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Show in. iljjMfi rtlii...iiw.il.ila .W.WMii 1 1, muy. - j WAU CLOUlJH IN JiJUKurK l'roboblll,tlco oh n ClncU Dotwocn tho Drool Untioii3. VMial tbo t'rrprt tif it I'tiroprm War Would Ilo IIiiii Tlil. (nnntry A etrnln Hint CKnnnt Ilo tAtng HiMtnbiod. Harold 1'rotlcrls, ons of t'to nhrcwd-et nhrcwd-et American observers nerossthu seas, iiotcH Iho estltnato that t'.iero nro ono hundred and thirty thousand more men under nrmn In I'uropo than there woro last Christmas, nnd ipntnrl-n: "It is now liio ttiilvornal otiveelnlloii that wlicn tho Christmas of I S3 1 comes tiround It will find mi tillered map. This .strain Is too heavy. Homotliliv; musttrlvo way somewlu.ro durluff tho eomlnrr year." l'retllcllons of n Rrcnt Irupctitlliirr KuroK'aii war havo been made eonll-u.titly eonll-u.titly from tlmo to tlmo during the lastdecAile, saya the lloston Traveller, yet they hnve not been fulfilled, and many will turn nn Incredulous car to Mr. rrederle, wtylii.T! "Tho outlook has been as forbidding1 more than once nlnco the chief military powers began lo swell their nrmamonts lo their present pres-ent onormousHlzo, nnd yut, Bouichow, peace has been preferred. Why, then, lit there not renson to believe that IK'JI vrllt repc4it the story of lb'.U and ita Inunedlnte predecessors, nud another ' Christmas comu with tho a word Ktlll lu i tho nenhbard?" , To those who thus appeal to tho ex-perlcnco ex-perlcnco of the nenrer past It Is onhap- , t plly easy to return an nnavver. Thla nnsvver may bo Mtmraod up In Jlr. rrcdnrlo'a vvonls: "Tho strain Is too honvy. Soinothlnj,' must j;lvo way i somoivhcrc." l'or a lonff tlmo now tho rival powers of Uuropu havo been en-: Hflged ln ii contcbt which has been only less cxbaustlni; to them than actual warfare would havo lccn. Thoy have boon puttlnpr forth prodigious exertions exer-tions to overawo tholr reapoctlvo rivals with exhlbitionn of force, until, ln aorao instances, tho bunlcns of taxation taxa-tion tinder which thoy aro groaning Imvo bocomo Intolerable. Italy, Indeed, In-deed, haa almost reached tho verge of bunltruptoy; Russia, dcsplto her vast extent, Is financially in no enviable plight; while Trance, Germany nnd Austria-Hungary, although much better bet-ter nblu to continue tho trial of endurance, endur-ance, keenly fuel tho effects of such ruinous competition nnd know that It Is only a question of time when thoy will bo forced to rcduca tholr military cx-nondlturea, cx-nondlturea, or draw the sword In tho hopo of conquering' a lcos troublcsomo peace. It ts becoming' moro nnd moro evident, evi-dent, therefore, that r crisis lti their affair. Is approaching,' nnd ono that moans upheaval. Tho illiTorcnt nations na-tions tef erred to, cpnsclous that even partlnl dlanrmainontwlll not bo ngrcetl to, know that war la practically Inevitable. Inev-itable. Not ono of tltoiu, perhaps, feels fully ready for war, yet thoy doubt it they will ever be much readier thnn now, and henoa all are ou the alert that they may not bo taken unawares. una-wares. Wo on this side ot the ocean do not vlow tho foat-cathcrluir I'aropcan war clouds with pleasure. An old world conflict would bcnollt us for tho tlmo being by Increasing' tho demand for our products, but, In tho long run, wo should Buffer from tt, unit In ways that need not bo Indicated. Yot, oven if such a conlllct should Insure permanent perma-nent benefits to us wo hhould not ro-jolco ro-jolco to sco it break out. Wo know what war means, nnd having reason, it ever a nation has had, to love peace, wo nro full of sympathy for Mother l'uropa ln her trials, and would wish Hint tho blessings wo onjoy might bocomo bo-como her happy portion. MEN'S FOODJN YUCATAN. Tliaro Are Ocratlona When It la Very Much Itellaliwl by tint Utlns. Trom romoto times the Moyas Imvo been neeuatomeil to malto offerltigH to tho souls of tho departed, putlleulnrly a ccrtuin plo that they call "food for tho soul," hays Mrs. Lo I'llongom In Popular Sclonco Monthly. Tho erttot muat bo of jellow corn; tho Interior, terder chicken and small plcoes of pork. These plus oro wrapped in leaves of tho banana tree aud halted underground under-ground between hot stones. When dono tbuy aro placed on thu graves or hunjf from trees elosoby. Sometimes, after leaving them there for nn hour or two, the living Uko homo tho pies and enjoy them, saying that tho bouls havo already drawn from them all tho ethereal part of tho substance. When among tho rultm lu thonnelent city of Chiehcti IU.1, Wo happened to ho very hard pressed for food on All Saints' day, as on many other occasions, occa-sions, nnd knowing that tho "feast of tho dead" would ho celebrated lu a i not very distant village, wo allowed soiuo ot our men to go there and take I their chance of enjoying n good meal. In that they wero most miccaiuful, tho natives being nt all Uinea exceedingly exceed-ingly hospllublu, itud never fulling to Invito thoso who approach their homo to partake of what they have. Hut the men also thought of us. Wo had catty taken to our hnmmookn, remembering tho saying; "Qui dort, dlno" (Ilo who sleeps, oats). About two o'clock In tho morning wo were uroimed by a man only Just returned from thu vil-lngo. vil-lngo. Ho had waited there till all vvure asleep, tliuu mado his way to tho graveyard and gathered from n true u linu fruit in tho shape of a largo pie. Thla ho brought lo un, vvhely arguing that tho embodied I needed it more thnn the disembodied. , Tho dead mau'H food was still wrapped lu Us banana leaf, mill we were not sorry to avail oiir)lvtisuf this chance lo brealtfni.t at two o'elm-ii In Uil morning. No tender ohleken was concealed con-cealed within that pirtleiiltr crust, only a l'llt'it foot with n few utraj brlslleR on It, nnd n most liberal doe n f red pepper, but, hunger mado It ox-0 ox-0 client, -" |