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factor in beating down the opposition
of the French IN the field.
The uhlan hussar was borrowed
from the Polish military system. Uh-
lan means simply lancer. So efficient
was the uhlan in the war of forty
four years. ago that he was called the
ubiquitous uhlan."
The lance is the distinguishing arm
OF the uhlan. 1t was the Polish Ian
GERS, the finest regiments Of light horse
in the Austrian service, that made the
arm popular III all the armies of Eu-
rope. Part of its success is owing to
he great care taken In forming the
regiments. They are divided in groups
Of 100 or less. and only men of like
habits of mind are admitted to Il
group. The officer in charge must un-
derstand each man intimately in char
acter. physical strength and temper,
for horse and man must be matched
with the utmost care and Judgment II
the best that each is capable of is to
be attained:
Another picked body of soldiers Of
the German army is the Deaths Head
hussars. commanded by the crown
prince himself. This regiment is made
up exclusively Of sons of noble fam
lilies of the empire. They wear the
sign Of the skull and crossbones on
their big furry headgear.
Picked German Body.
Historically the Imperial guard is
the most famous body of fighting men
Germany put into the field.
The guard was organized in the days
Of Frederick l., the first king of Prus-
STA, who ascended the throne in 1858.
Frederick organized the famous Ira.
bant guard, Il command Of archers.
The Trabant guard was more orna.
mental than otherwise. and when
Frederick William l. succeeded to the
Prussian throne he substituted for the
tlashy palace guard of his father &
fighting force of effective regiments.
From that time the guard gradually
has grown in strength. md at the be
ginning Of the war it formed a com
plete army corps Of 10000 picked fight
ing men.
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PETER THE GREATS POLICY.
Russia Said to Be Carrying Out Plans
Of Her First Emperor.

Russia Said to Be Carrying Out Plans
Of Her First Emperor.
DR.. Alexander o Nuber de Pereked,
the consul general Of Austria Hungary
In New York. In discussing the situa-
ton brought about by the conflict in
Europe, cited the other day a document
included in the will of Peter the Great,
which DR.. de Pereked said set forth
exactly the aims Of Russia. In this
memorandum the Russian car said:
F~irst.-Russia must keep her men con-
tinually in training for war. She should
be at peace only when 1t Is necessary for
her to recuperate financially. Thus war
must serve peace and peace war for the
greater glory Of Russia.
Second.-Every able general. every learn
ed man among the best instructed nations
Of Europe that can be induced to settle in
the dominions Of the car Is an advantage
gained.
Third.-We must take part in all the at
fairs of Europe. We must especially sow
and foster discord in Germany.
Fo~urth.-Poland must be divided. We
can let the neighboring powers have q
share until we can retake what we ave
yielded.
Fifth. - Sweden must be s%ubjugated,
therefore we must separate Sweden from
Denmark and keep up q rivalry between
them.
Sixth.-The wives of Russian princes
should always be chosen among the Ger
man princesses to increase our influence
in Germany.
Seventh. Commercially We must ally
ourselves with England. We need Eng
lish gold and want her seamen and trad
ers to teach ours.
Eighth. We must excessively extend
ourselves along the Baltic sea and the
Black sea.
Ninth.-We must advance toward Con-
stantinople and India. When we have
India we can do without English gold.
for the power which holds the wealth OF
India is the true mistress Of the world.
We must make war continually against
Turkey and Persia until we have COM
passed the downfall of both. We must
try to revive the ancient commerce OF the
Levant and Syria with Europe and India.
Tenth.-We must promise to Austria our
help In making her mistress of all Ger
many and must excite the jealousies OF
the German princes against her.
EleVenth.-W may give Austria a share
of Turkey when we drive the Turks from
Europe. What We give her we can retake
afterWard.
Tweifth.-An the adherents Of the Greek
churches In Hungary, Turkey and Poland
we must support. They will be our friends
in the midst Of the enemies country.
Thirteenth.-When Sweden. Persia, Po-
land and Turkey have been subjugated,
when the Baltic and the Black seas are
guarded by our ships, we must first offer
to France. and. If she refuses, to Austria.
to share the world with her. Thus using
one to destroy the other we can crush the
remaining one at our ease.
Fourteenth.-1f both refuse we must ex-
cite their jealousies until they exhaust
each other by continual wars. Then Ger
many must be attacked with overwhelm-
ing forces. When Germany and France
are overcome the rest OF Europe will i'm
mediately submit to us. Thus can and
must Europe be subdued.
Peter the Great died on Feb. 8, 1925.
He was the first Russian to take the
title of emperor.
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In the Sunday School Class

