wrri. - '- ;f "X "' .".'.. W.).J. , . . ' ' ' T '- - - i - K- , . -uIiL?.-. .- ?Xnffl RED OLOUP, .NEBRASKA, OHIEP The Last Shot nr FREDERICK (Copyrixlit. 1914, by 12 SYNOPSIS. At tliolr homo on the frontier bolwrpn the IlrnwitH anil (fraVH Mnrta Oallaml atul her mntlirr, cntcrtutnliif; folonol Wi-hUt-llnR of (lui tlruyH, aco Captain I.nriHtmn of thn Ilrowim InJuriMl by a fall In IiIh aeroplane Trn yrnrH latur.. WrHtrrllni;, nominal vlro but real rlilof "f Muff, rc-en-forrci Houtli I.n Tlr timl iiindltiitra on wnr. Ho culln nn 'Mnrta, wlin In vlHltlriK In tl Hray capital, film Iclh liltn of brr trnrh Inff children (be fnlllrn of war and mar llnl putrlotlfliu, and Iicbh ldm to prevent wnr whlln bo In chief of Mnff. On tbo mnrcb with the MI of tbo Hrowns I'rl. vnto Htrnnsky, anarchlHt, In placed under .ToM. Colonel I.nnntron licus lilm off. ifinMtrnii ,ntla .... fnvln .if lm linftin Xn lnlln with Keller, tbo nnrdoner. Mnrtu tclln I.rtnutrnn thnt hIio hellovi-H Feller to bo a spy. IitiKtron cnnfPHnes It In trtin. i.rmMrnn rIiouh Mnrta a telephone, which roller ban concealed In a necrct pitHsntfc under tbo towor for two to benefit the Brown In war emergencies. t.nnstrnn tlo rlares hli lovo for Marlu. WcMcrllnif and tbo Oray premier plan to ubo ti trivial In Irrnatlonnl affair to foment warlike, pa Irlotlpin In army and peoplo and strlbo bp foro declaring wnr I'artow. Drown rlilof of staff, and I,un.ition, mnde vlro, iIIkciim the trouble, nnd the Drown ilefennes. i'ar tow rr. von Is lil.i pbitiH to T.ntiHtron. Tbo Oray nrtnv cnmsoH the border line nnd at tacks. Tbo OrowiiH cberk them. Arlll lory. Infantry, aernplnncH nnd dirigible nK(ro. Rtrninky. rlnlnu to tnnko the HnnrciilHt Rpeeeb of bis life, draws tbo flray artillery fire. Nicked hv a shrapnel pllnter be koph Her.erk and flcbtB "all man." Mnrta has her flint Klltnpin of war In Its modern, rold. scientific, mur derous brtitnllty. Tbo Drowns fall back to tbo flnllnnd bouse. Htranikv fornces. Marta sees a night attack. Tbo flray attack In fnrro. Keller leaven bis secret telephone and goes hack to hit Kims. Hand to hand flcrlit Int-r. Tbo Tlrowna fall hack nnln, Mnrta asks Ianstron over tbo phono to nppeal to I'artow to stop ho flslitlnir. Vandalism In tbo Onlland house. CHAPTER XIII Continued. Thon n stuff-officer nppcarcd In tho doorway. When lio saw a woman en ter tho room ho frownod. Ho had rid den from tho town, which wan empty of women, a fact that ho regarded aa a blcstilng. If bIio had been a maid iorvant ho would havo kept on his cap. Seeing that bIio was not, ho re moved It nnd found himself In want of words ns their eyes met after sho had mado n gesture to tho broken glass on -ho floor nnd tho lacerated tablo top, which said too plainly: "Do you ndmlro your work?" Tho fact that ho was well groomed and freshly shaven did not In any wlso dleslpato In her femlnlno mind his connection with UiIh destruction. Ho hod never seen anything like tho smile which wont with tho gesture Her eyes woro two continuing and chal lenging flames. Her chin was hold high and steady, nnd tho pallor of ex haustion, with tho blackness of her hair and eycB, mado her atrangoly commanding. Ho undorBtood that she was not waiting for him to speak, but to go. "I did not know that thero was a woman here!" ho said. "And 1 did not know that olllcers of the Grays woro accustomed to enter prlvnto houses without Invitations!" (ho replied. "This Is a llttlo different," ho began. Sho Interrupted him. "But tho law of tho drays Is that homes should bo loft undisturbed, Isn't It? At least, it Is tho law of civiliza tion. I bollovo you profesB, too, to pro tect property, do you not?" "Why, yes!" ho agreed. Ho wished that ho could got a llttlo reaplto from tho steady ilro of her eyes. It wob em barrassing nnd as confusing ns tho whlto light of nn lmpractlcublo logic. "In that case, pleaso placo a guard around our houso leet sonio more of your soldlera get out of control," alio went on. I can do that, yes," ho said. "Hut wo aro to tnnko this n staff headquar ters and must start at onco to put tho houso In readiness." "General Westorllng's beadquar teraT" sho inquired. Ho parried tho question with a frown. Staff-ofllcora never