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Red Cloud Chief. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. RED CLOUD. NEBRASKA There Is nothing humorous about tumidity. Inscription for Tracy's tombstone: The wages of sin Is death." Flirtation rhymes with vacation this summer, Just as It always did. Mining coal with bayonets Is not a happy solution of the strlko problem. Death succeeded In arresting Tracy, but tho deputy sheriffs claim tho ro ward. Tho crown prince, wo hope, did not throw his birthright In tho fnco of the kaiser. In caso wo should annex Haytl, would wo also havo to annex tho Haytlan generals? nclng crowned and convalescent, King Edward has now become an I to n uninteresting personage Bandit Tracy did not dlo In vain. Ho has achieved a place In tho wax tlgure class at dlmo niuseumB. Some of tho baseball players say they bcltovo In respecting contracts. Ah, tho game Isn't what it useu to be! Knnsns City bartenders are threat ening to strlko for shorter hours. Wo have no hesitancy in hoping they will win. Tho girl's mother soys that story about tho prlnco's Infutuatlon Isn't true. IJut do girl's mothers nlways know? Premier Sngasta Is about to retire from the command of tho Spanish ship of Btnte. Look out for another wreck. When a visitor takes an hour ol Mr. Schwab's tlmo ho may bo Bald to bo squandering money with reck' less prodigality. When all tho railways get through combining, guess whether It will be Morgan or Rockefeller who will own the entire bunch. As to that Chicago woman who cowed a burglar Just by looking him In tho eye well, say! what couldn't nhe do to a husband? Until Dr. Depew Is Interviewed con corning tho coronation tho United States will not feel sure that every thing In Great Britain Is as it Bhould be. Incidentally the genorous gift of Or borne house, made by King Edward to the English people, will relievo the donor of tho largo cost of Its mainte nance. J. Plerpont Morgan denies that hit ship deal isn't going through, nnd re gards it as a kind of sacrilege that the ridiculous report should havo been started. Tho New Hampshlro paper that lint just published a Christmas poem t either forcing tho season or behind tho times. You may draw your owe conclusions. Society notes nro being sifted pretty eloso In New York, whero the Information la telegraphed that tu baby camel of Central Purk has i pair of now boots. A Missouri editor who threatened tc write an artlclo entitled "Hell anc Who Will Ilo Thero" has been warned against tho publication of libelous mat ter by tho entlro town. May Yoho and Strong havo mcl again. Now If they will clasp handi nnd stroll far Into somo deep, darl cavern, pulling tho cavern in nftei them, all will bo forgotten. ' Tho dcceptlvo toadstool, whlet looks llko u mushroom, Is doing itt Jiest to rcduco tho contingent of tin superfluous population that llvei through tho drowning senson. Ex-Queen Llluokalnnl Is grumbllnj becnuso sho has to pay an lucomo taj of flCO on her annual nllownnco o: 7,li00, but sho ough. to reniombci that sho Is in luck to have an Incomt to bo taxed. A Cincinnati health omcor Iiob be gun a campaign against dirty popes currency becauso It carries dlsenst germs. Most people In Cincinnati o' elsewhere would bo glad to expost themselves frequently. Oaynor and Greene have boon so at liberty by tho Canadian court. Per baps tho next time this governmen tries to get a man extradited it wll pick out somebody who has no mono; to hire eminent lawyers. The czar has Just presented thi kaiser a gold smoking set, and thi kaiser has Just given tho czar a goli writing set. The rest of ub meane. mortals will havo to wait till Christ mas before we can afford to swop pret ents. The boy nt Chester, Pa., who swlrai bo much that ho dreamed ho wai diving tho other night nnd fount when he camo to himself that ho hat dived head foremost down a flight o stairs, ought to havo a tub of colt water set beside his bed. IS IN BAD SHAPE Recent Fighting in Colombia Tells on the Rebels AMMUNITION RUNNING LOW Aibit at Align llnlre Una lint Limited Hnpply Strmlned IteUtlon Hetween Colombia nml Nlrtirafim Not I.lkrlr to Continue The stfamship City of Porn arrived at Panama August 21 from Central American ports. Her passengers re port that the revolutionary gunboat Pad 1 11a Is at Corlnto, Nicaragua, where sho Is believed to have gone to secure coal and ammunition. The revolution ists at Agua Dulce are said to have but a limited supply of ammunition as a result of tho recent severe fighting In that district. Government ofllrlals at Pannmn have expressed the hope that following the negotiations opened In Washington tho early part of this month for the establishment of 11 n entente eordlnlc between