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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

sion is given to II, that whichever side
wins in this fight will know that 1t has
been in a fight. The German does not
belittle the fighting qualities of the
Englishman, MOI does the Englishman
say n word in depreciation Of the
prowess of the German.
London is a queer place in some
ways these days, but no queerer prob.
ably than New York or Chicago would
be in circumstances akin to those ex-
listing here. The Englishman is great
for freedom Of speech and this is why,
probably, that men are allowed to
speak publicly in Hyde Park and Re-
gents park against war, and so
strongly In favor OF immediate peace
without much regard to terms that it
would seem to the stranger and the
pilgrim that the %utterances from the
point of view of authority would be
almost treason.
Side by side in the parks with the
peace pleaders are the recruit plead
ers, who extol the glories Of the en-
| pire, the righteousness of the war and
the necessity for filling up the ranks
at the front as fast as they are de.
pleted.
| attended morning service on East
er day in st. Paul's cathedral. The
words of the ante-communion service
barely had been intoned before a
voice, high pitched, rose from the cen.
ter of the great edifce ~interrupting the
service and directing the attention OF
the praying congregation to an anti
wal meeting which was to be held in
Hyde park that afternoon. The dean
had left the altar to go to the pulpit
He paid no attention to the voice that
was raised in the midst of the thou
sands of people in the edifce.
Two soldiers among the w%orshiper!
sprang at the mar who had interrupt
ed the service, but, quick as they
were, two vergers or sections as VIZ
call them in America, were quicker
and had the intruder by the collar ant
the slack of his trousers and wer,
making him walk in the so-callet
Spanish fashion toward the neares
entrance. This incident was consid
cred hardly strange or interesting
enough for comment by the Londoi
newspapers, for they gave it only on
line mention, and yet such a thing il
the United States would probably hay,
been given a column.
Has Big Home Guard.
England has a big home guard an,
London has its share Of it. The vo
unteers in it's ranks are men still f
for comparatively active service, bu
untitled by the advance of years o
by some slight physical ailment to III
dertake the hardships incident to can
paigning at the front.
1t is interesting to see these men a
their work in the field. They go afte
. business hours to the outlying parks
where they are instructed and drille
: by veteran regulars who have learne
their lessons in foreign fields. TIL
, boy of seventeen or eighteen, just III
der the g for active service, drill
side by side with the man of fort,
) five, at whose time of life the heyda
) in the soldier blood is supposed to b
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=
His Supreme F.:
Sacrifice :
4 :
|, By H. M. EGBERT {
BY H. M.

/ Copyright, 1915, by W. @. chapman.)
"of my brother Philippe, my dear
father, / have heard nothing, though
family unhappiness cut him of from
our circle so many years. l am sure
that he is fighting on the side of
France"
Captain Jean Janvier laid down his
pen and stared out into the gathering
darkness. 1t was his eight hours off
duty, but, exhausted though he was,
and longing for the repose of his straw
bed in the excavation under the hill,
he was writing a letter home.
= 1t was odd that he was thinking so
tnsistently of Philippe, his hayward
brother. The family came from AL
SAGE. After the war of 1870, when
the Germans annexed that province,
they migrated to France, always hop
ing to return when the despoiled ter.
'ritory had been regained. Philippe
had visited Thanh, where their inter
ests were, to carry on the extensive
wine business. But, after a bitter
quarrel, he had cut himself adrtft;
for some years nobody knew what had
become of him.
Captain Janvier felt very tenderly
toward the brother whom he had moi
seen for SO long. His own life had
gone hardly. The girl to whom he had
become engaged, Celeste Paquin, had
broken off a few months earlier, nc
knowledging that she loved another
Captain Janvier had gone to war In
a spirit Of citation; having nothing
more to live for, he hoped to give his
life for his country.
He started; he had almost faller
asleep. The sentries in the trenches
we're exchanging fitful rifle shots with
the enemies. Some instinct, which HI
could moi analyze, impelled the cap
tain to make the tour Of the line.
once more. 1t was now dark and ont
could walk behind the trenches, whert
the reserves we're posted, under can
vas or in farm houses, without fea.
of being fired upon. AS the angl,
which the company held was an ex
posed one, and always liable to a dan
gerous assault, Janvier scrambled GU
of the excavation and began to eros
the plowed field which lay between tn
lines and the road where the support
lay.
The field seemed entirely deserted
No pfckets were stationed here, be
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
Phosphorus.