glvo infor nation. They rccelvo information and transmit orders. "I know General Westerllng. You will toll him that my mother, Mrs. Gal land, and our maid and myself aro very tired from tho ontcrtalnmont ho baa glvon us, unasked, and wo need loop to-night. So you will leavo us until morning and that door, sir. Is tho duo out into tho grounds." Tho staff-ofllcor bowed and went out by thut door, glad to gut away from Marta'a eyes. Hto Inspection of the promises with a view to plans for stuff accommodation could wait. Wester llng would uot be hero for two days at least. "Whow! What energy sho has!" ho thought. "I never had anybody make mo feol so contemptibly unllko a gen tleman In my life." .Yet Marta, returning to tho hall, had to steady herself in a dizzy moment against tho wall. Complete reaction had como. Sho craved Bloop us it It woro tho ono truo, real thing In tho world. She craved sleep for the clarity of mind that comes with tho morning light. In tho haziness of lloecy thought, as slumber drew its soft clouds around her, hor last conscious visions were tho pleasant ones rising freo of a background of honor; of Feller's irallo when ho went back to his auto matic for good; of Dollarmo'a Binilo as rwas dylug; of Stranskys smllo as Minna gave him hopq; und of Hugo's face us he uttered his ilute-llko cry of protest la ucr ears wcro tho haunt PALMER Charles Scribner's Sons) ing calmness nnd contained forco of Lnnstron's voice over tho tclcpbono. Sho was pleased to think that sho had not lost her temper In hor talk with the fittiff-olllcer. No, sho had nut flared onco in Indignation. It was as If she had absorbed nomo of Lnnny's own self-control. Lnnny would npprovo of her In that sceno with an officer of tho Grays. And sho realized that a change had como over her a chango Inex plicable and tolling nnd sho was tired oh, so tlrcdl It had been ex hnusllng work, Indeed, for ono woman, though sho had been around tho world, making wnr on two armies. Tho general staffofllcer of tho Grays, who had tasted Mnrta's temper on his first call, when ho returned tho next morning did not enter unannounced. Ho rniiK tho door-bull. "I havo a messago for you from Gen eral Westerllng," ho mild to her. "Tho general expresses his tlcop regret nt tho unavoldablo dnmago to your houso and grounds nnd has directed that everything posslblo bo dono Immedi ately In tho wny of repairs." In proof of this tho officer cnlled at tention to n group of service-corps men who were removing tho fiand-bnga from tho first terraco. Others wcro at work In tho gnrden setting uprooted plnnts back Into tho earth. "Ills Excellency eayB," continued tho ofllcor, "that, nlthough tho houso 1b so admirably suited for staff pur poses, wo will find another if you do sire." Ho was too pollto nnd too consld orato In ills nttltudo for Marta not to meet him In tho nmo spirit. "Thnt Is what wo should naturally prefer," nnd Murta bowed hor head In indecision. "We should havo to begin Installing the telegraph nnd telephone servlco on tho lower floor nt onco," ho remarked. "In fnct, all arrangements must bo mado beforo tho general's arrival." "Ho hus been a guest hero before," sho said rcmlnlscently and dctachedly. Hor head dropped lower, in appar ent dlsregnrd of his presence as eho took counsel with herself. Sho was perfectly still, without oven tho move ment of an eye-lnsh. Other considera tions than nny ho might Buggest. ho BUbtly understood, held her attention. They were tho criterion by which bIio would ut length assent or dissent, and nothing could hurry tho Marta of to day, who yesterday had been a crcaturo of feverish ImpuUe. It seemed a long time that he was watching thnt wonderful profllo under tho very black hair, soft with tho soft ness of flesh, yet llrmly carvod. Sho lifted her head gradually, her eyes sweeping past tho spot whero Dol larmo had lain dying, whoro Poller had manned tho automatic, whero StraiiHky had thrown Pllzor over tho parapet. Ho saw tho glance nrrested und focuased o tho flag of tho Grays, which was floating from a staff on tho outHklrta of tho town, and Blowly, glowingly, tho light rippling on Its folds wuh reflected iu her face. "Sho 1b for us! Sho Is a