the governments of Colombia and Nicaragua conducted by Scnor Concha, the Colombian minister and' Renor Corca. the Nicaragua!! minister at Washington, Nicaragua will cease helping the revolutionary general Her rcra unless that country Is actually desirous of creating complications with Colombia. General Salazar, governor of Pana ma, received u telegram from the Co lombian minister of wnr at Ilogota saying that 3,000 men hnd nlrendy been dispatched to Colon to reinforce the troops on the Isthmus. Colombia and Nlcnrngua have of lato been viewing each other with sus picion. Colombia has asserted that Nicaragua Is responsible for much of the trouble on the Isthmus of Panama and that revolutionary expeditions have formed on NIcnragunn soil. There have been strong Intimations that Colombia would adopt counter Bteps by an Invasion of Nicaragua. The negotiations of the ministers of theso two countries nt Washington, referred to In the above dispatch, are believed to hold good prospects that each country will respect the luws of neutrality. SPIRITED THE BRIDE AWAY lint KfTort to l'rctenl n Wnlillng- Mt-ntu With Illmiinl Kiilltir 11. E. Perkins nnd .Miss Clara Seher mer of Deadwood, S. 1)., were married Thursday. They were to have been married Tuesday evening, and the Jus tico of the peace and Invited friends assembled at the home of the bride, but she did not uppenr and could not be located. The guests ate the wed ding dinner and went home. It. trans pired that several ladles who objected to the young man hnd spirited the girl away and detained her until after the appointed hour, finally releasing her ou her promise that she would not marry. This morning ePrklns had an interview with her, with the result that they were quietly mnrrled before further Interference could be inter posed. TO AVOID LITIGATION Fair Helm Willing to (iUe .Mm, I'nlr'n Kutiite to Her People The contents of the will of Mrs. Charles Fair have become known, says a Snn Francisco dispatch. She disposes of an estate approximating $3(10,000. The mother Is given a Hie annuity of $-.500. Four brothers and two sisters nro left legacies of $10,000 each. Tho children of her dead sisters are also provided for. The remainder of the estate Is left to her huslmnd. Tho Fnlr heirs, to avoid litigntlon, have decided to offer Mrs. Fair's rela tives her entire estate If they will fore go nil claims which they may believe they have upon Charles Fair's estate. Fern for Meut Iimpentlnn The Btnto department has received from United States Ambassador White nt Berlin, copies of the otllclal German proclamation with regard to the fees to bo charged for the Inspection of meats brought Into Germany from abroad. The fecB embrace compensation for tho removal and transport of samples, for notifications, registering the In spection books, drawing up for certifi cates and such traveling on the pait of tho expert meat Inspectors ns may bo necessnry. (!rn. l'riinr SI gel Meinl General Franz Slgel. the famous sol dier, politician nnd editor, died nt his home in New York Thursday morning. Tho general hod been falling for two years, the result of old age and a gen eral break-down, but It was only Sun day last thnt he Anally surrendered and took to his bed. The end was peaceful, with hlB family at his bedside. He was born In Iloston, November 18, 1824. Ho came to the United Stntes In 1852, was in the civil war, in which he dis tinguished himself. He was the hero of a famous wartime poem, "I Fights MIt Slgel." llemile Ilonrhlll Iteml A cablegram from Portsmouth, Eng land, announces the death there of lies sle Bonehlll, the vamous vaudeville actress. Knit In Thirty-nine Ynti James Morris, a wealthy landowner, living at Fairmont, W. Vn., and noted aa a prophet Is working on a book entitled "The Time of the End Ac cording to Hlble Chronology." It pre dicts startling things during the next few years among them being the resur rections of the righteous dead In 1931 and the second coming of Christ and tho mlllenlum in 1941. Morris, it Is claimed, predicted forty years ago the war with Spain, the trouble between Great Britain and the Doers, the Gnl veston horror and the Martinique disaster. AGHAST OVER THEIR KING Hpnnltli 1'eopleAlmont Hearty to Heller Their Ruler fnmmn A Madrid, August 21, dispatch says: A correspondent learns confirmatory details of tho suspicious eccentricity of King Alfonso's behavior during his recent provincial tour. His majesty repeatedly gave evidence of a lack of mental balance, nnd almost drove Gen eral Paeheco, his chief attendant, fran tic. At the Ovcillo reception the king complained of being bored and asked why he could not go to bed. Paeheco explained that etiquette demanded that the people must leave