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precision and uniformity and nothing
less than that is permitted to pass
muster. Sooner or later every German
soldier becomes a drill sergeant's au-
tomaton. devoid of free VIII or capacity
for initiative This is the system in
herited from Frederick the Great
whose soldiers have been models for all
subsequent human fighting machines.
This sort Of training has impaired uni-
formity and homogeneousness to a ma
ton of soldiers. Rattalions, regiments,
brigades and divisions are machines OPP
Grating with absolute precision.
The kaiser's artillery is equally adj
mirable in its composition and working
effectiveness. The horses employed
seem small and light for the work of
drawing the guns, but have beea
proved to be perfectly adapted to uilt-
tary purposes. The German staa has
mastered one of the chief difficulties Of
modern warfare-that of providing
horses for every branch of the service.
Horses are bred on large scale On the
government stud farms, and they are
trained and drilled as carefully as are
the soldiers themselves. There ara
horses for the mounted force, for the
artillery, for the supply train and for
other purposes, and each class is care
fully selected for the special require
ments of the service. No other MILF
tary staff has been equally successful
in providing suitable horses for its
army and in making arrangements for
securing relays in d sudden emergency.
It is a popularity Of the international
conference now going on at Algeciras
that nothing can be done except by
unanimous consent. This makes it
easy for either France or Germany to
interpose the possible veto. and that is
the reason why the world is waiting
with bated breath.
JAMES R. BENTLEY.
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8, 5S2 officers and $4,000 enlisted seamen.
The German navy contains 2.646 off,
GERS and $3.50 men. The French naval
seaman is reputed, to be the most eff
cient in the world owing to the care
bestowed upon his training. It is true
that the success of the French navy in
war has never yet been in proportion
TO its strength. This has been due to
disorganizing forces from without the
service which have stood in the way
of efficiency In wars with Germany
the frontier has always been the cru
ciai point of attack, but it is not likely
to be so in the future The French have
not yet grown accustomed to the last
reconstruction of the boundary. Since
the fall of the empire the building of a
new navy has been one of the chief
distractions of the nation. For finan-
cial and other reasons it has sometimes
seemed unlikely that France would
long maintain her relative lead, but at
present there is no sign of inactivity
at the government naval works. The
department has been paying special
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1t is by joining cell to cell that the
inventor builds up his largest structures
and SO overcomes the law that weight
must increase faster than the spread of
surface. 1t is in this way that his
mammoth kites those having hundreds
of square feet of surface. remain in
every respect proportional to those of
smaller size. These cells possess re
markable strength even when the
pieces of which they are composed are
exceedingly frail They are not SIM
ply braced in two directions like a tri-
angle. but in three like a solid The
cells are wonderfully light in proper
ton to their expanse of surface A
frame of this pattern strong enough to
lift a man weighs but twelve pounds
The most encouraging thing is that
these larger kites are the best fiiers.
and their stability even in the most
dtful of winds is surprising.
In Professor Bells earlier expert
ments the framework of the cells was
made of black spruce. but since his
later machines are designed for man
lifting purposes aluminium is used
Thus far the kites have been started
on their upward flight precisely as a
toy kite IS started-by being pulled for
ward against the air current. The in
ventor declares that if toy kites rise
by being pulled forward larger ma
chimes Will rise by being propelled il
the same direction. His latest test has
made it certain that a kite loaded with
a propeller and steering apparatus can
be flown. and it looks now as If the
aeroplane type of flying machine We're
destined to outstrip the gas bag device
in the race for practical results.
Professor Bells career as scientific
Investigator reads like a fairy tale
Just before he made known, his inven-
ton of the telephone he was a teacher
on a small stipend in school for deaf
mutes in Boston. That was over thirty
years ago, and within a few years from
that memorable announcement - so
wonderful that it seemed incredible at
the time-his check was good for mill
ions. In one marvellous leap ne took
his place at the head of the list Or
scientists in America and became q
millionaire phi1anthropist, spending his
fortune lavishly for the betterment Of
deaf mutes and applying his genius to
the discovery of some means to remedy
their Iamentable state.
But his desire TO unravel the seerets
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nual contingent about 10000 are dis
pensed. These are for the most part
young men whose family circumstances
are exceptional. Thus the eldest or
only son of a widow, the eldest son of
a family of orphans, the eldest son of
a family of seven or more children and
the elder of two brothers who happen