Gray!" ho thought triumphantly. Tho woman and tho Hag! Tbo mattor-of-fnet staff olllccr telt the tin 111 of seiitlment. "I think wo enn nrrnn'go It," Mnrta announced with a raro smllo of assont. "Thon 111 go back to town and set tho slgnalcorpa men to work," ho said. "And when you como you will find tho houso nt your disposal," sho as sured him. Except that he wbb raising his enp Instead of saluting, ho was conscious of withdrawing with tbo doforenco duo to u superior. In placo of tho smile, nftor ho had Bono, enmo a frown and a look In her eyes as if at something revolting; thon tho Btnllo returned, to bo suc ceeded by tho frown, which was fol lowed by an Indeterminate shaking of tho bond. CHAPTER XIV. Tea on the Veranda Again. It was more Irritating than over for Mrs. Galland to keep paco with her daughter's inconsistencies. Hero was Marta saying coolly: '"Unto Caesar tho things that nro Caesar's!' Wo havo our property, our homo to protect. Perhaps tho Graya havo como to stay for good, so graclousnoss Is our only weapon. Wo cannot fight a wholo army single handed." "You havo found that out, Marta?" said Mrs. Galland. "Wo havo four rooms In tho baron's tower and a kitchen stovo," Marta pro ceeded. "With Minna wo can make ourselves very comfortable and leavo tho houso to tho etnff." "Tho Gallanda In their gnrdonor'a quarters! Tho staff of tt Grays in ours! Your fnthor will turn In his grnvo!" Mrs. Galland exclnlmod. "But, mothor, It Is Hot qulto agrco ablo to think of threo women living In tho samo Iioubo with a scoro of strnngo men!" Marta persisted. "I had not thought of that, Marta. Of course, It would bo abominable!" agreed Mrs. Galland, promptly capitu lating whero a point of propriety was luvolvod. When Mnrta informed tho ofllccr tho snmo ono who had rung tho door boll on bin second visit of thoinmlly'a decision ho nppenred shocked "nt the idea of ovlctlon that was Implied. Hut, secretly pleased at tho turn of event?, ho hastened to apologize for Vur's brutnl necessities, nnd Marta'a com plaisance led him to consider hlmstlf Bomothlng of a diplomatist. Yea, more than cvor ho wna convinced of the wisdom of nn Invader ringing door bells. Meanwhile, tho service-corps men had continued their work until now thero was no vestlgo of war In tho grounds that labor could obliterate; and masotifl had como to repair the wnlls of tho houso itself and plasterers to renew tho broken ceilings. All this Mnrta regarded In a kind of charmed wonder that an invader could bo so considerate. Her manner with tho ofllcors In chargo of prepara tions had tho simplicity and easo which a woman of twonty-seven, who la not old-mnldluu becnuso sho Is not nfrald of a slnglo future, may employ ua a surone hostess. Sho frequently asked If thero wero good news. Yes," was tho uniform reply. An unexpected setback hero or resistance thero, but progress, novertholcfls. But sho lenrned, too, that tho first two days' fighting along tho frontier had cost tho Grays fifty thousand casual ties. "In order to make nn omelet you must break egga!" alio remarked. "Spoken Ilko a truo soldier llko a member of tho staff!" was tho reply. In her .constraint nnd detachment they realized her conscious apprecia tion of tho fact that In earlier tlmea her peoplo had been for tho Browns; but In hor flashes of Interest In tho progress of tno war, flashes from a woman's unmllltnry mind, they Judged that her heart was with tho Grays. And why not? Was it .not natural that n woman with moro than hor share of Intellectual perception should be on tho right sido? From her associations It was not to bo expected thnt sho would mako an outright declaration of apostasy. This would destroy tho valuo and tho attractiveness of hor conver sion. Itovorenco for tho past, for a father who had fought for tho Browne, against hor own convictions, mado her attltudo appear singularly and deli cately correct. Tho war was a. week old a week which had developed other tangents and traps than La Tlr on tho morn ing that tho first installment of Junior officers ctuno to occupy tho tables and desks. Whero tho family portraits had hung In tho dining-room woro now big mnps dotted with brown and gray ilags. l'ortnblo Held cabinets