first. A moment later, during a hush, the king doubled his fists nnd placed them to his mouth In Imitation of a bugle and sounded tnps. Everybody stood aghast and looked toward tho king, who again sounded taps, stretched his nrniB and yawned. The people took the hint nnd filed out. At Leon the king was met by a bril liant procession to escort him to the town hnll. On his way tho triumphal arch attracted his attention. In a loud voice he called on his driver to stop, unslung his enmera and took pictures of tho arch from every conceivable position, delaying the procession ten minntes. At Santander tho king received the city's keys on a Btrect stand. As the keys were handed to his majesty tho people shouted "Long live the king." In the stillness which followed, the king leaned toward Duke Deveragua, who was on another stand, nnd shout ed: "Say. duke, you did not get any thing this time, (.Id you? No long life for you," Then he laughed boisterously at the duke's confusion. While nt Cabadongn he visited a famous shrine, accompan ied by the bishop. When shown the sacred relics he laughed at them nnd said he did not believe In "such non sense." These are 11 few of the typical doings or the king. His actions have caused the people of the provinces to fenr their ruler Is really demented. TO PREVENT CORN"?S I IIIiioIm (iriiln Driller' .Ammlutlnn till cuane (JiK'ntlon A Chicago, August 21, dispatch says: In mi effort to devise a plan for pre venting a recurrence of corners In oats and corn, such as those of Inst month, directors and otllceis or the Illinois grain dealers' nssoelnCoii held a con ference here today. The members said that some satisfactory arrangement would be made before the end of the meeting. The consensus of opinion seemed to be thut the association should ask the directors of the board of trade to assist the grain dealers In this crisis by making u commercial basis or difference In prices by which the grain grading below contract muy be applied at a uniform difference on such grain grading below such contract grades. The system of grnln Inspection ns applied In Illinois wns condemned by several of the members. Touimhlp Will It 11 n Komi The Kansas & Southern railway, op erating between Illaine and Westmore land, Kuu.. n distance of ten miles, has been placed In the hnnds of receivers on application of tho Hock Creek town ship board because the owners. Knn sas City capitalists, had discharged Its employes and given notice thnt opera tions would bo suspended indefinitely. The township hourd. which bought J31.fi00 In bonds In the road when It was built, taking stock In exchange, proposes to operate the line. Ilotb sides are guarding the property. I'limi'linte fit I In to Open L. A. Sartell, nn aeronuut or Fair well. Mich., whs probably fatally In jured nt Dnnvllle. III., as the result of a parachute leap from a balloon 1,200 feet above the earth. When he leaped from the balloon the parachute failed to open and he was dashed to tho earth. His reet were driven six Inches Into the ground nnd he sustained a compound fracturo of both limbs. Snrtell's wife was recently killed In a similar manner nt Cairo, 111. Aeuliuililii Wilt I'lirm Advices from Manila report a feeling of deep Interest In the future move ments of Agtilnaldo and Mablnl. Tho former has announced his Intention of taking ui) agricultural pursuits In Ca vlto province. He declines to enter into nny polltlcnl discussions. He can not get over the Idea of letting others legislate for the Filipinos nnd would rather die than prostitute his con science. SeleeU Chler or Stuff Gen. Ell Torrance, commander-in-chief of the G. A. It., has selected Col. A. Noel Hlakemnn. Ills chlef-of-stuff, as chief inn rs hnl of the parade of vet erans to ho held on October 8, during the national encampment. General Torrance's selection Is In accordance with the established precedent that tho commander-in-chief's chief of staff shall command the encampment pa rade. MeeiiRT Hot Strike The merchants nnd brokers Thurs day were forced to do the work of tho messenger boys nnd all the business depending upon the telegraphic ser vice was seriously obstructed as a re sult or the second strike or the mes senger boys. The Western Union tried to employ messenger boys In the place of the strikers, but were unable to do so. Cowl Famine. Threatened An immediate hard coal famine threatens Chicago. In the entire city there was not more than 60,000 tons on hand August 21, and as one-half of that has already been contracted for or bought outright, the public has only 25,000 tons of the hard fuel available for purchase. Usually at this tlmo of the year thero are 300,000 tons of hard coal within the corprate limits. Hereto fore