BELGIAN SHARPSHOOTERS IN ACTION.
Photo copyright. 1914. by American Press Aasoct.-c
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GRAND DUKE DMITRL
FRENCH LOSS 590,000 MEN
Estimates Up to Nov. 10—Dead Not
Quite 100,000.
Paris, Dec. —The French war of
fice does not issue lists of losses In
the war. A correspondent, by inquiry
in various quarters, estimates that the
French loss in dead up to Nov. 10 was
something under 100,000 men. Tfcs
number of wounded and sick soldiery
being cared for in French hospitals
on Nov. 19 appears to have been about
400,000. The Swiss government's bu
reau for the exchange of prisoners of
war has the names of 90,000 French
prisoners in Germany. Taking thess
figures together the total losses of ths
French army would be about 590,000.
The French military authorities,
through their agents and spies, are
well informed as to the situation of
the German army. The French esti
mate the number of Germans killed
in battle on the frontier as consider
ably exceeding 100,000, because the
German tactics have been more con- i
tinually on the offensive, with corre
spondingly heavier losses than the d*
fensive,
A Great War "Scoop,"
Days have changed for the war cor- I
respondent since Archibald Forbes was
praised in the house of lords by Lord
Salisbury and received by Queen Vic
toria at Buckingham palace in reeqj>
nition of his exploits as a news gather- j
er during the Russo-Turkish war
1877. Forbes' greatest exploit was his
ride from Shlpka pass to the nearest
telegraph station at Bukharest and his
reception en route by the czar, to >j
whom he was the first to communicate
news of the Russian victory, the for
mer trooper of the Royals having out
distanced not only all rival correspond
ents, but the official messengers as
well.—London Mail.
> Relics of the Past.
*Td like to see a one hoss shay," re
marked the city visitor.
"Out of date," said his country host.
•The nearest we can come to it now
is a onq cylinder car."—Pittsburgh
Post
1 His Grft
' "They say he gets $25 for his speech
es!" "Yep. He's pecuniarily gifted."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Pretty Weary.
[Weary (lying under apple tree)— Say,
mister, kin I have one of dem apples?
JFarmer— Why, them apples won't be
xipe for four months yit Weary—Oh,
flat's all right I ain't in no hurry.
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TRUTH.
Truth is so estimable a quality
that is will not permit of any tam
pering. Like a mirror, to breathe
upon it with cold falsehood only
makes it reflect a dim image of its
purity. An untruthful man is a man
always to be feared.
Well Answered.
Restaurant Patron (caustically)—l am
glad to see your baby has shut up.
madam.
Mother—Yes, sir. You are the only
thing that's pleased him since he saw
the animals eat at the zoo.—Puck.
GERMANS ON GUARD DUTY.
Photo by American Press Association.
Rilici ot Old Persia.
Bbuster. the old capital of Persia, Is
one of Iran's wonder cities. li* the
dawn of Persian civilization It took a
leading part. On the bank of the only
navigable river the country can boast,
the city gets its name from the famous
ruler, Shapur, who built great irrigat
ing dams and a noble bridge across the
Koran, now wrongly credited to the
Emperor Valerian. Sixteen hundred
years bave left the great bridges, a
quarter of a mile in length, with yawn
ing gaps, but the water of the river
runs today through the channels and
tunnels made to fertilize a land that
bad not yet been overrun by the Arabic
barbarians wbo destroyed the culture
of Persia.—London MaiL
Barley Water,
Barley water la a safe and cooling
drink and Is nutritious as well. Put
Into a pitcher one large tablespoonfu!
of well washed pearl barley, pour over
It two quarts of boiling water, cover
and let stand until cold. Drain off the
llqnid, add one-half cupful of sugar
and a little nutmeg. If liked the juice
of a lemon is a pleasant addition.
Knew the Exact Amount.
De Faque—ll i could get some one
to invest $l,OOO In that scheme ot mtn*
1 coaid make some money. Dawson—
How much could you make* IX
Faque—Why. sl,ooo.—Baltimore Sun.
Perhaps.
