THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. The Empty House By f annle Barnett Liniky iL'opyiiKht, IMS, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) The little brown car had swung with u yoft humming sound down the Kinooth road, and Its sole occupant was silting with her hands In her lap, looking dreamily out at the landscape und th- 0W8 of houses that they passed. If, as the poets say, "the eyes nre mirrors of the soul," then It wus very apparent that Elaine llargrnve was not hoppy, for the sad, far-away ex pression on her face told Its own story As the machine turned the corner of the street, however, she began to tnke ,inorc Interest In her surroundings. Suddenly she leaned forwnrd and spoke to the chaulTeur. "Stop, Jacques," stie commanded, sharply, "at the house 'To Let." The brakes ground sharply, and Elaine stepped out ut. once. She looked again and drew In her breath quickly. A wavo of crimson flooded her face. The chaufTour wondered nt the sudden order, for they were al ready late for dinner, and be did not think that his mistress could possibly want to look nt this empty house. The glory of a perfect spring dny was over nil the out-of-doors. It seemed u day to tempt anyone to remain In the open, and drink In to the full the beauties of bountiful nature, but evi dently this did not attract the girl, for she mounted the steps of the house ut once. She looked around nt Jacques after she had rung the bell. "Walt till I come out," she said. A slovenly-looking woman suddenly appeared In response to her ring. She wns as dusty looking, somehow, as the house was, and quite us dejected look In?; but Elaine scarcely saw her as Hhe spoke: "I want to see the house," said tho slrl. "I suppose I can go In?" "Well, It's gettin' pu tty lute, mum, nnd I don't think ns you'd be seelu' much," replied the old woman. "You can give me your candle," said L'htino, qiilcVy, as she slipped a coin Into the not over clean hand, and with a little gasp, the woman yielded. The front door was opened and Elaine went through tho pnssage and glided upstairs like a ghost, tho woman promptly returning to the lower re gions, whence she had come. Light ing the dirty candle from n gas Jet burning In the passageway, Elaine went from tine room to another with quick, nervous bnste. Her fnce wns quite colorless, but her eyes burned with n feverish light that made her seem very different from tho brilliant lady of fashion that most people knew ns Elaine Hargrove. " Here she was but n girl; and face to face with memory, a memory that was still alive after three years of bitter struggle the struggle of trying to forget. For today wus the third anniversary f whnt was to have been Elaine Har grnve's wedding dny, but that wedding never took place; and on the third anniversary of "what might hnvo been," ns Elaine expressed 1t herself, ntnl Just home from travels thnt had taken her Into the faraway corners of the world, the girl had become pos sessed with the desire to see the place that once she had expected to cnll "home." She stopped for n moment In her flitting from room to room nnd looked about her. Here, but three short yeors before, she had planned to come ns n Imppy bride, and here she had left the tnnn she loved after their bitter quar rel, called him "Puritan" nnd "Prude," because he would not countenance the wnys of her "set." How empty nnd false were the wnys f that very same se.t, she hnd come bitterly to realize, Just ns In her heart of hearts she had come to respect nil fho more the mun who would not bow down to them. And how empty wns her heart ns well ! She could see him plainly, If she but shut her eyes for n moment, as he stood before her that day so long ago, ho tall and proud nnd good to look nt. She hnd always taken such pride In his guild looks, uil the more so because he had not belonged to her "set," but had come to the city unknown, nnd hnd forked up to nn enviable position. She could almost hear ngaln his earnest voice ns he remonstrated with her on that Inst fateful day In this house. "I know thnt I do not belong to this 'set' that you seem to think so miich of, rienr," he sold, "and perhaps that Is why I find It so hard to accustom myself to the things that they do, but I am certain that I have too much regard for the woman who Is to bo my Wife to want to see her follow In the footsteps of people whose chief iilm In life seems to bn to attract the atten tion of others. You nre mnde for bet ter things than this, Elaine, dear. Won't yu be guided by mo in this thing nnd Rive these people up? Pleuse, denr, Tor my sake?" Notable Men Epileptic. . John Bunyun's epileptic character istics were well mnrked. Julius Cae sar, Peter the Orent, Wellington nnd Alexander the Gient were sufferers, Mil the strong assertion is made that Napoleon wns nlso subject to Its men till control. Lord Byron was a notable