to be conscripts at the same time are
entitled to d dispensation. BY far the
largest class of one year soldiers, how
ever, is furnished by the learned pro-
fessions. Young men who are study
ing these may be dispensed if they
succeed in passing their examinations.
If they fail they must serve the ap-
pointed time.
Thus it is that the total peace es-
Enlistment of France is at the pres
ent time 61S.117 regulars, showing
that is exceeded by no other nation
except Russia, which is now maintain
ing an army of 1.O06,000 men. Ger
many is third, with 5949SS Then
come Japan. 348300; Austria, 1850;
Great Britain. 270.128; Italy, $50, 454;
Turkey, 1880, and Switzerland, 49,
924
Under the present system the total
war effective of France is exceeded by
that of Germany. The formers. grand
war total is 4,63OSS2, and the latters is
5.33f,994. Notwithstanding her vast
population, Russia comes third, with
4,627,000. Both Italy and Austria fall
slightly below the 100000 mark, and
Great Britain and Japan could mobilize
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Germany ranks fourth in the list, fol-
lowing the United States and imme-
diately preceding Japan. Frances po-
sitiOn in the list is not due so much to
numerical excess as it is to the su-
perior quality of her naval output. The
United States navy contains twenty
one battleships of the first class, while
France has but fourteen. Great Brit
ain has forty. Germany has one less
than France, and Japan has an even
dozen, including those captured from
the Russians.
In second class battleships France is
richer than any other nation except
Great Britain, having nineteen to the
latter's twenty. Germany has twelve
Japan eight and the United States only
five. OF coast defense ships France
and Great Britain have seven each.
while the United States has no less
than twenty two and Germany a dozen.
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bic to send a substitute, and this ap
plies to every one, rich or poor. There
are those who escape service on ac-
count of physical blemish or because
they are the sole breadwinners of the
family, but as a rule every German be-
longs to the army until he is forty five
years of age and may be called out at
any time the authorities are ready for
him.
There are over 100000 new recruits
in the German empire every year. and
the constant drilling makes it possible
to assemble an army of millions at
few hours notice. In the reserve and
landwehr alone there are 100000 men
and 10000 officers. There are more
officers in the German army than there
We're men in the United States army
before the Spanish war There are
about 1000, GOO men in the ersatz re-
serve and landsturm, and most of this
enormous force can be worked as a
single machine. Everything is kept in
constant readiness to sustain it and
move it from place to place. The gov
| eminent has absolute control of the
railroads. 1t has also its military lines,
its private telegraphs and its fortresses
at every weak spot along its boun-
daries.
The German frontier has a total
length of 1870 miles. The government
must defend 84S miles against Russia,
242 miles against France, 20 miles
against Belgium and 377 miles against
Holland There are altogether seven
teen fortified places which serve as
camps and nineteen other fortresses. all
connected by underground telegraphs.
Germany is particularly we'll fortified
on the side looking toward France. In
the section are situated the strongholds
of Metz. Strassburg. Ulm, Rastatt,
Mainz, Cologne and Coblenz.
The German infantry is the best
drilled force in the world. Every
maneuver is executed with the utmost
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attention to the development of sub
marine craft in the hope of obtaining a
defensive naval weapon at little ex-
pense. It is matter of current be-
lief in all the admiralties of Europe
that French experimentation with these
sUbaqueous machines. conducted in
secret. have been productive of results
which will startle the world VIXEN the
occasion arises.
The navy of Germany is of compare
lively recent origin. The old Prussian
navy and that of the north German
confederation were of no practical
service. After the formation of the
empire several armored ships were
built from time to time, but it is only
since the accession of the present en-
peror that Germany began to show
signs of ranking as a great naval
power From 1890 until the present
time the building of powerful battle
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two cruisers which fall just below the
first class rating. In this class Great
Britain leads with 12O, Japan following
France with thirty eight. several Of
which were formerly Russian
With seagoing gunboats France is
best provided of all nations except her
insular neighbor- The Netherlands
come next with thirty-two. and the
japanese have increased their stock to
twenty-five. In torpedo boat destroy
ers France is poorer than Germany by
about a dozen. the latter having fifty
eight In the number and quality Of
her torpedo boats France leads the
world. owning 235. more than double
the number belonging to Germany. She
has also about double the number of
transports and hospital ships
Two of the powers-Great Britain
and ItaIy@have more men in their
navies than France which musters
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French and Feud;
Cbe Military and JNauaI Strength Of Nations