••Sir, 1 came down trom a long line
of ancestors."
"Indeed! Were many of them hang
ing on ltV—Exchange.
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Try to do your duty and you at once
know what is In you.—<Goethe
Where Ignorance le Bliss.
"Was that your intended that yon
were walking with?" "Yes, but he
hasn't yet caught on."— Life.
Laughed and Won.
When the British were storming
Badajoz the Duke of Wellington rode
up and, observing an artilleryman par
ticularly active, Inquired the man's
name. He was answered "Taylor."
"A very good name too," said the
date. "Cheer up, my men! Our Tay
lor will soon make a pair of breaches
in the wans!"
At this sally the men forgot their
danger, a burst of laughter broke from
them and the next charge carried the
fortress.—London Answers.
GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
HAS TICKED 75 YEARS.
And It Is Still Ticking In a Home In
Kansas City.
For three generations an old grand
father's clock owned by W Nash, of
2011) East Eighteenth street. Kansas
City, has counted off the seconds.
Seventy-five years ago the mother of
Mr. Nash, then a young girl, sent back
to her old home in County Tyrone. Ire
land. for some things for her new
home. She was to marry an Irish lad
she had met in this new country.
Most tmiMirtaut of her orders was
one for a clock to be made especially
for her.
"There is an old elockmaker at
home," she told her sweetheart, "whose
clocks are the finest to be had. His
name is Jonathan Frost, and his
clocks, they say. will last forever,"
The clock came at last, it was in a
ease of cherry wood, grand to behold.
Bat its most interesting part at least
to oar modern eyes. Is the works.
The wheels with on exception are of
! wood. So carefully were they carved
i and of such fine hard wood wore they
made that today the old clock still
keeps almost perfect time. There is
one small brass wheel in the case.
| Only twice has it ever had to be re
paired, and tben a thorough cleaning
I was all that was necessary. In 1859 it
was sent to a clock repairer, L. Reicht,
In Platte City. Mo. And fifty years
later. In 1909, it was sent again to him.
Although he was then an old man. his
i hands were still skilled In the repairing
of delicate machinery.
However, the old clock was ooce
more merely in need of cleaning, and
it was soon sent back to the home of
Mr. Nash, where it Is now ticking as
cheerfully as ever. There Is no Indi
cation that it will cease soon, it re
; quires winding every twenty-four
hours. There is also an alarm, which
is as good as ever. The clock has out
lived its first owner by many years as
well as a number of others in the fam
ily.
Hard to Explain.
It was a soulful night, and they sat
together in the parlor. The following
conversation was going on:
He —I gave you that parrot as a
Vfethday present, did I not, Matilda?
elhe—Yes; but surely, Albert, you are
not going to speak of your gifts as
if— He—lt was young and speechless
at the time? She—Yes (with Increas
ing wonder), and it has never been out
of this parlor. He—There are no oth
er young ladies in this house? She—
No, there are not. He —Then why
why, when I kissed your photograph
In your album while waiting for yu
did that wretched bird imitate yo r
voice and say, "Don't do that. Chart
please don't?" —Exchange.
THE KRUPP GUN WORKS AT ESSEN.
Hie Definition.
"Pa, what is an 'lnterior decorator T "
"I'm not quite sure, Wilfred, but I
jhinir tt'g a cook."—New York Times.
The Cutup.
'There goes the village cutnV'
"Is he a joker or a surgeon.'—Balti
more American.
Being Right.
You can't be sure you're right sim
ply because you believe you are.—Al
bany Journal.
A Demonstration.
T distinctly saw you with ft pollc# l
man's arms around you."
"Oh, yes, mum! Wasn't it nice of
him? He was showln' me bow to bold
a burglar if I found one in the house."
-Life.
THF PATRIOT
What disconcerts the European in the
great American restaurant is the ex
cessive. the occasional maddening slow
ness of the service and the lack of in
terest in the service. Touching the lat
ter defect, the waiter is not impolite;
he is not neglectful. But he is too often
passively hostile, or at best neutral.