Pplleptic, as was Balzac and the com posers Mozart and Mendelssohn. Jean Jacques Rousseau wns esteemed as one of the class, and even claim Is lodged that Thackeray was a victim of the disease. These are but few of hundreds of noteworthy Instances in 'bo iinnnls of the human race. Suicide Among Japanese Student. According to Rev. Dr. Sidney L. Qullck, who lived long in the tar East, "ulcldos uinong Jnponcse students nre Probably more prevalent thnn among lay other eiudcntR In tho world. Tie causes he mentions nre, first, the hli 'i Wrung nerves nnd exceptional (ton 1 tlveness to anything that may bo -Wiled nn n personnl humiliation ; i I 'frond, tit,, extrnordlnnry competll l unong - students to secure places .1 e government scImlIs. Shu recalled now how she lmri flunk nwny from him, Although In her heart kIh! luirl known even then that he was right, hut some perverse spirit hciiiiI to urge her not to give In; how she Imil refused to do what ho asked of her, telling her "Unit trim would live her llfi without him, mill Unit she real ized now that It was :i mlNtako to ex pert an outsider a plebeian to un derstand the ways of her kind of people." Even now, after three years, Elaine Mill wlnrcri as trim thought of those hasty words of hers. How tdio must hnvo hurt lilm and nil thetlme she was hurting herself as well; and Im had let her go on without a word of protest, In the end gravely agreeing with her, and saylntr that he would never nsk her to come hack nguln. And he hadn't. And they never met nor wrote. Elaine's eyes were opened now, hut of course It was far t"0 Inte to give In and acknowledge herse'f In the wrong. Three years of time had rolled be tween them, the liar of passionate words on either side keeping them ap.irt. She started once more on her pil grimage through the rooms. First the dining room, with the familiar pa per, which she herself had selected, lie had not heen so well-off then, and had Insisted upon living In the stylo that his own enrnlngs would entitle them to hut he had worked hard to glvo her ns many ns possible of the luxuries thnt she had been accus tomed to, "So small n thing to mean so large n loss," murmured the girl to herself. She had read those words somewhere, and now they enme Into her mind. She stood for a time looking out through the clouded windows. Greot tears welled up In her eyes and poured down over her face ns If the harriers were suddenly let down to allow tides of memory ,to flow In and engulf her. She hud never allowed herself to think In this way before, hut the spirit of love seemed to have come back to the dusty little room from which ho had flown three years before. For her time passed unheeded. Oiirkness fell. Outside.. James felt very cross, The Idea of aiijne spend ing so much (line looking at an empty house' He folded his arms and went half' asleep. Down In the basement, the care-taker, having finished her supper, came up, and, forgetting all about her visitor, or, thinking that she had surely gone away long ago, closed the door and went home. And F.liilno dreiinieil on for how long, she knew not. lliit suddenly she awoke to reality with n start, to no tice that It had grown very dark out side, and that there were footsteps coming through the hall. Then came the sound of a voice that seemed fa miliar. "Hold the light low there, please. I wish to see all the rooms. There, thank yon ; that's better." . Elulnc had crept to the door, and was listening with n white face. KI.e bad n glimpse of the two men ns they passed the door one, evidently the night watchman, holding the lamp, and the other, the man she had sent away three yenrs before.. "So he, too, has not forgotten," thought Elaine, bitterly. She wondered If she should speak make her presence known but each time she tried to her courage failed her. She looked again. Yes, there he wos! Standing In front of the open fireplace. Once more she peered through the open door. "How changed he wns," she said to herself. "How much older nnd grayer." Her face was still wet with the traces of her recent tears, but she did not oven know It ns she went up nnd tapped gently on the wall between the two rooms. He turned round suddenly with n great stnrt. Then he came to the door and opened it wider. Elaine walked Into the room. All the light from the lamp seemed to shine on the slcitricr figure, standing there so erect nnd proud. The girl's face wns white nnd strained, but her bine eyes shone like twin stars. The man started back with n little cry of unutterable astonishment. "Elaine! Good Clod!" "Listen," she Rnld softly, her hands outstretched. "Let me humble myself while I can. I need you, Richard I want you yon nnd the little house." "Elaine Elaine " The man could but whisper her name, for the sudden sight of her seemed to have dazed him. "Elaine why did you come?" Quite suddenly all the fear and pride seemed to