Show VKTBUANS CORNER GOOD SHORT STORKS ron THE OLD SOLDienS A liMlCMle1 heegeel tell or r > ini motion Wlilfli Are lnnnnn 5t hn to I iUtll llrllUh Torn an the lukun In Anrrdoln 9r I K FOMWJH the pith of yenri flfI And walked for AiM f while together iM togeth-er i 1 Through the hill r of hope I and n y the tale of fiar p i e Sunned by laughter W laugh-ter and OIh rd by lean In the best and the I worst of ealher Till we came lo n gloomy wood Where our stpe were fnreH aminder Ily the twilled tangled tree thai Blood Meeting nbovo like a frowning howl With n world of darkne under And whenever by chance we met In tho woodland open allures Wo were hrulittt and tattered and lolled and wet With much lo pity forgive forget In our ejirre < l ant dusty farm Wellllt wee long ago And the leavni I In the wood aro falling fall-ing AI we wander wearily In and fro With many n changn In our heart I know Hut itlll Icon hear you enlllng Arthur J l > eggc States In I lulllr I ihould l think there b I aairctly more than one man In n Ihoumnd who ran truthfully My that ho hat never known fear remarked a gigantic re < lcoilnl sergeant to the writer I remember I wne mortally afraid for my life the firm time I Will under fire around me and I aw men dropping all I turned cold all over and uhlvercd that I could hardly load 1 my ride When I the enemy chnrROilhowever It wne different dif-ferent 1 aw tie man next me utruclt through the heart with a spear and inn In-n nccond I had hot down the man who had tlaln him Alter that I forgot my own risks and Imply fought with the one Idea lo kill ai many of thus 101 AI 1 could before I woe killed mynelf Kvery time I sloe one of Iho enemy I felt a thrill of fierce Joy In short I wat mad with Iho lust for blood Juit provlou to the engagement I have mentioned I aw n lion In the tame company as my self nctuilly crying from sheer fright > et In time battle Itnelf Hint unino man I fought like n tiger and inved the life of I nti olllcer by n 1 gallant act for which he before the wa decorated Yo leD battle a mln bAl Its 10 Ihlllk of whllt may hnonen i bur In jti Jllr t 1 1wtiYT11 Iea1 n Ta rep e 1 hr i1 nrawrr IIh IIIIII IIbmlt tO bull Inll from n smaller comrade In barrack I bar-rack will fight with the utmost courage I In actual warfnrcIlttiburg Dli catch lltllUI full t nn the Vutnii A party of miner from the headwater era of the Yukon have arrived on tho schooner Mary lluhno from Oonulunka and report that tht < Canadian lavcrn niriit la I eatabllihlng wrllvciulppwl for tlflcatlona on commanding bluff overlooking I over-looking the strategic point on Forty Mlle Creek and elsewhere along the nuppoied boundary line A large I company Ir fl I pany of Canadian military police ore bushy engaged In exploring the country for mountain laN both In Alaikau and Canadian territory A loop of Forty I Mlle Crick run Into Ilrltlih territory and to reach the moil valuable mine It Ia I necewary for American miner to pass through n mnll portion of foielgu I territory I The river is I very narrow 17 and the polka Into erected on towering 1 I dirt forucmi which completely guard the travel on the river At 1 uovcral I other polnli brcaitworki lubitnnllally built of lone halo been creeled and Ion tho whole the odious of the pollcv would 1 Indlcnia that preparation nro being made to nccommodnta largo squads of troop nt variant point nlong the boundary and particularly In the vicinity of the placer mine However the police an > very kind to tho American Ameri-can miner rendering them every 01 ilitnnco poHlblo and In many waya bestowing be-stowing mall fiivor and endeavoring to allay suspicion or unpleawtnt Incjul rle ai to the abject of lIen warlike preparation Hmall dttachmont attired at-tired In clllien clothe have vlnlted all the Important mining ramp recon noitring Iho surrounding country What their object wn they do not elate Thomas Iluckmnn n Yukon miner who hag been on Forty Mll Cretik for Three or four year penklng of the military poll erected by the Canadian police raid All their forllncAttonn nro built of heavy stone through which nre porthole port-hole commanding the path nnd riverA river-A few men properly armed could with tand n largo force of eoldltn The police thrniMlve nre noncommunleu live and the commandant My the furl pro to holler the provincial police Borne of tho very richest placer mine of the Yukon region nrt < under the Immediate Im-mediate command of thee fort of which ten halO been erected this year tn tueelot 1 ur lew I Uarly In the war before Iw had dcmoiiBtrntBd ills preeminence as the Bouthern leader he wa evrely rrltl clifd an more than ono oceailon by o certain lantral Whiting Whiting had stood at the lead of hli clan at Wet Point and was ronildered n very bright nnd capable man ono day tunes I JJent Davli wlihlng an omcer for coin Important command called upon toM i for adrlre I What do you hlifk at I Whiling a eked Davl Lee anawerol I without