He. or his chief, has apparently not
grasped the fact that buying a meal is
not like buying a ton of coal. If the pur
chaser is to get value for bis money h*
must enjoy his meal, aud if be is to en
joy his meal it must not merely be effi
ciently served, but it must be efficient
ly served in a sympathetic atmosphere.
The supreme business of a good waiter
Is to create this atmosphere. True, that
even in the country which has carried
cookery and restaurants to loftier
heights'than any other—l mean, of
course, Belgium, the little country of
little restaurants—the subtle ether
which the truly civilized diner demands
is rare enough. But in the great res
taurants of the great cities of America
It is, I fancy, rarer than anywhere else
—Arnold Bennett in Harper's Maga
Bine.
Even the least superstitious are often
struck by the misfortunes which at
tend some persona on certain dates. A
large firm in the city has in its em
ploy a living instance of the fact. On
June 12 an employee lost his left arm
by coming in contact with machinery
The accident disabled him for his then
employment, and he was given that
of ft messenger. On another June 12
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand. Result, a broken leg
The next accident was a fall on the
stairs In the firm's buildings—again
June 12—the right arm broken this
time. The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs. The
firm took the case Into consideration
and Issued an order that in future the
employee was to take a holiday on
that date, an order with which he has
now complied for several years.—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Longfellow, the great poet, was not
ed for his fondness for children, and
this extended to all little folks, wheth
er of his family or not. There was on*,
little boy of whom he was very fond
and who came often to see him. One
day the child looked earnestly at the
long row of books in the library and
at length asked, "Have you 'Jack
the Giant Killer?'" Longfellow was
obliged to confess that his great library
did not contain that venerated volume.
The little fellow looked very sorry and
presently slipped down from the poet's
knee and went away. But the next
morning Longfellow saw him coming
up the walk with something tightly
clasped in his little fists. The child
had brought 2 cents with which Long
fellow was to buy a "Jack the Giant
Killer" of his own.
Napoleon, who tried to smoke once
and then with dire results, instituted
the French tobacco monopoly, which
the German government now proposes
to adopt so far as cigarettes are con
cerned. At a court function held early
in 1810 the emperor remarked a lady
wearing jewels of such magnificence
that he inquired how her husband
made his money. "He is a tobacco
merchant," was the reply, which led
him to seek further, information as to
such a profitable business. Before the
year expired Napoleon issued a decree
restricting the sale and manufacture
of tobacco exclusively to the state. It
has remained a monopoly ever since
and for many years past has brought
in an annual revenue of over $80,000,-
000.
"I've had my daughters learn to cook
so that they might get better hus
bands."
"And did they?"
"No. they feel above marrying now."
—Boston Transcript.
I Our First SswmiTl.
It Is said that the first sawmill in
1 the United States was at Jamestown,
from which sawed boards were ex
ported In June, 1607. A water power
sawmill was in use in 1625 near the
present site of Richmond
Our Funny Language.
A mam feels put out when he discov
ers that be has been taken in.—Chicago
News.
Never Touched H lie-
Landlady (to new boarder, crushing
lyV-Mr. Newcome, that is the cream
and not the milk you are pouring on
your oatmeal. It was Intended for the
coffee. Mr. N.—Oh, never mind, Mrs.
Balkins. I like it just as well.
American Restaurants.
His Unlucky Day.
Helping the Poet.
Napoleon and Tobacco.
Gooo Cooke In Demand.
| Christmas Buying J
I've done my buying
Of Christmas J®>s,
For time is flying
And rush annoys;
Long, barren aisles
I walked for miles.
The while defying
The teasing toys.
I've stocked the stocking
Of every friend-
It's simply shocking
How one can spend!
I pawned my pants
To buy my aunts
A gift! Cut knocking
Won't make or mend
The circumstances
klade tt a bore;
Henceforth, the chanc* is
I'll pay my score
With bales of cards
And scrawled "regards"
And such advances
Forevermore
—A. Walter Uttlng
EVERY GERMAN A SOLDIER
FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS.
Each Bubject to Military Duty From
Tim* of His Seventeenth Yoar.