with sectional maps on a largo ecale wero arranged around tho walls of the drawing-room. In what had been tho loung-Ing-room of tho old days of Galland prosperity, tho refrain of half a dozen telegraph Instruments mado medley with tho clicking of typewriters. Cooka nnd helpers wero busy in tho kitchen; for tho stnff wero to live llko gentle men; they woro to havo their morning baths, their comfortable beds, and "Just Like Old Days, Isn't It?" regular meals. No twlngo of Indiges tion or of rhoumatlsm from exposuro waa to intorfcro with tho working of their preclouB Intellectual processes. No detail of assistanco would bo lack ing to snvo any bureaucratic head tlmo and labor. The bedrooms wero appor tioned according to rank that of the master awaited the master; tho beat servant's bedroom awaited Francois, his valet. When Bouchard, tho chief of Intelli gence, who fought tho battle of wits nnd splos against Lnnstron, came, two hours beforo Westerllng was due, the last of tho staff except Westerllng and his personal aldo had arrived. Bouch ard, with his Iron-gray hair, bushy eye brows, strong, aqulllno nose, and huwk-llUe eyes, his mouth hidden by a bristly rouBtacho, was lean and Bat- urnlne, and ho was loyal. No Jealous thought entered his mind at having to servo a man younger than himself, Ho did uot servo n personality; ho served a chief of staff and a profes sion. Tho Bcoro of words which es caped him as ho looked over tho ar rangements woro nil of directing crltl clem nnd bitten off sharply, as If ho regretted thnt ho had to wasto breath la communicating vn a thought. JpiP "I tell nothing, but you tell mo everything!" said Bouchard's hawk eyes. Ho waa old-fashioned; he looked his part, which was ono of tho many polnlB of difference between him nnd Lnnstron ns a chief of Intelligence. It lacked ono mlnuto to four when Hedworth Westerllng, chief of ntuff in namo as well as power now, alighted from tho gray automobile thnt turned In nt tho Galland drive. HIb Excel lenoy had not occupied hlo new head quarters na soon ns ho expected, but this could havo no Influcnco on results. If ho had lost fifty thousand men on tho first two dnys and two hundred thousand slnco tho wnr had begun, should ho allow this to disturb hla well-being of body or mind? HIb well being of body nnd mind meant tho ulti mate saving of lives. Confldenco wna reflected In Wester ling's bearing and In IiIb smllo of com mand as ho passed through tho staff rooms, Turcas and Bouchard In his train, with tnclt npprovnl of tho ar rangements. Finally, Turcas, now vice chief of staff, and the othor chiefs awaited his pleusuro In tho library, which was to bo his sanctum. On tho massive sevonteenth-centurv desk lav a number of reports nnd auggestlons. Westerllng ran through them with nc customed swiftness of sifting nnd thon turned to his personal aide. "Tell Francois that I will havo tea on tho vernndn." From tho fact that he took with him tho papors thnt ho had laid aside, Bub ordlnato generals, with tho gift of tin Bpoken directions which is n part of their profession, understood thnt he meant to go over tho subjects requir ing special nttentlon while ho hud tea. "Everything is going well well!" ho ndded. "Well!" ran tho unspoken communi cation of confldenco through th'o staff. So well that Ills Excelloncy wns calmly taking ten on tho veranda! For tho Indefatigable Turcas tho detail; for Westerllng tho front of Jovo. Ho had told Marta only two weeks ngo that ho should see her again If war came; and war had como. With tho Inviting prospect of a fow holiday moments in which to contlnuo tho in terview thnt had been abruptly con cluded In a hotel recoptlon-room, ho started down tho terraco steps. Abovo tho second terraco ho saw a crown of woman's hair hair of Jet abundanco, shading a faco that brought familiar completeness to tho scene. Their glances met whero tho path ended nt tho 'second terraco flight; hers shot with n beam of restrained nnd ques tioning good humor that spoko at least n truco to tho invader. "You called sooner than I expected," she said in a noto of equivocal pleas antry. "Or I," ho rejoined with a shade of triumph, tho politest of triumph. Ho was a step nbovo