unlimited quantities could be pur chased at $7.25 u ton, but now the ma jority of tho dealers are asking $8.50 a ton, and some of them want $9. it I HATED "MODEL BOY" I M I A well known business man was standing nt a street corner talking with a friend the other afternoon, when a seedy looking chnp. with n bloated countenance and n whining voice, npproached and tackled the business man for the loan of a dollar. The business man gruffly declined tho shabby chap's appeal and told him to be on his way In n canter. This rather puzzled the companion of tho buelnesB mnn, who knew that the latter was of an extremely ehnrl table and open-hnnded disposition a man who rnrely resisted tiio appeal or the commonest street beggar nnd who made It a point never to turn down nn appeal for financial old from unrortunnte rrlends or rormor days. Tho business mnn chewed In silence on the end of his cigar for a while and then he snld: "You no doubt think It odd thnt I sent that fellow, whom you could sec knew mo by my first name, on his way with such suddennos and asper ity. So I might ns well put you right In the mntter. That fellow is the only man In the world thnt I actually hate and despise nnd 1 marvel nt his gall for bracing me for as much ns a shoe string. And I'll tell you why I despise him We two nre or exactly the snme nge nnd we were brought up together In this town in the same neighbor hood. He was tho model or tho neigh THE UNBIDDEN GUEST Take It as one will, there Is some thing Impressive In tho danger or demise or royalty. Wo mortals have buihled up nnd exnitcd the worldly fabric ol our existence as high as we can. We have constructed outposts and redoubts and Inner nnd outer walls, and keep nnd tnnctunry, nnd some or ns hnve placed high up and over nnd above all a king. And now there comes n time for the glorification or this brave work, when the king shall take his place upon his throne, and his lords and vnssuls and people throughout hair the world shall rejoice. There shnll be great pomp and gorgeousness. and ancient rite mil ceremonial, and revelry and roast ing. In a magnificent old cathedral the rich light shall shimmer and reflect on Innumerable Jewels, and on gnr tnents or cloth or gold and ermine, and here shall be assemoled the pride nnd pomp and chivalry or n grent nation to do honor ar.d homage to their sovereign lord. Suddenly, In the midst or nil the gaudy preparation there comes nn unbidden guest, a guest toot enters the roynl palace with the same mien 1 ! HAWK AND CROWS FIGHT g Druid Hill Park, near Superintend ent Cassell's residence, was the scene on Sunday or one or the fiercest hat ties ever rought between crows on the one side mid u large chicken bnwk on the other, and, perhaps, the only battle or Its kind in which the hawk suffered defeat, says the Baltimore Sun. It is a well-known fact thnt the re lations between hawks and crows havo been strained perhaps since creation, hawks neglecting no opportunity to destroy young crows before they leave tho nests. Representatives of the two species of birds rarely meet with out a battle. They usually fight in midair. This Is no doubt the reason why the hawk has won so ninny vic tories. Fully twelve or fifteen crows took pnrt In Sunday's battle. The hawk was attacked In midair whllo hovering over a crow's nest. Tho onslaught made him furious nnd ho retaliated by swooping down on the treo In which tho nest was built. The crows were determined to drive off the enemy nnd mndo a systematic nnd concerted onslaught on the Intruder. First one and then nnothor would NEW USES FOR ALCOHOL. European Governments Experiment ing In Many Ways. No innovation in European nutomo bllo practice within the last year or two has attnlned such Importance ns the trial of alcohol In the plnce of gasoline. The attempt to eftect a substitute has been stimulated by, jr it did not originate In, two potent rorces. One Is the desire of the ror elgn rarmerB to find n uso for the superabundant nnd cheap spirit man ufactured rrom sugar beet refuse and from potatoes. The other Is the ag gressively helpful nttltnde assumed by tho French and German govern ments. Several exhibitions havo been held within the last few months to illustrate the many practical applica tions which enn be made or alcohol, and In Franco two months ago an elab orate series or tests was made, under the auspices of tho minister of agri culture, to show Its special fitncBB for propelling vehicles. By the French it Is customary to employ a mixture of alcohol and gasoline, and not the lat ter alone, because the gasoline engine can then be retained with little mod ification. In Germany nn effort Is be ing made to perfect a motor working on the snme general principle; explo