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These camps are Ping William II. is sure enough mal wee cf Pee: ' located at Aldershot, awbary. the logical candidate for the presi- sa #4 te 3h Dorchester, Queensberry, Lancas- 8 nth ter, Dyfrim Hall, which is near dency of the International Society 7 AR of Butters-in." A "butter-in" (.e., pr 'Chester, Edinburgh, ket one who "butts "i" is one of the 2 aaa eT more, oe: a ae d oo etymological gems with which our _ hrs se aps 3 ' camp is a ip J transatlantic cousins have enriched : > te cost chester the men are in barracks the King's English, says the Lon- rey) = > tal h® The Newbury camp is on oe se don Daily Mai]. It is derived from : : . ama ' ous race course, and two disus the goat, on butts. It 'acne a F Fi ~9 ¥. factories are 'being used at Queens. person who not only rushes in where * <a ; 5 berry and similar accommodations angels fear to tread, but does so ? Y & a have been secured at a na habitually, incessantly, joyously-- x The Irish station at Templemore and egteglanaly. . oe es a is using the military barracks for The facetious American phrased eles * be the housing of these prisoners. ancl it differ-ntly but the idea was ex- ' . Edinburgh has a large camp in the pressed more than thirty years ago 4 3 open. Dyfrim "7: is gon coun- by Bismarck himself, when he said : or try mansion and hss been given of the future Kaiser: "This young i i i alli the 9 heey --- man will be his own Imperial] Chan- tu a ; poe' probably "at Salisbury Plain cellor." Sagacious as he was, Bis- i: re y at Sali vy Plain. marck, destined to be the first vic- Pay-Day for Wives and Children of French Soldiers, f *, : the famous military centre. tim of his own prophecy, never A scene in Paris showing women and children waiting in line for 5 ot : ' Camp at Aldershot. opined that William II. would be! their turn to receive their allotted sum, which the paternal Go¥grn- - : : . $e: Kidston name, Phe athe not only his own Chancellor, but his| «ment of France pays them in consideration of the servicés given to 7 : : in the open, is surrounded by a whole Government ; like another the country of th& husbands and fathers of those in line. All are de- . % r " fe eet high Kaiser, the State itself d } f the G t tha boeud eae . = barbed wire fence ten feet high, . pendent upon the gratuities °o ne Government since the brea winners, EE ee _ around which and at a distance of , } p . ; ,f 'es rind © Pooh-Bah of Germany. ° amounts to ve cents a des for their flag and country. And the pay} MANY RACE And in like manner Krakow, the|#bout toratty feet =" isa rina of The Emperor Williem,-: like the ee \ ARt INTHE WE ancient capita] of Poland, has been aly entang yaoi ve -- ape ; rest of the Germans, was an admir-| ; - 7 Ts i the oe ground of many an an- € prisoners here are a! "Ge ue ep of 'The Mikado." You will]| go over the heads of Foreign Seore A ROMANTIC INDUSTRY. cient kin, = eres we s ne taries and play international poli : -- The Slav character, too, is being; ®™™Y, If they could get out of th et Tht he ie the Pooh Bah of tics on his om. He sent General| Importance of Maple Sugar Making of SLAVS AND SERBS ARE read Slav clcints than ever nt country, together with men sus Liman von Sanders to Turkey as in Canada. Fs ANCIENT PEOPLES fore. To most people Russia means pected of spying. a _ things of peace Medern Germany. It is the busi- ness of the Quadruple Alliance to see that he does not. become Lord High Everything Else. No one who has not lived in Ger- many can possibly comprehend the over-allness of the Kaiser. His official title is not the All- Highest Pereon without a reason. He is it. Berlin cannot erect a public foun- tain, an opera house, an elevated railway station, or a statue with- out his all- -highest approval. If his omnipotence extends to the uncon- sidered trifles of national life, vis- ualize his almightiness in connection with the affairs which count. A great career is impossible without his favoring smile; a Sed from \ ae Steel-Gloved Hand. "Tirpitz the Eternal,' I believe, is the only statesman who has ever even approximately imposed hi own will of iron upon that of his TImperia] master. Prince Bulow used to get his own way occasionally be- tween anecdotes in a promenade round the gardens of the Imperial Uhancellery. But the point re- mains. Germany under William II. has been a one-man country so far as its administration is concerned. Others have helped built it but none has helped to "run" it. The hand on the throttle of the engine of Btate is the steel-gloved hand of the Supreme War Lord. That is another of the All-Highest Person's officia] titles, by the way. English newspaper readers some- times think its employment is heavy journalistic irony. The military rank of William IJ. in peace and war is that of the Oberstenkrieg- sherr (Highest War Lord). Kaiser Willed War. So it is fatuous to think that any- body in the wide world could have been responsible for this mad war precipitated by