MARCHING ARMIES For Infantry Fifteen Wiles Is a Good Day's Work. HORSES MAKE TWENTY MILES But to Do This Day After Day Re- j quires Good Artillery Stock wid Al- j most Perfect Conditions The Pace For Soldiers In Various Cosmtriss. The infantry pace varies in detail in the armies of the nations, it varies not only In length of step, but In the number of steps to the minute, and each uatiou. of course, thinka its own step is the best. One peculiar step, known as the "pn rade march." or "goose step." is used at times by German soldiers. No otb er army has a step similar to it. The German goose step consists in throw Ing out the legs without bending the knees, and it is used only on ceremo nial occasions, in changing guard and when a detachment of men pass an officer of high rank The rate of march of a detachment of infantry in active service depends on many factors. Including the size ot the marching body or the length of the column, the training, physical condi tion and spirit of the troops, the road and the weather. Two and a half miles an houraud flf teen miles a day Is a good average for seasoned infantry carrying, of course, field equipment. Seasoned troops in good spirits and spurred by the pros pect of action may be depended on to do much better than this when the sit uation requires it, but when an in fantry division or even a brigade has moved over fifteen miles of road in one day it has done a day's work. Stonewall Jackson's "foot cavalry of the valley" now and then covered for ty miles in one march, but it was ex ITaOrdinary Infantry. In some of the press reports from the Russo-Japanese war it was given out that on occasion large bodies o" Japanese Infantry covered fifty mile:: of road in a day and night and came up on the firing line fresh enough to shoot. But a great many prodigies were accredited to Japanese troops in that war. It has long been a saying among military men of countries other than France that the French foot soldier has the best legs in Europe, and the mobility of an army depends on its feet and legs. Infantry is as good as its feet. An infantryman who can march and shoot is worth a regiment of men who straggle, hunt shade, pant for water, develop blisters on the feet and keep their ears pricked up only for mess call, sick cail and recall. In the American army the length of the full step iu quick time is thirty Inches, measured from heel to heel, and the cadence is at the rate of 120 steps to the minute. At 120 stej>s to the minute the soldier marches 3,000 Inches a minute, which equals 100 yards. And marching 100 yards a minute he will march 6.000 yards in one hour, or three and nine twenty seconds of a mile—a little under three and a half miles. They do not do this practically because time must be taken out for rest. The British infantry step is thirty one and one-half inches, the longest of all the stejs. Germany keeps step with Switzerland, each doing thirty one inches, while twenty-nine inches is the pace of the armies of Italy. France and Austria. The Russians take the shortest step, twenty-seven and one-half inches and only do 112 in a minute. The German infantryman does 114. the Austrian 115 and the French and Italian each manage 120 Consequently, to march a mile takes the Russian twenty minutes, the Aus trian eighteen and two-thirds minutes, the French and Italian eighteen inin utes, while the German could beat this by ten or eleven seconds. A fair day's march lor a battery or battalion or regiment of field artillery Is twenty miles, but to make this day after day on the usual American road without killing the horses not only re quires good artillery stock with some warm blood in their arteries, but per fect fitting harness and drivers who have some native intelligence and into whom discipline has been hammered. The usual practice iu the light artillery is to march for fifty minutes and halt and rest ten minutes. During that rest which is mainly in the interest of the horses, collars are opened and laid back so that a horse's shoulder may be relieved and cooled, and. of course, the limber props are let down that the weight of the pole may be taken off the necks of the wheelers.—Spokane Spokesman-Review. Seeking Information. Little Wife—How do you like met saline and brocaded satin with chiffoa over velvet? Hubby—What are yo talking about—clothes or the platform of the woman's party?