and unsurpassed for re
connoitering. The dirigi
bles were used in trans
mitting messages long
distances. Paris was sup
posed to bo beleaguered,
and one of these giant
cylindrical balloons was
cent across the
bills and plains
and dropped
safely to Its
appointed rest
ing place In
the heart of
the French
capital.
France has
the greatest
number of air-
men employed In Its army of any na
tion In the world. In the manoeuvers
In Picardy eleven aeroplanes and four
dirigibles were in use. As the result
of these tests the French army's aerial
fleet will be increased without delay.
The military authorities already pos
sess thirty aeroplanes, and orders
have been given for thirty more
to be delivered as soon as possible.
They will consist of ten Blerlot mono
planes and twenty Farman biplanes,
seven of which are to be capable of
carrying two passengers, besides the
pilot, and making a single flight of
180 miles at a minimum speed of
thlrty-»ix miles an hour. Prizes have
been offered by the minister of war
for machines that will fly in excess
of this speed.
Never before has there been such
a great contrast in mimic warfare as
In these evolutions in Picardy. Mov
ing along the highways were great
automobile wagon trains loaded with
supplies for the troops. Far in ad
"vanco and high up in the air soared
the aeroplanes. They seemed like
huge-winged birds of prey hovering
over the earth ready to swoop down
when they sighted their quarry. In
reality they were spying out the po
sition of the opposing force which,
under ordinary circumstances, would
have been hidden by the contour of
the country. The aeroplanes moved
swiftly to and fro directing the slow
er progress' of the foot soldiers and
the cavalry and the supply trains.
Because the air-men made the way
sure and plain for those upon the
earth, the troops lost no time or ef
fort in aimless wanderings, but pro
ceeded directly to their destination
by the shortest route.
The first and most Important prin
ciple of the art of war consists of
concentrating at a given time at
some point in contact with the enemy
a force superior to his at that point.
One eminent authority expressed It
as the principle of "glttln' thar fust
test with the mostest. men." The rest
of the pame of war Is a relatively sim
ple operation. It resolves itself into
the mere question of comparative
man-killing or man si arlnK capacity.
All other considerations being any
where n<;ir equal, the question of be
ing able to move rapidly Is the thing
that counts in war. The best of
troops are worthless to a commander
anient he can have them where he
wants them when he w-ints them,
and. moreover, In a condition to do
what he wants them to do
The t ulitlnK men are useless unless
they can reach the | lace of conflict
in time total « part In It, and they
are equally without value If the ef
fort to there exhausts them Tint
Is why the B'Toplanea are so tremen
dously useful in «pvlng out the loon
tlon of the enemy and enabling the
troops to reach that point with the
▼ery least amount of exertion
liut no matter how fa*t tho troop*
(nay man h they must he fed r< gu
larly That Is wh. re the automobile
supply 11 tin* come In huge motor
driven tin that hover tcrow tired
A bunting hell might <ll ihle th«
horse.* drastfins the commissary
wagons or the ammunition < ataxons,
but It would take a well pla' ed shot
fit a vital part of an autotnuMta's ma
rhlliery to put It out of imm mission
Then, too a woundd horsn cannot
b»» retailed but a wounded motor
trm k < an he puteked up ■—.less It is
blown Into b?.j|t h» reens
The problem of t< d • <u,.||.-§ is
on* of it • s<• it i hp »in war It Is
•a aid and trite saying that an sriny
really travel* ui«n It* belly An
are. > Is a • ii • dti Mi i- <ild> iily.
over nlgbi as It »er* In the « oun
try It move* day by day In »u«b a
mastier as to inquire > onatant at
tsmtlon snd >i. >■<*> <>f pi ui as tu lu
■UfcsUttleS H (an MM »"••« S »'■!.
fs ter ii.ait it* food supply trsv -
• <>d It tan m*lnUitt a po In .n only it*
lutig as Mls pi overly U | is As
army with a full stomach
will fight every step of the
way if It has to retreat.
If it is hungry the retreat
will be turned Into a rout.
In the French army
quite as much attention is paid to
giving the soldiers the kind of
food they have been accustomed
to and plenty of it at regular
intervals as to anything else. Amer
ican army officers who have watched
the big manoeuvers, like those
in Picardy, say two Frenchmen can
live well on what one American
civilian cook wastes. Yet it is quite
likely the French soldier can march
as far and be Just as fresh at the
end of the Journey as the American.