Germany except William II. The military party may have wished it; the Navy has been waiting for it. But the Kaiser will- ed it, because only He--they spell him with a capital letter always-- could do so. I believe that Herr Doktor von Bethmann-Hollweg, who has been called the incarna- tion of passionate doctrinairism, un- doubtedly would have preferred peace. I am quite sure that the inoffensive and knightly Herr von seven weeks--sighed for the joys of honeymoon and not for Armaged- But it cannot be possible thiat these or any of them had a word to pay that really counted. The Kai- ser has interfered always i peace. Is it conceivable that he would keep his hands off in the affairs of war! Muzzle Taken Off. The November storm of 1908, which set bis throne rocking as it never rocked before, taught the Kaiser the perils of "butting in." But not for long. The muzzle which Prince Bulow placed upon him soon grew irksome, and when Prince Bu- low himself was compelled to retire the muzzle went with him. If the records of the German For- eign Office could be ecanned they would unfold. a wondrous tale ot the interfering activity of William Vl. Ie js one of his penchants to 'When you asked such critios how it] 6| Fatherland had aspired greatly and head of the reorganization comm!s- sion of the Ottoman Army after un- derground negotiations with the German military attache at Con- stantinople. The Government at Berlin was not even consulted. It was notified of a fait accompli. Modern Bourbon. The Kaiser ranks as the most modern and progressive of mon- archs. His intimates have fre- quently told me in ultra-confiden- tial moments that he is the most medieval of kings. They say there is no man in Ger- many harder to win for a new idea. His ideals of art and music and lit- behind. his time. | is that Germany under him grew great and powerful--not as great and powerful I ng as the most studious observe amon us thought--you aad 'be told that the mounted high in spite of William II.--not because of him. - One of the most vehement assur- ances dinned in my ears was that the Kaiser knew nothing of Aus- tria's plans to humiliate Servia. No more absurd fiction was ever perpetrated. e Kaiser's whole record banishes the thought to the realm of the grotesque. He proba- bly did not actually write the Note from acceptance of which even the self-respect of Servia reeled; but he was not far off when it was for- mulated. William the Meddler could not be an innocent by-stander when things are done which mean the eventual clearing of his fleets for action and the hurling of his legions at all and sundry. _--__k What Is a Kaiser? A teacher in a school had been busy all morning instructing the children about kings, queens and emperors. Thinking that she had at last got it into their heads what she meant she questioned them to see just how much they knew. "Can any one of you children me what a Kaiser is?" For a moment no one answered; but the teacher noticed that little Nellie's face seemed to brighten up. "Come, Kaiser is?' 'Please, mum," said Nellie, "that which comes up from below and disturbs the whole earth." The teacher removed Nellie to the top of the class. She had told the truth. -- Very Confusing. Maisie had just returned from her summer holiday, full of good health and spirits, and was telling one of her girl friends about the happenings of the happy week. Eventually she mentioned a young man whom she had met. "And, Elsie,"' she exclaimed enthusiasti- cally, 'he was simply gra ty) square, so upright, so highly polish- ed. Do you know there seemed to bs a sympathetic tone----" --Elsie interrupted. She hadn't yet been away for her holiday, and was fee]- ing very hot, tired and irritable. "T say, Maisie,' ehe asked, wear- ily, "are you talking about a young man or @ piano?' ca See It is proposed that each of the metropolitan county boroughs in There are numerous with which romance is associated. One of these is the maple sugar int dustry of Canada, which has -a marked social as wel] as a commer- cial aspect, as readers of Canadian fiction are well aware. Sugar mak- ing from the maple is an industry which is confined entirely to the North American continent, and is an important one in Quebec, On-| gr tario, and the maritime provinces. The early settlers in Canada learn- ed the art of sugar and syrup-mak- ing from the Indians, and for many years followed their.crude methods of manufacture. With all the ad- forwad to by, young pi aa who regard the event as a pleasant social feature. The importance of the industry is, however, scarcely realized in many parts of Canada, where it has long since ceased to be carried on. From 1850 to 1890, ac- cording to Dominion statistics, the production of maple sugar, to- gether with its equivalent in syrup, increased year by year, but since that time it has steadily declined. The average yearly production from 1854 to 1861 was about 13,500,- 000 Ibs.; from 1861 to 1871 aboat 17,500,0000 lbs.; from 1871 to 1881, 19,000,000 