only about 100000 each while
France has not materially increased
her peace establishment within the
last year she has strengthened it in
every conceivable way. and her army
is in better condition for war than it
has ever been since she became ma
ton.
In the last armed struggle between
France and Germany the naval branch
of warfare cut no figure. Since that
time the French republic has become
the second naval power on earth, rank
ing Immediately after Great Britain.
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soon came in conflict with the law of
limitation Nothing short of a cyclone
would lift his kite from the ground,
even though the size were quite mod
crate. For a long time everything he
tried failed, and every attempt he made
to soar upward was frustrated by the
law which all preceding scientists had
declared inexorable.
At last, after he had exhausted about
all Of his ingenuity and a good share
of his patience, Professor Bell hit upon
a scheme by means Of which he actual
~ circumvents this stubborn law Of
mathematics. 1t is such a simple trick
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BUILT.

only as the square. That means. for
instance. that If one were building kites
of increasing size. every time the sur
face was multiplied by two the weight
would be multiplied by three Thus
the weight would always go on in
creasing SO much more rapidly than
the expanse. the kites remaining of the
same proportional strength. A size is
soon reached where the weight proves
fatal and the kite cannot be made to
ascend.
When he first began to experiment
Professor Bell built kites of the box
variety in increasing sizes. He very
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FRAME.

so distinguished a man as Sir Isaac
Newton spent a good deal Of time over
the blowing of soap bubbles with ex-
cellent results, and that the pioneer of
American scientific discovery, the re-
nOwned DR.. Franklin himself made a
convenience Of the humble kite
Strength and lightnesss has been the
long sought for combination. the happy
coalition which every air navigator has
been craving for years.
There IS a well established law which,
put into honely language, is to the ef-
feet that the weight increases as the
cube. whereas the surface increases
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In vessels of the armored cruiser tyne
France is rather lacking. having only
eight one less than Germany. sixteen
less than Great Britain and four less
than the United States. Japan has
eleven armored cruisers, counting those
acquired from Russia. Italy eight and
the Argentins Republic six
In protected first class cruisers
France is notably deficient, possessing
only seven. Germany has twenty yes
sells of this type, Great Britain twenty
seven and the United States twenty
three. France, however, owns forty
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The CARS TiMsER TREASURE.

Few people who have not Travelled
about the Russian empire can imagine
how boundIess is its wealth in timber.
wooden Russia" is the name applied
to the vast forest areas of Russia in
Europe which cover nearly 5000. 600
acres, or Sc per cent of the entire area
OF the country In Russia houses built
of any other material than wood are
almost unknown outside the cities, ana
wood constitutes the principal fuei.
The forest belt called the .'-Tafga,a in
Siberia, stretches in a direct line from
the Trails to the Pacific for 1000 miles.
and IS IN many parts 500 miles bread
All this is the property Of the czaEs
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THE PRoEEssoR WITH ONE SECTION OF a KITE.