Xviii, 4-G). They would never have ris-
en- again If he had not permitted, but
would have been like the army of Sen
nacherib. all dead men NI Kings xix.
35). He allowed them to rise up and
come again and take him. 1t was
then that Peter in his zeal Numbered
with his sword and took off a mans
ear. but our Lord gently rebuked Peter
and healed the ear.
How often by our blunderings we
hinder people from hearing the gospel!
1t may be by untimely zeal or by some
inconsistency or some n-ChriStlike
word or deed suggested by the devil.
In following lessons we will take
up the story of Jesus and Peter and
Jesus before PLATE, but now we are
asked to continue the story of Judas
until the end Of his earthly career as
recorded in chapter xvii. $40. this
portion OF the record being found only
here. The e oming change in Judas
was when he saw that Jesus was ac-
tually condemned. Is it possible that,
having seen so much of the power of
Jesus Christ and remembering the day
when he quietly slipped away from
the hands of the people of Nazareth
and perhaps recalling his words that
NJ man could take his life from him
John X. 49,, he did not believe that he
would ever let his enemies kill him?
He could make a little money and then
fool the high priests and others by see
ing Jesus take himself out of their
power.
One cannot forget the words, ut had
been good for that man II he had not
been born (Matt. XVI, "a. The pieces
of silver remind us of the money re-
ceived by Joseph's brethren when they
sold him. and also Of the prediction In
Zech. ri, j.. Verse 8 OF our lesson Is
Il little p%erpleXing, rs 1t is said there
that the words about the pieces Of sill.
YER We're spoken by jeremiah the
prophet, vet we find them written in
Zechariah, not jeremiah. Our lesson
do; no say they were written, but
spoken. by jeremiah. II jeremiah
spoke them and Zechariah wrote them,
that would clear it all up. Some day
we will know. if necessary.
The words of Judas in verse 4, II
have sinned in what l have betrayed
the inpocent blood" are one Of the
strongest testimonies on record to the
holiness OF the Lord ~Jesus-the testi.
mony of possessed by the devil
who was in n sense one of the twelve
and knew the inner life of the little
company and would have seen any
flaw i'll the life Of the Lord Jesus il
there had been any.
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SLAUGHTER BY SHRAPNEL.
Deadly and Widespread Effect Of This
Fearful ProiectiIe.

Military men here are not surprised
at the reports Of the destructive eff
fects of %shrapnel fire in the fighting
abroad. 1t Is known that both the
German and Belgian shrapnel has been
developed so that from the ordinary
field gun this shrapnel fire is deadly
ut 5000 yards range. 1t was only Il
few years ago when $500 yards was
regarded in the United States as a
maximum shrapnel range for field
guns. and as late as 1885 the shrapnel
range for three inch guns was deemed
1000 yards.
The shrapnel shells weigh for the
standard 2.95 inch gun about fourteen
and Il half pounds and are fired by
time fuses, which admit Of flights rs
long as twenty-five seconds. For the
fourteen and Il half pound shell there
are about 2GO small balls. each capable
within shrapnel range Of disabling Il
man or horse.
The Krupp 2.93 inch shrapnel is 4
steel base chamber projectile. in which
hard lead bullets are secured in posi-
ton by an infusion of rosin. The inner
face of the steel com has Mt the front
end Il screw thread for the fuse hold
box. The bursting charge consists OF
fine grained black powder. Black pow
der is used because 1t is desirable to
see the point Of burst of the shell.
This aids in correcting fire.
The Krupp uses a combination time
and percussion fuse. similar to the
fuse in use In the United States serv-
ice. All the larger parts of the Krupp
fuse are Of aluminium alloy, and this
affords lightness.
The shrapnel shell is held in a brass
cartridge case, the same as the bullet
of Il military rifle.
In firing %shrapnel the practice is to
burst the shell in the air over and
short of the object fired ut. The bull.
let's are released by the bursting asun-
der Of the steel walls and rush on in
the form of Il sheaf, continuing along
the same trajectory that the shell was
travcrsing. The bullets strike down.
ward in Il spread ont manner. some
thing like shotgun fire. 49, New York
Herald.
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Sporting Notes
BY SQUARE DEAL.
A Popular Turf Official.