ibs. ; from 1881 to 1891, an average of 22,500,000 Ibs., was reached. During the next decade the yearly average fell to some of 200,000 Ibs., while in more recent years it has dropped to about 20,- 000,000 Ibs. Although a decrease in production is thus being experi- enced the industry still ranks large, and, with the more general use of modern methods and proper en- couragemient, there is no reason why it should not return to, and even surpass, the high figures of the eighties. In the maritime pro- vinces the yearly output has rarely exceeded half a million lbs. Que- bee turns out about 14,300,000 lbs., and Ontario 5,000,000 lbs. per year. It is estimated that this vast indus- try, representing an annual valua- tion of almost two million dollars, is carried on by about 55,000 grow- er a Army to Use Telephone. October 1st will see an increase of the telegraphic detachment of the German army by a new battalion. The designation of these troops, however,' is now only a reminis- cence, for there will henceforth, be no army telegraphic service. The telegraph has been replaced by the telephone. of telephonic service--that, it leaves no written record--is considered to much more than counterbalanced by the fact that the telephonic ser- vice is faster and does not. require a especially trained staff. The gen- eral commanding will hereafter have at his disposal thirty wagons, drawn by 160 horses, equi with sixty telephones and about 75 miles of cable and wire. --------k____ By Actual Count. Willie--Mama, I saw a dog to- day that had only three legs. ag gt you awfully sorry for him Willie--No ; he had one more leg than I had. England shall have at least two wo- men constables. Occasionally a promising young man pays. industries | Fe b mad ; lerature are described as atleast rai lt ave been * she Bea" The only disadvantage' it War Has Prompted a Study of bx as Well as Other Peoples of Europe. The war of the nine nations. like every other war, has done a great deal to remove the haziness from our recollections of European geo- hy, and as time goes on it will do tless also change a great many nétions. concerning the various faces. Certainly many persons-are talking glibly about Slav and Serb to-day Ago neyer heard of Croat or Wend b Emperor William's of "Pan- Wed Blears of tho' Bay in ¢ tease nating study, and part of it is writ- ten in the etymology of the race names. "Slava" means "glorious, or, in another shade, "a stint's day" or glorious day. Yet because the Slavs' were conquered by Goths and Ge soners became slaves, ally gave the derivation, both in fact and in etymology, to "elave." A ctrious opposite effect i is trace- able in the word "Serb." "Serb' s "kinsman," and the Euro- Gallic ng of the name of their ntry is "Serbia." Only in Eng- is it "Servia," and the Serbs Said to resent this spelling be-. use of the suggestion of a deriva- from "servus," the Latin word r '"slave"--from which "serf,' Russian name for a qualified ve, is derived. the The Country Has a History which the dignity of antiquity is The ancient Serbs called ves "Srbi." Ptolemy men- tidns them as Sirboi, and Pliny called them the "Sirbi."' At least one modern writer holds that the derivation of "Slav" from 'lava' is untenable, but is one of the chance resemblances in-lan- guage like that which for years made "Czar" to be derived from "'Caesar," meaning *'Emperor." /On the geographical side most per- sons have thought of the Slavs as inhabiting almost entirely Russia and territory to her south. But, as a matter of fact, Germany has been Slavic as far west as Berlin. The very site of Kerlin was occupied by a community of Wends, the advance guard of the westward flow of an- cient Slavs. Wend communities may still be found in upper and lower Lusatia. The Wends were driven back eastward by the Teutonic knights, their migration having followed the westward line that every great. race movement has taken. But Slav and Serb once occupied the whole, or nearly all, of the Elbe basin. The easterly tongue of Germany, which protrudes into Russia, has been German and Ruesian, and even the territory of other nations, by turns. Many of the names towns now Golinan, like Stettin, are Russian names, when one rie up into Russian territory he nds Riga, a city which has , Fo pe by half a dozen nations at one time or Gaalia, Riga Was Founded in 1201. be 2 Agee was chiefly German. ut. Poe "the Great took it. It has been Swedish, Russian and German. t that could be done for the Kishineff, of the masgacre tales, of Siberian horrors and of terrible in- justice to downtrodden races. The Russo-Japanese War brought forth more tales, only serving to add to the picture little details like a navy utterly unfit to go to sea, officered by incompetents; an army fighting blindly and stupidly, though bravely enough. Even such novels of the country as reach this country, like Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina," gave no very pleasing notion of Russia's own people, and the sequence was un- broken right down to the recent '"'Nachtasyl.'