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EALING F KaCIAL ill mm id s v. 1 'It a. Vv'j' 1 5 5 VPS War breeds hate and It also ce ments friendships. The war be tween Russia and Japan made the two nations hate each other just as this war lias put the English and tlje Germans in a position of hating each other. Now comes the great wfti: of the world and the Japan ese re' 'standing nurses across the trans-Siberian .Railway into Russia, when -they are nursing the wound ed soldiers. When the Empress of Japan sent her army of nurses to the Russian frontier the Czarina took .change of their work and sent a letter of appreciation to the K:n-j)fri;-ot the ir.y.ic Eastern isle. IiVthc Czarina and tin; Mikado's w&e ahoiid miet they doubtless xRjuid embrace each other, for to il y iru-y are lighting on the same Hile r.ml helping each other care rijr the wound.";!, j ftll wus .act Iv'iown the Jnpa.iwsc tre narsiri? i'.'.i wounded until sAvernl of tiHi.i were f'limd by erm:uif nenr Warsaw. Tlie .Kit ijjie.iii allies so far have ri-nised to afCtl .K'Pnse soWicrs in Ku Site but they have :vt refused to accept the nurses. ftTho:e is nothing like grkf to lafint; ; i-c.ple together. Royal iani ies have been reunited by Ue tjjbublf-s of the nations. Xit I'd long ago 'ts thiiu-s y, te n-v::5 was heralded hroad ier Knrope that dissensions lately lerminaie the imrity .f te i: mily of King Alberi of P..-1-rrjtirr Albert -0f only a Prince lKn ;r,i! lie hadn't yet .-ome to a rfalizCoii of the importan'-e of the paiti. r, .vhich lie reprented. H. !;- denials en.uei, but the ru :Mr vviu only stilled ufu r lh. .- ge cf ieveral nionth. V- ,. .. I.. .. I f -..rM. i-N'ow !!! rtm ;;:'; ir f imme-rta) faine-- TJhd .i.l ;i. family loo.J Uiou luir. a hr.vii!-, i ir;e hr.'i;!', iomf fully up to the UWhile bin r.aiion is n.-.t dire. Ily i-olvtd in lb w.ir K rdinand I ;um inia rr.d l.is Jucen, who Hf the IriitCiF? Mirie of Sax. -tfc;ris-;oii'i. iire paying r-.i'. iMT.l!T 'o 'be s;:iesi!ion o ' ifeiitf". 4.it all prpviois loren the!iihF !.! "llm- ovi r" dilli.-uUie. I'f und th- nalion completely, I irt In the fecried " i:h new them', and be the dead of the bat- A V lit. ; W A - i V I fid K f ':! f'd married Princep Ma r'f h "I ! wt, but 17 e.ars of mi. JS -i' fc;d l.n iiuht up in I"r Her talents were many. IjHut Ffrdinand did not appreciate bT. ina tried her only ! Knc ChoVi refund to alio h i t- MTrT H Viiiiw, mat-; i f j-.oacr to . Quetn Eix)ri M g "g JtT- 4.tl b Oid dt lvl- I 1 V - rf W ' 1 to tht romantic and perfect love. But Queen Marie is a grand daughter of the late Queen Vic toria of England, and she has turned her husband's thoughts so completely toward the passing events that he has forgotten his hopeb fs love and now spends his time in keen analysis of the Eu ropean situation, trying to deter mine his country's relation to the :;teat events that are transpiring. SIMILAR SITUATION' ARISES IX IVKXMARK. And beautiful Queen Marie's hi art is glad, too, for her splendid knowledge of the political situa tion, coupled with an education which even taught her many of t!i" principles of warfare, make her : interesting and even valuable listener and . commentator. Much ihc same situation has arisen hi Henmark, where King Christian X, nephew, and his Queen, who is a niece by marriage, of Qt,-cri Aieandra o England, take such a deep interest in what is going on about them that they have forgotten all other issue" in this ne.v ami powerful activity. i'ormerly. i; is stated. Christian did not-tike his wife into Ms eon liilence to any ureal evtent in State measures. lie wanted her to be tbe queen of his home and ngt the Itjeen itf the State. lie wanted her lo m.-.Iie the home pleasant for In rs If ::nj him. Hut I H-ttmark'f Quee n. I ';e many of her j-isters of today, wanted lo be some thing in the world. She wanted to have a career. She wanted 1 r opinions ami id ""is and musses to I taken seriously by Iter husband. And now be is iinding i hat his .-.tonsels :rd opinion? arc taken With fejt'.r SertoUsW:1-! l 'flise lie bus taken his Queen into his cr.!idcn t: and -:ttmi!1i) Ms W' and plans to her feminine rfspee li"ii. With her ;1 i'-n. j. r i pniiit I, r - ei h I- : - ri-e.j 4Si i: tii y Japanese Empress Sends Nurses Across the Trans-Siberian Railway to Russian Frontier Where They Care tor Soldiers Under Czarina's Direction. .4 malion. ' In this new bond Denmark re joices to the full, finding in it a token of her own solidarity and completeness. ' There is ho question but that a united family in the royal house hold of Kelgium has been of tre mendous psychological advantage lo the little kingdom in the recent defense of her neutrality when the check sh administered to the Ger man Army will go down in history as the movement of greatest his torical import of modern times. At" the recent fete in his honor held in London, King Albert, his Queen