The American turf never had a more
popular or better known racing official
than Colonel Matt Winn of Louisville,
Ky. Colonel Winn's first active partic-
ipation in turf matters was In 1900,
when he was appointed manager OF
the New Louisville Jockey club. This
old time organization had been con-
Quoted on obsolete lines, with the re-
suit that the directors had il great
financial burden to bear. Colonel VIM
Immediately put into play progressive
ideas by tossing aside ancient rules
and regulations until he whipped
things into such shape that in II few
years he not only brought both racing
and financial success to Churchill
Downs, but also attracted attention to
himself throughout the western coun-
try.
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Sir John Jenicoe's Escape,

Sir John Jellicoe, commander in chief
of Britain's navy, had the narrowest
squeak of his life when the Victoria
Went down off Tripoli in June. 1893.
lay in his bunk in the grip Of Il high
fever when the fatal collision occurred,
but staggered to the bridge in his pa
jamas. reaching his appointed station
just as the fated wnrship plunged
her nose beneath the water. With
commander was hurled into the sea
and. too weak with fever to do much
to save himself. was tugged from the
maelstrom by a heroic MILDLY.
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Text Of the Lesson, Matt. XVI, 47.5o;
xvii, 3-10-GoIden Text, Matt. XVI

Text OF the Lesson, Matt. XVII, 4/-oV;
xvii, 3-10-Golden Text, Matt. XVI
81.
Here is another instance Of God and
the devil face to face, as in the temp
tation in the wilderness Chapter w,
after the baptism ut the Jordan. But
there it was the devil in his W per-
son, while here it is the devil In Judas
Iscariot. First the devil put the
thought into the heart OF Judas, and
later he entered in himself (John xiii,
2, 20. If we would be overcomers we
must resist the thoughts that are evil.
1t Is encouraging to know that II we
resist the devil he will flee from us
(Jas. iv, Z; l Pet. V, 8, 81. We must
bear in mind that our great daily con
fict is not so much with the visible
In the form of people or circumstances
us with the rulers Of the darkness of
this world. wicked spirits In the heavy
en'ies (Eph. vi, 12), and we certainly
need the whole armor Of God to be
able to stand against the wiles of the
devil.
Some one has said that as this was
the greatest piece of work the devil
ever undertook he could not trust 1t to
any of his followers, and so entered
into Judas himself. 1t was a host of
the devils followers, including the
chief priests. elders and scribes. who
came with Judas as their leader, for
our Lord had said to them earlier In
his ministry. aye are Of your father
the devil" GJohn viii. 40.
1t IS written that the way in which
was because he ofttimes resorted
thither with his disciples John xviii,
p. ''rhe wicked (one) watcheth the
righteous and sceketh to slay him" N's.
xxXvii. 30. and he seems to know our
resorts and our weaknesses. Judas had
told the band Of followers that he
would indicate the man they wanted
by kissing him. This he did. and
Jesus suffered it. simply saying. "Ju'
das. betrayeSt thou the son Of maj
with Il kiss?" luke xii. 4S.) How
much he bore for sakes. hut how
little we seem able to bear for him
Knowing all things that should come
upon him. he went forth to meet his
enemies and said. "Whom seek We?
They answered. ".Jesus Of Nazareth
to which he replied. Il am"
Then happened a wonderful thing
nm instance Of his power. an illustra,
ton of the fact that nj all the sol
diers on earth could take him if he
had not been willing. They went
J backward and fell to the ground Uohu
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worlds most famous fight
ers have all had a share in the
deadly European struggle,