The French are ahead of the Ger
mans in the matter of cooking scien
tifically. Also the French soldier
knows about as well as any in the
world that his ration must be made
to last for the full period of time for
which it is Issued, and that once It is
eaten or wasted or given away the
balance of the period will be a food
less one, be It twenty-four hours or
three days.
This is an important thing for the
soldier to realize, for the gross
weight of one day's rations for an
army of 150,000 men is 520,141
pounds. It takes more than 100 au
tomobile trucks, such as those used
for the French army, to haul a day's
supplies of food. But all this vast
machinery is necessary. Napoleon
once said: "According to the laws of
"The Black
The plague, or Asiatic cholera, or
as It used to bo called, "the black
death," has been Rpreadlng of late In
Europe.
In Russia, where the people are
dirtiest and most superstitious, the
plague thrives best. Seventy thousand
persons are known to have died of
this attack In Russia already.
This Is not surprising, for the In
habitants, Instead of cleaning their
WCIIH, cleaning their bodies, and us
ing their brains, get out the little
ikons or images which the Greek
church sells at a considerable profit,
and to these little images supersti
tious peasants pray—the prayers be
ing interrupted In thousands of cases
by death from the plague.
There Is nothing more tragic In all
the history of man than the record of
"the black death" In Europe.
In the fourteenth century one epi
demic after another spread among the
pt ople Twer.ty-flve millions of human
IK IHK" are believed to have perished
In this singh- series of epidemics,
Th<- rich :md the poor alike were
affei ted In Oxford two-thirds of the
rtudunt population died
In Con.- tnntli ■ pie the people died at
iht rute of 10,000 a day.
('harm , Incantations, fear, filth, Ig
Berance and superstition fed the did
ease
Curious results came of the long pe
rloii of pan!)' and of dying
The famous "dance of death," In
which d< operate human beings paro
died ant! mad« fun of the plague, II
In trating the "dance of death" with
grinning skulls and skeletons, was onw
feature of the epidemic
Another, curiously enough, was in
Kngland the tremendous rise in the
cost of lahor The workmen died so
fast that there were few ittfl to do the
work, and following the law of supply
and demand, th« f< % that could work
wnr« offered ' *trav.»#aut WSK«S al
Ihough laws Wure panned to keep the
wage* down And It Is said that this
Mtddeu rise In wag* * laid the founds
lluii of the emancipation of working
op|o In KiigUud
I his pl-igue lu Kuri>|je api-eurs now
lit the old laiulllar way t»rt .iking nut
hers and lie re, always lu tilth and lu
Ignorant e, *pr> ading gradually.
I l.i ilUmitt Is u«#t ihor> igiily under
m I no*. Hut ll»e method of ttgl.i
ing It Is understood The people must
k- well fed a strong man may have
ilia disease gvrms Willi him reals!
litem attd r«d Ms system of ihaut, 'the
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1910.
war every general who loses his lines
of communication deserves death."
For If once the foe successfully in
terrupts the flow of food to his oppo
nent's firing line hla victory is prac
tically assured.
These great manoeuvers of largo
bodies of armed men are a common
thing In Europe and are beginning to
be common in this country. Civilians
often wonder wherein is the sense of
spending hours, days, weeks, teaching
a man to stand In a certain fashion,
to step In a certain way or to carry
a gun in a certain manner. They
ask themselves what difference It
makes whether the soldier faces to
the right or to the left about, or
whether ho rubs shoulders with the
same man or a different one day aft
er day. To these people It seems
like a waste of time training large
bodies of men to step a pace tills way
or that and to do it Instinctively, au
tomatically, always Just the same, so
they could not do It In any other way
to save their lives. Yet although all
this may seem trifling and purpose
less It Is like the Interminable polish
ing and oiling of a delicate mechan
ism. It Is the process by which Is
manufactured a human machine that
will work cheerfully to exhaustion,
starve without a murmur, or march
up to the cannon's mouth merely be
cause the voice they have been train
ed to recognize tells them to. It is
the means by which the hallmark of
proficiency Is placed upon the pro
fessional soldier, and that Is the ulti
mate end of these great manoeuvers.
weak, half-fed man dies —that Is why
the plague wan often so violent In the
old days Just after a famine.