and his three children. Princes Leopold and Charles and Princess Marie Jose, received a brilliant ovation. England felt that she owed a debt to Belgium which she could never repay and she took the most obvious means of expressing her appreciation and gratitude then at her command the honoring of the family of the royal head of the lit tle kingdom. King Christian of Denmark and Queen Alexandrine, who was Duch ess of Mecklenburg, recently at tended the maneuvers of the Dan ish forces. They were hailed with eclat by the people, and it appeared that the Queen is now beginning to equal the popularity of King Christian, than whom there has never been a more popular Danish monarch. An example of bJa democratlo way? was recently noted when, while reviewing the Danish troops, the King, very tired, stopped at the reii!. -nee" of Madame Steinmann, a rich Danish woman, who brought the King some sandwiches. "hrislian devoured them greed ily, lying atrainst a meadow hay s.aeU while he did so. to the great i!i li-'ht if the photographers, wliom la did n.,t order away but received !.;s1 ital.ly. J a 1 SOT the newspaper Die Zeit, famous diplomatic publication, con i 'ri I ;i Urus'.fls dispatch, aecord ia tu Ue I'i uitcis Eliza- maw- UPPE-R left The Czarina, ' Upper right The Em press of Japan. Below Japanese nurses on the way to the Russian frontier to treat wounded and sick Rus sian sc.' !ier:" ; beth had left her husband, then , heir to the Kelgian throne, and would not return to Belgium. She was with her parents in Munich at the time, where she had had been for some months.V WHEN EXGLAXI) A XI) AMERICA BECAME ERIEXDLY. American friendship with France was made in the Revolutionary War when Lafayette ram to Amer ica and offered his services to the Colonial Army at Valley Forge. Only a few years before these same colonials had fought the French. The friendship cemented in the Revolution has never been broken. Because of our two wars with England we learned to hate our mother country, Amt several Inci dents have happened sinet which have made us, friends. It was an American who took the initiative in the matter. New light has just been shed on the incidents preceding Commo dore Josiah Tattnall's famous statement, "Blood is thicker than water," when the American Cap tain went to the aid of the sorely pressed British fleet in the Peiho River, China, June 25, 1S59. The new information comes from the private papers of the late Rear Admiral Stephen Decatur Trench ard. United States Navy, who was a Lieutenant under Tattnall. England and France at that period were having considerable trouble with China. In 1857 the Taku forts, at the mouth 6t the Peiho in the Gulf of Pechili had been destroyed. Two years later the allied fleet appeared again. New forts had been built. After some delay, occasioned by diplomatic notes, the British Ad miral, Sir James Hope, decided to force a passage up. the river. - To the amazement of the allied forces, it was found that the Chinese had constructed three barriers across the stream. The heavier ships of the fleet had to remain out of gun shot distance because of low water. AH efforts to dislodge the bar riers failed. Commodore Tattnall was interested in ascending the stream also, and accordingly he chartered a small schooner, hoisted American colors on It and tried to pass Taku. His schooner was Im paled on an Iron spike, one of a chain of such thrown across th channeL Sir James Hope now decided to attack the forts, destroy them and ' then clear the rirer. Europeans held the military proficiency of the Chinese In low esteem. Their mud Torts looked formidable, but the British thought a few hours' well directed bombarding would reduce hem- Accordingly the shallow draft vessels of the British fleet started up the river on June 25. yiie work of dUmautlin the first 1 V river barrier had. started when the Chinese began firing. One cannon roared out . alone. Then cleverly constructed blinds on the mud forts were raised and ninety guns belched shot at the- British fleet. The Chi nese had figured the range before exposing their guns, for nearly every shot took effect. Commodore Tattnall on the Toey Yv'an, his schooner, was Incensed when he saw the action of the Chinese. Like the British officers, it is probable that he believed Rus sian officers were directing the Chinese fire. The engagement went on for some time when, suddenly Tattnall exclaimed; Blood is thicker than water. I'll bo damned if I stand by and see white men butchered before my eyes. No, sir; Old Tattnall isn't that kind. This is the cause of human- ity. Is that boat ready?" He iumned in a small boat and started for Admiral Hope's flagship. On the way across the American flag was shot from its staff on his boat, Tattnall was paying an "of ficial visit." On board the British flagship he offered his sympathies to the wounded Admiral. Then, turning