The discovery of phosphorus by
Brandt in 1868 was first applied com
mercially as a means of obtaining fire
by Godfrey Haulwitz of London. who
in 1860, under the direction of Robert
Boyle, prepared and sold large guam
titles. 1t was used for procuring fire
by rubbing small particles between
the folds of brown paper, and a sui
phur match was ignited from the re-
sulting flame; but as phosphorus was
both costly and dangerous this inven-
ton was not long employed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

tunnel, the first subterranean canal in
the world, and below are two other
tunnels, one for the railroad and one
for an aqueduct-some pe~rforation.
a modern would say.
Down to the City of cette.
In the fiat country to which the ca
nal descends by nine locks at Beziers
are three volcanic humps, two rivers
and a lake. The humps represent first
Beziers on the Orb river, then Agde
by the Herault, and finally the Jul
tain of Cette close to the Mediterran-
can. Except for these the canal coun-
try is monotonous with vineyards pro-
tected by windbreaks of tamarack and
reeds. Every available spot has its
vine. At Les Onglous the canal prop
er ends, and canal boats are towed for
about twelve kilometers across the
Etang de THAI into the city of Cette.
The Mountain of Cette stands out in
that fat country as Big Blue hill does
neal Boston. 1t reminds one vaguely
of Gibraltar. The main streets all go
uphill, and you have views constantly
out on the Mediterranean. .
The port of Cette is made up OF bas-
sins and canals and seems to invade
all the lower part of the town. This
work is all due to the planning and
initiative of Riquet fully as much as
the canal behind it. He had to have
a Mediterranean port, and the Noun
tain Of Cette was a secure post to
which he might tie it. At it's base he
made a canal from the Etang de THAI
to the sea, filled in land and con-
structed basins and breakwaters-
The whole harbor is purely artificial.
and ven today the struggle against
nature has to be kept up to keep out
the invading sand and to accommo-
date the everincreasing commerce
from Africa, Spain and Italy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

cause the telephone lines, which
crossed it in all directions. sufficed
10 call up the reserves when they
were needed. As Captain gamviei
reached the road, however, a tall fig
ure in a French officers cloak, came
up at a stride. A little distance away
Janvier saw the insulated telephone
wire cross the white road like a slow
worm t~raversing the interval between
field and field.
STOPPING down. the tall figure DELHI
erately severed the telephone line.
In an instant Janvier had leaped
upon him and held his pistol at his
head.
The man, surprised by the sudden
attack. threw up his hands. Janviea
disarmed him. Then only did he look
into his face. The mex instant be
was staggering under the blow.
Philippe" he exclaimed.
"Jean!"
You! A German spy."
Philippe bowed his head. Jean
hastily pulled the revolvers from his
brothers belt.
Philippe" he said in a broken
voice, you must pay the penalty OF
your espionage. But spare me the
suffering of having to capture you.
Walk down the road to where the SEN
try is posted, and there hand yourself
over. Tell a plausible tale which will
account for your presence, SO that
they may understand yon are attempt
ing to deceive them. You will be shot
but / shall not be responsible for
your death. / shall watch from this
field, and If you fail l shall myself
hand you over to justice"
"A pretty plan." sneered his brother.
Janvier, looking into his face, realized
with amazement that the man had
grown to be his exact counterpart. A
light came to him.
you were passing yourself off as
myself?' he asked.
YES, Jean. Well?'
Philippe, will you not spare me this
shame in our fathers manner"
Suddenly, with a military salute,
Philippe left his brother and started
away down the road. Jean Janvier,
watching, saw him accosted by the
sentry, heard his reply; a moment la
ter he heard the discharge ct a rifle.
He crept stealthily forward, hoping
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