As far back as the fourteenth cen
tury Gabriel de Mussls observed that
those who escaped the plague gave It
to others with whom they came In con
tact.
They gave It to others because they
had the plague within themselves;
their essential tract was Infected with
the disease, and this disease they scat
tered.
It Is some comfort to know that the
disease can only be acquired by actu
ally swallowing the disease germs.
The man who will bo sufficiently care
ful need not get the plague.
If you will drink only water that
you know to bo clean, and only from
vessels that you know to be clean; If
you eat no fruit that has not been
carefully cooked, or carefully peeled
with an absolutely clean knife, and If
all the food that you eat is well cook
ed and eft ten when freshly cooked, you
will not get the plague.
The main thing Is not to worry
about It In this country There Is lit
tie chance, probably no iiosslblllty
whatever, of a plague of the old kind
among us
The work that Is not done by the
little Mi red Images of the Russian
peasants In don* very well by good
M>««rs, plenty of disinfectants, plenty
of soup and hot water, and a tittle
common sense.
Doss Opposition Create Love?
There Is nun thing that parents and
guardian* never so em to learn, and
that is, how opposition fans the dame
of love
( barley I* But rl«h enough to sat
t«f> their Meal of the man who shall
learry pretty Molly or .lames, per
chaneii ts too young, or too sotnethlna
else to their uilnds.
lorthaith in or the other young
man la i:rltlcl»ed. sniffed at and gen
■ rally belltlUd alth the Inevitable
result that Milly becomes his chain
pluit and loven Mm a thousands times
better for every sharp *ord or snub
that he receives
And • >eft net- apparent Is the r«»
suit ale u a mother and sister strive
to turn the cm rent of a son and broth
• r's tov» Kvur> ihlvslruus Impulse
carries htm to tk<i side of thu girl
aho Is ab.is' <|, at. I drive • htm. per
il., to th • *•-1 < ml sg, (set vhlofe
I.i lam t is sUatfglln*
BREEDING PEDIGREE STOCK
IS HIGHLY PROFITABLE
Man Must tie Lover of Animals and Possess More Than
Ordinary Amount of Patience if He Is to
Become a Prosperous Breeder.
Perhaps of all branches of farming
breeding pedigree livestock is the
most interesting, and, in addition, it
has the further recommendation that
when properly conducted it is profit
able. I know that many persons have
dropped money, and some large
amounts, over pedigree stock; but I
could name several tenant farmers
who have weathered bad times and
are today in a prosperous condition,
thanks mainly to this industry. A man
must be a lover of animals and pos
sess a more than ordinary amount of
patience if he is to become a promi
nent breeder, says a writer in Country
Life. Furthermore, unless he is able
to place a large amount of capital in
the business he must be prepared to
lock his money up for some years.
Those who can afford to buy the best
bred and most typical animals of any
breed as inundation stock, and who
are content to pay good salaries and
wages to competent men to take
charge of them, ought soon to get a
Champion Clydesdale.
good return for their Investment Per
sons with limited means must be sat
isfied to start with a few animals less
perfect in type and conformation or
with aged individuals which can be
picked up for comparatively little
money, and then gradually breed up a
stud herd or flock. The latter plan,
unless one is a good Judge of stock
*nd a practical farmer. Is the one 1
should advise. Clever and experienced
breeders are apt to make mistakes In
buying, mating and rearing their stock
and a novice is sure to purchase his
experience very dearly If he starts
breeding on too large a scale.
The situation and soli of one's farm
should govern, to a great extent, the
variety of stock which it is decided to
keep. Lincoln sheep, for instance,
would not pay to rear on the moun
tains where the Scotch black-faced
mountain or the Herdwick breeds ex
ist. Or, again, the hardy Southdown
thrives on the short, scanty herbage
that grows on his native hills, where
larger sheep would starve. Many
breads of livestock appear to be spe
cially adapted to the locality in which
thpy are born, and one always runs a
risk when Introducing a fresh variety
of animals into any county.