to his boat's crew, he said: "Meantime, my good fellows, you might man that gun forward until the boat Is ready. Just as you would in your own ship." For more than an hour Tattnall and Hope were together and the Yankee sailors manned the British gun. Tattnall then decided to re turn to his ship. Jlis boatmen were summoned. were powder stained and sweaty. As If unaware of their part in the battle Com modore Tattnall roared out at Uiem asking where they had been. "Just lending a hand up forward,' an old tar replied. "And every shot hit." Commodore Tattnall now took his schooner out to deep water and towed In a string of sampans carry ing (00 Eritish marines to reinforce the fleet. He landed the marines near the forts and waited acaiby 1 JS-jS , j rvur; ' I tw 2E Si until their attack was made. The attack failed and the American ships towed the survivors of the charge back to their ships. The incident caused considerable diplomatic palaver. Ever since the phrase of the old Yankee Captain has been a favorite toast of British and American naval officers wf m entertaining each other. Young People Wenring tilasses. There, is a current belief that near-sightedness runs in families, and this, while partly true, is real ly an unfortunate misconceptiou. Certain families have s-ofteY tissues in the eye than others, and their eyes stretch more easily to a cer tain degree of strain. This should only make such people more cau tious to avoid strain, and does not by any means Imply that it is ne cessary for such children to be near-sighted. The eause of this strain in the young child is astigma tism. There are other contributing causes, suc h as a too short eyeball, poor general health, which makes (he tissue weaker and less resist ant, and also the disposition of the child, some children preferring to sit and read all day rather than go out and -exercise in the open air. All these ouestions must receive proper attention, if near-sightedness is to be prevented; but that astigmatism is the principal cause is well known. This word is be coming rather familiar, and yet Us meaning is constantly misunder stood. Many people suppose that astigmatism means -a difference in the two eyes, which is entirely wrong. It is an irregularity of the front part of the eye. where .the curves should be symmetrical hut are not. This irregularity or in equality of the nerves makes object aprear blurred. Certain lines in the objects looked at seem fairly dis tinct, while certain others are blurred, and this causes the eve t uiae suock uiustuUr 2Loiu to 1 overcome the blur and get a per fectly clear image. The strain brought about to cor rect the astigmatic image leads to stiffness and cramps of the mus cles, with headaches, and in severe cases to an actual stretching of the eyeball. The surest way to stop the ever increasing dangers of near sightedness is to correct astigmatism by means of properly fitting glasses during the growing period. Re cently statistics show that in .ac cordance with this method of treat , ment near-sightedness is becoming less. Many children are obliged to wear glasses when reading Or dur ing the period of greatest strain, and if the astigmatism is of small amount they can frequently lay WW aside the glasses when they l'avo attained their full growth. The greatest amount of strain is during reading or sewing, or anv use of the eyes for (lose wofii. It is, therefore, much better to allow the child to use glasses during the grow ing period at least and avoid strain, than it is to run the danger of de veloping a near-sightedness, which is a permanent condition, and which is apt to progress to a point of damaging the vision. Skunk in a Home. i-osiiiiiisirr I'cnnis .. Mmitn o Rutland. Yt.. has been devotinj much of his time the last three weeks to trying to get on congeiiial terms with a large skunk. This unusual proceeding is due to the fact that the skunk has moved into the cold-air box of the Postmaster's furnace. As all the warm air which heats the house has to pass originally throngn this box, Mr. Smith ju diciously decided that discretion was Ihe belter part or valor and that he would be very polite to h:a uninvited gucstt and give It no prov ocation to -start anything" in such a strong slrateaie situation. Accordingly he is feeding it dailv with milk and meat in hope that it rnay eventually liccome tame enough, to come out peacefully. The alter native is too awful to conten plate. At present the skunk seems eon tented and the Smiths nervous. All r.ivtnoniist. T hope you will rememoer. Caesar." raid the judge to his man. "that your vote is about jour dear est possession.' J(j "Yassuh," said Caesar. "Ah'm keepin" dat in mind, jedge; "but at de same time, suh. we sot tuh bean in mind de fact thst it don t pay to make it so deer nobody kin afford to buy it, iulv' M - 1
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