hnllatlon recommending Whiting ea ono of the ablest men In the army sell ciuallflml In tery way for even the most reiponilble pailllon One of the officer present wa greatly aurlrlal1l and at the first opportunity drew Len wide hunt you know what unkind thing Whiting hAl been laying about rout Iw Inquired Lees answer woe of tho belt I understood ho aid that tho prenMent dndred to know my opinion of Whiting cot Whit Ingi opinion of me 111 Ciinllollon tg ln > l Ink Never before In Europe or In tho world hoe there been a politicomilitary combination of inch magnitude ni that of tho six Chrlillan power which hare taken Joint action In tho coo of Turkey Tur-key The Holy Alliance of ISIS woo n tobin thing In compirl on with It The power nor acting together for n epee vial tiurpout have more totdlrr underarm under-arm than there are ablebodied Inhab Itantn In the Ollomn empire The army of Hcnnacherlb lha Anyrlnn or Alexander the Macodonlan or Caer the Itoman Mould look imall alongside the million who march under the nail of the six power that confront the Turk The nrmlm of Iho middle age or of labor centurlM thn armlm of Napoleon Na-poleon llonipirle me nrmle that fought In our own great war were far Inferior In number to the armle which stand ready nt thli time to draw the sword agalnit the miltan No military combination over before oxlitcil upon thus earth the magnitude I of which can be compared with that of I the ill Chrlitlan power recently formed The thing II I not likely to last long but will It lasts It is I a pcclaclo without n parallel In hlitory New Yolk Hun Nut Nhal the Ya p AVMill Inillrtlr I lien Mile told a tory to a few friend Iho other day on n Hrolchman by whom he had been entertained on the Iaclflc 1 goad Tho Scotch friend has broil very iiicccMful on u ranch hv has In California where ho has rolled many fruit but lie pride of his > life be I hula olive crap In fact the country I coun-try I noted for Ira extraordinary production I pro-duction of ollvei After ho had acquired ac-quired n good fortuna ho determined to visit Hcotlaml Whlln there hie friend urged him to taka In other fans of Europe nnd ho did w going to France Italy ICgypl 1 and tho Holy Land On hula return ha was nuked by lute California Califor-nia friend for detail at his trip which ho gave with a great relish What did sou think of It 0111 naked Ken Mllri Kuropo WAI very fine answered thn KcinchAmprlrnn and Egypt Is I ery old 1 hut I dont think much of Iho land In Aaln Why I went to Iho Mount of Olive Do you know thorn nlnUany olive I Ihcrcito te ak of I ratty niurft olive an Rofranch than they do In the whets nl ttiiJllaly Lund Washington JI eela I > l In Iho far rait Ibo Mungollan races far outnumber tho Hlnvi my a rorre pondint and It allowed to develop and prosper may overrun Ilitmln and do troy the fruit of nge of peaceful pragrou file danger In nil the more ncrloui that It II I latent Mllllnrlim In Chinn which may 1m lonlied upon III n natural conifquencv of Ihn Into war would rrlp Ills Hlluln finances 11rrolo corn a blow wa ilrutk for It would iivoMltatt the maintenance of n largo triny at an enormoun cost In Ihn thinly Inhabited dlnrlct of Kaitcrn Siberia where pro vlilon ore axpenilvo and mean of communication ladly prlmlthe Again ItitHla need ho I a harbor that will never ttvnr true she la I taking mraiiirc lo utilize one of her own on the northern coast of Kola and iho is I determined have another In thq loos phoruu but that li no reason why she could not make sure of a third In Korea Ko-rea and reallia tha Ilunlan M > log We hadnt a tingle farthing and of n nuddcn weve got a whole thllllng Die Vrlr Mtirlmnt SUf decent itatlitlc of the mcrtantllo navy of the world give the total number calling vessels now afloat measuring over fifty ton at S6570 w ill an uggrn gate tonnnno of 0923995 loan Of till number Or wit llrltaln canes Ont with 87M thlpn of 333300 ton Tho United Htnte li second with 3t > il vca 11 and 13G311 < toni Norvoy la I third with nearly 1000 len icmeln than the llnltnl Htatet but neatly the rabble amount of tonnage France occupies occu-pies I only Iho eighth rani hcwom Sweden Swe-den and 1 coIn co-In regard to the steamers linglnud count 6771 vessels with marly 10000 U0 ton iMrmany whlh COllIN gee anil has SSO itramcr of 131Iin ton Franc I Ihlrd with nut HIOUIIICN and HI5S8 ton while the Culled States hold fourth place lllh 417 meanier and 70JW33 tons These figure relate only 10 oo m and seagoing v eli and do not Include eoastlnK craft or those empltym In lake and Inland navlgrtlon Anhlteci uro and lliillJIng The llrlllli Mill The Urltltll lo unr army lorllsta at two regJmtnU of lito guard one tf horae guards oven ol dragoon guard and ilxtMit of light drngooni n9 cavalry cav-alry Tho Infintry is I three raiment of footguard ninetynine of rib liar not n rlllo brigade betide the jjart and colonial corp which ore eonlI rod to form putt and panel of the English urmy |