her, her head on a level with tho pocket of hla blouse. His squnro shoulders, commanding height, nnd military ercctnesa wero thus emphasized, ns was her own femi nine slightness. "I want to thank you," sho said. "As becomea n soldier, your forethought was expressed In action. It was the promptness of tho men you sent to look after tho garden which saved tho uprooted plants beforo thoy wero past recovery." "I wished it for your sake and some what for my own sako to bo tho Bamo that It was in tho dayB when I used to call," ho said graciously. "Tea waa from four to five, do you remember? Will you Join mo? I havo Just ordered It." A generous, pleasant conqueror, this! No ono know better than Wester llng how to bo ono when ho chose. Ho was something of an actor. Lcadore of men of his typo usually aro. "Why, yes. Very gladly!" sho as sented with no unduo cordiality nnd no unduo constraint, qulto as If thoro wore no war. Neutrality could not bo better Im personated, ho thought, than In tho even clenvlng of her lips over tho words. Thoy seemed to say that a storm hnd como and gone and a new set of masters hnd taken tho placo of tho old. As they approached tho veranda Francois waa placing tho tea things. "Just llko tho old days, Isn't It?" ho exclaimed with his first sip, convinced that tho officers' commissary supplied excellent tea In tho field. "Yes, for tho moment If wo forget tho war!" eho replied, and looked away, preoccupied, toward tho land scape. It we forget tho war! Sho bore on tho words rather grimly. Tho chango that ho had noted between tho Marta of tho hotel reception-room nnd tho Mnrta of tho moment wns not alto gether tho work of ten years. It had developed slnco sho was in tho capi tal. In theso threo weeks war had been brought to her door. Sho hnd been undor heavy flro. Yet this sub ject of tho war wns the ono which he, as an Invader, considered himself bound to avoid. "Wo do forgot It at ten, don't wo?" ho asked. "At least we need not speak ot It!" sho replied, "I am staying tonight. I wnB going to ask if you wouldn't remain on tho vornnda whilo I go over theso pa pers. It It would bo very cozy and pleasant." "Why, yos," sho agreed with evident pleasure. Turcas came, In answer to Wester llng'a ring. Tho orders and sugges tions on tho tnblo 'seemed to bo tho product of this lath of a man, the vlco chief, but a lath of steel, not wood, who appeared a runner trained for a raco ot Intellects in tho scratch class, Ono by ono, almost perfunctorily, Westerllng gavo his assent as ho passed the papers to Turcas) while Turcao's dry voice, coming rrom -jc-tween a narrow opening of tho thin lips, gavo his reasons with a rapid flrcr'n precision In answer to his chief's Inquiries. With each order somewhere along that frontier somo unit of n great or gnnlsnt would respond. Tho reserves from this position would bo trans ferred to thnt; such a position would bo felt out before dark by a reconnols snnco In force, however costly; tho rnpld-flrcrs of tho 19th Division would bo transferred to tho 20th; despite tho 37th Brlgnde'a losses, It would still form tho advance; General Sound-So would bo Buperscded after his fnlluro of yesterday; Colonel So-and-So would take his placo as acting major-general; moro care muBt bo exercised In recom mendations for bronzo crosses, lest their valuo so depreciate that ofllcors and men would lack Incentive to win them. Marta wus having a look behind tho sccncB at the fountalnhead of great events. Power! power! Tho abso lute power of tho soldier In tho saddle, with premier and government nnd allf tho Institutions of peace only a dim' background for the processes of war! Opposite her was a man who could mako and unmake not only generals but oven tho destinies of peoples. By every sign ho enjoyed his power for Its own sako. Thero must bo a chief of tho five millions, which wero ns a moving forest of destruction, nnd hero wns tho chief, his strength reflected In tho strong muscles of his short neck as ho turned his head to listen to Turcas. Marta recalled tho con trast between Westerllng nnd Lnn stron as they faced each other after tho wreck of tho aeroplnuo ten years ago; the Iron Invincibility of tho elder's