— Chicago News. Musical Note. "Say, Hiram, what do they mean bf a Stradevar'us?" "Oh, a Stradevar'us is the Latin name for a fiddle."—Musical Courier. Common Course. Hi—What course is Sarah studying at that boarding school? Si—l can't re member, but I think it's cosmetics.— Stamford Chaparral. The only failure a man ought to toar is failure in cleaving to the purpose Be sees to be best— George Eliot Prol i the reason very young -nii'- atively immune tu infection is that tin r hearts Ivat -• m • rapidly thin those of e!er that the btocd flows swif'l the arteries, and this swifi n s* makes it difficult for micro oi •< to gain a foothold In the blool *i;- t • New York World. One Danger. "Have you fastened the window dear?" she asked as tbev were a'i->n to retire for the night. "No. What's the use? I gave yoi the last dollar I had to buy that ne* hat and we needn't fear burglars." "But they might sit down on the na,. j you know."—Washington Post. Between Citizens. He was abusing things in general "Have you registered?" asked tiv other man. "N'-n-no." "A citizen should always register Your vote will do more to correct mat ters than your criticism."—Pittsburg* Post An Ancient Phrase. The frecpieutiy quoted "I do not pin my faith upon your sleeve" is traced in sentiuieni to feudal times, when tb# partisans of a leader used to wear his badge piuned upon their sleeves. Some times these badges were changed foe specific purposes, and persons learned to doubt; hence the phrase. "You wear the badge, but 1 do not intend to pin my faith on you - .' sleeve."—New York American. i What Hurt Most. "Why are you crying so bitterly, life tie man'/" asked the kind hearted old lady as she patted the tearful young* ster on his bead. "Bill Jones hit me on the nose," TB the boy's reply. "Did he hurt you much?" "Naw; he didn t hurt me at all, Inril he ran away before 1 could hit bill back-"—Richmond Times-Dispatch. SERVIAN CAMP IN MIDWINTER. I ' ' Wn i _ Photo by American Press Association Descriptive. "Is she homely?" "Well, I wouldn't say that exactly. I But after taking one look at her no one would ever think of asking why she had never married." Detroit Free Press. BIBLE THAT SAVED A SOLDIERS LIFE. The book, printed in German and Hebrew, was struck by a piece of shrap nel, which was stopped when halfway through the volume. Below the book Is its case. INDIAN TROOPS FIGHTING FOR ENGLAND. fcV i • 1 " " 1 r— r.^*^* , * ,— "' - <s €• Photo by; African Prosa Association. "MOTHER" MINERS. Photo by American Press Association. Very Temperate. "He was very temperate, drunk only once a week." re witness to a Liverpool corone USE YOUR STRENGTH. In the assurance of strength there is strength, and they are the weak est, however strong, who have no faith in themselves or their powers. —Lord Bacon. THE PATRIOT Aye, There's the Rub. If we had to turn our own grind atones we wouldn't have so many axes to grind.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Democratic Senator Opposed to Ship Purchase Bill Photo by American Press Association. SENATOR O'GORMAN. CRATER LAKES. Easter Island Has a Wonderful One, and So Has Java. Wonderful lakes are often found in side the craters of volcanoes. One of these can be seen upon Easter island —the island which bears wonderful re mains of an unknown ancient people. Inside a crater is a lake, near the bor ders of which lie several unfinished crowns composed of tufa, evidently destined for the huge tigures on the shores of the island, but never com pleted. And on this lake float many waterfowl, one of which is said to be a goose unknown to science. Another curious crater lake existed until recently within the icebound cra ter of a volcano in New Zealand. The water was heated to boiling point, but a short time ago an eruption of more than common violence tossed the whole lake into the air. A most interesting crater lake can still be seen in Java in the volcano of Papandajan. and it is possible to enter the crater and gaze down on the scene below. Standing on the rim. one can see the vast seething mass of boiling mud. Every now and then a wave of mud moves heavily along the sides of the chasm, only to fall back into the molten mass, and here and there col umns of sulphur thrown out of the lake of mud are gradually forming walls. It is indeed peasant to escape fvom this dismal