tame. London, and all England for
that matter, has made its preparation
for defense from invasion, whether
the invader ZONES through the air or
over the sea-. Invasion by actual
armed bodies of men is not looked
upon here as a probability, but have
heard it spoken of as. possible by a
nan in public speech within twenty.
four hours.
England is still wrathful over the
submarine attacks on its merchant
marine. The recent sinking of a pas.
senger ship, the Falaba, has maddened
men here. To a considerable extent
at this time of writing the land opera.
lions and the possible shadowing of
this town by the wings of a hostile
war bird have been forgotten in the
excitement and resentment because
of the activities in the channel and
the Irish sea of the under-the-water
boats of the Germans,
1t seems to be recognized by English
men that the hunting down of the sub
marines is about the hardest job that
was ever given man to accomplish.
Someone has said that submarine
hunting ought to be no more difficult
than whaling, but the man who has the
task In hand knows that when a whale
comes to the surface 1t has to stay
there a certain length Of time in order
to spout. while a submarine needs only
to poke it's periscope above the water
long enough to admit of one fleeing
look at the surface OF the sea and
then to go down and to stay there
seemingly for keeps.
English Training Camp.
have been allowed to see one of
the big English training camps of
volunteers. The camp is at Aldershot,
where for years the English govern
ment has maintained a military post.
The troops at Aldershot. officers and
men, are almost entirely composed of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
Narrow Teaching.

Those who teach morality. limiting
its obligations to duties toward fam
lily or country, teach you a more or
less narrow egoism and lead you to
what is evil for others and for them.
selves. Country and family are like
two circles drawn within a greater
circle which contains them both; like
two steps Of a ladder without which
you could not climb any higher, but
upon which it is forbidden you to
stay your feet.-Mazzini.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

every minute will be costing me some
thing like $4,000 If / don't get a tele-
gram from San Francisco"
He explained hat an urgent bust
ness matter affecting his associate in
the West was at stake in the shape
of al option.
u suggest that you use the tele-
phone and call up San Francisco, and
we will e that your call goes through
with all possible haste" said Mr..
Brown.
In a few minutes MIR. Edmonson
was told that his business associate
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
PHONE CALL SAVES $4,000
New York Hotel Guest Closes lmpor-
tant Transaction by Across-con-
tinent Talk.

New York.-H. Douglas Brown, as
sistant manager of the Vanderbilt ho-
tel, observed r. S. Edmonson of Phil
adelphia impatiently pacing the cor
ridor Of the hotel. Seeing that he
was observed Mr.. Edmonson gave this
excuse for being bothered:
ITS rs minutes to ~. and o
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
First Safety Matches.

Safety matches did not come into
use until 1852. when a Swede by the
name of ]. e. Lundstrom started 60
make these matches at Jonkoping. al.
though his process had been patented
eight years previously by another
Swede. G. Il. Pasch. who. however.
never put into practical use his inven.
fion
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

\" HE canal in southern France
which, with the help of the
Garonne river, unites the At
~ lantic and the Mediterranean
is the oldest, longest, and least
known of the worlds inter-marine
canals. Built in the seventeenth cen.
fury, it has always been known as the
Canal du Midi or du Languedoc. Start
ing at Toulouse, 1t run about 100
miles in an easterly direction until 1t
finds the Mediterranean at the port Of
Cette. 1t is thus about three times
as long as the Panama canal, but in
its locks, proportions, boats, and gen.
eral traffic it is very similar to the
Erie canal in it's palmy days, writes
Frank r. Arnold in the Los Angeles
Times.
When you come out of the railway
station at Toulouse you have to cross
the canal before you can get into the
city. The ~boulevards along by it are
named for Riquet and Bonrepos; for
the father, who planned the canal but
died six months before it was finished,
and the son who completed the work.
And a little way up the canal is a
statue to Pierre Paul Riquet, the in
scriptions of which give the history of
the canal in a nutshell. One side tells
how the two seas are joined at the di.
vide of Naurouse and how the water
comes down there from the mountains
to make the commercial high.
way. From the other sides you learn
that the edict for construction went
forth from Louis XIV on October 5,
1866, and that navigation began on
May Is, 1851, and that the grateful
city of Toulouse dedicated this monu
ment to its benefactor in 1858.
Through a Farming Country.
AS you leave Toulouse for the Medi
terranean. the canal, on mounting to
ward the divide, passes through a fine
corn, wheat and alfalfa farming coun
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
Makeup.

DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst, at a
luncheon in Brooklyn, launched out
in one of his witty diatribes against
cosmetics.
why" said Doctor Parkhurst. ut
is reported that a Brooklyn man was
pleading with his wife the other day
to spend more evenings at home. and
he said to her:
"Do make up your mind to stay
-inl'
"'No,, she answered, I shall make
up my face to go OUT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
He Never Gave Her ~ Cent"

Vincennes, lnd.-Alleging that her
husband never even gave her as much
as zone cent" since their marriage in
1907. Mrs. Mamie Hobbs has brought
suit in the Knox circuit court for di.
vorce from Peter Hobbs. Mrs. Hobbs
is said to be wealthy. Both parties
are well known.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
Japanese Cookery.