after one knows it, that not to have
guessed it seems absurd. Take three
straws, for illustrative purposes only,
and join their ends SO as to form a
triangle Then at each angle or corner
Of the figure so formed erect another
straw of the length of those already
used and bring their free ends together
at the top. That will produce the
framework of one OF Professor Bells
greatly discussed tetrahedral cells. It
is in reality a frame having four bases
OF sides. Now cover any two sides
they are all precisely alike-witn silk
and the result is one celled Bell kite.
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e. tablished the fact that
@ the world is a step
nearer to the solution
5sss,s 5,'rsass. of the problem of
navigating the air
than ever before. Professor Bell has
been conducting a series of tests on his
Cape Breton estate of Benin Bhreagh
for several years, and quite recently
he has succeeded in getting his latest
designed kite, the Frost King, to lift
g man Weighing 165 pounds to a height
Of thirty feet and to support him there
steadily.
The kite used in this experiment is
constructed Of 1900 tetrahedral cells,
having a total area of 752 square feet
of silk, making a supporting surface of
440 square feet. 1t bore aIoft not only
its own weight of sixty-one pounds,
but also a load comprising flying lines,
dangling ropes and a rope ladder. max
ing sixty-twO pounds more, together
with the ascensionist, in ali a total of
2S8 pounds. The kite remained under
perfect control Of the operator, and its
descent was slow and steady It
aMghted on the ground without per
ceptible jar and with no injury to its
delicate cells. It's enthusiastic inventor
halls its performance as smother mile
cess in the scheme of navigating the
upper regions with bodies heavier than
air
1t is now about seven years since
Professor Bell became SO thoroughly a
believer in the possibility of making a
successful flying machine that he
abandoned all other enterprises and de-
voted himself exclusively to efforts in
that direction. He started out with the
foundation principle that a kite, if
properly constructed and fitted with an
engine and propeller, would become the
model of the flying machine Of the fu-
ture. With that end in view. he has
built hundreds of kites of every con
ceivable pattern, and the end is not
yet
At first thought the exploiting of
kites seems rather undignifed for a
suH grown man, more especially for a
nam who has done such wonders in
cienuhe attainment as Professor Bell
must not be forgotten, however, that
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of nature has ripened into a passion
which no mere acquisition of wealth
or position can satisfy It is his fond
est wish that he may live long enough
to solve for mankind the problem
which he believes to be just within his
grasp and which to his clairvoyant
sight is no longer yelled in impene-
trable mystery.
AUGUSTUS GoSs.
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1CENT experiments of
Alexander era ham
Bell seem to have es-
tablished the fact that
the world is a step
nearer to the solution
of the problem OF
s1a
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SURRY.

E. G. Withee has gone to Bangor to
work at his trade as house carpenter.
A good many alewives are being caught
in the stream here by men and boys with
dip nets.
Fred Warren, who went to Colorado
several months ago for his health, arrived
home few days ago.
4 Schooner Maud s., Capt. A. c. Curtis, ar
rived from Rockland last Friday night,
with freight for the merchants.
At republican caucus held last Satur-
day the following delegates were chosen
to attend the county convention: W. X.
Milliken, II. c. Young and f. ID. Smith.
Owing to the storm there was no
memorial service in the Baptist church
Sunday night. 1t probably will be held
next Sunday night.
While L. ID. Smith and wife were at the
grange meeting last Friday night, their
house was broken into. Bureaus, cup
boards and trunks were ransaeked, and
beds were torn apart as II in search OF
money. AS nothing was missed, it is sup
posed that it was some one in the place, as
there were a watch and rings on the stand
they might have taken.
May Is. 8.
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decrease from last years rate which va:
s2.75 per hundred.
BROOKLYN.


Roland Radcliffe returned to Rockland
Monday.
Mrs. A. w. Bridges spent few days at
South Bluehil, last week.
Msnton Gray moved bis family here
from Brooksville last week.
Mrs. Lydia Roberts, OF Brooksyille, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. B. Babson.
III. Bridges, wife and daughter spent
few days in Ellsworth last week.
Union hall is having new coat of paint.
H. w. Flye has charge OF the work.
Miss Beatrix Tibbetts, who has been
employed at South Biuehill, is at home.
Harry Neville returned from Boston
Tuesday. He brought fine turnout win
him.
Mrs. blanchard Bowden, OF South Blue
hill, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Et's
Tibbette.
w. III. Tibbetts came home from Port
land Saturday, where he had been iof
medical treatment.
Judge T.. X. Chase, OF Bluehill, WIN
deliver the Memorial Day address at tins
place Wednesday evening.
May Is. USE FEMME
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pouble-Deeked Bird-yest.