sturdy, mature (lguro and tho nlert, hlgh-Btrung Invincibility of tho slighter llguro of tho younger man. Ho had taken up a paper thought fully after Turcas withdrew, when ho looked up to Marta in answer to a movement In her chair. Sho had bent forward In a ikjso that freed her flguro from tho chalr-bnck In nn outline of suppleness and firmness; her lips wero parted, showing a faint line of tho whlto of her teeth, nnd he caught her gazing nt him in a kind ot wondering ndmirntlon. But bIio dropped her eye lids Instuutly nnd said deliberately, less to him than to herself: "You havo tho gift!" No tea-table flattery that, ho know; only the reflection of a fact whoso ex istence had been borno in on her by observation. "Tho gift? How?" ho inquired, speaking to tho fringo of hair that half hid her lowered face. Sho looked up, smiling brightly. "You don't know what gift! Not the pianist's! Not tho poet's! Why, of course, tho supreme gift of com mand! Tho thing that made you chief of staff! And the war goes well for you, doesn't It?" Delicious morsel, this, to a connois seur in compliments! He tasted it with the same self-satisfied smllo that ho had her first prophecy. To her who had then voiced a secret ho had shared with no ono, ns his chest swelled with a full breath, he bared anothor In tho delight ot tho Impres sion ho had made on her. "Yes, as you foresaw as I planned ! " ho said. "Yes, I planned nil, stop by step, till I was chlaf of staff and ready. I convinced tho premier that It was tlmo to strlko and I choso the hour to strike; for Bodlnpoo wns only a con venient excuso for tho Inst of all the stops." (TO DE CONTINUED.) WORLD MISSION OF CHIVALRY Of Much Worth If Only to Create the Useful Romance of Action. Chivalry served to draw out and de velop those freo, bold spirits whose talents could not havo beon evoked by tho disputations of tho schoolmen nor tho mortifications of tho religious zeal ots, says the Engineering Magazine. It created a romance of action to match the saint's moral paradise and evoked poetry and the arts to celebrate Its charms. Tho lovo of tho beautiful whlrh It begot caused a hospitable ro ceptlon to bo given in Europe to tho reftnementa brought from tho East by tho returning crusaders, which caused tho first slight stirring of International trade. Tho enthusiasm which tho many sided Ideal of chivalry evoked with Its galaxy ot virtues, may bo seen, In lltcraturo, In the unfolding of the themes ot tho slmplo Aryan folk talea, and tho proso romances of tho twelfth and thirteenth centuries, into tho sen suous beauty of Provencal poetry and the delicacy and pathos ot Plutarch and Danto. Cblvulry embolllBhed with romance tho lives of lta half-legendary foundera, Charlemagne, Siegfried and Arthur. It supplied tho conception of virtue sung in Chaucer's Pgrlmnge, Malory's "Morto D'Arthur" and Spon sor's "Faorlo Queone." In tho world of action chivalry animated the cru sades, dispensed Justice throughout Europo for 400 years, purified court life and mado much of tho warfare ot tho mlddlo ages peculiarly humane and noblo. Its enthusiasm burnod Into brilliancy In such characters as Rich ard and Blondel, tho Black Princo and his fnther, Tnncrcd, Godfrey of Bouil lon, Gaston do Folx, Bayard and War wick, and In a thousand torgotton com manders of tho Templars, tho Knlghta of St. John and tho Teutonic Knights. Speed of Run of Stream. A stream runs most rapidly ono flfth of tho depth below tho surface and Us nverago spood Is that of the nurrnnt twn-flfthn nt tha Hanih i.n... the bottom I 51'! ONE OF THE, UVUKLU muvu Although Canada's real start iu na tionnl development us pointed out bj tho Buffalo Commercial, enmo alow ly and late, ns compared with that ol tho United States, It Is now well un der wny, nnd very soon thero will be n marvelous expansion in agriculture, mining and manufacturing. Tho paper abovo mentioned says that "heretofore tho development ol Canada, llko that of the United States, has been westward, but unllko this country, tho Dominion has a great territory to tho North, which has been regarded as nil but uninhabitable, but In which recent research has proven thoro aro possibilities of develop ment almost