Not only do«-s It take some time for
n breed new to the district to become
acclimated, but It Is always difficult
to dispose of one's surplus stock in a
SEVERAL KINDS OF LEGHORN
Of lh« »' M-ral bl I'«*i» of l.aghom,
the whUf I* ih«« noat i><i|mUr ud the
brown *e*t, *ay* ihn ►'urin I'oullry
The Huff l.ughoi lis of Ihu beat nlrulu*
l'4>« about all the ■•<<>«! i|ut»lttlea of
tin- while vatu-1 y and are f.m k&iiiiiik
luputerlty, i culuf ii« iiik morm at
tractiva to auui« taaUn Tba Mlarlt
Mint IM. i tillqil* I.ttfbollia hUVa
tin ir ftdvocataa frlaeli of the t.« g
kurM, *Hkuu|h Miunltf bavin* *ln
|l« NttitM, ar«- br«4 alao w tth ro»«
tmhi. ilm ru.«>> t-i.utb i» villained
by lutr«au> Hon of (Umliuri !»!<».J,
tin) On' rmult li lh K> n«rui a i«*inl"Ht y
to au>alWi buitlw att4 awalUr »4|« In
tb« iu»« f«M«it» vmivti(« I tt.f aitigla
•Mfcba %ar> greatly in »U« a oil weight.
w< ...lin»t tii niiiila. Muni* of tba
Uiii' i vtraliw ar> 4>m—> e>tual in ai«<
w t|i tvtiaga «*f attfo a of lb« 1*.1411414.
neighborhood where it is not the fash
ion. It is true that some breeds seem
to flourish almost anywhere, notably
shorthorn cattle and Shire horses; but
an owner of Shires who brings them
up on light, thin-skinned land is se
verely handicapped when his horset
come into the show-ring. He Thee
finds that his rivals who occupy stif
fer and richer soil can produce ani
mals with more bone and hair than he
can. Large, well-shaped feet, plenty
of bone and good joints are absolutely
necessary nowadays on a first-class
animal of this breed.
Shire horses are especially adapted
for town work and for hauling heavy
loads, and one can judge from the
photograph of this strong, heavy and
yet compact mare how suitable this
breed is for-that purpose. The Clydes
dales are not such massive horses as
are the Shires, neither are they so
large in the bone, but the strength and
slope of their pasterns and the activ
ity of this breed are proverbial. A su-
perabundance of hair on a Clydes
dale's legs Is not considered neces»
sary, as it Is on those of the Shire;
this can be seen by glancing at the Il
lustration of Royal Guest, the cham
pion Clydesdale stallion at this year's
Royal. The Suffolk horse is preferred
when quite cleanOegged, 1. e., with no
long hair on his legs. It Is a very
active, quick animal, with any amount
of pluck and endurance, and no breed
Is better suited for farmwork. SuX
folks, like Clydesdales, are also suit
able for working In towns, wher«
strong, quick-moving horses are need
ed. Suffolk horses have been known
to live to a great age, and longevity
Is claimed to be a special feature oi
this breed.
Horseflesh Consumption.
Horseflesh is very generally adver
tised in the German newspapers, es
pecially in those of the large Indus
trial centers, and most German cities
have at least one market which makes
it a specialty, claiming for It a higher
percentage of nourishment than that
of beef, veal, mutton or pork.
Water Sprouts.
Do not neglect to cut off the water
sprouts on the trunks of young applo,
pear and plum trees.
weight breed*, and It la clalm.-U that
the ait* la not obtained at thv *«t*naa
of laying puwara The HW«
utoat of the breed*. n..,,| i M t,* brw) ,
with car* lu pr«v< lit tha lendaney tu
•mailer alaua Wwaii bodta*. Hiuha.l
ur ««m|m4 In abat>«>. ara ion«tl.|. r«d
und< alruble aa i-ndlng tu am,>ll .
and lack «I ruailllMlat,
Kl«bt or ten yeara «p la.gburn
k«r» In wara In eon.l (, ruble «1«
maud lor anwaiiMl Tba Leghorn an.l
Itrahuia rroaa. leghorn «ud W».«n
dottw. ut l «#li..m nt)t4 Hlym U44 ,n
I were inelemd by w« N y (a. M |lr>n.»ii
to hi...1 »foaabrvtl abtehtga tut I. roll
»»4 r»i i «!»<«. and uf tata ><»/a iba
t»K'li iu» ul tba (Mitiliry piiuiu a<au.«
>i bo t»w at 4 th«< i.»» of uug ur anoil.