Japanese cooks seldom use the fin
gers in the preparation of food. Chop
sticks, spoons and man other ingen-
ious little utensils in white wood do the
work, which is of the most elaborate
nature, many of the dishes requiring
twenty-four hours to prepare.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
wi Steal Bases.

ossing, N. Eliminates of Sing Sing
prison stole many bases in the open.
ing baseball game of the season
against the st. Augustine team, made
up of villagers. The conyicts won by
the score of G to S.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

was ready to talk to him, and three
minutes later Mr.. Edmonson was able
to leave to close the contract and
take advantage of an option, which is
said to have saved his firm $50. 900.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08

Investigation of the geological sur
vey on the erosion of drainage basis
proves that the surface of the country
is being worn away at the rate of
about an inch In 760 years.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-05-08
optimism Paws eest.

In business the one who assumes
that the world is honest viii often do
better than the man who believes II 70
be peopIed with rogues.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
news notes IN
AND ABOUT ELKTON

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL
ELKTON. Md. May 17.-Announce-
ment is made of the marriage of Ida
Karsner Bouchelle, daughter of Mrs.
Ida Bouchelle of Chesapeake City and
Daniel Hartnett Garret, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence ID. Garrett. of Elk
ton. in the Elkton r. c. Church Of the
Immaculate Conception, by the Rev.
Peter Patrick Arnd.
The Elkton Banking and Trust
Company has elected officers as fol-
lows: President John NJ. Tucker;
vice-president, Frank P. Price; sec
retary and treasurer, Irwin T. Kepler;
assistant secretary and treasurer,
Clarence S. Diggs.
The funeral of Mrs. Clara Scott
Freeman, wife of Thomas r.. Free
man, who died in Union Hospital on
Thursday, was held from her late
home Saturday afternoon. Burial was
in the Elkton cemetery.
Paralysis on Friday attacked Mrs.
Margaret Peacock of Cherry Hill, who
is now in a critical condition.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Ellis,
widow of the late Dr. c. NJ Ellis, was
held on Saturday from her late resi-
dence. Interment was in Elkton
cemetery. The Rev. William Schouler
officiated.
George r. Howard spent Monday
in BaltimoTe.-Miss Mary Evans Har-
Ian of Cherry Hill was a recent Elk
ton visitor.-Miss Bessie Wiley Of
Andora has been the guest of friends
in Elkton.-Comptroller Emerson c..
Harrington spent Wednesday in Elk
ton.-Mrs. Daniel Bratton has return
ed from a visit TO her parents in Har-
ford county Md.-Mrs. Elizabeth
Jackson Haines left this week for
West Virginia.-WilsOn Levering
Couden of Perryville spent Saturday
in town.-James II. Foard of the
Fourth district was the guest of his
sisters. the Misses Foard, this week.
Mrs. ]. Lyon Pratt of Milford, Del,
was the guest of her brother, Herbert
ID. Litzenberg on Suhday-Richard
Reese of Wilmington, spent Saturday
here-William Howard May, of Pan
anna, visited relatives here on Satur-
day-William Knowles of Philadelphia
spent Saturday here-Miss Sutton of
Wilmington. has been visiting Mrs.
Joshua Wilnorth Mrs. William
Schouler is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. William Miller in Baltimore.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
ABUSE Of Horse
costs HIM $40 FINE
New Castle Red Men At
tend Sunday Church
Service
snecial to THE EVENING JouRNAL.