die out of the girl's heart. "Because T loved you," she whispered softly. "Because In the old empty house I came to understand that I could never be happy without you. When I stood In the little room that we had planned together" her voice broke "Klchard, forgive me" She was In his arms, sobbing out the words she could not speak, and it's arms were around her as hu murmur ed : "It's for you to forgive me, dear est. My little girl I And I thought that you did not care!" She clung to him, even ns he held her, os be kissed Hp and brow nnd hair. He could not let her go. Ho would never let her go again. "My denrest," ho whispered, "not for long will It be the Empty House." Indian Name Survived. The survlvnl of the original name of Cuba Is a remarkable Instance of per sistence, as the Island has been bap tized nnd rcbnptlzed many a time since Its European discovery, Columbus first called It Juunn, In honor of Prince John, the son of Ferdinand and Isnbelln. After Ferdlnnnd's death It wus called, In his memory, Ferdlnnnda. Subsequently this nnme was changed to Santiago, after St. James, the pa tron saint of Spain. Still luter It was named Ave Maria, In honor of the Vir gin Mary. But nono of these names held, and the Indian nntno Is still pre served. Who Duilt First Auto? Just who built the first automobile In tho United States Is a matter of dispute. Elwood llaynes of the Hnynes Automobile company of Koko mo, is ono of tho cliiliiinnts of the honor. A mnchlno built tiy him In 18011-4, which mnde a successful trial trip nt the speed of six or seven miles an hour July 4, 1804, Is on exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution at , Washington, OF TESTS ARE FIXED GENERAL PERSHING TELLS HIS OFFICERS WHAT DEEDS ARE TO BE REWARDED. ARMY STORE'S LOW pmcEs 8oldlen In France Can Buy ' Many Things Cheaper Than In This Coun try New "Overseas Cap" Added to American Equipment. (From Commltte on Publlo Information.) Washington. These tests ure ap plied to cases recommended for the medal of honor, uccordlug to Instruc tions Issued as a guide to ofllcers by General I'ershlng: Men who huve performed In action deeds of most distinguished personal bravery and solf-sucrlflce ubove and beyond all cull of duty; so conspicu ous as clearly to distinguish them for gallantry and Intrepidity ubove their comrades; which involve risk of life or the performance of more than or dinarily hazardous service, the omis sion of which would not Justly sub ject the person to censure for short coming or failure In the performance of his duty. The distinguished-service cross Is awurded for gallantry In action to any one who may distinguish himself In ac tion by extraordinary heroism In con nection with military operation against an armed enemy, under cir cumstances which do not Justify the award of the medal of honor. The dlstingulslied-servlce medal Is awurded for exeeplinniilly meritorious service to the government in connec tion with operations against an armed enemy. Trices quoted for June on merchan dise in the huge general stores op erated by the quartermaster corps in Frunce show that members v,f the ex peditionary forces may secure goods at prices lower than retail prices In effect in this country. June quotations are: Half -pound package chocolate, 11 cents; can of cherries, ii cents; can of cocoa, 11 cents; pocket comb, J cents; can of corn, 10 cents; shaving brushes, 15 cents; tooth brushes, YZ cents; can strlngless beans, 10 cents; hot lie gin ger ale, ! cents; run plum pudding, H cents; standard safety razors, $1.75; pair shoe hues, cents; can talcum powder, 5 cents; pound cut-loaf sugar, 10 cents; spool cotton thread, 4 cents; two-ounce package smoking tobacco, 7 cents; hand soap, 1 cent; can lob sters, 23 cents; .shaving soap, 4 cents; bottle Worcestershire sauce, 20 cents; linen handkerchiefs, 10 cents; pint bottle olives, i!3 cents; can green peas, 10 cents; shoe polish, 9 cents. Although the men ure Issued ample rations the quartermaster stores are opened to the enlisted men for the pur pose of permitting them to mid to their menu or to satisfy Individual desires for dainties or delicacies. The highest grade of merchandise only Is carried iu stock so that the men may be sure of having the best, whether in rations or extra supplies. Meats, groceries, llsli, vegetables, no tions, toilet articles, smokers' articles, and scores of miscellaneous items are included in the published price lists. These lists ure linide uvullahle to each company and purchases may be made either for cash or on credit. Among the staples to be found in these chain stores ure: Fresh beef, ham, bucon, turkey, potatoes, rice, hominy, beans, onions, colTee, teu, sugar, cheese, cocoa, butler, and evap orated fruits. The canned fruits and vegetables Include: Apples, peaches, apricots, pears, cherries, currants, pineapples, prunes, asparagus, sweet