sionbut different enough In details borhood, 1 was the hoodlum of the neighborhood. And that by was thrown up to me morning, noon ar.d night. I never did anything absolu tely vIcloiiB or wrong, but 1 was sim ply a tough kid, at the ltfl of all the boyish deviltry going on nnd never out or mischief, "That fellow was n marvel or all that was goody-goody in n boy. He never got Into mlschler. He nqver got In trouble with his folks. He wns the whole thing ns to tidiness, punc tuality nt school, lesson-lenrnlng nnd nil that sort or thing. So, or course, ho wns thrown nt my honci constantly. My mother nnd all or my sisters every time I got Into some sort or a scrape that required a whaling would wind It nil up by asking me why 1 couldn't be H'.:c little So-and-so, naming that fellow. Naturally I grew to hate him. I couldn't help hating him. I longed to kick the dnyllghtB out of him, but I wns Solemnly assured that if I ever did so 1 would be put In a reform school and thnt scared me. Hut I woke up nnd went to bed hill ing thnt model boy. "Well, now he's a booze bum nnd he braces me on the public street for a dollar. Time Is a pretty hot old boy, Isn't he? But I'd rather give all the money I have on earth to build a Mormon church than ever hand thnt ex-model boy one cent." or authority thnt he docs tho poorest hovel In the land. Vain all the elab orately constructed outposts nnd re doubts, nnd Inner and outer walls, and keep and sanctuary. Not nil the armed rorco or all the world, not nil Its pride and pomp and chivalry can hinder one Jot the advance of the Intruder, writes Frederic V. Collins in the Washington Times. He passes all the Imposing barriers that sur round the king, in one disdainful step, nnd lo! the sovereign lord who Is about to ascend his throne amid the ohelsnnces or his nobles nnd the plau dits or his people, lies stricken nnd helpless, nnd envying, perhaps, the humblest peasant who has health and strength. And so, however, reluctantly, wc acknowledge this grand work or hu mnn vanity, a "baseless rabrle." And we recull the lines or the greatest or poets: We are such stuff as dreams are made of And our little lives are rounded by a sleep. Force is at best a fearrul thing, even In n righteous cause. Schiller. drive at 111 111 and In n short time t.ie ground under tho tree was strewn with leathers. Tho hawk rought with bill nnd claws, while the crows used only their bills. The fight became so hot thnt the hawk was compelled to leave the tree, and. being too exhausted to fly, sank to the ground. There he mado n final stand, nnd the battle was an Interesting one, passengers on the Emory Grove cars being among tho spectators. First one crow nnd then nnother would give the hawk a dig with his hill and then Jump bnck to escape the savage plunges or tho hawk. The hawk rought ns long as he could stand on his reet. Even while lying 011 his side or back he kept up the struggle. Tho crows, however, were relentless nnd kept pecking nwny until their adversary roll dead. Then they flew off a considerable dis tance nnd patched up their cuts and bruises as best they could. Not a slngl one of their number wns Killed. New York Press. Usually when you wnnt your um brella It Is not here, but over there. to burn pure nlcohol. The problem has not been fully worked out, nor, for thnt matter, is tho economy of nico tic)! fully ascertained. Enough Is known on this point, however, nnd also as to its efllclency, to make It n for midable rival or gasoline In countries where there Is no revenue tax on veg etable spirit. New York Tribune. Cigars for Crowned Heads. Making cigars ror princes nnd po tentates nnd crowned heads Is a grent business In Havana. It is a good ad vertising feature. It gives the cigar makers a prestige which they cannot get in nny other way. King Edward has his cigars specially made. All tho cigars that aro made for crowned heads by Cuban manufacturers aro bought by the men they are made for, and scrupulous caro is exercised In tho matter. Tho only men who ever get any of theso cigars either get them on orders rrom royal per sonages or thoy get them as guests or tho royalty. A particular, kind or tobneco Is used In tho manurncture of these elgnrs. Take tho case, for ln stnnce, of tho czar of Russia. Cigars that aro made for him nre branded with the Russian coat of arms, and he buys all tho cigars the ractory can make out or tho materlo'ind In tho wny riecifled by his cy' GREAT HEAT OF METEORS. Some Have Fallen as Molten Masses From a Volcano's Crater. Ordinarily the meteora that flash across the sky at stated periods ol time burn themselves out in the up per air, but occasionally a meteoric mass lasts long enough jo reach the earth. One fell on