As the result of the inquiries whlcfc
have urisen abroad as to the maimer
la which Germany could recruit the
army of 12.000.000 men which It is re
ported she can put in the field, the foi
lowing statement shows the militarj
service which every German subject
Is expected to render:
"Every German from hfc seventeenth
year until bis forty-fifth year is sub
ject to military duty. He cannot ob
tain a substitute in his place. Those
who are disqualified through their
state of health or are of iasufficieut
bodily dimensions, as well as all who
have been in prison, are excepted.
"The period of active duty Is two
years for the Infantry, the field artii
lery and the commissariat; the oth
er arms, which require a longer train
ing, three years. Whoever can prov
higher education or has specially ex
celled in any field of human activity
does active service for only one year
"After fulfilling his duty of active
service, the soldier enters the reserve
active duty and reserve together last
ing seven years. Then he enters tht
landwehr for twelve years. The firsi
levy extends from the age of twenty
seven to thirty-two and the second lev}
from thirty-three to thirty-nine. From
the age of thirty-nine to forty-five the
citizen belongs to the landsturm, who.
however, are sent to the front only lu
extreme emergencies.
"When calling in the landwehr and
landsturm the unmarried men are, as
far as possible, sent to the front first;
then the married men without children
and finally the others, according to the
number of children.
"As long as the soldier belongs to the
reserves he has to undergo military
drill for two weeks every year. The
officers do thxso exercises of sight
weeks each. The first levy of the land
wehr are trained twice, fourteen days
each time.
'The pay for the active private
amounts to 55 cents for ten days. The
food, which is very good, is provided
In the barracks, where the soldiers
have to live. In time of war the pay
for officers and soldiers is doubled. In
times of peace family and business
matters, etc., are taken into considera
tion in calling out the reservists or the
men belonging to the landwehr for
drill.
"During the drill and the grand
maneuvers the wives and children of
tba older men are supported by appro
priate allowances. Every noncommis
Honed officer who has served for
twelve years has the right to a cash
payment of 1,500 marks when resign
lag and to a permanent position as a
government or city official, with a right
to pension."
NO VISITS BY WOMEN.
German Commander Baya Prisoners'
Camps Are Not Family Rendezvous.
Freiberr von Biasing, acting com
manding general of the Seventh army
oorpa, has issued the following procla
mation forbidding German prisoners'
camps to German women:
"Women might as well save them
selves the trouble of asking perm Is
sion to enter the prisoners' camps even
though their husbands are on military
duty there. Women have no business
in prisoners' camps. Such places are
no family rendezvous. Also visits In
barracks, training camps or drill
grounds cannot be permitted to the
women, not even on Sundays. The In
terest of the military service knows no
considerations of feelings and seutl
mentalities.
"This may not seem very polite to
the women, but they should be glad
that it is this war service which pro
tects their home and which keeps the
misery of war from Germany. So,
women, stay at bomef'
AT 89 HE'LL QUIT TOBACCO.
Vwawnf, Old,* Living FjcCmnw
Also te Give Up Btidgi.
Vermont's oldest living ex-governor.
John W. Stewart, observed his eighty
ninth birthday qaietly. When asked
If he had any message for his friends
Mr. Stewart said:
"Eefti them that I practiced law for
•fly years, and then I took up bridge
whist playing. I am probably the
poorest player In the world and may
for this reason go back to the practice
of law."
He also announced that after having
smoked tobacco for seventy years he
totoftfln to give op the habit.
A Christmas
Wedding
By OS*\R CO., \
X ifl
Jim Ruggles drove a mule, and . efl
he was a grade higher than a mull
driver. What put Jim up a peg tsol
the fact that his uiule towed a can; t
loat. Jim was not especially proud -4
his mule, but he was very proud of til
boat. He could tie up nights, pick f
his mule aud turn into the luxurio u ,
quarters in the stern for a good sleep.,
Most of the other boats on that can 4e
contained families. Jim was a
bachelor, and when he passed other,
boats and saw clothes hanging out to
dry he felt more lonely than ever, and
when he saw dirty faced children look
ing at him out of the stern windows it
made him positively homesick.