deadly European struggle,
which will go down into histo-
~ as the greatest of all wars.
Picturesque and daring regiments OF
soldiers We have been reading of since
we first studied Jul primer have again
enacted the deeds for which their
names have become household words.
Not the same men are these who to-
day have thrilled the world by their
tllustrious ancestors, whose places they
have taken and often with the same
sword charged the enemy.
Into the mass Of battling millions At
rican and Indian troops also We're
thrown by the French and English.
France soon disclosed it's determina-
ton to make use of the splendid regi-
ments of native troops from her colo
MES. Once before, in 1870. in the hour
of her need France called upon the
Turkos, and they fought and died
through the bitter winter of 1901 for
the tricolor.
The regiments known a~ffectionately
" y us lAC 4uAhoS are tlIc tlIulI-
leurs Algerians, dusky Algerian infan-
trymen, splendid fighters, we'll disci-
plined and always in the pink of con-
ditiOn from their continuous border
fighting. Nine regiments of these fierce
Algerian fighters has France at her
back, some 10000 fighting men. who
have proved their valor in every cam
paign in which they have been engaged
since they We're organized, nearly a
century ago.
More French African Troops.
The rest of the French forces in AL
geria and Tunis have also been utilized
by France. The Algerian forces of
France are included In her regular mil
ltary establishment as distinctive from
the other colonial troops. Algeria com
pr1ses the nineteenth zone in the
French mobilization scheme. and the
troops there are the Nineteenth army
CORPS. This corps includes some OF
THE hardest fighters in the world, with
regulations proved time and time
again in countless campaigns-notahly
tuf rOrelEl legion. the Zou;tNeS, the
T4rk4s, sthe Chasseurs dAfrique ant
thf spAaihtfs.
The Foreign legion, outside Of three
companies Of mounted infantry: tn.
zofaves Aifds the Turkos are foot sol
difrsi 3rAA4buaves are Frenchmen. tn,
le&ionaries of all nationalities. and til,
TurK0s are natives. The Chasseur.
d'xfrfddfue" III" me spahis are cavalry
the former French and the latter ma
tive Ntabi.aiihf horsemmten.
The F6raignaaeionds made up of tw,
regiments .Hr tqffc sly eaHttelions each, al
peK ctehr l8f.whom are Alsatians VIII
will not serve in the German army
Anotheh 20epeu craltl itli1s estimated
arg GegWWqrPs YosAt nQf t4stmodeserter
from the Germap, army'S rigid rule
Th4llfesN1& ohAden mnbp of 9Mdyehturer
fr4meep over the world, many Of then
men who have I0thlhg Nlixa hr an
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: Maps Of Africa and Asia.