in closure to breathe the free air once more. ISOLATED ISLANDS. Lonely Tristan da Cunha Gets Outside News Once In Two Years. Though scientific progress has made it possible to do a double journey be tween England and America in a fort night. there remain many islands with which it takes years to communicate. Off the Scottish coast are the groups of islands known as the Hebrides. Ork neys and Shetlands. Of these the most Isolated island is St. Kilcla. some three miles long and two miles broad. The lead lives of great loneli uess, for it takes a month to get to the next island, and the sea often makes any communication with St. Kilda impossible for months. The group of eight Phoenix islands in the Pacific has a total population of only 158. while another little bit of the British empire i* Fanning island. This is a landing place for the Pacific submarine cable, and usually there arc about 100 people in the place. The loneliest of all parts of British territory is the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the south Atlantic, which is also the smallest inhabited island in the empire. It is 1.800 miles from land, has a population of seventy-four ! Scottish Americans, and the inhabit ants get news of the outer world 1 usually oiH*e every tw > years.—Londo Stray Stories. Two Fuzzles. Mrs. Bowns— llow do you expect m to buy things for yon to eat if you don't give me any money? Mr. Bowns —And how do you expect me to earn money for you if 1 don't get anything tp Y ark .Joqwia I.; MORE MERCHANT VESSELS SUNK German Submarines Create Ter ror Among English Shipping ENEMY TORPEDOES FIVE SHIPS Threat of Germany to Wage War on Merchant Marine Carried Into Ef fect—Three of Vessels Destroyed In Irish Sea Not Far From Port of Liverpool While Two Are Sunk In English Channel. London, Feb. ). —In addition to tha three British steamships, Ben Crua chen, Linda Blanche and Kilcoau, tor pedoed and sunk in the Irish sea, two other British merchantmen, the Toko maru and the Icaria, are victims ot submarine raids in waters supposedly safe for British shipping. The loss of the last two boats was reported by the French ministry of ma rine. which said the two vessels were torpedoed in the English channel off Havre by German submarines. The Tokomaru was bound from New Zealand to England. Her crew was rescued by the trawler Semper. Her cargo consisted in part of clothing and a contribution of $7,500, New Zea land's gift to Belgian refugees. No details are available concerning the torpedoing of the Icaria. The following statement was given out by the French ministry of ma rine: "The Tokomaru was sunk by a tor pedo from a German submarine. The English vessel Icaria also was tor pedoed in the same locality. "In the Irish sea the English steamers Linda Blanche and Ben Cruachen v are torpedoed. (This was reported Saturday from Fleetwood). "Hitherto the Germans, before at tacking a merchant vessek, always al lowed the crew sufficient time to em bark is the ship's boats. That cus tom has now been abandoned as was shown by the bombardment of the Ad miral Ganteaume, which was filled with Belgian women and children ref ugees. The German marine has de cided to violate systematically and de liberately international law.' The Tokomaru was a vessel of 3,912 tons. She sailed from New Castle, New South Wales, on Oct. 29. Shipping records make no mention of the Icaria. % '©Tiertuous Love. "Do yer love me. 'Erb?" "Love yer, 'Liza! I should jest thinl I does. Why, if yer ever gives me uft I'll murder yer! I can't say moren that, can IT— London Punch. Very Moving. Talk about moving things with • derrick—the most powerful thinj known to move man is a woman 1 e yeg.—Florida Times-Union. Do Yoa Like Sea Food? Then try our Finnan Haddies, the delicious Scotoli dish, per lb. 18c lf you sliould want a real good i: • T MaCKEREL try our large fat Block Island Mackerel, strictly first qua li tv, lb. 15c Fancy fresh Croncarty Bloaters, 3 for lOc offer you a fine line of Fresh ROASTED COFFEES Rood's Boston Rlenrì, al lb. 25c r film Hall. ;-t Ih 35c Guaranteed Java & Mocha 45c Good LucK Santos, at lb Isc HIGH-GRADE CEYLON TEAS Oolong and Young Hyson, at lb. 60c W; tt*t l IST MM Ot FR^'H COUNTRY BUTTER AT 32c LB. • AND STRICTLY FRESH LAID EGGS, PER DOZ. 30c Pure Home Rendered Lard, 15c per lb. 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