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. May Thames
Raine. colored. Of Wilmington, was
arrested here on Saturday evening by
officer Matthew Tobin, charged with
cruelty to a horse. Acting Mayor
Cavender fined Raine $40 and costs.
Raine's employer telephoned to a
business man here and the latter
paid the fine.
Members Of Seminole Tribe. I'M
proved Order of Red Men, will at
tend the strawberry festival to be
given by Little Bear Tribe on May
2S and 20.
VictrOlas, records -Bridgewater.F
General complaint was heard on
Saturday night and yesterday regard
ing a sign which n. Katz, a new tailor,
erected across the side walk on Della
ware street. below Second street. The
outer support for the sign was placed
in the pavement two feet from the
curb. Members of the street commit
tee of City Council held a conference
on Saturday night and ordered the
sign removed.
Seminole Tribe, No. 40. Improved
Order of Red Men. attended the morn
ing services in the NJ. t. Church yes
terday.
Members OF st. Peters T. A. b.
Society received Holy Communion in
st. Peters Church yesterday morn
ing. Under the rules of the society
the members attend mass on the third
Sunday in May, September and Janu-
airy of each year BY receiving Holy
] Communion on the third Sunday in
May. the members comply with their
Easter duty.
The committee in charge of the
celebration of the third anniversary
of the Baraca Glass of the NJ. e. Sun
day school is completing arrange
ments for the affair The Rev. Car.
lyle Hubbard will he the principal
speaker. Chairman jefferson Down
ham feels that the celebration will b'
worthy of the class. which grew from
seven to 1S6 men.
Circulars have been distribute,
throughout the city calling attention
of the people to the fact that this IL
Cleanup Week. The people in gen
eral have expressed a willingness t
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
HERRING Catches This
Year POORER Than EVER

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DELAWARE CITY, Del, May IT,
This week will mark the close of the
herring fishing season on the Della
ware. The season has not been as
successful as fishing has been for sew
eral years.
More fishermen fished this year than
in several years, but the catch to each
boat was smaller than i'm many years.
Several years ago it was possible
for one boat to return with as many
as 1000 herring after one days fish
ing, but this year the highest catch
was 1000, made one day, when the
fish we're running exceedingly good.
The price of orring this year has
been above the normal owing to the
scarcity of the fish. In the early part
of the season the fish sold for 25 cents
a dozen, or 50 a hundred, while later
the price dropped TO so cents a hun
dred, when the fish we're caught in
large quantities. In former years. the
fishermen have received as low as 25
cents a hundred for the fish. This
year the fishermen have not been able
20 supply the demand by any means
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER
Compiled by John G. Quinius.
(The Sunshine MANI

Worry.
Believers have rest. God gives
them this great comfort. Worry
comes from doubt. 1t nearly always
arises from foreboding evils that
never come, or doubling promises
that are sure. Usually. neither joys
nor sorrows are what we anticipate.
Why not wait. then, till they come?
The present is all that we know with
certainty, why then take thought for
the future? David says, Il hate vain
thoughts" and so should we, and do
not most of our fears and many of
our hopes and desires prove to be
utterly vain? Our Savior fOrbids
anxiety when he says, Take no
thought for the morrow" Forecast
ing is well if seasoned with trusting;
looking ahead is proper if we look in
hope, and allow for unseen results.
Our greatest griefs are unexpected;
our highest joys break suddenly upon
our hearts. The connection of di-
vine agency with human action is
that no one can forecast the future
exactly. Often, what We most fear is
changed to a blessing and what prom
ised highest pleasure drives thorns to
our hearts. Will worry make ones
hair white or black? It whitens hair
without cause, excludes peace where
the Lord would give it. exhausts life
where rest is offered. creates evil out
of good, begets fear where no fear is
lawful, prevents blessings that are
sent to out doors, consumes energies
needed to win success, invites
enemies that hope would repel
gracious Unidentified.
Dayton, Ohio.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
.oIn in the cleanup crusade.

join in the cleanup crusade.
Postmaster John p. Murphy said
Saturday evening that he expects the
postal savings bank accounts to be
boosted by the last departmental or
der.
While New Castle admirers of the
ball team were disappointed on satur-
day, the George and John we'll wish
ers were delighted that Manager
Berry's aggregation walloped the
Middletown team.
The New Castle High School Ath-
letic Association won only one place
in the field meet at Newark on Sat
urday.
Buttonwoods' truckers have a
splendid crop of asparagus this year
and are getting good prices for it.
The asparagus grown in this section
came mainly from French seed.
Evening journal., 1915-05-17
The Feet in Hot Weather

my poor feet the cry of many woman when the warm
leather
will
that
the
with should all summer
This
will muscles relieve the strain the
High a will relief
The principal suffering in from dry and burning soe
bathing weeks
washing gallons much water as you
o entire a vessel.
them vigorously with rough
they removed
must be taken
skin, which tender under
the
calous
will be found at the
They should be well oiled ana
oil is best Use as the
will absorb only the caou place but over te
70
event friction should daily after the iee nave
beengi a cold bath in the morning