•9 ul tba |*ur« b#> w4a I'MIII bt«a|tt)|
la i• i't' t*vut a a«4 ttiulii laaa ug« |
>» ib.u Inn* lb* v >•« titw«it«
f"Lame
Well"
have used
ment on a.
lame leg that
has given me much trouble for six
months. It was so bad that I
couldn't walk sometimes for a
week. I tried doctors' medicine
and had a rubber bandage for my
leg, and bought everything that I
heard of, but they all did me no
good, until at last I was persuaded
to try Sloan's Liniment. The first
application helped it, and in two
weeks my leg was well."—A. L.
HUNTER, of Hunter, Ala.
Good for Athletes.
Mr. K. GILMAN, instructor of
athletics, 417 Warren St., Rox
bury, Mass., says:—"l have used
SLOANS
LINIMENT
■with great success in cases of ex
treme fatigue after physical exer
tion, when an ordinary rub-down
would not make any impression.'*
Sloan's Liniment fffiT
has no equal as a
remedy for Rheu
matism, Neural
gia or any pain or ffH'Milfpji
stiffness in the fjffilflafll'll'M
muscles or joints. I
Prices, 25c., 500.&$ 1.00 jgjffiPLi
Sloan's book on B
homci, cattle, ihocp »»J3jcsMsCew H
and poultry lent MUSlflllJ ■
free. Addreii I
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Boston, Mas*., TJ. 8. A ■SuSHEjHcS
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• M I ■■■■ I W eat references. Beat raauTt*
At the One Horse.
Jere L. Sullivan, the head of the Ho
tel and Restaurant Employees' Interna
tional alliance, said in Cincinnati, apro
pos of Labor day:
"Our American hotels are better
than they used to be, and for this bet
terment my organization deserves no
little credit.
"We have today no such hotels as
the One Horse of Tin Can. where, If
you asked for a bath, they used to
give you a shovel and tell you togo
down to th» hollow and dam the
creek.
"An Kngllsh earl once visited the
One Horse hotel. The landlord with
out ceremony led him outside, point
ed to a window on the llt'th floor, and
said:
" 'Thar's yer room.' "
Schurz Was Sure of Him.
Carl Schurz was dining one night
with a man who bad written a book
of poems, so called, and who was
pleased with himself.
The poet was discoursing on the
time-worn topic of polities of the men
who takf office.
"I consider polities and politicians
bt-nnath my notice," h<- said. "I do
not rare for office. 1 wouldn't be a
senator or cabinet otfleer, and 1 doubt
if I could be tempted by llie off* r of
the | residency. For the matter of
thut, I wmild rather be known us a
third rati' poet ihun a flr -i rate states
man."
' Well, aren't you?" H< l. t liouted
at him.
HEALTH AND INCOME
Doth Kept Up on Scientific Food.
Good sturdy In alth belli* one a lot
to wake inoiu'y.
With tli*' loss of health one's ln»oui«
Is liablit to shrink. If uol entirely
dwindle away.
When a young lady has to utak« ln-r
u»u living, good health Is her best
■mil
"I aui alone In the world," writes a
t'hleiigo Ntrl, ' d« |i> udi'Ui on my own
i (Torts tor tny living I uiu a clerk.
Kiel about two y« arn iiko through cluaa
*t>l>lltutloii lo work ami a boardlng
buusn diet, I tMH-aiue a urrtous in
valid, and |iit so bad off It w.t * aliuo£t
lut|<> sibli' tor we to ktay in the oftU'ts
a half day at a time.
V friend suggested lo Un Ho id< a
of trying Ura|>i SUM food which I did.
making It a large i»art of at I* «»t twu
meals a day
' today, I aw lr«u from bi tin lire,
'•>»!" i»i4, and all Ik* Ills of att um<
*ork<d and uot»iiaii«d
•.tain and kw.lt to Ml n» Nuts I
,wm Ihe N • a«*»y oj lor l» iltH hm4
he iH|k| to retain toy j »m *>« wad
Hi ad " I hit U ti| tti Wi ltvlltw." In
* »♦ ids *# i» h. s l«tt ft % e* «S
••• El' »»• !•*•*** Ill.f Iv, ,0 I Is, |F
'»'»» l*«». aasl «ai a>.s«*#