1t is easily foreseen that in Il year or
t%tereabout the mapmakers will have
to supply the world with new maps
of Europe. But the man in the street
has not perceived, perhaps, that new
maps Of Africa will be needed also.
while the map of Asia may not be
quite the same in spots and an amend
ed edition may be necessary. 1t prom
Uses to be a busy time for mapmakers.
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Great Britain's campaigns overseas
have the big ~highlanders and little
brown skinned Gurkhas charged side
by side. The Gurkhas look down upon
other oriental troops, but fraternize
with white soldiers.
The h%ighlnnders have shown that
they have lost little Of the fighting
ability for which their forefathers
We're famous.
When they entered France to join in
the fight against the Germans the
peasants took them for an Amazon reg
iment, thinking their highlander cos
tunes We're short skirts.
cossacks Trained From Childhood.
The COSsacks-the cavalry regiments
of Russia-are really Il tribe Of people
known centuries ago as the wild ka-
zaks of Dnieper and the Don, freeboot-
ers, as the name implies in the Tartar
tongue. 1t has gradually been brought
under rigid military rule, so that ut the
present day tle descendants of this
restless, wurfaring race furnish the
Russian empire with one OF the most
valuable elements of the national army.
The Cossacks have always maintain
ed, in whatever latitude, the distinctive
peculiarities of the race. mixed though
it is, Of Russian, Polish and Tartar,
with the Russian peasant strain pre-
dominating. Their prowess has not
always been confined to land incur
sions, as ut one period they engaged in
naval expeditions against the Turks in
Asia Minor.
The modern autocracy of Russia un-
derstands the value Of such Il semi
burDurOus horde and carefully cult
Yates and coddles it from generation
to generation. The Cossucks are. In
fact, hereditary soldiers, the best of
them the Sons of paid fighters for a
dozen or more generations. The Rus
sian government has organized eleven
corps of them in encampments, stretch
I'M. from north to south and from east
to west of their vast empire. Their
military training begins in boyhood
and compulsory service ut seventeen.
Field service begins ut twenty and con.
tinues for twenty-five years. Each
corps receives an allowance Of land
from the ear. from the revenue OF
which 1t clothes and equips the Cos,
sacks with their uniform Of dark greer
and their portable arsenal of arms, in,
Guiding Il long lance. There are tifteel
batteries of CoSSack field artillery. The
COsSacks now number nearly 2.0UO.OO
people. with the head of the Imperial
family their hetman. and the fighting
force, some part of which is actual,
fighting somewhere all the time
amounts to fully 100000 men. |. is m
essential part OF RuSSia's medicyalism
, this medieval horde Of licensed soldier.
of fortune literally living on the coun
try.
,, The Dreaded UhIans.
The most famous body of soldier,
; which Germany put into the field i
| the uhlans. the cavalry arm of tn,
t army. Thay got their full share O.
fighting from the start. Splendid ETH
cheney is the reputation which tn,
uhlan enjoys both ut home and in th,
camps of the enemy. This high stand
| ing was Won mainly during the Fran
: co-Trussian war, when they did won
derful scout service and We're no mea,
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who want to die with their boots on"
The black troops which England pit
ted gainst the Germans are all Indians
who have been trained IN modern war
fare by English officers.
The main strength of the Indian
army is in its infantry. Brahmans,
Rajputs, Jats. Sikhs, Punjabis. Dogras,
Mahrattas and Gurkhas, of all castles
and Of several religions-Mohammed-
an. Hindu. Buddhists-are all war
riors who will lay down their lives In
eagerness for the British raj. and the
dark skinned regiments Of the Indian
army form Il fighting force hard to
stop.
Among the most interesting as well
as the most formidable fighting outfits
in the Indian army are the Gurkhas.
| These little fighters, who come from
! the region of Nepal and who trace
| their descent from the Rajputs, would
| rather fight than eat. In appearance
the Gurkhas are deceiving. They are
| the appearance Of the japanese, al
! though a little heavier. And they wear
perpetual grins on their faces. The
| grin does not come off when they go
into Il fight.
The Gurkhas were conquered by the
British in 1914 after years of fighting
and have become loyal subjects OF
England.
In close quarters the Gurkha throws
away his rifle and takes to the kukri,
his native weapon, Il long curved knife,
which he uses with telling effect.
When charged by cavalry the Gurkhas
stand up and fire ut the hOrsemen UNI
til they are within sabering distance,
when the natives fall. AS the charg.
ing horSemen pass Over them the little
warriors are up and hamstringing the
horses or clinging to the saddles and
Stabbing the riders.
This method of fighting is not unlike
that of the Turkos Of the French army
who also play possum" when charged
by Il heavier enemy, only to rise an(
take the attackers from the rear IL
soon as they have passed over them
Neither Gurkhas nor Turkos. however
do much defensive fighting eNcep
against cavalry. for they are usual!
leading any charge that may be takin:
place in their vicinity.
Giant Brown Soldiers.
In direct contrast to the (;urkhas ar
the big SikhS. Six ~footers all. slow
m~ethOdical. steady under fire, TIN
SikhS when once on the firing lin
will rather die in their tracks than re
treat. The Sikhs have been loyal so
dierS ever since the British took lnNi:
During the Indian mutiny the Sikh
fought and died beside their whit
officers. always faithful to their trust.
The Pathans are also big men. The.
are on the same order as the Sinks
only quicker thinkers and livelier, O.
their feet. Sikh and pathan both ar
fond of cold steel and always give
good account Of themselves in bayOne
charges.
There seems to be Il natural aftinit
!, between the Gurkha and the Scotc,
!. highlander regiments. Like the Scotch
men,. the Gurkhas use bagpipes, IN,
their pipes accompany them on the fiji
ing line. Time and time again i
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Preparing For 1916 English Derby.

TTePaT'Hg tut 15'U GH9's" 0o' "
The entries for the 1916 English
Derby number 4GS, including twenty
three made in New York and forty
years Derby numbered only 375 and
TO-. neXt season APO. Entries for the
Oaks of 1916, another English classic.
total 324, including fourteen made in
New York and seventeen in Paris.
King George has entries in both
events.
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German and France In Population.

~
The population Of the German EN-.
pire at the end OF the first half Of 1914
is put ut M,S12.OOO. This compares
with m.9S1, 900 in the previous year
and shows an increase practically the
anne size as was recorded from 1912
to 1913. Comparisons with the growth
of the population in France give strik-
ing figures. In 1872, following the
Franco-German war, France had Il
population of about 10000, 900. only
100000 less than Germany. In 1911
she had less than 4O,O0O,OOO, and the
number has declined since then. Thus
her increase in forty-two years has
been less than 3.OO0,OOO against an in
crease for Germany of &c. @ .OOO.
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African and Indian Utilized by
France and England In Eu-
ropes Armageddon Have Long
Records as Warriors Kaiser's
Uh|ans and Imperial Guard Are
Historic - Russian Cossacks
Are a Race of SoIdiers-0ther
REGIMENTS of RenoWn.
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Egypt has 4 virtual monopoly in the
production of long staple cotton.