corn, tomatoes, mushrooms, sweet po tatoes, spinach, squash, turnips and beans. Included in the list of canned meats nnd ll.sh ure: Lobsters, oysters, salmon, mackerel, cod, sardines, shrimps, herring, deviled crabs, sau sages, tongue, turkey, deviled bam, corned beef, corned-beef hash, roust beef ami mincemeat. For tho man with a sweet tooth there are:' Jams, jellies, preserves, t-alslns, upple butler, maple sirup, mo lasses, cranberry sauce, citron, nuts, candy, etc. The smoker may purchase smoking tobacco and chewing tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, pipes, cigarette pa pers and matches. The Incidental needs of all the men are supplied witli razors, combs, brushes for all pur poses, buttons, soup, shaving slicks, shaving mugs, mirrors, razor strops, shoe polish, shoe laces, toilet water, talcum powder, tooth powder, witch hazel, towels, handkerchiefs, pocket knives, needles, thread, candles and playing curds. In one army camp there tiro 55 bat talion baseball teams, besides the head quarters, stuff, brigade and division teams. More thnn 800 penalties for violation of rules und regulations governing li censed dealers iu foodstuffs have been imposed during the past ten months by the food administration. About 100 companies and Individuals huve been ordered to quit business In licensed commodities for a limited or unlimited period, nnd over 500 hnvo voluntarily made a money payment, usuully to the Red Cross, or have temporarily ab-1 atalned from doing busluess rather than risk culling down more drastic pcnulttcs. More than 700.000 tons of cereal foodstuffs were shipped to the allies from North America during May, ac cording to the food udministrutlon. April shipments were more tliuu 800, 000 tons. Standard safety razors are now be ing Issued to men In the expeditionary forces. In addition, each man Is Is sued a toothbrush, comb, hairbrush, aoap and towels. , There are about 5,000 Germans In terned la the United States. ID HONOR Tho "overseas cap" now being 1 sued to soldiers In the expedltlonarj forces mill dies the uniform In color, bus u very low crown, nnd bus no brim or peak. It Is so mude that It muy be folded and carried In a pocket. When American forces entered the trenches It was found that tho brims of their campaign huts Interfered with sighting through trench periscopes and that in tho cases of tall men tho high crowns could hu seen above tho para pets. The new cup Is so low that It permits tho men to move with prac tically the sume freedom as when they are bullosa. Tho trench helmet can bo worn over it. Only soldiers who huve been with the expeditionary forces weur the cup. According to reports from France new regulations provide that ofllcers shall weur their Inslgniu of rank on the cup, and enlisted men place on It tho buttou prescribed to be worn on the. left aids of the collur of the service couL The total cost for National army cantonments wus $140,720,473, accord ing to a stutement by the wur depart ment. The Nutlonnl Guard cumps cost $:i.s,:i75,272. Emergency work to provide for sol diers In this country und to provide buildings for the manufacture and storage of urmy supplies both here and abroad undertaken by the construction division of the army, which has beer, executed or Is under way and In pros pect up to June 1, will cost about $V 170,010,000. This total Is exclusive of three operations costing $100,0110,000, under the direct control of the ord nance department. Up to June 1 the construction divi sion had completed 53 Jobs, at a total cost of $202,250,000. It has 244 opera tions under way, which, when finished, will cost ubout $270,309,000. Prepara tions ure being mude to stnrt work on 117 new operations which ure expected to cost $700,000,000. Two out of every 1,000 men In the urmy huve to huve their shoes made to order. In several camps entire regi ments have had their feet measured, and hundreds of drawings were marie of odd shapes and sizes. At the pres ent time the army uses between 2,000, 000 and 3,000,000 pairs of shoes a month. Facts brought out In tests seem to prove that men in the present army ure larger than those serving In previ ous wars. Not only Is this shown by tho larger sizes of shoes called for, but by the larger sizes of outer clothing that Is being required. Records In the quartermaster corps show that a size larger, on the average, Is being de manded In blouses, shirts und breeches than have ever before been used. As a result of the studies at tha front, methods have been developed whereby more thnn 80 per cent of the wounded, who orlglnully remulned at the inllltury hospitals for months, are now cured nnd returned to the forcos In three or four weeks. In order that urmy surgeons stationed at enmpa, cantonments, und other military hos pitals In this country may thoroughly understand the latest treutment of wur wounds, the army medical