Last spring, to our great delight. says q
writer in the Halifax On. So Herald, a
pair of robins determined TO build a nest
and rear a brood in one of the trees OF my
front garden. The sparrows, about
twenty, objected, and gave numerous
seedlings 10 the intruders.
A week or two after Mr.. and Mrs. Robin
finished building, and were nicely settled
in a cossy home not far from my upper
window, l was Mortified one morning to
notice that several sparrows were busy
picking away the straw and mud COM
posing the underneath part of Robins
home. 1t seemed clear case of piracy
without one redeeming feature; the
robins thought so, too. They darted at
the sparrows and made their lives
burden. What was my delight to lind
the third day that Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow
had excavated nice place for nest in
the basement of Robins nest, and were
proceeding to furnish same for house
keeping.
The robins soon seemed to catch on to
the sparrow's neighborly method, and
cordially grew apace. May "a, 1905,
spent most of the afternoon watching the
proceedings of these tenement families
through an opera glass. The young
robins made their first start outside the
nest; and the sparrows were clearly as
much pleased as the parents. Nearly two
weeks later the baby sparrows started out
from the basement. l hope the two young
robins got away south with their parents.
The sparrows stayed all winter. few
mornings ago, before the sun was up,
there was great confab between robins
and sparrows near where the nest was
last year.
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A beautiful stream Is the River Of Rest;
The STILL wide waters sweep clear and cold.
a tall mast crosses q star in west,
A white sail CLEANS in the west worlds gold;
1t leads to the shore OF the River Of Rest
The liiy-lined shores Of tac River OF Rest
The boatman rises, he reaches a hand.
He knows you we'll, he will steer you true,
And far, so far from all ills spon land,
From hates, from faces that pursue and
pursue;
Far over the lily-lined River of Rest
Dear mystical, magical River of Rest.
A storied, sweet stream is this River OF Rest;
The souls OF all time keep its ultimate shore;
And journey you east, or journey you west,
Unwilling, or willing. sure-footed, or sore,
You surely viii come to this River of Rest
This beautiful, beautiful River of Rest.
Joaquin Miller.
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EAST SULLIVAN.
SPEC

Hanna Bros store is again open.
e. W. Doyle & Co. have shipped load
Of slaves.
George Hatch is at home until after Me-
mortal Day.
Dunbar Bros. are making extensive re-
pairs on their mill before putting in the
new rotary and lath machine.
The rainy morning did not prevent a
large audience from gathering at the
church to listen to an eloquent memorial
sermon delivered before D. l.. Weir post
by the new Methodist pastor, Rev. n r.
Pearson. The church was decorated; the
choir rendered several selections which
were much enjoyed; the J. o. U. A. NJ. at
tended In e body. The whole service wRs
full of respect for the living and honor
for the dead. May 30, the Memorial ad-
dress viii be delivered by Rev. Gideon
Mayo, of Winter Harbor, at Temperance
hall, which will be the center OF all OF the
events of the day.
Nav Is II
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MARIAyILLE.

serenus Jellison and wife have moved
to Brewer.
Mrs. Whittier and brother, Mr.. Grover,
have moved from the Morrison farm to
their former home in Eddington.
There were two funerals here Thursday,
those of Mrs. Polly Frost, OF Lakewood, a
former resident, and Mrs. Louisa Frost. :,
Mrs. Nellie DeLaittre, of Eden, and Mrs.
John Hodgkins, of Bar Harbor, sho were
called here by the Illness and death OF their
mother, Mrs. Louisa Frost returned to
their homes Saturday.
Winslow Frost, wife and two little sons,
of Waterville, are here visiting his
mother, Mrs. Matilda Frost. MIR. Frost,
it viii be remembered, was run over by
the cars last winter and had to have his
leg amputated above the knee. Although
minus one leg, Mr.. Frost is in excellent
health and spirits.
Nav g. &.