The hardest days for Jim to gert
through were holidays. There was one
Christmas that he kept the towpatb all
day to drive away the blues. And even
then he couldn't help seeing the win
dows along his route hung with ever
greens and children running about
showing one another the toys that San
ta Claus had brought them.
There was a small house a short dis
tance from the canal in which them
lived an old woman. She kept chick
ens, a oow and several pigs. Jim had
no Interest in the place until one day
when he was passing with his boat ft
comely young woman emerged from
the house with a bucket in her hand
and dumped the contents into the pig
sty. Jim passed out of sight of the red
cheeked girl with n bucket to the mu
sic of grunting pigs.
Men have falleu in love to the sound
of a lute. Probably their refined na
tures could not have fallen into the
same condition to the grunting of pigs
struggling for swill. But Jiui was not
a gentleman; he was a mule driver. At
any rate, that's exactly what he did.
His lonely heart yearned for that red
cheeked girl, and love was born within
him on the same principle that it la
born in a man listening to a lute.
As Jim went back and forth on the
towpath whenever he passed that
bouse he looktd for the girl with the
red cheeks. One day he reached the
place just as she stepped out into the
yard. Naturally, seeing a boat moving
by. she looked at it Then, seeing Jim,
she looked at hlin. He was only a
man driving a mule attached to a ca
nalboat, but perhaps she was sighing
for a mate, just as Jim was. At any
rate, she didn't look away till she had
noticed an admiring look on Jim's hon
est, but homely, face. As He passed
on she continued to look at him.
The next time she saw the boat go
by It was in the late fall, but the lee
bad not closed navigation. Jim had
an overcoat buttoned tight around hhu
aud was smoking a short pipe. O*
the deck of bis boat was a board prop*
ped up to show dbalked letters, "Christ
mas is cornin'."
How did that girl kuow that till*
was a message for her? Maybe she
didn't, but the next time Jim passed
the house he saw chalked ou the roof
of the pigsty, "Hope you'll enjoy It."
The ice was broken—not In the canal,
but the ice of nonacquaintauce be
tween these two piuers for each other.
The next passing message was, "How
would you like to spend it on a canaL
boat?" To which was made a reply,
"Fust rate."
Much less has been taken for a pro
posal of marriage and an acceptance.
The singular part of it is that the con
tract in this case was made before
these two had a closer view of each
other than a hundred yards. Never
theless Jim regarded the matter set
tled, and his heart was overjoyed that
he would not have to spend the com
ing Christmas on the towpath to keep
from being lonely.
His next message was "Christmas
eve?" To which he received a reply,
'lsn't that suddent?" On seeing this
loving message chalked in beautiful
pure white letters on the roof of tho
pigsty Jim halted his mule, sat down
on the deck of his boat with his legs
dangling over the side and waited for
a sight of his ladylove. Presently sho
appeared at a window and threw him
a kiss. He was not satisfied with this
and waited longer, but she did not ap
pear again. Turning the board over,
he chalked on the other side. "Be ready
Christmas eve." Having waited till h#
felt sure she had seen his message, ho
drove oh.
The day before Christmas Jim loaded
up at the terminal with Christmas vi
ands and on his way out again called
on a parson living beside a church that
he had often noticed near the girl's
house. The parson promised to be on
hand on Christmas eve.
Mind you, Jim was taking It all on
faith. He didn't know what the girl
would do, but he said that he "kind o'
reckoned she would." Dusk was fail
ing on Christmas eve when Jim's
home, containing a bridal-Christmas
outfit, stopped opposite the girl's home.
He and the parson went there and
found her in her best dress. Jim bad
on a store suit, and at nearer view tho
two were mutually pleased. The old
woman gave Jim a shrewd glance and
was evidently satisfied. The party sat
down to a supper for which a chicken
had been killed, and after the dishes
were washed and pot away the cere
mony was perforated. When the old
woman bade the bride good by she said:
"1 reckoned when 5 tuk you out
the poorhouse them red cheeks would
git yon a home."
Jim and his bride passed a merry
Christmas in their apartments on the
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