- Such horrors cannot be forgotten easily. Naturally enough the Tsar has age tyrast, cruelty personified. - Yet it was the present Tsar who ") made a temperance reform law clos- ing all bar-rooms at six o'clock in the evening, who set a whole corps of scientists at work to devise a "world calendar," and who gave -|the first impulse for the foundation of the one great power for" world peace in existence to-day. The Hague Tribunal, and it was the pre- sent Tsar who gave Russia its first Parliament. Russia certainly has had th woret of it in foreign public opinion. She needs a press agent. eae HAD TO RELY ON HIMSELF. None Supported the Young Man Who Lacked Self-Reliance. There was once a young man who felt that he needed help. When he was poor in spirit and saw that he roust needs prove himself he com- forted himself by saying: "This is my own town and here are my neighbors and acquaintances. Their good wil] must bear me up. And he leaned on them, but they were as a broken reed under him. They did not support him, writes Margaret O. B. Wilkinson in the Craftsman. Then he said: "I will go to my best friend, who is a very powerful man. Surely the will carry me through."' But his best friend gave him only sympathy, and it was easy to see that by the very giving of that sym- pathy doubt was augmented. And the young man ca his best friend a traitor and left him, for he could not win his support. And then the young man said, 'I will go to those of my own blood, my family, @ ve confidence in you when to lean. Surely they will not leave -me in the furch." But though his family offered him much advice and a little money, they did not support him, nor did they eneourage him. And he left them sadly. And, finally, because he could think of no one else who would be likely to help him, he sought out the Sage Who - Never Slumbers and told his tale discon- solately. And he did © everything |? young man, for he : "None will bear you up or carry you thecause you are not sufficient c. yourself Why should you have more confidence in them than in yourse#? What else have you but yourself to guarantee your under- takings? Rely -on your own strength, support yourself!' ~~ Seventy-aight cent. of the school teachers in Penssy)vania are women. ©! English troops on guard An official of the War Office. lowing an inspection of the prison- ers, has made a report in which he says they seem to 'be happy and comfortable. The rations served them are based on the German army scale and are as follows: Bread, one pound and eight ounces, or biscuit, one pound; meat, fresh or frozen. eight ounces, or pressed meat, one-half pound; tea, half an ounce, or coffee; con- densed milk. one pound; vege- tables fresh, eight ounces; salt, half an ounce; sugar, two ounces} pepper, one-thirty-sixth of am ounce. Cook Own Meals. The men cook their own meals | and keep their teats in order. They the} are divided into squad s of twenty Koy and each squad elects its own captain, who is responsible for the good behavior of the men and tidi- ness of their section of the camp. All needed clothing ig supplied by the commandant, who has orders to purchase what is necessary from Jo- cal shops. The men sleep on straw mattresses, and are supplied with blankets. in the than who This is better treatment. matter of sleeping facilities, is given the British soldiers, have to sieep on bare boards. The at the camp have no floors to their tents, as have the prisoaers. The prison- ers are allowed to amuse ihem-: selves as they please. They given candles, soap and They must answer # datly roll. camps are brightly lighted electricity at night to prevent es- cape, and are at all times surround ed by armed guards. If the prisoners are asked to work they are paid for tt. Hach man is searched carefully before being ~ taken in any of the camps. Every camp is supplied with a resident medical officer ang an interpreter. Any money or other property taken from a prisoner is carefully label- led to be returned to lim at the end of the war, or whea he may be et. at liberty. jimnistpneinscilseccancanra 8 ODDS AND ENDS, England imports mistletoe fr" =} e rance. The Indo-Ceylen vaibway is open to traffic. Leeds ,England, is adopting aver- head traction for steal car Rye has been cultivated faa More than 200 years in Paghaac The silver stored in the United States treasury at New York weighs 2,500 tons. The potato crop ia Holland is cal- culated at between 102;000.000 and 104, 500, 000 bushels. ea One factory in Ghio makes 360,< 000,000 buags yearly From 102,000,. 000 feet of poplar and ouk. The breakers aad other machin« ray used in the preparation of coal n the State vf Shira Aare repre, seule an inveuatieabak 7.000.000. | Englend's expendipure for naval purposes in the das four years have been four larger than those of Germany for the aame peri i eapectall y pianos cannot pegs nt and heat. --_--* ee a jolly old world this whuld be if exarybous practised what he preached -