MsJ5, 1900, at Felix, Ala. Meteors wWsoen on the occasion referred to a-f sundry ex plosions were heard, whllo later on a mass of meteoric substanco weigh ing seven pounds was discovered Im bedded In soft soil. This meteorite was analyzed and found to be built ujf of such minerals as olivine, augltc, trlollte, nickel Iron and graphlto car bon. The dark color of the Felix stone i3 stated to be due to tho presence In fair amount of the last-named sub stance. The Interest attaching to me teorites, of course, centers around the fnct that thoy enable us to obtain glimpses of the composition of other worlds than ours. Astronomy Is well agreed on the unity of chemical com position wnlch marks the orbs, and even tho timple fact that It is hydro gen gas which blazes In the sun anr gives us our light and heat Is a testi mony to this fact. Meteoric Iron and carbon similarly display links botween these erratic bodleB and our own earth. GREAT SALT LAKE RECEDING. Fall of the Level Since 1894 Amounts to Nearly Six Feet. Great Salt Lane, In Utah, which for several years has been slowly but steadily receding, has, according to Director Murdock of the United States weather bureau, now reached tho low est level recorded Blnce observations have been taken by tho department Up to Aug. 1 the lowest mark ever re corded was on July 11. Since that time the lake has receded four Inches. The fall of the water since 1894 amounts to nearly six reet, and on the low, flat eastern shore this has resulted In a recession of the water line during thnt time of fully three quarters of a mile. Speaking of this phenomenon Director Murdock said: "Utah has been In n dry cycle for seventeen or eighteen years. In this period the precipitation has been much below the average. Precipi tation sometimes moves In cycles of this kind and duration, and 1 think n prolonged period of Increased precipi tation is nenrly due. But It will take several years to bring the lako back to Its former level. Melody, Cash, and Ice Cream. "I'll give a dollar to have the violin ist repent that solo," exclaimed a man, who said he was from Alabama, to Evangelist Charles H. Yatman nt the young people's meeting In the tem ple this morning. The young woman referred to was Miss Cecelia Bradford, who had Just finished plnylng "Safe ln the Arms or Jesus." "You'll have to bid higher, brother," replied Leader Yatman. "Well, two dollars, then," the man rrom Alabama shouted back. "Make It five nnd I'll nsk Miss Brad ford to repeat the solo," retorted Mr. Yatman. "Here's the money," said the south erner, hnndlng the evnngellst a bank note. Miss Bradford played the hymn ngnln. When she hnd finished Mr. Yatman tnld: "Half of this money I will turn Into the hind being raised ror the marine cnrnlval on Wesley lnke and the other half I will give to Miss Bradford to spend for ice crenm." The donor of the bill expressed his satisfaction and ns soon ns tho meet ing adjourned the talented violinist gathered her chums about her and started ror nn ice cream parlor. Ocean Grove Conespondence New York Press. Size of Head No Test. It has been n popular belief, espe daily since the Invention of phrenol ogy, thnt the size and shape of tht head are Intimately relnted to tho in tellectual capacity. Almost every body is nccustomed to form dogmatic judgments or men based upon this postulate. But tho results of statisti cal Investigation mnko It appear very doubtful whether the belief in ques tion rests upon a sound foundation, says the Cosmopolitan. Tho conclu sion is thnt there exists, in tho gen eral population, very Insignificant corelntlon between nbllity and either the size or the shape of tho head. Vory brilliant men mny have u slight ly larger head thnn the average, but the Increase Is so smnll that no weight can be laid on it In our Judg ment of ability. This Is in accord with the results of other attempts to apply a scientific test to the ussurap. tlons of phrenology. War and the Birth Rate. War not only influences tho mor tnllty of the army in the Hold, but has a maleficent effect on tho birthrate and deatn rate of the country which is fighting. A low blrtn rate may be ex plained to some extent, by tho fact that when a nation is at war her peo ple at home are Iosb prosperous and consequently marriages aro not so fre quent. The increase of the death rate oc curs, probably, for tho reason thnt food is scarcer and also lause at a time when a country is B,jed in a disastrous wnr, the mlrJPIf ta ln. habitants are adversely affected Those who are In delicate health or who nre attacked with sickness, sue cumb much more readily when tho spirits are low than when In a normal condition. It Is. Indeed, tho reaction Rcrord UPn " bo,v. Medlcol $, if LP