Inconceivable." Aftor, mnklng complimentary rcforonco to the resources of tho country tributary to tho Hudson Bay, which will bo opened up when tho railroad now un dor construction la completed, tho Commercial further Bays "thero aro those living today who will boo our neighbor on tho north a great and powerful nation, nnd a not Insignifi cant Industrial and commercial rival of the United Stntes. Tho war may retard, but It cannot destroy, Canada's future. And in this expansion no ono will mcro heartily rcjolco than the people of tho United States, occauso tho prosperity of tho Domlniou Is bound to liictense our own." Herein is tho spirit that dominates tho Dominion Government when it extends an Invitation to Americans to assist In developing the resources thut Cnnnda possesses, whether thoy be mineral, forest, Industrial, commercial or agriculture. Both countries will benefit and tho United States will bo a gainer by having as a nolghbor a country whoso resources nro aa great and varied aa aro those of Canada. In comparing tho United States nlong with other nations of tho world In producing nnd importing food stuffs, tho Agricultural Outlook pub lished by tho United States depart ment of ngrlculturo says: Tho United Stntca In recent years has been as largo an importer ot food stuffs na exporter; therefore sho can not bo classed as a surplua producer of foodstuffs. This Is contrary to pop ular Impression. It Is truo that si") Is an exporter of certain articles, out sho Is an equally largo lmnoitcr of other articles. In this classification tea and coffeo aro Included with food Btuffs. In edlblo grains tho produc tion is 23 per cent moro than the amount retained; tho production of meats Is six per cent more that Is, exports of meat equal six per cent ot that rotalncd in tho United States for consumption; tho production ot dairy products is 20 per cent mors than consumed; tho production ot poultry Is Just about equal to con sumption; of vegetables, one per cent less. An Investigation into tho produc tion, imports and exports of food prod ucts of various countries Indicates that England produces about S3 per cent of her food requirements, and Imports (net) about 47 per cent; Bel glum produces G7 per cent, and Im ports 43 percont; Germany produces 88 per cent,and Imports 12 por cont; Franco produces 92 per cent, and Im ports eight per cent; Austria-Hungary produces 08 per cent, and Imports two per cent; Russia produces 110 per cent of her requirements, and exports nn equivalent of about 10 per cent; Canada produces 23 per cent moro than eho consumes; Argentina pro duces 48 per cent moro than she con sumes; tho United States produces practically no moro than sho con sumes (1. o. cxporta and imports ot foodstuffs almost balance). With this Information beforo the reader, It is not a difficult matter to direct attention to the fact that Can ada stands In a pre-eminent position In tho matter of grain and cattlo pro duction, and with a largo territory yet unoccupied she will always main tain It. Advertisement TJ AttltUda of thfl Believer RVAr. ' I feol that goodnesB, nnd truth, knd righteousness are realities, eternal realities, and thnt they ennnot be ab stractions, or vapors floating 1. a spir itual atmosphere, but that they neces sarily Imply a living, personal will, a good, loving, righteous God, In whose hands wo are perfectly safe, and who 1b guiding us by unfailing wisdom. Thomas Ersklno. SOFT WHITE HANDS Under Most Conditions If You Use Cutlcura. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanso nnd purify, the Ointment to sootho and heal. Nothing better or moro effective at nny price than theso fragrant supercrcamy emol lients.. A ono-nlght treatment will test thorn In tho severest forms of red, rough, chapped and soro hands. Samplo each freo by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept XY, Boston. Sold everywhere Adv. Knew the Ropes. Bacon You can depend on him. Egbert Aro you suro? "Oh. positively. Ho knows nil thq ropes." "How do you know?" "Bocause ho worked for a long tlmq In ono of thoso fnctorles whero thoy mako cheap cigars." A wlso woman refuses to ask her husband to acoompany hor to church If ho tallu in his sleop. "v 4