department has bud established special classes of instruction to which are sent selected oflicers who, upon completion of their courses, return to their own hospital und instruct other surgeons In these methods. "Duty to one's country does not end on the parade ground, nor even on the battletleld, but consists In doing every thing In one's power to help win the wur," says an order issued by General Pershing, a copy of which bus been re ceived by the war department. "To write home frequently and reg ularly to keep In constant touch with family and friends Is one of the sol dier's most Important duties. Mothers und fathers will suffer If they do not hear often from sons fighting in France. In the present lurge com panies It Is not possible for olllcurs to write letters for their men, and every man must do It for himself." Applicants for commissions as first lieutenants in the engineer corps, ac cording to a statement by the war de partment, should be between thirty two and thirty-six years of nge and for commissions as captains between thirty-six und forty-two. The engineer corps Is conducting a campaign for' 2,000 more commissioned oliicers, the examining board tanking a tour of the principal cities of the country to make examination readily available for ap plicants. The $120,000,000 allotted for the plants Is expected to give the govern ment a smokeless powder production capacity equal to till other American plants combined. In construction of the plants It wus found necessary to build a new towu on each site to house the employees, nnd approximately 9,000 different buildings were erected. Streets wore put down nnd sewered, power plants constructed, und stores und hospitals built. Approximately 35,000 men worked on construction nnd ubout 30,000 will eventually be engaged In the actual production of powder. Thousands of women are employed In the United States gas-mask plant They ure acting as inspectors and are ougnged throughout the entire process of manufacture, according to a state ment from the gas defense service. Hundreds of girls have been trained In the special art of sewing the face pieces. Each separate step In the assembling of the mask is done by women workers, until the mask Is com pleted, the lust Inspection Is mudo and the final product Is ready for shipment overseas. The military postnl express service established for the expeditionary forces has charge of the collection, dis patch and delivery of all mall ema nating from and destined for the Ameri can forces in Frunce. It also will re ceive, dispatch and deliver the express arising, or arriving, in France for ths American forces, nnd will deliver ex press bound for the United States to tho iiroper express company. The three new national forests re cently established in the East Include approximately 058,000 octes. SIGNIFICANCE OF HUN'SJUBMARINE Fabric of International Economic Life Is Threatened. DEPENDING ON LAND POWER 3ermany' Aims Must Be Thwarted, Forcing Her to the Sea and Ob servance of Its Rules of Freedom. By FRANK J. GOODNOW. Jom the Committee on l'ulillc Informa tion, WHHlilnston, U t') Tho nineteenth century witnessed what wus probably the greatest ichJovement of the human Intellect. This was tho bringing about of the economic unity of the world. Since :he opening of the present century It aiay be said that no country which bus ny mnrked development bus been self lufllclent. Tho products of the trop ics have become articles of necessity :o the inhabitants of the temperate (one. The minerals which nature has stored In such profusion In particular llstrlcts are regarded us held in trust for tbu world at large. Failure In the :rop of certain staples like cotton, nhlch can- bo grown only under pe :ullnr conditions, is felt In distant lands. Drought In the Australian an tipodes makes it rillllcult for Europe to clothe herself in wool. This economic world unity has been the result of a slow development. Many things have contributed to Its growth. Without, however, the recog nition of the freedom of the seas It would have been Impossible. The transportation of many products Is conditioned by the cheapness of freight rates Incident to water routes. These routes lire available for general use only If the wen Is free 'to all vho desire to use It, unmolested from at tack. Their Interruption as a result of the naval operations of the present war has been followed by scarcity In many countries. Tho freedom of the sea became an established fact only In comparatively recent times. A perusal of the quaint phraseology of some murine Insurance policies, often still retained beyond the times to which It Is nppllcuhle, re veals the dangers 'Incident to ocean travel not so many years ago. Pirates, potentates nnd princes nil combined not so long ago to inufte the risks of ocean travel extra hazardous. The claims of potentates and princes to monopolize the ocean were recognized as Incapable of Justification only a few hundred years buck. Pirates still piled their nefarious trade within the memory of living men. Indeed, pirates aro still to be found In the rivers ami estuaries of southern China, and mer chnnt ships In that part of the world are compelled to arm themselves even now against piratical attack, as was onlversnlly the case the world over not much more than one hundred years ago. No Peculiar Rights to Sea. Tlx- freedom of the sea against pi ratical attack was secured by the united efforts of all seafaring nations who treated the pirate us an outlaw to whom no consideration or quarter was to bo given. Long before this result was reached it was determined by common agreement that no one coun try should clulm any particular rights In the sen such as Spain ami Portu gal had with papal sanction once set up. Apart from the Inlluence of prin ciples of Justice, It was found as a practical matter that live and let live was the only principle which could be applied. For Interference with the uhlps of nny country wns euslly re payable In kind. Ceaseless hostility between seafaring powers would huve followed the application of any other policy, as it did actually follow the monopolistic attempts of Spain. Tlie significance of the submarlno which has first been used in the war now raging consists In the fact that Its use Imperils the economic unity of the world to width attention has heen called. The submarine threatens the freedom of the seas through tho recognition of which progress in tho direction of world economic unity has been made possible. The submarine threatens the freedom of the sens be cause no adequate method of defenso against It has ns yet been discovered. If it Is used ns It has been In the past few years by n nation whose chief con cern Is land rather than sen power, retaliation nnd reprisal ore Impossible. Two cun piny nt the game of sea mo nopoly when snrfaco shipping nnd sea faring nations are concerned. But where the submarine Is used by a power whose Interests nre continental rather than oceanic the gome which Is plnyeri Is quite n one-sided one. All the pow er which Is ut tacked can do Is to en deavor to destroy us many submarines ns possible, and recent experience would go to show thnt such a policy Is not effective. A power which makes uso of submarines for the destruction of merchant shipping of course in vites reprisals, but If thnt power has no shipping such reprlsnls ore Im possible. Owed Existence to Britain. This Is the situation nt the present time. The submarine Is tho weapon of tho German empire whoso sencoast Is both small nnd completely under the control of Great Britain so fur as con cerns Its use ns a huso for sen power. Germany hud, It Is true, a great mer chant marine before the outbreak of the war. But she knew very well thut that merchant murine owed its very existence to the forbearance of Great Britain nnd that at the first breath of war It would melt nway. Germany, therefore, determined to pin her faith on railways which should pass through lands tinder her control. This Is the secret of the Berlin-Bagdad railway. This Is tho renson why Turkey was brought tinder her domin ion nnd Serbia wus sacrificed. To this belief in her continental destiny Is due tho desire to exercise her inlluence over Austria. The fulfillment of her plan Involved the control of Constanti nople, stuco only at Constantinople cun the water separating Europe from Asia Minor be crossed. Serblu hud to bo subjected to her dominion becuiise the only practicable put!) for a rail way to Constantinople was through the Morava valley which lay In Serb Ian territory. If Germany can control this route she need not consider her unfavorable position as regards tha sea. She will have n cotnmerclul high way unassailable by any power. She will also have a vast territory capable of economic development. She can finally make the present sen routes so dangerous by uttiick from submarine bases, either In the north or In the neighborhood of Constantinople, thnt they will have to be abandoned. The freedom of the sens will have been destroyed, the economic unity of the world seriously impaired, und the work of centuries rendered of little or no avail. Must Destroy Land Power. The submarine Is significant' to us then not because through lis use sev eral hundred American lives have been lost or because u few American ships have been destroyed, but because, the whole fubrlc of international eco nomic life is threatened. The -only way in which to save that life und thnt It Is worth saving none will deny Is to destroy Germany's land power, or cause her to realize that the world will not permit nny nation so to con duct herself us to Imperil Ideals which afler so many years of toll and trou ble on the part of the civilized world have received all but universal recog nition. Thnt we as Americans are in terested in these questions is thus quite evident. At first blush the In terest which we have Iu securing to Serbia an outlet on the Adriatic, or In the rehabilitation of the Balkan states does not perhaps appear. Nor Is the reason evident, perhaps, at first why we should Insist upon the emanci pation of the. Slavs submerged In the Aiistro-Huiigarlan empire. A strong Serbia and a weak Austria, however, tire absolutely necessary If Germany Is still disposed to use the submarine in the manner in which It lias been used. For only under these condi tions will the land route upon which she bus staked so much I ome impos sible. Only when such a laud route bus been ubaniloiicd will Germany be forced to return to the sea. When she does she will 11ml It necessary to observe the rules which have been elaborated to protect the freedom of the sea. Only when she does so can we hope for u further development in tlie direction of the economic unity of the world which menus .so much for human progress. BOY'S LETTERS TO MOTHER Missives Written From Trench or En campment Have Much More Than Ordinary Meaning. The soldier boy should understand that he must do a good deal of the letter-writing himself. He should not depend upon the mother or sister to do It all. A letter from home Is n grand Inlluence but a letter home makes the writer truer, stronger and nobler. Re member every word the boy writes has a mission In it, and that mission em braces himself us well as the loved ones at home. A boy can make for himself n line character by simply writing to his mother. lie cannot hold converse with her even by mail with out becoming a better boy. lie Is not In near ns much danger from army follies and sins after writing u letter to his mother. Any boy who writes frequently to bis home will make a bet ter soldier ami come out of the war a truer man. The army Is a school and letter writing Is u recitation Hint shows n boy's Intellectual and spiritual prog ress, and It will do what a recitation Is designed to do stir him to do his best. A letter to mother Is a loving thought of her mid these loving thoughts miiko the boy a brave, truer soldier. Ohio State Journal. The Japanese Week. In old Japan flic week was entirely unknown, nnd It was not until the pres ent era that the Ichlroku, or holidays, ono of the "ones" nnd "sixes" of each month (I. e., on the first, sixth, elev enth, etc.), were Introduced. But thnt was speedily abandoned for the week system. Sunday Is nn otllclal holiday, with names adapted from the Occiden tal nnmes, as follows: Nlcknyobl (Sun day), Getsiiyobi (Moon-day), Kayobl (Mnrs-day), Sulyohl (Mercury-day), Moknyobl (Jupiter-day), Klnyobl (Venus-day), Poyobl (Saturn-dny). Sunday Is in vulgar parlance also cull ed Dontaka, which Is n corruption' of the Dutch Zoning, and Saturday Is culled Hundow that Is, "halt-Sun-dny." Avoid the Discourager. Sometimes people grow discouraged because their work does not seem to count for much. A taper lay In a drawer, whence Its owner took It out and carried It away. "Where are you taking me?" asked tlie taper. "To show big ships their wuy across the sea," wos the reply. "But no ship could see by means of my tiny light." "Leave that to me," Bald the owner, as he lighted the big lantern nnd blew tho taper out. Responsibility the Cure. I If there Is anything thut shows what a man or woman really Is It Is respon sibility. It makes those taking a stand In the full light, where they can really Justify their claims. If a per son who constantly boasts his great ness enn stand under the test and bur den of responsibility, then his success Is assured. If he falls in this test he loses friends. Until such persons re gain their position they are despised and rejected. Martyr and Coward. A witty Judge declared recently that "a patriot was a man who refused to button his wife's blouse. A martyr," he went on, "Is one who attempts nnd falls, while n hero tries and succeeds." "Then what is a coward?" asked a curious bystnnder. "Oh, a coward," replied the Judge, "is a man who remains single so thnt he won't have to try." The use of tractors on Louisiana rice farms has increased 50 per cent in the last few years. BOMBAYGREATCITY Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much to the Parsis. Unthinkable Towers of Silence Still Maintained in Heart of Most Fash ionable Residential DiGtrlct Population Now Million. Bombay now has nenrly 1,000.000 In habitants. At tho beginning of the nineteenth century It already iiad 200. 000 and early In the twentieth century the census takers counted D50.5.TT souls, Elennor Franklin Egan writes la the Saturday Evening Post. Nearly 700,000 of these are Hindus and 150, (NX) are Mohammedans, while less than. 10,000 nre Cbrlstlnns, counting both pure European nnd mixed blood. There nre nbout 00,000 Parsis, and the Parsis nre the most interesting and Important element In the community. It is to British Initiative nnd example and to Pnrsl appreciation, Intelligence and generosity thnt Bombay owes the fact of her present existence as one Of the most. beautiful cities In tho world. Yet the Parsis still maintain the un thinkable towers of silence in the heart and center of Bombay's most fnshlonublo residential district; the towers of silence, where the Parsl dead nre disposed of by the forever hover ing horrible flocks of kites, which on occasion grow gorged nnd careless and drop human flesh and little bones In the flowering fragrant gnrdens-of the great on Malabar hill. But whnt would you? The towers of silence are un thinkable only to the Christian mind. To the mind of the Pnrsl nil other methods of disposing of the dead are unthinkable. The Parsis ore sometimes carelessly referred to ns Persian Jews or are grouped with Persian Jews, of whom there tire a good many In Bombny. Bat the faith of the Parsis Is not the Jew ish faith. They are Zoroostrlans worshipers of the sun and fire as the truest manifestations of the Almighty and they came down from Persia In to India about the middle of the bc enth century, when they begnn to be grossly persecuted by the Mohamme dan conquerors of the Sussanlnn em pire. But they were persecuted always by the Mohammedan conquerors of India and by the Hindus, until the happy day arrived for all religions when British power began to be predominant In India. But Bombay was purely British long before tho rest of India was anything but n happy bunting ground for English merchants, and the Parsis along with other mistreated ele ments In the population flocked to the sure shelter of the British flag. There nro only nbout 100,000 Parsis In all India today and 00,000 of them belong to the Bombay Presidency or province! and nt least 00,000 of thee live in the city of Bombay. Many of them nre gentlemen of tfie finest type nnd they are distinguish able by their long black coots and the curious stiff blnck mlterllke hats they wear. Their homes are the most pre tentious In the city pnlnces set along side British palaces in tho most fash ionable districts; nnd they control ft tremendous percentnge of the city"! commerce and trade. A Parable. Brand Whltlock said In an address In Washington : "My war experiences have done me good. They hnvo brondened my mind. I am a writer rather than a politician, nnd we writers llvo too restricted, lives. "You know the story of Cnrlyle and his sound-proof room In Chelsea. "Cnrlyle hnd built a sound-proof room for himself on the top of hla house. The room had no windows, but only a skylight for Illuminating purposes. To an elderly visitor from Criilgenputtoek the room wns shown proudly by Cnrlyle, and tho visitor gave a cackling laugh nnd said: '"My conscience, this Is fine I Ilere ye mny write und study nil the rest of yer life nnd nohody'll be a bit the wiser !' " Children's Savings. More than 40,000 children under sl teen years of ago have savings ee coif ts In the Los Angeles batiks. They have more thnn $1,000,000 on deposit, or nn average of something over $28 each. One thlrteen-yenr-old youngster Is credited with heading the list. He has nearly $2,000 on deposit, from K beginning made with 50 cents when ho wns seven yenrs old. Many of the Los Angeles banks make special provisions for the savings no counts of children and In addition to accepting savings nccounts, teach les sons of thrift in their advertising mat ter. They also lend encouragement to thrift propaganda- In the public itfliools and children's organizations. Hint on Physical Culture. Merely to hear the sound of music gives ono the dancing" Impulse an In clination to move the feet or the hands or tho body In time with tho rhythm, of tho music. To make your exercise attractive, therefore, start your music first and then as you feel the swing of it you will find pleasure In going through your exercises. Make It part of your dally schedule. Yon can either follow the practice of taking ordinary, standard exercises to the accompaniment of music or you can do special dancing movements. AH darning movements pnrtnke of the character of exercise. Carl E. Wil liams in Physical Culture. Origin of Tea Drinking. Tea drinking seems to have orig inated In China; and the Chinese, ac cording to Prof. King, In his "Farmer of Forty Centuries." drank It first ns a sanitary measure, having found thnt boiling their water saved them from typhoid and afterword adding tea leaves to make the boiled water palatable. Dr. R. A. Gortner of the University of Minnesota, writing tit Science, believes that this la not an exact description of what happened, but that the discovery of the efficacy of tea as a typhoid preventive came after Its general adoption in China aa I pleasing Aria.
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